Valentine's Walrus Reveal

ShaneU

Round 3 It's not me, It's you

In 13th place with 13 points is

Reberetta

The B-52's - Ain't It A Shame

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? No

Never been a fan of this band so I was expecting the worst. Rock Lobster and Love Shack are just plain annoying. This however is nothing like those songs. It's a chill new wave song and I really enjoyed it.

Irish Aris

ShaneU wrote: »

Round 3 It's not me, It's you

In 13th place with 13 points is

Reberetta

The B-52's - Ain't It A Shame

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? No

Never been a fan of this band so I was expecting the worst. Rock Lobster and Love Shack are just plain annoying. This however is nothing like those songs. It's a chill new wave song and I really enjoyed it.

ShaneU

In 14th place with 12 points is

Rikand

Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around...Comes Around

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

If Britney Spears dumped me I would probably go and cry into a pillow for eternity so fair play to JT for putting this song out. He issued an apology on Friday for benefitting from putting her down. Bit late pal you've just had a 20 year career off the back of it :rolleyes:

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Glad I had a strong second round, because I sense this next song may not go down well with Shane... :pac:

Sawduck

I've made a huge mistake, again, maybe

ShaneU

In 12th place with 14 points is

osh

Labi Siffre - The Vulture

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? No

Loving how funky this is. Only knew Something Inside So Strong from him so wasn't expecting this funk attack!

ShaneU

In 15th place with 11 points is

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Hailee Steinfeld - Love Myself

Have I listened to this artist before? No
Have I listened to this song before? No

Super positive pop song for all the single people out there! Only thing that bugs me about it is that key change when she says "anytime , day or night". It's like one singer started it and now they're all at it. Stop it!

speckle

oh gosh..I just remebered what I put on for this round... I was going to put on a slow cover version of one of my favourite songs..then did a 360 as change from my other choices and went for some fun instead :eek:

Also Starring LeVar Burton

ShaneU wrote: »

In 15th place with 11 points is

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Hailee Steinfeld - Love Myself


Have I listened to this artist before? No
Have I listened to this song before? No

Super positive pop song for all the single people out there! Only thing that bugs me about it is that key change when she says "anytime , day or night". It's like one singer started it and now they're all at it. Stop it!

I'll happily take 15th here, since I thought I'd be much closer to last...

ShaneU

In 11th place with 15 points is

Kolido

Mario Winans - I Don't Wanna Know

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

Enya's "Boadicea" sample is a great start, in fact it plays all the way through the song. Piano and strings come in eventually, both great. Not crazy about the Puff Daddy verse, there's some really bad lyrics in there "Gave you extra cheese, put you in the SUV. You wanted ice so I made you freeze, made you hot like the West Indies" Dreadful stuff.

SineadSpears

Ooh funktastic Osh ..

ShaneU

In 16th place with 10 points is

Deleted User

Lauryn Hill - Ex-Factor

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? No

Surprised I haven't heard this because I like the other two singles off this album. It's a slower love song that I wasn't expecting, no reggae or rapping here. Songs are always better when the artist is singing the lyrics with true emotion from their own experiences and that is obvious here.

ShaneU

In 10th place with 16 points is

aaronjennings

The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

Hilarious song and great to shout at your ex :pac: Reminds me of She Hates Me by Puddle of Mudd (which would have done well here)

ShaneU

In 17th place with 9 points is

HildaOgdenx

Elvis Costello - Good Year For The Roses

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? No

Some clever song writing here as always from Elvis Costello. He has nothing good to say about his marriage that's failing so he sings about his garden instead. This is nice but I prefer his more upbeat songs.

JP Liz V1

ShaneU wrote: »

In 14th place with 12 points is

Rikand

Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around...Comes Around

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

If Britney Spears dumped me I would probably go and cry into a pillow for eternity so fair play to JT for putting this song out. He issued an apology on Friday for benefitting from putting her down. Bit late pal you've just had a 20 year career off the back of it :rolleyes:

Cry me a River which implied she cheated made his solo career

I do like Sexyback, decent actor too

ShaneU

In 9th place with 17 points is

speckle

The Kinks - Lola

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

Can you imagine the rage the social justice warriors would have if this was released today. The Kinks are "cancelled"! :pac: It's a fun rock song that's great to sing along to and that's all that counts in Walrus!

ShaneU

In 18th place with 8 points is

cee_jay

Taylor Swift – exile (feat. Bon Iver)

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

This was entered in my other Walrus so that's where I heard it before. Still not a fan of Bon Iver but this is a really nice piano ballad. Need to give this album a listen

BorneTobyWilde

I have no idea what is going on

ShaneU

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

I have no idea what is going on

This is forum games. Soccer forum is that way

SineadSpears

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Cry me a River which implied she cheated made his solo career

Read that myself. & if it was true, then I think he has the right to express his hurt or disappointment in his songs, & shouldn't apologise to anyone for that

ShaneU

In 8th place with 18 points is

Gru

Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

No points for guessing who submitted this one. A great song to tell someone you've had enough of their crap and hit the road! "One last thing before I quit" verse is so good.

ShaneU

In 19th place with 7 points is

Irish Aris

Marc Almond - A Lover Spurned

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? No

This song sounds like one of those grandiose 50's songs but released in the 80's...if that makes sense? It would make a good Bond theme.

JP Liz V1

SineadSpears wrote: »

Read that myself. & if it was true, then I think he has the right to express his hurt or disappointment in his songs, & shouldn't apologise to anyone for that

Yes I didn't see her documentary yet but why did JT apologise to her and Janet?

BorneTobyWilde

ShaneU wrote: »

This is forum games. Soccer forum is that way

Banned from soccer. Harshly,

ShaneU

In 7th place with 19 points is

ari101

Freya Ridings - Castles

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

An uplifting song with a great beat to it. It's very Florence Welch and that's never a bad thing.

JP Liz V1

ShaneU wrote: »

In 10th place with 16 points is aaronjennings

The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

Hilarious song and great to shout at your ex :pac: Reminds me of She Hates Me by Puddle of Mudd (which would have done well here)

This reminds me of Glee but good tune

Tauriel

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Yes I didn't see her documentary yet but why did JT apologise to her and Janet?

It was all over twitter there yesterday. Apparently he deliberately exposed Janet at that Superbowl concert I think it was.

But the way he bragged about taking Britney's virginity for how many years goes to show you what kind of man he is. Always thought Jessica Biel could do so much better.

JP Liz V1

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

I have no idea what is going on

Love is all Around

ShaneU

In 20th place with 6 points is

mustang shelly

Avril Lavigne - Unwanted

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? No

There's some really cool robotic noises going on in the background here that I like. I enjoyed it but not as much as her other songs I know.

Zaph

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Banned from soccer. Harshly,

In all the years I spent as an admin, I don't think I ever came a cross a single person who didn't think their Soccer forum ban was harsh.

Zaph

mustang shelly wrote: »

Always thought Jessica Biel could do so much better.

Yeah, but she's an anti-vaxxer, so he hasn't really done too good for himself there either.

JP Liz V1

mustang shelly wrote: »

It was all over twitter there yesterday. Apparently he deliberately exposed Janet at that Superbowl concert I think it was.

But the way he bragged about taking Britney's virginity for how many years goes to show you what kind of man he is. Always thought Jessica Biel could do so much better.

Were they each other's firsts?

I did think the Janet nipple gate at the Superbowl was an accident

ShaneU

In 6th place with 20 points is

Zaph

Belly - Judas My Heart

Have I listened to this artist before? No
Have I listened to this song before? No

Been a while since I've listened to some 90's alt rock so this scratched an itch for me :pac: Never even heard of this band before so hopefully there's lots more songs like this from them!

BorneTobyWilde

Zaph wrote: »

In all the years I spent as an admin, I don't think I ever came a cross a single person who didn't think their Soccer forum ban was harsh.

True that. My bans are totally unintentional though. I'm very much posting not to get carded or banned.

JP Liz V1

I'm worried I'm last

ShaneU

In 21st place with 5 points is

Neowise

Bruno Mars - When I Was Your Man

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

I can handle as much schmaltz as the next man but as is the case with many of Bruno's songs, his lyrics achieve schmaltz overload. It's a nice piano ballad otherwise but it is sickly soppy.

BorneTobyWilde

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

True that. My bans are totally unintentional though. I'm very much posting not to get carded or banned.

Now that you’re in the forum games cleverly set trap, you’ll have to enter all the sheepy peepy heepeys that’s going on

the purple tin

mustang shelly wrote: »

It was all over twitter there yesterday. Apparently he deliberately exposed Janet at that Superbowl concert I think it was.

But the way he bragged about taking Britney's virginity for how many years goes to show you what kind of man he is. Always thought Jessica Biel could do so much better.

Oh lovely, that killed her career overnight while his went from strength to strength. Slime-ball.
And I remember seeing a video on YT once where they played one of his songs backwards and it said 'Britney Spears is a whore' - no kidding!

JP Liz V1

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I'm worried I'm last

I think I have that covered. But in my defence, my 3 songs are the beginning, middle and end of a love story

1- love me love my dog
2- no ordinary love
3- .......

ShaneU

In 5th place with 21 points is

Electric Nitwit

My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

I AM NOT AFRAID TO KEEP ON LIIIIVING. Hell of a chorus in this one....The second half is even better....ASLEEP OR DEEEEEAAAADDDDD! Heavy Rock Opera vibes here, am I right? I imagine the lads on the Central Banks steps were blaring this out back in the day.

Zaph

ShaneU wrote: »

In 6th place with 20 points is

Zaph

Belly - Judas My Heart

Have I listened to this artist before? No
Have I listened to this song before? No

Been a while since I've listened to some 90's alt rock so this scratched an itch for me :pac: Never even heard of this band before so hopefully there's lots more songs like this from them!

Tanya Donelly is the step-sister of Kristin Hersh, and together they founded Throwing Muses. Donelly then left to found The Breeders with Kim Deal from The Pixies, before she left them to found Belly. Belly Split in the mid-90s after two albums and she's been solo since. That whole New England alt scene was pretty incestuous and you see a few of the same people popping up in bands all over the place.

ShaneU

In 22nd place with 4 points is

JP Liz V1

Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? No

Never heard this song before but it also sounds like I've heard it a million times. Sounds like a manufactured pop song with the "oh oh" hook to stick in your head.

BorneTobyWilde

Does this mean JP Liz V1 does not hook up .

HildaOgdenx

ShaneU wrote: »

In 17th place with 9 points is

HildaOgdenx

Elvis Costello - Good Year For The Roses

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? No

Some clever song writing here as always from Elvis Costello. He has nothing good to say about his marriage that's failing so he sings about his garden instead. This is nice but I prefer his more upbeat songs.

One of my all time favourite songs.

ShaneU

In 4th place with 22 points is

Arghus

Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash - Girl From The North Country

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

Do my eyes deceive me? A Bob Dylan song scoring well in a walrus? You're damn right. I'm a big fan so thanks for entering this. This is the only album where he even attempts at trying to sing well so it might surprise a few people listening to it. I actually prefer the version without Johnny Cash that was released 6 years earlier but they're both great. I like that they screw up their lyrics at the 2:05 mark but keep going anyway.

JP Liz V1

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Does this mean JP Liz V1 does not hook up .

You know I love you Toby

ShaneU

So our top and bottom three in alphabetical order are

and in the morning Diamonds of Frost
Necro
Sawduck
SineadSpears
Strawberry Milkshake
the purple tin

I’m defo No1

ShaneU

ShaneU wrote: »

In 4th place with 22 points is

Arghus

Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash - Girl From The North Country

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

Do my eyes deceive me? A Bob Dylan song scoring well in a walrus? You're damn right. I'm a big fan so thanks for entering this. This is the only album where he even attempts at trying to sing well so it might surprise a few people listening to it. I actually prefer the version without Johnny Cash that was released 6 years earlier but they're both great. I like that they screw up their lyrics at the 2:05 mark but keep going anyway.

Oh I love that song A few other favourites of mine have been mentioned early, the two Taylor Swifts and the fabulous Richard Marx.

Eeeek