Valentine's Walrus Reveal

Arghus

A forum holds its breath...

Tauriel

the purple tin wrote: »

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!

It is touched on the arrangement he had with Christina Aguilera to take every opportunity to destroy Britney's character.

JP Liz V1

ShaneU wrote: »

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.

Katy Perry I think originally released it

ShaneU

In 23rd place with 3 points is

the purple tin

Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long - Live Monterey Pop Festival

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

I can appreciate this kind of music but it's not really for me. Hard to take his performance seriously when he's asking the band to play the same notes over and over halfway through.

SineadSpears

If I come second or third i'm gonna snap. If I'm going to do badly here, I want to at least take the spoon home !

The tension is high

ShaneU

In 3rd place with 23 points is

SineadSpears

Childish Gambino - Heartbeat

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

The start is a nice r'n'b song with piano then all of sudden a nasty Daft Punk style beat kicks in. Yeah this is sick.

I’ve been loving you is a beautiful song

JP Liz V1

mustang shelly wrote: »

It is touched on the arrangement he had with Christina Aguilera to take every opportunity to destroy Britney's character.

:eek: what?

Sawduck

I'm just preparing to change my username to spoonduck

Also Starring LeVar Burton

ShaneU wrote: »

In 3rd place with 23 points is

SineadSpears

Childish Gambino - Heartbeat


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

The start is a nice r'n'b song with piano then all of sudden a nasty Daft Punk style beat kicks in. Yeah this is sick.

Excellent choice. Love this song.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Sawduck wrote: »

I'm just preparing to change my username to spoonduck

I know I suck at maths, but I think you're safe from the Spoon at this stage...

ShaneU

In 24th place with 2 points is

Strawberry Milkshake

The B-52's - Quiche Lorraine

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

Now The B-52's are back to their regularly scheduled programming :pac: Bonkers lyrics and goofy vocals. There had to be copious amounts of drugs taken while making this song. Their other song in this round gave me hopes for this but they were quickly dashed.

the purple tin

SineadSpears wrote: »

If I come second or third i'm gonna snap. If I'm going to do badly here, I want to at least take the spoon home !

Back off sister. That spoon is mine! :mad:

Could it be possible................

Dare I hope

JP Liz V1

ShaneU wrote: »

In 3rd place with 23 points is

SineadSpears

Childish Gambino - Heartbeat

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

The start is a nice r'n'b song with piano then all of sudden a nasty Daft Punk style beat kicks in. Yeah this is sick.

He is so talented

You’re the Great Dane that ran off with quiche Lorraine, aren’t you?

the purple tin

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

I’ve been loving you is a beautiful song

Well said Strawbs. If that live version doesn't put a lump in your throat or send a tingle down your spine, not only do you not like soul but you also have no soul

ShaneU

In 2nd place with 24 points is

Sawduck

Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River

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

If there's one great thing Britney Spears ever did it's giving the world this song. Timbaland's record scratch vocals don't age as well as the rest of the song but it's still a classic.

Irish Aris

ShaneU wrote: »

In 24th place with 2 points is

Strawberry Milkshake

The B-52's - Quiche Lorraine


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

Now The B-52's are back to their regularly scheduled programming :pac: Bonkers lyrics and goofy vocals. There had to be copious amounts of drugs taken while making this song. Their other song in this round gave me hopes for this but they were quickly dashed.

SineadSpears

WHAAAAAAAAT. You liked that Childish Gambino song!?

& a 23pointer! I'm floored. Genuinely.

I've loved that song for years but didn't think you'd like it at all before the game started. & was even more worried after I seen what you posted yourself.

Delighted with that I am :pac:

SineadSpears

the purple tin wrote: »

Back off sister. That spoon is mine! :mad:

I think you may just have bagged the prize

ShaneU

In 25th place with 1 point is

Necro

Scouting For Girls - This Ain't A Love Song

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

Of all the songs entered...THIS is the one that gets sent twice? Is there something I'm missing here? It's a lot like a Keane song.... if they lost all their talent.

ShaneU

Which means our winner is...

In 1st place with 25 points is

Deleted User

Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker - Anyone But Me

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

I absolutely love this. This was the last song I listened to in this Walrus and it's also my favourite discovery. It's a traditional folk song that sounds like it could have been performed hundreds of years ago. It really is a beautiful song so thanks for sharing.

Yayyyy!

I'm so glad you like it. I LOVE Josienne Clarke and that song is one of my absolute favourites.

Well done diamond

ShaneU

And here's the final table

Congrats to our winner Speckle!

Well done to Zaph & and in the morning Diamonds of Frost in joint second

And also congrats to the purple tin for winning the wooden spoon with style!

Thanks for playing everyone

Boardsie Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total
aaronjennings 22 16 16 54
Also Starring LeVar Burton 7 24 11 42
and in the morning Diamonds of Frost 11 20 25 56
Arghus 12 18 22 52
ari101 5 10 19 34
cee_jay 24 2 8 34
Electric Nitwit 21 3 21 45
Gru 10 14 18 42
Raiden Scarce Mockingbird 15 11 10 36
HildaOgdenX 25 12 9 46
Irish Aris 4 7 7 18
JP Liz V1 9 19 4 28
Kolido 2 15 15 32
Mustang Shelly 20 22 6 48
Necro 6 8 1 15
Neowise 17 25 5 47
osh 19 17 14 50
Reberetta 14 5 13 32
Rikand 13 9 12 34
Sawduck 3 6 24 33
SineadSpears 8 4 23 35
speckle 18 23 17 58
Strawberry Milkshake 16 21 2 39
the purple tin 1 1 3 5
Zaph 23 13 20 56

Tauriel

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

:eek: what?

Yep, it was fairly shocking to read. I know they were saying that Christina is very remorseful for her part but it's a bit late in the day for that.

They also said that the time of Britney's breakdown that JT was singing Cry Me A River and half way through it started singing Rehab to rub insult to injury.

The tweets also brought up all of the affairs his is supposed to have had.

SineadSpears

Oh wow that is some song AITMDOF ..

Irish Aris

Congrats for the win Speckle.

Thank you for organising Shane. These quickfire Walruses are great fun!!

Sawduck

ShaneU wrote: »

In 25th place with 1 point is

Necro

Scouting For Girls - This Ain't A Love Song

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

Of all the songs entered...THIS is the one that gets sent twice? Is there something I'm missing here? It's a lot like a Keane song.... if they lost all their talent.

This sounds familiar

Congrats Speckle and thank you Shane for hosting and letting me sneak in at the end

ari101

Learned a lot about my audience for future walruses Probably will fail to capitalise on it completely

Good fun and thank for listening!

JP Liz V1

Thanks Shane and well done Speckle

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Congrats speckle!

Great reveal Shane, fair play, I know only too well the work that needs to go in to turn around a Walrus in such a short amount of time. Happy to finish mid-table in this one, considering we're not often on the same page with music...

SineadSpears

That was fun Shane thanks for running . I'm no more clearer on what kind of music you like though lol.

Congrats to all the top winners, & to ThePurpleTin on taking home the spoon too.


Some great songs put out tonight, but a few new finds that stood out for me were ThePurpleTins bonkers song, LeVars Nashville & AITMDOF last song. Loved them.

Happy Valentines day everyone

Sawduck

Congrats Speckle on your win, great reveal Shane, some lovely songs here. I'm just glad I don't have to change my username

Zaph

Congrats Speckle, very well played. Thanks Shane, really enjoyed that, the quickfire format works very well. Delighted with where I ended up, I think that equals my best walrus finish.

Tauriel

Congrats Speckle!

And excellent reveal Shane!!

ShaneU

SineadSpears wrote: »

I'm no more clearer on what kind of music you like though lol.

Well done speckle

Thanks for hosting Shane. I can manage doing a walrus when you have to enter only a few songs. I go down so many rabbit holes once I start looking for a song that I often forget what I’m meant to be looking for.

Happy Valentine’s Day to my doggy xxx

HildaOgdenx

Well done Shane, great fun, and congrats speckle!

Hadn't a clue what to expect and pleased to have won the first round.

BorneTobyWilde

The whistle has blown, still don't know whats going on though. Speckle won though ha

ShaneU

Deleted User wrote: »

Congrats Speckle and thank you Shane for hosting and letting me sneak in at the end

I'm glad I let you sneak in

Electric Nitwit

Great work Shane, mammoth undertaking to get through that many songs, scores, comments youtube links etc. It's completely understandable that you made some terrible mistakes

Glad you liked Crystal Castles and My Chemical Romance, both nicely lovey-dovey for today!

Congrats Speckle, well played!

Was only able to half follow on my phone, looking forward to have a listen to a good few of these tomorrow

BorneTobyWilde

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

The whistle has blown, still don't know whats going on though. Speckle won though ha

https://touch.boards.ie/forum/1770

Knock yerself out

speckle

ookay dokey.. wooo hooo... you just made my Valentines day Shane..sitting in bed alone after slipping and injuring my leg..

So as a return a gift my favorite love song.. the mature slow beautiful poignant cover version as well as the youthful energetic original..

june tabor and oysterband

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-pWSHTQOFs

Joy division..the original

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuuObGsB0No

Arghus

Some great selections from all.

Great competition Shane.

Well done Speckle.

the purple tin

Good job there Speckle you old romantic.
Thanks for the walrus and the nice reveal Shane I Luv U
Mah spoon is gonna come in mighty handy on pancake day :cool: