Rikand Walrus V2.0 Reveal Thread!

Rikand

I'm only just home from work and I have the dinner on. Probably starting the reveal between 9:30 and 10. Apologies for any inconvenience caused

Rikand

Okay, lets get this show on the road


Category 3 :: 3. A song that you sing or hum along to in the shower


I liked all the songs in this category on the first listen except for 1 and as I made more subsequent re-listens only a few dropped off. I did for the most part like most of the songs which made the ordering quite tricky. I'm still not wholly satisfied with my order but anything that is out of place, is only out by 1 place. I have nothing pre-written at all, just random thoughts in my head, so here we go

Necro

Uh Oh just remembered my entry :pac:

Rikand

Necro wrote: »

Uh Oh just remembered my entry :pac:

In 15th place, scoring 1 point

Backstreet Boys - Drowning :: Submitted by

yep, you guessed it. Necro!

See, here's the thing. I do like some backstreet boys stuff. I like a lot of boyband stuff in general. But more on the 5ive side of boyband, rather than the "wailing my cat got run over by the dumptruck" kind of boyband. And this as the submitter described themselves is definitely on the wailing side of things. Believe me there was wailing alright when I put myself through listening to this in the shower. I could not get out of the shower quick enough....

Rikand

Now we move on to the stuff that I liked for at least one listen before it disintegrated slowly like a flan in the cupboard.

Necro

:D

Electric Nitwit

Necro wrote: »

Uh Oh just remembered my entry :pac:

Good timing!

And "Drowning" is an odd choice for a watery round

Necro

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Good timing!

And "Drowning" is an odd choice for a watery round

That was the whole point :pac:

Electric Nitwit

Necro wrote: »

That was the whole point :pac:

I don't like that level of peril when I shower

Rikand

In 14th place, scoring 2 points

Roisin Murphy - Ruby Blue :: Submitted by

Irish Aris

So on first listen, I kinda liked the general beat of the song. But on second listen, I decided to try and listen to the song properly and I realised I couldnt actually hear anything that was being said except the occasional, "take it to the top" and "ruby blue" and the rest of the song is unintelligble gibberish for me. I feel like that guitar is just drowning down the vocal and everything else too. Just didnt work for me in the end

Rikand

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I don't like that level of peril when I shower

I have a general fear of drowning in the bath as it is.... bringing that to the shower is just a whole new level of anxiety for me

ari101

Not 15th, phew

Rikand

In 13th place, scoring 3 points

Falling in Reverse - The Drug in me is real :; Submitted by

Sineadspears

This was quite a conflicting one for me. I do love a bit of piano. very keen on piano generally and its played very well. But I kept waiting for this song to move into a hard rock kind of song and it just never got there.... well, it did get there, but way too late. its like.... 40 seconds is a perfect time to get heavy.... okay we missed it......when's the next one coming around.... 1:22.... will, we ? no, lets keep going.... okay this is nice... gentle.... but I feel like there's a heavy bit coming.... Maybe after the next verse.... 2:30, hes trying.... he's gonna give it socks.... here comes the metal.... and then another let down....

Like, I felt the song could have been brilliant for me if it was 3 minutes 30 seconds long with a variation of heavy and the gentle but it was just dragged way too long. It does get kinda heavy at the finish but it just took way too long to get there.


I am glad you submitted this version though instead of the original version. The original version is a song I might have submitted to the worst song of all time competition we ran last year cause it was awful. This was much more bearable

Rikand

In 12th place, scoring 4 points

Minke - Too Late :: submitted by

Also Starring Levar Burton

This was okay. I probably wouldnt turn off the radio if it came on. Yeah it was grand. I like her shoes

Rikand

In 11th place, scoring 5 points

Yu Su - Gleam :: Submitted by

Arghus

Not sure about for the shower. This feels like the kind of music that is playing when I am in with my physiotherapist getting tortured lol It was grand like, just maybe a little bit minimalist for me. Another one of those journey songs that doesnt really get to a destination

Electric Nitwit

Whoo-hoo, top ten

Rikand

In 10th place, scoring 6 points

Cornelius - Drop :: Submitted by

o s h

I do like some Cornelius stuff. Crazy Japanese bastard that he is. Point of View Point is a personal favourite of mine. Just a great track. Drop did not hit me with the same feels as PoVP does. It is a good shower dancing song though. The guitar strums are excellent shoulder poppers. A good song, just a victim of me liking other songs more

Rikand

In 9th place, scoring 7 points

Pras - Ghetto Superstar :; Submitted by

Ari101

Ah sure its a classic isnt it ? I've heard it way too much though. Works pretty well in the shower too!

Rikand

In 8th place, scoring 8 points

Bob Seger - Night moves :: Submitted by

The Purple Tin

Oh yeah. This is smooth. He sounds just like Kurt Wagner from Lambchop who did very well in an earlier round. Works quite well in the shower. Nice timing to the whole thing. It probably would have scored higher but the song went on a little long for me. I thought it could have ended at a great time at around 3:00/3:30 and i know the submitter didnt send a link but I only found versions that were 5+ minutes long, so .... tough break

Electric Nitwit

Rikand wrote: »

In 10th place, scoring 6 points

Cornelius - Drop :: Submitted by

o s h

I do like some Cornelius stuff. Crazy Japanese bastard that he is. Point of View Point is a personal favourite of mine. Just a great track. Drop did not hit me with the same feels as PoVP does. It is a good shower dancing song though. The guitar strums are excellent shoulder poppers. A good song, just a victim of me liking other songs more

That was interesting. Never heard of Cornelius, will investigate some more

ari101

I'll need to expand my shower horizons Dancing though strikes me as dangerous behaviour

Sawduck

Rikand wrote: »

In 8th place, scoring 8 points

Bob Seger - Night moves :: Submitted by

The Purple Tin

Oh yeah. This is smooth. He sounds just like Kurt Wagner from Lambchop who did very well in an earlier round. Works quite well in the shower. Nice timing to the whole thing. It probably would have scored higher but the song went on a little long for me. I thought it could have ended at a great time at around 3:00/3:30 and i know the submitter didnt send a link but I only found versions that were 5+ minutes long, so .... tough break

Great choice

Rikand

In 7th place, scoring 9 points

Casiopea - Fightman :: Submitted by

Sephiroth_Dude

Not as good as what you sent for category 1, but still pretty good. Doesnt work in the shower for me at all though. There's way too much going on and in order to replicate the right dance moves, I'd probably have to slip and and dislocate my knee cap just to get the desired effect. But I did enjoy the song

Rikand

In 6th place, scoring 10 points

The Zutons - You will you wont :: Submitted by

Sawduck

When I think of the Zutons, all I can think of is that Valerie song but this was a great shower song. For singing and for grooving. The song itself is only okay but its position was definitely enhanced by its shower groove-along-ability!

Sephiroth_dude

7th? I'll take it!

Electric Nitwit

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Whoo-hoo, top ten

Whoo-hoo, top five

Electric Nitwit

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

9th? I'll take it!

I'm sure ari will swap with you

Rikand

In 5th place, scoring 11 points

Justice and Simian - We are your friends :: Submitted by

Electric Nitwit

Great beat. Great shower groovealongability. Do I agree that this meets the posters criteria for ideal shower songs ?

Shower music has to be...

loud. To carry over the sound of the shower
short. Two young kids, I don't get long showers!
banging. A shower is reinvigorating, so the song has to contribute to that


Its definitely loud. Its definitely short and its definitely banging. I love the little key change at 1:30. I kept waiting for that part more than anything else. Great song

Sawduck

6th! that's higher than I thought it would be, happy with that. The zutons are so underrated that their most famous song is only known because its sung by another singer.

ari101

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I'm sure ari will swap with you

Definitely, you can have my 7pointsth