Walrus

Rikand

What is Walrus ?

Walrus is a game wherein you select music, & other people judge your music. Standard Walrus usually has 1 host who selects all the categories, & a bunch of people submit songs & the host judges all the songs in each category.

Why am I doing this ?

I think this is another game type that might become very popular on boards.ie

Why am I really doing this ?

I love music, but I dont listen to enough of it. Because I find modern pop music to be so horrid, I tend to listen to CDs in my car or if im at home, songs on youtube that I have listened to millions of times over and over again. I rarely if ever tune in to the radio. It's time to hear something new. Even if its an old song that I've never heard before. I just want to expand my horizons.

What kind of music am I into ?

Electronic is what i pretty much listen to 98% of the time. Trance, House and variants of both are my daily thing and I love finding new music in both all the time. I grew up listening to Rock and pop of the 80's and 90's and I love almost all music types from metal to classical. I'm not a fan of Rap, hiphop and R&B. Submissions of that type carry a big risk, but thats not to say you won't submit something that I end up loving. I never listened to A tribe Called Quest until a couple of years ago someone suggested Electric Relaxation and I ended up loving them and tracking down all their music, so thats an example of me discovering something out of my genre preference that I ended up loving.

Submit to me songs that you think I'll like first and foremost. Submit to me songs that you think I may not have heard of before. Submit to me whatever fits the categories. Whoever submits the songs I like the most, will win

Categories are ::

1. A great cover song - i love to find cover versions of songs where you say to yourself, that's just so much better than the original. Give me a cover version of a song where you think the cover is better then the original or of a different slant like a pop song done as a metal song or a rock song done as a dance song.

2. A song with a great intro - The intro is something that really pulls the listener into the song. Submit to me a song with a great intro. I'll be judging the whole song, but the weighting will veer slightly towards how much I enjoy the intro

3. A song from 2019 - Whenever I turn on the radio these days, I pretty much just end up turning it off within a few minutes because I find modern popular music to be just torrid stuff. Submit to me something that was released in 2019 that you think i might like. Restore my faith in modern music

4. A song from before 2010 - Now that I've made you google songs from this year, send me on a song from your back catalogue that you love and you think I'll love too!

5. A song sung in a language that isnt English - I like a lot of songs that are not sung in the english language. Knowing what is being sang is not necessarily as important to me as how great it sounds. Sometimes the voice is an instrument all by itself.

6. Summer Songs - Lets face it, the summer has been pretty miserable so far for the most part. Give me a song that just makes you think of summer! Sun, Sea, Sand, Sex and more Sun!

That's your categories

Remember, the most important element of this is submitting songs you think I'll like. But when faced with 2 songs I like equally, if there's one I havent heard before, that 1 will edge it.

Scoring :: if there are 10 entrants into the walrus, then the song I like least will score 1 point, while the song I like the most will score 10 points and so on in between. Just because I score your song a 1, doesnt mean it's a bad song. It just means it didnt work for me

Submissions are due by Sunday 30th June. With the reveal to take place about a week after that. Gives me time to listen to all the music submitted

PM your submissions to me with the PM title - Walrus. Just to differentiate it from my sheep entries


P.S. When submitting your entries, include a link to where I can listen to the song. This ensures two things. 1. I dont have to go searching for the song. 2. Its the exact version of the song that you want me to listen to.

Someone could submit XYZ by the ABC's but because there is no link to the actual song, I'll goggle the wrong remix of the song and end up hating it when the person might have wanted me to look at the album version.

Submit links to places where I can listen to the song freely. Youtube preferred, but if its soundcloud or spotify or anywhere that i dont need a subscription, that will do


Good luck!

Electric Nitwit

I'll have to put some thought into this but I'll definitely enter

But I thought I'd mention Blood on the Tracks, it's a BBC podcast along very similar lines. 4 guests picking music in random categories. When they all click it's a brilliant listen, I'd say you'd like it...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09wgfst/episodes/player

(the only downside is you can't download episodes from outside the UK, but you can listen on their website)

Necro

Entered. Walrus seems like a kind of game you could send multiple entries into if you were so inclined :P

Wait till Mick sees this thread :pac:

Mollyb60

Ooh I'll have to put together an entry for this later on. I already have ideas for a few of the songs. I'm interested to see what the reveal is like.

Mick is gonna be all over this and hard to beat!

I’ll be submitting. Can we fire our submissions in here after PMing you or do we wait for your reveal?

Rikand

Wait for the reveal IMO. Part of the fun is seeing what other people submitted at reveal time


Also, please only 1 submission per player. Listening is fine, but I will be listening to each submission several times and I don't want the reveal taking all year. Just submit your best piece that you feel fits the category!

Green&Red

You nearly have to go with the first thing that comes into your head! I'd be liable to give six completely different answers in an hours time

Yeah I think I’m gonna do this soon and not overthink it.

PM sent. I’ve had a great morning listening to tunes going on YouTube.

tusk

Rikand!!!! Stop with the bloody games. I have to spend at least some time each day outside of FG. Why must you do this to me

Pretzill

Oh I like the sound of this game - needs thought and time (I think I have little of either at the moment) - very tempted.

And then I entered...

Mollyb60

tusk wrote: »

Rikand!!!! Stop with the bloody games. I have to spend at least some time each day outside of FG. Why must you do this to me

Once you're in you're in Tusk. There is no leaving FG. Mwah haw haw!

I have a really interesting one for number 5. Even if you don't like the sound if it, its fascinating.

Electric Nitwit

Done!

I decided not to overthink it :-P

I definitely aimed more for interesting and, hopefully, new to you than ones you're sure to like. I hope one of the six makes you really sit up and notice, that'll reward me more than you liking all six

sullivlo

Mollyb60 wrote: »

Once you're in you're in Tusk. There is no leaving FG. Mwah haw haw!

It's like the hotel California.

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I'll try get an entry in tonight!

Mollyb60

I've just basically given Rikand an idea of my musical tastes. Lol. Maybe we'll all discover some new music here!

This could take minutes or weeks, great idea.

must resist urge to submit 6 different covers of I am the walrus that match the categories

Rikand

Don't forget, you have almost 2 weeks to submit. And then it'll be a little after the submission date before reveals start happening. It's gonna take a while for me to listen to and rate all this new (and old) music

What happens if people enter the same songs?

Does the non English song have to be all no English?

Rikand

Same songs results in a tied score

To match category fit, the majority of the song should be non English. But if the song is balls blindingly brilliant then it will probably score well no matter what

Whatever I choose will be mainly alright just checking if a little bit was allowed ty

Rikand

Cat1 already shaping up to be a very difficult category to judge. So many great entries!

Green&Red

The problem is this

I'm talking to a lad in work thats giving out about having to take his dad to Billy Joel at the weekend, he says the only thing he likes is piano man. I say what about only the good die young, he says well ok, piano man and only the good die young. It quickly descends into a life of brian sketch, "well apart from piano man, only the good die young, allentown, uptown girl, its still rock and roll to me, you may be right, shes got a way, new york state of mind, we didn't start the fire, just the way you are, movin out, my life, scenes from an italian restaurant (my favourite) and tell her about it what has Billy Joel ever given to us??"

Goodnight saigon, thats what, which has an amazing intro

So I've to resist the urge to go back repeatedly and change my submission

Really struggled with the intro category

Electric Nitwit

Green&Red wrote: »

... I've to resist the urge to go back repeatedly and change my submission

Agreed! But I'm resisting

I wanted to resist obvious answers too,even though that may be the way to win!

My favorite user comment from a song I'm considering

My Neighbors like the song so much, they threw a brick through my window to hear it better

Rikand

8 walruses in so far. Need more!

Sign ups close in just over 1 week

This was tough, trying to fit genres, into Rikand likes, into categories, trying not to be too popular, but also trying to win


long/short im in

Rikand

2 days to get your entries in

tusk

Will try get one in over the weekend Rikkers

Ectoplasm

Finally sent. A slightly weird mix of songs there.

I had a brief look at this earlier and am very interested in entering but I'm not that into music. I just like what I like and my taste is no doubt terrible. But for all the questions bar one a song immediately came into my head.

Like best intro.. I just instantly thought of a particular intro that gives me goosebumps when I hear it because I love the song so much. And for a non English I straight away thought of a song that I don't even know how I found almost a decade ago but have listened to consistently since, when I just need to relax and unwind. (That ones a weird choice though so I don't think I'd do well)

What qualifies as a summer song? Does it have to mention summer or be released in summer or can it just be a song that I like to listen to in summer and makes me think of summer for no real reason??

The biggest problem is I'm terrible with current music so I'm not sure about 2019 and my song for pre 2010 is rap so that's out. Hmmm...

Rikand

Deleted User wrote: »

I had a brief look at this earlier and am very interested in entering but I'm not that into music. I just like what I like and my taste is no doubt terrible. But for all the questions bar one a song immediately came into my head.

Like best intro.. I just instantly thought of a particular intro that gives me goosebumps when I hear it because I love the song so much. And for a non English I straight away thought of a song that I don't even know how I found almost a decade ago but have listened to consistently since, when I just need to relax and unwind. (That ones a weird choice though so I don't think I'd do well)

What qualifies as a summer song? Does it have to mention summer or be released in summer or can it just be a song that I like to listen to in summer and makes me think of summer for no real reason??

The biggest problem is I'm terrible with current music so I'm not sure about 2019 and my song for pre 2010 is rap so that's out. Hmmm...

1. enter - its fun

2. I really want to hear your intro song and your foreign language song now

3. Every single one of the things you listed would match the category for summer if you were at a gay pride festival in munich in winter during a soccer riot and you met a girl called Summer - then that would match the category if you included that reasoning with your submission

4. google your musical taste + 2019 and see what comes up! This is not just about me finding new music, but its also about you finding new music, its about everyone finding new music

5. Submit it - who knows, I might love it

if I dont like your submission, thats no big deal. Someone else reading the thread might love it and they'll be like : "thank you so much Builebeag for submitting that, thats my new favourite song and you have opened me up to a genre i never knew existed!"

Walrus is for everyone!

Thanks Rikand! That's very reassuring! I'll pm you later! I don't think any of mine are unique. All except the foreign song would be well enough known. But it's nice to be reminded of good songs too! I'll try to find something new to me for 2019!

Green&Red

Are we there yet?


Can't wait for this reveal

Rikand

Green&Red wrote: »

Are we there yet?


Can't wait for this reveal

Reveals for walrus tend to take a few days/weeks/months/years due to their nature of songs having to be listened to and then ranked in order of preference.

would expect this reveal to take a couple of weeks and start a few days after signups close

Green&Red

*checks when sign-ups close



I lie, I knew when they were closing, I’ve been marking it off on my calendar since sign-ups opened

fixXxer

Will get a list in later today!

Entered!

tritium

Sure went for a last minute entry

Rikand

You have until midnight tonight to get your entries in.

Really enjoying listening to some of these so far and some I'm wondering whether I put myself through the pain of listening to them a second or third time lol

That's the beauty of walrus

Necro

Rikand wrote:

Really enjoying listening to some of these so far and some I'm wondering whether I put myself through the pain of listening to them a second or third time lol

My foreign one is a thing of beauty or horror depending on what your taste is

Mollyb60

I wonder if there's been any duplicate entries?

Rikand

Mollyb60 wrote: »

I wonder if there's been any duplicate entries?

That would be an ecumenical matter

Electric Nitwit

Rikand wrote: »

That would be an ecumenical matter

Wow, that sounds like a yes. Wouldn't have expected that!

Green&Red

I’m pretty sure someone else will have my foreign song

Rikand

Green&Red wrote: »

I’m pretty sure someone else will have my foreign song

The suspense is killing me!

fixXxer

Entry in just in time. Spent ages listening to stuff researching

Ectoplasm

fixxxer wrote: »

Entry in just in time. Spent ages listening to stuff researching

I probably should have done that. My choices are weirdly bizarre.

tritium

Ectoplasm wrote: »

I probably should have done that. My choices are weirdly bizarre.

Oh thank god it’s not just mine so

Rikand

lol

Entries closed


15 entrants in - No idea when I'll do the first category, but hopefully before the end of the week. I'll give at least 24 hours notice on this thread of when I do it and then I'll create a new thread in the Other Forum Games forum



(p.s. If someone turbos in an entry tonight before 9 am tomorrow morning when I actually start listening properly, they will be accepted )