Walrus - here we go again - The scoring

Green&Red

Guys,
hoping to get through at least one and hopefully two rounds of this tonite

Line up is:
The purple tin
Osh
ShaneU
Irish Aris
Zaph
Also Starring LeVar Burton
Homer J. Fong
Reberetta
Trigger
PhatKev


And the categories again are:

Best U2 song
Country song
Song with a story in it
Summer song
Indie song

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Trigger

Nice one G&R.. making a show of me!

Electric Nitwit

Green&Red wrote: »

Best U2 song

I hope someone went for Wild Honey

In the days
When we were swinging from the trees
I was a monkey
Stealing honey from a swarm of bees
I could taste
I could taste you even then
And I would chase you down the wind

Rikand

The cats didnt suit me so I let someone else have a go

U2 - Bad is my favourite U2 song but I'm by no means a connoisseur. I'd only know a dozen or so songs

Irish Aris

Being a big fan of U2, that category was a difficult one for me. I wanted to select something from Achtung Baby, my favourite album of theirs, but ended up going for something else.

The rest, I don't even know if my selections actually fit the themes!!

Trigger

Irish Aris wrote: »

Being a big fan of U2, that category was a difficult one for me. I wanted to select something from Achtung Baby, my favourite album of theirs, but ended up going for something else.

The rest, I don't even know if my selections actually fit the themes!!

I don't even remember what I submitted and I have deleted my sent messages, will be a surprise for me also

Green&Red

Lets kick things off with some U2

In 6th place is Vertigo, savage song, brilliant live

5 points for Trigger

Green&Red

In 7th place, The Streets have no name

I'd forgotten how good this song is, the video is absolutely savage, well worth watching.

4 points seems very little for Osh

Green&Red

Onto 5th Place with Miss Sarajevo

Another brilliant video and cameo from Pavarotti

6 points for The Purple Tin

Irish Aris

I agree about Vertigo, sounds so much better live, I reckon they wrote it having in mind the live performances!!!

And Miss Sarajevo: U2, Brian Eno, Pavarotti, brilliant stuff!!

Green&Red

In joint 8th, Hold me, Thrill me, Kiss me, Kill me

I'd forgotten about Bono's character McFisto until I saw this video again, I remember recording a U2 concert off the radio and he featured

3 points apiece for Homer J Fong and Rebereta

Green&Red

I don't think I ever knew the name of this song but it is Hawkmoon 269 and it is in 4th place

Quintessential early U2

7 points for Zaph

Green&Red

In 10th place is one of the U2 songs I like the least cause people assume its a rebel song and its a peace song - Sunday, Bloody Sunday\


Still a good song, it really is just personal bias

1 point for Phatkev, sorry

Green&Red

And we are onto the top three

Green&Red

In 3rd place Electrical Storm

Released in 2002 as part of their Best of 1990-2000 compilation obviously

Love the chorus

8 points for Also Starring LeVar Burton

Irish Aris

And another amazing video for Electrical Storm!!!

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Very happy with that, was a bit of a gamble to go for Electrical Storm, as I don't think it's a fan favourite, but I've always loved it.

Green&Red

Onto 2nd and its copied straight from the OP but its a savage song
Stay Faraway, so close


Love this song, another great video, even with Bono above on that monument in Berlin
The ending to the song is brilliant

9 points for the one man here Irish Aris

Irish Aris

hehe, I have to say I was very intrigued to see it in your OP. But I just love it!! The Berlin connection through Wim Wenders. . . just sublime!!!

Green&Red

And in 1st place is Staring at the Sun

Reminds me of my leaving cert, used to skip the class before lunch regularly and go for a coffee in a pub in town, meet some of the girls. This song always seemed to be on, love it to this day

10 points for ShaneU

Green&Red

Round 1 scores


ShaneU 10
Irish Aris 9
Also Starring LeVar Burton 8
Zaph 7
The purple tin 6
Trigger 5
Osh 4
Homer J. Fong 3
Reberetta 3
PhatKev 1

Green&Red

I'll take a sos beag and come back with the country round after 9 sometime

phatkev

Green&Red wrote: »

Round 1 scores


ShaneU 10
Irish Aris 9
Also Starring LeVar Burton 8
Zaph 7
The purple tin 6
Trigger 5
Osh 4
Homer J. Fong 3
Reberetta 3
PhatKev 1

wasnt the greatest category for me, I wouldnt be a massive fan of U2 (I'd only heard of 4 of the songs on this list:o). I use play Sunday Bloody Sunday in a long forgotten cover band, always got a good kick out of playing it

Zaph

Green&Red wrote: »

I don't think I ever knew the name of this song but it is Hawkmoon 269 and it is in 4th place

Quintessential early U2

7 points for Zaph

Funny, I'd never consider this early U2 as Rattle and Hum was their 6th album. But in terms of their longevity it definitely counts as early U2 at this stage. I almost went with Out of Control, which is as early as you can get, but I suspect it wouldn't have done as well looking at the top three.

Green&Red

Right I'll crack on with R2 the songs with a story in them

In 7th place - Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

Probably scores lower cause its so well known, great song though

4 points for Irish Aris

ShaneU

Woop love that u2 song, no-one picked Pride or One surprisingly

Green&Red

In 6th place Janis Ian - At Seventeen

Another one thats well known, very melancholy

5 points for Reberetta

Green&Red

In 8th place Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under the Bridge

I loved this when it came out first but over time not so much, not sure about the story element of it either

3 points for Trigger

Green&Red

In 5th Place Bruce Springsteen - Black Cowboy

Probably the best story of the round, hadn't heard this before

6 points for The Purple Tin

Green&Red

in 9th place Bob Dylan - Simple Twist of Fate

Not a big fan of Dylan but this is quite good

2 points for ShaneU

Green&Red

In 4th place Perfume Genius - Mr Peterson

I'd never heard of the song or artist, really liked this. "It's quite short and has a deceptively pretty melody but tells a rather bleak story" - damn right it does - a teacher trading weed for BJs

7 points for Homer J

Green&Red

In 10th place - Slint - Good Morning, Captain


I'm afraid I just didn't get this

Sorry Osh, just the 1 point

Green&Red

Top 3, we have Also Starring LeVar Burton, Zaph and PhatKev

Green&Red

In 3rd place The Monkees - What Am I Doing Hangin' Round

Good story here and catchy tune, I liked it

8 points for Also Starring LeVar Burton

Green&Red

In 2nd we have Bruce Springsteen - Johnny 99

Probably only in second cause I came across it a few months back, love it, great song

Beaten to top spot is Zaph who gets 9 points

Green&Red

Which means PhatKev takes top spot and 10 points

Sage Francis - Little Houdini

Completely different to anything else here but a great story and great sound

Green&Red

So a tie at the top after that round


Also Starring LeVar Burton 16
Zaph 16
Irish Aris 13
ShaneU 12
The purple tin 12
PhatKev 11
Homer J. Fong 10
Trigger 8
Reberetta 8
Osh 5



Might try and get another round in tomorrow evening

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Delighted to get third place in both rounds, and glad The Monkees were appreciated (as they always should be).

That was a great round - loved all of those songs.

Zaph

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Delighted to get third place in both rounds, and glad The Monkees were appreciated (as they always should be).

That was a great round - loved all of those songs.

Likewise, delighted with my placings. I fear it's all going to go to sh*t after this.

And I love The Monkees, they were a criminally underrated band.

osh

Ah well, knew my song was a risk. But it's an amazing song if it clicks with you.

Its an allusion to the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

the purple tin

Green&Red wrote: »

Which means PhatKev takes top spot and 10 points

Sage Francis - Little Houdini

Completely different to anything else here but a great story and great sound

Quite good that, reminds me a bit of Everlast.

Green&Red

Looking like Friday guys for the next of the reveal

Green&Red

Sorry guys, slight hold up, I'll try and knock out one or two on Wednesday

the purple tin

Green&Red wrote: »

Sorry guys, slight hold up, I'll try and knock out one or two on Wednesday

Trigger

No rush, take all the time you need...

Green&Red

Right in 7th Place - Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi - Gonna Write Me A Letter

This is very similar to Otis Taylor - Nasty Letter, its at the end of Public Enemies, and its all I could think about

4 points for Irish Aris

Green&Red

Sorry should have said this is the country/folk round


In 6th Milk Carton Kids: White Girl


This song could easily have been in the story round, I liked it

5 points for The Purple Tin

Green&Red

In 8th place The Low Anthem - To Ohio

Nice song, I'd prefer something more upbeat but still a good pick

3 points for Deleted User

Green&Red

In 5th place and old favourite Mary Black - No Frontiers

Would have scored higher only I know it so well, great song

6 points for Trigger

Green&Red

In 9th place Rodriguez - Like Janis


Bit of Dylan about this, can't say I loved it

2 points for ShaneU