Walrus - Lassykk - The Reveal

lassykk

Hey everyone, this will be my reveal thread which I hoping to run over the next couple of weeks.

I have 15 entries and only one duplicate which is great and I'm looking forward to listening to the 74 songs.

The One Hit Wonder category will be first up and has thrown up some of my favourite songs so it's going to be hard to choose between them. It's also thrown up five songs I've never heard of so I'm hoping they are going to find their way to the top of the list, or at least on to my regular playlist!

Will confirm when the first round reveal will as soon as I can - hopefully Wednesday or Thursday morning (sorry mornings are the only time I can run the reveals).

lassykk

Well I have listened to all 15 One Hit Wonders and my initial gut top 3 has changed dramatically.

A song I'd never heard of rocketed it's way into the Top 3 and a song I didn't know the title or artist name has made the provisionally Top 5.

Listen 2 will be in the morning all going well. I've set up a YouTube playlist now so I can listen through without searching in between or going back to my master list for the link.

My top pick has remained unchanged from when I saw the list first but this was never in doubt unless something absolutely blew me away!

lassykk

Well I have my final ranking for the OHW category now and will run the reveal for this round tomorrow morning all going well. I'm not sure yet what time it will be but I will confirm before the end of the day.

All songs have been listened to three times minimum, so they all got a fair shake.

The new songs on me that I liked probably got listened to five or more times just to be sure!

lassykk

Aiming for probably 10.30 tomorrow morning but subject to change!

See ye then

lassykk

Hello and welcome to the results of the first round of my Walrus – One Hit Wonders. I fear the day might get away from me so I'm just putting up the first few songs now so get the ball rolling and will be back hopefully at 10.30 to do the rest

There have been many one hit wonders through the years that I’ve been a big fan, some of which have been picked and some of which have not. Some of those deserving of an honourable mention are:

One of my all-time favourite tracks

Another cracking one hit wonder

I’ve decided to reveal these starting in the middle at 8th then going 7th & 9th, 6th & 10th and so on. That leaves some suspense right at the end as to whether you are coming top or bottom
I’ll be rattling through the reveal pretty quickly in case I get dragged away for something else

lassykk

First up in 8th place it’s

fixXxer

with Ugly Kid Joe - Everything About You

Brilliant tune - I didn't know the name of this song or the name of the artist but knew the song and as soon as I heard the opening few seconds of music I knew I was on to a winner. I initially wondered when I saw the list was Three Days Grace - I hate everything about you perhaps a cover of this but, no, this was a completely different song. Was higher up the list initially but gradually fell back to the middle spot

lassykk

Next up we have 7th place and it’s

Andy125

with 4 Non Blondes - What's Up

This is another song that gets a lot of airtime on my regular rotation on Spotify and I've always been a fan. Only ends up scraping into the top half though and I have to say I found ranking these songs very hard!

lassykk

In 9th place it’s

Necro

with Fountains of Wayne - Stacey's Mom

A song that reminds me of my teenage years and like almost every track nominated for the OHW category I do like this track but it kept getting further pushed down as I listened to other songs on the list

lassykk

In 6th place it’s

cj maxx

with Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

When this was released it was before I'd discovered decent music as I was stuck listening to terrible music on the radio (I was 12 and my mother only listened to Irish country music!) and I thought it was brilliant to hear such a quality track on the radio. Was shocked she never followed it up with more hits given how good this track is

lassykk

In 10th place it’s

greenspurs

with Blind Melon – No Rain

Got introduced to this song from an unbelievable album I downloaded once called Top 100 rocks songs of the 90s. I didn't know what to make of this song at the outset but it grew and grew on me but sadly there's too many other quality tracks ahead of it so 10th place is as high as I can go with it.

Tauriel

I only thought of Teenage Dirtbag after submitting my songs to you. I'll be gutted if it was picked by someone else and does better than the song I went with.

Necro

Genuinely stunned fixxxer didn't pick Smash Mouth!!!

lassykk

mustang shelly wrote: »

I only thought of Teenage Dirtbag after submitting my songs to you. I'll be gutted if it was picked by someone else and does better than the song I went with.

Nope, wasn't picked by anyone or Smash Mouth. I thought Teenage Dirtbag would have been multi-nominated to be honest!

I love every one of those songs so far. One hit wonders are the best.

greenspurs

Gutted with Blind Melon only barely scraping in at 10 !!!

Poor "Bee Girl" …. she deserved better :P

greenspurs

greenspurs wrote: »

Gutted with Blind Melon only barely scraping in at 10 !!!

Poor "Bee Girl" …. she deserved better :P

I was gonna nominate it. So now it’s a contest between me and you

lassykk

greenspurs wrote: »

Gutted with Blind Melon only barely scraping in at 10 !!!

Poor "Bee Girl" …. she deserved better :P

Loved the video - Had never seen it before!

There were so many quality songs nominated I felt bad putting songs I like in the bottom half!

lassykk

I'll get another 6 done at 10.30 I'd say and do the most important top 2 and bottom 2 as soon as possible after that

lassykk

In 5th place it’s

Tusk

with Seether Ft Amy Lee - Broken

A combination of Evanescene and Seether was always going to go well for me. I think they voices compliment each other really well and make this a cracking track. I'm possibly being generous allowing as a OHW but I'm not going to go checking all the bands to see what else they've released

lassykk

In 11th place it’s

Purple Tin

with Steppenwolf - Born to be Wild

I have heard this many times over the years and when I saw the selection I thought I wasn't going to like it but I really enjoyed it and ranked it a lot higher than I thought I would. A solid pick. Wouldn't have been able to name the band in a million years.

fixXxer

Necro wrote: »

Genuinely stunned fixxxer didn't pick Smash Mouth!!!

I don't consider it a one hit wonder, they did Walkin' on the Sun too

lassykk

In 4th place it’s

Rothko

with The La's - There She Goes

I actually got to know this song when Sixpence None The Richer released the cover from Dawson's Creek (I am aware that's not my proudest statement) but I absoltuley love this track and reminds me of my teenage years listening to it my clapped out Renault Clio on the way to Tramore to hit up the arcades and get some chips in Cunninghams afterwards (anyone from Waterford will know what I'm talking about )

lassykk

In 12th place it’s

Strawberry Milkshake

with The Korgis - everybody’s gotta learn sometime

I vaguely knew the tune of the song but never heard of the band of the title of the track. Wouldn't necessarily be my normal genre and I found it hard to know where to place this in the Top 15 but it unfortunately ended up in the lower half of the pack. Doesn't really get going the way I like songs to. Was hoping for them to burst into something heavier or faster paced.

Tauriel

lassykk wrote: »

In 5th place it’s

Tusk

with Seether Ft Amy Lee - Broken

I love that song, it just narrowly missed out a nomination from myself for Stawberry's Greatest Song Sung by Woman.

lassykk

fixXxer wrote: »

I don't consider it a one hit wonder, they did Walkin' on the Sun too

That's a fair point. Wheatus did a cover of A Little Respect by Erasure that did OK too. I probably would have allowed it as I'm generous like that

lassykk

mustang shelly wrote: »

I love that song, it just narrowly missed out a nomination from myself for Stawberry's Greatest Song Sung by Woman.

Cracking tune alright. Always liked Evanesence so when you add in the male vocals too I think it's a great combo.

lassykk

Moving into the business end of proceedings now and the next 2 songs are:


The Shins - New Slang nominated by

y0ssar1an22

and
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger nominated by

Mustang Shelly

Which song will be the first on the podium

Tauriel

lassykk wrote: »

Cracking tune alright. Always liked Evanesence so when you add in the male vocals too I think it's a great combo.

Evanescence released a cracking rendition of The Chain last November. I would love to go see their World's Collide tour with Within Temptation.

lassykk

mustang shelly wrote: »

Evanescence released a cracking rendition of The Chain last November. I would love to go see their World's Collide tour with Within Temptation.

Yeah I heard it alright - it's a brilliant cover

lassykk

In 3rd place it is

y0ssar1an22

with The Shins - New Slang

Another completely new song to me that I'd never heard before. Deligthed to find another new track of this quality in the one hit wonder category. Probably shouldn't have been completely new to me considering there's 15m views on the video.

lassykk

In 13th place it's

mustang shelly

with Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

I don't know what it is about this song but I've never been a fan. I know it's a seriously famous track but I think it reminds me of nightclubs in my teens when all I wanted was a bit of Rage Against The Machine to mosh to and this was played instead! The lyrics are actually good and the tune's not half bad but something about it doesn't work for me. Embarrassingly for me, I actually always thought the lead vocalist was female! I was listening to this on YouTube and flicked back to search for the next track and got quite a surprise!

lassykk

In 2nd place is

Also Starring LeVar Burton

with Tired Pony - Dead American Writers

Never heard this song before that I can remember but it's a quality track and I can't say I'm surprised given the history of ASLB's taste in music overlapping with mine. Got me on a first listen too which is rare enough for me. Usually takes a couple of listens before I get into a song - Making the top 3 for a song I'd never heard before in a One Hit Wonder selection was not what I expected so to have two is brilliant. I'm guessing by the number of views on the YouTube video this is under the radar for most people.

lassykk

In 14th place is

Sawduck

with Phantom Planet - California

Knew the song but didn't know either the artist or the title (perhaps it is a bit obvious but never thought about it). It's a bit repetitive I'm afraid - I do like the general tune not with some of the other quality tracks in this selection I'm afraid it's low down the list.

lassykk

Back soon to reveal the top and bottom places!

lassykk

Right so, in the 15th and final position it's

Irish Aris

with Toni Basil - Mickey

I was hoping the first line of the song wouldn't be from the song I thought this was. Sadly it was I don't know why but it's just a song that grates on me. I'm afraid it was destined for bottom of the pile. I did listen to it three times, the same as every other song and it did grow on me a bit but not enough to move it off the bottom of the list

lassykk

So top spot in round 1 of my Walrus goes to

ShaneU

with an absolute masterpiece - Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike

This is just a piece of music magic for me. Combining Eddie Vedder with Chris Cornell is just perfection. This song is on my regular rotation and the only song that could have pushed it close would have been Wheatus - A Little Respect

lassykk

Playlist here for anyone interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZLfasMPOU4&list=PL5vKTA4ntssJE8o-Gz4Zs_g_YyLmQeu3I in the order they were received not in order of preference

ShaneU

I'm going hungryyyyyyyy

Great song!

Also happy to see someone vote There She Goes, one of my favourite songs

lassykk

Have to say the quality of nominations for this round were top notch. I would happily listen to 14 of the 15 on a regular basis.

I've listened to, but not ranked, round 2 and the quality is just as high. Will be a few days before I can do the next reveal and I won't be clashing with ASLB's SURLAW which is coming up soon so probably early next week and I might run off two rounds in quick succession.

Rothko

Good list of songs. I'd consider Temple Of The Dog to be underrated too so nice to see them get mentioned and take the top spot.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Really strong round, not a single song there I didn't like. Would've struggled to rank those.

lassykk wrote: »

In 2nd place is

Also Starring LeVar Burton

with Tired Pony - Dead American Writers

Never heard this song before that I can remember but it's a quality track and I can't say I'm surprised given the history of ASLB's taste in music overlapping with mine. Got me on a first listen too which is rare enough for me. Usually takes a couple of listens before I get into a song - Making the top 3 for a song I'd never heard before in a One Hit Wonder selection was not what I expected so to have two is brilliant. I'm guessing by the number of views on the YouTube video this is under the radar for most people.

Delighted this got second place. It was really the only song I ever considered for this round and didn't give anything else much thought, which given how much I struggled whittling down the other rounds, is a miracle.

For a bit of history, Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol decided he wanted to release some Country/Americana styled songs and formed Tired Pony, which includes R.E.M.'s Peter Buck and Belle & Sebastian's Richard Colburn amongst others. They released two albums, but this was the only song that broke into the mainstream.

Irish Aris

I thought my selection was a bit of a long shot. I know other people that find it annoying, but I just love it. If I recall correctly I nominated Mickey in the Greatest One Hit Wonder competition a few months back.

lassykk

Rothko wrote: »

Good list of songs. I'd consider Temple Of The Dog to be underrated too so nice to see them get mentioned and take the top spot.

Must admit I've been a Pearl Jam fan for probably 15 years but only discovered this song maybe 5 years ago. It's hugely underrated

lassykk

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Really strong round, not a single song there I didn't like. Would've struggled to rank those.



Delighted this got second place. It was really the only song I ever considered for this round and didn't give anything else much thought, which given how much I struggled whittling down the other rounds, is a miracle.

For a bit of history, Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol decided he wanted to release some Country/Americana styled songs and formed Tired Pony, which includes R.E.M.'s Peter Buck and Belle & Sebastian's Richard Colburn amongst others. They released two albums, but this was the only song that broke into the mainstream.

I didn't realise they had such famous members - I nearly always listen to music rather than watch videos so unless I've been to a gig of a band I wouldn't know what they look like at all.

Cracking song though and has gone on to my Spotify playlist which in fairness is a mixed bag at the best of times!

lassykk

Irish Aris wrote: »

I thought my selection was a bit of a long shot. I know other people that find it annoying, but I just love it. If I recall correctly I nominated Mickey in the Greatest One Hit Wonder competition a few months back.

In fairness it did grow on me and I wasn't skipping over it on the playlist but it's reminds a bit of the song "All About That Base" that the main line just isn't for me!

Also Starring LeVar Burton

lassykk wrote: »

I didn't realise they had such famous members - I nearly always listen to music rather than watch videos so unless I've been to a gig of a band I wouldn't know what they look like at all.

Cracking song though and has gone on to my Spotify playlist which in fairness is a mixed bag at the best of times!

None of them appear in the music video so it probably wouldn't have helped much in fairness.
The video is actor Joe Gilgun (This Is England, Misfits, Preacher, Brassic) just staring into the camera mouthing some of the words.

Once you've been told Gary Lightbody is the singer, its hard not to recognise his voice, but if I hadn't been told that, I doubt I would've put 2+2 together.

phatkev

Rothko wrote: »

Good list of songs. I'd consider Temple Of The Dog to be underrated too so nice to see them get mentioned and take the top spot.

I would never have considered them to be a one hit wonder, maybe a one album wonder!!
I never got around to entering a list for this Walrus, but I would have been using one of their songs as the acoustic cover

lassykk

phatkev wrote: »

I would never have considered them to be a one hit wonder, maybe a one album wonder!!
I never got around to entering a list for this Walrus, but I would have been using one of their songs as the acoustic cover

I think Say Hello To Heaven was their only other single released and it did OK but I wasn't penalising anyone if they weren't true one hit wonders

lassykk

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

None of them appear in the music video so it probably wouldn't have helped much in fairness.
The video is actor Joe Gilgun (This Is England, Misfits, Preacher, Brassic) just staring into the camera mouthing some of the words.

Once you've been told Gary Lightbody is the singer, its hard not to recognise his voice, but if I hadn't been told that, I doubt I would've put 2+2 together.

Just listening to it now again and now that I know it's him it's unmistakable but without you telling me I'd likely never have worked it out!

y0ssar1an22

lassykk wrote: »

In 3rd place it is

y0ssar1an22

with The Shins - New Slang

Another completely new song to me that I'd never heard before. Deligthed to find another new track of this quality in the one hit wonder category. Probably shouldn't have been completely new to me considering there's 15m views on the video.

glad you enjoyed. i first came across it from this vid:

few new songs for me as well, so happy days! the rest of my choices? not sure, was a bit drunk :P. you've prob heard them all before!

tusk

feck. missed it.

Happy with 5th.

I originally thought of stacey's mom, but for some strange reason i knew necro would submit that :pac: