Necro-Vision Presents: SURLAW Part Deux

Necro

Bruce pulls clear as the Pumpkins fail to score any points in that round.

Which means that they need 8 or more points than Bruce from our final contestant in order to at least share the title....


Song Scores
Bruce Springsteen - The River 152
Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings 144
Muse - Hysteria 107
Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness 105
Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now 103
Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat 102
Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling 87
Eminem - When I'm Gone 84
Crash Test Dummies - Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm 80
Oasis - Talk Tonight 75
Adele - Someone Like You 73
Paul Engemann - Push It To The Limit 64
Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King 56
The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist 54
Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up 51
Jace Everett - Bad Things 51
Blues Brothers & Ray Charles - Shake A Tailfeather 40
Shinedown - Diamond Eyes 38
Billy Ray Cyrus - Busy Man 24
Endeverafter - No More Words 17

Necro

Down to ONE.

Niska's votes determine the winner of this contest....

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Yikes. I should've given the Pumpkins more points. My top 4 were all very close together.

Ah that's understandable, always tough to decide between two premium quality acts like the Smashing Pumpkins and......

*checks notes*

Billy......

*squints*

....Ray Cyrus.

Electric Nitwit

Necro wrote: »

Bruce pulls clear as the Pumpkins fail to score any points in that round

y0ssar1an22

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I mean, you can no longer say The River is boring after giving 12pts to someone humming

like, literally call it anything else!

Sawduck

Muse made a great comeback after getting no points from the first few voters

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Deleted User wrote: »

Ah that's understandable, always tough to decide between two premium quality acts like the Smashing Pumpkins and......

*checks notes*

Billy......

*squints*

....Ray Cyrus.

I was as surprised as anyone. That song really grew on me.

Necro

Brings us to last, but most definitely not least

Niska


Let's get this out of the way first.

NEITHER of the top two finished in Niska's top two.

10 points from Niska go to

Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

And storming home with a second maximum in a row....


12 points


Adele - Someone Like You

Meaning that it's sh1t or bust for the Pumpkins....

Will Bruce be having some Pumpkin pie or will he be wearing a pretty orange costume?

Irish Aris

Irish Aris wrote: »

With the exception of the Adore album, I never really got into their music either. . .

Pumpkins are one of my favourite bands of all time but if you only like one album by them then I'm glad it's that one. Adore truly is an underappreciated masterpiece.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

y0ssar1an22 wrote: »

like, literally call it anything else!

Just to clarify, I never actually said that The River was boring.

I said the Top 2 being Bruce Springsteen and Johnny Cash was boring, as in a predictable and boring result, so you know what, I'm gonna say the same thing to you...

In other news - I've taught myself pivot tabling!!!!

Necro

I'm afraid it's close... but no cigar for the Pumpkins here...

Song Points
Bruce Springsteen - The River 8
The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings 7
Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now 6
Paul Engemann - Push It To The Limit 5
Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness 4
Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up 3
Billy Ray Cyrus - Busy Man 2
Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King 1

Meaning our winner....


Is....


Bruce Springsteen - The River

Final table below:


Song Scores
Bruce Springsteen - The River 160
Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings 151
Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness 109
Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now 109
Muse - Hysteria 107
Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat 102
Crash Test Dummies - Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm 90
Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling 87
Adele - Someone Like You 85
Eminem - When I'm Gone 84
Oasis - Talk Tonight 75
Paul Engemann - Push It To The Limit 69
Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King 57
The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist 54
Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up 54
Jace Everett - Bad Things 51
Blues Brothers & Ray Charles - Shake A Tailfeather 40
Shinedown - Diamond Eyes 38
Billy Ray Cyrus - Busy Man 26
Endeverafter - No More Words 17


Thank you for playing Necro-Vision - SURLAW Part Deux!!! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did hosting

Thanks Necro!

Rothko

A predictable winner but I won't argue too much, I'm just relieved that Starship didn't win.

y0ssar1an22

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

In other news - I've taught myself pivot tabling!!!!

like subtotaling, i haven't mastered it properly so causes me more grief than its worth.

trend lines are next!

Rothko

Thanks for organising this btw, Necro It's been really fun to follow.

lassykk

Thanks for running Necro. Great reveal. I've a hard act to follow after the first two SURLAWs!

At least I'll like the winning song in my version

ShaneU

Billy don't care

Clarabel

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

In other news - I've taught myself pivot tabling!!!!

I love a pivot

Zaph

Thanks Necro, that was a very entertaining reveal.

Electric Nitwit

Necro wrote: »

Sawduck
12 points
Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings

Necro wrote: »

Deleted User
And the maximum entitlement from Homer, this could set some sparks flying...
Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings

Necro wrote: »

phatkev is gonna mess things up fo sho, his maximum allocation of 12 points goes to
Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings[/CENTER]

Necro wrote: »

Electric Nitwit

12 points
Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings

Good effort all! So close

Damn, I saved this gif for no reason...



I do think The River is a very deserving winner though. I would say that though, I entered it in Trig's walrus. Speaking of which...

Well played Necro, great effort. How much tweaking did you do to the order of the reveal to make it so exciting?

Clarabel

y0ssar1an22 wrote: »

like subtotaling, i haven't mastered it properly so causes me more grief than its worth.

trend lines are next!

I will show you!

y0ssar1an22

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Just to clarify, I never actually said that The River was boring.

I said the Top 2 being Bruce Springsteen and Johnny Cash was boring, as in a predictable and boring result, so you know what, I'm gonna say the same thing to you...

i just talking about the CTD song, Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

love this by him though

Niska

Thanks Necro. Gerat reveal.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Great show Necro, and a solid playlist, there was actually only one song of the entire twenty that I didn't care for at all. Cheers for running it.

Not surprised to see Springsteen win, it's a good song.

Clarabel

Thanks Necro that was great!

Sawduck

Was hoping that The Smashing Pumpkins could pull it off but The River is still a great song and worthy winner, thanks Necro for all your great work and picking great songs too

Necro

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Well played Necro, great effort. How much tweaking did you do to the order of the reveal to make it so exciting?

Genuinely just randomised the order :pac:

When I was totting up the scores as they were coming in originally Starship actually stormed into a 30 something point lead at one point, maybe I should have gone with that way for the laugh

Many thanks Necro for the eclectic selection and top notch hosting. In particular I'm grateful that you've introduced me properly to 'Scarface' and 'Can't Stop the Feeling' , which are settling nicely into my Spotify playlists.

A decent winner in the end, if not my first choice. Manics would have been my wooden spoon but I'm obviously alone in my hatred for them! :pac:

Now looking forward to Lassyvision!! \o/

Kolido

Thanks Necro, that flowed nicely for Bruce.