ShaneU's Walrus - The Reveal (Mod: no quoting videos)

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JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Any US success, Nashville etc., ?

They probably have some sort of a following Stateside, but don't think they've been around long enough to have made much of an impact over there and their tours tend to be mostly UK based. That said they have picked up a couple of CMA's, so they're obviously on the radar of the right people over there at the very least.

Irish Aris

mmm, looks like I'm heading for 2 wooden spoons now - last here and last at kev's. Oh well. . .
Though I think I have a better chance in the disco category.

beakerjoe

Irish Aris wrote: »

mmm, looks like I'm heading for 2 wooden spoons now - last here and last at kev's. Oh well. . .
Though I think I have a better chance in the disco category.

The anti LeVar!

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Irish Aris wrote: »

mmm, looks like I'm heading for 2 wooden spoons now - last here and last at kev's. Oh well. . .
Though I think I have a better chance in the disco category.

beakerjoe wrote: »

The anti LeVar!

I believe I'm definitely a contender for the wooden spoon for both Shane and Kev as well.

Pretzill

ShaneU wrote: »

In 8th place with 14 points is

Pretzill

Tom Robinson Band – 2-4-6-8 Motorway


A great discovery for me here, how I haven’t heard this before baffles me. Such a fun song that’s great to sing along to. The guitar solos are great too. Now I'm curious are there lots of trucking songs I've been missing out on? :eek:

Glad you liked Tom Robinson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9qz_bnJVlw

Atmospherics Listen to the radio is an all time favourite of mine too - as well as the anthem way ahead of his time "Glad to be gay" and "War Baby"

Also happy to see I managed to scrabble up the ranking a bit but I keep missing the reveals

the purple tin

On the driving songs: they did a study and found that people who listen to rock and metal while they drive are more likely to break the speed limit without realising it.
People who listened to classical music were the best at keeping under the limit.

Deja Boo

the purple tin wrote: »

On the driving songs: they did a study and found that people who listen to rock and metal while they drive are more likely to break the speed limit without realising it.
People who listened to classical music were the best at keeping under the limit.

wonder what people who listen to country are most likely to do :eek:




...name their sons, sue :pac:

Necro

I'll have you know Gemma and Gill are perfectly fine boys names

Pretzill

the purple tin wrote: »

On the driving songs: they did a study and found that people who listen to rock and metal while they drive are more likely to break the speed limit without realising it.
People who listened to classical music were the best at keeping under the limit.

The first time I ever went over 100 was to Steppenwolf's Born to be Wild. (Why I never thought of it for this round, is beyond me) it was also my first time driving the motorway so I was within the speed limit, just...it felt fast to me:D

Deja Boo

Necro wrote: »

I'll have you know Gemma and Gill are perfectly fine boys names

is that a Willie Nelson song ?

JP Liz V1

Deja Boo wrote: »

wonder what people who listen to country are most likely to do :eek:

...name their sons, sue :pac:

Or Dolly and Waylon

ShaneU

Tonight at 8pm we catch....



Get Ready!



Now I know what you're thinking "Shane you're gonna spam this thread with Disco songs aren't you?" You're damn right because




The Nolans - I'm In the Mood for Dancing
No-one chose Ireland's disco sisters, where's your national pride? :pac:

Boys Town Gang - Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
So during this Walrus I discovered there is sub-genre of disco called Hi-NRG and a lot of my favourite disco songs seem to fall into this category. Here's one of them

Sheila & B. Devotion - Spacer
Great piano combined with an unmistakable Nile Rodgers guitar riff

Andrea True Connection - More, More, More
Great saxophone and piano in this and the ten second bridge at 2:19 created a whole other song I like too!

Electric Light Orchestra - Last Train to London
I'm a big fan of ELO, this is my favourite song of theirs that you'd classify as disco. Strings are fantastic as always with this band.

Chicago - Street Player
Love this, the horn section is brilliant.

I already mentioned there were new disco songs coming out. The next two were only in the charts recently but the disco influence is there to see!

Doja Cat - Say So

Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now

Tauriel

I actually cannot believe that I forgot about the Bee Gees for this round :rolleyes:

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Went for a modern disco track and therefore hopefully unknown to Shane for this one, which probably means I'll be propping up the lower end of the table once again with all the old school classics that are undoubtedly in the mix, but even if knew I was getting last place, I'd still pick the exact same song were I to do it all over again.

Gru

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Went for a modern disco track and therefore hopefully unknown to Shane for this one, which probably means I'll be propping up the lower end of the table once again with all the old school classics that are undoubtedly in the mix, but even if knew I was getting last place, I'd still pick the exact same song were I to do it all over again.

Nah i got you on this one last place is definately mine and i knew it even as i typed it into the pm! :pac: but like you i couldn't NOT pick it!

Green&Red

Trying to get a country disco song proved an issue

fixXxer

Green&Red wrote: »

Trying to get a country disco song proved an issue

Ditto on the Metal/Disco front.

Necro

Green&Red wrote:

Trying to get a country disco song proved an issue

Cotton Eye Joe surely?

*Runs*

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Green&Red wrote: »

Trying to get a country disco song proved an issue

I can think of one that just about covers both genres...

EDIT: Damn, Necro beat me to it!!! Really hope someone picked it though... :pac:

Irish Aris

I wanted to go a with nu-disco song, but at the end I went with an old time classic.
I will admit though that the new ones I'm more interested in

Deja Boo

Googled this one, not sure if mine qualifies or not.

There is no disco in country music, so I was a bit lost.






...ehh, don't recall the song but it sounded somewhat ...disco ball-ish

Tauriel

Went with the first song that popped into my head which is an oldie.

ShaneU

Green&Red wrote: »

Trying to get a country disco song proved an issue

fixXxer wrote: »

Ditto on the Metal/Disco front.

You were not the only two to struggle with genres in this round

Irish Aris

ShaneU wrote: »

You were not the only two to struggle with genres in this round

I am conscious that defining genres can be tricky.
I have already started thinking of categories for my next Walrus and I try to keep them as genre free as possible, to welcome all sorts of music, even the ones that I'm not particularly fond of, but in a way that there will be a chance to like most (if not all). I was really impressed by the Metallica song that fixXxer submitted for me, so there you go. . .:)

JP Liz V1

Green&Red wrote: »

Trying to get a country disco song proved an issue

Keith Urban Fighter?

ShaneU

*struts into thread*

ShaneU

In 12th place with 10 points is

Kolido

Alcazar – Crying At The Discotheque

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

This is a cover of Sheila’s Spacer that I posted earlier. The lyrics are completely different though. The deep male voice that comes in around 2:40 was bizarre.

Irish Aris

ah, great start!!!

ShaneU

In 11th place with 11 points is

Mustang Shelly

Baccara – Yes Sir, I can Boogie

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

Love the violin in this. The Spanish accents pronouncing some of the words wrong adds to the charm of it, did they record this on the first take?

the purple tin

ShaneU wrote: »

In 11th place with 11 points is

Mustang Shelly

Baccara – Yes Sir, I can Boogie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32wDFCM7iSI

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

Love the violin in this. The Spanish accents pronouncing some of the words wrong adds to the charm of it, did they record this on the first take?

I always thought that was an Abba number!

ShaneU

In 13th place with 9 points is

Green&Red

Jon Pardi - She Ain’t in it

Have I listened to this artist before? No
Have I listened to this song before? No

So this entrant insisted on sending a country song for every category. I don’t think there’s any country disco songs around so he was stuck on this round We have since learned that Cotton Eye Joe is the ultimate (and only) country disco song so disregard that last remark. I guess we’ll treat this as the slow set :pac: I enjoyed this, some really nice violin in it

ShaneU

In 10th place with 12 points is

JP Liz v1

Carl Douglas – Kung Fu Fighting

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

An absolute classic. Always found a black guy singing about funky Chinamen Billy Chin and Sammy Chung very strange but it’s a great song anyway.

ShaneU

In 14th place with 8 points is

y0ssar1an22

Infernal – From Paris to Berlin

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

It’s not a disco song despite the lyrics mentioning visiting discos in various European cities. However there’s a lot of energy in this and it’s good dancefloor material.

ShaneU

In 9th place with 13 points is

LeVar

Ekkah – Can’t Give It Up

Have I listened to this artist before? No
Have I listened to this song before? No

Really enjoyed this. Guitar is groovy and the chorus is catchy.

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I'll gladly take 9th, and happy its one you were unfamiliar with

ShaneU

In 15th place with 7 points is

RasTa

Rupa – East West Shuffle

Have I listened to this artist before? No
Have I listened to this song before? No

No lyrics to this but I found myself bopping along to it before long. Didn’t know Indian Disco was a thing but we learn something new every day The guitar has a traditional Indian sound to it.

ShaneU

In joint 7th place with 15 points each are

Irish Aris & Osh

Chic – Le Freak

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

Another great Nile Rodgers groove. I love shouting FREAK OUT

Irish Aris

ShaneU wrote: »

In 9th place with 13 points is

LeVar

Ekkah – Can’t Give It Up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsiMDFgAVSQ

Have I listened to this artist before? No
Have I listened to this song before? No

Really enjoyed this. Guitar is groovy and the chorus is catchy.

That's a good one LeVar, I put it on my list for further investigation.

ShaneU

In 16th place with 6 points is

Deja Boo

KC & The Sunshine Band – Boogie Shoes

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

I’m a big fan of this band but this wouldn’t be one of my favourites of theirs. It has a much slower tempo than what they usually put out. Get Down tonight or That’s The Way I like It would have been amazing choices.

ShaneU

In 6th place with 16 points is

S1ippy

Jamiroquai – Canned Heat

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

An astute choice here, I never would have thought of this. I love the string section at the end. A dancefloor filler!

quickbeam

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ShaneU

In 17th place with 5 points is

Sawduck

Wild Cherry – Play That Funky Music

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

This is a lot more Funk than Disco (the title doesn’t lie :pac:) Never been a massive fan of this unfortunately.

Kolido

ShaneU wrote: »

In 6th place with 16 points is

S1ippy

Jamiroquai – Canned Heat




Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

An astute choice here, I never would have thought of this. I love the string section at the end. A dancefloor filler!

Great tune, whatever happened to them, they where everywhere in the late 90s and early 00s and kinda just disapeared. I havent heard of them in years.

ShaneU

In 5th place with 17 points is

The Purple Tin

Donna Summer – I Feel Love

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

I always thought this as more of an electro song than Disco. I think it was the first all-electronic number one? Either way it’s fantastic!

ShaneU

In 18th place with 4 points is

Pretzill

Labelle – Lady Marmalade

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

Can't say I like disco at all - I couldn't think of a better one

Who invited this party pooper? It’s more of a Soul song than Disco. The lyrics are rubbish, even Patti LaBelle had no idea what the song was about. She doesn’t even speak French!

RasTa

ShaneU wrote: »

In 15th place with 7 points is

RasTa

Rupa – East West Shuffle



Have I listened to this artist before? No
Have I listened to this song before? No

No lyrics to this but I found myself bopping along to it before long. Didn’t know Indian Disco was a thing but we learn something new every day The guitar has a traditional Indian sound to it.

Yeah not a massive fan of disco but remember reading the story about the artist so dived in.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jun/21/from-bengal-to-boogie-rupa-biswas-indias-rediscovered-disco-diva

ShaneU

In 4th place with 18 points is

Necro

Village People – Y.M.C.A.

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

If this doesn’t make you want to get up and dance you’re not alive! A Disco classic!

quickbeam

Can't argue with an entry like that!!!

JP Liz V1

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

I'll gladly take 9th, and happy its one you were unfamiliar with

New to me but I like

Pretzill

ShaneU wrote: »

Who invited this party pooper? It’s more of a Soul song than Disco. The lyrics are rubbish, even Patti LaBelle had no idea what the song was about. She doesn’t even speak French!

told you I didn't like disco