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

ShaneU

In 20th place with 2 points is

Necro

Johnny Cash – A Boy Named Sue

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

I do like Johnny Cash but a live comedy song wasn’t really what I was looking for here. The light percussion just about makes it a half decent song to drive to.

ShaneU

In 2nd place with 20 points is

Kolido

Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now

I'm a racing car, passing by like Lady Godiva
I'm gonna go, go, go
There's no stopping meeeee!

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

Do I even need to write anything here? Probably the most energetic song ever. Absolutely love the piano of course Guitar solo/piano combo at 2:18 is brilliant.

osh

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Runnin' Down A Dream was my second choice, probably should've gone for it, but more often than not I favour the one that the host is less likely to know.

Yeah normally do similar, but felt this was a category where would be hard to get near the top with a lesser known song. Like, you came 6th with the other Shires song you submitted, and 14th with one he preferred more.

I was contemplating Kashmir too as I love blasting this out very loudly when on the motorway

ShaneU

In 21st place with 1 point is

Gru

Kongos – Come With Me Now

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

I like the chorus as it’s very catchy but not the rest of the song. The guitar that comes in at 2:15 is just plain bad and then it’s followed by what sounds like an accordion??? Then that’s followed by an angry shouting section which I didn’t like either.

ShaneU

In 1st place with 21 points is

fixXxer

Deep Purple – Highway Star

"Nobody gonna beat my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound"

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

Holy shít this song is like a shot of pure adrenaline, inject this into my veins! It starts off fast and never lets off the pedal! The keyboard and guitar solos are incredible. Very unsafe for me to listen to this while driving as I’d likely cause an accident!

ShaneU

Youtube playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDCoC82ENwfZIZyhfh0VvYUtY6-zsDDf9

Youtube music playlist https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDCoC82ENwfZIZyhfh0VvYUtY6-zsDDf9

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osh wrote: »

Yeah normally do similar, but felt this was a category where would be hard to get near the top with a lesser known song. Like, you came 6th with the other Shires song you submitted, and 14th with one he preferred more.

I was contemplating Kashmir too as I love blasting this out very loudly when on the motorway

Well to be fair, the other time was in my Surlaw and it was up against 19 other songs I had chosen, so it's comparing chalk and cheese really.

For the most part (based on tournaments and Walruses) I don't think myself and Shane are necessarily in sync when it comes to music, which isn't to say we don't occasionally align in our interests of course.

JohnGreenFan

That is a serious playlist!

ShaneU

JohnGreenFan wrote: »

That is a serious playlist!

I know right? You guys did really well on this one

osh

Ah right, presumed it was in this walrus

ShaneU

And now what you've all been waiting for

Name Making an Entrance Piano Perfection Driving Miss Walrus Disco Fever True Colours Hindsight is 2020 Total
The Purple Tin 21 3 17 41
Mustang Shelly 20 15 19 54
Necro 19 21 2 42
Sawduck 18 13 11 42
Homer J. Fong 17 18 16 51
Osh 17 16 18 51
JP Liz V1 15 17 15 47
Beakerjoe 14 4 9 27
RasTa 13 12 13 38
Irish Aris 12 2 3 17
Kolido 11 14 20 45
LeVar 10 5 8 23
Gru 9 10 1 20
Deja Boo 8 11 12 31
Green&Red 7 6 7 20
y0ssarian22 6 1 10 17
FixXxer 5 7 21 33
JohnGreenFan 4 8 6 18
S1Ippy 3 19 4 26
Pretzill 2 9 14 25
CJ Maxx 1 20 5 26



Mustang Shelly holds a three point lead at the halfway point but it could go anywhere really.

Tauriel

ShaneU wrote: »

Mustang Shelly holds a three point lead at the halfway point but it could go anywhere really.

I think we should just end this walrus right here right now It's only going to go down hill from here on in, I've looked at the list of songs yet to come.

Gru

ShaneU wrote: »

I like the chorus as it’s very catchy but not the rest of the song. The guitar that comes in at 2:15 is just plain bad and then it’s followed by what sounds like an accordion??? Then that’s followed by an angry shouting section which I didn’t like either.

i first heard it in The Grand Tour's season 1 ads and always associated it with driving, i could have had The chain by Fleetwood Mac... no regrets with my choice though i stand by my song :pac:

the purple tin

Some class rock numbers there. The 70s was the primo decade for good driving songs :cool:

JP Liz V1

What a great round, some epic top tunes, I wish The Shires got more love, they should be bigger

ShaneU

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

What a great round, some epic top tunes, I wish The Shires got more love, they should be bigger

They finished right behind Black Betty! It was a tough round.

Next round will be Thursday. Can't wait, I love Disco!

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JP Liz V1 wrote: »

What a great round, some epic top tunes, I wish The Shires got more love, they should be bigger

They're doing pretty well for themselves in fairness. Quite well known just across the pond anyway.

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The Shires do actually have a song called Drive which I was going to enter for this one at one stage, but Echo is one of my favourites of theirs and also has a bit more umph to it, so switched to that somewhere along the way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO6jX8bdyvY

JP Liz V1

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

They're doing pretty well for themselves in fairness. Quite well known just across the pond anyway.

Any US success, Nashville etc., ?

fixXxer

Also Starring LeVar Burton

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 ?