BJ's Walrus

beakerjoe

What Is Walrus?

Walrus is a game wherein you select music, & other people judge your music. The standard Walrus usually has 1 host who selects all the categories and a bunch of people submit songs (1 per category) and the host judges all the songs in each category which here will be me.

Why Am I Doing This?

I love finding new tunes. This is a great way to extend my musical taste and broaden my horizons. Plus I get a power trip out of ranking the musical tastes of others.

What Kind of Music Am I Into?

Anything really (except Irish Trad Ballets mixed with any techno or house beat). I believe most music has a place in the world.

Categories

1. New School is Cool - I am looking for songs released in the last 5 years. Any song from 2015 to 2020 is eligible.

2. Visual Treats - I am looking for songs that you believe were made better by their awesome music video. So give me a song that you believe was improved upon by its accompanied video.

3. Money Money Money - Here I want a song with some form of money or word related to money in the title.

4. Boys 4 Now! - Songs by boy bands are 100 percent a (not so) guilty pleasure of mine. So give me your best song by a boyband. But be careful, I dont like ALL boybands.

5. Upgrade - So here I want a cover, in which your opinion improves on the original. So any covers are eligible here, but beware ..... make a choice that you think is better than the real thing.

6. Animal Instincts - Here I want a song which contains the name of an animal in its title, not a band .... (bye bye Def Leopard), so once your songs title contains an animal, you're quid's in.

7. Riff Raff - I love a song with a killer guitar riff, so once your song has what you believe to be an awesome riff, hit me up!

8. Best Song Ever - Simply give me a song that you rate really really really highly. Go!

Lets set a deadline of Monday 7th of Sept, with a reveal a week later.

I hope you will play along and submit your choices and if you need any clarity please ask away, enjoy

Necro

Cool looking categories beaker, I'll have my entries to you over the weekend.

fixXxer

Whats wrong with Girl Bands? Are we to exclusively use the male gender variety?

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Some very interesting categories indeed.

Will have an entry into you before the weekend is up.

beakerjoe

fixXxer wrote: »

Whats wrong with Girl Bands? Are we to exclusively use the male gender variety?

Yes, its male exculsive. No Girls Aloud.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

fixXxer wrote: »

Whats wrong with Girl Bands? Are we to exclusively use the male gender variety?

There's nothing wrong with having a category that is just Boybands, it doesn't mean anything at all.

Trying to make an issue where there is none, serves no purpose and just comes across as sh*t-stirring.

beakerjoe

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

There's nothing wrong with having a category that is just Boybands, it doesn't mean anything at all.

Trying to make an issue where there is none, serves no purpose and just comes across as sh*t-stirring.

I dint think fixxxer was making an issue, just enquiring.

fixXxer

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

There's nothing wrong with having a category that is just Boybands, it doesn't mean anything at all.

Trying to make an issue where there is none, serves no purpose and just comes across as sh*t-stirring.

quickbeam

beakerjoe wrote: »

Yes, its male exculsive. No Girls Aloud.

You mean it's only a boys' zone?

Also Starring LeVar Burton

beakerjoe wrote: »

I dint think fixxxer was making an issue, just enquiring.

fixXxer wrote: »

Fair enough. No offence was meant fixXxer, sorry about that. Been one of those weeks.

beakerjoe

Enjoy yourselves..... be merry....

fixXxer

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Fair enough. No offence was meant fixXxer, sorry about that. Been one of those weeks.

I hear ya on that.

beakerjoe

Kolido

Does Queen qualify as a boyband or are we talking take that?

the purple tin

Kolido wrote: »

Does Queen qualify as a boyband or are we talking take that?

Why do they call them bands? Most of em can't play an instrument.
Girl-group is an accurate description at least.

Irish Aris

quickbeam wrote: »

You mean it's only a boys' zone?

Very good categories and some with very wide scope.
The one with the videoclips was also in my list for a future walrus
In obviously, I will send my selections probably tomorrow

quickbeam

the purple tin wrote: »

Why do they call them bands? Most of em can't play an instrument.
Girl-group is an accurate description at least.

Alliteration ftw!

beakerjoe

Kolido wrote: »

Does Queen qualify as a boyband or are we talking take that?

They are men not boys.

Boy bands, usually a band made up of 1 or 2 singers , some back up singers and dancers.

Electric Nitwit

beakerjoe wrote: »

Boy bands, usually a band made up of 1 or 2 singers , some back up singers and dancers.

I hear ya...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xEhr2kbRw4

the purple tin

Necro

Right. Entered. Just went with the usual tactic of the first thing that came into my head

Irish Aris

and selections sent!!
I have to say that my normal approach to suggest less known songs for the element of discovery didn't work very well in this one, some of the categories were really asking for obvious selections.

Great categories beakerjoe, fair play for going for 8 categories, I thought 7 was really a lot of work.

JP Liz V1

2 is a very good interesting category

beakerjoe

beakerjoe wrote: »

2. Visual Treats - I am looking for songs that you believe were made better by their awesome music video. So give me a song that you believe was improved upon by its accompanied video.

So, should we be aiming for an average-ish song with a great video here? As opposed to a brilliant song that also has a great video? On the basis that the video uplifts the average song more than the song that would still be brilliant without the video?

Or will you simply judge the quality of the video regardless of how good/bad the song is?

Yes I know I'm overthinking this but Walrus is serious business!

Irish Aris

Deleted User wrote: »

So, should we be aiming for an average-ish song with a great video here? As opposed to a brilliant song that also has a great video? On the basis that the video uplifts the average song more than the song that would still be brilliant without the video?

Or will you simply judge the quality of the video regardless of how good/bad the song is?

Yes I know I'm overthinking this but Walrus is serious business!

Yes, I was thinking the same.
As I mentioned I had it as an idea too for a future Walrus. The way I thought about it was judge songs and videos separately (say, out of 10) give an average mark and rank that way.

In any case, I obviously think that my selection is both an awesome song and an awesome video!!

Also Starring LeVar Burton

...and submitted!

That was a fun one.

beakerjoe

Deleted User wrote: »

So, should we be aiming for an average-ish song with a great video here? As opposed to a brilliant song that also has a great video? On the basis that the video uplifts the average song more than the song that would still be brilliant without the video?

Or will you simply judge the quality of the video regardless of how good/bad the song is?

Yes I know I'm overthinking this but Walrus is serious business!

Well it can be a song that is improved on by the video. Both will be judged but mainly how the video improves the song in your opinion.

So you can have a 8 outta 10 song thats now a 9 or 10....or 11 based on hiw well the video compliments it.

fixXxer

DONE

ShaneU

fixXxer wrote: »

DONE

ME TOO

Tauriel

Will try to get an entry in during the week or even next weekend as I will have a fairly hectic week ahead.

beakerjoe

11 folk so far signed up.

Lots of good tracks, but most of all lots of new ones.

phatkev

Have I missed the boat on this one? I've been MIA for the last month or so but could get a list for this into ya tonight

osh

I reckon you’d be fine getting the entry in tonight

beakerjoe

I dont minf a late submission. I have only started my listen yet and that may be delayed due to crazy work. Some cracking tines this far.

If anyone else wants to submit an entry, feel free to PM me. I think we have 15 so far.

beakerjoe

Last call for entries. Walrus should hopefully be go on Monday.

Electric Nitwit

beakerjoe wrote: »

Last call for entries. Walrus should hopefully be go on Monday.

I'll have one in this afternoon if I'm not too late

beakerjoe

Thats 17 entries.... room for more if you want in, speak now or forever hold your peace.

Rikand

Working on one - Hopefully have it in a day or two. Couple of the categories are proving problematic to me

beakerjoe

Rikand wrote: »

Working on one - Hopefully have it in a day or two. Couple of the categories are proving problematic to me

Thats find R Dogg. Hit me with the list before Monday.

Rikand

Unless divine inspiration hits me in the next 2 hours for animal songs or money songs, I'm probably out lol

Rikand

And I'm in.

I asked and I was answered. Thank you Lord Ceiling Cat for your divinity

beakerjoe

Rikand wrote: »

And I'm in.

I asked and I was answered. Thank you Lord Ceiling Cat for your divinity

Now to make you wish you hadn't.

I joke I joke

beakerjoe

Buckle up buttercup, its time for the reveal......

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=114606777#post114606777