JohnGreenFan's Music Walrus

JohnGreenFan

Hello and welcome to JohnGreenFan's first ever walrus!!!

What is Walrus?
Walrus is a game wherein you select music, & other people judge your music. Standard Walrus usually has 1 host who selects all the categories, & a bunch of people submit songs (1 per category) & the host judges all the songs in each category.

Why Am I Doing This?
Basically, I'm sick of coming last in everyone else's walrus games!
But also because I love discovering new music.

What Kind of Music Am I Into?
Mostly pop/indie music, though I'll listen to just about anything once! I'm not much of a country music fan so country songs probably won't do very well here. On the other end of the scale, metal and screamo music wouldn't really be my cup of tea either. Current artists I'm listening to include Dermot Kennedy, Vistas, Birdy, Blackpink, and Fleet Foxes.

So onto the main reason you're here.... The Categories!!

1. We Need A Little (New School) Christmas
(Yes it's November, but my tree is assembled in the sitting room awaiting lights and decorations, and when the judging time comes around it'll be December so no complaining!)
Send me your favourite new Christmas song! I'll allow anything from the last 10 years - preferably not a cover of an older song.

2. Karaoke Classics
Christmas nights out were always dangerous for these sort of songs... none of that this year! Send me your go to song when someobody hands you a microphone.

3. First Dance Songs
I'm in the midst of wedding planning so I want to hear your favourite first dance songs - alternative, pop, old school, I want them all!

4. A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That...
I love hearing songs and thinking hey, I've heard this before, and searching out the sample that's being used. Send me a song that samples another song in it!

5. A Song That Reminds You of Home
Everyone has one or two songs (or 10) that they associate with their family and being at home - send me yours!

6. A Song You've Currently Got On Repeat
Let's see what everyone is loving at the moment - send me a song that you've got on repeat.

7. Who Runs The World? GIRLS
Beakerjoe recently had a category for boyband songs, so let's show the girlbands some love! Send me your favourite girlband song.

8. Working From Home Instrumentals
I adore listening to music while I work, especially instrumental music so I don't get distracted by the words send me your banging instrumental tracks to brighten up my work from home office.

Submissions and Deadline
Please submit songs to me via PM. I'll be listening on Spotify so if there's a particular version of the song you want me to use, send on the link along with your submission.
I'm going to leave submissions open for about two weeks so I don't interfere with any other walrus, so the provisional closing date is Friday, December 4th. I'll aim to run in the next two weeks after that, other games depending.

LET'S GOOOOOOOOO!

beakerjoe

8 ... good man John. See you in your DMs

Necro

PM sent

Deja Boo

I'm not much of a country music fan so country songs probably won't do very well here.

...that's me out

Necro

Deja Boo wrote: »

...that's me out

I just entered a load of country anyways

JohnGreenFan

Deja Boo wrote: »

...that's me out

Enter anyway! Maybe yours will be the country song that will change my opinion!

Trigger

And in.. enjoy!

Trigger

Deja Boo wrote: »

...that's me out

You will finish above me even with 8 country songs so do ittttt!

fixXxer

Whats working from home? :-/

tusk

is this your first walrus?

JohnGreenFan

tusk wrote: »

is this your first walrus?

MY FIRST EVER WALRUS

JohnGreenFan

fixXxer wrote: »

Whats working from home? :-/

it's great, you'd love it

Electric Nitwit

JohnGreenFan wrote: »

1. We Need A Little (New School) Christmas
(Yes it's November, but my tree is assembled in the sitting room awaiting lights and decorations, and when the judging time comes around it'll be December so no complaining!)
Send me your favourite new Christmas song!

https://twitter.com/MirrorCeleb/status/1329697236037472258?s=19

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Entries in... Felt good to flex those Walrus muscles again...

Tauriel

I will try to get an entry in over the next few days

Irish Aris

and selections sent.

I thought a couple of the categories would give me a hard time, but it all came to me naturally.

JohnGreenFan

JohnGreenFan wrote: »

5. A Song That Reminds You of Home
Everyone has one or two songs (or 10) that they associate with their family and being at home - send me yours!

Anyone else struggling with this one? Or does my family just suck? :eek:

Trigger

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Anyone else struggling with this one? Or does my family just suck? :eek:

I was listening to the song I chose for that one at the time I was selecting :pac:

Also Starring LeVar Burton

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Anyone else struggling with this one? Or does my family just suck? :eek:

I did find that one a bit of a struggle alright, but moreso because my experience and definition of "home" and "family" isn't exactly traditional, so my choice for that one is probably a bit out there compared to what others will go for, although it is defintely the most represantative of me and my interpertation of those things.

Deja Boo

emmm, I may need to change my selection, it's not very homey

(I am terrible at these games)

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Deja Boo wrote: »

emmm, I may need to change my selection, it's not very homey

(I am terrible at these games)

I'd argue that the majority of Walrus categories are pretty much open to interpretation in fairness. What you've chosen already is grand I'm sure, you're probably better off not overthinking it.

Necro

Deleted User wrote:

Anyone else struggling with this one? Or does my family just suck?

I went for a hometown artist even

JP Liz V1

mustang shelly wrote: »

I will try to get an entry in over the next few days

Me Too

Green&Red

I’ve entered. Looking forward to the Christmas song cat, it was one of the toughest to pick

JohnGreenFan

Tipping away nicely here with 8 players!
Our entrants so far are:

Necro
Trigger
Also Starring LeVar Burton
Irish Aris
Green&Red
Deja Boo
Sawduck
ShaneU

Still plenty of time for entries.

ShaneU

Maybe post it in the upcoming forum games thread?

JohnGreenFan

ShaneU wrote: »

Maybe post it in the upcoming forum games thread?

that's a good call, never thought of that! Thanks ShaneU

osh

Any chance we can pick a christmas song that's a bit older? Say about 20 years? Counts as modern in my book

JohnGreenFan

osh wrote: »

Any chance we can pick a christmas song that's a bit older? Say about 20 years? Counts as modern in my book

I'd prefer newer but as long as you're not submitting Bing Crosby or Jingle Bells, I'll consider it

osh

Sound, hah no it's an original song and it's my favorite one.

Also really don't know if I could put myself through having to listen to more recent christmas songs in the hope I like one

JohnGreenFan

osh wrote: »

Sound, hah no it's an original song and it's my favorite one.

Also really don't know if I could put myself through having to listen to more recent christmas songs in the hope I like one

There's lots of good ones out there

Deja Boo

osh wrote: »

Sound, hah no it's an original song and it's my favorite one.

Also really don't know if I could put myself through having to listen to more recent christmas songs in the hope I like one

ooooh, I would love to hear it regardless .....I adore all christmas!

BandMember

Ok, I'm new to the show as I've never heard of this before but it sounds interesting, so I'm in!

I'll PM you.

Green&Red

BandMember wrote: »

Ok, I'm new to the show as I've never heard of this before but it sounds interesting, so I'm in!

I'll PM you.

Fresh meat


Anyone of you new to FGs should subscribe to this thread tells you when new games are starting. There’s plenty of great games going on

JohnGreenFan

Up to 12 players now:

Necro
Trigger
Also Starring LeVar Burton
Irish Aris
Green&Red
Deja Boo
Sawduck
ShaneU
Homer J. Fong
BandMember
Kolido
thepurpletin

BandMember

Green&Red wrote: »

Fresh meat


Anyone of you new to FGs should subscribe to this thread tells you when new games are starting. There’s plenty of great games going on

Sorry, I meant that I am new to this Walrus game - not the Forum Games category! I am already subscribed, hence how I saw this game.

JP Liz V1

I just pm'd, did you get?

JohnGreenFan

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I just pm'd, did you get?

I have received it

Tauriel

In

I was hoping to submit a song for the Christmas round that was featured on a John Lewis ad a few years ago but Google has informed me that it is a cover of an older song.

Electric Nitwit

I'm working on an entry, but Christmas, Karaoke, Girlbands...



Unless I can actually enter something by Girl Band

fixXxer

Will have this in before the end of the weekend. Trying to do two walrusus simultaneously is surprisingly time consuming and discombobulating.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

fixXxer wrote: »

Will have this in before the end of the weekend. Trying to do two walrusus simultaneously is surprisingly time consuming and discombobulating.

It's the challenge we've all been waiting for... I say make it 3, nay 4, at once...

osh

Entry sent in there

JohnGreenFan

15 players now, still time to get an entry in if you haven't done so already.

Necro
Trigger
Also Starring LeVar Burton
Irish Aris
Green&Red
Deja Boo
Sawduck
ShaneU
Homer J. Fong
BandMember
Kolido
thepurpletin
JP Liz V1
Mustang shelly
Osh

Arghus

I will get mine in ASAP.

fixXxer

57% done!

The Girl Group section is killing with choice

Rikand

Will try to get it in this week

JohnGreenFan

phatkev joins the lineup and now we're up to 16!

Necro
Trigger
Also Starring LeVar Burton
Irish Aris
Green&Red
Deja Boo
Sawduck
ShaneU
Homer J. Fong
BandMember
Kolido
thepurpletin
JP Liz V1
Mustang shelly
Osh
phatkev

Hoping to close off submissions Friday evening folks, so still time to get those entries in.

Electric Nitwit

JohnGreenFan wrote: »

Hoping to close off submissions Friday evening folks, so still time to get those entries in.

Still hoping to enter, I've got five lined up I think, including one that will definitely win its category

fixXxer

****ing Windows restarted by itself and I lost my list.

We go again -_-

beakerjoe

ill get one in..... just kept putting it on the long finger.