JohnGreenFan & The Walrus - The Reveal

MicksJaguar

Drops of jupiter is a great song

beakerjoe

MicksJaguar wrote: »

Drops of jupiter is a great song

Not a fan..... way to over played too.

Necro

I mean I have a DVD of me as the dame in the last panto we did, will that suffice?

JP Liz V1

Build Me Up Buttercup always reminds me of Something About Mary

the purple tin

I thought Sweet Caroline would make an appearance.

JP Liz V1

Necro wrote: »

I mean I have a DVD of me as the dame in the last panto we did, will that suffice?

the purple tin wrote: »

I thought Sweet Caroline would make an appearance.

Would Sweet Dame Necroline do? :P

JohnGreenFan

the purple tin wrote: »

I thought Sweet Caroline would make an appearance.

And no wonderwall either!

Kolido

Congrats Osh and great reveal JGF. Happy enough with mid table considering I went with a pretty generic song.

the purple tin

JohnGreenFan wrote: »

And no wonderwall either!

Dirty Old Town and Wind Beneath My Wings notably absent too.

Rikand

I knew I was in trouble in this round after the first round

I like singing this one because I can sing it nice and low and nobody can hear my terrible voice

Necro

Shoulda gone with Stacey's Mom Rikand

Rikand

Necro wrote: »

Shoulda gone with Stacey's Mom Rikand

My friends dad, you mean That was a one time dealer

JohnGreenFan

Necro wrote: »

Shoulda gone with Stacey's Mom Rikand

That would have done so well here, I love that song

Arghus

Necro wrote: »

Oh Arghus that's a class choice, I've done that one a few times too

Yep, I just love how he's absolutely killed out by the end of it - can barely croak a hello.

Top marks to Rikand for Freak on A Leash:

BOOMNADANOOMNANAMENA
BOOMNADANOOMNANAMENA -

or lyrics to that effect.

JohnGreenFan

You probably all thought that this walrus was dead and gone... never to be revived.

But it returns.
JohnGreenFan's Walrus Round 3 returns tonight: 7pm.

See you all then!

Electric Nitwit

I had assumed this was...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KUf8JAy8L8

I'm more worried about tusk though, did we all do too well on the "A song that will make me cry" round and break him?

ShaneU

I've been in a coma since the last Walrus reveal

JohnGreenFan

Just over 30 minutes until we kick off with Round 3: First Dance Songs.
A tough round, with a good mix of songs I knew and songs I was unfamiliar with!

A few of my own personal favourite choices that I might have entered in this round...

Better - Tom Baxter

Simply The Best - Noah Reid

Ray Montagne - You Are The Best Thing

Tauriel

I have no idea what I submitted

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Tauriel

I have found my pm ...........

JohnGreenFan

Interestingly enough I had actually ranked all these songs back in January but never finished the writeups. People will fare VERY differently now than they would have back in January...

JohnGreenFan

Let's get this started!

Kicking off round 3 and in 11th place with 11 points is:

Rikand

True Companion – Marc Cohn

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

This is a really nice song, good rhythm to it. Not sure why I was reminded of Bruce Springsteen a little bit with the opening. Love the piano going through it. I would only be familiar with Walking in Memphis from Marc Cohn. It’s nice but I found it a tiny bit repetitive – but lovely nonetheless.

Rikand

What was round 3 again ?

-edit-

Ah, I know now

JohnGreenFan

In 12th place with 10 points is:

Mustang shelly

The Voyage – Christy Moore

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

Is this a great song? Absolutely. Is it a first dance song? Ummmm… I don’t know.

It’s a lovely song but I feel like you just can’t dance to Christy Moore. Christy is for quiet rooms at 3am and everyone holding a glass of whiskey and swaying back and forth. Silent appreciation of a master. Not a first dance.

JohnGreenFan

In 10th place with 12 points is:

Amirah Warm Rehabilitation

Cyndi Lauper – Time After Time

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

Such a beautiful song – love Cyndi Lauper’s voice. Overfamiliarity hurt its placing a small bit. I’m not sure it would be an easy one to dance to. I’m a rubbish dancer but that will become apparent over the rounds - apparently it's hard to find a song I can dance to!

the purple tin

Rikand wrote: »

What was round 3 again ?

-edit-

Ah, I know now

JohnGreenFan

In 13th place with 9 points is:

Irish Aris

Everything – Michael Buble

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

Michael Buble is such an easy pick for these kinds of rounds, and this song in particular suffers from a little bit of overfamiliarity when it features on just about every First Dance playlist on Spotify. Nice easy song to dance to though, lovely rhythm to it.

JohnGreenFan

In 9th place with 13 points is

phatkev

Higher and Higher – Otis Redding

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

We’re all familiar with my love for a good bop and this one has definitely got a chorus which scores high on the bop-o-meter!! Excellent choice, maybe one for just after the first dance to get everyone else out on the floor. I’d more be familiar with the Jackie Wilson version and I think I’d still prefer that version to this one.

fixXxer

No Bublé!!