Rikand Walrus V2.0 Reveal Thread!

fixXxer

I don't sing either, I listen to Warhammer 40K lore videos on YouTube.

Electric Nitwit

fixXxer wrote: »

I don't sing either

Me neither, don't like singalongability being a criteria. If I wanted to hear something like my singing I'd just throw a dog into a tumble dryer

Rikand

Well grooving/dancing is the main criteria, but if i cant groove to it, Singing will have to do

Rikand

Not too many songs like these submitted - but these are typically the kind of thing I would listen to when having a shower

All Trance of different varieties. Uplifting, progressive, Deep, chill, Classic whatever I just groove to these really well

Especially useful when you just get into the shower and the water is that tiny bit too hot initially and you do the sway from side to side as each shoulder gets a second or two at a time before switching to the other shoulder as your body becomes acclimatized to the heat. Just ideal for this for me

8 minutes - just about the right length for a shower. Got the double peak too so when it hits the second one you know its nearly time to get out

14 minutes - when this ends, I know I've been in the shower for too long lol

5 minutes - Just for when I need to have a quicker shower. 5 minutes of pure grooving

Classic

One more for the road

Rikand

Really enjoying some of these songs as shower songs. Planning to reveal on friday all things going well.

Also, only just noticed that I've only been listening to 14 songs and those 14 entrants will be glad to know that the 15th song is going to come last. I like about 12 songs in this category, 2 others have fallen off on the relistens factor. I'm really struggling on my order of preference overall though. Definitely harder when you like most of the songs

ari101

15th eh... not familiar with that position at all... :rolleyes:



:pac:

Rikand

Reveal Friday night. Starting sometime around 9:00pm

Sephiroth_dude

Sawduck

Rikand wrote: »

Not too many songs like these submitted - but these are typically the kind of thing I would listen to when having a shower

All Trance of different varieties. Uplifting, progressive, Deep, chill, Classic whatever I just groove to these really well

Especially useful when you just get into the shower and the water is that tiny bit too hot initially and you do the sway from side to side as each shoulder gets a second or two at a time before switching to the other shoulder as your body becomes acclimatized to the heat. Just ideal for this for me

8 minutes - just about the right length for a shower. Got the double peak too so when it hits the second one you know its nearly time to get out

14 minutes - when this ends, I know I've been in the shower for too long lol

5 minutes - Just for when I need to have a quicker shower. 5 minutes of pure grooving

Classic

One more for the road

After listening to these songs, I have a bad feeling my song will do bad in this round it sounds absolutely nothing like any of these and is barely 3 minutes (I need to start listening to music in the shower )

JP Liz V1

Rikand wrote: »

Reveal Friday night. Starting sometime around 9:00pm

That is some long shower

Rikand

I'm only just home from work and I have the dinner on. Probably starting the reveal between 9:30 and 10. Apologies for any inconvenience caused

Rikand

Okay, lets get this show on the road


Category 3 :: 3. A song that you sing or hum along to in the shower


I liked all the songs in this category on the first listen except for 1 and as I made more subsequent re-listens only a few dropped off. I did for the most part like most of the songs which made the ordering quite tricky. I'm still not wholly satisfied with my order but anything that is out of place, is only out by 1 place. I have nothing pre-written at all, just random thoughts in my head, so here we go

Necro

Uh Oh just remembered my entry :pac:

Rikand

Necro wrote: »

Uh Oh just remembered my entry :pac:

In 15th place, scoring 1 point

Backstreet Boys - Drowning :: Submitted by

yep, you guessed it. Necro!

See, here's the thing. I do like some backstreet boys stuff. I like a lot of boyband stuff in general. But more on the 5ive side of boyband, rather than the "wailing my cat got run over by the dumptruck" kind of boyband. And this as the submitter described themselves is definitely on the wailing side of things. Believe me there was wailing alright when I put myself through listening to this in the shower. I could not get out of the shower quick enough....

Rikand

Now we move on to the stuff that I liked for at least one listen before it disintegrated slowly like a flan in the cupboard.

Necro

:D

Electric Nitwit

Necro wrote: »

Uh Oh just remembered my entry :pac:

Good timing!

And "Drowning" is an odd choice for a watery round

Necro

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Good timing!

And "Drowning" is an odd choice for a watery round

That was the whole point :pac:

Electric Nitwit

Necro wrote: »

That was the whole point :pac:

I don't like that level of peril when I shower

Rikand

In 14th place, scoring 2 points

Roisin Murphy - Ruby Blue :: Submitted by

Irish Aris

So on first listen, I kinda liked the general beat of the song. But on second listen, I decided to try and listen to the song properly and I realised I couldnt actually hear anything that was being said except the occasional, "take it to the top" and "ruby blue" and the rest of the song is unintelligble gibberish for me. I feel like that guitar is just drowning down the vocal and everything else too. Just didnt work for me in the end

Rikand

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I don't like that level of peril when I shower

I have a general fear of drowning in the bath as it is.... bringing that to the shower is just a whole new level of anxiety for me

ari101

Not 15th, phew

Rikand

In 13th place, scoring 3 points

Falling in Reverse - The Drug in me is real :; Submitted by

Sineadspears

This was quite a conflicting one for me. I do love a bit of piano. very keen on piano generally and its played very well. But I kept waiting for this song to move into a hard rock kind of song and it just never got there.... well, it did get there, but way too late. its like.... 40 seconds is a perfect time to get heavy.... okay we missed it......when's the next one coming around.... 1:22.... will, we ? no, lets keep going.... okay this is nice... gentle.... but I feel like there's a heavy bit coming.... Maybe after the next verse.... 2:30, hes trying.... he's gonna give it socks.... here comes the metal.... and then another let down....

Like, I felt the song could have been brilliant for me if it was 3 minutes 30 seconds long with a variation of heavy and the gentle but it was just dragged way too long. It does get kinda heavy at the finish but it just took way too long to get there.


I am glad you submitted this version though instead of the original version. The original version is a song I might have submitted to the worst song of all time competition we ran last year cause it was awful. This was much more bearable

Rikand

In 12th place, scoring 4 points

Minke - Too Late :: submitted by

Also Starring Levar Burton

This was okay. I probably wouldnt turn off the radio if it came on. Yeah it was grand. I like her shoes

Rikand

In 11th place, scoring 5 points

Yu Su - Gleam :: Submitted by

Arghus

Not sure about for the shower. This feels like the kind of music that is playing when I am in with my physiotherapist getting tortured lol It was grand like, just maybe a little bit minimalist for me. Another one of those journey songs that doesnt really get to a destination

Electric Nitwit

Whoo-hoo, top ten

Rikand

In 10th place, scoring 6 points

Cornelius - Drop :: Submitted by

o s h

I do like some Cornelius stuff. Crazy Japanese bastard that he is. Point of View Point is a personal favourite of mine. Just a great track. Drop did not hit me with the same feels as PoVP does. It is a good shower dancing song though. The guitar strums are excellent shoulder poppers. A good song, just a victim of me liking other songs more

Rikand

In 9th place, scoring 7 points

Pras - Ghetto Superstar :; Submitted by

Ari101

Ah sure its a classic isnt it ? I've heard it way too much though. Works pretty well in the shower too!

Rikand

In 8th place, scoring 8 points

Bob Seger - Night moves :: Submitted by

The Purple Tin

Oh yeah. This is smooth. He sounds just like Kurt Wagner from Lambchop who did very well in an earlier round. Works quite well in the shower. Nice timing to the whole thing. It probably would have scored higher but the song went on a little long for me. I thought it could have ended at a great time at around 3:00/3:30 and i know the submitter didnt send a link but I only found versions that were 5+ minutes long, so .... tough break

Electric Nitwit

Rikand wrote: »

In 10th place, scoring 6 points

Cornelius - Drop :: Submitted by

o s h

I do like some Cornelius stuff. Crazy Japanese bastard that he is. Point of View Point is a personal favourite of mine. Just a great track. Drop did not hit me with the same feels as PoVP does. It is a good shower dancing song though. The guitar strums are excellent shoulder poppers. A good song, just a victim of me liking other songs more

That was interesting. Never heard of Cornelius, will investigate some more

ari101

I'll need to expand my shower horizons Dancing though strikes me as dangerous behaviour

Sawduck

Rikand wrote: »

In 8th place, scoring 8 points

Bob Seger - Night moves :: Submitted by

The Purple Tin

Oh yeah. This is smooth. He sounds just like Kurt Wagner from Lambchop who did very well in an earlier round. Works quite well in the shower. Nice timing to the whole thing. It probably would have scored higher but the song went on a little long for me. I thought it could have ended at a great time at around 3:00/3:30 and i know the submitter didnt send a link but I only found versions that were 5+ minutes long, so .... tough break

Great choice

Rikand

In 7th place, scoring 9 points

Casiopea - Fightman :: Submitted by

Sephiroth_Dude

Not as good as what you sent for category 1, but still pretty good. Doesnt work in the shower for me at all though. There's way too much going on and in order to replicate the right dance moves, I'd probably have to slip and and dislocate my knee cap just to get the desired effect. But I did enjoy the song

Rikand

In 6th place, scoring 10 points

The Zutons - You will you wont :: Submitted by

Sawduck

When I think of the Zutons, all I can think of is that Valerie song but this was a great shower song. For singing and for grooving. The song itself is only okay but its position was definitely enhanced by its shower groove-along-ability!

Sephiroth_dude

7th? I'll take it!

Electric Nitwit

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Whoo-hoo, top ten

Whoo-hoo, top five

Electric Nitwit

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

9th? I'll take it!

I'm sure ari will swap with you

Rikand

In 5th place, scoring 11 points

Justice and Simian - We are your friends :: Submitted by

Electric Nitwit

Great beat. Great shower groovealongability. Do I agree that this meets the posters criteria for ideal shower songs ?

Shower music has to be...

loud. To carry over the sound of the shower
short. Two young kids, I don't get long showers!
banging. A shower is reinvigorating, so the song has to contribute to that


Its definitely loud. Its definitely short and its definitely banging. I love the little key change at 1:30. I kept waiting for that part more than anything else. Great song

Sawduck

6th! that's higher than I thought it would be, happy with that. The zutons are so underrated that their most famous song is only known because its sung by another singer.

ari101

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I'm sure ari will swap with you

Definitely, you can have my 7pointsth

Electric Nitwit

Rikand wrote: »

In 5th place, scoring 11 points

Justice and Simian - We are your friends :: Submitted by

Electric Nitwit

Great beat. Great shower groovealongability. Do I agree that this meets the posters criteria for ideal shower songs ?

Shower music has to be...

loud. To carry over the sound of the shower
short. Two young kids, I don't get long showers!
banging. A shower is reinvigorating, so the song has to contribute to that


Its definitely loud. Its definitely short and its definitely banging. I love the little key change at 1:30. I kept waiting for that part more than anything else. Great song

I'll take that!
At least you agree it meets my criteria

Necro

Whoops :pac:

Sephiroth_dude

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I'm sure ari will swap with you

hahahah oops I meant 7th

Sephiroth_dude

ari101 wrote: »

Definitely, you can have my 7pointsth

Ehhhhhhh no you're grand thanks but thanks for offering ari :pac:

Rikand

In 4th place, scoring 12 points

Lizzo - Good As Hell :: submitted by

JP Liz V1

So this video. I was like... oh dear, this is gonna be some sad mopey thing cause her boyfriend left her and now she cant get on the cheerleading team and nobody likes her music and then the song started and I was like. "OMG. This is the song my kids love whenever it comes on the radio and I have to turn it up full volume in the car.!!!" I always missed who sang it but i know now and now I know who Lizzo is lol. Great song. Really enjoyed this. Excellent in the shower. Meets EN's criteria of being short and banging and I just really enjoyed this as I do everytime the kids make me turn it up and we all sing along the chorus together

ari101

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

hahahah oops I meant 7th

This reminded me I'm going to visit a cat that demands cuddles tomorrow (actually sits beside you and stares you down and pokes you with a paw until you start the petting :pac:). I'm looking forward

Rikand

Top 3 hype ::

Fixxxer
ShaneU
H2DPB

JP Liz V1

I'm glad you enjoyed Lizzo, happy with 4th

Rikand

In 3rd place, scoring 13 points

Cas Haley - Walking on the moon :: Submitted by

Deleted User

This person originally submitted "Where do you go to my lovely by peter sarstedt", which is a song I adore and then he changed it to this and I was like..... 'Ooooo, I hope you didnt make a mistake...'

You didnt. This is brilliant.

I'm normally very hypercritical of people who do cover versions of Sting/The Police songs but this is excellent. He has a great voice and performed in a reggae style which is excellent for the shower. I just really enjoyed this! Thank you for submitting this :cool:

Rikand

In 2nd place, scoring 14 points

Mother Mother - Hayloft :: Submitted by

Fixxxer

This was great. Absolutely banging! Brilliant for the shower. Meets EN's criteria and smashes it out of the water better than he did himself. Just great singalongability, groovealongability, everythingalongability! it was the first song I listened to in this category and was a clear number 1 until the actual winner came long but a really great simple song with a great pace to it.