Reberetta SURLAW: Battle Of The Champions

Reberetta

Welcome to Reberetta's Surlaw: Battle Of The Champions!

What is it you ask? He, he, he, patience Highlander; before we begin, the rules:

For the regulars who are familiar with Walrus, this is essentially the opposite, where the host picks the songs, and you lovely people in Forum Games rate them via PM.

Then the Reveal is very much like how the Eurovision results are done.

How It Will Work:

-Below I've linked YouTube videos with the 20 Songs in contention.

-What you have to do, is just listen to them and figure out which 10 you like the best.

-When you're ready Private Message a numbered list from 1-10 of your choices (with 1 being your favourite of the songs and 10 being your 10th favourite)

-First choices will earn 12 points, second 10 points, and third onwards 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points respectively (just like in Eurovision)

-Once I've closed sign ups and tallied up all the points, I'll do a reveal thread, going through how everyone ranked the songs and adding the points to the running total (again, just like Eurovision)

It probably sounds more complicated than it actually is. Basically, listen to the songs here and then PM (that's Private Message) me your 10 favourites numbered 1 to 10 with 1 being your favourite.

Please send me a list of 10 songs ; it won't work if people just pick 6 or 7 and then decide they don't want any of the rest, so even if you're not crazy about all 10 songs you choose, go for 10 anyway.

Because I couldn't think of anything original it's a competition between all the past champions of the music tournaments run here on forum games.

22 tournaments have been run - but because the same song won two tournaments and another was "Worst Song Ever" - no point including that,  conveniently, I have the perfect twenty songs for my Surlaw. Let me refresh your memory with the winners:

Best TV theme: Alabama 3 Woke Up This Morning (The Sopranos'opening theme)
Best wrestling theme: Jimmy Hart, Shawn Michaels & Sherri Martel Sexy Boy (Shawn Michaels theme)
Eurovision 2020 competition: The Cardigans Erase and Rewind
Best song by a black artist: Marvin Gaye I Heard it Through The Grapevine
Best song by a female artist: Sinead O Connor Nothing Compares 2 U
Boybands v Girlband songs: Backstreet Boys Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
Best cover song: Nirvana The Man Who Sold The World
Best one hit wonder song: Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper
Best Christmas song: Dean Martin Let it Snow
Best song from the movies: Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me
Best song of the 60s: Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Best song of the 70s: Queen Bohemian Rhapsody
Best song of the 80s: Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart
Best song of the 90s: Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit
Best song of the 00s: Eminem Lose Yourself
Best song of the 2010s: Rihanna We Found Love (feat Calvin Harris)
Best song ever: Nena 99 Luftballoons
Greatest no.1 of the 80s: Survivor Eye Of The Tiger
Greatest no.1 of the 90s: Oasis Don't Look Back In Anger
Best Beatles song: A Day In The Life
Best original song: Don Henley Boys Of Summer

Most of you have likely heard most of them before and don't need to listen again, so you have no excuse not to enter! But if you haven't or you want help with your ranking, below you will find the links to the Youtube videos.

Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdqoNKCCt7A

The Backstreet Boys Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POq2AznJO1Q

The Cardigans Erase and Rewind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WOYnv59Bi8

Sinead O Connor Nothing Compares 2 U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-EF60neguk

Nirvana The Man Who Sold The World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8

Nena 99 Luftballoons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aLiT3wXko0

Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through The Grapevine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hajBdDM2qdg

Queen Bohemian Rhapsody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ

Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuuObGsB0No

Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg

Eminem Lose Yourself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yhyp-_hX2s

Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris We Found Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg00YEETFzg

Survivor Eye Of The Tiger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJPFnesV4

Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy4HA3vUv2c

Dean Martin Let it Snow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnil5LyK_B0

Alabama 3 Woke Up This Morning (The Sopranos opening theme)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW3LikcBL68

Jimmy Hart, Shawn Michaels & Sherri Martel Sexy Boy (Shawn Michaels theme)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voI6Dp8i2mU

Oasis Don't Look Back In Anger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmpRLQZkTb8

Don Henley Boys Of Summer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxsDAnPLDJQ

The Beatles A Day In The Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usNsCeOV4GM

Remember send me a private message with your top 10 in order of preference.

Reveal will be a long way away yet so plenty of time...

JP Liz V1

Great Idea

Rikand

Marvin Gaye in there twice ? or was that the one that won twice that you mentioned ?

Best song by a black artist: Marvin Gaye I Heard it Through The Grapevine

Best song of the 60s: Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Reberetta

Rikand wrote: »

Marvin Gaye in there twice ? or was that the one that won twice that you mentioned ?

Yes it won twice. There's twenty different songs to choose from.

Six entrants thus far.

Zaph
Homer J. Fong
Kolido
JP Liz V1
Purgative
the purple tin

Deja Boo

Will it be too late to enter by friday?

Reberetta

No.

Irish Aris

ok, list sent.
I had my 10 songs easily selected and I knew my number 1, but ranking the rest of them was a nightmare, kept changing the list, so now it's done and no regrets

Declan A Walsh

My first SURLAW!

I found the hardest task was placing the Top 10 in order, the second hardest was figuring out which two or three to leave out of the top 10.

Deja Boo

Reberetta wrote: »

No.

ok then.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

My first SURLAW!

I found the hardest task was placing the Top 10 in order, the second hardest was figuring out which two or three to leave out of the top 10.

I still haven't narrowed it down to 10. Getting it down to 13 even involved making difficult cuts.

Hoping it'll take shape with a few more listens over the weekend.

Necro

This is like Sophie's Choice

Will have an entry in this evening or over the weekend Reb

y0ssar1an22

if marvin makes our top 10, do we give that 2x or an extra entry?

ETA: i will submit marvin once and use my 11th pick

Also Starring LeVar Burton

...and I'm In

Sawduck

That was pretty difficult to rank, had to leave a few amazing songs off my final list

Reberetta

Apologies folks, had to take a break due to serious personal issues, but I'm back, new and improved version (shame the same can't be said for boards.ie).

This Surlaw is still open for a couple of weeks and I hope to get round to running it eventually.

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117763043#Comment_117763043

Glad you are back and good

Did I enter?

Reberetta

Yes you did, Liz. Here's the entrant list that I have.

Zaph

Homer J. Fong

Kolido

JP Liz V1

Purgative

the purple tin

bubblypop

Irish Aris

Declan A Walsh

Deja Boo

y0ssar1an22

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Cee_jay

Sawduck

ShaneU

Necro

You've got another one now Reb, welcome back 😁

Declan A Walsh

Great to see you back Reb. I was a bit concerned about you - glad that you are feeling better.

Reberetta

Reveal thread.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058204854/reveal-surlaw-battle-of-the-champions/p1?new=1