Kolrus - The Reveal

Kolido

In 16th place with 4 points is

Necro

O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: Yes

My rating: ★★★☆☆

Review

Well, here we go. A novelty song nominated for a walrus. What can go wrong you ask, well quite a lot. Fortunately it is not a song that annoys me too much but unfortunately it won’t be winning any awards either. Yeah, I mean, I can listen to this a few times and then I need to change the record. It’s novelty and it won’t be on my playlist. Could have been worse but I can only give this an average rating at best.

Kolido

In 15th place with 5 points is

CeeJay

George Ezra - Paradise

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: No

My rating: ★★★☆☆

Review

Yeah, another decent song but not great. Good tempo, musically and vocally it is fine. I will say it has improved the more I listened to it, so it lives up to the category. Don’t know much about George Ezra, I do prefer that Budapest song. That for sure would have fared better here. Decent pick.

ari101

16/20 is a tough average - either Kolido's average is harsh or this was a good round for him
I have no idea what I submitted for this one...

cee_jay

Kolido wrote: »

In 15th place with 5 points is

CeeJay

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: No

My rating: ★★★☆☆

Review

Yeah, another decent song but not great. Good tempo, musically and vocally it is fine. I will say it has improved the more I listened to it, so it lives up to the category. Don’t know much about George Ezra, I do prefer that Budapest song. That for sure would have fared better here. Decent pick.

I hated this so much,and then my little nephew and niece loved him so much. As they paid him over and over, I now love this song (Shotgun not so much).

Sawduck

Kolido wrote: »

In 16th place with 4 points is

Necro

O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: Yes

My rating: ★★★☆☆

Review

Well, here we go. A novelty song nominated for a walrus. What can go wrong you ask, well quite a lot. Fortunately it is not a song that annoys me too much but unfortunately it won’t be winning any awards either. Yeah, I mean, I can listen to this a few times and then I need to change the record. It’s novelty and it won’t be on my playlist. Could have been worse but I can only give this an average rating at best.

This has always been a guilty pleasure of mine, i used to pretend to hate it

Kolido

In 14th place with 6 points is

Sinead

Shinedown - Simple man

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: Yes

My rating: ★★★☆☆

Review

The original Lynyrd Skynyrd version is grand but nowhere near as good as some people think. I remember it won a walrus round back in the early days. This version is not as good as the original imo. Not to say it is much worse but the song isn’t great to begin with. A very lyrically driven song with mostly just acoustic guitar in this version. It is not really the kind of music I tend to listen too, a grand pick though.

Kolido

In 13th place with 7 points is

Liz

Kris Allen - Live Like We're Dying

Heard the artist: No
Heard the song: No

My rating: ★★★☆☆

Review

Don’t recall hearing this song before. They sound very like The Script. A decent song but nothing really stands out to make it sound that extra bit that would lift the rating. Like a lot of songs in the category, decent but not going to make any playlist for me. They do sound good though, nice vocals, I may look more into these guys.

Kolido

In 12th place with 8 points is

Barna

Michael Jackson - Thriller

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: Yes

My rating: ★★★☆☆

Review
This song is average, or at least that was my opinion of it. I must say though, it has improved after a few listens. It is still just above average for me. I think the music and the chorus are catchy. I also think it is way over produced. The cinematic music video was groundbreaking at the time and very influential over the years. Jackson has many better songs than this one. It just wouldn’t be one I would listen to often. An okay pick.

ari101

Kolido wrote: »

In 13th place with 7 points is

Liz

Kris Allen - Live Like We're Dying

Heard the artist: No
Heard the song: No

My rating: ★★★☆☆

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Review

Don’t recall hearing this song before. They sound very like The Script. A decent song but nothing really stands out to make it sound that extra bit that would lift the rating. Like a lot of songs in the category, decent but not going to make any playlist for me. They do sound good though, nice vocals, I may look more into these guys.

Well a good spot - it was originally a Script song covered by this American Idol winner

Kolido

In 11th place with 9 points is

Bubbly

Miley Cyrus- Wrecking Ball

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: Yes

My rating: ★★★☆☆

Review

This is a song that I didn’t like so much when I first heard it but listening to it more now for this game, it sounds much better than I remembered. Still nothing great but it would have gotten a lower rating before. This song might sound better covered, not that I fault Miley’s vocals, but I think this could have been arranged better. Another decent pick.

Sawduck

I went with a real cheese-ball of a song for this round that at one point was my most hated song

Kolido

In 10th place with 10 points is

Homer

John Newman - Love Me Again

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: Yes

My rating: ★★★☆☆

Review

This is a song I have heard many times but if you asked me who sung it or what it was called I wouldn’t have a clue. Great upbeat song. I do actually dislike the singer’s vocals. Just something that sounds off. I don’t know if I’m rating this more for familiarity with the song or not. If I heard it for the first time now I don’t know if I would like it more, probably not. I think the average rating is about right here. Am I missing something about this song?

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Think I'll be bottom 3 here. I'd probably give myself bottom 3 on this one in fairness, since I hate myself for submitting this artist into a Walrus. :pac:

ari101

Kolido wrote: »

In 11th place with 9 points is

Bubbly

Miley Cyrus- Wrecking Ball

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: Yes

My rating: ★★★☆☆

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Review

This is a song that I didn’t like so much when I first heard it but listening to it more now for this game, it sounds much better than I remembered. Still nothing great but it would have gotten a lower rating before. This song might sound better covered, not that I fault Miley’s vocals, but I think this could have been arranged better. Another decent pick.

Great pick, I hated this initially but really like it now, forgot all about it

Kolido

In 9th place with 11 points is

Beaker

Oasis - Whats the Story Morning Glory

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: Yes

My rating: ★★★☆☆

Review

More Oasis, are you trying to turn me into a fan? A decent track. Typical Oasis sound, Liam on vocals. Enough said. Time for a little story to make up the rest of this review. Back in the day, my mate told everyone at school that the Gallaghers were my cousins, I looked a bit like Laim!. Anyways, people started asking me if I can get them concert tickets. This went on for long enough, these now grownups probably still believe it. Anyways, an okay pick.

cee_jay

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Think I'll be bottom 3 here. I'd probably give myself bottom 3 on this one in fairness, since I hate myself for submitting this artist into a Walrus. :pac:

My exact feelings for entering George Ezra

SineadSpears

Kolido wrote: »

In 18 place with 2 points is Beaker

Years and years - Sanctify

friggin' love this band!

great song choice

Kolido

In 8th place with 12 points is

Sawduck

The Fray - How to Save a Life

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: Yes

My rating: ★★★☆☆

Review

A perfect song for this category. I find myself liking and not liking this song from time to time. It is a really nice song I must say, easy to listen to. I didn’t research the lyrics or meaning of the song, I’m sure there is something rather dark to them. I have not heard anything from these guys since, and don't know much about them. Again, a decent pick but an average rating is about the best I can give it.

JP Liz V1

ari101 wrote: »

Well a good spot - it was originally a Script song covered by this American Idol winner

Yes it was

I like Kris but Adam Lambert should have won that year

Kolido

In 7th place with 13 points is

Hillbilly

Oasis - Champagne Supernova

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: Yes

My rating: ★★★★☆

Review

Another Oasis track, didn’t you guys learn anything? Good news though, this is one of my favourite Oasis songs. Really like the sound of this one, unusual for a song Laim is singing. Great lyrics as usual. This one reminds me of the times we all used to go drinking with cans before hitting the clubs. A great sing along song, I’m sure we have all sung it drunk. Yeah, great pick, not one I had to change my mind about, always liked this one.

Electric Nitwit

Kolido wrote: »

In 15th place with 5 points is

EN

The Cranberries - Daffodil Lament

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: No

My rating: ★★★☆☆

Review

This was on one of the first CDs I ever bought. Great album but for the life of me I can’t remember this song. Having listened to it a few times now I can’t say it is anything fantastic. Much better songs from this band. Delores’s distinctive voice is there but nothing about it really stands out to me. It does go on for quite a bit too. Average rating is probably generous.

Just catching up and obviously I think you're wrong, this is their best song that isn't Zombie

Ah well, was a bit of an odd pick. My reasoning was that it was so different to any of their singles, so showed another side to them

I genuinely love this song, the contrast between the two halves is great, the solemnness of the first half, describing being in a bad relationship, and the sheer joy of the escape in the second, such that even the daffodils are lovely!

cee_jay

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Just catching up and obviously I think you're wrong, this is their best song that isn't Zombie

Ah well, was a bit of an odd pick. My reasoning was that it was so different to any of their singles, so showed another side to them

I genuinely love this song, the contrast between the two halves is great, the solemnness of the first half, describing being in a bad relationship, and the sheer joy of the escape in the second, such that even the daffodils are lovely!

I agree, this is a great track! Although Linger is obviously their best song :P

Kolido

In 6th place with 14 points is

Purple

Neil Diamond - Love On The Rocks

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: Yes

My rating: ★★★★☆

Review

This sounds familiar but I wouldn’t be able to name it if you asked me. Typical sounding for an early 80s movie ballad. From the Jazz Singer also starring Diamond. Neil Diamond has a great voice I must say. This one starts off slow with piano and vocal then when the chorus kicks in it rocks up a bit. Yeah, I must say I really like this one. This one is going on my playlist for a while.

Electric Nitwit

cee_jay wrote: »

My exact feelings for entering George Ezra

I went the other way with George Ezra - saw him at an open mic night in a pub and he was amazing. Turned out he was doing the pub a favour after getting his deal, he'd played there regularly before but I didn't know that. About a month later Budapest came out and was everywhere and I very quickly grew to hate him

Kolido

In 5th place with 15 points is

Stu

George Michael - Careless Whisper

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: Yes

My rating: ★★★★☆

Review

Yeah great song. That iconic sax beginning. Great music, great vocals. I’m not sure if this song is overrated. I guess it is highly rated by a lot but for good reason imo. Just like listening to this one, I don’t hear it too often, well I don’t listen to George too often so it has never been overplayed for me. I have never not liked this one, a very good pick.

SineadSpears

Kolido wrote: »

In 14th place with 6 points is Sinead

The original Lynyrd Skynyrd version is grand but nowhere near as good as some people think. I remember it won a walrus round back in the early days. This version is not as good as the original imo. Not to say it is much worse but the song isn’t great to begin with. A very lyrically driven song with mostly just acoustic guitar in this version. It is not really the kind of music I tend to listen too, a grand pick though.

I didn't even know this was a cover! I'll have to look that up

Kolido

In 4th place with 16 points is

LeVar

Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: Yes

My rating: ★★★★☆

Review

This was a shock when I saw who nominated it. I thought they were throlling! Okay, here it is, 90s Mariah is awesome and this is probably my favourite Mariah track. Did you get a bit lucky there! Really love the harmonies in this song. Love her or hate here, Mariah had one of the best voices around this period of time. Brilliant pick, if it doesn’t top this round it must be for a very good reason.

Kolido

Bottom and top 3

Ari
Aris
EN
Seph
Shane
Shelly

Also Starring LeVar Burton

:pac:

Wasn't expecting that high on that song.

In general I ain't a fan of Mariah, but yeah Always Be My Baby definitely grew on me and I begrudgingly love it.

Tauriel

Uh oh

Electric Nitwit

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

:pac:

Wasn't expecting that high on that song.

In general I ain't a fan of Mariah, but yeah Always Be My Baby definitely grew on me and I begrudgingly love it.

ari101

Kolido

In 17th place with 3 points is

Aris

Muse - Supermassive Black Hole

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: Yes

My rating: ★★★☆☆

Review

Not a fan of Muse and I’m probably being very harsh here. This song probably deserves more. It is not terrible, in fact it is grand, just like the majority of the songs here and it left it difficult to place. This song probably defines the category, I could be a fan of this next week.

Sephiroth_dude

Kolido wrote: »

In 7th place with 13 points is

Seph

Xenoblade Chronicles - You Will Know Our Names

Heard the artist: No
Heard the song: No

My rating: ★★★★☆

Review

This sounds awesome. A nice change in pace from the average picks in this round. Love the guitars in this great and super tempo. Heard of the game but I’ve not played it so I’m not familiar with the soundtrack. Reminds me of the early PS1 days and those japanese fighting games. Goes on for a bit would be my only negative but great idea for a pick.

Delighted you like it, that game has some fantastic music in it and its a fantastic game, definitely play it sometime.

Kolido

In 3rd place with 17 points is

Shane

Shakespeare's Sister - Stay

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: Yes

My rating:
★★★★★

Review

Excellent, love this song. Start off a bit slowish, nothing great but when the drums kick in this really hits the mark. I always find this really dramatic and work really well. Love the video, I recall this got so much airplay back in the day. It is a much shorter song than I remembered. Written by our very own Siobhan Fahey and Dave Steward. Yep, great pick, love this song.

SineadSpears

I have always loved that SS song!

Kolido

In 18th place with 2 points is

Shelly

Nicki Minaj - Freedom

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: No

My rating: ★★★☆☆

Review

Nicki Minaj, okay! Not a fan, she is controversial and can’t sing, all the attributes of a successful music career I suppose. This song is actually very nice musically, I just wish someone else was singing and not nonsense lyrics. I don’t care about your career Nicki, I just want to listen to a nice song. Yeah, take the verses from this song and it would be much better. The rating is basically for the music.

Electric Nitwit

Kolido wrote: »

Shakespeare's Sister - Stay
Written by our very own Siobhan Fahey and Dave Steward

Didn't know that!
Cracking tune, don't know how you ever hated it Shane!

ShaneU

SineadSpears wrote: »

I have always loved that SS song!

The video gave me nightmares as a kid :pac: That's why I hated it

Kolido

In 2nd place with 18 points is

Seph

Faith No More - Epic

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: Yes

My rating:
★★★★★

Review

This is really great, never in a million years did I expect anyone to pick this song. I was a big FNM fan back when this was released. Loved ``The Real Thing” album. I must have played this so many times, haven’t heard it in years until it turned up recently in the weekly walrus. My mates and I were into metal in the early 90s, the likes of Metallica and Slayer, this was something fresh. FNM were around for quite some time before this but I think they recently changed vocalist Mike Patten singing here. Yeah this was all over MTV, great video. Back when MTV used to play a lot of rock and metal, Headbangers Ball anyone? Brilliant pick.

ari101

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Didn't know that!
Cracking tune, don't know how you ever hated it Shane!

I had to check the Spoiler to see if I submitted it! My Mom loved this and I used to want to change the station when it came on but wasn't allowed :pac: These days I appreciate it...

Tauriel

Kolido wrote: »

Nicki Minaj - Freedom

Nicki Minaj, okay! Not a fan.

I hate that I can tolerate this song. Really not a fan of the hip-hop /rap genre, I would listen to anything else faster

Electric Nitwit

Surely I can't finish below Nicki Minaj....

Kolido

In 19th place with 1 points is

EN

Lizzo - Good As Hell

Heard the artist: No
Heard the song: No

My rating: ★☆☆☆☆

Review

What is this? No, just no. Can’t relate to anything here, don’t like this kind of music, lyrics don’t appeal to me. She is probably a good singer but I can’t tell in this song. This may work better with the ladies (at the risk of sounding sexist). I could listen to this all day, theoretically of course, and it would probably never get better. A very bad pick unfortunately.

SineadSpears

ShaneU wrote: »

The video game me nightmares as a kid :pac: That's why I hated it

what game is that?

Kolido

In 1st place with 19 points is

Ari

Warren G & Nate Dogg - Regulate

Heard the artist: Yes
Heard the song: Yes

My rating:
★★★★★

Review

Well another fortunate pick? This happens to be one of my favourite songs of the 90s and certainly in the genre. I have loved this song from the first time I heard it. It samples Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin. Great lyrics, and love the introduction sampling dialogue from Young Guns. This song is a mainstay on my playlist, alway great to hear it. Brilliant pick.

ShaneU

SineadSpears wrote: »

what game is that?

Sorry the video gave me nightmares

cee_jay

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Surely I can't finish below Nicki Minaj....

Surely I can't believe you did :O

SineadSpears

Ah Ari, brilliant tune!!!

SineadSpears

ShaneU wrote: »

Sorry the video gave me nightmares

lol I knew thats what you meant, but I was asking which game it featured in??