Irish Aris' Music Walrus: The Sequel

Deja Boo

Thanks @Tauriel it looks like it's too late to enter, but I shall enjoy the reveal!

Irish Aris

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124180653#Comment_124180653

@Deja Boo

If you could send me something by Saturday, I can wait for you 🙂

Deja Boo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124180662#Comment_124180662

I will do that, thanks @Irish Aris

Sephiroth_dude

Thanks @Tauriel 😉 I get them in today.

waterfaerie

@Leg End Reject just tagging you because I love how you always tag me (and everyone) and I noticed you mightn't have seen this one. 😊

Goldengirl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124180416#Comment_124180416

Sorry Irish Aris , am away this week and next and can't commit after all..

Apologies I forgot and should have let you know earlier .

You have a lot of entrants already there Should be good .

Look forward to reveals of everyone's lovely music .

Leg End Reject

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124181198#Comment_124181198

I'll get to it tomorrow if someone doesn't beat me to it.

waterfaerie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124182995#Comment_124182995

Oh I wasn't telling you to go and tag everyone! I just wondered if you wanted to play. You know, just returning the favour for all your tags!

Irish Aris

Sephiroth Dude and Deja Boo brings us up to 14. Thank you all very much.

First YouTube playlist for the 2025 category is ready and I will start listening tomorrow. If there aren't any big distractions, I aim for a Monday or Tuesday reveal.

As a reveal build-up, I'll be sharing songs that fit the theme of each category. That might give everyone an indication of where they stand, although as we have very well established, unpredictability is the keyword!!

Leg End Reject

Going to sit this one out but will try to strong arm a few more. 😂

@Arghus @wrestlemaniac @Lord TSC @lorcand1990 @appledrop @tusk @HildaOgdenx @extra-ordinary_ @Nothing surprises me now @Oscar_Madison @OscarMIlde @rainbowtrout @Mollyb60 @jluv @This is it @MacDanger @Mam of 4 @Bogey Lowenstein @batistuta9 @tea and coffee @Declan A Walsh @davetherave @HeidiHeidi @Edser @Shane.C @Kolido @Pretzill @ShaneU @Sawduck @y0ssar1an22 @yozico

Apologies if you've already entered and to anyone I've forgotten.

HeidiHeidi

Ooh, I missed this when it was first advertised….. unfortunately I'm on online meetings tonight, and on the road half of tomorrow so it would be at least tomorrow evening before I'd get to even attempt an entry - and looking at the categories, it might be a struggle to come up with a song at all for one or two of them!

Speaking of which, does it have to be a "song" - ie with words? Do tunes count? Or would that just guarantee me last place in each category, so why bother???

Having said/asked all that, it might be too late to enter - if so, I'll enjoy looking at/listening to all the entries!

Electric Nitwit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124185785#Comment_124185785

I routinely enter lyric-less tunes, don't let anyone tell you it's not allowed!

Whether they score well is a different matter 🤣

Irish Aris

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124185785#Comment_124185785

@HeidiHeidi

If you can send selections by Friday, I can include you in the competition. If you are struggling with any of the categories, at least send me your selection for the first category (a song released during 2025). That's the only category I'm focusing on this week.

And, of course, it doesn't have to be a song. Instrumentals are perfectly fine and on occasion they have scored very high with me.

@Leg End Reject thank you very much for tagging more forum gamers 🙂

Anyone who wants to play, similar as above for Heidi: send me your selection for the first category (a 2025 song) ASAP and the rest by end of the week/Sunday.

Deja Boo

I am pinging @Grid. just to see if it might be fun for them to play.

(G, what we do is pick 7 songs, one from each category that Irish Aris listed in the first post, then PM your list to the host by friday, and Irish Aris does the rest)

extra-ordinary_

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124185656#Comment_124185656

Thanks again Leggy for the shout, if not too late I can definitely have a go at this one.

y0ssar1an22

i'm gonna sit this one out. thanks for the tag

Irish Aris

Good morning everyone.

SineadSpears and rainbowtrout bring us up to 16.

Final Final call for anyone else that would like to play. I have already started listening to the first category and will continue heavily over the long weekend, so tomorrow (Friday) is the ultimate closing of selections.

Oscar_Madison

Would love to - I have a hard stop appointment with a pint of Guiness later today so I’ll do it then - I’ll probably not supply a 2025 song simply because I haven’t a clue of any but will send you the rest - I assume you accept Spotify links?

Irish Aris

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124190157#Comment_124190157

Yes, that's great Oscar!!

Oscar_Madison

Sent! Thanks to Leg End for the Leg Up 😀

Arghus

Will have them by tomorrow Irish Aris.

Will finish my own Walrus too, I swear!

Irish Aris

So up to 17 people for the first round of 2025. And we will welcome Oscar Madison from the next round, as we couldn't pin down a 2025 songs.

For the first round, the purpose of the Walrus (discover new music) was fully accomplished, as I knew only 2 of the 17 songs that you selected. Ranking will be difficult as there are quite a few songs in the "ah, that's nice/decent" category, so I will have to start splitting hairs. Target remains to do a reveal next week, Friday seems like a realistic target.

In the meantime I will try to keep you all entertained (and the thread active) by sharing songs that fit the category and would have scored you well if you have selected them.

The title of this category (In The Year 2025), was inspired by the oldie In The Year 2525 which I discovered through the Visage cover in the 80s.

But what recent releases did I enjoy in 2025?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0d2R9XRGWM

Irish Aris

So In a year where I turned to rock a bit more, the glorious return of Lady Gaga had quite a few songs from the Mayhem album were staples in my playlists.

Later in the year, Gaga released another song, The Dead Dance. The video was directed by Tim Burton and the song was featured in one of the most iconic scenes in the second season of the TV series Wednesday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGaZBfJOyAc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlrj36cAzj4

SineadSpears

My 2025 was a very lazy submission because I couldn't think at the time (my mood has vacated this planet lately). It should have been the easiest category of them all 🤷‍♀️.

Gaga is always a great choice 👌

Looking forward to the reveal.

Electric Nitwit

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124197556#Comment_124197556

Mine's a Dublin band, with 89 listeners on Spotify, who have already split up. I've gone very niche 🤣

Deja Boo

If I found a country song from 2025, God help us all!

It's either charicature old-western twang (ick) or country-rap (crap) now.

Put It In H

I do like Lady Gaga but maximalist feel-good dance pop is pretty much the opposite of what I submitted for my 2025 pick!

rainbowtrout

I went for something more niche, mainly as I came across it recently and thought 'there's an Arts Council grant involved in the making of this video'. And I can't stop laughing at the madness of it.

Irish Aris

Another album that I really enjoyed this year was the latest offering by Franz Ferdinand, The Human Fear, released at the beginning of 2025

As the title of the first song below says, they got me hooked.

Alex also attempted a reconnect with his Greek routes with Black Eyelashes, which is inspired by the rebetiko music - he even added a few Greek words and namechecks a few areas of Athens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8oXUfUocs0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjxovK8HmNg

Irish Aris

I read all the comments above about what everyone submitted and I am quite intrigued.

At the moment, I'm listening to the songs without knowing/checking who selected what. I intend to find out on the day of the reveal, as we go along.

For the reveal itself: We will do it countdown style… but with a minor change up: we will leave the bottom 3 for the end, like we used to do, to increase the suspense.

So the sequence will be: 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, - then 15, 3, 16, 2, 17, 1.