Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi all! We have been experiencing an issue on site where threads have been missing the latest postings. The platform host Vanilla are working on this issue. A workaround that has been used by some is to navigate back from 1 to 10+ pages to re-sync the thread and this will then show the latest posts. Thanks, Mike.
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

I am the Necrus - Walrus Reveal Thread

17891012

Comments

  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    In 19th place with 6 points

    JP Liz V1

    Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time




    Hmmm, not quite sure it fits what I’m thinking about when it comes to power ballads if I’m totally honest. In any case, I just don’t like this song all that much. It's perfectly fine but Cher really doesn't sing, more warbles.

    Soz not soz :P


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    In 18th place with 7 points
    Arghus

    Cemetary Gates – Pantera



    I just didn’t feel this fitted the category in the way I had envisioned unfortunately. It is a decent song but I just don’t see it as a power ballad.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,626 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Necro wrote: »
    In 18th place with 7 points
    Arghus

    Cemetary Gates – Pantera



    I just didn’t feel this fitted the category in the way I had envisioned unfortunately. It is a decent song but I just don’t see it as a power ballad.

    But, but, but, it's a ballad that emphasises power!


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    In 17th place with 8 points
    The purple tin


    Judas Priest: Beyond The Realms of Death




    Oh yeah, now we are getting somewhere. Sheer force of awesomeness pushed this down the list as I very much enjoyed it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,432 ✭✭✭✭Green&Red


    Judging on your blurb there this is not going to end well


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    In 16th place with 9 points
    Kolido

    Warrent - Heaven



    Haha, trust the entrant to pull out a classic 80s track I strangely hadn’t heard. Nice choice dude.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,479 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    Green&Red wrote: »
    Judging on your blurb there this is not going to end well

    Thinking the same here.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    In 15th place with 10 points


    Gru


    Velvet Revolver - Fall to pieces




    Oh hello Slash, you just know this is gonna have the epic guitar solos that I love. Another fine choice.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    In 14th place with 11 points
    Rikand


    Elbow : One Day Like This



    This was also entered into my previous Walrus and I think I did it a misjustice. The start is very slow but you cannot help belting out that chorus and yeah, I really enjoy this now.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    In 13th place with 12 points
    Sawduck

    REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling



    Ara lookit thou must not diss REO Speedwagon! But seriously this is just a great track and an atypical power ballad.


  • Advertisement
  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    In 12th place with 13 points

    Reberetta

    Bad English - When I See You Smile




    Another track I hadn’t heard of and I’m glad it was entered. Perfect fit for this category too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,432 ✭✭✭✭Green&Red


    Necro wrote: »
    In 13th place with 12 points
    Sawduck

    REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling



    Ara lookit thou must not diss REO Speedwagon! But seriously this is just a great track and an atypical power ballad.

    Considered this


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    In 11th place with 14 points

    Green&Red

    Whitesnake - Here I Go Again




    This is absolutely what I’m ruddy looking for. The type of song that just forces you onto your knees, clenching your fists whilst you scream the chorus!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,432 ✭✭✭✭Green&Red


    Necro wrote: »
    In 11th place with 14 points

    Green&Red

    Whitesnake - Here I Go Again




    This is absolutely what I’m ruddy looking for. The type of song that just forces you onto your knees, clenching your fists whilst you scream the chorus!

    This is going to leave it very close!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Nobody light a fag! There's so much hairspray in this thread the whole site would go up like a bomb :pac:


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    In JOINT 10th place with 15 points each

    Trigger
    LeVar
    Osh

    Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing



    I mean, you cannot get much better fitting of a category selection than this one can you? So good not one, not two, but THREE people all picked it. Very Nice picking!


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    In 7th place with 16 points

    ShaneU

    Aerosmith - Crazy



    Hard to say whether Bon Jovi or Aerosmith are the kings of the power ballad… erm… MeatLoaf aside of course. But this is just a classic song that is on my regular playlist. The video too… hold me! It’s glorious!!


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    In 6th place with 17 points

    Irish Aris

    Skid Row-18 and Life


    Fab song to pull out of the bag here, really really enjoyable and I’m loving that my knowledge of power ballads is clearly incomplete!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,553 ✭✭✭✭Trigger


    Necro wrote: »
    In JOINT 10th place with 15 points each

    Trigger
    LeVar
    Osh

    b84d6f367d5ba5e7808da350e6a0f111.png


  • Advertisement
  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    In 5th place with 18 points
    JohnGreenFan

    Alone - Heart




    Incredible track, one of my all time faves. Great entry and perfect for this category.


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Liv and Alicia.

    They could take me on a road trip anyday :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,421 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Some brilliant tracks so far, kinda of stuff I listen to daily


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Liv and Alicia.

    They could take me on a road trip anyday :)

    Haunting lyrics, I could listen to it on loop for a week I think


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,941 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    Wouldn't be my favourite genre by any stretch. Mainly picked mine for the video :pac:


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    In 4th place with 19 points

    Mustang shelly

    John Farnham - You're the Voice



    The choons just keep on rolling in, another song with a stunning chorus, fab entry. My wife had this as number one with a bullet - but she is not the judge here sadly for you entrant :P


  • Advertisement
  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,421 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Heart do a good cover of you're the voice also, hard to beat the original though


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Necro wrote: »
    In 4th place with 19 points

    Mustang shelly

    John Farnham - You're the Voice



    The choons just keep on rolling in, another song with a stunning chorus, fab entry. My wife had this as number one with a bullet - but she is not the judge here sadly for you entrant :P
    Jayzuz I haven't heard that one in years. Good choice Shelly.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    And that brings us to our FINAL TOP SIX *sniffs*

    hsy5VW5.gif
    Clarabel
    tusk
    Deja Boo
    fixXxer
    s1ippy
    RasTa


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,485 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    If only I could turn back time :p


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    5 points to

    Deja Boo

    Love Hurts - Nazareth




    This decision might seem harsh but I just don’t like this song very much if I’m honest. I mean it is a power ballad for sure, but jaysus does your man’s voice drive me dolally.


  • Advertisement
  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    20 points go to
    S1ippy

    Edguy – Superheroes


    This is just epic. God Tier now, you just want to spread your arms out wide as this chorus blast. SPANDEX AHOY!! Bonus points as I haven’t actually heard this one before.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    4 points to

    Tusk

    The Eagles - I Can't Tell You Why


    Again, just not what I’m thinking of tbh, where is the power or the passion here? It’s all a bit too slow and sombre.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    3 left. Who left me the metaphorical crap in a paper bag on my doorstep....

    And indeed who will be crowned king or queen of the Power Ballads?


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    21 points to
    RasTa
    Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream



    Ah man, the King can really sing can’t he? I honestly thought this wouldn’t do too well, it’s all over TV ads at the moment etc but christ just listening to his voice and the raw passion and emotion in it. The crescendo rising to the chorus is just incredible. Great choice and very very unlucky not to win this category tbh.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    1 point (yep, just one) to

    Clarabel

    Hamburger Lady - Throbbing Gristle



    Imagine abandoning the monster playlist to enter this… I… I…I don’t even know how to describe it.
    It is patently AWFUL.
    It’s not a power ballad, it’s not even music.

    A bonkers entry and I have to give it the lowest possible score. Kate Bush or Madonna would have scored higher than this steaming turd.

    Initially the entrant actually submitted this…





    I may have preferred it tbh!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,485 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Necro wrote: »
    3 left. Who left me the metaphorical crap in a paper bag on my doorstep....

    And indeed who will be crowned king or queen of the Power Ballads?

    Not Elvis the King


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    First place and 22 points go straight to
    fixXxer


    Rammstein - Mein Heartz Brent




    Never in a million years did I expect that something from Rammstein would top ANY category, never mind a Power Ballad one. But shows what I know huh? This is incredible, I mean I have no idea what they’re saying, but I just want to sing along with them in typical power ballad fashion. Great choice. Love it. I mean, I cannot stop listening to it since it was entered, so it did it’s job right?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,882 ✭✭✭tusk


    Only one last place is actually a very positive result for me. I expected worse


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,882 ✭✭✭tusk


    I would like to posthumously enter when love and hate collide pls


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,146 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    Necro wrote: »
    1 point (yep, just one) to

    Clarabel

    Hamburger Lady - Throbbing Gristle


    Fair play Clarabel, I salute you for have the balls to submit this!!!
    Throbbing Gristle aren't easy to begin with, and this one is definitely at the more difficult scale.


  • Advertisement
  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    And so we come to the scores.....

    Firstly our Power Ballad scores

    Power Ballad Song Name Score
    1st Rammstein - Mein Heartz Brent 22
    2nd Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream 21
    3rd Edguy - Superheroes 20
    4th John Farnham - You're the Voice 19
    5th Alone - Heart 18
    6th Skid Row-18 and Life 17
    7th Aerosmith - Crazy 16
    10th Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing 15
    10th Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing 15
    10th Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing 15
    11th Whitesnake - Here I Go Again 14
    12th Bad English When I See You Smile 13
    13th REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling 12
    14th Elbow : One Day Like This 11
    15th Velvet Revolver - Fall to pieces 10
    16th Warrent - Heaven 9
    17th Judas Priest: Beyond The Realms of Death 8
    18th Cemetary Gates - Pantera 7
    19th Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time 6
    20th Love Hurts - Nazareth 5
    21st The Eagles - I Can't Tell You Why 4
    22nd Hamburger Lady - Throbbing Gristle 1



    And the quintessential playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6EY5Rboglg2YsoB7OqESrx


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    And the all important final table


    Player Name Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10 Total
    Irish Aris 15 22 5 5 4 10 8 19 9 17 114
    s1ippy 18 8 17 9 6 4 6 9 14 20 111
    ShaneU 20 12 8 14 14 17 18 6 19 16 144
    Deja Boo 22 3 6 12 21 14 21 12 4 5 120
    the purple tin 11 5 19 15 18 1 12 17 18 8 124
    RasTa 8 1 17 1 7 3 4 8 16 21 86
    LeVar 21 18 7 21 17 16 13 14 8 15 150
    Sawduck 17 4 4 11 3 12 7 5 10 12 85
    Gru 9 13 20 6 13 20 5 18 5 10 119
    Mustang Shelly 14 20 21 18 22 9 9 1 15 19 148
    Clarabel 4 15 3 10 1 22 14 2 22 1 94
    osh 2 19 9 2 5 5 3 3 7 15 70
    Green&Red 10 6 12 16 19 21 17 20 21 14 156
    JP Liz 16 7 10 8 2 11 22 11 17 6 110
    Trigger 1 21 13 19 16 18 11 13 6 15 133
    JohnGreenFan 12 14 13 22 12 2 10 16 12 18 131
    Kolido 6 9 14 20 11 19 1 21 11 9 121
    Rikand 19 16 22 3 8 13 20 15 19 11 146
    Arghus 7 2 18 4 10 6 2 4 13 7 73
    Reberetta 5 17 15 13 20 7 16 7 10 13 123
    tusk 13 10 11 7 9 8 19 10 3 4 94
    fixXxer 3 11 16 17 15 15 15 22 20 22 156



    Meaning....

    We have a TIE for first place!!!

    Congrats to Green&Red and FixXxer!!!

    8BPo.gif

    LeVar completes the podium only six points off the joint winners, whilst Shelly is a further two points back and Rikand just two points behind her!


    Thanks for all the entries folks. It's been a ball.

    But from me, until next time


    3355145c0595dbad31a197e26a528412.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    Congrats fixXxer and Green&Red... well played!

    Great game Necro.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,330 ✭✭✭fixXxer


    Wait what


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,146 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    That was a great game Necro!!! You really raised the bar!!

    Congratulations to the winners!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,882 ✭✭✭tusk


    Wow. Fixxxer coming first in a walrus must be a bad omen for something


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,553 ✭✭✭✭Trigger


    Congrats G&R and Fixxxer.. well played. Hard Luck LeVar.. nearly did it again, last 2 rounds let you down

    Cheers for the game Necro!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,421 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    I suggest both Fixxxer and GnR submit a kate bush/madonna playlist to Necro to decide an outright winner...

    Well played guys and thanks for running Necro


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,330 ✭✭✭fixXxer


    Wait whaaaaaaaaat


  • Advertisement
  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,868 ✭✭✭JohnGreenFan


    Great walrus Necro, thanks for running it! Serious speed to move through the categories


Advertisement