JohnGreenFan & The Walrus - The Reveal

JohnGreenFan · 15-12-2020 10:24pm

Which means in 1st place for our Christmas round is:

mustang shelly

Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

my favourite Christmas song of all time. hands down. I tried to move it down the rankings because I knew it and love it and wanted to give the other songs a chance... but I just think it's perfect. Good lyrics, great vocals, 25/10 on the bop-o-meter. I love Kelly Clarkson and for me this is perfect.

Trigger · 15-12-2020 10:25pm

Looking at the top 10 here I do NOT feel confident for the rest of this competition :pac:

JP Liz V1 · 15-12-2020 10:28pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I think I have last taken

JohnGreenFan wrote: »

In 21st place and bringing up the rear:

Aw lads. This was exactly what I didn't want. I do enjoy Michael Buble but I genuinely think this is one of the worst covers of any song ever. The original is so boppy and upbeat and joyful and this takes all the good from the original, bins it, and replaces it with the most generic slow christmas effort you could attempt. I often think it sounds like one of those royalty free songs you hear in shops who are too cheap to pay for a music licence. This one went straight to the bottom and never moved.

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Arghus · 15-12-2020 10:33pm

JohnGreenFan wrote: »

In 20th place with 2 points:
Arghus

Low - Silent Night

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? No

I was really looking forward to this one, given how much I enjoyed Just Like Christmas but this is a big NO for me. Didn't enjoy it one bit - but I also don't particularly enjoy Silent Night as a song anyway so it started off badly. Really boring cover I thought, doesn't bring anythign exciting to the song and didn't really think the voices were all that great either?? Wasn't for me.

Sorry you feel that way JGF. I think it's an absolutely beautiful piece of music. So pure and transcendent - I'm not religious, but it almost makes me wish I was.

Arghus · 15-12-2020 10:40pm

Trigger wrote: »

Looking at the top 10 here I do NOT feel confident for the rest of this competition :pac:

Wouldn't say I feel terribly optimistic myself!

Necro · 15-12-2020 10:40pm

When you thinking of round 2 JGF?

ShaneU · 15-12-2020 10:40pm

Arghus wrote: »

Wouldn't say I feel terribly optimistic myself!

You have your own Walrus to put all the sombre and miserable songs in the top ten

JohnGreenFan · 15-12-2020 10:42pm

Arghus wrote: »

Sorry you feel that way JGF. I think it's an absolutely beautiful piece of music. So pure and transcendent - I'm not religious, but it almost makes me wish I was.

Maybe I was bit harsh - a bit allergic to religious songs anyway from my schooldays which probably didn't help!

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 15-12-2020 10:46pm

Pretty happy with 11th place on this one, and since I'm not a fan of xmas songs I'll gladly take middle of the pack.

JohnGreenFan · 15-12-2020 10:52pm

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

...yet it beat three other songs :eek:

Yeah, the classical covers went straight to the bottom and I don't even want to talk about country Christmas!!

JohnGreenFan · 15-12-2020 10:59pm

Necro wrote: »

When you thinking of round 2 JGF?

Busy few days ahead so it'll probably be Sunday or Monday for the next round!

fixXxer · 15-12-2020 11:10pm

Rob Halford has a whole Christmas album I was delighted to find

Green&Red · 16-12-2020 12:05am

JohnGreenFan wrote: »

In 7th place with 15 points:
ShaneU

Sia - Candy Cane Lane

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? No

Loved this, great bop potential, upbeat and cheery. I love Sia's voice so this was always going to score well - very different to her other song featured in this round! CANDAY CAAAAaaaaaaAAAANES

Just catching up, what a song, love it

Green&Red · 16-12-2020 12:08am

JohnGreenFan wrote: »

In 9th place with 13 points
Irish Aris

Train - Shake Up Christmas

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

I love this song! I was such a huge Train fan when they released it and I was obsessed. Not to mention it featured in the Coca-Cola ads at the time. I love his voice, and it's such a feel good tune, great for a bop around the kitchen.

Two years ago myself and Mrs G&R were in New York and heard The Cherry Tree carol, the best version I've heard since is by Train, was very tempted to submit it here. Its a great Christmas song

the purple tin · 16-12-2020 12:27pm

fixXxer wrote: »

Rob Halford has a whole Christmas album I was delighted to find

The old voice is sounding good. Can he still hit the high notes?

BandMember · 16-12-2020 1:38pm

JohnGreenFan wrote: »

In 8th place with 14 points:
Band Member

Smith & Burrows - When The Thames Froze

Have I listened to this artist before? No
Have I listened to this song before? No

Wasn't sold on this on the first listen but really enjoyed it with further listens. His voice is quite comforting and the end chorus is just lovely. 'The years go by so fast, let's hope the next beats the last' stuck out for me too, with the way 2020 has gone I think we all hope next year is better!!

Ok, so I'm in 8th place but have no idea how or why that happened! :pac: As it's my first Walrus game, can someone explain how this works, please?

P.S. Yes, it's a bit of a grower of a track alright - I just wanted to pick something different to the normal saccharine manufactured happiness rubbish and the lyrics and melody are beautiful. Glad you've enjoyed it, hope others will too. Oh, and yes - let's hope that 2021 is a lot better than this year!!

ShaneU · 16-12-2020 1:41pm

BandMember wrote: »

Ok, so I'm in 8th place but have no idea how or why that happened! :pac: As it's my first Walrus game, can someone explain how this works, please?

All the songs were put through the rigorous Walrus algorithm test (Walrus.exe) and your song came out as 8th best

JohnGreenFan · 16-12-2020 2:04pm

BandMember wrote: »

Ok, so I'm in 8th place but have no idea how or why that happened! :pac: As it's my first Walrus game, can someone explain how this works, please?

extensive research and time based on lyrics, music quality and a mysterioud formula known as the bop-o-meter.

Each song will be ranked accordingly in relation to other submitted songs and are given points based on their ranking. The person with the most points at the end wins!

Electric Nitwit · 16-12-2020 2:29pm

Green&Red wrote: »

Just catching up, what a song, love it

Just catching up too. Dear god I want to floss my ears to get that out of my head!

It's the best
So get dressed
I'll impress
Then rattle out colours in your most nasal voice
Then try to sound like the kid from Annie and say Candy Cane Lane over and over
Aaaggghhhhh!

Just goes to show, different strokes for different folks

To be fair, I'd never have asked for Christmas songs, this isn't my ballpark!

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 17-12-2020 3:50pm

If only this was released a few weeks earlier, I'd definitely have entered it as the Christmas Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYZZ3ID8Lbs

Trigger · 17-12-2020 5:12pm

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

If only this was released a few weeks earlier, I'd definitely have entered it as the Christmas Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYZZ3ID8Lbs

Went to see them in vicar Street in January, they are excellent live.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 17-12-2020 5:31pm

Trigger wrote: »

Went to see them in vicar Street in January, they are excellent live.

Yeah, I've seen them live plenty, sure we used to gig a fair bit in the same venues when we were both starting out in the comedy world ; was obvious from the very early days they were gonna be huge. Even before that, I knew them from college, they were all fairly involved in the Drama Society and had seen them in loads of plays. Really sound lads as well.

I'm just glad I never had to go up on stage after them because they're a tough act to follow. Luckily I was one of the few people who actually quite liked being up first on comedy nights and was known to be reliable for kicking things off strong, so the club promoters were happy to put me on first, I'd get my set done early and then could enjoy a few drinks without having to worry about it.

17-12-2020 7:24pm

Foil, Arms and Hog are class. I'd love to go see them live (when/if live shows are a thing again) but not sure I know anyone who'd come with me, and would feel too awkward going to a comedy gig alone.

Trigger · 17-12-2020 7:30pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Foil, Arms and Hog are class. I'd love to go see them live (when/if live shows are a thing again) but not sure I know anyone who'd come with me, and would feel too awkward going to a comedy gig alone.

Need to swipe right Homer!

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 17-12-2020 7:42pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Foil, Arms and Hog are class. I'd love to go see them live (when/if live shows are a thing again) but not sure I know anyone who'd come with me, and would feel too awkward going to a comedy gig alone.

Do the people you know not like having fun and laughing or something?

Going to gigs/live performances of any kind can be great craic once you get used to doing it. It wasn't until I was travelling around the US by myself for a few months, that I was kind of forced into going to concerts, gigs, theatre, etc. on my own a lot of the time that I actually really grew to like that.

Its great to go with friends to things as well obviously, but brilliant to be comfortable enough going to things on your own for when no one else is free, or if you randomly decide last minute to go check something out. You also start to notice when you're doing it yourself that there are plenty of people who fly solo to these things.

I definitely recommend giving it a try, you quickly get over that feeling of awkwardness, and you get to enjoy much more things that you otherwise might have missed out on as a result.

Hell, sometimes you even make new friends and end up having great chats with strangers (only if you feel like it of course, you don't have to talk to anyone). No one will look twice at you if you're just there on your own minding your own business either, and if they do f**k 'em, why would you give a sh*t what a random stranger thinks, you don't have to see them again.

17-12-2020 8:27pm

Cheers LeVar, I've gone to plenty of music gigs by myself and generally have no problem enjoying myself (with the exception of Florence + the Machine, who kept telling everyone in the crowd to hug someone and tell them you love them, at which point I went to the bar feeling sorry for myself).

But a comedy gig feels like something you'd need someone else there for, maybe I just feel that way 'cause I haven't gone to many comedy things. I'm sure some people do go alone,it's probably all in my head.

Trigger wrote: »

Need to swipe right Homer!

I am, but nobody else is.

*insert Forever Alone meme here*

Electric Nitwit · 17-12-2020 8:31pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

...a comedy gig feels like something you'd need someone else there for...

Forum Games night out!

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 17-12-2020 8:38pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Cheers LeVar, I've gone to plenty of music gigs by myself and generally have no problem enjoying myself (with the exception of Florence + the Machine, who kept telling everyone in the crowd to hug someone and tell them you love them, at which point I went to the bar feeling sorry for myself).

But a comedy gig feels like something you'd need someone else there for, maybe I just feel that way 'cause I haven't gone to many comedy things. I'm sure some people do go alone,it's probably all in my head.

Definitely in your head. I sometimes used to gig 7 nights a week and plenty of people sitting on their own in the audience, between friends of the comedians, people scouting for talent (yeah, that's a real thing), other comedians, club promoters, and then people who come along on their tod, you'd honestly be surprised.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 17-12-2020 8:41pm

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Forum Games night out!

Might be a while yet before any of us has a night out of any kind...

I almost forget what a night out feels like...

Zaph · 17-12-2020 8:43pm

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Might be a while yet before any of us has a night out of any kind...

I almost forget what a night out feels like...

When this is all over and we go back to normal nobody's going to be going out because we'll all be agoraphobic by that stage.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 17-12-2020 8:53pm

Zaph wrote: »

When this is all over and we go back to normal nobody's going to be going out because we'll all be agoraphobic by that stage.

I'm already there...

Electric Nitwit · 17-12-2020 9:48pm

Zaph wrote: »

When this is all over and we go back to normal nobody's going to be going out because we'll all be agoraphobic by that stage.

Zaph, you can just be honest and say you don't want to go out with Homer either

the purple tin · 19-12-2020 11:05pm

I've been remembering some of my entries and thank God there are some big boppers in there.
The words boptastic, boptacular and bopariffic spring to mind. :cool:

JGF, if I don't do well on those ones you better leave your Bop-O-Meter in to be serviced. :pac:

ShaneU · 21-12-2020 10:37pm

Just heard this and my ears are ruined forever

JohnGreenFan · 22-01-2021 2:08pm

Round 2 coming your way this evening, 8pm!

See you all then

beakerjoe · 22-01-2021 2:11pm

JohnGreenFan wrote: »

Round 2 coming your way this evening, 8pm!

See you all then

Rikand · 22-01-2021 2:39pm

Just realised the Christmas song i should have submitted

JohnGreenFan · 22-01-2021 3:52pm

Rikand wrote: »

Just realised the Christmas song i should have submitted

This would definitely have done well, really enjoyed that song on the radio this year!

JohnGreenFan · 22-01-2021 8:49pm

Just under 15 minutes to kick off folks!!

Some of my personal favourite karaoke choices here to get us started on this wild Friday night...

beakerjoe · 22-01-2021 8:58pm

Yay

Trigger · 22-01-2021 9:00pm

Kolido · 22-01-2021 9:02pm

Should of had a zoom party for this round, each of us giving a live rendition of our nomination

JohnGreenFan · 22-01-2021 9:03pm

Welcome to Round 2: Karaoke!

Our first contender this evening...

In 11th place with 11 points is - Spoiler:

Homer J Fong

Soft Cell – Tainted Love

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

an absolute BOP of a song, couple of shouty bits, easy lyrics that everyone knows, rocking backing track… excellent.

JohnGreenFan · 22-01-2021 9:04pm

Kolido wrote: »

Should of had a zoom party for this round, each of us giving a live rendition of our nomination

oh my god. I think I'd be traumatised.

Trigger · 22-01-2021 9:05pm

If that has placed that high up.. I'm doomed, doomed I tells ya!

JohnGreenFan · 22-01-2021 9:06pm

In 10th place with 12 points:

Sawduck

Norman Greenbaum – Spirit in the Sky

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

I didn’t like this song when I was younger but it’s one that’s really grown on me since I don’t have to sing it in school choir anymore. Good rock guitar start, easy lyrics, and nice opportunity to murder a few high notes!

JohnGreenFan · 22-01-2021 9:08pm

In 9th place with 13 points is -

Kolido

Bon Jovi – Living On A Prayer

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

an absolute CLASSIC. It's hard to look past this one for one of the best karaoke selections ever, you can always guarantee good crowd involvement here, particularly for the WOAAAAAAAA-OH! Almost a guarantee that someone will belt this out at some night during a karaoke night.

Necro · 22-01-2021 9:08pm

I'm not sure how mine will go down, but I had fun with it in a karaoke contest in Dublin when I was in college :P

JohnGreenFan · 22-01-2021 9:09pm

In 12th place with 10 points:

phatkev

Toto – Hold The Line

Have I listened to this artist before? Yes
Have I listened to this song before? Yes

excellent song but not too sure about karaoke wise! There's a lot of solos where you'd have to improv dancing a bit and that's always a problem for me, that's where the karaoke goes downhill. Good boppy chorus though, LOVE ISN’T ALWAYS ON TIME!

beakerjoe · 22-01-2021 9:10pm

Havent remembered what i entered, but I feel I shall fail

Gareth Gates ruined Spirit in the Sky.

Tainted love though.... mwwwah, chef kiss.

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