Lassykk's SURLAW - Lassykk got talent

lassykk · 25-03-2021 11:39am #1

Hello,

And welcome to my second SURLAW - Lassykk got Talent.

I have a guilty pleasure and that's listening to the best musical auditions from the Got Talent iterations, the Voice, etc and over the years have been blown away by them. I will state now that I cannot abide reality TV so once the sob stories start I turn off the video so I've decided for this iteration I'm going to pick twenty of my favourite auditions for the voters to chose from.

Hopefully people will enjoy this as I didn't think just picking another 20 songs I love would be the best thing to do.

Shamefully copied:
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 to a YouTube Playlist with the 20 Songs in contention - I cannot provide a Spotify version due to the nature of the list

-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 for anyone joining us here for the first time) 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

Here's the playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5vKTA4ntssJyH3Rq68yabYDPBJREtNHA

Sign ups will be open for at least a couple of weeks to allow the max number of entrants

lassykk · 25-03-2021 11:40am

All I Want - Steve McCrorie

Chandelier - Jordan Smith

I Don't Know My Name - Grace VanDerWaal

Dancing on my Own - Calum Scott

lassykk · 25-03-2021 11:43am

Wrecking Ball - Christina Grimmie

Nessun Dorma - Paul Potts

I Have Nothing - Johnny Manuel

Try - Mandy Harvey

lassykk · 25-03-2021 11:44am

Best Thing I Never Had - Beth Spangler

Without You - Avery Wilson

Nobody Knows - James David Carter

She's Always A Woman - Isaac Waddington

lassykk · 25-03-2021 11:44am

The Prayer - Macelito Pomoy

When we were young - Fernando Daniel

Dream On - Travis Cormier

Shadow of the Day - Homsing Ronra Shimray

lassykk · 25-03-2021 11:44am

With Arms Wide Open - Yoeri

Wish You Were Here - Rob Reynolds

The Chain - Chloe Kohanski

When Doves Cry - Sam Perry

ari101 · 25-03-2021 11:52am

I haven't entered a Surlaw yet, yay! And this is a topic I can agree on (I like the singing talent shows for the talent and not the drama

) Definitely going to make time to listen and enter this

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 25-03-2021 1:57pm

Getting a "This Playlist Does Not Exist" message for the link in your OP.

You sure you got it set to Public?

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 25-03-2021 1:58pm

Great theme by the way. Something different anyway, should be fun...

Necro · 25-03-2021 1:59pm

Great theme lassy!!

Zaph · 25-03-2021 2:00pm

This would be so much more fun if it was a load of car crash auditions. They're the only bit of the show worth watching imo.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 25-03-2021 2:27pm

Hmmm. This could be tougher than I though. After a brief initial listen, some are singing songs I love but their covers pale in comparison to the original, while other clearly have amazing voices, but I'm not gone on the song.

Anyway, I've always wanted to be a Judge on one of these shows (I have gotten the opportunity to judge a couple of amateur talent shows over the years, which were fun), so I'll definitely enjoy ranking these.

Electric Nitwit · 25-03-2021 2:36pm

Ooh...

I think this is a great idea lassy

...but I am not a fan of these shows at all!

Will this convince me?
Not based on what ASLB just said :pac:

lassykk · 25-03-2021 2:37pm

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Getting a "This Playlist Does Not Exist" message for the link in your OP.

You sure you got it set to Public?

Sorry, it was private - updated now.

Cheers for pointing out

lassykk · 25-03-2021 2:38pm

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Ooh...

I think this is a great idea lassy

...but I am not a fan of these shows at all!

Will this convince me?
Not based on what ASLB just said :pac:

I can't stand the shows themselves at all but I love the surprise of hearing someone singing so well (or not if you disagree!). I literally never listen to the judges comments and just turn off as soon as the video gets to that!

the purple tin · 25-03-2021 2:40pm

Sorry Lass, I'd like to enter but listening to that lot is a bridge too far :eek:

lassykk · 25-03-2021 2:50pm

the purple tin wrote: »

Sorry Lass, I'd like to enter but listening to that lot is a bridge too far :eek:

I sensed that could be an issue with my choices alright

If it's a train wreck I will return to subjecting everyone to my rock music tastes instead

the purple tin · 25-03-2021 2:54pm

lassykk wrote: »

I sensed that could be an issue with my choices alright

If it's a train wreck I will return to subjecting everyone to my rock music tastes instead

Those types of shows are Hell for me, anything connected with that twerp Cowell I give it a wide berth.
I would follow you through the very gates of Hades, Lassy, but not to Hell-please not to Hell.

Irish Aris · 25-03-2021 4:05pm

lassykk wrote: »

I sensed that could be an issue with my choices alright

If it's a train wreck I will return to subjecting everyone to my rock music tastes instead

Not my cup of tea either, but it's a surlaw so I will give it a go!!!

Electric Nitwit · 25-03-2021 4:14pm

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Hmmm. This could be tougher than I though. After a brief initial listen, some are singing songs I love but their covers pale in comparison to the original, while other clearly have amazing voices, but I'm not gone on the song

This is my issue too. I think I'm generally favouring the songs I don't like for that reason. There's one for example, I'm sure they're good but they're singing one of my favourite songs and they can go to hell!

lassykk · 25-03-2021 5:32pm

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

This is my issue too. I think I'm generally favouring the songs I don't like for that reason. There's one for example, I'm sure they're good but they're singing one of my favourite songs and they can go to hell!

Lol, you won't see any Pearl Jam covers in my list for good reason

Necro · 25-03-2021 5:54pm

Just noticed LeVar's best friend C-Lo Green in one of the videos

cee_jay · 25-03-2021 6:55pm

Well that was difficult - I tried to skip past some of the sob stories included in the videos so not to be influenced.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 25-03-2021 7:03pm

Necro wrote: »

Just noticed LeVar's best friend C-Lo Green in one of the videos

It was one of the nights they were recording The Voice in LA (I know because someone was trying to get us tickets to go be in the audience, but it feel through) that I had my altercation with him (a couple of hours after they would've finished recording), so it could very well have been the day that clip was recorded...

lassykk · 25-03-2021 7:30pm

cee_jay wrote: »

Well that was difficult - I tried to skip past some of the sob stories included in the videos so not to be influenced.

Yeah sorry I tried to find just the music where I could but not always possible

lassykk · 25-03-2021 9:12pm

Two entries in already

Necro · 25-03-2021 9:14pm

cee_jay wrote: »

Well that was difficult - I tried to skip past some of the sob stories included in the videos so not to be influenced.

My pet hate is the kids ones

lassykk · 25-03-2021 9:16pm

Necro wrote: »

My pet hate is the kids ones

The one kid entry I included is insanely talented!

Necro · 25-03-2021 9:17pm

lassykk wrote: »

The one kid entry I included is insanely talented!

Oh I just mean in general, when they wheel out the 6 year olds etc

lassykk · 25-03-2021 9:24pm

Necro wrote: »

Oh I just mean in general, when they wheel out the 6 year olds etc

Sorry I left out an emoji on my post. Wasn't a serious or defensive statement

I couldn't imagine putting my kids under pressure like that. Regardless of their talent I just think it's wrong.

26-03-2021 5:14am

The toughest SURLAW I've done.

Could have thrown a blanket over most of them and none of them were offensive to listen to.

Outside my top two, I could send in a list every day for the year and the order would be different.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 27-03-2021 3:42pm

Rankings are in...

lassykk · 27-03-2021 9:12pm

Up to 5 entries now including my own

Kolido · 29-03-2021 8:12pm

Hope to get something in this week for this game.

JohnGreenFan · 29-03-2021 8:28pm

I should get something in this week too.

JP Liz V1 · 30-03-2021 12:07am

lassykk wrote: »

Up to 5 entries now including my own

When is closing date?

lassykk · 30-03-2021 7:27am

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

When is closing date?

No rush at all. A few weeks I'd say but I'll give plenty of warning

Irish Aris · 30-03-2021 10:26am

I'm in too.

Not a fan of talent shows in general - the only one I watch consistently is RuPaul's Drag Race.

This was enjoyable for the most part. Great voices all around.
My top-3 was clear from the beginning. There was one song that gave me a hard time to decide if it would place top-10 or not because it is one of my favourite songs of all time and I couldn't decide if I liked the version or not.

Electric Nitwit · 30-03-2021 11:33am

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Ooh...

I think this is a great idea lassy

...but I am not a fan of these shows at all!

Will this convince me?
Not based on what ASLB just said :pac:

Well... I don't think I'll start watching now, although I can see what people like in them

Pretty much finalised my list. There's a couple that I can acknowledge are brilliant, but I don't personally like, not sure what to do with them

In a few cases this has made me appreciate the songwriters a lot more, hearing covers be very good makes you realise the strength of the underlying song

Good work with all the overseas picks at the end, lassy, really added to the interest levels

lassykk · 30-03-2021 8:44pm

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Well... I don't think I'll start watching now, although I can see what people like in them

Pretty much finalised my list. There's a couple that I can acknowledge are brilliant, but I don't personally like, not sure what to do with them

In a few cases this has made me appreciate the songwriters a lot more, hearing covers be very good makes you realise the strength of the underlying song

Good work with all the overseas picks at the end, lassy, really added to the interest levels

Glad you enjoyed some of the foreign ones. There's actually a voice Mongolia but I didn't find anything for my top twenty there!

lassykk · 30-03-2021 8:45pm

Up to seven entries now. Glad to see people willing to subject themselves

lassykk · 31-03-2021 8:07pm

Another entry in - up to 8 now

Very interesting votes I must admit!

Sawduck · 31-03-2021 8:28pm

lassykk wrote: »

Another entry in - up to 8 now

Very interesting votes I must admit!

Nine now

HildaOgdenx · 01-04-2021 10:23am

Might give this a go over the weekend.

speckle · 02-04-2021 1:57pm

Have it down to my top 10 but hard to order them 1 to 10... need a break...and will listen afresh next week...great idea

JP Liz V1 · 05-04-2021 12:52am

lassykk wrote: »

No rush at all. A few weeks I'd say but I'll give plenty of warning

In now just in case I forget, it was tough

ShaneU · 05-04-2021 1:08am

I'll enter tomorrow

speckle · 07-04-2021 5:56pm

In... hard to order my top ten especially those number 4 to 8 in the middle.

Not a fan of these shows especially the kids singing versions...a lot of pressure on them and their voices as they are trying to find out about their musicial identitys... let alone grow up.

However..great to figure out if a cover song would suit oneself and sometimes they do allow for a really good talent or voice to be heard that otherwise might not happen.

Great for looking at aswell for what can be done with new visual technology.

Roll on the reveal...

lassykk · 07-04-2021 10:18pm

Up to twelve entries now. Still plenty of time. Likely will keep open for another week or so anyway

lassykk · 19-04-2021 8:34am

I think we are after stalling on entries here - I will start putting together the results and aim to have the reveal maybe at the weekend, work dependant. I will give plenty of notice for the reveal and if any late entries come they are more than welcome.

Cheers

SineadSpears · 19-04-2021 11:22am

In too..

By the skin of my teeth :pac:

Lassykk's SURLAW - Lassykk got talent

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