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JohnGreenFan & The Walrus - The Reveal

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


    Which means that our top and bottom 3 are (in no particular order)...

    Beakerjoe
    Deja Boo
    FixXxer
    Green&Red
    Necro
    The Purple Tin


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


    Uh oh.


    Must resist urge to check sent PM folder


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


    In 19th place with 3 points is
    The Purple Tin

    Sugar Baby Love – The Rubettes

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



    A grand song but wouldn’t do anything for me as a first dance song... anything that starts off with talking about hurting your partner doesn’t really have the happy wedding vibe I’d be hoping for!


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


    In 3rd place with 18 points is
    beakerjoe

    Crazy For You – Madonna

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



    God this is SO 80s coming of age film and I am here for it. (Yes I googled it and realised it was written for a coming of age film in the 80s). You can just FEEL the 80s from it. Love it. I’d love this as a first dance song! Unfortunately Mr JGF wasn’t as impressed….


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


    see on my own I could bop to anything, but trying to coordinate that bopping with someone else doesn't seem to work well for me!

    giphy.gif


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


    In 20th place with 2 points is
    Green&Red

    I Found You – Alabama Shakes

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



    This song felt like it was constantly building towards a place it never really got to. Her voice is almost too fast and desperate for the music, like there would be this big moment in the music… but there’s breaks in the build to moments of almost nothingness. It’s weird and I didn’t enjoy it really, I think it would be an odd choice for a first dance song, I felt very rushed listening to it. I did enjoy the final 15 seconds but it wasn’t the crescendo I expected.


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


    Oh no - it's me, fix and Boo Boo left

    tenor.gif


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


    In 2nd place with 19 points is
    Necro

    I Won’t Give Up – Jason Mraz

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



    This was actually one of the songs we heavily considered for our first dance song and it holds a very special place in my heart… almost feels like cheating for someone to submit it! Such a beautiful song and I adore his voice.


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


    In 21st place with 1 point is
    FixXxer

    Black Balloon – The Kills

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



    I liked this song, but definitely not as a first dance song! Sounds more like a soong about depression which doesn’t really meet my hope for happy wedding vibes. Also no idea how you’d dance to this. I kept expecting it to transform into a mosh pit style song with all the guests headbanging in a circle around the dancefloor…


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



    This was actually one of the songs we heavily considered for our first dance song and it holds a very special place in my heart… almost feels like cheating for someone to submit it! Such a beautiful song and I adore his voice.

    Well... it was my first dance so if I picked something else I would be cheating on it :pac::pac:


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


    Which means that first place in this round with 21 points goes to
    Deja Boo!

    The Very Thought of You – Chris Botti

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



    That intro was just sublime. I love the saxophone. Simply gorgeous. Saxophone just hits different. And her voice!! Wow. I loved this so much. One of my favourite finds of the walrus so far. Quite different to the other submissions too which I think helped. Partly because if it’s instrumental I won’t ruin the moment by trying to sing along during the first dance, but that’s beside the point.


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


    In 21st place with 1 point is
    FixXxer

    Black Balloon – The Kills

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



    I liked this song, but definitely not as a first dance song! Sounds more like a soong about depression which doesn’t really meet my hope for happy wedding vibes. Also no idea how you’d dance to this. I kept expecting it to transform into a mosh pit style song with all the guests headbanging in a circle around the dancefloor…

    If you think weddings are happy affairs then there's no hope for you.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭ari101


    Congrats DejaBoo, Necro's choice would have been my entry / pick :)

    Really like that Marc Cohen number too.

    JGF - have you picked your song (or had your wedding since) and what did you choose, if I can ask?

    I had friends go with How Long Will I Love You (the more up beat Jon Boden version) for there's :D

    Also love that you tested them out properly :D


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


    Thanks for the reveal JGF, pleasantly surprised to place so high.. I promise the next 3 rounds are in line with the categories too :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,753 ✭✭✭✭beakerjoe


    Necro wrote: »
    Well... it was my first dance so if I picked something else I would be cheating on it :pac::pac:

    Same here... well for my entry not yours ha


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


    Name|Round 1|Round 2|Round 3 | Total
    Mustang Shelly | 21 | 16 | 10 | 47
    Necro | 19 | 8 | 19 | 46
    Kolido | 19 | 11 | 15 | 45
    Sawduck | 18 | 12 | 7 | 37
    Green & Red | 17 | 15 | 2 | 34
    Deja Boo | 16 | 5 | 21 | 42
    ShaneU | 15 | 19 | 4 | 38
    Band Member | 14 | 6 | 20 | 40
    Irish Aris | 13 | 14 | 9 | 36
    Osh | 12 | 21 | 16 | 49
    Also Starring LeVar Burton | 11 | 20 | 5 | 36
    Rikand | 10 | 1 | 11 | 22
    Electric Nitwit | 9 | 4 | 14 |27
    Trigger | 8 | 3 | 17 | 28
    Homer J. Fong | 7 |13 | 12 | 32
    FixXxer | 6 | 18 | 1 | 25
    Beakerjoe | 5 | 7 | 18 |30
    phatkev | 4 | 10 | 13 | 27
    The Purple Tin | 3 | 9 | 3 |15
    Arghus | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10
    JP Liz V1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 26



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,373 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Cheers JGF, that's tomorrow's playlist sorted, though I fear there's some slush there :pac:


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


    In 18th place with 4 points is ShaneU

    When The Stars Go Blue – Ryan Adams

    I wasn’t really a fan of this one – it’s grand but the song seems very generic – I felt like I had heard it before but I’m pretty sure I hadn’t ever heard it. Also, I don’t know if I’m missing something, but why are the stars going blue? (This may have distracted me for longer than I am willing to admit.)

    Was this in One Tree Hill?


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


    In 17th place with 5 points is
    Also Starring Levar Burton

    A Trick of The Light – The Villagers

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



    This is an excellent song but can’t dance to it. Awkward swaying or side to sides on the drum beats?? (Am I just outing myself as having no rhythm at all that I can’t dance to anything?) Just doesn’t have the first dance fit for me.

    Levar, I fear I may have treated you poorly here. When I was listening to it I knew I had heard it before in relation to something else but couldn't put my finger on it.
    Watching tv last night and I realised it's being used as the theme tune to the new RTE show Smother, about the family investigating the death of their father... subconciously I knew it didn't fit right for a wedding after that!! :rolleyes::rolleyes:


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


    Levar, I fear I may have treated you poorly here. When I was listening to it I knew I had heard it before in relation to something else but couldn't put my finger on it.
    Watching tv last night and I realised it's being used as the theme tune to the new RTE show Smother, about the family investigating the death of their father... subconciously I knew it didn't fit right for a wedding after that!! :rolleyes::rolleyes:

    Ah here, I'm not sure which is worse, that I had to pick a song for a first dance at a wedding (I hate weddings ;)) or to find out that there are people who still willingly watch RTÉ in 2021... :pac:


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


    Ah here, I'm not sure which is worse, that I had to pick a song for a first dance at a wedding (I hate weddings ;)) or to find out that there are people who still willingly watch RTÉ in 2021... :pac:

    I'm only watching it for Lahinch, scenery is unreal


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


    So...

    Next category? :D


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


    fixXxer wrote: »
    So...

    Next category? :D

    I'm thinking Thursday but I just want to confirm there isn't any other reveals on that night first


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


    I'm thinking Thursday but I just want to confirm there isn't any other reveals on that night first

    You need to assert dominance by announcing yours now and letting them worry about how they'll fit around you.


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


    fixXxer wrote: »
    You need to assert dominance by announcing yours now and letting them worry about how they'll fit around you.

    Arriving back to my walrus after 2 months of abandonment like...

    tenor.gif?itemid=4858756


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




    Ray Montagne - You Are The Best Thing


    Wouldn’t mind but our actual first song was Ray LaMontagne - hold you in my arms


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,421 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    Which means that first place in this round with 21 points goes to
    Deja Boo!

    The Very Thought of You – Chris Botti

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



    That intro was just sublime. I love the saxophone. Simply gorgeous. Saxophone just hits different. And her voice!! Wow. I loved this so much. One of my favourite finds of the walrus so far. Quite different to the other submissions too which I think helped. Partly because if it’s instrumental I won’t ruin the moment by trying to sing along during the first dance, but that’s beside the point.

    Thats really lovely. Reminds me of a lot of Cowboy bebop anime stuff with heavy focus on the sax and a beautiful female singing voice. Very nice :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,373 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit




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


    Remember when walrus was a thing



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,373 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit




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