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Surlaw by Aris: The long overdue reveal

  • 28-12-2020 10:23am
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    Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭


    Hello everyone and welcome to the reveal of my Surlaw. . . which opened 4 months ago, thus the title of this thread :o

    For this Surlaw we went to the United States and saw 20 artists/songs competing for the first spot in this Eurovision style competition.

    12 Forum Gamers have cast their votes:
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    ShaneU
    Kolido
    Homer J. Fong
    Sawduck
    Reberetta
    JohnGreenFan
    and in the morning Diamonds of frost
    JP Liz V1
    Clarabel
    Electric Nitwit
    and I will also throw my votes for good measure

    As a reminder these are the songs that are competing:
    YouTube playlist:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUaRXycpvvkFm-QNQ-W24uDQ12ludupob

    Spotify playlist
    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4i...TxGI7MZeSKk0dg

    State Artist Song
    Minnesota Bora York Arrest Me
    Ohio Nine Inch Nails The Perfect Drug
    Washington Queensryche Della Brown
    Colorado OneRepublic Something I Need
    New York Slow Knights Signs Of life
    Nevada Brandon Flowers Can't Deny My Love
    Rhode Island Thrillchaser Emptiness
    California The Cramps Ultra Twist
    Georgia Boy Harsher Face The Fire
    Virginia Wild Nothing Letting Go
    Massachusetts Rachel Platten Stand By You
    Arizona The Summer Set The Night is Young
    Texas Conan Gray Wish You Were Sober
    Michigan Inner City Good Life
    Florida Marilyn Manson This Is The New ****
    Pennsylvania Pretty Poison Catch Me I'm Falling
    Alaska Portugal. The Man Feel It Still
    Arkansas Beth Ditto Savoir Faire
    Oregon The Dandy Warhols Horse Pills
    New Jersey Skid Row I Remember You


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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    I target Wednesday 30th December for the reveal, subject to any other games or reveals happening that day.
    I will confirm the time on the day, looking to start around 6 pm.


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    At Last!!!!!!! :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    Good evening everyone!!
    Tomorrow I will do the reveal earlier in the afternoon, start time around 4 pm - I have a medical appointment in the evening and won't be available after 6. :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭Reberetta


    I can only remember how two of these songs sound. :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    Reberetta wrote: »
    I can only remember how two of these songs sound. :)

    Really sorry about that Reb :o - initially I left it open hoping to get some more gamers in and then life got in the way.

    a couple of stats to warm things up a bit:
    9 different songs got the maximum 12 points - one of them twice and another one 3 times!!
    All songs were voted at least once, so no songs were left with zero points.

    See you all in an hour!!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    Let's start so, with my votes.
    Obviously I like all 20 of them so the top-10 would be changing constantly but on that given day the points went as follows:

    Boy Harsher-Face The Fire 8
    Brandon Flowers-Can't Deny My Love 7
    Wild Nothing-Letting Go 6
    The Cramps-Ultra Twist 5
    Marilyn Manson-This Is The New **** 4
    Rachel Platten-Stand By You 3
    Slow Knights-Signs Of life 2
    Nine Inch Nails-The Perfect Drug 1


    10 points go to
    Bora York - Arrest me.

    and the 12 points go to
    Thrillchaser - Emptiness



  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    I do the reveal in the order that votes came in. . .
    which means that next we have one of the regulars and reliables of Forum Games, Also Starring LeVar Burton

    The first points
    Bora York-Arrest Me 8
    Wild Nothing-Letting Go 7
    Thrillchaser-Emptiness 6
    Marilyn Manson-This Is The New **** 5
    Nine Inch Nails-The Perfect Drug 4
    Portugal. The Man-Feel It Still 3
    Inner City-Good Life 2
    The Dandy Warhols-Horse Pills 1


    10 points go to
    Beth Ditto - Savoir Faire

    and the 12 points go to
    Brandon Flowers-Can't Deny My Love




  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    Next up the man that puts the U in Shane, ShaneU

    The first votes go to:

    The Cramps-Ultra Twist 8
    Inner City-Good Life 7
    Pretty Poison-Catch Me I'm Falling 6
    OneRepublic-Something I Need 5
    Bora York-Arrest Me 4
    Wild Nothing-Letting Go 3
    Boy Harsher-Face The Fire 2
    Beth Ditto-Savoir Faire 1


    10 Points go to
    Brandon Flowers - Can't Deny My Love

    and the 12 Points go to
    Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still




  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    So with the first 3 sets of votes (and 9 to go) the table looks like this:

    Brandon Flowers-Can't Deny My Love 29
    Bora York-Arrest Me 22
    Thrillchaser-Emptiness 18
    Wild Nothing-Letting Go 16
    Portugal. The Man-Feel It Still 15
    The Cramps-Ultra Twist 13
    Beth Ditto-Savoir Faire 11
    Boy Harsher-Face The Fire 10
    Marilyn Manson-This Is The New **** 9
    Inner City-Good Life 9
    Pretty Poison-Catch Me I'm Falling 6
    Nine Inch Nails-The Perfect Drug 5
    OneRepublic-Something I Need 5
    Rachel Platten-Stand By You 3
    Slow Knights-Signs Of life 2
    The Dandy Warhols-Horse Pills 1
    Conan Gray-Wish You Were Sober 0
    Queensryche-Della Brown 0
    Skid Row-I Remember You 0
    The Summer Set-The Night is Young 0


    Brandon Flowers takes the lead ahead of Bora York and Thrillchaser.
    His 80s influenced The Desired Effect was on my most favourites the year it was released and it included many songs that I liked - this one was my second choice for this Surlaw:



  • Registered Users Posts: 10,546 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Can't remember my votes now, except my number one

    Didn't love Brendan Flowers I don't think, his solo work has never really grabbed me. Mind you, neither have the last few Killers albums sadly


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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    Next up a Forum Gamer who has organised many great competitions - including the kolidovision, Kolido

    Bora York-Arrest Me 8
    Rachel Platten-Stand By You 7
    Pretty Poison-Catch Me I'm Falling 6
    The Summer Set-The Night is Young 5
    Boy Harsher-Face The Fire 4
    Queensryche-Della Brown 3
    Brandon Flowers-Can't Deny My Love 2
    Conan Gray-Wish You Were Sober 1


    10 Points go to
    OneRepublic - Something I Need

    and 12 Points go to
    Skid Row - I Remember You




  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    Next up another Forum Gamer who hosted a successful Surlaw, Homer J. Fong

    Slow Knights-Signs Of life 8
    Thrillchaser-Emptiness 7
    Boy Harsher-Face The Fire 6
    Brandon Flowers-Can't Deny My Love 5
    Beth Ditto-Savoir Faire 4
    The Dandy Warhols-Horse Pills 3
    Nine Inch Nails-The Perfect Drug 2
    Portugal. The Man-Feel It Still 1


    10 Points go to
    Wild Nothing - Letting Go

    and 12 Points go to
    Bora York - Arrest Me




  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    We are just before the halfway mark (5 sets of votes completed, 7 more to go) and our ranking table looks like this:

    Bora York-Arrest Me 42
    Brandon Flowers-Can't Deny My Love 36
    Wild Nothing-Letting Go 26
    Thrillchaser-Emptiness 25
    Boy Harsher-Face The Fire 20
    Portugal. The Man-Feel It Still 16
    Beth Ditto-Savoir Faire 15
    OneRepublic-Something I Need 15
    The Cramps-Ultra Twist 13
    Pretty Poison-Catch Me I'm Falling 12
    Skid Row-I Remember You 12
    Rachel Platten-Stand By You 10
    Slow Knights-Signs Of life 10
    Marilyn Manson-This Is The New **** 9
    Inner City-Good Life 9
    Nine Inch Nails-The Perfect Drug 7
    The Summer Set-The Night is Young 5
    The Dandy Warhols-Horse Pills 4
    Queensryche-Della Brown 3
    Conan Gray-Wish You Were Sober 1


    Now all songs have gotten at least one point but it is the underdogs Bora York that leading the way. Bora York was an accidental Spotify discovery and 2 of their songs have been on heavy rotation in my playlists for years now. Arrset Me is one of them and this is the other:



  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    Bringing the competition to the halfway mark is another one of our regulars in Forum Games, Sawduck

    Rachel Platten-Stand By You 8
    Portugal. The Man-Feel It Still 7
    Inner City-Good Life 6
    Pretty Poison-Catch Me I'm Falling 5
    Bora York-Arrest Me 4
    Skid Row-I Remember You 3
    Queensryche-Della Brown 2
    Nine Inch Nails-The Perfect Drug 1


    10 Points go to
    OneRepublic - Something I Need

    and 12 Points go to
    Marilyn Manson - This Is The New ****




  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    Next-Up, organiser of the epic best album of all time competition, it's Reberetta

    Pretty Poison-Catch Me I'm Falling 8
    Inner City-Good Life 7
    Beth Ditto-Savoir Faire 6
    Wild Nothing-Letting Go 5
    Bora York-Arrest Me 4
    Portugal. The Man-Feel It Still 3
    OneRepublic-Something I Need 2
    The Summer Set-The Night is Young 1


    10 Points go to
    Skid Row - I Remember You

    and 12 Points go to
    Marilyn Manson - This Is The New ****




  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    and with only 5 sets of votes to go, our table is:

    Bora York-Arrest Me 50
    Brandon Flowers-Can't Deny My Love 36
    Marilyn Manson-This Is The New **** 33
    Wild Nothing-Letting Go 31
    OneRepublic-Something I Need 27
    Portugal. The Man-Feel It Still 26
    Thrillchaser-Emptiness 25
    Pretty Poison-Catch Me I'm Falling 25
    Skid Row-I Remember You 25
    Inner City-Good Life 22
    Beth Ditto-Savoir Faire 21
    Boy Harsher-Face The Fire 20
    Rachel Platten-Stand By You 18
    The Cramps-Ultra Twist 13
    Slow Knights-Signs Of life 10
    Nine Inch Nails-The Perfect Drug 8
    The Summer Set-The Night is Young 6
    Queensryche-Della Brown 5
    The Dandy Warhols-Horse Pills 4
    Conan Gray-Wish You Were Sober 1


    Bora York continue to be on top, but with 2 consecutive 12 points, Marilyn Manson gets into the top-3.
    When it came to selecting a Manson song I was between what I chose and this one which is also one of my favourites of his:



  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    Next up one of the "New Kids" in the Forum Games block, it's John Green Fan

    Rachel Platten-Stand By You 8
    Portugal. The Man-Feel It Still 7
    Conan Gray-Wish You Were Sober 6
    Thrillchaser-Emptiness 5
    Brandon Flowers-Can't Deny My Love 4
    Skid Row-I Remember You 3
    The Cramps-Ultra Twist 2
    Beth Ditto-Savoir Faire 1


    10 Points go to
    OneRepublic - Something I Need

    and 12 Points go to
    The Summer Set - The Night Is Young




  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    Next, another "New Kid" on the Forum Games block, it's and in the morning Diamonds of Frost

    OneRepublic-Something I Need 8
    Thrillchaser-Emptiness 7
    Skid Row-I Remember You 6
    Pretty Poison-Catch Me I'm Falling 5
    Bora York-Arrest Me 4
    The Summer Set-The Night is Young 3
    Inner City-Good Life 2
    Marilyn Manson-This Is The New **** 1


    10 Points go to
    Beth Ditto - Savoir Faire

    and 12 Points go to
    Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still




  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    With only 3 sets of votes to go:

    Bora York-Arrest Me 54
    OneRepublic-Something I Need 45
    Portugal. The Man-Feel It Still 45
    Brandon Flowers-Can't Deny My Love 40
    Thrillchaser-Emptiness 37
    Marilyn Manson-This Is The New **** 34
    Skid Row-I Remember You 34
    Beth Ditto-Savoir Faire 32
    Wild Nothing-Letting Go 31
    Pretty Poison-Catch Me I'm Falling 30
    Rachel Platten-Stand By You 26
    Inner City-Good Life 24
    The Summer Set-The Night is Young 21
    Boy Harsher-Face The Fire 20
    The Cramps-Ultra Twist 15
    Slow Knights-Signs Of life 10
    Nine Inch Nails-The Perfect Drug 8
    Conan Gray-Wish You Were Sober 7
    Queensryche-Della Brown 5
    The Dandy Warhols-Horse Pills 4


    Bora York continue to occupy the top spot.
    Behind them both OneRepublic and Portugal. The Man gain momentum.
    I'm a big fan of OneRepublic and Ryan Tedder's songwriting.
    Something I Need isn't my number one OneRepublic song, but I wanted to avoid the obvious options.
    The OneRepublic I hold close to my heart and it is like a safe haven in tough times, is this:



  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    Next, a Forum Gamer with a tendency to vote late in competitions - but not this time, it's JP Liz V1

    Rachel Platten-Stand By You 8
    The Dandy Warhols-Horse Pills 7
    Wild Nothing-Letting Go 6
    The Summer Set-The Night is Young 5
    Pretty Poison-Catch Me I'm Falling 4
    Conan Gray-Wish You Were Sober 3
    Thrillchaser-Emptiness 2
    Portugal. The Man-Feel It Still 1


    10 Points go to
    Brandon Flowers - Can't Deny My Love

    and 12 Points go to
    OneRepublic - Something I Need




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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    Next, a Forum Gamer who has often submitted interesting alternative selections in various Walruses, it's Clarabel

    Portugal. The Man-Feel It Still 8
    Brandon Flowers-Can't Deny My Love 7
    Pretty Poison-Catch Me I'm Falling 6
    Thrillchaser-Emptiness 5
    Conan Gray-Wish You Were Sober 4
    Beth Ditto-Savoir Faire 3
    Skid Row-I Remember You 2
    Inner City-Good Life 1


    10 Points go to
    Wild Nothing - Letting Go

    and 12 Points go to
    Boy Harsher - Face The Fire




  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    With a last set of points to be distributed, things are severe up the top

    OneRepublic-Something I Need 57
    Brandon Flowers-Can't Deny My Love 57
    Bora York-Arrest Me 54
    Portugal. The Man-Feel It Still 54
    Wild Nothing-Letting Go 47
    Thrillchaser-Emptiness 44
    Pretty Poison-Catch Me I'm Falling 40
    Skid Row-I Remember You 36
    Beth Ditto-Savoir Faire 35
    Marilyn Manson-This Is The New **** 34
    Rachel Platten-Stand By You 34
    Boy Harsher-Face The Fire 32
    The Summer Set-The Night is Young 26
    Inner City-Good Life 25
    The Cramps-Ultra Twist 15
    Conan Gray-Wish You Were Sober 14
    The Dandy Warhols-Horse Pills 11
    Slow Knights-Signs Of life 10
    Nine Inch Nails-The Perfect Drug 8
    Queensryche-Della Brown 5


    There are 5 songs in total that could win the competition, with 4 of them within 3 points.
    Or could Wild Nothing who have been flying below the radar can complete the surprise? Before this Surlaw I didn't know where they are from exactly and it was nice that they are from the more modest Virginia. I have been following them on and off for the last 8-9 years (and have seen them live twice) - and this was my introduction to their music:



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


    I hope that OneRepublic song doesn't win it. Any of the other options would be worthy, but Something I Need is easily my least favourite song of the twenty.


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,546 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    I hope that OneRepublic song doesn't win it. Any of the other options would be worthy, but Something I Need is easily my least favourite song of the twenty.
    Think I'm last, if so it won't :p


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


    Think I'm last, if so it won't :p

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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    so to complete the proceedings, fresh out of completing an amazing Advent Calendar Competition, it's Electric Nitwit

    and his first part of the points means. . .

    Boy Harsher-Face The Fire 8
    The Cramps-Ultra Twist 7
    Wild Nothing-Letting Go 6
    Thrillchaser-Emptiness 5
    Inner City-Good Life 4
    Queensryche-Della Brown 3
    The Summer Set-The Night is Young 2
    Bora York-Arrest Me 1


    that Bora York and Wild Nothing are out of the competition.
    Three songs can now win this!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,546 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


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    Actually... unless I didn't vote for any of the contenders. I must have done though, right...?

    Ah yeah, think I did...


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    10 Points go to:

    Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still

    who now take the temporary lead.
    Can Brandon Flowers or OneRepublic do one last surge and win this?


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,546 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Irish Aris wrote: »
    10 Points go to:

    Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still

    who now take the temporary lead.
    Can Brandon Flowers or OneRepublic do one last surge and win this?
    Yep, I've been feeling it since 1966 :D

    *not really that old!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,875 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    well, they can not, as 12 Points go to

    Marilyn Manson - This Is The New ****


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