I am the Necrus - Walrus Reveal Thread

tusk · 19-09-2020 9:21pm

good show. good show

Necro · 19-09-2020 9:21pm

In 8th place with 16 points

fixXxer

The Futureheads - The Hounds of Love

This is a really fun entry and track overall. Also some large elements of pop music in this imo, probably why it appeals to me a lot. And I am specifically mentioning this as it will drive the entrant mad :pac::pac:

Necro · 19-09-2020 9:24pm

In JOINT 7th place, with 17 points each:

S1ippy

&

RasTa

Johnny Cash – Hurt

If I’m being honest, this song and Disturbed’s The Sound of Silence were the main songs in mind when creating this category. It’s a modern day classic by a legend. I’ve absolutely worn out the CD I have this on mind, so familiarity causes it to drop a few places.

Reberetta · 19-09-2020 9:25pm

Entering Hurt by Johnny Cash is just cheating. :P

Necro · 19-09-2020 9:27pm

Reberetta wrote: »

Entering Hurt by Johnny Cash is just cheating. :P

Maybe not in the grandest sense but it's certainly impossible to low score it

Necro · 19-09-2020 9:27pm

In 5th place, scoring 18 points

Arghus

Orville Peck - Smalltown Boy

This absolute classic remade by a country artist… you think this is going to go badly but it’s incredible imo. Great entry and going straight onto my favourites list.

Reberetta · 19-09-2020 9:29pm

I bet somebody submitted the 21st century re-issue of Bohemian Rhapsody from a Queen Greatest Hits collection released in Papua New Guinea next. :P

Necro · 19-09-2020 9:30pm

In 4th Place, with 19 points…

The purple tin

Old Crow Medicine Show: Wagon Wheel

I am 100% certain by the end of this round there will be some of you that are rolling your eyes and wondering what the hell I’m playing at but I don’t even care.

Wagon Wheel is a stone cold classic. I’d love nothing more than to be in a pub absolutely belting it out right now. So nostalgia wins, and this song from tpt gets 19 points

Necro · 19-09-2020 9:35pm

And so we come to our remaining 6 (again). Nervous times for…

Rikand
Gru
Irish Aris
Clarabel
Mustang shelly
Sawduck

Necro · 19-09-2020 9:37pm

In 20th place with 5 points:

Irish Aris

Kid Moxie-Big In Japan

Sorry

Aris

, I really wanted to like this song. It builds up so well but the chorus just lacks the ‘ooomph’ I thought the song deserved. She builds it up fantastically but just… goes nowhere with it. The singer clearly has the chops to give it socks for the ‘Big In Japan’ too so it just left me confused.
Sort of like my first time seeing a girl naked :P

Sawduck · 19-09-2020 9:38pm

I think my song will be bottom 3,it was the one I had least amount of faith in

Necro · 19-09-2020 9:39pm

In 3rd place with 20 points…

Gru

Weezer - Everybody wants to rule the world

Ah I mean the original is a stone cold classic. And I like that Weezer don’t mess with that too much, in fact it’s an incredible cover. Fab pick.

Necro · 19-09-2020 9:42pm

In 21st place with 4 points:

Sawduck

Bella Wagner - Putting out Fire (Cat People)

Erm… well… it was nice till they started singing? I’m trying to be objective here. Sorry dude. I hated this. Apologies to the Cat People. This just freaked me out. And THEN I watched the video :eek:

Necro · 19-09-2020 9:44pm

In 2nd place with 21 points:

Mustang Shelly

Bad Wolves - Zombie

This is an incredible cover and tribute to Dolores O’Riordan. Second podium place for shelly and this song was so close to topping the pile, just pushed out in the end though. Still… this is amazing. Just listen to it and judge yourselves.

Clarabel · 19-09-2020 9:45pm

Wait. What. Where's my song. Did you toss it out

Did I miss it?

Necro · 19-09-2020 9:46pm

In 22nd place with 3 points:

Clarabel

Insomnia Monster Mix – Faithless

Someone taking their Monster playlist a little too literally. I’m not sure it’s quite in keeping with the theme of the round, it’s basically just a remix. Plus – and I cannot stress this enough – it’s 8 minutes long. The first 2 mins and 40 seconds of which are just the first two beats over and over again. So yeah… bottom it is unfortunately.

Clarabel · 19-09-2020 9:47pm

There we go!
Delighted!!!

Reberetta · 19-09-2020 9:48pm

Bella Wagner video and music was very arty and interesting all round. How can you not appreciate a singing mermaid?

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 19-09-2020 9:49pm

Clarabel wrote: »

There we go!
Delighted!!!

Delighted you came last?

Necro · 19-09-2020 9:49pm

Which means our third 1st place and 22 points goes to

Rikand

Scooter : The Logical Song

I’ll just quote the PM the entrant sent to me in relation to this:

“I suppose it depends on how much you like the original. Some would say Scooter killed it. I, on the other hand, say that he killed it!!!”

I can only concur with the latter. It’s the soundtrack of my youth, dingy clubs and old battered cars driving them around like we were Colin McRae or some other famous driving guys. And I can totally understand why some may dislike it. I just don’t care

Well done, and a fantastic pick in my own humble opinion – which is, of course – the only one that matters in the context of this contest :pac:

Necro · 19-09-2020 9:55pm

And that most certainly draws tonight's proceedings to a close.

Round Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02FwEDAy8jIqOhCYh3QSxS

Song Rankings:

21st Century Song Name Score
1st Scooter : The Logical Song 22
2nd Bad Wolves - Zombie 21
3rd Weezer - Everybody wants to rule the world 20
4th Old Crow Medicine Show: Wagon Wheel 19
5th Orville Peck - Smalltown Boy 18
7th Johnny Cash - Hurt 17
7th Johnny Cash - Hurt 17
8th The Futureheads - The Hounds of Love 16
9th Smashing Pumpkins Let Me Give The World To You 15
10th No Doubt - It's My Life 14
12th Make you feel my Love - Adele 13
12th Make You Feel My Love - Adele 13
13th Boy & Bear - Fall at your feet 12
14th The Eagles - Seven Bridges Road 11
15th Tina Turner, Kygo - What's Love Got to Do with It 10
16th Jurassic 5 - Improvise 9
17th Queen of the Stone Age - Outlaw Blues 8
18th Linkin Park - She Couldn't 7
19th Pink - Me & Bobby Magee 6
20th Kid Moxie-Big In Japan 5
21st Bella Wagner - Cat People (Putting out Fire) 4
22nd Insomnia Monster Mix - Faithless 3

Total Scores at the End of Round 3:

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 42
s1ippy 18 8 17 43
ShaneU 20 12 8 40
Deja Boo 22 3 6 31
the purple tin 11 5 19 35
RasTa 8 1 17 26
LeVar 21 18 7 46
Sawduck 17 4 4 25
Gru 9 13 20 42
Mustang Shelly 14 20 21 55
Clarabel 4 15 3 22
osh 2 19 9 30
Green&Red 10 6 12 28
JP Liz 16 7 10 33
Trigger 1 21 13 35
JohnGreenFan 12 14 13 39
Kolido 6 9 14 29
Rikand 19 16 22 57
Arghus 7 2 18 27
Reberetta 5 17 15 37
tusk 13 10 11 34
fixXxer 3 11 16 30

So Rikand leads mustang shelly by two points with LeVar 11 points back in third place.

But the massive points differential and the fact we have SEVEN rounds to go means this is still a wide open contest.

I'll likely go for a midweek reveal of the next category, pending when Beaker decides to run his next one.

Irish Aris · 19-09-2020 10:00pm

Great Walrus so far. I have plenty to listen to tomorrow, was rather preoccupied watching football tonight (Go Arsenal!!).
Thank you Necro!!

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 19-09-2020 10:01pm

Necro wrote: »

So Rikand leads mustang shelly by two points with LeVar 11 points back in third place.

That takes some of the pressure off. Dropping back from 1st place at this stage makes it easier to launch a sneak attack later on... :pac:

Reberetta · 19-09-2020 10:01pm

Necro wrote: »

In 2nd place with 21 points:

Bad Wolves - Zombie

This is an incredible cover and tribute to Dolores O’Riordan. Second podium place for shelly and this song was so close to topping the pile, just pushed out in the end though. Still… this is amazing. Just listen to it and judge yourselves.

ShaneU · 19-09-2020 10:07pm

Scooter? really? How did this guy win my walrus?

Necro · 19-09-2020 10:10pm

ShaneU wrote: »

Scooter? really? How did this guy win my walrus?

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 19-09-2020 10:11pm

ShaneU wrote: »

Scooter? really? How did this guy win my walrus?

Because you've also got woeful taste in music...

:pac::pac::pac::pac:

Tauriel · 19-09-2020 10:16pm

Necro wrote: »

In 2nd place with 21 points:

Mustang Shelly

Bad Wolves - Zombie

This is an incredible cover and tribute to Dolores O’Riordan. Second podium place for shelly and this song was so close to topping the pile, just pushed out in the end though. Still… this is amazing. Just listen to it and judge yourselves.

The day Dolores died was the day that she was supposed to be recording this song with Bad Wolves.

Gru · 19-09-2020 10:28pm

Necro wrote: »

In 3rd place with 20 points…

Gru

Weezer - Everybody wants to rule the world

Ah I mean the original is a stone cold classic. And I like that Weezer don’t mess with that too much, in fact it’s an incredible cover. Fab pick.

I love the fact you failed to mention we actually nominated the whole Weezer album :pac:

3. A Recording From the 21st century of a Song from the 20th

Weezer (the teal album) (yes the whole thing)
but if you must be specific:

Weezer - Everybody wants to rule the world

Arghus · 19-09-2020 10:55pm

Looks like mid table obscurity is the best I can hope for here!

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 19-09-2020 11:25pm

Arghus wrote: »

Looks like mid table obscurity is the best I can hope for here!

With 7 rounds still to go, it really could be anybody's game, far too early to make any call.

And if there's one thing that can be said about Necro, is he's unpredictable, so it could all change yet.

JP Liz V1 · 20-09-2020 1:02am

I knew Cash's epic Hurt cover would be nominated by someone but beaten by a Scooter song :eek:

:pac:

s1ippy · 20-09-2020 2:01am

Haha Scooter has his moments! I thought Johnny Cash would be a very obvious choice but it's very sentimental for me so to choose any others would have been a betrayal

although Weezer and also John Frusciante do some very commendable covers.

Necro wrote: »

In 20th place, with 3 points…
fixXxer

Kinky Friedman - Get your bisquits in the oven and your buns in to bed

Eesh. This is the type of country I would not be fond of. Gives proper country a bad name. It’s a bit sexist too isn’t it!! The diddlee aye is prominent here, along with the overspoken Southern accent… Nope Nope Nope. And wow, they even have a kazoo!!

Haha I love this guy actually. Absolutely hilarious.

Fun rounds and some great tunes up there, looking forward to getting stuck in to the playlist tomorrow!

RasTa · 20-09-2020 11:03am

Pink Floyd last? My god.

I also sent the Pompei version, not the studio. Not that it would have mattered.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw1643T0RD0

Also a fictional band and scooter top? This should be fun, although I forget what I sent in for the rest, bar one or two.

Sawduck · 20-09-2020 1:10pm

Arghus wrote: »

Looks like mid table obscurity is the best I can hope for here!

Mid table looks great from my current position

Necro · 20-09-2020 1:24pm

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

With 7 rounds still to go, it really could be anybody's game, far too early to make any call.

And if there's one thing that can be said about Necro, is he's unpredictable, so it could all change yet.

Necro · 20-09-2020 1:41pm

Round 4 will be interesting.

So how did ye get on with this one? Someone said to me recently that all the best music was produced and released before I was born in 1986. Now I don’t necessarily subscribe to that theory, certainly the 90s and early part of the Noughties gave me some of my absolutely all time fave tracks. However there is certainly a metric sh1t tonne of absolutely amazing stuff released before that particular year…

Some of my faves:

That last one may or may not be a joke

No duplicates this time so straight run through.

Not gonna lie to you though folks, the bottom songs in this category I’d be very very happy if I never heard them again.

Tauriel · 20-09-2020 1:55pm

Necro wrote: »

Not gonna lie to you though folks, the bottom songs in this category I’d be very very happy if I never heard them again.

Uh-oh

*runs to PM to see what I submitted for this category

Irish Aris · 20-09-2020 2:03pm

Necro wrote: »

Round 4 will be interesting.

So how did ye get on with this one? Someone said to me recently that all the best music was produced and released before I was born in 1986. Now I don’t necessarily subscribe to that theory, certainly the 90s and early part of the Noughties gave me some of my absolutely all time fave tracks. However there is certainly a metric sh1t tonne of absolutely amazing stuff released before that particular year…

Not gonna lie to you though folks, the bottom songs in this category I’d be very very happy if I never heard them again.

I'm very confident it isn't one of mine.

Necro · 20-09-2020 2:04pm

I'm free in about 20 mins if people want a surprise Sunday reveal? Will only be one round though for sure, I've a roast in the oven to keep an eye on too!

Tauriel · 20-09-2020 2:05pm

Irish Aris wrote: »

I'm very confident it isn't one of mine.

It's me! All I can say is what was I thinking!?! :eek:

Irish Aris · 20-09-2020 2:07pm

Necro wrote: »

I'm free in about 20 mins if people want a surprise Sunday reveal? Will only be one round though for sure, I've a roast in the oven to keep an eye on too!

yes, I'm here!!!

Necro · 20-09-2020 2:08pm

Ok let's get rolling so

the purple tin · 20-09-2020 2:11pm

Three times in one night, Necro!
And ready to go again...

Necro · 20-09-2020 2:12pm

In 19th place with 4 points

Arghus

Hammond Song - The Roches

Unfortunately this was all a bit slow and whiny for me. It’s absolutely obvious the girls have some great voices, but it just very slow, meandering along before random stages where they’d hold a certain note for ages.

Necro · 20-09-2020 2:13pm

the purple tin wrote: »

Three times in one night, Necro!
And ready to go again...

What can I say, I have significant staying power

:D:D

Necro · 20-09-2020 2:14pm

In 18th place with 5 points:

Irish Aris

The B-52's-Legal Tender

I just never got the B-52s. Love Shack is fine once in a while but other than that they’re just not a band I want to listen to. Unfortunately that is reflected in the scoring. If it helps, it was never ever ever in the bottom 3… but we’ll get to them later.

Necro · 20-09-2020 2:16pm

In 17th place with 6 points

Gru

Adam and the ants - Stand and deliver

You can probably guess from my videos already posted that this sort of music just isn’t my jazz unfortunately. I mean it’s upbeat but I’m just not a guy who is into the wacky side of music unfortunately.

Irish Aris · 20-09-2020 2:17pm

Necro wrote: »

In 18th place with 5 points:

Irish Aris

The B-52's-Legal Tender

I just never got the B-52s. Love Shack is fine once in a while but other than that they’re just not a band I want to listen to. Unfortunately that is reflected in the scoring. If it helps, it was never ever ever in the bottom 3… but we’ll get to them later.

I confused you with someone else then. I thought you liked The B-52's.

Necro · 20-09-2020 2:19pm

In 16th place with 7 points

Tusk

The Eagles - Pretty Maids All In A Row

Ok, now I think I see the consistency in the entries from this player. They all have a number in them? No… that’s not quite it… Frankly though this is one of my least favourite Eagles songs. It’s all very meh.

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