MrKingsley and Barney92's Walrus - The Reveal

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 2:36pm #1

This is going to get underway today, starting with the Study theme.

Hope you all enjoy it.

A quick recap of the OP

Why are we even doing this?

MrKingsley
I will have music on as much as is possible. I love putting an album or playlist on before I start cooking, when I am cleaning the house, nodding off to sleep. I also work in bars so I am hoping to come across a few new artists/tracks to be able to put on in work to avoiding hearing the same songs for the umpteenth time.

Barney92
Music is a relative late addition to my young life, with my interest starting to be piqued around the age of 18. I’ve entered most of these competitions to widen my musical knowledge as it is rather limited, and that is why I’m co-hosting one.

What are we into?

MrKingsley
Growing up I was (am still am) a massive fan of hip hop and rap. Through college I would have mainly listened to rock and acoustic/folk music. In the last few years I have really gotten into soul and motown and they would be my go to playlists when working. Similar to Barney I have a serious sweet spot for a good pop song. Heavy metal might be the one genre that I would listen t with my finger over the 'skip song' button. Having said that I will give anything a listen.

Some of my favourite artists: Notorious BIG, Wu-Tang, Eminem, Johnny Cash, Tallest Man on Earth, John Martyn, The Four Tops, Curtis Mayfield, Charles Bradley, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Kings of Leon (first 3 albums), Fleetwood Mac, Rolling Stones, Ben Harper.

Barney92
My main two genres are pop and Irish folk music. I think the explanation to my musical likes can be found in how I found the guilty pleasure category a few Walruses ago to be quite difficult, as I am quite open about my like for what many describe as guilty pleasures. I am open to other kinds of music, including classical, rock, country, hip hop. I will warn you though that electronic dance, techno and heavy metal are unlikely to do well with me but I am open to new things.

The categories are outlined below. Feel free to include the reason why you've picked what you have.

1. Song that makes you think about food

2. Song to study to / take an exam to

3. Song from a musical

4. Song that reminds you of someone

5. Song to change your mood

Necro · 17-12-2019 3:05pm

Yay!! Looking forward to this guys.

Spook_ie · 17-12-2019 4:00pm

Time for a break from WW anyway

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 4:20pm

One song scored a perfect 15/15 from one of the judges, and 14/15 from the other one so fair play to that person. So a clear favourite from us. There are a few grouped towards the bottom that we somewhat liked by one of us and disliked by the other, with one getting 4/15 from me and 10/15 from MrK.

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 4:33pm

I'm going to get this under way shortly, and probably get the middle 8 (if that is a thing) done and then take a break and do the top three and the bottom three.

MrKingsley · 17-12-2019 5:20pm

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 5:20pm

And here we go

In 8th place, scoring 7 points is

MicksJaguar

with the following

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqOmlipOGe0

MrK
Loved the sound and song until the kid started singing. That unfortunately put a dampener on it for me generally and the theme.

Barney
Lovely instrumental, very soothing, not a fan of the child's voice. So fan of the first half but not of the second. Also a fan of Brave. Fine choice.

tusk · 17-12-2019 5:22pm

Feck. The fear is real. Can't remember what I entered either!

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 5:24pm

In 7th place, scoring 8 points is

Also Starring LeVar Burton

with the following

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hWMTSnP1AQ

MrK
Like the song but very similar to a couple of others insofar as there is just too much going on for me to be able to study to it.

Barney
Could work to this, but not really study I suppose. It does get you pumped and I really like the beat but I don't like the singer's voice.

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 5:30pm

In 9th place, scoring 6 points is

osh it is

with the following

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtOfYeJFq0k

MrK
Nice but meh on first listen but this has grown on me and the fact that I can be doing something else and and just tapping my foot to it definitely helps.

Barney
I can get behind the beat of this one. I think the singer is sort of drowned out, and I think that's a good thing. Didn't like the lyrics - "me with nothing to say and you in you autumn sweater" really didn't do it for me. Think I'd like it as purely instrumental.

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 5:32pm

In 6th place, scoring 9 points is

necrina

with the following

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk48xRzuNvA

MrK
Dont like the Script but then I didnt know that this was their song. Catchy song that i could keep me head down to.

Barney
I've heard this song a lot but I like it. I often studied to it - inspirational so good choice there. Not a big fan of Will.I.Am though and think less of him would improve it. Think he's just a tad too prevalent in this. Unlike MrK I do like the Script so good entry here.

MrKingsley · 17-12-2019 5:33pm

Its weird looking at these reveals. I really wouldnt have thought that wed such a similar taste Barney but the proof is in the pudding I suppose.

quickbeam · 17-12-2019 5:38pm

Yeah, I remember a certain someone telling me that you'd very different tastes

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 5:41pm

4 entries down, and here is the next batch of 4 before we take a break to build up towards the reveal of the two podia.

In 10th place, scoring 5 points is

Green&Red

with the following

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

MrK
Nice song that is very easy to listen to but would be a bit to upbeat for me to study to.

Barney
Really like the intro and could see myself humming whilst studying. Not a big fan of the elongated notes/words though. Decent entry but I'm not wowed by it.

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 5:42pm

quickbeam wrote: »

Yeah, I remember a certain someone telling me that you'd very different tastes

Would that someone have been MrK himself?

quickbeam · 17-12-2019 5:43pm

Barney92 wrote: »

Would that someone have been MrK himself?

It may have been

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 5:48pm

In 5th place, scoring 10 points is

tuskalicious

with the following

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztyx81cZRbc

MrK
Really enjoyed it and easily became lost in it. Ideal for studying for me

Barney
Really like this at the start but then start to fall out of love with it, and was not a big fan of the guitar.

tusk · 17-12-2019 5:53pm

top 5. I'll take that!

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 5:59pm

Just about scraping their way out of the bottom three is

prisca

in 11th place, scoring 4 points with the following

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opro34scpVM

MrK
Love Ratatat and love this song. It would be at the absolute limit for me, study-wise, but just such a good track.

Barney
Big fan of Pachelbel's Canon so intrigued, but my word Pachelbel what have they done to you? Didn't really like this, sounds like a wet mop being plunged at times. Did sort of begin to grow on me, but then the mop sound kicked back in.

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 6:01pm

Just missing out on the top three, in 3rd place, scoring 11 points is

TED YNWA

with the following

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=radFwHzD-PM

MrK
Love the song. Never knew it was the Pretenders. Very hard not to nod my head to this (8/10) which also, unfortunately means that I would not be able to focus on my studies!!

Barney
Really like the beat to this and it has a cracking intro. Not a massive fan of the 'ooh ah' bit but overall a very good song and one I could work to.

quickbeam · 17-12-2019 6:07pm

The Pretenders are great. Good choice Ted. But I agree I couldn't study to it. In fact, this is a very difficult category for me because I'd find it hard to study to anything but the blandest of tunes, and that type would never do well in a game of Walrus.

Trigger · 17-12-2019 6:08pm

Oh jaysus, either top three or bottom three AGAIN!

MrKingsley · 17-12-2019 6:11pm

Trigger wrote: »

Oh jaysus, either top three or bottom three AGAIN!

Ill give you a clue Trigger.......You live there

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 6:12pm

And so here we are, withn just the top three and bottom three left. As you can see it was very tight at the bottom, whilst three songs really separated themselves from the rest of the field at the top. I'll reveal them later on this evening.

User|Points|Score out of 30
____|14| 29
____| 13| 25.5
____| 12| 25
TED YNWA| 11| 22
tusk| 10| 21
Necrina| 9| 20
Also Starring LeVar Burton| 8| 19
MicksJaguar| 7| 18
osh| 6| 17
Green&Red| 5| 16.5
Prisca| 4| 14
____| 3| 14
____| 2| 14
____| 1| 13.5

Remaining entrants (in alphabetical order)
Drumpot
Ectoplasm
Necro
phatkev
pretzil
Trigger

Trigger · 17-12-2019 6:15pm

MrKingsley wrote: »

Ill give you a clue Trigger.......You live there

I checked the house, I cant find the answer

TheValeyard · 17-12-2019 6:17pm

Barney92 wrote: »

And so here we are, withn just the top three and bottom three left. As you can see it was very tight at the bottom, whilst three songs really separated themselves from the rest of the field at the top. I'll reveal them later on this evening.

User|Points|Score out of 30
____|14| 29
____| 13| 25.5
____| 12| 25
TED YNWA| 11| 22
tusk| 10| 21
Necrina| 9| 20
Also Starring LeVar Burton| 8| 19
MicksJaguar| 7| 18
osh| 6| 17
Green&Red| 5| 16.5
Prisca| 4| 14
____| 3| 14
____| 2| 14
____| 1| 13.5

Remaining entrants (in alphabetical order)
Drumpot
Ectoplasm
Necro
phatkev
pretzil
Trigger

Just want to apologise lads. I intended to do this, but got caught up with sick kids n all. But I'll be following here!

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 6:30pm

Sorry folks I miscounted there. Spook is also still to be revealed. I missed them in my collating so they'll be slotted in when I do the rest of the reveal.

If anyone else thinks they entered and they've not been revealed or listed let me know.

Spook_ie · 17-12-2019 7:01pm

Barney92 wrote: »

Sorry folks I miscounted there. Spook is also still to be revealed. I missed them in my collating so they'll be slotted in when I do the rest of the reveal.

If anyone else thinks they entered and they've not been revealed or listed let me know.

Yay I thought I was persona non grata for a moment there.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 17-12-2019 9:06pm

For my first Walrus, I'm happy to be in the middle of the pack starting off and not dead last as I suspected I might be. No doubt I'll lose a lot of ground in the other rounds, but for now I'm happy out.

After my own choice (which was genuinely one of the songs I listened to on repeat while studying for the auld leaving cert back in the day), the highlights* of this round so far for me are...

MicksJaguar - I actually don't think I've seen the film in full from start to finish as I was working in a cinema when it came out and just caught bits and pieces here and there so this song must've slipped by me, but it is a beautiful piece of music; it feels like if Sigur Rós and Clannad had a baby, which is probably one of the highest compliments I can pay a piece of music. Nice choice.

and...

Green&Red - hadn't heard this before and love it already; would've ranked very highly for me personally (based on the songs that have been revealed so far anyway), definitely up my street.

also shoutout to...

necrina - definitely something I'd listen to to get pumped for an exam, maybe a bit overplayed when it was first released, but good track none the less.

*Apologies if discussing other people's choices as the competition goes along isn't allowed, I'm new to this I don't know the rules, just tell me it's a no no and I'll try not to do it again...

Pretzill · 17-12-2019 9:12pm

Top 3 or Bottom 3? >_<

quickbeam · 17-12-2019 9:14pm

Discuss away LeVar.

MrKingsley · 17-12-2019 9:29pm

quickbeam wrote: »

Discuss away LeVar.

Exactly. The more traffic the better.

Word has come down from on high that the reveal will be completed around 9 o’clock

I’ll be looking after the next one. Im planning it for early Friday afternoon if that suits people?

Ted_YNWA · 17-12-2019 9:38pm

I'll take that position starting off.

Pretzill · 17-12-2019 9:38pm

MrKingsley wrote: »

Word has come down from on high...

Was it ding, dong merrily?

...coat got.

Ted_YNWA · 17-12-2019 9:49pm

Pretzill wrote: »

Was it ding, dong merrily?

...coat got.

just get out & collect your coat outside...

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 10:06pm

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

just get out & collect your coat outside...

I'd love to be able to give that gif a few bonus points.

We'll be back into it in the next few minutes. I am very sorry to say that my mistake earlier on is going to give Spook a clue as to which end of the table they are in. It it unfortunately a bottom four and a top three.

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 10:16pm

And we are back

In 12th place, scoring 4 points is

Trigger

with the following

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTxx5CfeNg8

MrK
Really like the song and each of their voices. Too much going on to study to this personally.

Barney
Did not like the first singer's voice and didn't like the "Oh oh oh" parts. It sounds a bit durge like for me. I couldn't get behind this one at all, sorry.

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 10:20pm

We now move into the medal positions and give

Drumpot

bronze and a score of 13 points with the following

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_EIE5f2t6M

MrK
Love it. Could I study to it. Absolutely. This is the exception here for me I think. This song just really reminds me of a song I used to study to in college.

Barney
Really really like the beat to this one, I could definitely work or study to this. It has just enough energy in it without being too much. Good entry here.

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 10:22pm

That means that unfortunately we are in the bottom three now.

In 13th place, scoring 3 points is

Pretzill

with the following

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX0MYWpltGg

MrK
It feels like I should like this song but your man voice during the chorus really gets on my nerves unfortunately and I just cant get past it.

Barney
Really like the beginning. Not so sure of the sax I think it is (especially the second time it comes in). Like the backing singers but not a fan of the main signer. I'd find it hard to study to.

Pretzill · 17-12-2019 10:24pm

Thanks guys - it's not a sax - Iknew as soon as I saw the 3rd position I'd be holding up the rear -

P.s: What are you two studying?? It's not something I've done for a long time

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 10:25pm

In 2nd place, scoring a lovely 14 points is

Phatkev

with the following

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eWewdTkghM

MrK
Absolutely love it. Was also waiting/wanting for it to kick in a bit more but that’s me being selfish. It is spot on for the theme.

Barney
Love the gentle parts of this. It is so soothing and calming, however I'm not as big a fan when it gets more intense but that is just me getting picky I suppose.

Spook_ie · 17-12-2019 10:29pm

ooh back just in time

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 10:29pm

Pretzill wrote: »

Thanks guys - it's not a sax - Iknew as soon as I saw the 3rd position I'd be holding up the rear -

P.s: What are you two studying?? It's not something I've done for a long time

Do you know what I'm talking about, with the sax? What is that?

Neither of us are currently studying actually. We both finished studying in the last few years, studying and now working are the times I listen to music most I'd imagine. I did economics though.

Pretzill · 17-12-2019 10:32pm

Barney92 wrote: »

Do you know what I'm talking about, with the sax? What is that?

Neither of us are currently studying actually. We both finished studying in the last few years, studying and now working are the times I listen to music most I'd imagine. I did economics though.

It's the artist's mouth - (not a real saxophone - I love it - but it's not everyone's cup of tea)

I had a difficult time trying to find anything to fit the category as I was studying about 34 years ago

Spook_ie · 17-12-2019 10:32pm

Gimme the 29 already, because it wasn't a Slade song anyway...

Necro · 17-12-2019 10:33pm

Thought I had my PM saved for this so I'd remember what I entered.

Turns out I didn't.

Not sure if good or bad yet

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 10:33pm

Pretzill wrote: »

It's the artist's mouth - (not a real saxophone - I love it - but it's not everyone's cup of tea)

I had a difficult time trying to find anything to fit the category as I was studying about 34 years ago

Ooph, then my apologies because if I'd known that it might have gottena few more points from me. I mean I'm not a big fan of the sound but I am more impressed to know that.

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 10:37pm

Spook_ie wrote: »

Pooh back just in time

Sorry spook but it may be time to look away. In somewhat of a break from tradition I'm going to give the bottom two together so that our winner is the last post.

In 2nd place place is

Necro

with the following

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1b8AhIsSYQ

MrK
Not wild about the song anyway and think this might be the absolute anti-study song that I could’ve chosen. If I had been able to think of a bogey song for this category it would have been this!

Barney
Like the song and have worked to it in the past, but I didn't think it was a great one to work to. I sort of have to be in the mood for it

_____________________

I'm sorry to say that in 15th place, scoring 1 point is

Spook_ie

with the following

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2u5uUu3DE

MrK
Unfortunately for the sender this would be my anti-study song. I don't really like it at all.

Barney
The song is okay for me, but not fantastic. I couldn't study to it but I might be able to work to it. I know some people love it but it's not really for me.

Spook_ie · 17-12-2019 10:39pm

Barney92 wrote: »

Sorry spook but it may be time to look away. In somewhat of a break from tradition I'm going to give the bottom two together so that our winner is the last post.

In 2nd place place is
Necro
with the following

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1b8AhIsSYQ

MrK
Not wild about the song anyway and think this might be the absolute anti-study song that I could’ve chosen. If I had been able to think of a bogey song for this category it would have been this!

Barney
Like the song and have worked to it in the past, but I didn't think it was a great one to work to. I sort of have to be in the mood for it

_____________________

I'm sorry to say that in 15th place, scoring 1 point is
Spook_ie
with the following

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2u5uUu3DE

MrK
Unfortunately for the sender this would be my anti-study song. I don't really like it at all.

Barney
The song is okay for me, but not fantastic. I couldn't study to it but I might be able to work to it. I know some people love it but it's not really for me.

What a travesty

Barney92 · 17-12-2019 10:41pm

Which means that we have reached the end of the night's reveal and our first round is over, or at least it will be by the end of this post.

Our glorious leader after round one is

Ectoplasm

who provided this frankly delightful entry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsQBKr_x-P4

MrK
Absolutely beautiful piece. Definitely never listened to it in its entirety before. Exactly the type of music that I could leave on it the background.

Barney
Oh what a tune, contest closed. That piano is magical. It is energetic but not too distracting. This is exactly the sort of thing I could study and work to and be happy.

Pretzill · 17-12-2019 10:47pm

Well done Ecto, nice choice. Thanks Barney & Mr K for a fine reveal. Can I ask that you title the tracks for when we're on mobile and can't click the YouTube links to listen in?

Some great artists included tonight.

MrKingsley and Barney92's Walrus - The Reveal

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