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Necro-Vision Presents: SURLAW Part Deux

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,396 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Yikes. I should've given the Pumpkins more points. My top 4 were all very close together.

    I mean, you can no longer say The River is boring after giving 12pts to someone humming :p


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


    I mean, you can no longer say The River is boring after giving 12pts to someone humming :p

    Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm is a masterpiece!!!

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  • Registered Users Posts: 12,905 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    Ooh, I honestly thought that The River would run away with this.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,396 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm is a masterpiece!!!

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  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,336 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    I mean, you can no longer say The River is boring after giving 12pts to someone humming badly :p

    Small amendment there for you


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,474 ✭✭✭Niska


    Necro wrote: »
    TWO left.

    And we have a TIE at the top :eek:

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


    I don't dislike The River - it was in and out of my Top 10 several times, but I just don't want to see such an obvious choice win, so I decided not to give it any points... I'm unpredictable like that...

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


    Zaph wrote: »
    Small amendment there for you

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  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,136 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Our penultimate contestant is the mother of misspelled dragons, why it can only be

    khalessi


    Song Points
    Bruce Springsteen - The River 8
    Oasis - Talk Tonight 7
    Eminem - When I'm Gone 6
    The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist 5
    Muse - Hysteria 4
    Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling 3
    Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness 2
    Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up 1


    That ensures our tie is broken, for now at least. But what about her other two selections....

    10 points


    Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat





    And top marks go to, their first maximum of the night and all...

    12 points

    Adele - Someone Like You



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,223 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    a refreshing #1 at least!


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,136 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Bruce pulls clear as the Pumpkins fail to score any points in that round.

    Which means that they need 8 or more points than Bruce from our final contestant in order to at least share the title....


    Song Scores
    Bruce Springsteen - The River 152
    Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings 144
    Muse - Hysteria 107
    Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness 105
    Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now 103
    Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat 102
    Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling 87
    Eminem - When I'm Gone 84
    Crash Test Dummies - Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm 80
    Oasis - Talk Tonight 75
    Adele - Someone Like You 73
    Paul Engemann - Push It To The Limit 64
    Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King 56
    The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist 54
    Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up 51
    Jace Everett - Bad Things 51
    Blues Brothers & Ray Charles - Shake A Tailfeather 40
    Shinedown - Diamond Eyes 38
    Billy Ray Cyrus - Busy Man 24
    Endeverafter - No More Words 17


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,136 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Down to ONE.

    Niska's votes determine the winner of this contest....


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Yikes. I should've given the Pumpkins more points. My top 4 were all very close together.


    Ah that's understandable, always tough to decide between two premium quality acts like the Smashing Pumpkins and......

    *checks notes*

    Billy......

    *squints*

    ....Ray Cyrus.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,396 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Necro wrote: »
    Bruce pulls clear as the Pumpkins fail to score any points in that round
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,223 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    I mean, you can no longer say The River is boring after giving 12pts to someone humming :p

    like, literally call it anything else!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,712 ✭✭✭Sawduck


    Muse made a great comeback after getting no points from the first few voters


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


    Ah that's understandable, always tough to decide between two premium quality acts like the Smashing Pumpkins and......

    *checks notes*

    Billy......

    *squints*

    ....Ray Cyrus.

    I was as surprised as anyone. That song really grew on me.

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  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,136 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Brings us to last, but most definitely not least

    Niska


    Let's get this out of the way first.

    NEITHER of the top two finished in Niska's top two.

    10 points from Niska go to

    Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm




    And storming home with a second maximum in a row....


    12 points


    Adele - Someone Like You



    Meaning that it's sh1t or bust for the Pumpkins....

    Will Bruce be having some Pumpkin pie or will he be wearing a pretty orange costume?


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Irish Aris wrote: »


    With the exception of the Adore album, I never really got into their music either. . .

    Pumpkins are one of my favourite bands of all time but if you only like one album by them then I'm glad it's that one. Adore truly is an underappreciated masterpiece. <3


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


    like, literally call it anything else!

    Just to clarify, I never actually said that The River was boring.

    I said the Top 2 being Bruce Springsteen and Johnny Cash was boring, as in a predictable and boring result, so you know what, I'm gonna say the same thing to you...

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    In other news - I've taught myself pivot tabling!!!!


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,136 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    I'm afraid it's close... but no cigar for the Pumpkins here...

    Song Points
    Bruce Springsteen - The River 8
    The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings 7
    Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now 6
    Paul Engemann - Push It To The Limit 5
    Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness 4
    Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up 3
    Billy Ray Cyrus - Busy Man 2
    Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King 1

    Meaning our winner....


    Is....


    Bruce Springsteen - The River







    Final table below:


    Song Scores
    Bruce Springsteen - The River 160
    Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings 151
    Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness 109
    Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now 109
    Muse - Hysteria 107
    Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat 102
    Crash Test Dummies - Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm 90
    Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling 87
    Adele - Someone Like You 85
    Eminem - When I'm Gone 84
    Oasis - Talk Tonight 75
    Paul Engemann - Push It To The Limit 69
    Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King 57
    The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist 54
    Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up 54
    Jace Everett - Bad Things 51
    Blues Brothers & Ray Charles - Shake A Tailfeather 40
    Shinedown - Diamond Eyes 38
    Billy Ray Cyrus - Busy Man 26
    Endeverafter - No More Words 17


    Thank you for playing Necro-Vision - SURLAW Part Deux!!! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did hosting :D


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Thanks Necro!


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,905 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    A predictable winner but I won't argue too much, I'm just relieved that Starship didn't win.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,223 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    In other news - I've taught myself pivot tabling!!!!

    like subtotaling, i haven't mastered it properly so causes me more grief than its worth.

    trend lines are next!


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,905 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    Thanks for organising this btw, Necro :) It's been really fun to follow.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,603 ✭✭✭lassykk


    Thanks for running Necro. Great reveal. I've a hard act to follow after the first two SURLAWs!

    At least I'll like the winning song in my version ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,941 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


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    Billy don't care


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,965 ✭✭✭Clarabel


    In other news - I've taught myself pivot tabling!!!!

    I love a pivot


  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,336 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Thanks Necro, that was a very entertaining reveal.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,396 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Necro wrote: »
    Sawduck
    12 points
    Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
    Necro wrote: »
    Deleted User
    And the maximum entitlement from Homer, this could set some sparks flying...
    Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
    Necro wrote: »
    phatkev is gonna mess things up fo sho, his maximum allocation of 12 points goes to
    Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings[/CENTER]
    Necro wrote: »
    Electric Nitwit

    12 points
    Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
    Good effort all! So close

    Damn, I saved this gif for no reason... :(

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    I do think The River is a very deserving winner though. I would say that though, I entered it in Trig's walrus. Speaking of which... :p

    Well played Necro, great effort. How much tweaking did you do to the order of the reveal to make it so exciting? ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,965 ✭✭✭Clarabel


    like subtotaling, i haven't mastered it properly so causes me more grief than its worth.

    trend lines are next!

    I will show you!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,223 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    Just to clarify, I never actually said that The River was boring.

    I said the Top 2 being Bruce Springsteen and Johnny Cash was boring, as in a predictable and boring result, so you know what, I'm gonna say the same thing to you...

    giphy.gif

    i just talking about the CTD song, Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

    love this by him though


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,474 ✭✭✭Niska


    Thanks Necro. Gerat reveal.


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


    Great show Necro, and a solid playlist, there was actually only one song of the entire twenty that I didn't care for at all. Cheers for running it.

    Not surprised to see Springsteen win, it's a good song.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,965 ✭✭✭Clarabel


    Thanks Necro that was great!


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,712 ✭✭✭Sawduck


    Was hoping that The Smashing Pumpkins could pull it off but The River is still a great song and worthy winner, thanks Necro for all your great work and picking great songs too


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,136 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro



    Well played Necro, great effort. How much tweaking did you do to the order of the reveal to make it so exciting? ;)

    Genuinely just randomised the order :pac:

    When I was totting up the scores as they were coming in originally Starship actually stormed into a 30 something point lead at one point, maybe I should have gone with that way for the laugh :D


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Many thanks Necro for the eclectic selection and top notch hosting. In particular I'm grateful that you've introduced me properly to 'Scarface' and 'Can't Stop the Feeling' , which are settling nicely into my Spotify playlists.

    A decent winner in the end, if not my first choice. Manics would have been my wooden spoon but I'm obviously alone in my hatred for them! :pac:

    Now looking forward to Lassyvision!! \o/

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,421 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Thanks Necro, that flowed nicely for Bruce.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,215 ✭✭✭khalessi


    Brlliant Necro, very enjoyable! How many of your personal favourites. eclectic choice ended up in the final group?


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,136 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    khalessi wrote: »
    Brlliant Necro, very enjoyable! How many of your personal favourites. eclectic choice ended up in the final group?

    I actually loved all of them so it made no difference to me who won :)


    Actually delighted to see a lot of love for Avenged Sevenfold of them all though, wasn't sure if it was, err... TOO much the side of hard rock for a few of the class here :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,215 ✭✭✭khalessi


    Necro wrote: »
    I actually loved all of them so it made no difference to me who won :)


    Actually delighted to see a lot of love for Avenged Sevenfold of them all though, wasn't sure if it was, err... TOO much the side of hard rock for a few of the class here :D

    loved that song and it was in and out like an yoyo, was a hard choice


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,149 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    A great reveal, as always Necro you are a perfect host!!

    Not surprised with Bruce winning, I was expecting it as The River would be a song to get points across the board.
    Very nice to see Starship in the top-5, 80s pop is my favourite style of music. I think many of you could end up hating me when we will get to my own Surlaw!!!


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


    Irish Aris wrote: »
    Very nice to see Starship in the top-5, 80s pop is my favourite style of music. I think many of you could end up hating me when we will get to my own Surlaw!!!

    Sounds like its gonna be a fun one!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,223 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    Irish Aris wrote: »
    A great reveal, as always Necro you are a perfect host!!

    Not surprised with Bruce winning, I was expecting it as The River would be a song to get points across the board.
    Very nice to see Starship in the top-5, 80s pop is my favourite style of music. I think many of you could end up hating me when we will get to my own Surlaw!!!

    whats the opposite of a standard deviation? as in if you rule out all the middle ground (which i suspect Bruce dominated), i wonder who would win?

    hopefully not the smashing pumpkins!

    here's billy on joe rogan



    as an aside, and i think we have a few wrestling people here, who the hell knew this about him:

    In 2001, Corgan entered the world of professional wrestling when he went to ECW and hit Lou E. Dangerously in the head with a guitar after being insulted.[2] In 2011, he founded Resistance Pro Wrestling. He later joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2015, becoming its president in August 2016. After leaving TNA in November 2016, he purchased the NWA in October 2017.


  • Registered Users Posts: 288 ✭✭JL555


    Booo..!!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,941 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    I knew about TNA and NWA but didn't know he showed up at ECW


  • Posts: 21,679 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Ah feck. I missed this.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,223 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    Ah feck. I missed this.

    Bruce won, and the smashing pumpkins somehow placed 2nd!

    and you like true blood!


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