Surlaw - Ireland's Guilty Pleasure Number Ones

Rikand · 18-01-2021 2:13pm

I presume we're picking the 10 best, not the 10 worst ?

lassykk · 18-01-2021 2:20pm

I actually hadn't heard a lot of these before! Some of them I can understand why

lassykk · 18-01-2021 2:39pm

Submitted now - Was easy to pick my top 6 - the bottom 4 were tricky

I didn't listen to two as I didn't need to know they'd be 19th & 20th

ShaneU · 18-01-2021 3:14pm

Rikand wrote: »

I presume we're picking the 10 best, not the 10 worst ?

Pick the ten you dislike the least

11 entries so far

Sheridan81 · 18-01-2021 4:43pm

Zaph wrote: »

Jesus Christ, there's more cheese there than in a branch of Sheridan's.

And my cheese is of a higher calibre.

Green&Red · 18-01-2021 9:03pm

Rikand wrote: »

Thank you for ruining that song for me forever

ShaneU · 19-01-2021 3:59pm

Kolido and JP Liz V1 makes it thirteen victims... entrants! Your sacrifice will not go in vain

Electric Nitwit · 19-01-2021 4:45pm

That was close - ten songs were culled in the first pass. I was worried it would be 11 and I'd have to listen to them again to revive one :pac:

Electric Nitwit · 19-01-2021 4:53pm

Won't give away too much about my voting intention (clear number one, absolute choon!) but...

Ice Ice Baby is so, so terrible isn't it?
One of those songs I haven't heard for a decade or so. Probably haven't heard it sober for a couple of decades. There was a version in my head that was alright, then I listened to the actual song and, hell, is that what it actually sounds like? It's garbage!

lassykk · 19-01-2021 4:58pm

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Ice Ice Baby is so, so terrible isn't it?
One of those songs I haven't heard for a decade or so. Probably haven't heard it sober for a couple of decades. There was a version in my head that was alright, then I listened to the actual song and, hell, is that what it actually sounds like? It's garbage!

Was one of the ones I refused to listen to.

Under Pressure is one of my all time favourite songs and for him to rip it off like that with that abomination is unforgiveable

Necro · 19-01-2021 5:19pm

Electric Nitwit wrote:

Ice Ice Baby is so, so terrible isn't it? One of those songs I haven't heard for a decade or so. Probably haven't heard it sober for a couple of decades. There was a version in my head that was alright, then I listened to the actual song and, hell, is that what it actually sounds like? It's garbage!

It's great

Electric Nitwit · 19-01-2021 5:21pm

lassykk wrote: »

Was one of the ones I refused to listen to.

Under Pressure is one of my all time favourite songs and for him to rip it off like that with that abomination is unforgiveable

Absolutely, I've always hated the use of that sample, but I least thought the rapping over it was... competent. It's really not :eek:

Necro wrote: »

It's great

It's not

Zaph · 19-01-2021 5:37pm

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Won't give away too much about my voting intention (clear number one, absolute choon!) but...

Ice Ice Baby is so, so terrible isn't it?
One of those songs I haven't heard for a decade or so. Probably haven't heard it sober for a couple of decades. There was a version in my head that was alright, then I listened to the actual song and, hell, is that what it actually sounds like? It's garbage!

I remember when it came out first a friend told me his teenage sister was raving about this great new song. She played it for him and he told her that it was a sample from an older song, but she refused to believe him that something that sounded so cool could be old. He had to go and dig out his Queen records and play it for her before she'd believe him.

I think I actually scored it relatively highly, but that's more a reflection of how bad I thought so many of the others were rather than how good I think it actually is.

Necro · 19-01-2021 5:37pm

EN secretly you love it, just let it flow over you

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Electric Nitwit · 19-01-2021 5:40pm

Necro wrote: »

EN secretly you love it, just let it flow over you

No, this is the thing, I thought I did kind of like it. It turns out my memory has improved it so much that the original is jarringly bad!

Irish Aris · 19-01-2021 5:41pm

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Won't give away too much about my voting intention (clear number one, absolute choon!) but...

Ice Ice Baby is so, so terrible isn't it?
One of those songs I haven't heard for a decade or so. Probably haven't heard it sober for a couple of decades. There was a version in my head that was alright, then I listened to the actual song and, hell, is that what it actually sounds like? It's garbage!

lassykk wrote: »

Was one of the ones I refused to listen to.

Under Pressure is one of my all time favourite songs and for him to rip it off like that with that abomination is unforgiveable

Irish Aris · 19-01-2021 5:45pm

Anyhoo. . .
I'm in.
In general I despise the term "Guilty Pleasure". I will most certainly not feel guilty for the songs that I like.
On that note I only had to go through the songs once just so I could listen to the few songs I didn't know. I had the top-6 ranked before listening and it was just a case to decide the last 4.

But great category Shane, thanks for organising!

lassykk · 19-01-2021 5:46pm

Zaph wrote: »

I remember when it came out first a friend told me his teenage sister was raving about this great new song. She played it for him and he told her that it was a sample from an older song, but she refused to believe him that something that sounded so cool could be old. He had to go and dig out his Queen records and play it for her before she'd believe him.

I think I actually scored it relatively highly, but that's more a reflection of how bad I thought so many of the others were rather than how good I think it actually is.

I had a similar argument with a few people over the Eminem song that samples Aerosmith Dream On. I don't hate Eminem but at the time I loved Aerosmith so was highly offended by the sampling

Necro · 19-01-2021 5:47pm

lassykk wrote: »

I had a similar argument with a few people over the Eminem song that samples Aerosmith Dream On. I don't hate Eminem but at the time I loved Aerosmith so was highly offended by the sampling

How do these people get through their lives not knowing that, same with Ice Ice Baby? I'd be a fan of both and loved it mind.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 19-01-2021 5:54pm

I'd be in the Ice Ice Baby is awful camp... whether I awarded it points or not is an entirely different story...

Kolido · 19-01-2021 5:57pm

Word...

19-01-2021 7:30pm

I'll play

19-01-2021 7:43pm

The definitive list has just been sent in.

ShaneU · 19-01-2021 7:56pm

16 entries already.

Reveal will be this weekend

19-01-2021 8:52pm

ShaneU wrote: »

16 entries already.

Reveal will be this weekend

I'm too late?

ShaneU · 19-01-2021 8:54pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm too late?

No, entries still open. Hopefully we'll get to 20

Electric Nitwit · 19-01-2021 9:22pm

ShaneU wrote: »

Reveal will be this weekend

Speed Surlaw, LeVar will be delighted

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 19-01-2021 9:26pm

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Speed Surlaw, LeVar will be delighted

Its the Walruses that are in desperate need of a speed injection... It feels like its been 84 years since we last had a new sign-up for Walrus.

Although speed Surlaw is also good.

ShaneU · 20-01-2021 6:49pm

Umm not exactly sure what happened but I tried to move everyone's pms to a separate folder and now they've all vanished. So If everyone could go to their sent items and forward it to me that would be great :pac:

the purple tin · 20-01-2021 6:55pm

ShaneU wrote: »

Umm not exactly sure what happened but I tried to move everyone's pms to a separate folder and now they've all vanished. So If everyone could go to their sent items and forward it to me that would be great :pac:

Surlaw - Ireland's Guilty Pleasure Number Ones

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