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Walrus - Euro 2020 mutant edition

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  • #52
    fixXxer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,330 ✭✭✭fixXxer


    SineadSpears wrote: »
    me too please..

    PM to follow SineadSpears

    ONE PICK LEFT


  • #53
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Go on so, I'll take whatever reject country is left.


  • #54
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Rats! I missed the boat :(


  • #55
    Necro
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    the purple tin wrote:
    Rats! I missed the boat

    You can be the 33rd country... :pac:


  • #56
    fixXxer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,330 ✭✭✭fixXxer


    Necro wrote: »
    You can be the 33rd country... :pac:

    There's only 24 teams in the tournament!!

    I'll sort something out Purple Tin.


  • #57
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    fixXxer wrote: »
    There's only 24 teams in the tournament!!

    I'll sort something out Purple Tin.
    Thanks biggley Fixx. With the title I thought it was some sort of football contest so I never checked it out :o


  • #58
    Trigger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,554 ✭✭✭✭Trigger


    fixXxer wrote: »
    There's only 24 teams in the tournament!!

    I'll sort something out Purple Tin.

    Azerbaijan are a host nation ;) just saying :D


  • #59
    beakerjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,753 ✭✭✭✭beakerjoe


    I missed the boat too.... give me and Purple Tin a duplicate country and we can rock this game.


  • #60
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    ...and song has been selected to represent a Country which I shall not name... ;)

    giphy.gif


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  • #61
    Tauriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,482 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    I had a brilliant song for xxx but it has been taken down by YouTube at the request of the band :(

    Back to the drawing board for me


  • #62
    fixXxer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,330 ✭✭✭fixXxer


    Sulli
    Sinead Spears

    and also

    The Purple Tin
    BeakerJoe

    you have been randominatored


  • #63
    fixXxer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,330 ✭✭✭fixXxer


    Shelly dont tell anyone your country :pac:


  • #64
    beakerjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,753 ✭✭✭✭beakerjoe


    fixXxer wrote: »
    Sulli
    Sinead Spears

    and also

    The Purple Tin
    BeakerJoe

    you have been randominatored


    Dont you....forget about me....


  • #65
    Valentina Lemon Composer
    Posts: 13,688 ✭✭✭✭ Valentina Lemon Composer


    The winner has just arrived in FixXxer's inbox.


  • #66
    sullivlo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭sullivlo


    There are some seriously incredible songs from my country.


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  • #67
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,393 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    sullivlo wrote: »
    There are some seriously incredible songs from my country.
    I put on a youtube playlist of "best songs from XXXX in 2021" earlier. It was all generic, insipid dirge :(
    I'll have to dig a little deeper...


  • #68
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,336 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Electric Nitwit wrote: »
    I put on a youtube playlist of "best songs from XXXX in 2021" earlier. It was all generic, insipid dirge :(
    I'll have to dig a little deeper...

    2020?


  • #69
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,393 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Zaph wrote: »
    2020?
    I genuinely had to check my calendar there to check I hadn't made a mistake. Old age is getting to me :p


  • #70
    SineadSpears
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,661 ✭✭✭SineadSpears


    Wait, does the song have to have been released in 2020? or can it be from any year?


  • #71
    fixXxer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,330 ✭✭✭fixXxer


    SineadSpears wrote: »
    Wait, does the song have to have been released in 2020? or can it be from any year?

    Year doesn't matter, Euro 2020 just gave me a topical point of reference to base the framework of the not really rules but definitely guidelines around.


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  • #72
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,393 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    SineadSpears wrote: »
    Wait, does the song have to have been released in 2020? or can it be from any year?
    Oops - sorry your the confusion. I was just looking for new music from my country, so found a 2021 playlist. Didn't mean to imply it was part of the game


  • #73
    sullivlo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭sullivlo


    sullivlo wrote: »
    There are some seriously incredible songs from my country.

    ... by this I mean that were we just looking for a classic, amazing song that we all love, I would be a sure winner. But looking for something new/obscure... less confident in the W.


  • #74
    beakerjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,753 ✭✭✭✭beakerjoe


    Deleted User wrote: »
    The winner has just arrived in FixXxer's inbox.

    But.....but...I havent submitted it yet???? :P


  • #75
    aaronjennings
    Registered Users Posts: 1,515 ✭✭✭aaronjennings


    Only seen this now, fire up the randomiser and send one on, please :)

    Edit: If there's a space available


  • #76
    SineadSpears
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,661 ✭✭✭SineadSpears


    Jaysus, the feckin state of my country's music :eek:

    wasn't expecting that at all.


    I've one song I like, but the rest of the stuff from the artist is shyte.

    Another song I found I'm a bit meh with it, but I think other people might like it.


    All in all, not going very well for me here :(


  • #77
    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,265 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    I've had to go with a novelty song.

    I suspect that's a bit chancey...


  • #78
    Irish Aris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,149 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    I had a "difficult" country too.
    There was a very famous option - but I decided to go with something less known.

    I like the concept of this walrus very much. An opportunity to discover obscure artists from countries like Slovakia, Croatia and North Macedonia :D


  • #79
    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,265 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    Or a song about Slovakia, North Macedonia, etc - though there can't be many of them!


  • #80
    SineadSpears
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,661 ✭✭✭SineadSpears


    Irish Aris wrote: »
    I had a "difficult" country too.

    mine didn't even seem like it would be a difficult country.

    maybe I'm not looking in the right places :pac:


  • #81
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,336 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    cdeb wrote: »
    Or a song about Slovakia, North Macedonia, etc - though there can't be many of them!

    If I can't find a decent native song from my country, there is one obvious very well known song that I could throw in, but I don't think it will score very well.


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  • #82
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I've found a few from my country I actually quite like, but none of them scream "Walrus winner" to me.


  • #83
    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,265 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    OK, some people are taking this far more serious than I was. I'm worried now! :eek:


  • #84
    Necro
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    cdeb wrote: »
    OK, some people are taking this far more serious than I was. I'm worried now! :eek:

    It's fine, you'll definitely finish ahead of me even if it was a Peruvian Flute Band :pac:


  • #85
    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,265 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    OK, now we've got a challenge :) Spice things up at the wrong end.

    I just looked back at fixXxer's posts and found a Nicki Minaj recommendation in a previous Walrus. I'm not sure we're going to see eye-to-eye musically! :D


  • #86
    Sawduck
    Registered Users Posts: 2,712 ✭✭✭Sawduck


    SineadSpears wrote: »
    Jaysus, the feckin state of my country's music :eek:

    wasn't expecting that at all.


    I've one song I like, but the rest of the stuff from the artist is shyte.

    Another song I found I'm a bit meh with it, but I think other people might like it.


    All in all, not going very well for me here :(

    Yeah I expected more from my country, I have so far heard 2 decent songs and about 20 that were painfully bad. I was rooting for them in the football but after listening to their music I kinda hope they fail


  • #87
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,393 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    I'm the same. I was really happy with my pick. They have a couple of great bands but I was hoping to avoid the obvious, might not be able to though

    That said, it's hard to search. I'm sure I played a YouTube playlist if "new Irish music" I probably wouldn't like most


  • #88
    ari101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭ari101


    I know one song from my country (it is possible I know more and don't realise it :D), not counting eurovision entries ;) I started looking and ended up on a dance music playlist unintentionally... It was all very meh :pac:


  • #89
    Trigger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,554 ✭✭✭✭Trigger


    I've listened to some amount of absolute ****e this week for this so I'm going to plump for the most famous one, it's actually a great song and really liked it.. wanted something more obscure but the bloody country I got are useless


  • #90
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,393 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    This competition isn't doing much for international diplomacy :D


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  • #91
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    Was I the only one who got a Country I was happy with? :pac:

    giphy.gif


  • #92
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,749 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I'm going purely on eye candy for my choice :D


  • #93
    Necro
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »
    Was I the only one who got a Country I was happy with? :pac:

    Initially I wasn't too sure but then I had a quick search and the first act I came across had some pretty awesome stuff so it was a case of choosing which song I preferred


  • #94
    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,265 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »
    Was I the only one who got a Country I was happy with? :pac:

    I would have loved Belgium. One of my favourite songs is about Belgium (strange and all as that sentence reads!)

    Whoever got England has almost too much to work with I'd say. Ditto Scotland. But not so much Wales despite their reputation for singing.

    Finland would be great craic. Look what they've done to the Eurovision.

    I remember taking the Trans-Siberian a few years back and one of Russia's biggest metal bands were on the train. Caused quite a stir! Digging through their back catalogue would be fun.

    (I may or may not have gotten one of the above countries :) )


  • #95
    Tauriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,482 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »
    Was I the only one who got a Country I was happy with? :pac:

    Nope, I got an excellent country too.

    I thought it would be tough narrowing it down but I know the song I want to submit....I just need them to put the live performance up as it's a million times better than the recording.


  • #96
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,749 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Really wanted to get Finland though......


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  • #97
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    The countries all have lovely bottoms music :)


  • #98
    fixXxer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,330 ✭✭✭fixXxer


    Just popping back in to say thanks for the submissions so far. Not a lot of time on boards this week. BK I'd say we can have another 1.5 weeks to close or when everyone gets their submissions in, whichever comes first


  • #99
    lassykk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,603 ✭✭✭lassykk


    bubblypop wrote: »
    Really wanted to get Finland though......

    Can I ask why? Particular fondness for a Finish band?


  • #100
    Tauriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,482 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    lassykk wrote: »
    Can I ask why? Particular fondness for a Finish band?

    Nightwish :cool: :p


  • #101
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,749 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    lassykk wrote: »
    Can I ask why? Particular fondness for a Finish band?

    A lot of them actually!
    Ex was Finnish.....nostalgia :D


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