Irish Aris' Music Walrus

Hello everybody and welcome to my music walrus. Though I'm fairly new to Forum Games I decided to give this a go, as I love music and always looking to discover new artists and songs

What is Walrus?
Walrus is a game wherein you select music, & other people judge your music. Standard Walrus usually has 1 host who selects all the categories, & a bunch of people submit songs (1 per category) & the host judges all the songs in each category.

Why Am I Doing This?
I started listening to music in 1986 and have stopped since. I have a big music collection of over 3000 CDs. I also go to concerts frequently – fun fact: in my 8+ years in Ireland I have attended more than 150 concerts. Ever since I moved to Ireland with the vast number of concerts, I have made a conscious effort to discover more music, new and old – and this is the main purpose of this Walrus. Come on fellow forum gamers, educate me!!!

What Kind of Music Am I Into?
Genres I am a big fan of: Pop/Indie Pop/Synthpop/Electropop (basically anything with a synthesizer or keyboard center stage), Rock/Indie Rock/Post Rock/Gothic Rock/Industrial Rock/Darkwave (and even some Hard Rock!), Ambient/Drone/Chillout. In the past I have gone through periods that I would also listen to Jazz and World music. For the last year or so, I have been trying to get into folk music but with moderate success (my tolerance to banjo is limited and having drums/percussion is almost a must have)
Genres I am not a big fan of: Rap/Hip Hop (note though that I like some of the oldschool stuff like Salt’n’Pepa, Beastie Boys, DeLaSoul etc), Heavy/Thrash/Black Metal, Country, House/Techno, Progressive/Psychedelic Rock (never understood what people found in Pink Floyd. . .)
Some of the artists that currently feature heavily in my playlists: Duran Duran, The B-52’s, Gary Numan, Midnight Oil, Queensryche, The The, The Twilight Sad, The Cure, Prince, Suede, Simple Minds, Depeche Mode, REM, Einsturzende Neubauten, Hurts, Brian Eno.

My Categories...

1. The Fantastic 80s: I was a teenager in the 80s and it was when I started listening to music, so many of my favourite artists and albums are from that era. So simple enough, I’m looking for any song released in that decade.
Disclaimer 1: PartyJungle has done this back in July 2019, I think it is long overdue!!

2. The Irish Aris Connection: I moved to Ireland on October 2011 and because of all the concerts I started listening to a lot of new music. So for that category I’m looking for songs that were released from October 2011 and later. Songs can be by any artist (not just Irish artists) and obviously album tracks are allowed.

3. It takes 2 to make it right: Here I’m looking for duets and collaborations. It could be a straight forward duet (i.e. Elton John and Kiki Dee) or a collaboration (i.e. David Guetta feat. Whatever vocalist is popular). You could also select collaborations with 3 or more people, instrumental collaborations (i.e. Eno and Fripp) or even a duet between 2 lead singers of the same band (Fleetwood Mac pun intended)

4. That’s Not My Name: Simple enough: A song with a name in the title. I will also allow songs with the word “name” in the title.
Disclaimer 2: This is another one that has been done before, by Green&Red, in September 2019. Hopefully enough time has passed and it won’t bore the older members of Forum Games

5. Body of Evidence: For this one I’m looking for songs that mention any part of the human body in their title. And similar to the previous categories with the names, I will also allow songs with the word “body” in the title.

6. The Lasting First Impression: I like listening to albums from start to finish and it is always nice when an album gets to a great start. So for this category I’m looking for songs that open their respective albums and you consider them great openers. The idea here is to make me want to listen to the whole album and expand my music library further!!

7. Preach to the unconverted. . .or the choir: This is like a wildcard category. Give me a song from one of your favourite artists, one that you think everyone should listen to. This could be your chance to prove me wrong on some of the genres that I mentioned as not being a big fan of, so anything goes!!!


Submissions and Deadline
Please submit songs to me via PM. I'll be listening on either Spotify and/or YouTube so if there's a particular version of the song you want me to use, send on the link along with your submission.
I will leave this open for at least until Friday 17th July, to allow everyone interested enough time to submit songs. Please let me know if anything isn’t clear on the categories.