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Kolrus - The Reveal

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  • 03-06-2021 8:16am
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    Kolido
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    Welcome to Kolrus - The Reveal

    The Categories


    1 - Female Vocal - I tend to listen to more male singers than female. It is not by choice it just seems to be how things fall. So please pick a song sung by a female, can be solo or group, rock or R&B, anything female.
    2 - Original - We hear a lot of songs which are actually covers which we don't know about. Here I would like to hear the original from well known cover songs.
    3 - Dance Floor - I was hitting the dance floors of the late 90s to early 00s. I then found out that jumping around like a maniac (2000) is not really dancing However, I still have great memories of the dance songs from that era. So please pick a dance floor hit from mid 90s to mid 00s
    4 - Debut - Some artists have to work hard for success and some achieve it overnight. Here I would like to hear famous debut songs.
    5 - Changed your mind - Remember those songs you used to hate but over the years they have grown on you. Please pick a song you really disliked originally but have since changed your mind and like it now.
    6 - Uncharted - I have found some great songs on Youtube videos and other background music over the years. Here I would like to hear songs that were never released as singles. (In Ireland, UK, or US)
    7 - Hair metal - Well, I couldn't have a walrus without my favourite genre, love it or hate it, Hair Metal or 80s Glam Rock is awesome. Hit me with your best one.
    Bonus Category 8- Bon Jovi - This one is just for fun, I will rank it but no points awarded to the overall scores as it is quite a niche category, in other words, you don't have to play this category if you don't want to. Pick a Bon Jovi song. Be aware, I'm more partial to their earlier material.

    The Players

    Purple
    Necro
    Aris
    Shelly
    HillBilly4
    Homer
    CeeJay
    SawDuck
    Liz
    Bubblypop
    Sinead
    Stu
    Shane
    Beaker
    Barna 77
    Seph
    Ari
    EN

    ..and also staring LeVar

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    #2
    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,360 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Plan of running the first reveal tonight around 7PM


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    Irish Aris
    Registered Users Posts: 4,941 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    Kolido wrote: »
    Plan of running the first reveal tonight around 7PM

    perfect!! Just around the time I will be back from cinema!!


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    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,360 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    We will be revealing categories Uncharted and Changed you mind tonight

    5 - Changed your mind - Remember those songs you used to hate but over the years they have grown on you. Please pick a song you really disliked originally but have since changed your mind and like it now.

    Songs which would have done well in this category

    Ultravox - Vienna



    New Order - Blue Monday



    Marvin Gaye - I Heard it Through The Grapevine



    Nena - 99 Luftbaloons




    6 - Uncharted - I have found some great songs on Youtube videos and other background music over the years. Here I would like to hear songs that were never released as singles. (In Ireland, UK, or US)

    Songs which would have done well in this category

    Dido - See the Sun



    Daughtry - Used To



    Alanis Morissette - Not The Doctor



    Heart - Nobody Home



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    Electric Nitwit
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    You used to hate New Order - Blue Monday and Marvin Gaye - I Heard it Through The Grapevine?
    You monster :eek:


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    the purple tin
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    Electric Nitwit wrote: »
    You used to hate New Order - Blue Monday and Marvin Gaye - I Heard it Through The Grapevine?
    You monster :eek:
    :D Yeah, I've liked those songs and 99 Luftballoons and Vienna since the first time I heard thjem.
    You are a hard man to please, Kol :P:pac:


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    Kolido
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    I wouldn't say I hated these but I've liked them more in recent years. I couldn't think of anything I genuinely hated.


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    ari101
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    Gosh I'm not feeling confident at all - particularly after the score my chosen mid 90s-mid 00s dance track got on Saturday :p;)


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    the purple tin
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    Kolido wrote: »
    I wouldn't say I hated these but I've liked them more in recent years. I couldn't think of anything I genuinely hated.
    I take it all back, Kol. You're incredibly easy to please :D


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    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,360 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    We will start shortly


    The reviews are my own opinion, they will probably differ from popular opinion, please don't take them too serious.

    I have also used my own scoring system here, it may differ from the normal one used. The first place song in each round will score a total equal to the number of unique songs in the round.


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    Kolido
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    6034073


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    #12
    Kolido
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    In 16th place with 4 points is
    Sinead

    Halsey - Gasoline

    Heard the artist: No
    Heard the song: No

    My rating: ★★★☆☆



    Review

    First time I listened to this I thought, yeah sounds good. Started to dislike it the more I listened. It has very strong lyrics. Musically it is decent, slow but vocally driven. I wouldn’t be mad about her voice though. I don’t know what it is though, it keeps giving different signals, it’s good, it’s not so good, I think average is about the best rating I can give it.


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    SineadSpears
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    Yeah it wouldn't be one of her strongest songs but I thought it might be something different to put through.

    massive fan of Halsey and that album is great :)


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    Kolido
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    In 15th place with 5 points is
    EN

    The Cranberries - Daffodil Lament

    Heard the artist: Yes
    Heard the song: No

    My rating: ★★★☆☆



    Review

    This was on one of the first CDs I ever bought. Great album but for the life of me I can’t remember this song. Having listened to it a few times now I can’t say it is anything fantastic. Much better songs from this band. Delores’s distinctive voice is there but nothing about it really stands out to me. It does go on for quite a bit too. Average rating is probably generous.


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    Kolido
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    In 14th place with 6 points is
    Purple

    Gnome - Earthen Dweller

    Heard the artist: No
    Heard the song: No

    My rating: ★★★☆☆



    Review

    A rock instrumental from this Belgium band. Not heard of these guys before. This gets an average rating mainly for one reason, rock instruments don’t really do it for me, I need vocals. Now if it was a piano piece or classical, I would love it. That aside and if you like the genre, this sounds pretty good. I can hear elements of grunge and classical 70s rock in this. Some great guitar work and banging drums. Tried a few more of their songs and they seem to be completely instrumental, I would be pulling my hair out listening to these guys all day. Not saying this is bad but just not really for me, unlucky pick.


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    Kolido
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    In 13 place with 7 points is
    Necro

    Oasis - Underneath The Sky

    Heard the artist: Yes
    Heard the song: No

    My rating: ★★★☆☆



    Review

    Here we go again, Oasis. Did you get it right? Fortunately you did quite okay. I’m sure there are loads of album tracks from this band that I would have just dismissed but this one is actually not bad. I wouldn’t be crazy about the guitar in this but musically it sounds good. Liam is singing this? He sounds ok to me this time. Yeah, a risky pick but decent track.


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    Kolido
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    In 12 place with 8 points is
    Aris

    Simple Minds - And The Band Played On

    Heard the artist: Yes
    Heard the song: No

    My rating: ★★★☆☆



    Review

    These guys are not what I would usually find myself listening to. I know a few songs from them, one vastly overrated that seems to turn up in every tournament we run here! This one, I’d have to say sounds okay. It is quite long, trying too much to be an epic piece. Didn’t work in that respect for me but I could see this being great played live, great scope for crowd interaction. Nice baseline and a few tempo changes, Jim’s sounds fine vocally. I mean I have nothing really negative to say about this one though I did find it falling into background music while writing this review. A decent but rather average song, interesting pick though.


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    ShaneU
    Registered Users Posts: 14,822 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    Is this uncharted?


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    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,360 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    ShaneU wrote: »
    Is this uncharted?

    Yes, please tell me none of these were singles


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    SineadSpears
    Registered Users Posts: 2,645 ✭✭✭SineadSpears


    Kolido wrote: »
    In 14th place with 6 points is Purple

    Gnome - Earthen Dweller


    This gets an average rating mainly for one reason, rock instruments don’t really do it for me, I need vocals.

    agree with this.

    great song, but I'm not a fan of songs with no singing either. sorry purple


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    Kolido
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    In 11th place with 9 points is
    Liz

    One Direction - Wolves

    Heard the artist: Yes
    Heard the song: No

    My rating: ★★★☆☆



    Review

    One Direction, really? I want it to be known that I’m only listening to these guys to keep the integrity of the contest intact. Actually this is very catchy. I mean it is average which is more than I thought it would be. There is a piano sound in there which I really like. Sounds typical of an album track but this could have as easily been a single I think. This sounds better the more you listen. That was a very risky pick I must say but quite decent.


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    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,360 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    In 10th place with 10 points is
    Homer

    Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight

    Heard the artist: No
    Heard the song: No

    My rating: ★★★☆☆



    Review

    These guys are new to me. What I noticed right away is the vocals, I just love her voice. I thought this might be more American folksy music which I’m not a fan of. I listened to a few more from these guys and they are indie pop, I love their sound. Whereas this song goes, I think they will have much better songs out there and you might have landed higher with another song. Better than average and thank you for bringing this band to my attention.


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    Kolido
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    In 9th place with 11 points is
    Shane

    Postal Service - Such Great Heights

    Heard the artist: No
    Heard the song: No

    My rating: ★★★★☆



    Review

    There seems to be a sound from 8 bit NES running through this song which is kind of distracting. I’m not sure if this was not released as a single, I will go on the judgement of the player here. This sounded very strange when I first listened and a bit familiar but I can’t say for certain that I have heard it before. So many wonderful sounds going on here. I like the way the vocals flow into each other. Love those little sounds at the start. I might be generous with the score here but I like this and it is something fresh for me.


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    Kolido
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    In 8th place with 12 points is
    Stu

    Agnes Obel - Familiar

    Heard the artist: No
    Heard the song: No

    My rating: ★★★★☆



    Review

    Musically this is stunning, I’m not crazy about the vocals. Very glass sounding going with the concept album theme. I could see this in movies, maybe it has been already. The piano, violin all sound beautiful. Definitely an artist I need to check out more and I think the rating reflects that in this case. Decent song and a very interesting pick.


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    Kolido
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    In 7th place with 13 points is
    Seph

    Xenoblade Chronicles - You Will Know Our Names

    Heard the artist: No
    Heard the song: No

    My rating: ★★★★☆



    Review

    This sounds awesome. A nice change in pace from the average picks in this round. Love the guitars in this great and super tempo. Heard of the game but I’ve not played it so I’m not familiar with the soundtrack. Reminds me of the early PS1 days and those japanese fighting games. Goes on for a bit would be my only negative but great idea for a pick.


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    Kolido
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    In 6th place with 14 points is
    CeeJay

    Pentatonix - Daft Punk

    Heard the artist: Yes
    Heard the song: No

    My rating: ★★★★☆



    Review

    So you need to explain to me, there were no instruments in the making of this? I’m going on that assumption when writing this review. This obviously sounds great and these guys are super talented. I don’t know the longevity of this kind of act, it seems more of a novelty but I’m not a record exec so I will only rate it on this song alone. I can’t not like this, I mean it does go on for a while and the covers might not be my cup of tea but one has to appreciate what is going on here. This is great, a really unexpected pick.


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    cee_jay
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    Kolido wrote: »
    In 6th place with 14 points is
    CeeJay

    Pentatonix - Daft Punk

    Heard the artist: Yes
    Heard the song: No

    My rating: ★★★★☆



    Review

    So you need to explain to me, there were no instruments in the making of this? I’m going on that assumption when writing this review. This obviously sounds great and these guys are super talented. I don’t know the longevity of this kind of act, it seems more of a novelty but I’m not a record exec so I will only rate it on this song alone. I can’t not like this, I mean it does go on for a while and the covers might not be my cup of tea but one has to appreciate what is going on here. This is great, a really unexpected pick.

    No instruments at all. I have seen it performed live, and it was stunning.


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    Kolido
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    In 5th place with 15 points is
    Shelly

    The Veronicas - All I Have

    Heard the artist: Yes
    Heard the song: No

    My rating: ★★★★☆



    Review

    I’m sure I heard this band before on other walrus’s here. They do sound great and I will be looking more into them. This song kind of starts off a bit meh but recovers itself as it goes on. Great vocally and a nice tempo. That piano sound does really lift it. I might have been very generous thinking about it now when rating this song but I’m taking into account the artist and how good they sound. Really does capture this category and makes me want to hear more from them even if this song is just above average.


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    Kolido
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    In 4th place with 16 points is
    Barna

    Fleetwood Mac - Songbird

    Heard the artist: Yes
    Heard the song: Yes

    My rating: ★★★★☆



    Review

    The best album ever made, some might say, can’t go wrong with any song from that. True, this is a really nice song. I wasn’t familiar with the Fleetwood Mac version to be honest, you would think I would have heard this album before but I’m not sure I have in its entirety. Basically just the piano and Christina’s vocals, great song and great pick.


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    Kolido
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    That leaves us with the bottom and top 3

    Ari
    Beaker
    Bubbly
    HillBilly
    LeVar
    Sawduck


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    ari101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭ari101


    ari101 wrote: »
    Gosh I'm not feeling confident at all - particularly after the score my chosen mid 90s-mid 00s dance track got on Saturday :p;)

    I ref to my earlier post ^^^ ;)


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