Necro's Wedding Walrus Spectacular.... The REVEAL

[Necro]

Alright folks, 

Welcome to the first Walrus Reveal on Forum of Games!!

I've decided to theme this one and keep it very straight forward.

For those who are unfamiliar with Walrus basically the host selects a number of categories and all you need to do is send them (via PM) a song you think best fits that category.

the host then judges all the entries and ranks them in order of preference when the reveal goes live... and we can all laugh about how terrible their taste is... 

Categories...



Something Old - send me a song released pre 1980.
Something New - send me a song released in 2020 or 2021.
Something Borrowed - Send me your favourite cover song!
Something Blue - I haven't listened to much blues stuff - send me something you think I'm missing out on!
And A Lucky Sixpence in Your Shoe - Wildcard round! No song is off limits!


12 brave souls have entered the arena to let their choons do battle and to see who will emerge as the winner of Necrus: The Wedding Spectacular!!

And they are:

1. Neowise
   
2. Rachel Stevens on a Pogo Stick
   
3. E.N.
   
4. aaronjennings
   
5. Spears
   
6. Irish Aris
   
7. ShaneU
   
8. nothing
   
9. Diamonds of Frost
   
10. Kolido
    
11. Barna77
    
12. JP Liz V1
    

First reveal is tomorrow evening at 7pm when we reveal our first Round entries and rankings...





See you all then!!!

[E.N.]

First reveal is tomorrow evening at 7pm when we reveal our first Round entries and rankings...

[aaronjennings]

I only regret 5 of my nominations

[Irish Aris]

[Spears]

Let the battle begin!

[Necro]

The groom is here anyways, always early - nervous the bride won't show up....





Will the bride show up on time or be fashionably late?

See you all at 7pm for Something OLD!!!

[Neowise]

[Spears]

me nerves!  

[nothing]

This is my first proper walrus reveal... After winning liz's sex walrus, I don't know whether to expect a great fall from glory or... No, no or. It will definitely be a fall!

[Spears]

This is my first proper walrus reveal... 

Woohoo!!! 

I hope everything goes well for you tonight Nothing 

[Diamonds of Frost]

I'll be driving at 7 but will get some of it

[E.N.]

The groom is here anyways, always early - nervous the bride won't show up....





Will the bride show up on time or be fashionably late?

See you all at 7pm for Something OLD!!!

That's looks so familiar, it could almost have been me

[Necro]

Something Old

A song released before 1980, pretty simple tbf. Some songs that came to mind when judging the category…

That’s just a few that popped into my head. Fairly open category here.



Welcome to our new players, and of course our Walrus veterans, great to have you all on board. As always, don’t fret too much about your placement, it’s only my opinion – and everyone else says that’s sh1te so it’s probably not too bad of a thing if you don’t do well

So buckle up, the bride is here!!!!

[Necro]

No dupes this time around… one in a later round but other than that a full house of tracks!!


So this time around with 12 entrants I’m going to leave the bottom and top TWO until last to make a fantastic (or not so… haha) four. That means we’ll be starting with 10th place in each round.

[E.N.]

Nearly entered Elton John and Kiki Dee because I only found out last week it was that old. I'd have sworn blind it was the eighties!

[Spears]

[Necro]

In 10th place with 3 points

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Rachel Stevens on a Pogo Stick

The Monkees - Mary Mary






This is ok. It kinda just hangs around at the same tempo for the full track which means it gets boring fairly fast on relistens.

[Kol]

I'm here, where is the tea?

[RSOAPS]

[Spears]

ah sh1te, I just thought of a song I prefare to the one I entered 

[Necro]

In 9th place with 4 points

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nothing

ELO - Mr Blue Sky







This was submitted to another Walrus of mine and I do like this track, I really do. I think it just hangs around far too long at the end and you’re just hitting ‘Skip’ before it finishes. So hence the low placing.

[Necro]

In 8th place with 5 points

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Diamonds of Frost

Stevie Nicks - Landslide






Again, I like the track but I prefer the Fleetwood Mac version as opposed to Stevie by herself. It’s the arrangement I think, the Mac version accentuates her strengths. Anyways this is where this one ended up after a few listens.

[Trigger]

I'm here to watch how this goes down.. probably would have submitted Piano man myself

[Spears]

hard luck @nothing
that song always reminds me of the cute opening scene to Guardians of the Galaxy 2 with baby Groot dancing 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UUIC4wC4WU

[ShaneU]

2 great songs there, can't remember what I entered

[nothing]

hard luck @nothing
that song always reminds me of the cute opening scene to Guardians of the Galaxy 2 with baby Groot dancing 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UUIC4wC4WU

It's my go-to feel good song

[Necro]

In 7th place with 6 points

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Irish Aris

The Stooges - No Fun





I do like that grungy grimy start beat. Just really enjoyed this entry, not much more to say than that.

[Necro]

In 6th place with 7 points

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Spears

Neil Young - Heart Of Gold






I’m not the biggest Neil Young fan but I did appreciate this entry, it definitely grew on me the more I listened to it.

Also... reminder to request a spoiler button so I don't have to type things in lol

[Necro]

In 5th place with 8 points

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JP Liz V1

Abba - Dancing Queen






Very good choice, very groovy if a little overplayed. 5th place is a fair shake for it imo.

[Spears]

In 6th place with 7 points


Neil Young - Heart Of Gold

not too bad i suppose..

onwards and upwards with my other options  

[Necro]

In 4th place with 9 points

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Barna77

Mama Cass - Make your own kind of music









Can someone tell me what show this was in recently? It’s doing my absolute head in. The chorus is just brilliant and I really enjoyed it more and more on relistens.

[nothing]

Was it in Lost? That's the first thing that comes to mind

[Necro]

It might have been... I did watch that recently..

[Necro]

In 3rd place with 10 points

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Kol

Elvis - Suspicious Minds







Classic track, have heard this done and even sung this so many times for karaoke. Should it probably go in the overplayed category? Yeah, but I just enjoy it too much to place it much lower tbh.

[nothing]

It might have been... I did watch that recently..

Wikipedia also says Dexter used it a few times, and one episode of The Middle

[Spears]

In 4th place with 9 points

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Barna77

Mama Cass - Make your own kind of music

soz peeps but I actually found that slighty annoying 

[Necro]

And so that brings us to the Fab 4...





No not THAT Fab 4... these lads -

Neowise

Aaronjennings

ShaneU

E.N.



Who hit a home run with their selection, and who struck out before we even get started

[Necro]

It might have been... I did watch that recently..

Wikipedia also says Dexter used it a few times, and one episode of The Middle

Dexter. That's the one I remember it from!

[Necro]

In 11th place with 2 points

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aaronjennings

Skeeter Davis - The End of The World









Bit too slow and meandering for my own tastes unfortunately. I just wasn’t vibing it at all on relistens.

[Irish Aris]

Was it in Lost? That's the first thing that comes to mind

It might have been... I did watch that recently..

It was, in one of the scenes in the hatch.