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Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back - Eel Deal/Sewer or Later/Hangin' Out - 2

Final Fantasy XIII-2 - Knight of the Goddess - 5.1

Moonlighter - The Void - 5

Sky Shark - Against the Attack - 5

RtVGM Rerun: 599. Super Hexagon - Otis - 7.3

Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story - Calculated Future - 6.1

Mega Man X5 - Zero Stage 2 - 6



I always listen to the reruns, this is just the first time my rating has changed enough to be worth mentioning.
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NOMINATIONS!

DJ Hero - Ice Ice Baby VS Straight Up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwWsNWXO1-Y

Namco Museum Vol. 1 - Museum:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6io8rzski8

Namco Museum Vol. 5 - Baraduke Game Room:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31H23Pq223k

Namco Museum Vol. 5 - Credits:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1fynEbrsEw

The Neverhood - Rock 'n Roll Dixie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfqrfy7VFqo



Will get to the most recent songs tomorrow.
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Final Fantasy Brave Exvius - Immortal Flame - 4.7

Dark Souls II: Crown of the Sunken King - Sinh, the Slumbering Dragon - 1

Super Smash Bros. Melee - Fire Emblem - 4

Final Fantasy XIV - Equilibrium - 3.8

War of Brains - Immanence - 7

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne - Staff Roll - 4.3
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Gitaroo Man - Nuff Respect featuring "NAHKI" - 2

Dogyuun - Dogyuun Magic (Stage 1 and 6) - 3.7

Tasty Planet: Back for Seconds - Song D - 5.4

Yandere Simulator - Yandere-Chan's Basement - 4.5
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Ooh, thanks for that update.

Mr. Nutz: Hoppin Mad - Nature - 8.4

Crash Twinsanity - Rooftop Rampage - 3

Random Dungeon - Are You Hearing It? Our Voices... - 7

Gimmick! - Good Night (Good Ending) - 6

Taiko no Tatsujin: Green Version - Mopemope - 4

Lisa: The Painful - The Highway King - 0.9

DJMAX Respect - glory day - 8.5

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - Roer, the Industrial Metropolis - 5.5

Action Doom 2: Dead of Winter - Have an Ice Day - 5.6

Ciel nosurge - QuelI->EX[cez]->{kranz}; - 5.4
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Doshin the Giant: Tinkling Toddler Liberation Front! Assemble! - Statue of Doshin the Giant - 5

Zhong Gu Xing Q - Main BGM - 6.5

Namco Museum Vol. 2 - Xevious Game Room - 7

Pokmon Black 2 & White 2 - Victory Lies Before You! - 5.2

Mega Man II - Crash Man - 5.3

Neotokyo - Tin Soldiers - 3.8
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Phantasy Star Online - Rose Confession - 5.5

beatmania IIDX - GAMBOL - 4.3

LaTale - ESP Overload (Loop) - 3

Breakforcist Battle - !Important - 4



Congratulations on getting caught up so quickly!
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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Exploration - 5.5

Mortal Kombat (Sega CD) - Techno Syndrome - 5

Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun - Where Is Tryphon - 4.4

Opoona - The Village Without Memories - 9

Gimmick! - Strange Memories of Death - 8.3

Falcata - Eclipse - 5.7
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Mac Arrowny posted...

Hmm, I'm getting a message that

X - Ending - https://youtu.be/Hg9oFSuv6Es

is private, so I can't see it?

Nomination playlist has an updated link:

https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/x-gb/23_Ending.mp3
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Minecraft: Battle & Tumble - Dance of the Blocks (Shrunk) - 6.5

Gran Turismo 4 - What to Believe - 9.2

Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner - BAHRAM Battleship - 6

Gurumin - Soaring Through the Sad Blue Skies - 5.2
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Touhou 15.5: Antinomy of Common Flowers - Catastrophe in Bhava-agra ~ Wonderful Heaven (Tenshi's Theme) - 5.5

Judgment - - 6

Tekken 6 - Yodeling in Meadow Hill - 5.4

Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes - Field - 6

A Short Hike - See You at the Top - 7.7

Sigma Harmonics - Guided to the Finale Dance of the Moon Spirit - 7.6
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Destroy - 7

OneShot - On Little Cat Feet - 5

007 Racing - Track 4 - 4

Granblue Fantasy - Ravi Island Winds of Fate - 5.5
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Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne - Dante Battle - 6.6

Core Awaken ~The Yuka~ - Code Error from Inside - 3.5

Phantasy Star Online 2 - Battle Stars - 5.8

Pokmon Black 2 & White 2 - PokStar Studios - Theme of Strange - 4.8

Ollie King - Concept of Passion - 7

Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex - Arctic Antics - 5.5
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Flame Zapper Kotsujin - Into the Last Battle - 7

Wii Party - Main Menu - 6

Panzer Dragoon - Flight - 4.7

Yakuza 0 - 24-Hour Cinderella - 5
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The Mega Man 2 Battle Game [Sign-Ups Open]: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/403-random-insanity/78733321

Blue Dragon - Eternity - 5.8

Winx Club: Mission Enchantix - Expressolicious - 7.5

Tekken 5 - Formless Like Water - 4.7

Sakura Taisen 3 ~Is Paris Burning?~ - Mihata no Moto Ni - 4.5
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Donkey Kong (Game Boy) - Showdown at the Tower - 6.5

Pokmon Conquest - Dungeon Theme 1 - 5.2

Library of Ruina - String Theocracy - 9

Crash Tag Team Racing - Pyramid Pass - 4.4
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Runbow - XRUNBOWXRAVEX1999X - 3.5

Outer Wilds - Campfire Song - 6.6

Zenkoku Juudan Ultra Shinri Game - Info Screen - 3

World Tour Fishing - Fighting 3 - 4.6
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Wonder Project J2 - Affection - 7.2

Starship Rendezvous - Madness and Its Synergistic Effect - 7

CrossCode - Maroon Valley - 6.5

Kinect Sports - Eyes on the Prize - 2
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NBA Jam: Tournament Edition - Half-Time - 6

Monster Hunter Generations - Bewitching Dance ~ Mizutsune - 5.1

Yakuza 0 - Judgement - 6.6

Clock Tower (PS1) - Scissorman - 4.5

Undertale - Hopes and Dreams - 9

Wacky Wheels - Turbo - 6.5

Stronghold - Stix & Stones Medley - 2

Sonic Unleashed - Skyscraper Scamper (Day) - 6.3
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Terraria Calamity Mod - Antarctic Reinforcement - Theme of Cryogen - 6

Strange Flesh - Six Six Sixty Nine - 6.3

Sonic X - Eggman's Super Sucky Machine - 6.2

Ridge Racer 64 - Gunn Runner - 4.8

REFLEC BEAT limelight - IMAGE-MATERIAL- -9.7

CrossCode - Autumn's Fall - 4
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Touhou 2: Story of Eastern Wonderland - Complete Darkness (MIDI version) - 6

Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos - Maintenance - 5.4

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses - Vs. Lancastrians - 4

Voez - Snow - 4
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Phantasy Star Online 2 - Dark Falz Persona (Final Form) ~Over the Universe~ - 6

DK: Jungle Climber - Candy Kong - 6

Lumines: Puzzle Fusion - Morning beats - 5.4

Mario Sports Mix - Feed Petey 2 - 5.8
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And now some hastily thrown together statistics!

Total number of songs to have received a numerical score (excluding ones I added myself): 543

Average Score: 6.04928360957

Lowest Score: -5 (DJ Fox). He's the only artist to score less than a 0; only five songs--including Fox's--got less than a 1.

Four songs got 10s. I did not write their names down and don't wish to go over the entire topic again right now.

35 songs got a 9 or better.



108 songs got scores of below average (less than 5)

400 songs received above average scores (at least 5.1)

Which means 35 songs are duking it out for "most average song of all time" (exactly 5 points).

2 songs received non-numerical scores: "Splotchy" and "Kwyjibo".

Around 15 other songs or so were given either no score at all, a randomly generated score, or something so incoherent as to not count for anything.

I said I didn't like using more than one decimal point and largely held to that; only 10 songs used more than the tenths place for their score.



...Well not very interesting statistics or worth how much time I spent on it, but I wanted to see what the actual average score worked out to, so here we are.
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NEO XYX - Climax - 7

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy - Dr. N. Gin - 4.5

Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine - Digitalize System - 6

Fire Emblem: Three Houses - Shambhala - 4
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It's fine. There were a lot of good songs and if I needed a break, I could have said something. Thank you very much!

Also, I really wouldn't pay much attention when I say I dislike someone's voice. I'm proven wrong on a regular basis and keep meaning to stop saying that, but like creating a highly specialized playlists, I never actually do so.

...though if I didn't say things horribly negative about DIR EN GREY, then BlackDra90n wouldn't have been motivated to prove me wrong by nominating Ranunculus. So I only got one of the best songs from that topic by completely dismissing the band?

To (possibly mis)quote Claptrap: It was secretly a ruse all along! I do know what I'm doing!



Aaanywho, I do want to try an actual third topic someday... listening to a bunch of songs is fun, but I kinda miss working with a specific list and getting to give each song multiple listens and everything. that actually comes with making an actual list. Though obviously I'll need a break and it's too soon to do any actual planning, it's something I look forward to trying eventually.
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Takanashi Metro - Pretender: 9.5, The best version of a song I already liked. I didn't remember the name, but I see that i praised her voice while disliking the songs she was singing... so it seems quite appropriate that she gets a really high score once she sings a song I actually like.

Ruri - Racing into the Night: 5.5. It's fine, but I never really felt anything towards it.

Kagura Nana - Nanairo Sekai: 5.5. Something about this feels almost parodic,. It's just too energetic, too rainbow-y, too much of everything that it starts to feel like a joke or parody or sarcasm or something.

Vivienne Kensington - Robinson: *before listening* ...Judging by that picture of a kid on a bike, I'm guessing this is going to be a horribly depressing song, right? The kid in the picture is going to be either dead or in a coma and then depending on how bleak things are, Vivi may die by the end too.

*later* Considering the lyrics about floating into the sky and them being reborn, yeah, this is totally an "everyone's dead" song.

...Ehh, I don't usually go for this level of sadness, but the song is quite good and I think I'm going to give it an 8 anyway.

Speaking of songs that get high scores in spite of not being my type of thing lyrically, I'm going to detour a bit back to a song from my first (solo) ranking topic.

Japanese Breakfast - Road Head:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCmLjb-ocPY

Came in 17th place out of 200 songs and might have been slightly too low even then. It's arguably the most sexually explicit song from either topic (it at least has the most explicit title), but it's a wonderful song. The sense of hopelessness, doing everything possible to save a doomed relationship and having it all be for nothing anyway... it hits the exact point of "sad, but not openly suicidal" that I'm drawn to. Just a perfect nomination that I've gone back to regularly over the past year, even though on paper it seems like something that should have hit last place.

Robinson, while obviously a different song in every possible way, gets a similar reaction. Yeah, I've failed songs for less than what it does; but it does what it does so well, and I like the singer so much, that it can get away with a high placement anyway.

[I probably already hyped Road Head either last topic or already at this topic, didn't I? Feels like one of those songs I won't shut up about, like Mentos Theme.]



Roppo Rikuru - you: 5.39; I don't know much about Higruashi, song might work better if I had context for it.

Roppo Rikuru - STEP TO YOU: 7.

MuMenkyo - The World's Lifespan and the Last Day: 8.

Isekai Jouchou - Chaining Intention: 4.8.

Virtual Cat/Crim Nanakusa/Midy - 404 not found: 5. I usually like Cat's soundscapes, but this one doesn't make me think of anything. It's nice and all, but it's just random background music to me.

Basically the whole #e_veryone crew - swim: Also 5, maybe like a "5.02" or something to give it a slight nudge over completely generic 5s. It's nice and all, but it doesn't spark my imagination.

UF8 posted...

if you're observant,

Raetsel_Lapin posted...

I'm not terribly observant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkG5aretyIQ

Virtual "Kako" Cat - Moonlit Night: 7.5. Were I to build a meditation playlist (spoiler: I'm never actually going to do that), I think I'd want this song to follow "Namco Museum Volume 1 - Museum" that I posted earlier. That song had the ambiance of floating in space with a satellite orbiting around you and blinking. This is a more upbeat preparing to return to the world sound that I find compliments it quite nicely. In theory, I mean, I haven't actually tried listening to both songs back-to-back but that's where my mind went.

A Bug's Life - Anthill:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgauRzikq2U

It's not bad.!?; (I could not decide on a punctuation for that statement, so take all of them). With the bird sounds added in, I kinda wish the song were a bit more laidback to work as some nature ambiance... maybe? It feels like I'm supposed to have a peaceful nature song that I like at any rate, even though I don't and there's no particular evidence that I'd ever actually like such a thing.

Though I remember the game being action-y enough that a more laidback song wouldn't have worked for it, so I suppose I'm looking in the wrong place anyway. Still, not bad. Probably... 5.5-ish? 5.6.
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Hatano - 6900000000 (more comments): Ooh, I get what I was trying to think of earlier. Pain of Salvation's "Be" album! The band even set up a number for callers to leave messages on God's answering machine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtSbat1Hqbo

So 6900000000 feels kinda like some weird j-pop spinoff of one of my favorite albums. (Well, I don't listen to many albums so it's not like Be has much competition. If it's an album I've lsitened to more than once it is, by default, one of my favorites.)

Aaanywho...

Yanmi - Ghost Girl: 5.4. I'm not really into ghosts, so the subject matter was kinda "meh". Song was fine though, like the abrupt the ending.

Hatano - Just a Sunny Day For You: 6 . It seems like a simple song, but it's nice for what it is.

Yanmi - In the Flowing Scenery:

Step 1: Flip two coins. If both coins come up "heads", proceed to step 2A. If both coins come up "tails", proceed to step 2B. If the coins do not match, proceed to 2C.

2A: Roll 1d10. That number is the song's current score.

2B: Roll 1d10, add a negative sign to the number rolled. That is the score's current score of less than o.

2C: Repeat step 1. If coins match this time, proceed to steps 2A or 2B as normal; if coins continue to not match, proceed to step 3.

3: Hiss loudly at the song, the device you are using to listen to the song, and at the coins (or whatever website you are using if you are using virtual coins) and then skitter into the night. If you are capable of shapeshifting, I suggest turning into a Gorgon at this point and letting your snake hair join in the hissing.

Today's official score is : *hiss*



..Yeah, I'm not really in the mood for a suicide song, so I'm just gonna skip this next one, thank you anyway.

Tokage Meu - Clown: 9. I really needed something like this right now, thank you.

MAYOI SAKYU - Sweets Parade: 5.5. It's cute and better than I expected from the name.

MAYOI SAKYU - Renai Circulation: Been a while since I've heard a cover that's so virtually identical to the original. 9; I mean, it's a perfect rendition of a song I've already repeatedly expressed fondness for, so it can't really be any less.

VGaming - Thank You For Playing: 9. I <3 the auto-translated lyrics and never want to know what an actual translation would be. Singing about how everyone plays together:

Wizards, kitchen illnesses, small animals, even dragons

I don't care what that was supposed to be or even what a "kitchen illness" is. I like to think that the song is so openly inclusive of everyone that it fully embraces otherkin who identify as assorted illnesses and germs; I don't know if there is anyone who identifies as a virus, but if you're out there, there's a singing dragon who'll accept you and play games with you and that is beautiful.

...seriously though, let me have my fun auto-lyrics and interpretation of them.

And now that I'm in a better mood, let's go back to what I refused to deal with earlier...

Yotsuha - My R: 3. It's...not as painful as I expected, but this isn't exactly doing a lot to change my personal view of "I don't want to listen to songs about suicide" and while I wouldn't call her voice bad, it doesn't make me want to rush out and find any other songs by her either.



Well that was a pretty good night of music. Have I given out three 9s in one post before this topic? I feel like running into that many high-scoring songs in rapid succession is pretty rare.
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Touhou 16: Hidden Star in Four Seasons - Illusionary White Traveler - 6

Mario no Super Picross - Wario Puzzle 1 - 4

Super Street Fighter II - Cammy Stage - 6.3

Microsoft Puzzle Collection (GBC) - Jewel Thief - 6.5
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UF8 posted...

i guess i might as well say it. she replaced almost all the lyrics with the lyrics of Hello/How are you, which I posted a cover of recently from emma hazy.

also is kuriyama yanmi just to be clear. i

Ah. Well, like I've said, I don't actually know any Japanese so I almost never notice when lyrics change because I never knew the original lyrics either. And that particular song didn't leave much of an impression.

And thanks for the name. Auto translate offered two possibilities for the name: "Yuri Kuriyama" and "Kuriyamayan Mi", neither of which seemed accurate.



Yanmi - Human: 6.5. It feels like a song I should have a lot to say about, but I just kinda stare blankly at the screen unable to find anything.

Masyu & Meu - Machigaisagashi: 6.3; they both have good voices and it's a nice song.

Yoruno Yui - Platonic Love: 7; hey, it's her again! After that weirdness of her being very familiar even though you apparently hadn't posted anything of hers, I listened to quite a few songs from her channel in hopes of finding some reason I'd recognize her... but none of the songs were familiar.

But now we're kinda going in a circle because this particular song was one of the songs I listened to during that period, so now it is familiar. And if I wanted things clipping through things then, well, by the end of this song every part of her is clipping through every other part.

Weird seeing this song again though. It's kinda nostalgic? Though too recent to really be nostalgic, but I don't know what else to call it.



Hatano - 6900000000: 7; I feel like there should be a good joke here involving the lyrics to Violet Hill, but I can't make it work and no one would get it anyway. </.<'

Song is interesting in...pretty much every possible way. The instruments are reminding me of modern Persona music for some reason, it's a fairly interesting take on God, her voice seems more artificial than the other tracks I've heard from her. There's a lot here.

...eh, make it a 7.3.

And I forgot to keep the phone charged, again, so that's as far as I can get.
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Andy Blythe & Marten Joustra

I tried bouncing around YouTube results for them aimlessly for an hour or so, but didn't really find anything I felt strongly about. There wasn't anything I disliked, but there wasn't any "hey, you guys should listen to this" type reactiions either.

Most interesting:

[it is at this point that she gets distracted by a completely unrelated video on her way to finding the actually relevant links]

Why yes, I would like to watch a subtitled video of a VTuber playing "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?", thank you suggested videos!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbak2yqQ66o

[sometime later]

Right, right, Blythe & Joustra. The most interesting track has to be Scatterbrain:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj2XBkejkMA

It's...unique. I also like that they went from composing music for Disney videogames and somehow got a song on an actual Disney Channel. I'm not sure how high a score I'd actually give it ("more than 6, but not more than 7" sounds about right?), but it's very attention grabbing.

It actually reminds me quite a bit of music from The Neverhood:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfqrfy7VFqo&list=PLd1x_hw_n9fot9uq9hlGJFba66I85mJLr&index=5&t=0s

...okay maybe that's not the best example in terms of similarity, but it's always been my favorite song from the soundtrack. It's like this somehow even more retro version of "Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On" , only with no lyrics except for faint screaming throughout the second half of the song. It's wonderful.

Second best would probably be Andy's Neighborhood from Toy Story 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY24EaNOyTQ

Which isn't super amazing (low-ish 6 range), but it's got this "retro cartoon party" aesthetic, like it's the type of swing jazz music that would play at a party thrown for Mickey Mouse.

Or more accurately the type of music that should be played instead of the House of Mouse theme.

https://tubedubber.com/?q=Edofl2MH98I:rY24EaNOyTQ:0:100:0:0:1

Like, that works perfectly and I'm slightly weirded out by how perfect it is. That is a show I would watch.

...well I already watched a few episodes of House of Mouse (best episode involves Mickey getting arrested), but I would have watched more with this theme. Probably.

[Songs clicked but not commented on: Assorted Bug's Life soundtrack songs, other Toy Story 2 songs, Mickey Mania Genesis & Sega CD soundtracks, a few of their attempts at soundscapes (one of which had a nice, oppressive atmosphere but never actually went anywhere and was just kind of disappointing), and several of their compositions for NBA videos. Also one song for a racing video that I've long forgotten the name of the song or the video.]

And I'm' down to only 7% battery life because I forgot to charge this, so I should just post this and run off before the battery dies.
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Rhyme Star - World 4 -Bottom of the Ocean- - 6

Hearthstone - Rastakan's Rumble Menu - 5

Sky Shark - Behind the Bush (Stage 4) - 3

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon - Theme of Raidou Kuzunoha 2008 - 6
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UF8 posted...

did you notice what she did with the happy synthesizer cover though?

I'm afraid not. I'm not terribly observant and even listening to it a second time, I'm still not sure what I'm looking for.

Lemon - Oozora Subaru: 2. At only 14 seconds long, it's too short to really be worth disliking or commenting on. If you want to actually inflict pain, you need something longer... something like Tiny Toons Rap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IWzgXagHCc

As soon as Charlie Adler starts failing spectacularly at rapping in character around thirty seconds into the song, you'll probably want to rip your face off to escape the nightmarish purgatory you are trapped in. It somehow lasts for six minutes. It's also, somehow, arguably not the worst song on the album.

FUN FACT: I never knew Plucky & Daffy had the same voice actor, until I heard this "song" where it's really obvious.

...You'd think a 14 second long song wouldn't inspire a completely unrelated detour that technically gives it a longer write-up of its own than entire days worth of songs receive, but here we are.

(Incidentally, don't actually click that link. Or listen to anything else from the album; even as someone who loves cartoons, nostalgia, furries, songs sung by fictional characters, and weird song covers... it's just... painfully bad.)

Buttercup Flowers (Relisten): 7, though I wouldn't say my thoughts on the song have changed much. I still love his whispered singing and I'm significantly less into the duet parts. Still probably ranked it a bit too low originally.

(Before starting list of songs)

Well, even with artists that I've completely written off, it's still quite possible to find an absolutely amazing song. Happened at my first ranking topic with DIR EN GREY; the nominated songs were...unpleasant. Like "body horror metal" or something and I was rather repulsed by the songs--they'd get some credit for being way outside my comfort zone, but I was actively hoping to never see the band again. Someone (with full apologies, I'm afraid I've forgotten their user name, it was a while ago) insisted I listen to Ranunculus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeN6LqawRB4

Which I absolutely love, it's so beautiful and powerful and I've listened to it so many times.

...Actually, I think I may have discussed this briefly at some point at the second ranking topic, where I was initially dismissive of Ariana Grande but really got into NASA by the second and third (and fourth, fifth, sixth...) listens.

Not that I suspect anything of Yotsuha's to hit those levels, but it certainly wouldn't be the first time for my opinions to do a total 180 after finding the right song.

(Also, I've wasted way too much time tonight listening to other songs. I apparently can't stay focused tonight.)



...Also, that name isn't ringing any bells so I presently have no idea who Yotsuha is or what song I apparently hated?

Hatano Charo - Vtuber's Song: Or V-Chu-Va's song as it seems to have been rewritten. Leaning towards a 6, wish it was longer.

...that would be a waste of a wish. I would prefer it if the song were slightly longer, let's put it that way.

Sakyu - Indoor Kei Nara Trackmaker: 4.3; The song's fine enough, but the "hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey" backing makes me want to shut it off.

- Say It: 6.5. I do like her better when she's not in a duet with someone I'd rather be listening to. Video's cute. There's something endlessly charming about her sleeves being an empty void of darkness and the way they occasionally clipped through each other. I seem to recall saying similar things about Hibiki Ao's redesign, once upon a time.

...and yes, I'm reasonably certain I've seen her outside of Flowers but you re-posted that song today (or yesterday or whenever) so it's the most recent point of comparison.

.....also I don't remember her name and I don't entirely trust the auto-translated version, so I'm just copying the Japanese text directly to avoid it.

- Goodbye, Ms. Flower Thief: I don't know. She's way too cute for these lyrics to work for her, but the song itself is alright if I force myself to ignore that. Probably somewhere around the 3 to 4 range.



And I need a break here. Made more progress tonight than I expected since I kept wandering off to completely unrelated songs for no apparent reason. Not a lot of progress, mind you, but I figured I'd count getting to four songs a success this time.

Also, before I forget again:

LOOK UP THOSE COMPOSERS IN POST #251.

Sorry, Lasa, i wasn't ignoring you. I just wasn't listening to anything on topic that night and forgot by the time I got back on track.
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William Shatner's Tekwar - Track 1 - 4

Fukai ni Nemuru Oujo no Abaddon - The Princess Abaddon, Sleeping in a Rotting World - 5.3

Pokmon Diamond, Pearl & Platinum - Battle! Champion Cynthia - 5

Grand Theft Auto III - Stripe Summer - 9
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Koyoi - Goodbye, Loulou: Low 6. The faster paced, talking-like sections are quite good (possibly an 8?) and the instrumentation is really nice (dunno why, but I'm really digging that guitar right now), but when you hit the louder/higher pitched sections, it doesn't work for me. At the moment. It's possible I might like it more on repeated listens when I'm expecting it... I dunno, it's memorable enough that I can't give it less than a 6, but it'd be decidedly to the low end of 6s if my opinion on the vocals didn't improve.

Somunia - Last Night (Virtual Cat Remix): 7? It's different and intriguing. I want to listen to it some more and see how my impressions change over time. Which feels like it should be more than 7, but once again, I don't actually want to give it more points than that right now.

Souya Ichika Songs: Lemon is easily the best. I'm not entirely sure why I disliked the earlier cover of the song because the lyrics are so blatantly my type of thing:

I know there is no way I could ever hurt
More than I do now

Is basically the ultimate test of "can a lyric ever be too blunt for you?" and I'm slightly ashamed even at this point to say that no. No, I don't think it is possible for a lyric to ever be too direct.

"Onegai! Cinderella" was also a high point; sufficiently cute and I don't have any particular complaints about the lyrics.

And there were some other songs that...I didn't feel inspired enough to look anything up about. They were fine, at no point did I want to turn the video off or try to fast-forward through them, but none of them jumped out to me the way those two did. Especially Lemon.

....but only this version of it specifically, for whatever reason; I may have been too harsh on the earlier cover (Nemukawa Yumena's to be more exact, in the event there was another cover of it posted that I've forgotten about), though I find her version to be not half as good as Souya Ichika's, so.. not all that harsh (it should still be at least a 5, but... eh).
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Aries - I Want to be Cute: 5; this isn't intended as a slight against her, I think she did as well as anyone could with this particular song. It's just not a song I particularly want to hear.

First, I want people to be free to like whatever they want and be whatever they want without constraint. So if lyrics along the lines of 'I like this because I'm a girl and all girls are exactly the same, tee hee hee' could go away forever now, that'd be great. The rest of the song is just a third rate Chu Chu Darling.

Her performance of the song is fine. Fine enough that I don't actually want to give it a below average score. Just not something I want.



Aries - Planet Loop: 6.5. It's easily the best version of the song posted in this topic thus far

& - Pizza Pasta Pizza Song: 3. I'm starting to think I just don't like songs about food.

Wotona, Nyankobrq, Somunia - IFIF: 6.4; it's nice and I think I like all three of them, at least in the context of this song.

...Yeah, yeah, I know... four songs isn't much. I'm running way behind on things and about to eat a very late (for me) dinner and that's going to seriously cut into the time I'd set aside for this...
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With some apologies, I'll get back on topic tomorrow.

Saturday, I was needed at another music topic and had to listen to the full version of Dancing Mad (amongst other, far less lengthy, tracks) which took up all the time I would have spent over here.

Sunday, I just didn't feel like it. </.<

And tonight, I've gotten endlessly distracted listening to the soundtracks from the Namco Museum series. I wouldn't call any of the tracks my personal favorites or anything, but I think some of them have very interesting atmospheric soundscapes to them.

Volume 1 - Museum:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6io8rzski8

7-ish. This one has a deep space vibe; I particularly like the low buzzing sounds in places. It feels like the perfect song to meditate to in pure darkness.

Volume 1 - Pole Position Room:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rME4qH8vTYc

6-ish. It's kinda weird; it starts off trying way too hard to be epic, then there's some car sounds, and then the last part feels like a wedding march to me. As a "you're going to play an 80s racing game now" song, this is a failure; but it'd make a great song for a racing themed wedding.

...why you'd have one is beyond, as is how you'd convince anyone to play it for you. Still, the perfect racing wedding song exists and I have found it and I felt you should know it.

....Okay, I really thought I'd have things to say about more than two songs when I started this post.
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Japanese Cult Quiz Zipang - Opening - 6

The Wonderful 101 - The Won-Stoppable Wonderful 101 (English Version) - 4

Terraria Calamity Mod - Outcast of the Sulphurous Seas - Theme of Aquatic Scourge - 6.5

Catherine - Its a Golden Show - 8.5
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RimWorld - Moving On - 9

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - In the Doldrums - 8

Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- - Sky Should Be High -Vocal Version- - 2

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment - Hidden by Night (Lich Yard) - 5.3
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Hibiki Ao - Kuusou Seikatsu: 6.3; somehow, the opening feels like Persona music to me--it drops that sort of style entirely once the actual song starts, which is odd.

Hibiki Ao - Miren Record: 7

Sora - Miren Record: Also 7; I think the song fits her better than Hibiki, so I'd probably place this one over the cover in any actual ranking... but I have an established bias in favor of Hibiki Ao that makes it closer than it should actually be.

...fine, give the original a few extra tenths of a point (probably 7.5), though I'm not entirely pleased about admitting that.

Crim Nanakusa - #e_Veryone: 5.2-ish. It's a bit repetitive, even at only a minute long.

Midy - #e_Veryone: 6.99. I think the deeper voice worked much better and I'll take lyrics I can't make out over endlessly repeating "Peperoncino".

Cat - #e_Veryone: 6.4.

I'm going to have to wait a bit to get into the longer Souya Ichika video, so...

Meelin - Merci Lou: 8.5; it's great, but I had to go listen to the original [well, I think it was the original at any rate] and I prefer them a bit (at least a 9), which might hurt this a bit.

Azki - : 7.5; a cat would be fine too.
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Isekai Jouchou - Diorama Drama: 6.3; I still like her voice, but it's nothing compared to Housenka. Which I think I want to raise to a 9, but I suppose that's not terribly relevant right now.

Kaf - SynchroCyclotron Spiritualizer: 6. Sorry, as much as you like it, I really want to give it a higher score but I'm not really vibing with it tonight.

Kaf - Bin: 10. Though I'm surprised one of your earlier posts seemed to imply this song was less serious than the ones that preceded it? Like I can't even decide what the bleakest line from Bin is--though "my existence itself may be a sin" is a pretty good pick.

Also while the song itself may be funkier than usual for Kaf, I feel most of the songs I've heard from her tend to be sad and/or angry enough that the lyrics work for her.

Blunt misery with a groovy beat sung by last topic's winner; I highly doubt you could have found a song more appropriate for this topic. While this isn't a formal topic and there is no actual way to win it, I think I can definitively say that--after over six months--you somehow found a way to win.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqN_kpKnfco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KH2gc11XQU



Monokaki Aer - No Doubt: 8; I was a bit worried how the song would fare coming immediately after Bin, but it was still quite good.

And now, a short break. Do forgive the minimal amount of songs listened to tonight, but I want a little distance between the winning song and Hibiki's...
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Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate - Cathar - 8

SOUND VOLTEX VIVID WAVE - Sudden Visitor - 6

Sonic Adventure - Lazy Days (Livin' in Paradise) - 7

Baba Is You - Water Is Sink - 5.2
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Souya Ichika - Kawaki wo Ameku: 6.5. I slightly prefer Miyuri's version (feel free to retroactively raise her score up to, like, 6.8 or something to reflect this fact), but this is also good.

Kaze ni Naru (Original): 6. It was kinda interesting watching a highly condensed version of the film without any dialogue, but I liked the other one better (and wish to retroactively give it a 7).

There's something off about how loud the guitar is on Yuuzutsu Tear's version, like the sound mixing is slightly off, and I dunno... something about it being less polished makes the song feel more pure or something.

...Eh, let's retroactively raise it to an 8, for today anyway. I want to listen to it today; just...don't expect that to hold up on any other day, you should know how rapidly things change.

Enma Ruri - Harumodoki: 6.7. Above average anime type song.

Enma Ruri - Nandemonaiya: 8, though I don't wish to discuss it at this point in time.

...Also if you make a time travel joke about that, I will growl at you and it'll be very awkward and uncomfortable for everyone.

Tenjin Kotone - Angel: *before listening* I was going to say I don't recall any songs named Angel in this topic, but going back through the topic it was apparently one that I couldn't decide on a score for.

*after* 4.

KMNZ LIZ - Yoru ni Kakeru: 7.7; I dunno why.

Kaf - Chuburarin: 7+, for another vague "I'm giving it more than 7 points, but don't want to commit to any specific number" score.

I can't say I recognize those two song titles, but it's possible you posted them and I just don't remember the song name. I'll try looking them up tomorrow and let you know.
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Doesn't look like you linked it last topic--when Flamingo was eliminated, you only posted one video of her talking to illustrate how her voice sounded different. Only other reference I can find about her is how you almost nominated a Ryushen song instead of her cover of Flamingo.

I'll listen to it tomorrow.
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Minami Nami/Fukuyamaster - DADDY DADDY DO: 5.3. I do prefer the song with him singing it, but it's still not great.

Oda Nobuhime/Mochizuki Himari - Ii Aru Fanclub: 4; sorry, but I prefer the version you posted in #168 considerably more.

Shishigami Leona - Catch The Moment: 5. A few of the lines are decent, but it's one of those things that just feels like a standard anime song. (Probably because it is.)

Penguin's Detour: 3; remove the monotonous clicking and it'd be a bit better.

Koto Miyuri - Kawaki wo Ameku: 6.5; it's solid and a noted improvement over the Project AID version (even though I gather you disagree on that point).

Yuuzutsu Tear - Deichuu ni Saku: 8.5. Very good song.

Kaze ni Naru: 6.5; it's actually quite charming, but I'm afraid I have no idea what The Cat Returns is.

Unrelated to anything, but everytime I look at this title, I am sad that it is not "Kaze ni Nare". Also, everytime I read The Cat Returns, I have flashbacks to "The Cat Came Back" (let's be thankful this isn't actually related to that old novelty song as I never particularly cared for it).



Seven songs seems like enough to say that I made progress tonight.
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Fukuya Master Song: 6. Not his best song, but it's fine.

DADDY DADDY DO: 5.1? It's got a nice beat and I don't have anything against it, so I'd probably take it over a totally average song, but there's also nothing about it that I'm really attached to.

Tokyo Hyakki Yakou: 7. Much cute, very vow.

Valhallelujah: 3; a parody of religious music is still a bit too close to actually being religious music for my taste and none of the jokes really landed for me.

The In-Between: 9. The singer is a bit too scream-y for my tastes, but I actually enjoy it quite a bit.

Don't You Worry Child: 4. It's inoffensive enough.

10th Man Down: 9.5. You would think this song is a bit too dark (soldier driven mad by the horrors of war and seems to commit suicide) for me, but it does a lot of things I love (Symphonic Metal + spoken word sections + I like both the singer and the person speaking) and it's the type of thing I'm in the mood for.

Skullcrusher Mountain: 9+. Hey, it's been a while since someone posted a song I was already familiar with! This popped up on one of my Spotify playlists (back when I had and was using Spotify, obviously) and I developed a brief obsession with it. I've listened to it dozens of times already, so it's safe to say that I like it quite a bit. I probably should just give it the full 10, but I feel like I want to hold back a little and keep it a vague "more than 9" score.

Okay, I wanted to listen to all of CPU's songs twice to decide what score to give, so I listened to more than it looks like I did. Much late, very break now, woof.
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Espgaluda II - Hatred - I've Waited a Long Time for This Moment (Stage5) - 6.2

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Main Theme (Banjo-Kazooie) - 2

Sky Rogue - Beaded Up (Mothership) - 6

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia - The Heritors of Arcadia - 4
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I look forward to listening to that (and some other secret songs) tomorrow, hopefully. Wound up busy with other things tonight.
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Kingdom Hearts III - Face My Fears - 7

Mario Teaches Typing - Practice Makes Perfect - 6.5

Crackle Cradle - Intuition & Empty Brass (Stage 5_1) - 4

Sky Shark - Water Front - 3.5
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Ah, thank you for that clarification. Good to know I didn't just imagine another version of that song.

isekai joucho - housenka: 8.5

fukuyamaster - inochi ni kirawarete iru: 8. I was worried that I was going to hate him doing a more serious song, but I'm becoming increasingly convinced he could sing anything. Wish it was the full song though.

harano oni - inochi ni kirawarete iru: *brefore listening* Well, I feel bad for this singer--or their placement on the list o' songs at any rate. Trying to live up to either of the last two songs is difficult and doing the exact same song as one of them is...ill-advised.

*after* 6.5. It's good, yeah, but there are obviously other versions I prefer.

viankie - god knows: 5. I'd been looking forward this song for a while now, as I wanted to hear more from her and I knew the song, but I don't know that it worked for her. It's possible that I'm just too used to the original and this would fare better without the comparison?

kazuya okada - ein fraulein: 6.3-ish for now, with a note that I want to come back to this in about a week. It's interesting, but I think it's trying too hard to be EPIC... but it's intriguing enough that I'm willing to give it another try later.

virtual cat feat. tetra - dekisokonai no i love you (remix): 4.8. I don't know why it doesn't work for me, but it doesn't.

water music 86 endlicheri: 5.8. From the image, I was expecting something far more dark and intense. Kinda disapointed, but it's still nice enough.

kanade kanon - teenager forever animal crossing remix: 4.5. It's impressive and I want to give it a lot of praise, I just don't...actually want to listen to it...

hololive chorus: 4.3-ish. It's nice seeing everyone, but that song has a pulsing beat that gives me a headache. Factor in that even people I like are only getting two sentences at best and there's no way it's worth enduring the song to see them.

...which seems like it should be lower than a 4, but Aqua & Azki together gives a considerable amount of bias in the song's favor...

ueiku - kokoro assort: 5.2

YouTuber (obake remix): 7? I really appreciate that the song is so drastically different from the original.

hoshino meguri - aimai retsujou lover: Slightly higher than an 8, maybe like "8.04"? One of those weird points where 8 feels too low and 8.1 feels slightly too high.
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The non-remix, naturally (it'd be odd to refer to the song you told me to listen to as the one you explictly said not to). I'm saving the suggested version of it for...whenever I catch up to where it's actually posted.
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