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Last four songs, posted with this account to get access to photo posting abilities; featuring a double drop from Zazi:

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#194: Persona 4 OST - specialist (2:19):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTczCpIaLAU

Nominator: ZaziGuado [10/28 Remaining]

Initial Score: 66.278
Revised Score: 70.0004
Final Score: 72.6894

(First Reaction: Isn't this a remix from the dancing game rather than the original P4? This feels a lot snazzier than it did last time I played through Persona 4... not that it really matters.)

!Snazziest song in the topic, giving it a few extra points to move it up a tier.

[Final Thoughts: I'm still not sure if you meant to post the Persona 4 Dancing remix or not, but I prefer this version anyway. It doesn't bring to mind anything specific, but it's incredibly stylish and cool, so I really like it. Pretty neat sax playing here as well, which is always a plus.]

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-definitely an improvement over the original song-

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#193: Souls of Mischief - 93 'Til Infinity [Music Video Version] (3:35):
https://youtu.be/fXJc2NYwHjw

Nominator: Mega_Mana [12/38 Remaining[

Initial Score: 56.64
Revised Score: 57.09
Final Score: 60.00 [[Upgraded to 61.00000004] [Upgraded to 61.78] [Upgraded to 62.135] [Upgraded to 64.327] [Upgraded to 66.327] [Upgraded to 68.47] [Upgraded to 72.69]

(First Reaction: The chill vibe is quite nice and it does the job of being a very tame & easy rap song to get into, but I don't find any aspect of the song especially gripping. Without a real hook or a lyric to get fixated on, it's just nice--something I feel positive towards, but not positive enough to really glomp onto.)

!I really enjoy the backing track on this song & the general vibe, but the chorus basically just repeats one line over and over & I still can't find any particular lyrics that I'm especially drawn to. It's a good song and I like it, but... yeah.

[Final Thoughts: It's arguably worth noting that this the music video version of the song that was nominated is slightly abridged and cuts out a minute thirteen from the full song:

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

Though that link censors the word bitch, so it's also not exactly complete either... but the sound quality on any uncensored link I can find is inferior, soo... shrug emoji?

Oddly, I don't have a real opinion on the extra verse that was removed. It's fine? I don't mind listening to it, but I don't think the song is any worse without it. Its existence or non-existence has no tangible effect on anything.

Aaaanywho...., the backing track on this song is so great that I'm going to go ahead and move this up to the "like" tier.

[Later: Chill enough for an extra point to get above the Clump, I suppose.]

[Later: Minor boost to the higher end of the 61 point zone.]

[Later: Very minor boost to reach 62 points.]

[Later: And two extra points to get it into the top half.]

[Later: Moving on up, two points at a time.

Also, while it doesn't have any impact on anything, I'm not as into this particular pool table. There's never a good look at it, as someone's always bopping around in front of the camera and obstructing the view. It also has a very subdued color palette so the table doesn't really "pop" on camera during its brief appearances. I appreciate using the video to keep the joke going, but in terms of "pool table video quality" this might be the lowest scoring of pool tables thus far?]

[Later: ...Sure, two more points. One of these days I need to either eliminate this or give it a more substantial increase, but for now, two points again.]

[Later: Okay, now I feel like giving this a substantial boost into the next tier.]

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-the pool table was probably a coincidence, but I am obligated to comment on it anyway-

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#192: Bjrk - Joga [5:06]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XATCQ_SGnw

Nominator: @TunnelScene [8/27 Remaining]

Initial Score: 60.00
Revised Score: 73.19
Final Score: 72.71

(First Reaction: I'm not entirely sure why I like this.

*five minutes later*

I still can't think of anything to add here.)

!There's a stronger emotional connection I feel with this song than usual for her music, making this easily one of her best songs & a standout that I really like. I'm still not entirely positive why it's so much stronger, but I suppose I don't need to know why..

[Final Thoughts: Definitely one of the hardest hitting tracks I've heard from her, even if I can't really explain the connection I'm feeling towards it.]

[Later: I am trying to find something here, but I don't really have anything. It feels like her voice is more powerful and resonant here, but that could just be my imagination and I can't find any specific aspect or lyric I'm drawn to. It's one of those where I really like it and lack anything more concrete to say than "really like".]

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-I believe that was the last Bjork song of the contest-

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#191: Cloud Cult - Take Your Medicine (4:42):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0xt1QVsigc

Nominator: ZaziGuado [9/28 Remaining]

Initial Score: 56.40
Revised Score: 56.40
Final Score: 55.0000002 [Upgraded to 55.03] [Upgraded to 60.00] [Upgraded to 63.7002] [Upgraded to 65.531] [Upgraded to 72.84]

(First Reaction:

From an interview:

"[Take Your Medicine] is not about antidepressants, but about the more general experience of facing the sources of one's depression and adjusting brain chemistry without medication:"

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/9/4/AAXIRqAAEH12.jpg

Jokes aside, I do generally like the song and its message--perhaps I'm more willing to listen to this message than i was with certain other songs dealing with similar topics--but I could really live without the "We found beautiful babies sleeping in our ribs" refrain.)

!Metaphorical medicine and memes about it aside, I like the soft and subdued sound of the song.

[Final Thoughts: It's a good song with a generally good message (i'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and not accuse him of criticizing people that do need medication), but some of the metaphors aren't really clicking with me and I'm enjoying most of the "Kinda Like" tier a bit more than this. Though it is a good song.]

[Later: Minor boost so that I don't have another bunch of tied songs.]

[Later: And a very substantial boost to the 60 point Neo Clump. I like this tonight.]

[Later: I think I feel like adding a few extra points to this.]

[Still Later: And a couple more points.]

[Later: And a very substantial increase to the next tier. I find myself really liking this one as of late.]

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DP vs. Fett

To Far Away Times

King vs. Poe

Alt. New Cognito

Borrowing the Fluttershy account so I can upload an image; two more songs for now, will be back later this afternoon with the rest:

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#216: Spiriitbox - We Live in a Strange World (2:48)
https://open.spotify.com/track/4y8iYaEWA7MrMiyNFqidtR?si=217bdbbc8134439d

Nominator: BlackDra90n [?/30]

Initial Score: 52.32
Revised Score: 70.00
Final Score: 71.50

(First Reaction: I think I'll pass on writing anything here for now. I can't find anything of value that I want to say and I think this is the type of song that might click more on a different day.)

One of those songs where I'm having a hard time pinning down how I feel about it. The lyrics aren't exactly what I want, but they're not far removed from what I want either:

You let the bastards grind you down
Collapse a vein so you don't drown

Certainly not the bleakest lyric of the topic, but it's definitelly heavy and evocative. The music is also rather difficult; the song starts off so incredibly slow that it honestly bores me, but the first chorus has a rather pleasing "ocean" vibe to it. Second verse is boring again, but then the song goes HARD starting at the second chorus and I rather dig it... and then it ends really abruptly which slightly sours me on the experience. It's very much a ""love it AND hate it" song.

....Eh, let's go with 70 points, I'm feeling generous tonight and I meant it when I said I really dug everything starting at the second chorus. ...Well that's not how I put it, but whatever.

[Final Thoughts: Yeah, I think I really like this.]

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#215: The Dear Hunter - A Beginning (6:19):
https://open.spotify.com/track/6qqpEU3upuqi6x8EXqaav4?si=30eb462d38934066

Nominator: NBIceman [8/22 Remaining]

Initial Score: 68.24
Revised Score: 68.46
Final Score: 60.00 [Upgraded to 62.476] [Upgraded to 64.511] [Upgraded to "something"] ["Something" set to 67.122] [67.122 reset to "something"] ["Something"" set to 71.56]

(First Reaction: Good song, but I still can't really focus on it. Hopefully, taking each song as its own thing on the second listen, I'll stop being stupid and properly appreciate the songs.

...on the plus side, I thoroughly enjoyed the album, even if it's not remotely on the level I'm meant to.)

!
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/7/2/AAXIRqAAEHcg.jpg

[Final Thoughts: I still like this, but I'm moving it down to the Neo Clump. There are just so many songs that I like and I'm not sure I'd actually take this over anything that's managed to be ranked above the Neo Clump.]

[Later: Of course, this meme isn't entirely accurate (nor was it meant to be):

While there was an angry lynch mob out to kill Hunter, he apparently kills himself during this track??

The boy finds Ms Leading dead in the church, so he burns it down with her inside like a funeral pyre. The pimp/priest calls the townsfolk to find the boy. Somehow the Boy gets to TPP and kills him (Casey did not elaborate on the specifics of how.) The boy then kills himself.

Which doesn't entirely come through... there was a line in the previous song about killing himself, but it was spoken of as a more <i>metaphorical</i> death instead of this "somehow he managed to murder/suicide his archenemy in the middle of a lynch mob??" scenario that apparently happens here? And after two entire albums of the Pimp Priest's manipulations, he's just kinda killed off-stage between songs?

...Alright, I guess allegedly that will be relevant in Act VI, though I'm not sure where they go. Main character, main villain, and love interest ar e all dead. This song seems pretty final: Love interest is dead, in a fit of rage he torches the villain's place of operations & kill them in a dramatic murder/suicide; as he passes away, he asks for absolution from the spirits of all those who've died.

...why is there even a <i>hypothetical</i> Act VI? And... like I know my Simpsons meme is sarcastic, but honestly, I kinda think letting the lynch mob kill him makes more sense than suicide (unless "suicide by mob justice" was the method of suicide since Casey hasn't specified a method of death)? Just speaking thematically, being burned at the stake follows from earlier events: He burned the remains of his beloved, he burned the church,, and he ends up burned to death himself by ignorant fools who would never know the truth of his story.

Also, going back to Act IV, let's not forget the crowd's demands that Hunter "love [them] all in spite of what [they'll] do to [him]". We've kinda been building up to the crowd murdering him for a while. But the crowd doesn't seem to do ANYTHING? "Love us in spite of what we'll do, which is apparently fail to stop you from murdering your enemy even when hes standing right next to us & while we're trying to kill you, you kinda have time to go off and choose your own method of dying, we're just really terrible at this whole 'murder' thing??" doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

Eh, whatever. I do like this song a bit more than the other songs trapped in the Neo Clump, so I'm going to give it a bit of a boost even if I disagree with Casey's description of what happens here.

{Slightly Later: Oh yeah, I did forget Hunter's son & neglected to think of Mr. Usher. I suppose there's still some characters left, but I'm not sure about continuing after losing both Hunter & Pimp Priest].

[Later Still: And a couple more points.]

[The Latest: I suddenly like this outro... very dramatic build and then aquatic style fade out. This drowning pleases me. I don't know what score I wish to give it, but I do not wish to eliminate it yet, so I'll just set it aside with a null value & revisit it later.]

[Later: Okay, I like this song quite a bit, but I think I'm okay with letting it drop now. We're hitting a spot where I'd say I like everything left at least as much as this.]

[Later: Or I could change my mind and put this back to a null value. I could do that too.]

[Later: Okay, officially moving this up a tier and giving it a new value.]

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Aruella
Fin of Invincibility

DP vs. Fett

Din Don Dan Dan
Skies of a Strange Land

Thank you for updating the link.

Jobs vs. Gates
Alexander vs. Ivan

Schala's Theme
Sylvan Radiance

Fawkes vs Che
Deadpool vs Fett

Kamekguy posted...

Banjos Wonderwing allows him.

"Banjo is allowed" is a compelling argument...

Unrest - The End of the Raging Waves
Persephone IPCC_3927 (: Battle)

Heartening "Dance of the Cornered Rat"
Grimoire

King vs. Poe
Alexander vs. Ivan

Alt. Seaside Vacation
The Crow

Spielberg vs. Hitchcock
Jobs vs. Gates

A Muzzle Dancing in Hatred (Fire Tower)
Prayer

Deadpool vs. Fett
Harry vs. Luke

Neuchatel
Kimigatame - For You (2016)

Thank you!

SaoriKobayashi posted...

Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth - Kimigatame - For You (2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw8DIaJ3t_A

Does anyone have a backup link for this song? Uploader's account was deleted.

Fawkes vs. Che
East vs. West

Hope Giving "Dance of the Dog's Howl"

Thanos vs. Oppenheimer
Alexander vs. Ivan

Soul's Symphony
A New Sky, A Distant Cerulean
Eryth Sea (Night)

No Turning Back
KINGNESS (Stage M: UMIHARAKAWASE)
Water Quarry ~ Aqua

IhatethisCPU posted...

I will be honest, I was, and still am, most looking forward to how you feel about 'I'll Pretend'

...Huh. I was positive this message said "Lonely" last month. Not sure where I got that idea.

King vs. Poe
Grimes vs. White

Para Bellum
The Remains of Time
City of Commerce

Thank you for the replacement link!

SaoriKobayashi posted...

Atelier Shallie Plus: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea - "The Red Sky" for Shallie
https://youtu.be/BlA-UebPfiA

This one has been deleted.

Raetsel_Lapin posted...

(I > III >> II)

Raetsel_Lapin posted...

The second section is still by far the best

...You'd think that, at some point over the past year, I would have noticed those symbols were backwards.

2 > 3 > 1.

Bond vs. Powers
Shaka vs. Caesar

I'd be hyped for Save My Jesus. Not enough contests where I can support RoboCop.

"The point of 'RoboCop,' of course, is it is a Christ story," Verhoeven said. "It is about a guy that gets crucified after 50 minutes, then is resurrected in the next 50 minutes and then is like the super-cop of the world, but is also a Jesus figure as he walks over water at the end."

Future Perfect From 7
-(HISTIDINE)-
Bouncing Boss Battle

Ketchum vs. Darwin
Ruth vs. Armstrong

Wind Scene/Yearnings of the Wind
Wir fliegen
To Become the Foundation of the World

Delibird

Klaus

Yoru ~ Sailing
Unlimited Luv
Wolves on Horseback

Delibird

Ramsay vs. Child
Batman vs. Holmes

Unrest - Hoist the Sword with Pride in the Heart
Burning Sunlight
The Flying Fortress Sails the Mighty Skies

Violent Night

For either a save of the bird or just a thank you, because I like the attention. If you're still here--if not, consider it free since I'm so late responding at all.

Delibird

Henson vs. Lee
Joker vs. Pennywise

Delibird

For Bonestorm, if no one else took the trade.