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TopicRaetsel and the Alts finish ranking 784 songs [+ Bonus Songs]
MetalmindStats
07/16/23 7:34:19 PM
#372
I've enjoyed reading along the whole way. Thank you for letting me participate and for giving my post-ranking nomination a chance.

And sorry this is so late...

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TopicMystery Character Battle - Nominations
MetalmindStats
04/22/23 3:49:55 PM
#89
Madeline (Celeste)
Metal Sonic (Sonic CD)
Crono (Chrono Trigger)
Mewtwo (Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow)
Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong)
Link (The Legend of Zelda)
Wheatley (Portal 2)
Doom Slayer (Doom)

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TopicRank the Albums Volume 4: Results
MetalmindStats
04/21/23 10:56:27 PM
#94
I've thought about nominating the Celeste OST and/or the Sayonara Wild Hearts OST before, but besides both being more closely composed for their games' contexts than most OSTs, they each have their own awkward aspects for this series.

Celeste's OST has some potential crossover appeal from the game's VGM renown, but its 99-minute length (referring to the designated OST only) is conversely a concern, considering our history with and past comments on albums over ~60 minutes outside this board's wheelhouse.

Sayonara Wild Hearts' OST is short enough to work well, but it's comprised of a minority of mostly short, lyrics-centric pop songs sprinkled among a number of typically even shorter instrumentals. And the OST's tracklist pretty much bundles up all the former and all the latter in discrete batches, departing from the game's own order in the process.

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TopicApril Game of the Month Club Replay: Princess Remedy and Penny Arcade Adventures
MetalmindStats
04/21/23 6:56:37 AM
#30
Beat Princess Remedy.

98% completion, and it seems I missed some secrets too. Still a surprisingly enjoyable gameplay loop - I could see myself eagerly replaying this in the future, and it's successfully interested me in the sequel to boot.

I don't trust myself to actually consistently manage to play anything I nominate as of now, so holding off on that.

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TopicDo you like this character? Day 1458: Phil Connors (Groundhog Day)
MetalmindStats
04/20/23 5:26:51 PM
#23
Yes

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TopicRank the Albums Volume 4: Results
MetalmindStats
04/12/23 7:32:20 PM
#82
Ooh, I like that idea too! I missed many of the first Volume's albums, though, and anyways I find favorites more interesting than least favorites, so here's my approximate top ten:

  1. Tears for Fears - The Hurting
  2. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
  3. Portishead - Third
  4. Peter Gabriel - So
  5. Lorde - Melodrama
  6. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
  7. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  8. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (...yes, I did indeed originally rank this 8th in its Volume)
  9. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
  10. The Birthday Massacre - Walking With Strangers

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TopicRank the Tracks 109: Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus (+Pearl Jam results)
MetalmindStats
04/08/23 8:36:39 PM
#17
  1. Jamming
  2. Natural Mystic
  3. Three Little Birds
  4. One Love/People Get Ready
  5. The Heathen
  6. Exodus
  7. So Much Things to Say
  8. Guiltiness
  9. Waiting in Vain
  10. Turn Your Lights Down Low

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TopicRank the Albums Volume 4: Results
MetalmindStats
04/07/23 7:44:54 PM
#78
No worries about the pace; I think it worked well; thank you for compiling and posting all the rankings! Thank you too to Seanchan for the compatibility sheet!

And oops, I sort of fell behind in posting my album comments. In short, my top five albums are all to some extent (variably new) favorites of mine. As for the rest:
  • Ziggy Stardust, revolutionary in its time, feels like comfort food canon by today's standards.
  • I greatly respect Rage Against the Machine and really want to love it, but it keeps not really sticking with me at all.
  • To me, Paranoid's a stone-cold classic that I certainly like and respect but just as certainly dont love.
  • Several of Thriller's songs work at least as well as they were supposed to, but the swings miss, and I find it all a bit samey.

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TopicDo you like this character? Day 1453: Roger Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
MetalmindStats
04/05/23 2:19:11 AM
#20
A lukewarm yes; he fits his role well.

I too would like to sign up for a user select poll, if that's ok.

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TopicWhat're your favorite individual lines in songs?
MetalmindStats
03/30/23 4:52:33 AM
#22
A few that came to mind relatively quickly:

Come on, take me to a place, I don't know
--Daniel Olsn & Jonathan Eng (feat. Linnea Olsson), A Place I Don't Know

All that song's lyrics, really, but the last line sums it up.

And each day I learn just a little bit more
I don't know why but I do know what for
--Elton John & Bernie Taupin, This Song Has No Title

So without love and a promised land
We're fools to the rules of a government plan
--Tears for Fears, Sowing the Seeds of Love

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me
Time after time
--Cyndi Lauper, Time After Time

There's also quite a few lines from Peter Gabriel's Solsbury Hill and the entirety of Portishead's Third that speak to me to a similar extent.

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TopicRank the Albums Volume 4: Results
MetalmindStats
03/28/23 9:38:23 PM
#56
Hellfire: Theres a certain understated yet somehow tawdry elegance to its quieter moments that I feel is essential to the piece as a whole, even if its not as memorable as its loud, sudden sections.

Illmatic: Clearly good, but I seem to lack the positionality and perspective to properly perceive what so many people praise about it.

Quebec: I could rank these songs in totally different orders, depending on my day-to-day temperament, and so many of them are memorable, though sometimes not desirably so - all a testament to their parent albums grab-bag appeal.

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TopicRank the Albums Volume 4: Results
MetalmindStats
03/25/23 10:58:42 PM
#44
Far East Suite: I think I fundamentally agree with both Fool and Sean's writeups, strangely enough. I find this album more than mildly evocative in the moment, and jazz has a high floor for me - even so, I'm left with those mental images lingering in lieu of the music itself, and so I'm not sure if it's truly testing my ceiling.

Walking With Strangers: To me, it's musically and lyrically unified enough to feel like a concept album without even being one, all while the individual songs stand out even more for that. Perpetually pretty and on point vocal performances further propel an album I have difficulty describing - an ineffability which seems to help it stick in my head.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not: From a listeners perspective, its perfectly creditable and even catchy at times. Still, theres something missing from what comes off to me as a peculiarly slight, rather insubstantial and yet seemingly self-important effort.

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TopicRank the Albums Volume 4: Results
MetalmindStats
03/24/23 4:20:54 AM
#35
Seanchan posted...
I'm figuring the Top 5 will be, in some order,

Green Day
Tool
Elton John
Black Sabbath
David Bowie
IMO American Idiot, 10000 Days, and Black Sabbath are the shoo-ins, to the point where I almost expect them to be our top three. As for the other two, I'll guess jagged little pill and Rage Against the Machine.

Also, let's see here...

Palimpsest: I think its lyrics are very cleverly written, part of a meticulous narrative in general. To me, PtH are clearly good at switching up the tempo and delivery too, and each vocal song has a markedly memorable moment or two, but the sound here still isnt for me.
Sucker Punch: I was comparatively very positive during its week, but my relisten proved something of a comedown from that ceiling.
Rooms of the House: There's lots here I still don't get, but I've latched onto the parts that make me think of people I'm close to, and the intimate sentiment they carry with them.
Fever: Enjoyable enough but felt too workmanlike and nondescript to really stick with me, I guess.

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TopicRank the Albums Volume 4: Results
MetalmindStats
03/19/23 8:50:34 PM
#11
Hm ok, I guess I'll post my thoughts on the albums too.

So Long, Astoria: One of the two albums I never even planned a relisten of. I liked it most at its cutest, shaggiest, and least overtly punk, but that still wasn't saying much.
Millennium: To me, this was what Spice seemed to be to many of us: listenable, all-too-carefully commercially crafted dreck.
No Control: A pleasant surprise, probably in part because I never tried ranking its tracks. I found it considerably more propulsive, and the fairly punk-inherent aural repetition considerably less detrimental, than And Out Come the Wolves.
Warmer in the Winter: I actually like Christmas music in general, but the originals underwhelmed me and it overall just wasn't as compelling as I'd hoped.

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TopicRank the Albums Volume 4: voting thread
MetalmindStats
03/18/23 8:40:31 AM
#30
I fell short of the relistens needed to feel ready to rank a few of these albums, sorry.

  1. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
  2. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  3. The Birthday Massacre - Walking With Strangers
  4. Green Day - American Idiot
  5. Alanis Morissette - jagged little pill
  6. Ween - Quebec
  7. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
  8. black midi - Hellfire
  9. Duke Ellington - Far East Suite
  10. La Dispute - Rooms of the House
  11. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
  12. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
  13. Sigrid - Sucker Punch
  14. Bad Religion - No Control
  15. Michael Jackson - Thriller
  16. Kylie Minogue - Fever
  17. Nas - Illmatic
  18. Protest the Hero - Palimpsest
  19. Lindsey Stirling - Warmer in the Winter
  20. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
  21. The Ataris - So Long, Astoria
  22. Backstreet Boys - Millennium
There's a substantial gap between my top five and the rest of my list, and my ranks of most of the latter are fluid, at least within a few spots.

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TopicRank the Albums Volume 4: voting thread
MetalmindStats
03/15/23 9:19:22 PM
#25
FoolFantastic posted...
Anyone else planning to submit? Anyone need more time?
I'm planning to submit, though I'll probably have to cut my relistens short.

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TopicBoard 8 Watches and Ranks Satire Films: The Ranking!
MetalmindStats
03/12/23 12:51:30 AM
#200
:(

Admittedly, Spaceballs was one of two movies I watched often enough as a kid to fall asleep to, so I'm permanently nostalgia-biased. I do think it holds up rather well, though!

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TopicRank the Tracks 104: My Chemical Romance's Black Parade (+ clipping. results)
MetalmindStats
03/04/23 10:16:53 PM
#27
  1. Famous Last Words
  2. This is How I Disappear
  3. The Sharpest Lives
  4. Welcome to the Black Parade
  5. Dead!
  6. Sleep
  7. House of Wolves
  8. Disenchanted
  9. Teenagers
  10. Mama
  11. The End.
  12. I Dont Love You
  13. Cancer
  14. Blood
I also enjoyed my first listens of the past two weeks' albums, just didn't manage to fit in any more of them.

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TopicGame of Gen 7: Smash Bros Brawl/Zelda SkywardSword | Civilization V/MarioKart DS
MetalmindStats
02/21/23 1:12:23 AM
#31
Smash
Civ

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TopicRaetsel and the Alts finish ranking 784 songs [+ Bonus Songs]
MetalmindStats
02/16/23 8:14:45 AM
#212
Raetsel_Lapin posted...
And an unfortunately cruel double drop from Metalmind to end the day:
Well, it was about time for me to start losing songs at a clip, haha. Now I await Walking in My Shoes' rank with bated breath!

Speaking of which, uh yup, the trajectory of your thoughts on George Washington is about what I expected - and it parallels my own path very well too!

And (this agrees with Player_0's post too, as you might guess) also, I have no connection to or interest in high school either, and yet Heathers: The Musical in general has stuck deeply with me. This... isn't really the place to get into the main reasons why, though I do think the rest of its songs are about as well-written and well-performed as Beautiful.

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TopicPost here and I, MMX, will rank you. (including short summary and analysis!)
MetalmindStats
02/13/23 8:23:54 PM
#26
Is this the topic?

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TopicRaetsel and the Alts finish ranking 784 songs [+ Bonus Songs]
MetalmindStats
02/12/23 8:00:19 AM
#166
Raetsel_Lapin posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuNuxGVxrMU
On first listen, I already like this cover quite a bit, and I appreciate how The Protomen took such an iconic song in their own direction, as you mentioned. Thank you for posting and talking about it!

Raetsel_Lapin posted...
An all-time classic that I'll always love, but it's a bit played out by now. I've spent so much time listening to 80's pop stations that this song is one of those omnipresent songs that's always been around.
...You know, I feel like this explains quite a bit of our common ground here and sort of in Rank the Tracks + Albums too. For myself, it's not much of an exaggeration to say I grew up on 80s pop.

And if you're looking for a lesser-known song by The Cure... I haven't exactly delved deeply into their discography myself, but I can share one that I'm fond of and that at least arguably qualifies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7U1k147Qk4

As for Eye in the Sky, I had no idea about that irony, and knowing you find it funny makes me feel free to do likewise! (As for why, if you were curious, I've just about only ever heard it separate of Sirius.)

(No, I don't know why I've suddenly decided to actively comment in this topic when I didn't last topic, either)

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TopicRank the Tracks 100: David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (+Birthday Massacre results)
MetalmindStats
02/04/23 7:10:18 PM
#32
  1. Five Years
  2. Starman
  3. Lady Stardust
  4. Moonage Daydream
  5. Suffragette City
  6. Star
  7. Rock n Roll Suicide
  8. It Aint Easy
  9. Ziggy Stardust
  10. Soul Love
  11. Hang On to Yourself

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TopicRaetsel and the Alts finish ranking 784 songs [+ Bonus Songs]
MetalmindStats
02/03/23 11:05:23 PM
#111
Raetsel_Lapin posted...
As always, thank you all for your continued patience and understanding.
And thank you for ranking and scoring and commenting on all these songs!

Anyways, a few comments of my own...

Raetsel_Lapin posted...
!I'm pretty sure I prefer the regular version, but it was interesting to try and judge this video with its added intro, outro, & sound-effects. It's also been fun trying to guess if you were aware of the changes to the song in this video or if it's all a coincidence... like, I'm guessing you just went with the first official video you found, but I've expressed a lot of love for spoken word intros and outer-space ambiance before so this *could* be a very calculated play on your part. It's been a fun time either way.
...Well, I did know about the intro, not that I had it in mind at the time. However, I at least didn't remember the rest, as you might expect from someone who had to be told there was a clear audio quality difference between Mercy Street's official video and regular audio versions. At any rate, I know I wasn't really thinking about your preferences, and it's effectively all a coincidence in spirit. I nominated this version because, at the time, I was big on finding what I felt were the best versions of each song from their artists' official accounts, as opposed to simply nominating songs.

Speaking of which, here's an updated George Washington link, since the original seems to be down now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv6OOuPI5c0

Also, I certainly didn't think I'd have such a high proportion of songs remaining at this stage, wow!

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TopicRank the Tracks Week 99: Birthday Massacre's Walking With Strangers (+BR result)
MetalmindStats
01/29/23 6:52:43 AM
#26
  1. Science
  2. Goodnight
  3. Looking Glass
  4. Red Stars
  5. Weekend
  6. Unfamiliar
  7. To Die For
  8. Kill the Lights
  9. Falling Down
  10. Movie
  11. Walking with Strangers
  12. Remember Me - The one song here that isn't really sticking with me.
I was looking forward to this album after voting for it before, and it definitely did not disappoint me, from front to back. Thank you for nominating it, Snake!

With that push, I'm planning (perhaps more hoping) to resume my past participation in as many weeks as possible, so with that in mind...

Coldplay > blur > Oasis

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TopicSo where are people actually on Hogwarts legacy?
MetalmindStats
01/23/23 6:04:41 PM
#99
KP's Adjusted X-Stats for 2020

  1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild-50
  2. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt-41
  3. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate-38
  4. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim-37.632
  5. Super Mario Odyssey-37.5
  6. Dark Souls-35.6149248
  7. Persona 5-35.12
  8. Super Mario Galaxy 2-32.308
  9. God of War-32
  10. Mass Effect 2-31.67
  11. The Last of Us-30.7712950272
  12. Xenoblade Chronicles-30.6964
  13. Pokemon HeartGold-30.2410752
  14. Resident Evil 2-30.105502
  15. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds-29.9744
  16. Portal 2-29.873072
  17. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age-29.78
  18. Persona 4 Golden-29.64044384
  19. Mario Kart 8-29.428224
  20. Red Dead Redemption-29.148412472256
  21. NieR: Automata-29.11005898752
  22. Grand Theft Auto V-29.006138341824
  23. Bloodborne-28.90128192
  24. Fallout: New Vegas-28.6272
  25. Horizon Zero Dawn-28.426992
  26. Red Dead Redemption 2-27.7939061888
  27. Marvel's Spider-Man-27.6564
  28. Batman: Arkham City-27.5464633083494
  29. Monster Hunter World-27.3976
  30. Fire Emblem: Three Houses-26.51
  31. Dark Souls III-26.35992576
  32. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain-26.14847778816
  33. Fire Emblem: Awakening-26.011153728
  34. DOOM-25.6077400012
  35. Borderlands 2-25.5388096128
  36. Xenoblade Chronicles 2-25.0893187812447
  37. Mass Effect 3-25
  38. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice-24.2194784
  39. Uncharted 4-24.219428352
  40. Animal Crossing: New Leaf-23.5636736668646
  41. Resident Evil 7: biohazard-23.473804
  42. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn-23.3306959872
  43. Cuphead-23.0540787540817
  44. Bravely Default-23.0413816
  45. Diablo III-22.5984390679757
  46. Sonic Mania-22.554064
  47. Kingdom Hearts III-22.4884486016
  48. Yakuza 0-22.3569485088768
  49. Minecraft-22.3187148
  50. Bioshock: Infinite-22.1363379145896
  51. Stardew Valley-21.96944
  52. Bayonetta-21.881312
  53. Devil May Cry 5-21.5175
  54. Shovel Knight-21.5175
  55. Octopath Traveler-21.362574
  56. Fallout 4-20.978208
  57. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night-20.8907462632704
  58. Tomb Raider-20.7378865824
  59. Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag-20.327456
  60. Bayonetta 2-20.1383388075663
  61. Ni ni Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch-20.06825980224
  62. Ori and the Blind Forest-20.020352
  63. Undertale-19.9569166308
  64. Final Fantasy XV-19.75
  65. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty-19.685
  66. Hollow Knight-19.5841
  67. Deus Ex: Human Revolution-19.3731072966144
  68. Dragon Age: Inquisition-19.2555745536
  69. Journey-18.8310528
  70. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze-18.2855715
  71. Divinity: Original Sin II-18.205430890795
  72. Civilization V-17.7092796672
  73. South Park: The Stick of Truth-17.676868
  74. Rayman Legends-16.95314675712
  75. Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA-16.8072884928
  76. Celeste-16.8005684363059
  77. Bastion-16.730404
  78. Dead Space 2-16.63255896
  79. Overwatch-16.37959904
  80. Nioh -16.3456
  81. Rocket League-16.14068391936
  82. The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series-15.97753582
  83. Super Meat Boy-15.8600178048
  84. Dishonored-15.852859352064
  85. Street Fighter V-15.7829486220659
  86. Dragon Ball FighterZ-15.6048132132373
  87. Assassins Creed Odyssey-15.5226
  88. Dragons Dogma-15.32046
  89. Heavy Rain-15.249104
  90. Halo: Reach-15.14
  91. The Outer Worlds-14.98
  92. XCOM 2-14.6255075615894
  93. Tales of Berseria-14.56665358
  94. Death Stranding-14.44680635328
  95. Dead Cells-14.3764330879304
  96. Disco Elysium-14.3656209667021
  97. Terraria-14.3133560955736
  98. Zero Escape: Virtues Last Reward-14.0065125343313
  99. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth-13.7824759206844
  100. FTL: Faster Than Light-13.64761944
  101. Crypt of the Necrodancer-13.2844982951117
  102. Life is Strange-13.27778
  103. Splatoon 2-13.24242696
  104. Tekken 7-12.9352
  105. Fate / Grand Order-12.7297916928
  106. Destiny-12.667579104
  107. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective-12.3181191107754
  108. Hotline Miami-12.11619741696
  109. Subnautica-12.04224
  110. Baba Is You-12.0259449565202
  111. VVVVVV-11.8652744448
  112. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC-11.512948
  113. Call of Duty: Black Ops-11.254159179648
  114. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft -11.2072632563734
  115. Crusader Kings II-11.1699800948736
  116. Night in the Woods-10.91097993216
  117. Dota 2-10.84243164984
  118. Fortnite-10.8420547488
  119. The Stanley Parable-10.575602214912
  120. Mortal Kombat 11-10.5225
  121. Dying Light-10.3393331022336
  122. Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair-10.159114
  123. The Witness-10.1098121157141
  124. What Remains of Edith Finch-10.01325
  125. Slay the Spire-9.84589905321984
  126. The Talos Principle-8.63396352
  127. Return of the Obra Dinn-8.23854
  128. INSIDE-7.13943791233456

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TopicMercenaries 5, Day 0: Heart of Ember, Autumntide
MetalmindStats
01/19/23 6:24:39 PM
#99
Hi, I'm someone probably no one here knows who (mostly) silently spectated Mercs IV. I'm probably going to do the same for this iteration, mainly because all these characters and abilities are a bit overwhelming for me to process from even a potential voter's perspective. Still, I find Mercs fun to watch, even if I rarely feel like I know/can reasonably learn enough for an informed vote, and I wish you all the best of luck with it!

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TopicSnake Talks About Stuff *occasional spoilers*
MetalmindStats
01/07/23 11:06:56 PM
#6
I don't know much about these games, but I've very much enjoyed reading your write-ups so far!

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TopicYou see a sign saying "BEWARE OF THE DARGON" [sic] [CYOA]
MetalmindStats
01/07/23 7:02:11 PM
#77
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TopicRank the Tracks Week 95: Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica (+Lauper/Stirling results)
MetalmindStats
12/30/22 8:42:25 PM
#24
Ack, my bad for not getting my Stirling listens and ranking in on time.

I'm hoping to participate this week, but will be busy, so we'll see about that. If I don't post a ranking on/by Sunday, you can safely assume I won't at all. I'll also be sitting out next week, for similar reasons.

Additionally,

Raetsel_Lapin posted...
The Birthday Massacre - Walking With Strangers > Miranda Lambert - Wildcard > Handguns - Life Lessons

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TopicB8's 9th Annual Steam Secret Santa
MetalmindStats
12/25/22 6:34:49 PM
#149
Isquen incredibly, incredibly generously gifted me Graveyard Keeper, Subnautica, and Rune Factory 5! I've left that itch for a Stardew Valley-like unaddressed for so very long (not that Subnautica is that at all), and all three look right up my alley! Thank you so much - I don't know how I can adequately express my appreciation!

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TopicRank the Tracks Week 94: Lindsey Stirling - Warmer in the Winter (+Cyndi Lauper)
MetalmindStats
12/25/22 4:59:47 AM
#42
This isn't going to be the week I actually manage to rank the album in question on time, so:

Raetsel_Lapin's week
Dolly Parton - Real Love > Bring Me the Horizon - That's the Spirit > Michael Jackson - Thriller

BlueCrystalTear/darkx/neonreaper
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood > Tool - 10,000 Days > Taylor Swift - Fearless

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TopicRank the Tracks Week 93: Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (+Ween's Quebec result)
MetalmindStats
12/24/22 9:14:12 AM
#45
Sorry this took me so long...

Seanchan posted...
It somewhat bizarrely feels too long to me, despite only being 10 songs and 38.5 minutes. There were quite a few songs where I love the intro and the first 30 seconds, then that fades and I look and there's still another 45 seconds of the song left. There's always a lot of repetition in pop music but it just grated on me here. Part of me wonders if this album was stretched out at all to hit some sort of minimum length.
As much as I love this album, I don't necessarily disagree with this critique - but usually I feel that the extra time lends the songs in question a certain improvisational, almost freeform quality that I appreciate.

On that note, and somewhat ironically given its extensive employment of synths placing it firmly in the 80s pop sphere, She's So Unusual never once feels manufactured to me. Lauper (who landed several solo record deal offers for her voice in her Blue Angel days) naturally sings her own case here by letting her nerves and rawness show at times. But this is an album that lives up to its characteristically striking cover-art all around, from its typically well-written and at times even quietly revolutionary lyrics to soundscapes that reward exploration in unexpected ways.

Time After Time: Force me to name a favorite song over and over again, and chances are you have my continual choice right here, time after time if you will. I don't feel I could really do justice to all the reasons why, in fact.

All Through the Night: In Lauper's hands, it feels like it's (fairly autobiographically) about being young and having dreams and wanting to reach for them together with another, a theme which Lauper illuminates with astonishing earnestness, sans a hint of sentimentality. That helps make for my favorite ever vocal performance, and also my single favorite song to sing along to.

Girls Just Want to Have Fun: Its infusions of motown and reggae influences help musically outline the inclusively feminist point that its famous video pictorially reinforced - and, of course, there's Lauper's sheer exuberance and enthusiasm in serving up her message. There's no song I personally prefer dancing to, and nothing I'd rather have taken up as my topmost anthem of self-expression.

When You Were Mine: Raetsel's comment covers pretty much everything I would have mentioned.

She Bop: Oddly enough, its subject matter wasn't actually originally Lauper's idea. However, her teasing, playful vocal manner stands as proof positive of how she latched onto its perspective to make for the most purely anarchic fun here.

Money Changes Everything: This jaunty, melodica-enlivened opener really showcases the sheer range of Lauper's influences, from Elvis Presley to Billie Holiday (on her vocals) and The Police to R&B in general (on the music) - and also the way she turns them into something new.

Witness: Laupers performance brings an on-point combination of uneasy emotion and exuberant energy to bear, powering what could have been a throwaway album track and belying its somewhat happenstance inspiration.

Yeah Yeah: I have a persistent soft spot for this off-kilter closer, which feels like its the result of everyone Lauper worked with asking her to include a duet, to which she agreed - in characteristic fashion. The results: a classically early 80s synthesized-sounding male vocal deliberately contrasted with an always-alive star in the making.

I'll Kiss You: Catchy and generally fun, but trying for soulful synth made its music so aggressively stereotypically 80s even I can tell, and its lyrics have aged poorly in more ways than one.

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TopicRaetsel (and Raetsel's alts) rank 784 songs! [Rankings]
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12/20/22 7:58:00 PM
#273
Raetsel_Lapin posted...
I'm grossly unqualified to speak on the topic of cultural appropriation and there's really no way to touch on the song without jumping headfirst into that topic. I've tried approaching it a few different ways and I'm really not happy with how any of them came out.
I have to admit that, in what I now realize is a great lapse of judgment on my part, I had never thought about cultural appropriation in the context of San Jacinto until I saw your post. IIRC, I chose that song to nominate out of Peter Gabriel's discography because it was my gateway song from lots of exposure as a kid, and then its lyrics felt like hidden depths when I finally perceived and understood them as an adult. ...But that latter bit probably just makes it sound worse, mea culpa. Sorry for forcing this conversation to come up.

The alternate version you posted is nice, thank you, and I agree that it's better at doing justice to its subject.

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TopicRank the Tracks Week 93: Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (+Ween's Quebec result)
MetalmindStats
12/18/22 9:14:05 AM
#43
  1. Time After Time
  2. All Through the Night
  3. Girls Just Want to Have Fun
  4. When You Were Mine
  5. She Bop
  6. Money Changes Everything
  7. Witness
  8. Yeah Yeah
  9. Hes So Unusual
  10. Ill Kiss You
I'll write comments later, just wanted to get a ranking in before the technical end of the week.

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TopicRank the Tracks Week 93: Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (+Ween's Quebec result)
MetalmindStats
12/13/22 10:13:26 PM
#15
ChichiriMuyo posted...
You're welcome ;)

I believe I could also rank it by heart, but why deny myself the opportunity to listen to a longtime favorite?
Yes, thank you, and I certainly concur there.

BlueCrystalTear posted...
Worth noting is that though the album is called She's So Unusual, there really isn't much "unusual" about this (it's standard 80s fare) or about Lauper herself by modern standards - but her eccentricities were foundational, pushing the envelope in the direction that would later give us the likes of Lady Gaga and P!nk, among many others.
I generally agree with this - certainly, I'd say its music tends to fit firmly within a specific mainstream mold, though distinguished by Lauper's voice. However, I do think the lyrics of many of these songs went hand-in-hand with Lauper's persona to cement her solo debut as, indeed, so unusual relative to what was radio-friendly in 1983.

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TopicRank the Tracks Week 92: Ween's Quebec (+ American Idiot results)
MetalmindStats
12/12/22 9:13:38 PM
#32
  1. Tried and True
  2. So Many People in the Neighborhood
  3. Alcan Road
  4. Zoloft
  5. The Fucked Jam
  6. The Argus
  7. Happy Colored Marbles
  8. Transdermal Celebration
  9. If You Could Save Yourself (Youd Save Us All)
  10. Among His Tribe
  11. Chocolate Town
  12. Hey There Fancypants
  13. I Dont Want It
  14. Captain
  15. Its Gonna Be a Long Night

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TopicRank the Tracks Week 93: Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (+Ween's Quebec result)
MetalmindStats
12/11/22 7:43:21 PM
#5
Raetsel_Lapin posted...
too 80's heavy, but I like what I like.
Sounds right up my alley, at least! (see also: this week)

She's So Unusual is absolutely among my all-time favorite albums, and I'm ecstatic someone else not only nominated it but got it selected to boot! I could reasonably rank these tracks by heart, in fact.

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TopicRank the Tracks Week 91: Green Day's American Idiot (+ Paranoid results)
MetalmindStats
12/05/22 8:04:59 PM
#35
  1. Wake Me Up When September Ends
  2. Boulevard of Broken Dreams
  3. Holiday
  4. American Idiot
  5. Are We the Waiting
  6. Jesus of Suburbia
  7. Homecoming
  8. Shes a Rebel
  9. Extraordinary Girl
  10. Whatsername
  11. Give Me Novacaine
  12. Letterbomb
  13. St. Jimmy
Some of these songs felt so familiar that I might as well have heard them before.

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TopicB8's 9th Annual Steam Secret Santa
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12/02/22 7:38:59 PM
#17
I'd also like to sign up again! (...even though I've historically been pretty terrible at actually playing the games I receive, but I still enjoy giving them.)

For whoever gets me, you don't need to pay too much attention to the order of my wishlist; it's meant to be aesthetic almost as much as a proper ranking of the games I'm interested in.

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TopicRank the Tracks Week 89: Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill (+AM results)
MetalmindStats
11/22/22 5:57:14 PM
#36
  1. Ironic
  2. Hand in My Pocket
  3. All I Really Want
  4. Mary Jane
  5. Head Over Feet
  6. You Learn
  7. Forgiven
  8. Wake Up
  9. You Oughta Know
  10. Perfect
  11. Right Through You
  12. Not the Doctor
Sorry I'm so late again.

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TopicRank the Tracks Week 89: Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill (+AM results)
MetalmindStats
11/22/22 7:23:45 AM
#35
  1. Ironic
  2. Hand in My Pocket
  3. All I Really Want
  4. Head Over Feet
  5. You Learn
  6. Forgiven
  7. Mary Jane
  8. Wake Up
  9. You Oughta Know
  10. Perfect
  11. Right Through You
  12. Not the Doctor
Sorry I'm so late again.

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TopicRank the Tracks Week 88: Arctic Monkeys' WPSIATWIN (+ Far East Suite results)
MetalmindStats
11/15/22 8:07:22 PM
#27
Deleted and reposted to change my ranking of a song, since I still have time:

  1. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor - I actually wish it had another repetition or two of that catchy, energetic pre-chorus.
  2. Riot Van - An effectively hazy, transitional song that stands out to me.
  3. Dancing Shoes
  4. You Probably Couldnt See for the Lights but You Were Staring Straight at Me
  5. Mardy Bum
  6. A Certain Romance
  7. The View from the Afternoon
  8. Fake Tales of San Francisco
  9. When the Sun Goes Down
  10. From the Ritz to the Rubble
  11. Still Take You Home
  12. Red Lights Indicates Doors are Secured
  13. Perhaps Vampires is a Bit Strong But
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Also, I'd like to skip my next solo week while still preserving my place in the user cycle, if that's ok.

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TopicRaetsel (and Raetsel's alts) rank 784 songs! [Rankings]
MetalmindStats
11/14/22 5:01:52 AM
#42
Yay, it's begun!

Raetsel_Lapin posted...
@MetalmindStats
Thank you for the notification! ...I honestly forgot I even asked all those months ago.

Speaking of which, it's interesting looking back on my nominations and seeing how clearly many of them are an artifact of what I was listening to (and what I hadn't heard) back then. I still enjoy all those songs, just haven't been returning to some of them. (And conversely, I have been returning to the one I cut, go figure.)

Anyways, I doubt I'll post much, but I promise I'll be silently following along the whole way.

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TopicRank the Tracks Week 88: Arctic Monkeys' WPSIATWIN (+ Far East Suite results)
MetalmindStats
11/13/22 9:32:19 PM
#26
  1. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor - I actually wish it had another repetition or two of that catchy, energetic pre-chorus.
  2. Riot Van - An effectively hazy, transitional song that stands out to me.
  3. Dancing Shoes
  4. You Probably Couldnt See for the Lights but You Were Staring Straight at Me
  5. A Certain Romance
  6. The View from the Afternoon
  7. Fake Tales of San Francisco
  8. When the Sun Goes Down
  9. Mardy Bum
  10. From the Ritz to the Rubble
  11. Still Take You Home
  12. Red Lights Indicates Doors are Secured
  13. Perhaps Vampires is a Bit Strong But

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TopicRank the Tracks Week 85: black midi - Hellfire (+ Nas - Illmatic results)
MetalmindStats
10/23/22 8:36:12 PM
#39
I only just managed to get in my third spin a little while ago, my bad (though also, thank you for holding). Here's a ranking:

  1. Eat Men Eat
  2. Sugar/Tzu
  3. Hellfire
  4. Still
  5. The Race is About to Begin
  6. 27 Questions
  7. Welcome to Hell
  8. Dangerous Liaisons
  9. The Defence

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TopicOctober Game of the Month Club Replay featuring Portal 2
MetalmindStats
10/23/22 5:20:37 AM
#16
Bump, I guess?

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TopicRank the Tracks Week 84: Nas - Illmatic (+ Slipknot Vol. 3 results)
MetalmindStats
10/16/22 4:42:26 AM
#60
Seanchan posted...
Probably 3 listens isn't really enough to fully digest a lyrically dense album like this.
This is also my main takeaway from this week, for what that's worth.

  1. The World is Yours
  2. It Aint Hard to Tell
  3. Represent
  4. Lifes a Bitch
  5. One Love
  6. N.Y. State of Mind
  7. One Time 4 Your Mind
  8. Memory Lane (Sittin in da Park)
  9. Halftime
  10. The Genesis

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TopicGame of Gen 5 Finals: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time vs. Super Mario 64
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10/15/22 9:56:50 PM
#65
Mario

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Topic[Dyltc?] Perfect Scores FINALS: Hobbes vs Doc Emmett Brown
MetalmindStats
10/14/22 5:05:02 PM
#50
Hobbes!

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