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#302: Yelle - Que veux-tu (3:54):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xXvEqo3DKk&list=PLR2ATVrSGTX91hJXNoWIHovzSIqVNBM8u&index=2

Nominator: hotdogturtle [5/14 Remaining]

Initial Score: 62.24
Revised Score: 56.27
Final Score: 59.333 [Upgraded to 60.00] [Upgraded to 61.965] [Upgraded to 65.73]

(First Reaction: I really like the chorus on this track, it's bouncy & fun (musically, not so much with the lyrics) but the verses feel like they're a few steps behind musically.)

!Not as drawn to the chorus this time around, though it is still fairly bouncy.

[Final Thoughts: I'm not particularly interested in the story told by the lyrics, though I have nothing against them either. Some of the translations of one of the lines are kinda funny:

I'd really love to say to you "I love you" without consonant or vowel
Things would happen by themselves, I have the flame and the laziness

Which is oddly relatable. I too am very passionate and lazy. But either way... this has a highly enjoyable energy to it, like a dance-y pop song done right. I don't know that I quite want it at that 60 point level, but it's pretty good and very close to it at least.]

[Later: Minor boost to Neo Clump. That line is pretty great.]

[Later: Is that line relatable enough to get an extra point? ...Yes.]

[Later: Is it worth several extra points? ...Yes.]

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-and we reach the 66 point mark here, at #301:-

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#301: Coeur de Pirate - Combustible (3:30):
https://open.spotify.com/track/6xflVTxAELGne4B7X2thlv?si=RdU-L_a4TZepAgUpxge1lQ

Nominator: Jesse Custer [14/29 Remaining]

Initial Score: 53.3? (treated as 53.35)
Revised Score: 55.55
Final Score: 55.55 [Upgraded to 57.292] [Upgraded to 58.292] [Upgraded to 60.75] [Upgraded to 66.004]

(First Reaction:

But I warned you: monsters are hiding
Inside my heart thats changing
But free-spirited, I secretly pray
That my alter ego doesnt show itself

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And when will you stop?
You cant change me, a broken being

Non-human metaphor, check ; alternate personas, check ; blunt sadness, check. Well, I can't say this song isn't the literal definition of what I've asked for, Still, somehow, I'm not entirely sold on the song itself.. I'm missing a bit of a dark edge to her voice or the instruments to sell the misery. I don't really feel the inner torment in the way I'd like to; I do kinda like the song anyway, but it's missing the darkness to jump to the top of the charts.

The song feels very "53.3?" in that I'm sure I want to give the first three digits, but would be rather content putting anything 0-9 as the last digit. But that uncertainty would break my formatting, so we'll call it down the middle and enter a 5 on all official records.)

I still feel the same way as before. The lyrics are exactly what I want and her performance is good, but her voice feels too pure and bright for a broken monster. It keeps me from forming a true connection to the song and leaves it as something that's enjoyable and very close to being what I want, but not quite reaching its full potential. Which is unfortunate because I do like her music, just not as much on this specific track.

[Final Thoughts: Too upbeat and poppy for the way the lyrics make me feel, but there's some great lyrics here & I generally like her music, so I kinda like this.]

[Later: Let's move this one up a bit.]

[Later Still: Eh, let's add one extra point exactly.]

[Later: I think I like this. Going to move this one up a tier as well.[

[Later: This is another of those songs that starts winning me over with how many times I listen to it as I refuse to cut it. Adding another six points.]

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