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handsomeboy2012 posted...

She once appeared as herself in the anime and had a concert. So she was voicing two characters at once in the same episode... and had to sing both normal and terrible versions of one of her songs because it was about a concert.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-m3U0GAhOg
(just a short episode clip)

The audience then wondered why the singing was so bad because 'the voice clearly belongs to Takayama'

That's great! I love meta jokes like that.

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Six songs to end the day early, featuring a double drop from Jesse & the next elimination:

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#46: Villagers - A Trick of the Light (4:08):
https://open.spotify.com/track/1rCPg5GOtes0FIo1BzgvUi?si=cdKQ_EYDRsyNxe3RUShPrQ

Nominator: Jesse Custer [4/29 Remaining]

Initial Score: 60.20
Revised Score: 83.64
Final Score: 91.4999 [Upgraded to 92.87] [Upgraded to 93.07]

(First Reaction: A pleasant song. It has a smooth, almost classic feel to it, making it almost nostalgic in spite of how new it is (and I almost went back to find another word instead of using almost so many times that it's starting to lose all meaning, but I didn't).

I'm not really into the lyrics. Too much talk of light and faith... it's not exactly a negative, but well... darkness is a positive, so talk of light is--at best--a null value.)

!+2 tier levels.

[Final Thoughts: It's nice to finally find a song that make the jump from the 60s to the 80s & still feels like it actually deserved to have made said jump. I was getting kinda sad dropping songs back down to the tiers they came from, but if anything, this song is actually even better than the 80 point tier! It says a lot that the song goes for the exact opposite of what I want (referring to self in masculine terms, faith, light, the sun; blech) & still manages to be something that I love. I'm definitely going to check out another song or two from the album later.[

[Later: I think I want to briefly delay this elimination.]

[Later: And a final, minor boost for organization purposes.]

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#45: Stereophonics - Dakota (4:56):
https://open.spotify.com/track/3qaSqrrevBrb84xl5JlptU?si=jukmvoo1TyGELEzsa_8lkw

Nominator: Jesse Custer [3/29 Remaining]

Initial Score: 61.20
Revised Score: 80.00
Final Score: 93.12

(First Reaction: I'm always down for reflecting on past relationships, but this is a bit too upbeat in tempo to really punch me in the emotions.)

!This song hits a lot harder tonight, so it's jumping up two full tiers. For now, at least.

[Final Thoughts: I do not wish to go over my past relationships yet again. With apologies for those who weren't here at past topics, let's just say songs about dead relationships have played incredibly well (including one winning the second year's ranking) whenever they resonate with me enough to trigger flashbacks. And the lyrics to this song are very much resonating as of late. Even little things like:

Drinkin' with you
When drinkin' was new

I was never big into drinking, never had enough to get more than a minor buzz & haven't touched the stuff since the last time I saw him. So many stupid little memories... the cheap bottle of wine he kept in the freezer for special occasions, that neither of us could actually stand when we finally tried it; making up stupid little drinking games to old cartoons... not important memories, just... stupid little things that I haven't thought of in a long time. The song itself isn't perfect--thematically, I get repeating the same line over and over for the outro, but I'll almost never actually like that writing technique--but it's good enough that I've never minded it.]

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#44: Heathers: The Musical - Beautiful (8:34):
https://youtu.be/FfDYll-45bQ

Nominator: Metalmind [4/25 Remaining]

Initial Score:53.16
Revised Score: 57.64
Final Score: 74.7047 [Upgraded to 78.94] [Placed Into Void] [Upgraded to 79.72] [Upgraded to 81.6092] [Upgraded to 92.25] [Upgraded to 93.14]

(First Reaction: It's an improvement over a lot of musical intro songs as it does a great job introducing all the characters and things actually happen during it, it's held back by my inability to relate to or care about high school drama since... well, let's not revisit that topic right now. Without any connection or interest in high school, it makes it hard to feel much of anything towards the story being told thus far or the characterization of anyone. It's performed well, it develops the plot & introduces Veronica's talent for forgery that the story will revolve around, it never feels repetitive or drags even with an 8 minute runtime, and... I don't really feel anything towards anyone or any of the lyrics. Seems like the type of thing that would get rave reviews from someone other than me though.)

High school drama's just not one of my things, I'm afraid. There are definitely some high points in the lyrics though--reminiscing about early childhood is always nice and everyone having a breakdown towards the middle of the song definitely delivered the pain I seek:

Somebody hug me!
Somebody fix me!
Somebody save me!
Send me a sign, God!
Give me some hope, here!
Something to live for!

That's definitely something I can work with, yes. I'll also add a shout-out to the incredibly dark humor here and say the kidnapping joke was fairly funny. This song serves as a great introduction to the cast and way to illustrate the type of comedy the show is going for. I'm just not really into high school drama which leaves me unable to truly appreciate the song.

[Final Thoughts: Okay, I don't know how the hell this song was ranked so low originally. I don't think this even a case of the song suddenly clicking with me because as soon as i saw this song in the mid-50's, I actually said "what the fuck?" and thought it was a typo on the spreadsheet. But apparently EVERY page displays that ridiculously low score? Whatever, I'm jumping this song up two full tiers immediately and will worry about it later.]

[Later: Adding a few more points to the score.]

[Later: Moving this aside, like everything else.]

[Later: I really, really like this and honestly have no idea how it was ever below 70 points (seriously, I have no memories of ever not really liking this) but I think it's just a smidge below the next tier.]

[Later: Ehhh... I think I will take this up a tier after all, actually.]

[Later: And going up one final tier.]

[Later: Rearranging the list, so let's take this somewhere in the 93 point area.]

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