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#9: Beetlejuice (Broadway Cast) - Say My Name (3:55):
https://open.spotify.com/track/3PzAUMMxPcaXEfWEvMx469?si=58595175ed774942

Nominator: @Raka_Putra [0/31 Remaining]

Initial Score: 61.00
Revised Score: 80.00
Final Score: 80.00000003 [Upgraded to 80.97] [Upgraded to 92.01] [Upgraded to 95.99] [Upgraded to 100]

(First Reaction: Hey, a musical I'm familiar with! I nominated Barbara 2.0 at your duet topic & it inspired me to listen to the entire album. This is a better song than I gave it credit for on first listen. Lydia's constant playing with Beetlejuice (Betelgeuse, technically, but I never remember how to spell it and practically no one is pedantic enough to use the correct spelling) is funny & Beetlejuice is the textbook definition of an overly theatrical villain, so this is right up my alley.)

!So he can't say his own name, but he can possess other people & make them say the name, but it also doesn't count if they say it while possessed? Weird.

[Final Thoughts: Yes, I like theatrical villain songs and licensed musicals, this is a bit of a "free points" button.]

[Later; Adding a bit less than one full point to this song. It's definitely the type of thing I love, but I think I'll *probably* be keeping this in the early 80s.]

[Later: I like theatrical, villain, comedy, and Beetlejuice. I think I wasn't into it at first because Beetlejuice's actor doesn't have the most pleasing voice--intentional and it works for the character, but not really known for his singing voice. Now that I've had time to properly adjust, there's no way this gets less than 92 points.]

[Later: I think I'll take this one up even further.]

[Later: [Luce's Note: Of course, we would give the highest marks to the musical starring a suicidal girl with daddy issues... ]]

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Elimination #23: Raka_Putra

Lowest Scoring Song

Bob Crosby & The Bob Cats - Dear Hearts & Gentle People [49.90]

Highest Scoring Song

Beetlejuice (Broadway Cast) - Say My Name [100]

Average Score: 73.54

Your list provided a nice crash course on musicals. While they didn't always start with the best score, most of them kept getting a lot of extra points over time, leading to you and Metalmind having a stranglehold on "most songs remaining" for most of the topic. Suffice it to say that I''m pretty sure you two were the most consistent at finding songs that I loved--you managed to get 12 songs with at least 80 points, which is pretty absurd.

You also gave me a lot to think about. I know it wasn't intentional on your part, but "It Takes Two" certainly triggered some emotions I've been suppressing for a while... though it certainly took a roundabout way to get there. But I suppose working through my emotions is something I shouldn't be dragging you into (any more than I already have, at least), so let's just say that I'm at least *aware* of issues I need to work on, which is important progress.

Besides the musicals that were the clear standouts of the list, there was also some nice exposure to Indonesian music which we don't normally get to hear, so that was also a lot of fun. While you just barely miss out on the top ten (you have no idea how many times I've gone back and forth on this... I'm, what, five hours late with the eliminations today? Actually I'm going to take a break and come back to this in the morning.)

[Later, in the morning]

Yeah, I think I'm sticking with this in 11th Place. It's a tough call, but one I think I can live with. Either way, thank you very much!

[Marginally later]

Eh, let's flip this last song and On Melancholy Hill, actually.

[Later-ish]

...Fine, I'll take Beetlejuice over Changes, but that's its last move.