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Okay, that was a bit harder to post than expected, but I think the nomination list is accurate.

Which means it's time to officially drop the bottom two songs.

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#300 [#291]:

Name: Candyman
Origin: Christina Aguilera
Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsQXVJOgvNY" data-time="

Nominator: Raka_Putra (15/15)

(1, 1, 0)

[Too explicit and too old-fashioned, with a video using a military backdrop. Its like a collection of things Im not interested in... I should give it a few points for being so far outside my comfort zone, but Im struggling to convince myself to not drop it in last place.]

After listening to it again, I've obviously changed my mind about not awarding last place to this song. I tried to give this some credit, really, I did--"it's catchy ennough that it's gotten stuck in your head multiple times and you need to give some credit to new experiences! You can't have this in last place!"

Then we get to a military cadence as the outro to the song and I'm forced to admit that I really don't want to put any song below this one.

First, I'm asexual, so the more sexually explicit the lyrics, the more quickly I'm turned against the song. I typically need things to be more...metaphorical. Like "Dancing in the Dark". I know Springsteen isn't literally talking about dancing at night, but through the power of willful ignorance, I can at least pretend. Daydream about how romantic dancing in the moonlight can be and what not (granted, I don't dance and Springsteen wouldn't be my type anyway...). It at least gives me something I can work with.

"HE MAKES MY PANTIES DROP!" doesn't.

This is a problem "Between the Sheets" ran into last ranking topic; loved The Isley Brothers, loved hearing a song from them that I didn't recognize (I knew them for their 60's and 70's work), praised the song for having a smoother sound than any other nomination, and how well it stood out from the other songs... but even with all the positives, I just couldn't give a particularly high placement to it because I had absolutely no use for it.

["I Love You, Honeybear" should have been in the running for first place last topic, but it took a long time for me to become comfortable with it.]

While fairly catchy, this song never came close to the aforementioned songs quality. And then there's the military aspect, which... why? Even if I liked the rest of the song, the outro alone would tank the placement. It's like this song exists purely to be the opposite of what I want.

...which, yes, should be worth something. Last place is something, right? No one ever remembers the song that came in next to last.

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