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Mr Lasastryke posted...

not saying you have to like pumped up kicks but your reasoning for not liking it is kinda weird imho.

I agree, but I wouldn't say I disliked it: if 5 is intended to be average, then 6 is good--just not great. Don't forget that False Memory Archive was only a few places above it and I had a lot of praise for that (still love the singer's voice).

If you want a song I actively disliked due to subject matter, you need only look back to Teacher, Teacher from the start of the topic. It's certainly not glorifying religious schools and beating students, but there are days where I just do not want to deal with the memories or subject matter. It's a fine song, but it's held back because I don't think I'll ever voluntarily listen to it (at one point dropping to a less than 0 score because I just couldn't stand to deal with it that day).

Pumped Up Kicks meanwhile never had a score that was any less than "above average", eventually ending an entire step above the average score. It's rare for songs with that sort of topic to get that far; it's also rare for songs I find omnipresent to get incredibly high scores (see: NBIceman's first eliminated song last topic being one cut for being something I already loved too much; Highway Jones being cut in part because it feels too much like the stuff I already listen to in spite of being new). That the song has so much going against it and still got "notably above average" score says a lot about it and the general quality.
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