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#122 [#133]:

Name: Flamingo (cover)
Origin: Souya Ichika
Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9ByzUd5bdY" data-time="

Nominator: UF8 (11/15)

(7, 6.5, 7)

[Good character design and voice. Will have to try looking up the lyrics again later as I'm getting an unrelated song.]

I can't decide if I preferred not having the translation available or not. There's nothing really wrong with them, per se, but I think they're a bit bleak and violent for her design? 'Blue haired catgirl maid' and 'paper-mache drunkard violently competing for love in a jaded town without hospitality' aren't topics I would think of as going together.

...But I do like the design and she has a deeper voice than the other virtual idols (with the possible exception of Azki) which helps her stand out, and this cover is so much better than the original. But it's also very old-fashioned, subdued, and not something I'd want to listen to often. Having trouble deciding exactly how much I enjoy this, but I'm leaning towards "very high 6" at the moment.

[Later Edit: Officially moved up to the 7s, I was being too hard on it earlier.]

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#121 [#146]:

Name: POWER
Origin: Kanye West
Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8JflBNovLE" data-time="

Nominator: Dragon (8/10)

(Unscored, "apparently a 6 based on its position on the list", "In retrospect, I think I was happier leaving this without a definitive score")

[I dont know if I can separate my feelings on Kanye to give an unbiased score to the song. It will likely get some points for being a song Id never hear outside a topic like this, but...]

This is one of the harder songs to rank. Some of these lines are almost worth a perfect 10, that was a great choice of song to sample, and it's catchy (and I know I say that a lot this ranking topic but just try to deal with it)... but that whole tirade against SNL is worth negative infinity points. I also really hope he didn't spend 5,000 hours on this song, as that would just be sad.

...Like they make fun of you for the VMAs and you go to work for five thousand hours and the best retort you came up with was telling them to kiss your ass? That's just...sad. Like I actively pity him now.

[And yes, I know it's quite likely most of the time spent working was on things other than that pathetic attempt at a retort. At least, one would hope.]

Remove the most egregiously stupid parts of this song and it probably hits...somewhere in the top 30, I don't know exactly. As it is, the song is stuck between 0 and 10, which seems to have landed it here.

[Final Thoughts: So conflicting.

My childlike creativity, purity and honesty
Is honestly being crowded by these grown thoughts
Reality is catchin' up with me
Takin' my inner child, I'm fighting for its custody

One of the best sections of any song on either list. At least a 10, possibly an 11, and I absolutely love the song.

But that SNL section is painful in its idiocy, to say nothing about the drunk driving line and I absolutely hate this song.

You got the power to let power go?

and then we get philosophical at the end and I'm back to loving the song? It just endlessly bounces between being one of the absolute best and one of the absolute worst, and I don't even know how to begin scoring it.

This song moved up the list from where I planned on dropping it. Had it around 40 some spaces below this, but every day I'd talk myself out of cutting it and shuffle things around to keep it around a bit longer.]

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