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Topic	Johnbobb ranks 113 User-nominated Villain Songs [THE RANKING]
Johnbobb 08/14/20 6:23:55 PM #399:	yes I realize it's frustrating that Day Sixteen was in seventeenth place but them's the breaks 16. Behind Blue Eyes Source: The Who/Lifehouse Villain: Jumbo Nominator: Xeybozn (1 left) Favorite lyric: But my dreams, they aren't as empty / As my conscience seems to be / I have hours, only lonely / My love is vengeance that's never free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMrImMedYRo Villainy: 3 Characterization: 9 Melody: 10 Total: 22/30 Behind Blue Eyes is a surprisingly difficult one to rate without bringing in context. This is a song that was originally meant to be part of a rock opera as the villain's main theme, before the idea was scrapped and select songs from it were made part of Who's Next, one of the best albums of all time. In the greater context of the planned rock opera, Jumbo (the villain) controls The Grid, which for lack of a better explanation is essentially a Matrix that only he seems to exist outside of, where he decides everyone's lives and emotions. That's where this gets tricky, because MOST of that requires outside knowledge and doesn't come through in the song. What does come through in the song is a very sad man who feels lonely and abandoned, but unlike some of the more sympathetic villains on this list, there's definite deflection and resentment that are easy to pick out here. He's acting as though he's all but innocent, and blaming his own subjects for his misery. It's a complex and interesting song that I'm glad was nominated because I never would've read into it as much as I did otherwise. It's also just a fuckin fantastic song the whole way through and I would kill to see Lifehouse actually made. --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:943389021] in Johnbobb r... [t:78782956]...</cite> <quote>yes I realize it's frustrating that Day Sixteen was in seventeenth place but them's the breaks 16. Behind Blue Eyes Source: The Who/Lifehouse Villain: Jumbo Nominator: Xeybozn (1 left) Favorite lyric: But my dreams, they aren't as empty / As my conscience seems to be / I have hours, only lonely / My love is vengeance that's never free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMrImMedYRo Villainy: 3 Characterization: 9 Melody: 10 Total: 22/30 Behind Blue Eyes is a surprisingly difficult one to rate without bringing in context. This is a song that was originally meant to be part of a rock opera as the villain's main theme, before the idea was scrapped and select songs from it were made part of Who's Next, one of the best albums of all time. In the greater context of the planned rock opera, Jumbo (the villain) controls The Grid, which for lack of a better explanation is essentially a Matrix that only he seems to exist outside of, where he decides everyone's lives and emotions. That's where this gets tricky, because MOST of that requires outside knowledge and doesn't come through in the song. What does come through in the song is a very sad man who feels lonely and abandoned, but unlike some of the more sympathetic villains on this list, there's definite deflection and resentment that are easy to pick out here. He's acting as though he's all but innocent, and blaming his own subjects for his misery. It's a complex and interesting song that I'm glad was nominated because I never would've read into it as much as I did otherwise. It's also just a fuckin fantastic song the whole way through and I would kill to see Lifehouse actually made. --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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