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Planning on going through ten songs tonight, so on to. two more:

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R#28: HISTORY REPEATING PT. 1

https://open.spotify.com/track/48hyQXGVSRFlh9dac8CzVE

Nominator: Shonen_Bat (25/27)
Source: History Repeating Blue (9/10)

Initial Score: 74.17 [R#21]
Revised Score: 60.25 [R#28]
Final Score: 60.25 [R#28]

(First Thoughts: Its an important song that doesnt work well without context. For starters, its only half a song: If youre listening to individual songs or on random, the track just kinda stops suddenly. This fundamentally DOES NOT WORK as an individual song and I should drop its score considerably, but... well points are explicitly just whatever I feel like giving and I feel like giving this a good score anyway (though less than it would have gotten if The Megas were smart enough to merge Parts 1 & 2 into one six minute long instead of pretending they can exist separately).

Either way, I feel like this song is the only one that could have followed the end of the previous album. Megaman had an existential crisis after all the fighting and had a bit of a breakdown (What purpose am I to fulfill? Was I built to kill? Is there a soul beneath this shell and will it go to robot hell?), so we really needed this bleak opening before he heads back into battle.

...just, seriously, it needs its second half, you guys.)

Usually I really like this song (History Repeating Pt. 2s writeup is mostly a list of reasons I prefer Part 1), but Im not feeling it tonight. Without Part 2, this song is just blatantly unfinished and Im feeling much more bothered by that fact than usual.

And since I said everything of value in the First Thoughts section, Im going to skip out on writing a full hundred words. Much like the song itself does, Ill just stop abrup

[Final Thoughts: I really do like this song and how overly dramatic it is. Im also looking for songs that are kinda sad and Rock is still very much suffering his existential crisis making this song kinda sad without being hyper depressing. But judged based only on its own merits, it just kinda stops mid-note and never really goes anywhere.

Good song, great intro to the album, fantastic continuation of the last album, not worth all that much on its own.]

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R#27: HARDER THAN STEEL:

https://open.spotify.com/track/4QzLwqwUmKfPGSJMtuPq5R

Nominator: Shonen_Bat (24/27)
Source: History Repeating Red (9/10)

Initial Score: 72.30 [R#23]
Revised Score: 60.50 [R#27]
Final Score: 60.50 [R#27]

(First Thoughts: Its probably the most complete, standalone story The Megas ever told. A famous retired boxer comes out for one last match and chooses to die in the ring rather than surrender, becoming a legend that will live on through song. When I first listened to the album this was actually my favorite song on it, but Ive grown a bit tired of it in the years since then. Its still good, but the novelty of dramatic boxing film condensed into one song kinda wears off when you know all the lyrics by heart.)

I think I covered everything about this song in the initial writeup. Its perfect for what it is, but Im really not in the mood for a tragic boxing film in music form at the moment and Hard Mans always been one of the lamest Robot Masters. Rocket Punches can be an iconic attack, but hes certainly no Mazinger Z.. and his only other attack is jump at you, which.. come on, like most Robot Masters can jump. Its just a boring character design, with boring attacks, and the lamest name ever. If anything, this song is too good for him.

Hard to believe this was ever my favorite song on the album because its not even remotely close to that level tonight.

[Final Thoughts: I do like the song, Im just kinda tired of it. I dont usually skip it while listening to the album, but its not anything Id go out of my way to listen to. Its a good story, but not one that I need to hear over and over again, ya know?]

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