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R#18: FLY ON A DOG

https://open.spotify.com/track/5tVK87q6QY2Z2OZnQFSDrg

Nominator: Shonen_Bat (18/27)
Source: History Repeating Red (5/10)

Initial Score: 97.13 [R#6]
Revised Score: 88.73 [R#12]
Final Score: 88.73 [R#18]

(First Thoughts: In which Megaman has another existential crisis, this time while accompanied by Rush. As mentioned, Rock does not take his orders to kill Wily very well and has lost all faith in his father, along with humanity in general.

How dare he call me son
When Im clearly a weapon, a loaded gun?

All while juxtaposing the seriousness of the story with the goofiness of the game its based on (I can drive in a dog... UNDERWATER!) and this somehow manages to be one of their most serious songs and one of their goofiest at the same time. I love this song and everything about it.)

This song actually has a lot of different versions, much like Sparkmans theme before it. Theres an early version of it from their Fly on a Dog EP, (though its not different enough to be worth comparing it to the finished version), but theres also a remixed version from the same EP (Just Another Machine).

....I was going to link it, but it also isnt interesting enough to be worth the detour.

Anyway, this song is the closest youre going to get to a lighthearted song on the album and it does a great job setting the tone of the album. When you open with the hero having an existential crisis, you know youre not going to be having a lot of fun songs about dancing tops this time around. And I do love it. Just slightly less than I did last time.

[Final Thoughts: its still a great song, but... well Im running late for something and have to go right now and had nothing else about it to say anyway.]

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R#17: MAKE YOUR CHOICE:

https://open.spotify.com/track/2Q1FIJD8dMvJuGgxTNb9Zu

Nominator: Shonen_Bat (17/27)
Source: History Repeating Red (4/10)

Initial Score: 88.92 [R#12]
Revised Score: 95.00 [R#7]
Final Score: 88.92 [R#17]

(First Thoughts: Still not enough difference in Mega & Protos voices and its rather anticlimactic. Megaman & Protoman argue with each other for a few minutes and then Gamma apparently self-destructs in confusion. But it gets stuck in my head more than most songs on the album and I like it, even though I dont really have anything positive to say about it.)

Im having a hard time figuring out exactly why Ive rated this song as highly as I have. Like my initial reaction said, I dont have anything positive to say about it. At least, nothing that cant be said about every other song by the band as well.

I suppose part of it is, as Im sure Ive said before (though maybe not on this portion of the list yet, Im having trouble remembering exactly what Ive said and when itll wind up being posted chronologically), Im drawn to villains either finding redemption or rejecting the chance for it, so a song dedicated to Megaman trying to persuade his brother to stop being an idiot... that does appeal to me, yes.

I think Ill leave things at that. I could overly psychoanalyze myself here, but I dont want to at the moment. I like the song a lot, it just has enough flaws to hold it back from actually being the best thing everlets go with that.

[Final Thoughts: ...Not entirely sure why I was so into the song during the second phase of this topic, but the Initial Score feels far more accurate. A much loved song, with some flaws that keep me from considering it truly top tier. Thats literally the definition I gave for the 80 point tier.]

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