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Oh, Im sure its a great song. Epic music tends to be very well received, just (like everything else around this point) not really for me.

And speaking of good songs that arent for me, heres two more like that.



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520: TOOL - H:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg8vTSyHFkQ&list=OLAK5uy_k_Z0-DYw0_cGPvZm6icNUGbefRT4wktdY&index=3

Nominator: Steiner (18/26)
Source: Aenima (8/15)

Initial Score: 46.24 [#467]
Revised Score: 44.71 [#489]
Final Score: 44.20 [#520]

(First Thoughts: Its probably good enough, but I dont especially want songs dealing with fatherhood or child abuse (especially child abuse) at the moment, so I just kinda tune this out.)

Its another song where its just too heavy a subject matter for my blood. My eyes glaze over and I mostly wait for the song to end. I can at least tell why other people would like it, but its very definitely not my type of thing.

I kinda like the intro before he starts singing and his voice isnt displeasingoutside of the I DONT MIND parts at any rate, which (thematically appropriate or not) are a bit too intense. And while I should probably have it lower, again, I can at least see why its a good song... so I dont really want to drop it below 40 points.

[Note: I had to take a break when this song came up for its second listen. Id done ten songs and was feeling good about my progress since I had another two hours that I could spend listening & ranking, but I got about one minute into this song and just said nope, there is no way Im dealing with this song tonight, and left to go play Hades for two hours instead.]

[Final Thoughts: Not much to add. It is a good song, just not for me.]

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519: THE MOODY BLUES - LOVELY TO SEE YOU:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhkiAdPmu3o

Nominator: LOLIAmAnAlt (14/15)

Initial Score: 49.53 [#428]
Revised Score: 44.82 [#488]
Final Score: 44.24 [#519]

(First Thoughts: Not really looking for a friendship song (or whatever this is.))

Its another of those songs that are perfectly fine, but dont appeal to me in the least. Finding a new to me song from the 60s is kinda nice, but like I said, Im not interested in a friendship song. Ive also never been a big fan of The Moody Blues; Ive probably heard Nights In White Satin & Tuesday Afternoon hundreds of times, but never actively sought out either song or anything else by the band. They were just things that would play on the radio and Id sit through without any complaints or interest.

Im just now learning that theres a full length version of Nights In White Satin with a full intro and spoken word poetry outro? Lets drop everything were doing and go listen to that for a while!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqaiS-sDQyY

The intro actually isnt too bad. I dont know that it really helps the song at all, but Im not against its inclusion.

The main part of the song is the same as it ever was, though I like the second verse more than I use to

Gazing at people, some hand in hand
Just what I'm going through they can't understand

Very tame level of angst there, it works for me these days.

Instrumental part of the outro does not work for me. Somehow its reminding me of Fantasia or something.

And that poem... that... that was a thing alright. I think I actually do like this extended cut of the song though; its a...different take on the song, far more experimental than the single version Im used to. I think Id actually go up to 90 points for the full version of Night? It feels like too high a score, but Im very intrigued by the track and want to hear it again.

Aaanywho, going back to the song I was supposed to be ranking: I still have nothing to add to it. Blah blah friendship, blah blah reunion, not my thing right now.

[Final Thoughts: Id completely forgotten their song Go Now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN2fOgfFnDo

Now thats the type of thing Im looking for. Just the perfect mix of nostalgia and blunt sadness without being too depressing. So I guess I do really enjoy at least two of their songs, just... unfortunately not the one that was nominated. Still, it led to me rediscovering some great things, so that was fun!

...Now I kinda wish Id tried nominating the full version of Nights at rwlhs topic, though its a bit long and I think some parts of that had individual track numbers instead of being one song? Or not, I dont have time to research that right now.]

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