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420 [TIE]: SUPER METAL CRUSHER - BATTLE BGM 1~4:

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

Nominator: LOLIAmAnAlt (11/15)

Initial Score: 51.30 [#364]
Revised Score: 55.23 [#362]
Final Score: 52.00 [#420]

(First Thoughts: The list desperately needed some classic gaming beeping songs, but this isnt one of my favorites.)

I honestly do appreciate trying to nominate a TurboGrafx song. I dont think I have a favorite song from that system yet, so giving recommendations from that system is actually a really great idea. But, as we established, I dont often like battle themes and this isnt one of the exceptions. I like the soundchip here, just not quite this song.

Skimming the soundtrack, I think Battle BGM 5~8 might have fared the best:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWPKXX_Wtg0

Theres a harsher, buzzing-like quality to it that Im kinda digging. Its definitely the best of the three Battle Themes from that game.

[Final Thoughts: Definitely the type of song that should be nominated, but not one that Im really into. Also, I suppose Ill have this tie with the other song Im giving the same writeup to...]

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420 [TIE]: ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS - THE DRUM THUNDER SUITE:

https://youtu.be/3rfFLC5AfcY

Nominator: Haste_2 (10/19)
Source: Hastes extra songs (6/7)

Initial Score: 45.00 [#476]
Revised Score: 51.87 [#410]
Final Score: 52.00 [#420]

(First Thoughts: It gets some points for uniqueness, but Im really not a fan. I think I tend to dislike songs with a heavy focus on drumsI once said that I actively hated drums, though Ive since toned the rhetoric down to dislike how drums tend to be used in the types of songs Ive heard with them to be less...inflammatorily incorrectand this song serves as an example of drumming that I do not like.

I will say that I appreciate this nomination a lot more than the score reflects. Its definitely a side of jazz that Ive never heard and, while you probably didnt know my aversion to drums, I like that its such a bold choice and serves to test exactly how much I actually dislike the instrument as compared to how much I oversell my dislike of it. This is definitely the type of song that should be nominated and I honestly applaud you for doing so.

...Tempted to bump the score up to the low 40s here. I cant bring myself to put it in the 50s, because I still dont like the song, but I do like discussing & thinking about the song... yeah, Im moving this up to 45.00. Its a meaningless distinction since initial scores are pointlesspun not intended, but Ill take itbut I feel better giving it the slight bump.)

Ive decided I like this enough as a nomination that I do want to bump the score up to the low 50s. It feels wrong to constantly hype a song up as the type of thing that should be nominated and still give it a below average score.

[Final Thoughts: Im thankful for the experience, but its not quite my type of song.]

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