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401.ORBITAL - MELTDOWN:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6ZqTXGzEiI

Nominator: @Toxtricity / Mycro (12/15)

Initial Score: 46.515 [#465]
Revised Score: 57.33 [#332]
Final Score: 54.08 [#401]

(First Thoughts: I like some of the ideas, like the breaking plates (I like...odd things, usually, I think, probably, maybe, shut up), but this just felt....tedious. It didnt feel much like having a meltdown, none of the individual sections really stood out, it just...kept going.

Imagine watching old Energizer Bunny commercials, only the bunny has been dyed black and all audio has been replaced by a faint clicking sound. The clicking is vaguely rhythmic and intriguing for a few seconds, but as you sit through ten minutes of watching a 30 second advert on an endless loop, you wonder whywhy it exists, why someone is showing it to you, why youre watching it. Then you just turn off the TV and go about your day because, much like the song, this metaphor went nowhere.)

There are sections I like, but the song lasts for so long that I can never recall any of them by the time the song has ended. It makes it very hard to discuss the song because its just too much.

Oh yeah, I liked the part...a few minutes ago, with the...the whatever was happening, you know?

(Vaguely recalled memories: The outro, quite a few sampled sounds because I like samples, some very low tones which I also like, and like nine and a half minutes worth of other stuff??)

Id say my new opinion on the song is slightly positive.

[Final Thoughts: Mew.]

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400: HOMESTUCK - UNITE SYNCHRONIZATION:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHmXe2eY6Kg

Nominator: Hbthebattle (5/11)

Initial Score: 59.03 [#273]
Revised Score: 58.17 [#320]
Final Score: 55.00 [#400]

(First Thoughts: A respectable attempt at an artificial sounding instrumental track. Theres still traditional instruments, but theres also a fair amount of beeping and what not. Doesnt inspire me or make me think of anything, but its nice enough.)

I dont know much about Homestuck, so the significance of this song is lost on me. I cant exactly comment on how the song brings in leitmotifs from other characters or argue about which character this theme best represents, since I barely know who any of the characters are.

Song is nice, but doesnt really do anything for me. Would probably work better with context.

[Final Thoughts: Still a good song, still doesnt make me think of anything specific or do anything that I have a strong attachment to.]

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And were officially 200 songs into the main ranking! UF8, I Disagree (More), and Live at Royal Albert Hall continue to have no eliminations thus far.

...I wish I had some other interesting statistic for you, but I cant think of anything. Still, ya know, progress milestones.
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