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I think Id better avoid responding to Icemans predictions to avoid spoiling anything. </.<

And Lightning Crashes is hardly going to be the last song that started at hatred and moved way up the list... but well get to all of those eventually. Going to go through another 15 songs today, hopefully:



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174: MAMOMO - (EVENTUALLY THE NIGHT WILL COME) [MAMOMO #10]:

https://s-mamomo.bandcamp.com/track/--54

Nominator: @FL81 (11/20)
Source: mamomo album (9/13)

Initial Score: 80.00 [#53]
Revised Score: 90.99 [#58]
Final Score: 73.48 [#174]

(First Thoughts: Very...intriguing song. I say that too much, but I dont care.)

I stand by calling this song intriguing. I cant quite place what type of ambience this track is making me think of, which makes my ears all twitchy (in a good way)... usually Mycro/Toxtricity is the only one who gives me songs that inspire this type of reaction.

I like whatever it is this song is doing.

[Final Thoughts: Its still good and I like it considerably, but it doesnt feel as enchantingly unknowable as it did the first two times. It just feels rather hopeful and Im less interested in a hopeful song at the moment, unfortunately. Apparently I loved it the second time around, if its any consolation.]

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173: POPPY - DONT ASK:

https://open.spotify.com/track/3Sdqr4VUnCM56E7c5a4KS3

Nominator: Murphiroth (9/21)
Source: I Disagree (More) (6/14)

Initial Score: 73.00 [#86]
Revised Score: 78.23 [#132]
Final Score: 73.50 [#173]

(First Thoughts: Very close to what I want.)

A very direct song thats summed up entirely by its title. Dont ask for another album like this one, dont ask about Titanic Sinclair or Mars Argo, just...dont ask anything in general.

Thats certainly a sentiment I can relate to, though its also not one that inspires much commentary or discussion.

[Final Thoughts: Good song, still almost exactly what Im looking for, but not quite.]

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172: ABOVE & BEYOND - HOME [RADIO EDIT]

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

Nominator: Djungelurban (8/15)

Initial Score: 57.29 [#288]
Revised Score: 78.67 [#128]
Final Score: 73.60 [#172]

(First Thoughts: I think I like her voice and the lyrics, but... well you know how I feel about this type of beat.)

Song is carried entirely by the strength of her vocal performance. I still have no love for this genre of music, but I find the vocalist so enchanting and mystifying that I want to listen to the song in spite of its genre.

But I think theres a limit to how far a song like this can go. I do like it, considerably, and its kinda helping me ease into the genre a bit... but Im still not a fan of this pulsing techno beat, so I dont exactly love the song or anything.

[Final Thoughts: Its somewhat interesting to compare this edit to the original version of the song. The original doesnt have the pulsing beat (yay!), but its also played at roughly half-speed and goes on for over seven minutes without any new lyrics or melodies to actually sustain the song for that long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfS5ROnRY7o

(I actually listened to it on Spotify, so apologies if theres anything wrong with that link. First 30 seconds seemed to play fine and the video length is correct, so Im just guessing its a functional version of the song.)

And I think I actually prefer this pulsing trance mix over the original. I may not like that beat on Radio Edit, but the full version feels as though its pointlessly long and wasting my time.]

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171: THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT - SIRIUS & EYE IN THE SKY:

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

Nominator: LOLIAmAnAlt (6/15)

Initial Score: 66.00 [#162]
Revised Score: 81.71 [#108]
Final Score: 73.80 [#171]

(First Thoughts: I feel I probably should play the songs listed separately on the album are separate songs, so this is technically two nominations, even though Sirius is just an intro card, but Ill allow it this time.)

Well, nothing said you couldnt edit two songs together into one one song and nominate it as a single entrant, so... I probably need to remember to close that loophole next year.

And this probably should have been placed in the R#s since Ive heard Eye in the Sky a hundred times and even nominated it at someone elses ranking topic, but Ive almost never listened to it with Sirius as an intro, so it again squeezes by with a technicality.

Sirius: Has somehow become synonymous with sporting events, so its kinda difficult to think about anything else or properly judge it. Whatever meaning the song originally had has now been replaced with Introducing YOUR [sports team]s starting lineup!!!!! which is fine, I suppose? Its not something I mind, but Im not really into sports, and its just....weird going from sports music to Eye in the Sky.

And yes, I know, this wasnt written for sports, but thats just where we are now.

Eye in the Sky: An all time classic song, but Im a tad burnt out on it. I had an obsession with it several years ago, but Ive kinda listened to it enough for one lifetime? To a point that I dont really want to talk about it because Im just tired of it now.

Originally had this at a much lower score due to being tired of it, but its still a great song, so I decided to bump it up the list a fair amount.

[Final Thoughts: I seem to have split the difference between the Initial and Revised Scores. Its still a song I kinda love, but since Im tired of it, theres quite a few other songs Id rather listen to more... so I dont really know where I want to rank it, exactly, but this feels like a fitting enough position.]

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