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135: PSO2 - NEON DAYS ~ THE EARTH (SCENERY):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x25TifWCAuc&list=PLeKaE-gusMmaq2FecWApCcMOVGJblcdrD&index=1

Nominator: NFUN (4/37)

Initial Score: 54.20 [#319]
Revised Score: 76.03 [#152]
Final Score: 78.00 [#135]

(First Thoughts: Not a bad track, but no moments really stood out.)

One of those songs that I suddenly like, but dont actually know why and have listened to the song three times in a row in hopes of finding something to say... but... never getting anywhere, as usual.

[The next space filling song is one that Ive praised before, but Im not sure if I ever talked about it at any length]

Venetian Snares - Masodik Galamb:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOwgOcfj3AE

...Actually, Im not sure theres a lot I can say about it. We get some slightly odd spoken word narration (which I usually like) and then the song... uhh... gets progressively crazier as its a six minute long descent into complete insanity (which I also usually like).

Its a very strange track and I feel like I should be nominating it to people more often.

[Final Thoughts: Again, Ive listened to this multiple times in a row attempting to find why I like it, but I still have nothing. I know that I like it a lot and I refuse to consider dropping it down a tier or anything, but thats about all I know.]

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134: AKINA NAKAMORI - DESIRE -JONETSU-:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YS5euuX7_w

Nominator: handsomeboy (4/15)

Initial Score: 80.089 [#49]
Revised Score: 77.79 [#136]
Final Score: 78.10 [#134]

(First Thoughts:

I kick my heels off and then I feel it
I feel just how long and lonely the night is

Yeah, this song hits the right feelings & I find myself getting drawn into her voice... )

Just a generally all-around good song. I have no real complaints about the lyrics, the singer, or the music. Also, even though its only the most surface level of similarities, it reminds me of The Winner (Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory first opening):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoplnxPv-J0

Not really similar, but theyre both JPop songs from the 80s sung by somewhat deep-voiced women with burning love and burning heart as English lyrics. Not exactly deep similarities, but thats where my mind goes, and reminding me of Gundam is always a good thing.

[Final Thoughts: Original link is dead, but the one I put up there seems fineat least the song and video are the same way I remember them from the first two listens, so Im pretty confident its the same vid. Nothing else to add to the song: its a good song that reminds me of Gundam, so yeah.]

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133: WOODKID - GOLIATH:

https://youtu.be/5tEfYvY3bAg

Nominator: Jesse_Custer (8/15)

Initial Score: 60.00 [#242]
Revised Score: 79.99 [#116]
Final Score: 78.20 [#133]

(First Thoughts: I dont think I want to put down any first thoughts. This feels like a different genre than Ive heard before (I half-expected Wikipedia to claim it as post-hardcore, but no, the artist is Chamber Pop, Art Pop, and Neofolk. First person to explain what the bloody hell Chamber Pop is in a comprehensible way will win nothing, because I have nothing to give them and I care exactly enough to ask what? but not enough to Google the term.

Song went completely over my head, not a surprise, most songs do. But this leaves me with a song from a genre I dont know, with a meaning I dont know, by an artist Ive never heard of, and I dont think first thoughts are going to get you anywhere or be worth reading. Giving it a very placeholder value of 60 points for now; enough that its solidly in the I like this category, but fairly low because I dont exactly get it right now and need a bit time to even process what the song is)

Not related to the score or anything, but I do appreciate you giving me a French artist. Not entirely sure it was deliberate, but since I remarked on the lack of French songs, it was nice. (Off the top of my head theres this song, which is in English but sang by a French artist; IhatethisCPU gave a song in French ; and one of The Weeknds songs had some French lyrics in it. There may have been some other inclusions, I dont profess to know the nationality of every artist at this topic.)

Even after reading every interview about this song I could find, I still have a hard time grasping this song. in theory, I get that its dealing with excessive industrialization, climate change, the far right, etc, etc. In practice, lines like The chest and the head divided by a white laser are so incomprehensible this might as well be a Fair to Midland track.

(I always love seeing Fair to Midland make an appearance at these topics, so I mean that in the best possible way. Its supposed to be a playful joke and not a mean-spirited one.)

[Final Thoughts: Well, I still have no idea what Im listening to, so that could be why the score fluctuates so much... I have a hard time pinning down exactly where I want to drop it, other than somewhere in one of the I liked this tiers.]

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