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And by pure coincidence, the last three songs of the night are also the last three songs in the 70 point tier:

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117: SAVATAGE - GUTTER BALLET:

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

Nominator: NBIceman (8/22)
Source: NBIcemans Extra Songs (5/7)

Initial Score: 67.98 [#159]
Revised Score: 76.58 [#147]
Final Score: 79.77 [#117]

(First Thoughts: Technically impressive song; yeah, yeah yeah. Still not getting a great score; no, no, no.

Also apparently it causes me to burst into old Honeycomb commercials (best remembered these days for being parodied on Futurama), so that is a thing that has happened.)

I think Id like to hear another song or two from this band. Theyve got a great sound and I think theres probably an 80 or 90 point song by them, somewhere.

This song: Very well made, quite impressive, like the general concept... could live without the metaphorical killing of unicorns, but it doesnt bother me enough to lower the score. There just arent any specific lyrics Im in love with to elevate this up to the next tier.

[Later: Still not at the 80 point levelits incredibly well performed, but I need some type of lyric that I want to latch onto (with exceptions for purely instrumental tracks, obviously) to convince me to pull it up to the next rank. Great song though.]

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116: COLLIDE - FREAKS ME OUT (BLUE STAHLI REMIX):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyYrHjyA25w

Nominator: LOLIAmAnAlt (3/15)

Initial Score: 80.00 [#53]
Revised Score: 82.07 [#106]
Final Score: 79.88 [#116]

(First Thoughts:Does a lot things I dont normally like: its...not exactly club music, but club adjacent? And the lyrics are on the repetitive side. But it clicks with me somehow; I suspect the lines you cant change me and you wont stop change give me some bias in its favor.)

I shouldnt like it, but I do, so meow. Something about the lyrics and how distant her voice sounds lends a certain ethereal quality to the song that... probably doesnt actually exist and isnt intended, but works incredibly well for me.

[Final Thoughts: I feel like this song works best as one of the highest ranked songs in the 70s section.]

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115: GIRLS GENERATION - CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (KOREAN VERSION):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b09U0KLv6I4

Nominator: Djungelurban (7/15)

Initial Score: 60.54 [#227]
Revised Score: 61.32 [#276]
Final Score: 68.95 (upgraded to 79.99) [#115]

(First Thoughts: Im conflicted. Theres a lot to like in the lyricstalking about changing every minute, every secondyes, so very much yes.

But theyre not exactly my favorite band and I actively dislike the parts where the beat drops... its like lyrics with parts that go up to 95 points attached to a song that drops as low at 24 points when the beat drops. I... guess like overpowers dislike to get into the low 60s, but I could see dropping this song way down the list on a relisten.)

I want to love this song and at times I almost do. With those lyrics, I come so close to fully connecting with the song... and then that beat drops and pulls me out of the song so completely. I still like the song, of course I do, I could never dislike a song that comes SO CLOSE to being what I need... but... eesh, those parts are really doing their best to ruin the song.

[Not Actually Final Thoughts: I love that chorus and some of the lyrics, but the backing music really lets the song down.]

[Later: I love the chorus enough that this should be more in the high 60s than the low 60s; going to move it up a bit here.]

[Non-Final Thoughts: Like RA RI RU RE, the song is a test to see how far a perfect chorus can carry things with the rest of the song trying very hard to drag it down.]

[Later Again: So, Ive gone to Spotify and added this to Liked Songs so that I can find it later, which feels like an action that puts this well beyond the 60 point songs. Going to try 75 points for this?]

[Final Thoughts: Wonderful chorus. Rest of the song is good enough to not really get in the way.]

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