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I feel Ive heard of Electro Swing before, but I think that might have been the first song of the genre I heard? Neat.



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102: BRING ME THE HORIZON - SLEEPWALKING:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6jWOzzvHVM

Nominator: @BlackDra90n (8/21)
Source: Live at Royal Albert Hall (8/14)

Initial Score: 63.22 [#186]
Revised Score: 66.48 [#233]
Final Score: 68.70 (upgraded to 74.15) (upgraded to 84.00) [#169]

(First Thoughts: Good lyrics, but I think Id prefer the song to be a bit more mellow.... I like the start of the bridge better than any of the main parts of the song.)

Fantastic lyrics to be honest. I know its far from being the only song to deal with depression and drug addiction (its not even the only one on this album), but they hit much harder...

...but somehow this song doesnt quite land properly. I love his voice, I love the band, I love the genre, the lyrics seem like the type that would easily hit a 100... but while I like it, I cant honestly say I really like it to move it up a tier. And Im not sure where the disconnect is coming from exactly... I think its because hes a bit too angry on this song? Singing about being so emotionally dead that time has no meaning is powerful, but singing it angrily kinda kills the lack of emotion part. I feel you cant be completely dead inside and about to smash everything like the Hulk.

Meanwhile, in another universe...

Bruce Banner: Dont make me feel emotionally dead inside. You wont like me then... not that anyone ever likes me...

Moments Later

Hulk: HULK SMASH YOU UNTIL YOU AS DEAD AS HULK FEELS!!

[Not Final Thoughts: The record company has blocked almost all videos of the concert, but they finally uploaded copies of the songs themselves to YouTube & Spotify, which works for me. I wanted the album on Spotify anyway.

[EDIT: Actually, I think they unblocked the videos shortly afterwards, or at least some of them seem to have popped back up?]

This song... good song, I like it, but I dont think its one of my favorites from the album. Im still not sure why I dont like it more than I do, but I feel its a very high 60 point song rather than a 70 point one. Strangely, I feel the same way about the original version of the song: I expected it to be better or worse than the Royal Albert Hall version, but its still the same high-60s song it always was.]

[Later: Ehhh.... fine, up to 70 points, I guess: Yeah, the 70s feels right for this song. Its got too many positive traits for me to let it fall any earlier, but Im not quite in love with the song or anything.]

[Still Later: And a very, very last second upgrade to the 80s.]

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100 [TIE]: AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM - THE SILKEN WHIP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31had2EKoy8

Nominator: rwlh (6/15)

Initial Score: 67.51 [#160]
Revised Score: 83.87 [#96]
Final Score: 84.42 [#100]

(First Thoughts: I dont know why I like this song quite as much as I do.)

I still cant figure it out. At over seven minutes long, its one of the longer nominationsnot too long, and we certainly have longer, but it feels a long time for an instrumental track that never inspires any specific emotion. It also feels like it becomes close to a dance song later onit gradually ramps up and the ending isnt all that far removed from songs Ive given very low points to.

But I inexplicably like it, quite unequivocally in fact. Theres something about the way the song melds different styles? Parts of it feel like a medieval Japanese village, parts feel like... like a cartoons idea of an acid trip with lots of flashy colors in front of your eyes, parts feel like a rave (but a relatively tame rave). The song is all over the place in a way that is as pleasing as it is confusing.

[Final Thoughts: Still good, still dont particularly understand it.]

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100 [TIE]: ALLAN HOLDSWORTH - THE DUPLICATE MAN:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa-7NUwkrwI

Nominator: @Toxtricity / Mycro (2/15)

Initial Score: 69.99999~ [#138]
Revised Score: 63.96 [#254]
Final Score: 84.42 [#100]

(First Thoughts: Your guess as to why this score goes so far over the decimal point is as good, nay better, than mine.)

[Note: 69.999 repeating was treated as 70 for ranking for purposes.]

Its a different song, alright. I cant define this song, so lets one of his fans hype the man:

[Allan Holdsworths] music represents the very pinnacle of human achievement. Holdsworth literally invented his own system, his own vocabulary, of music - John McLaughlin famously said If I could figure out what hes doing, Id steal every bit of it, but I cant figure it out

The [12-disc boxed set] in question is simply worth any amount of money, for what price can one put on the greatest art ever created?

Well, thats one way of hyping him up, I suppose.

Aaanywho... I dont know what genre this is, Ive never heard of a SynthAxe prior to a Wikipedia article about Allan Holdsworth, and I dont have enough education on music to even decipher other peoples attempts to talk about the song:

Holdsworth spins an electrics-classical perspective on The Duplicate Man. With his synthaxe, he emulates strings and horns with dusky chord-like voicings and employs a polyrhythmic digital drum groove that establishes a hearty momentum via a progressive-rock modality. With polytonal accents and instances of lament and jubilance, he injects trinkets of sound-sculpting maneuvers into this deceptively complex piece, paced with sinewy lines and his renowned legato phraseology.

At the very least, I can confirm that those are words. </.<

Right, well I think he has some interesting note choices that feel uncommon which makes it interesting, but I suspect it works better if youre capable of recognizing why theyre uncommon.

[Not Final Thoughts: Right, right... so theres obviously some weird duality stuff going on. Starting fairly early on in the song theres some traditional beauty playing along the not-quite-discordant unpleasantly flat notes and its an interesting effect. 70 points worth of interest? Yes.]

[Later: Oh, lets make it 80.]

[Final Thoughts: Imma just let this tie with The Silken Whip. Two songs in the 80 point range that I really enjoy but cant explain or quite figure out why? Easy tie.]

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And were officially 500 songs into the main ranking! Only 99 more to go.
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