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Thank you for more information on The Land. Since it deals with historical events that Ive honestly never heard of, it was harder than most songs to get any good information about.

Manju song added to the list, though Ill hold off on posting the whole thing again since it was just updated.

And this update will be awkward now, but Im still not rearranging things just to avoid awkwardness. </.<



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78: BOB CURNOWS L.A. BIG BAND - EVERY SUMMER NIGHT:

https://youtu.be/jTQBn2eVu1s

Nominator: Haste_2 (1/19)
Source: Hastes Extra Songs (1/7)

Initial Score: 70.01 [#136]
Revised Score: 84.77 [#91]
Final Score: 88.70 [#78]

(First Thoughts: Is this jazz? I keep saying people should nominate more jazz, but I kinda...dont so much know what it is...Im led to believe it often has saxophones?? That or Lisa Simpson has lied to me and, by extension, all of America.

...

Though I guess that might just be, like, a subset of jazz. Smooth jazz, perhaps? ...Yeah, lets not pretend I know what Im talking about and move on.

Right, so this so is pleasant to listen to. It doesnt inspire any specific feelings or fantasieswith instrumentals you need to find something that makes me feel like Im somewhere or someone else, establishing a soundscape that makes the real world fade away... this obviously doesnt do that, but its a fine song thats probably from a genre Ive explicitly asked for more of, so well done.)

This gives off vibes similar to Taxis intro:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S23oaLAEUpo

Smooth, tranquil, and 70s nostalgia. Its an effective combination and I really like this one.

[Final Thoughts: I think I want some more of this type of jazz, though preferably with more sax.]

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HASTES EXTRA SONGS:

Glacier Palace: 51.04 [#442]
The Drum Thunder Suite: 52.00 [#420]
Luwieras Forest: 52.23 [#414]
Ferry Poem: 59.22 [#359]
A Friends Decision: 62.12 [#296]
Love Song: 68.40 [#230]
Every Summer Night: 88.70 [#78]

Average Score: 61.9585714285

Not a bad set of nominations, nothing in the below 50 range. I can offer some praise to Drum Thunder Suite for being a genre I have no experience with (not really my thing, but its good to get some more exposure to that type of song) and these topics could always use more songs like Every Summer Night.

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Player Averages:

Shonen_Bat: 73.6884285714
Metalmind: 59.3499999999
Haste_2: 53.8109523809
Xeybozn: 53.3525
Hbthebattle: 53.0054545454
Pyresword + sergiocornaga: 50.2062698412
Player_0: 44.991

Piano Operas low scores drag Hastes average down a bit, but not quite as much as id expected.



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77: EVERY TIME I DIE - REVIVAL MODE:

https://open.spotify.com/track/33Pr2Mpw6XoQ19zUEZHXfQ

Nominator: Bane (1/28)
Source: Ex Lives (1/14)

Initial Score: 72.46 [#89]
Revised Score: 76.47 [#148]
Final Score: 88.84 [#77]

(First Thoughts: Hey, I like this song! Will explain why later.)

Im becoming increasingly convinced that the initial version of the list was an elaborate prank from past me because I have no conscious memory of this song or the slightest clue why she liked it.

...Which kinda makes me like it for being an unsolvable mystery as to why I originally liked it. Which isnt how anything is supposed to work, but this is hardly going to be the last time I give a high score for ludicrous reasons.

Maybe well get lucky and future me will figure out why this song is ranked here. Probably not though.

[Later: I have absolutely no memory of any aspect of this song, but it seems fairly straightforward in its appeal. In no particular order:

A. Thanks, Lord, but I dont need anymore poor advice is slightly blasphemous. Just enough to get my attention.

B. I think this is probably the slowest and tamest song from either of the two nominated ETID albums. Of course that would be the one I like.

C. I like gambling, even metaphorical gambling. So basically every choice of metaphor Buckley goes with is designed especially to appeal to me.

D. The metal yelling is used very sparingly here. Its still included, but only in a few places where it can be implemented to its best effect.

E.

So I thank you for bearing witness while I waste my fucking life

That is the exact level of sadness and angst without being soul crushing that I look for. So I think Im going to move this up to the 80 point tier? Its definitely not hitting 90 points (sorry, thats a step too far), but it has so many positive qualities going for it that its still pretty great.]

[Final Thoughts: Well, it took a long time, but I did eventually find reasons I like the song.]

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EX LIVES:

The Low Road Has No Exits: 45.50 [#507]
Starve an Artist, Cover Your Trash: 50.38 [#459]
Typical Miracle: 50.68 [#450]
Touch Yourself: 50.90 [#445]
Holy Book of Dilemma: 51.00 [#443]
Grudge Music: 51.61 [#427]
A Wild, Shameless Plain: 53.34 [#404]
I Suck (Blood): 59.73 [#349]
Drag King: 59.81 [#344]
Underwater Bimbos From Outer Space: 61.25 [#311]
Business Casualty: 61.80 [#302]
Partying is Such Sweet Sorrow: 62.08 [#297]
Indian Giver: 66.80 [#258]
Revival Mode: 88.84 [#77]

Average Score: 58.1228571428

I dont really have anything specific about the album to say; hes still the best lyricist, I still have trouble remembering exactly which song was which (one song by this band featured a lean on the fourth wall moment when the song greatly slows down when Buckley screams Goddamn it, wait!which one was it? *cue Jeopardy thinking music*), and this is basically the same writeup from the other ETiD album.

They both have quite similar Average Scores as well, both starting with 58.1, and there isnt a definitive winner; Ex Lives had the highest placing individual song, From Parts Unknown has a slight lead on Average Score (58.17- VS 58.12-).

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Player Averages:

Shonen_Bat: 73.6884285714
Metalmind: 59.3499999999
Bane: 58.1471428571
Haste_2: 53.8109523809
Xeybozn: 53.3525
Hbthebattle: 53.0054545454
Pyresword + sergiocornaga: 50.2062698412
Player_0: 44.991



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76: THE DEAR HUNTER - KING OF SWORDS (REVERSED):

https://open.spotify.com/track/1ZoCfOodvufqooNDXliKxw

Nominator: NBIceman (4/22)
Source: Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise (3/15)

Initial Score: 71.198 [#109]
Revised Score: 84.59 [#92]
Final Score: 88.90 [#76]

(First Thoughts: I like the theatrical fall into corruption, but it repeats itself a few too many times towards the end.)

Overly theatrical falls into corruption are also good, yes. I also like how this song isnt like anything else on the album, suddenly becoming some... disco pop thing, which to be quite honest appeals to me more musically than most of their more normal songs.

Its also another fairly standalone song from the album, as the story of someone being tempted by fame and power is fairly straightforward. It did make me excited to hear the rest of the album, but its also something that doesnt really need the other songs.

[Final Thoughts: Not quite a theatrical villain song, but not terribly far removed from one either.]

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