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First five songs that come to mind, huh? Alright... in the order they were thought of:

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1.BRING ME THE HORIZON - DOOMED (LIVE AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGc9W-_C9u0

Easy choice for first thought. Well, not that I chose what to think of, but you know what I meant.

1: Its one of the songs I know I undervalued slightly. Id decided the very top level of songs would be reserved exclusively for songs that I was considering for first place and when it came to BMTH songs, I was obsessed with Happy Song. There was a 0% chance of Doomed getting ranked above Happy Song at the time, so it had to be a step below it. Im not sure if Id definitely take Doomed over Happy Song these days, but its certainly a lot closer than the scores and placements indicate.

2: I had to give it a bit of an additional writeup a little while ago, to clarify that the nominated version (like the link posted above) isnt exactly Doomedits Overture and Doomed together in one video, so you get some violin orchestra for a few minutes before Doomed actually starts. Not exactly a bad thing, but since I was just talking about the song, of course its still on my mind.

3: Probably the song from the ranking that Ive been listening to the most lately. There was a point where Happy Song was the most listened, Avantasias Runaway Train was an obsession for a week or so, and lately Doomeds been getting a lot of play.

Soo... yeah. Pretty easy to see why that would be the First Thought.

(As an aside, I made the list of songs before starting any writeups. Which is why you wont be seeing Happy Song or Runaway Train in this list of 5.)

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(Invalid Answer): EMERSON, LAKE, & PALMER - THE SHERIFF:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZmWLOce8Lc

This isnt one of the 631, but it is one of the extra songs from this phase of the topic & the second song I thought of. And since I left my initial writeup as a vague Im not talking about this song, I think Im actually going to detour and talk about it now.

First, I highly suggest listening to the song and going into it blind. Ill even spoiler tag the rest of this writeup to give you a chance.

Listen to it yet? ...No? *shrugs* Well, I tried.

This is a random song that wasnt really nominated anywhere. Player 0 made a joking reference to the album it was from (he nominated Trilogy by The Weeknd, but there was also an ELP album named Trilogy), but as far as Im aware, he hadnt actually listened to the album or had any expectation that I would actually listen to it.

The punchline is that he may have accidentally gave me my favorite song from this post-ranking.

On one level, this seems like a song I shouldnt like. Its definitely dealing with subject matter thats way too heavy for methe song opens with a lynch mob & ends with our hero murdering a cop, so ya know, not exactly something I want to talk about. This is the type of song that gets a self-deprecating and sarcastic writeup along the lines of why are you asking someone that refers to herself as a delusional bunny her thoughts on racism and vigilante justice? What has gone so wrong in your life that you have wound up in a position where youre not only interacting with me, but actually expect me to have anything relevant or thoughtful to say in response to this??

So... putting aside the subject matter and trying to only speak of the song itself:

A: I like how it tells a very complete three act story in its rather brief runtime. Its under three and a half minutes, has two instrumental break, and still manages to get a lot of storytelling here. Theres no wasted time. (On some level, it reminds me of The Diesel Street Kings - Lord of the Breeze from last years topic; while theyre not particularly similar, theyre both in that classic rock genre & feature male singers that are more narrating a story than singing.)

B: No repetition at allno choruses, no repeated lines, it helps it stand out from all the more traditional verse-chorus-verse-chorus songs.

C: The outro of the song is so cartoonish and ludicrous that it always makes me smile. Just listen to how toony that gunshot sound effect is and how wildly energetic that piano solo is. Its just so absurd and out of place.

D: On a related note, the music itself isnt very heavy or serious. While the subject matter is heavy, theres some levity to the music itself.

And it all adds up to what I would say is my favorite song of the post-ranking-listening thus far. And I highly doubt anyone else would rank it this highly, for so many reasons:

Cop killing

Not treating the subject matter with the seriousness it deserves

Not the most technically proficient song, in terms of lyrical performance or instrumentals

Blah blah blah, other reasons, dont care, love the song.

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