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Raetsel_Lapin posted...

Also*3: I reserve the right to alter any song's score at any time. You know how it is; you eliminate a song and then a week later it gets stuck in your head and you're all, "aww, I wish I gave it a higher score"?

I've had Reality TV stuck in my head all morning and will probably give it some extra points tomorrow. Haven't quite decided how many though; it certainly is a catchier song than I was giving it credit for, but I still have a bias against the way he's delivering his message. Feels like it should place anywhere from low 40's to mid 50's... I'm going to give things another day before I shuffle things around, but I'll probably do something.

For now, we'll just keep rolling with the next two songs to drop and worry about everything else later.

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#769: Sabu - Choferito - Plena [4:05]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_M9Bv1FmwM

Nominator: Cakophon [19 Remaining]

Initial Score: 49.37
Revised Score: 42.11
Final Score: 42.11

(First Reaction: It's not really my thing, very... traditional, percussion heavy, and the lyrics sound like they're repeating themselves fairly often (though I cannot find any trace of the lyrics online and don't speak the language, so i could be wildly mistaken on that end and apologize if I'm completely off-base). That being said, I don't have any actual issues with the song... it's not something I'll really choose to listen to, but not something I'd make an attempt to avoid or complain about either. )

I really want to have more to say here, but this is just both too traditional & focused entirely on a style of instrument that's hard for me to get into. I'm grateful for the chance to try classic Latin jazz, but I don't think the genre is for me... or at least this type of song isn't, one with different instruments and/or a more modern flavor could easily be a radically different experience that I enjoy, so I'm hardly going to dismiss the entire genre... but this particular example is not a great starting point.

[Final Thoughts: That's about it. I want to like it and I'm glad something different was nominated, but it really doesn't seem to be a style that I have an affinity for. I did try to find a different version of this song to see if that improved the experience and I kinda like the "Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band" rendition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObCYawvt01M

Removing the somewhat repetitive vocals and using different instruments obviously results in a very different feel to the song, but this one has a Carribbean feeling that's more appealing to me. ...Though it's changed so drastically that it's basically a completely different song and "I like this if you change every single thing about it" is not... not as positive sounding a writeup as it sounded in my head.]

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#768: Franchouchou - Mezame Returner (Electric Returner) (4:18):
https://open.spotify.com/track/36P5LYtR9a0BHKKIGmzWGm?si=92c2ec4462b44a78

Nominator: Player_0 [28 Remaining]

Initial Score: 56.11
Revised Score: 42.00
Final Score: 42.48

(First Reaction: I'm not really into this type of vocal distortion these days and I'm not sure why we need a mechanical version of a song from earlier in the album. This is fine enough, especially if taken entirely on its own, but it's rather hard to judge it on its own merits when a superior version of the song played just a few minutes ago....)

!Oddly, I think this song was originally helped by following the regular version of the track. I liked that version and hearing a bizarre, corrupted version had some novelty... without that, this is uhh... not something I'm into these days, but it probably would have played well at the first ranking.

[Final Thoughts: The autotuning does no favors to this specific song and having a corrupted remix of a song play so closely to the (vastly superior) original song is a weird design choice for the album's track listing. I'd personally have placed this as the last track, as a bonus song or something. It's not something I really mind listening to, but I don't think I'd ever choose it over the original song which is *RIGHT THERE* and this doesn't change the song up drastically enough for this to stand on its own as a unique experience. It's... alright.]

[Later: Decided to look up a scene from the anime to see why we're reprising this track in this fashion. Actually kind of a cute scene; everyone gets hit with lightning, but since they're already dead it just does *this* to their voices.

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

Which is somehow more fun than I expected... but not *quite* fun or interesting enough that it impacts my impression of the song in any notable way. Still seemed worth pointing it out though.]

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