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TheArkOfTurus posted...

...Maybe I should listen to all my songs with adblock off, next time.

Sometimes the commercials are absurd enough that it improves the experience & it's usually not too much effort to just find a different link if I need to, though you're free to check for commercials if you wish.

Last two of the day:

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#635: Radiohead - Idioteque (5:09):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svwJTnZOaco

Nominator: rwlh [19/24 Remaining]

Initial Score: 52.04
Revised Score: 53.64
Final Score: 55.0065

(First Reaction: It's rather unique. i like how it seems to tell a story about something apocalyptic (nuclear war, global warming, or both), even though the lyrics were drawn out of a hat and likely shouldn't make as much sense as they seem to. Unfortunately, the sampled electronic music feels rather discomforting to listen to--perhaps intentionally so, perhaps I'm just too weak and pathetic to endure it--where I don't think I can say I actually liked it. Different enough that I like it being here, painful enough that I probably won't listen to it outside of ranking purposes.)

Another song that is hard to rank. It's very interesting, but I have a hard time deciding how much I actually enjoy the experience. I don't think I'm much of a Radiohead fan in general, as I didn't care for "OK Computer" when we covered it at Rank the Tracks and this song isn't really inspiring me to revisit the band... (I do kinda like Creep, but that's mostly because it's my type of depressive and mopey).

Aaanywho... some of the instruments vaguely remind me of Venetian Snares (there's a vaguely mystical "vroom" sounding thing than I'm fairly certain I've heard in Snares' work) and it's impressive the lyrics worked out as well as they did, but I see the song more as something really neat to look at rather than something I truly enjoy.

[Final Thoughts: I actually kinda like the instruments this time. It's weird and unsettling in a pleasing way, as opposed to a negative way. The vocals do rather overpower the backing music a bit more than I'd like, but it's odd & mysteriously unnerving in fun ways, so I'd say I kinda like it.]

[Later: Yeah, I enjoy the instruments on this track these days.]

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#634: Mystic Marshmallow - Tilemelter [5:46[:
https://samplepackcontest.bandcamp.com/track/tilemelter

Nominator: Kopazzynth [14/21 Remaining]

Initial Score: 48.09
Revised Score: 57.04
Final Score: 54.836 [Upgraded to 55.00] [Upgraded to 55.0085]

(First Reaction: Not a bad selection of samples and I feel the composer used them well, but there are no particular moments that I really enjoyed... it's fine,)

Going back through the list, this is clearly a tier above all the other songs that started with 40 points. There's a lot of video game PEW PEW PEW lasers here that are vaguely nostalgic and enjoyable. This feels like the title theme for a video game collection, like if Namco Museum went for a more 'experimental remix' vibe with its soundtrack over the 'atmospheric' one from the PSX era games. This is a pretty neat idea with solid execution behind it, even if it's not quite one of my favorites.

[Final Thoughts: I think I overvalued this a bit because it was just so much better than the songs that were grouped around it in points originally; while this is still a very neat song with an intriguing set of samples, it feels like something that comes in just before the 55 point marker. Still, signficantly better than that abysmal initial score implied.]

[Later: I do kinda like this. Especially the opening to the song, which feels very Galaxian/Galaga-n to me & brings back lots of pleasant memories of that series and the Namco Museum series. The rest of the song is certainly nice, but it doesn't rely on the same type of PEW PEW PEW nostalgia for the rest of the runtime. Going to delay this elimination for a bit... not sure if I want to put it above the Wall, but I do want to think about it for another day or two.]

[Slightly Later: Yeah, this is a different type of nostalgia than any of the other tracks is giving me, so I'll move it a few places over the Wall; not quite where it was on the second listen, but it definitely deserves to be a solid peg above the Wall.]

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