LogFAQs > #970359520

Five more eliminations in this post, plus several songs that were moved up mean there are only five songs left after this post.

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#480: Serj Tankian - Deafening Silence (4:16):
https://open.spotify.com/track/62evKO7yVne4wWqWMHLRKF?si=4e0532b0f9574fda

Nominator: Murphiroth [16*/32 Remaining]

Initial Score: 60.01
Revised Score: 59.90
Final Score: 59.804

(First Reaction: A ballad performed with his wife which serves as a nice change of pace from the earlier songs in the album.)

!It's nice, but the lyrics just keep repeating so I start to lose interest before the end of the song. I like it & think the album is much better off for its inclusion, but I'm not sure I like it enough to put it at the 60 point tier.

[Final Thoughts: Having one verse which is frequently repeated doesn't do the song any favors, but it's still rather enjoyable and unlike anything else on the album. So a good change of pace, but not one I feel strongly enough about to move up another tier.]

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-I'll follow you down 'til the sound of my voice will haunt you-

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#479: Yelle - La musique (3:39):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BngkrToA7WY&list=PLR2ATVrSGTX91hJXNoWIHovzSIqVNBM8u&index=6

Nominator: hotdogturtle [9/14 Remaining]

Initial Score: 60.00
Revised Score: 59.86
Final Score: 59.86

(First Reaction: I like the sound, but I have no personal attachment to the lyrics or style of music... feels like it fits right at the cutoff between very high 50s & low 60s, so I'm going to take the lame way out and add it to the clump of exactly 60 point songs.)

!I have no interest in the lyrics, but the instruments have a nifty sound to them on this track. Moving this down *slightly* because I prefer the other songs that are still at the exactly 60 point level, but I do like this.

[Final Thoughts: Definitely one of the better dance songs with some damn fine instruments, but I think it works best as one of the highest 59 point songs.]

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-blue-green colors flashin'-

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#478: Erwin Beekveld - Taking the Hobbits to Isengard [2:09]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE-1RPDqJAY

Nominator: paulg [27/52 Remaining]

Initial Score: 54.39
Revised Score: 60.00
Final Score: 59.87

(First Reaction: It's a classic meme and one I have a fair amount of nostalgia for, as 2005 was the best year of my life & this song is bringing back pleasant memories from that time... but my nostalgia is more for circumstances around the song and not the song itself, which is a bit too repetitive with its sampled lyrics.)

I'm going to move this song up a tier because it's a pretty nice shot of nostalgia in a fairly charming package. It's not high art, but it doesn't pretend to be and there's something endearingly charming about how simple and silly the song is. So... yes, yes I do like this enough to bump it up to the "I like this" tier.

[Final Thoughts: Well maybe I should have it just before the 60 point tier. The memories are nice, but the song itself is a bit repetitive and not as funny as some of the gag tracks that remain.]

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-and now, the song with the largest drop from Initial Score to Final Score-

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#477: Smashing Pumpkins - Eye (4:52):
https://youtu.be/kmqS01NMips

Nominator: Metalmind [18/25 Remaining

Initial Score: 100
Revised Score: 59.87
Final Score: 59.90

(First Reaction: I may regret giving this a perfect score when it does that whole "repeat one line endlessly" bit for its outro, but... I want to experiment with letting this song be at the top of the list for a while.

...to myself be damned
Turn away from light

Little bit on the nose in terms of lyrics, but hey, I like what I like.)

!That is a great line that highly appeals to me, but unfortunately, I'm not nearly as into this song as I was at the start of the list and this song might have the biggest drop between First and Second listen; not that this isn't a fantastic song, but there are definitely several other songs I enjoy more at the moment.

[Final Thoughts: It's a good song that I like, but I still feel like it's a step below the 60 point songs.... which is weird because I loved this song so strongly that I actually toyed with having it in first place for a while, but I'm not getting anywhere nearly that strong of a connection with it on repeat listens. Not really sure what happened there.]

[Later: Alas, poor song. From a tie for first place to falling over 470 places... still, not many songs can say they were that high up the list, even if it was for but a brief moment.]

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-not relevant to anything, but I'm suddenly remembering that Sega CD boxing game "Prizefighter". The second disc consisted only of the final match and the used copy I bought had a damaged second disc, rendering the game literally unwinnable because you could never load the final fight to try to win the game.

Not that it was good or worth playing, but I'm still oddly bitter about that.-

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#476: Volbeat - Heaven's Descent (4:10):
https://youtu.be/dCUzOLl5IKM

Nominator: Snake [20/32 Remaining]

Initial Score: 62.11
Revised Score: 62.103
Final Score: 59.94

(First Reaction: Considering the lyrics with creatures of the night and armies of the dead, along with clean lyrics & a somewhat cheesy rock vibe which is almost infectious, this is one of those songs that's basically guaranteed to get at least 60 points. Like, were someone to Google the lyrics to this song and the band's genre, they could accurately predict that it's impossible for it to score less than 60 points because this is quite emphatically the definition of things I like.)

!Yep, still into this sort of thing.

[Final Thoughts: A very literal definition of things I like. It's not really a checklist song, but it does feel a bit too on the nose for me right now...]

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