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-incidentally, there is one other writeup that goes wildly off topic and ends with that "you nominated a song" which appears to be this topic's verbal tic when something has gone catastrophically wrong in the writeup but I inexplicably don't redact it all. So look forward to that! Or dread it. Either way-

...Also, good Lord, the emotional whiplash between the last song and the next is... something alright. I probably should have flipped Sunday & Nook's position since they were tied anyway to avoid this, but we're here now.

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#219: The Uncluded - TV on 10 (3:30):
https://youtu.be/9OEPi4SH6yw

Nominator: Kateee [6/21 Remaining]

Initial Score: 60.00
Revised Score: 60.006
Final Score: 64.15 [Upgraded to 65.00000002] [Upgraded to "something"] [Something set to 67.121] [Upgraded to 70.205] [Upgraded to 70.336] [Set back to "something"] [Something set to 71.185]

(First Reaction: I'm glad to have more Aesop Rock in these topics and was delighted by his surprise appearance... right up until the point I learned this was based on a real tragedy. Now, it's all sad and awkward.and I need a drink.

I suppose it's good to have a song that inspires this strong of a reaction & I do love hearing Aesop again... I'll just throw this into the clump of 60 point songs and worry about it next time.)

!Great song, but a bit too heavy for me to really "enjoy". Not that all art needs to be designed to be enjoyed and I'm not making any real critiques here.

[Final Thoughts: Great song and I do like it, enough to move it a fair distance away from the Neo Clump, but the subject matter's significantly heavier and more real than I'm likely to listen to very often & even I have the common sense to not ramble incoherently on a writeup for a song dealing with real life tragedy like this.]

[Later: Ehhh... I think I like this track a bit more than 64 points, so I'm going to just barely move it above the 65 point line.]

[Later: I don't know. Let's just set this score a null value and add jt to that group; I'll find a score later, probably?]

[Later: It's a memorable song and I do like it quite a bit, but it's probably just a touch too real to be something that I revisit constantly. And while I do like it quite a bit, we're starting to get into the really good stuff here in the top 300, so I think this is as far as I want to bring the song right now.]

[Later: ...Nah, I like Aesop too much to let this get less than 70 points.]

[Later: A bit of a minor boost for this song as well.]

[Later that day: Well, again I wound up moving so many songs up the list that this didn't really delay the elimination at all... just going to move this to the side and revisit it another day.]

[Final: And I think this score works here. I love Aesop's voice and want to listen to more songs featuring him and I really shouldn't be avoiding real stories like this, but I really like every song left.]

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