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Post Ranking Ranking Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PdmLE6aEud4aead38RuPHRSdIVgyesokOgEvqmvmSWk/edit?usp=sharing

Just Artist Name, Song Title, and Estimated Score because I did not write down who brought up any given song & haven't gone back into the archives to try to track that information down.

(Spreadsheet is updated with the three songs that are ranked in this post, so you may want to finish reading before clicking it.)

UF8 posted...

also it just impressed me that nakano yusaku was not only the singer/songwriter/vocaloid producer/etc but also artist and animator (and translator, and provided choreography for the jumprope moves too. apparently one of them was called the DK shuffle lol)
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i didn't intend for you to rate any of that mini-album crossfade lol,

That is really impressive! And yeah, I didn't think you wanted that to be ranked, but since i was already listening to it it felt like an interesting challenge.

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Three more songs today, as I take a quick look at some of the songs that were posted as YouTube links... since I didn't write down any information about the links or arrange them in any order, it's like a big pile of mystery songs.

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Frank Zappa - Return Of The Son Of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS_Q7RUtVL4

Estimated Score: 64.96

Just started the song, but I actually really like the way the guitar sounds on this track. It's not exactly distorted, but... kinda tuned in a different way that I find pleasingly unexpected. The first two minutes here are really, really good. Then it transitions into a more metal-sounding guitar, which is... still pretty good, honestly, if not as intriguing. I didn't notice any other parts that I really wanted to draw attention to, but I never felt bored or particularly bothered by the direction the song took. I'd say the first two minutes should be in the mid-70s, the rest of the song should be around 60 points, so... I'd try around the mid-60s for the first impression. It doesn't quite reflect all the highs or lows, but it's close enough and it leaves some room to go up or down on repeat listens.

[Later: I think I may be undervaluing this a bit... I may try listening this again next week.]

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Diablo Swing Orchestra - A Tap Dancer's Dilemma:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6_Uy6HBAJY

Estimated Score: 57.11

My first ranking topic didn't have scores, but this had a rather high placement--#31st out of 200--which was considered to be about equal to a 91.00 song. I'd copy the original writeup, but I'm afraid I didn't say much of anything... just generic comments about how unique the songs combination of genres is & some brief rambling about the band's backstory (though not in any way more substantial than "there is a backstory")

Anyway, I'm not as into this song these days. That first year I was really into anything new to me, and this type of swing metal was a completely foreign type of music & guaranteed a rather high ranking from pure novelty. Now that I've had more exposure to various kinds of music, including that entire album by this band, it doesn't have that wild surprsie factor working for it any longer. And honestly, I don't think I'm really into "swing metal"? It's... well, I do kinda like it still. The lyrics paint a somewhat apocalyptic picture with a most likely corrupt preacher singing to the masses, which isn't a bad story. And it's certainly interesting that tracks like this one from an earlier album don't have the odd sound-mixing decisions that *may* have held back a few of their songs.

But.. it's not exactly one of my favorite styles of metal and while the story has some interesting implications, there aren't any lyrics that I'm especially drawn to. While it's harsh dropping the song so many tiers, I feel that these days it fits in better with the moderately high 50s. A very "I like this, -but-" type song... like, I like the idea here & the band is always interesting enough to be worth the listen, but it's not something I'd go back to often.

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Whitechapel - Hickory Creek:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw6hANHeIaw

Estimated Score: 62.027 [Upgraded to 63.027] [Upgraded to 67.66]

It's time to walk away with nothing left
Nothing left in my soul

Neat lyric! I can work with that. The song itself is also quite good; it's definitely a much lighter and cleaner side of "-core" music, making it more of a mainstream type song with a bit of an edge to it. Which definitely works for me, though I do understand why those who preferred the much harsher songs from the band would be disappointed with this.

62 points does feel a bit low, but I think at a full ranking I'd probably start the score there. Because I'm sure I like this, enough to get it over any "exactly 60 point" barrier, but I'd like to see how it feels around the 62 or 63 point area before moving it any further up.

...eh,, 62 points is definitely too low, let's just go ahead and add the one extra point.

[Later: I'm still not sold on moving the song up another tier, but when I was entering the data onto the spreadsheet, I felt 63 points was too low & listened to the song again... going to move this a few points closer to the 70 point barrier.]

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