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Mr_Lasastryke posted...

if you're still taking bonus song noms, i recommend this one. this is also from one of the guitar solo albums (shut up 'n play yer guitar), but this actually IS a complete song. zappa's solo here is not quite as long (or good, in my opinion) as the ROTSOSUPYG solo but i still really like it.

Yeah, people can still suggest songs. I'm not in any hurry for this to end and it's good practice to see how a light ranking schedule would work for a future topic; just three or four songs a day with regular days off... slow, but steady progress that I can keep up with. I'd say it's looking good so far.

Three (or four, depending on how you wish to count?) songs for the day:

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Turnover - Cutting My Fingers Off:
https://open.spotify.com/track/0Wl2RALqRacaIJhnlRHK8J?si=0808f37b52f84bf1

Estimated Score: 70.29

I really like this one. The opening is so dreary and bleak, with a windswept desert vibe, that things definitely start on a high note (...metaphorically, obviously). And when it picks up, there's enough pain to make this a sad bop that I still really like even as it ditches the ambiance.

You always said that every thought I had was geometric
I couldn't think outside my own lines

I'm also rather drawn to that line in particular. I'd start this song's score in the early 70s; it's another one where I *think* I'd probably move it up in the future, but want to wait a bit and try it on another day before I commit to raising the score.

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Deafheaven - Sunbather:
https://open.spotify.com/track/1mJXIdJK4wCesSLegNctMh?si=d6d83ed7d16f43ba

Estimated Score: 64.00207

This song feels oddly familiar. Particularly that "I gripped the wheel" part... I don't think I've heard this before, but it feels like I have and this distorted Deja Vu feeling is making it hard to focus my thoughts on the song itself. "An ocean of light" also feels like a very familiar lyric... how odd. Skimming the first ranking topic, I don't see any evidence that this song was brought up at all; since that was the only prior ranking featuring a song by the band, if I didn't hear it then, then I likely haven't heard it. How incredibly strange.

I like this song a fair amount. I still wish I could make out *any* lyrics, but I think I'm starting to better appreciate the band these days. The low volume on the screaming keeps the song from being overwhelming, there's a nice beauty to most of the backing music, and even the parts with the more intense drumming are actually pretty good.

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Deafheaven - Dream House + Irresistible:
https://open.spotify.com/track/6l3A2EWZSOA8LTMmzRCyD3?si=bfe2a1df691c437c

https://open.spotify.com/track/3EAUSlUzVTLhxLn8Fhpz5V?si=d86b026f9d434c5e

Estimated Score: 62.16

The short, irrelevant writeup from the first ranking topic where Dream House was nominated by itself:

Well, we've hit peak screaming here. No matter how many times I look at the lyrics while listening to this song, I don't think I've heard a single word. But it's interesting and experimental; the background music itself is happier than expected for this genre of music, and the lyrics would be nice if it were possible to hear them.

Well, nice probably isn't the adjective I'm looking for, with the references to alcoholism and the phrase "I'm dying", but I don't know what word I should be using instead.

...oh hey,I managed to hear the "I WANT TO DREAM!!!!!" this time. That's something, I guess. Either way for being unique and being a long song that I enjoy, it ranks surprisingly high on this list.

[FINAL NOTES: I finally heard more of the lyrics this time, though it didn't really help or hurt the song any.]

The first topic didn't have scores, but based on the song's placement was estimated to have a score of 63.00 points. While I think that may be a bit too high these days, I do still like Dream House. The outro conversation in particular:

"I'm dying."
-"Is it blissful?"
"It's like a dream."
-"I want to dream."

Irresistible is a pretty instrumental that serves as an extended outro to Dream House. I wish I was surprised that I didn't try listening to it the first time around, as Dream House does kinda end mid-note without Irresistible around to properly finish the song, but I know I didn't put as much effort into learning about the songs at the first topic. Either way, this is pretty neat; I still like the song and it's nice to hear the outro that I missed the first time around.

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