LogFAQs > #972402300

Back when this first started, I had an idea to revisit some songs from past ranking topics and post them whenever I needed a day off, so there'd always be some content. Obviously, I did not do that. Any time that could have been spent revisiting old songs was better spent on the actual ranking.

I did, however, revisit five old songs before scrapping the idea & will post them now so there's an illusion of content today:

EDIT: Also, these aren't considered official parts of the Post Ranking Ranking. Just sorta extra stuff.

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Christina Aguilera - Candyman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ScjucUV8v0

Original Score: 0
Revised Score: 32

At first, I hated this song--too explicit and the rather out-of-place military cadences turned me off of the song completely. Looking back though, it's not that explicit and it is fairly memorable... I still dislike the song, but not nearly as much as I did a few years ago.

[Later: Yeah, not something I like, but it's very memorable and not worth hating. I'm a bit torn between high 20s & low 30s, but I'll stick with the higher value for now.]

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Glassjaw - shira:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsmRYan062E

Original Score: 78, approximately.
Revised Score: 90 [Upgraded to 100]

The first song to have a meteoric rise from an initially low placement, shira is one of the most memorable songs from the first topic. While the song's opening is definitely heavier than I usually like--the drums in particular are a bit much for me--the song mellows out quite a bit and the singer's voice becomes quite enchanting.

With its mysterious lyrics & hypnotic vocals, shira overcame my bias against its opening and cemented its place in history.

[Later: I'll go ahead and move this up to the 100. It was briefly at the top of my Spotify's "On Repeat" playlist for a couple weeks last year and it's hard for a song to have better justification for 100 points than that.]

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*NSYNC - Tearin' Up My Heart:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZcmuKsyvzg

Original Score: 43, approximately
Revised Score: 58 [Upgraded to 68.45]

Fantastic singing, but it's a bit too repetitive and I'm not a fan of one of the instruments--after the chorus there's this annoying Wub Wub sounding thing and I don't like it at all. But, I must admit that I do love Justin Timberlake's voice, which makes this song hard to place. Whenever I see the title, my first thought is, "wow, I love the way this sounds, how could it possibly have been so low??"

Then I actually play it and it's like, "wow, I do not like that wubbing and this song has so few lyrics, this is going nowhere, do we even actually like this"? And in the end, I think the high 50s is the right place for this. I cannot honestly put a song with peak Timberlake vocals into the dislike pile, but there are enough factors against the song that I can't say "I like this" without added caveats.

[Later: I'm less bothered by the wubbing and repetition today, so take an extra 10 points.]

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Set It Off - N.M.E.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odPdq_W15D4

Original Score: 60.50, roughly.
Revised Score: 75.73

While it's certainly not the deepest or most complex song, I've found myself oddly drawn to it lately. When looking back through the first ranking topic, this was the only song I literally couldn't wait to hear again--I dropped everything to listen it to immediately.

While I really like the song, I still don't quite want to place it at the highest tiers. It's something that will always make me smile, but it's more a "other songs must amuse me more than this song to reach the top tier" guardian. Still deserves a far better placement than it originally had.

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Kiryu Coco - Kiryu Coco ED:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI3xJh6xipY

Original Score: 00.01
Revised Score: 50.01

I have a childish bad habit of picking up words and phrases of media that I consume. I still lapse into Hamish from Hamtaro at times and several other such pop culture references I will not get into. After this song, I've called more than a few people & characters shitbags. I don't think I'd call that a good thing, but it does give me a strange appreciation for the song. I wouldn't exactly say I like the song, but I'd say it's marginally above average? Certainly left more of an impact than most songs...

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