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#70. The Murder of Love
Artist: Propaganda
Nominator: paulg235 (3/5)
Time: 5:13
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNfrI941NJo
Initial Rankings: Batch 3 - 6/15 (C+) & Rubric 9
Weighted Rankings: Blue 8/16
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FLUX: Down 10 Spots

"Feels extremely James Bond intro" - First listen note

Today is February 26th when I'm first writing this up and first eliminating it, and also the first time in two months I learned that it was plagiarized for DBZ with Trunks. Besides that, I thought more "Axel F" from Beverly Hills Cop or an '80s Bond opening theme like "The Living Daylights" or "A View to a Kill." It's bouncy and dramatic and very very very '80s.

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#69. Hors D'uvre
Artist: Made in Heights
Nominator: ZaziGuado (3/5)
Time: 3:25
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNvbOJRlKK
Initial Rankings: Batch 5 - 6/15 (C+) & Rubric 7
Weighted Rankings: Blue 14/16
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FLUX: Even

One of the biggest obstacles this song faced was how soothing the fade out is over the last two minutes of the song. There have been multiple instances where I'll put it on, vibe, and realize the next song (usually "A Lifetime of Adventure" or something else entirely back when I shuffled more) has already been playing for a bit before going back to play again, promising to concentrate, and it suddenly passing by under me. There was a day where I had to listen to it five times in a row, and I still didn't remember what it sounded like two minutes after finishing.

It's a beautiful melody, I really like the breath singing, the music absolutely slaps two minutes in, and it's lyrics are perfect for the 69th entry.

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#68. Shakticat
Artist: anporin
Nominator: Fluttershy_Pony (3/5)
Time: 6:08
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xkgbH2gPVM
Initial Rankings: Batch 2 - 6/15 (C+) & Rubric 10
Weighted Rankings: Blue 14/16
Blockbuster: Grids B-4, Y-5
FLUX: Up 20 Spots

Whoa. It's been a while since I listened to this at my computer. Now I see why I had it so high in my initial rankings! For the most part, I've been listening to songs at work. It really, really helps make ceaseless paperwork and filing go by faster and feel like I'm actually doing something. One of the problems is that I'm either listening on a quiet volume to not disturb other desks, or with a single earbud in because I also need to hear the phone ring. For most of the songs so far, there's been no major difference, but Shakticat loses a lot when it doesn't have that nice hazy undercloud of melody the vocals float upon. As I'm reaching the halfway mark of Blockbuster cuts, listening to this again is the first time I'm wanting to subvert my rankings and start bumping up a song again. Honestly, going at least fourteen songs ("After the Storm" was most recent cut as of this writing), and probably going twenty looking at the lists, whilst sticking to the grid rankings happily is a feat I'm proud of. ...How appropriate I'm commenting on THIS SONG about my grid rankings' showing me the way to go.' This song has got me in a bind.

ONE WEEK LATER... Well, the easiest solution was the one I came to last: Re-checking its grid status and just redoing it. There were two songs I originally had it below, but barely, so I just changed those wins over and now I (a) don't have a blockage, and (b) feel much better about where the Flux tier starts!

THREE WEEKS LATER! This was technically in Grid Y, but got replaced by "So What" when I was struggling, so I wasn't really lying about "Raisin Me Up" being the last of the XYZ group. Shakticat has been impressive these past few weeks, but it's coming to the halfway point which has a lot less flexibility to get past.

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