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#28. Dream Job
Artist: Yard Act
Nominator: mcflubbin (3/5)
Time: 3:11
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc5t9m2Hg9c
Initial Rankings: Batch 3 - 4/15 (B) & Rubric 7
Weighted Rankings: Purple 9/16
FLUX: Up 20 Spots

"Flight of the Conchords meets Gorillaz; hate the guitar solo" - First listen note

The guitar solo's grown on me quite a bit, especially with the bass line that feels like Michael Jackson's Thriller. The video is also mesmerizing, and only last week did I realize there's an amazing array of recent music videos starring the striped shirt girl, that conga line really helping the guitar work. It's such an infectious song that I often forget about how it's about wage slavery, surveillance, the stress of office politics and social disillusionment. Just listen to the music! Everything is awesome! Everything is top when you're ace of a team! "Step into my office all night long" is particularly haunting, with how e-mails and cell phones and data tracking and corporate oversight and social media networking makes these 'dream jobs' no simple 9-5 shift. You're on-call and accessible and replaceable if your time and attention can't be fully exploited. But everything is really super great!

P.S. Please tell me more about Yard Act's videos!

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#27. The world of spirit
Artist: Shohei Tsuchiya
Nominator: NFUN (2/5)
Time: 4:30
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUMWxgP8cg0
Initial Rankings: Batch 8 - 6/15 (B) & Rubric 5
Weighted Rankings: Blue 12/16
FLUX: Down 5 Spots

Insane what is done here. An absolute epic. It feels like a SEGA Sound Team Dreamcast track but times a thousand. The beginning piano tinkle also always makes me think of a song still to come. Ahhh, I have so many less words for these instrumental tracks! It's just amazing and you should listen to it and be transported to a lost galactic jungle adventure!

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#26. Heaven and Hell (2021 Remaster)
Artist: Black Sabbath
Nominator: Steiner (1/5)
Time: 6:57
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FRA7UXlGu8
Initial Rankings: Batch 6 - 1/15 (A-) & Rubric 4
FLUX: Down 20 Spots

Another fallen top tenner. Might come as no surprise, but I don't know Black Sabbath at all besides Ozzy Osbourne singing lead. I recognize "Iron Man," and it doesn't look like they did "Crazy Train," so their albums will be required listening after all this is done. This is really, really good, and was my pencilled in #1 for a short while before I did the Rubric. Even then, it was always in my top ten until yesterday when it got pulled in and batch ranked against half my remaining playlist and didn't even make top half of its random fourpack. A part of me really wants to keep it in because it's a masterpiece, but I just love other songs more. Surprisingly. After all, there are still three Orange Tier songs in the mix that would never beat this on a first, second, third, or fourth listen.

*NEW* 16th Place: Steiner
#93. Machinae Supremacy, "Through the Looking Glass"
#81. Ghost, "Square Hammer"
#57. Protest the Hero, "Skies"
#50. Rise Against, "Tragedy + Time"
#26. Black Sabbath, "Heaven and Hell"
Average Score: 61.4
Total Score: 307

Keep on rockin' in the free world. Thank you, I really enjoyed these nominations. These songs make me come alive. There will be a time to crack these open again, maybe not today or for a while, but "Heaven & Hell," "Tragedy + Time," and "Skies" will probably pop in to some playlists for future listening. And again, Black Sabbath is a big checkmark I want to remember to do.

@mcflubbin
@NFUN
@Steiner