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#20. King of Swords (Reversed)
Artist: The Dear Hunter
Nominator: NBIceman (2/5)
Time: 5:07
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEoYxjRhTSg
Initial Rankings: Batch 4 - 7/15 (C) & Rubric 9
Weighted Rankings: Blue 3/16
FLUX: Up 15 Spots

Huh. This did really well in my rankings over the past week. It was hitting me in all the right ways. Now when I'm trying to sort through a tie at 16th... man, this is not doing anything for me. I'd actually consider it (temporarily) below "Koi No America," which isn't too far but still seven spots lower than it was.

It's a positive song that, on receptive days, can get me feeling like there's an amazing celebration happening in a fantasy musical world like Glee, Galavant, or My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. On a receptive day, those "doot doo doo doo doo do do dooo"s are wonderful little throwbacks to early eighties synthpop and not really annoying little bits. Wow, this is actively annoying me right now. I am sorry, NBIceman, that I'm emotionally divested from giving this song a proper write-up for how high its reached (not that I feel capable of giving any of today's batch decent write-ups).

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#19. Just a Ride
Artist: Rishloo
Nominator: NBIceman (1/5)
Time: 6:22
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmvKewDOnnU
Initial Rankings: Batch 6 - 7/15 (B) & Rubric 7
Weighted Rankings: Blue 6/16
FLUX: Up 30 Spots

I've read the lyrics on three separate occasions, and I still have no idea what this song is about. It's just a lovely listen. For no good reason, it's just been riding (...unintentional until I just realized what I typed) along off its vocals about 4:28 in. I've compared this most to "Skies" in slow-building story I can't comprehend with some great moments; "Hors D'oeuvre" for how often I forget what it sounds like after I listen to it; & one song still to come for how wrapped up over-and-under each other are depending on the day that they spiralled each other continually up like a double-helix zipping towards these high spots.

#12th Place. NBIceman
#19. Rishloo, "Just a Ride"
#20. The Dear Hunter, "King of Swords (Reversed)
#37. Blue yster Cult, "Astronomy"
#48. The Protomen, "Light Up The Night"
#80. Diablo Swing Orchestra, "A Tap Dancer's Dilemma"
Average Score: 40.8
Total Score: 204

A lot of nonsense my lazy brain couldn't comprehend, but all of it a fun roller coaster. Outside the tap-dancing demon swingers, all your other nominations beat each other at one point or another. I don't know if I can say that about any other set of nominations, and "A Tap Dancer's Dilemma" may have been in that mix if I didn't hear it a dozen years ago and already have suspect feelings.

You're making a joke out of ranking topics with these, I swear. I'm reaching for things to say but all I'm thinking is, "Man, 'Astronomy' is so freaking good; how is it not number one of these songs?" and a few days from now, I could be saying that about "Light Up the Night" if I'm feeling more eighties-y. Excellent nominations, and great job coming back later on with "Just a Ride" and "Light Up the Night." Lots of Kudos to you, you're probably going to end up in the top five when all is done.

@NBIceman