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#15. Car Wash Hair (Full Pull)
Artist: Mercury Rev
Nominator: tazzyboyishere (1/5)
Time: 6:45
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzybBYJvMGw
Initial Rankings: Batch 2 - 7/15 (C) & Rubric 11
Weighted Ranking: Blue 11/16
Blockbuster: -
FLUX: Up 60 Spots
Linger: 2/10

There's a lot of this song that I would complain about 'flatness' of like earlier eliminations, but when the guitar kicks in at 1:50 and we get those horns at 2:20 and the momentum of the drums, it's so dynamic. It brings out thoughts of classic rock, soulful folky funk of the 60s.

"I wanna ask but I just stare, can I run my hands through your car wash hair?"

There's a visceral loneliness sitting deep in the pit of my chest when I listen to this song. Very "That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight." I want to ask about you, about how you're doing, about what you life is like, and I'm so down on myself that I want to ask but I just stare. Stare at the person, stare at the situation, stand off to the side, stare at my phone. Drilling a hole with my soul, wanting to participate but not worth taking other people's time and attentions. "Can I run my hands through your car wash hair?" More like, "Can I live a day in your shoes?" If I could be like that, I would give anything just to live one day in those shoes. That's where this hits, that's where my interpretation and emotion and brain goes.

Also the horns are just awesome.

*NEW* 24th Place. tazzyboyishere
#125. Yo Lo Tengo, "Cherry Chapstick"
#110. AL-90, "Experienced Girl"
#107. Fishmans, "Night Cruising"
#73. Hideki Naganuma, "Raisin' Me Up"
#15. Mercury Rev, "Car Wash Hair (Full Pull)"
Average Score: 86
Total Score: 430

"Car Wash Hair" fully pulled you out of last place, though "Raisin' Me Up" did some... lifting. I have no regrets about ranking "Cherry Chapstick," "Experienced Girl," and "Night Cruising" low, but I also didn't get randomly attached to them like I got snarled up in my fifteenth-placer. Thank you for the nominations! I probably deserve the ones I didn't like so much. (CRYPTIC RESPONSE, OOOH~)

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#14. I've Been Waiting
Artist: Lil Peep & ILoveMakonnen feat. Fall Out Boy
Nominator: Bitto (1/5)
Time: 3:55
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQYPimscA20
Initial Rankings: Batch 8 - 5/15 (B+) & Rubric 6
Weighted Rankings: Violet 6/16
FLUX: Up 40 Spots

It's hard to miss you when you're always on the tip of my tongue. I like Fall Out Boy a lot more now than I did twenty years ago, yet not as much as last year when I was deep into listening to "What a Catch, Donnie" and "Thnks fr th Mmrs" at least once a week on my Spotify. Seat dancer song, for sure.

...And I didn't know who Lil Peep was as I started writing this up, had no idea he passed away two years before this release, or that ILoveMakonnen and Fall Out Boy were big inspirations for him and that they collaborated with old demo tape of him to mkae this gem.

Well, now I can't eliminate it. Yet.

P.S. This is the song that always spiralled upward with "Just a Ride." Oh, it's going to be hard to miss this when it's always in the folds of my brain.

*NEW* 11th Place. Bitto
#83. CHVRCHES, "Wonderland"
#64. Grant (feat. Jessi Mason), "Castaway"
#46. BRNS, "Past Lives"
#23. Louis Futon, "Rewind (Feat. Ashe & Armani White)
#14. Lil Peep & ILoveMakonnen (feat. Fallout Boy), "I've Been Waiting"
Average Score: 46.6
Total Score: 233

Bitto love, I needed these, I've waited oh so long. Thank you for the wonderful capstone of songs, always bringing a positive and wistful mood to the end of an unshuffled play. I just wanna let you know, your songs will be whisperin' in my brain for years to come, and that's a net good thing. Even "Wonderland" and "Castaway" that I ranked relatively low are great to playback.

@tazzyboyishere
@Bitto