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Song: Before Level
Game: Godzilla (Game Boy)
Series: Godzilland / Godzilla
Composer: Masanobu Tsukamoto
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Song: Title Theme
Game: Robocop (Game Boy)
Series Robocop
Composer: Jonathan Dunn
Link:

Song: Flash Flash Flash
Game: Bosconian (X68000)
Series: Bosconian
Composer: Yuzo Koshiro
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I'll try to nominate some more later.
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

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Starman

Had I known we were going to get so many extra nominations, I would have left this song for Johnbobb to take & just went with Lady Stardust from the beginning... but oh well. Still a pretty great track, even if it's not my favorite on the album. Looking at the Wikipedia page, I'm learning a LOT about this song:

First, I didn't know that the song was such an important piece of Bowie's career being his first big hit since "Space Oddity"; second...the Starman isn't Ziggy? Wait, what?

According to Bowie himself, speaking to William S. Burroughs for Rolling Stone magazine in 1973, Ziggy Stardust is not the Starman but merely his earthly messenger contrary to received opinion which often paints Ziggy as an extraterrestrial.

...man, that one line just killed so much of my interest in the song and the album in general. Like, this was my favorite album* for years (until The Protomen's Act 2 came out), but... this just completely changes everything I thought I knew about it. Part of the fun was David Bowie as some messianic alien descending to Earth. If he's just some prophet for an alien that is never seen or spoken of again after this song, then...ugghh...

[Starman] replaced the Chuck Berry cover "Round and Round" on the album.

David Bowie had to be talked into including this song?! This concept album that I've been hearing everyone talk about being so deep and meaningful was originally going to have a CHUCK BERRY song instead of one of its most unique and popular songs?

*sighs*

The chorus is loosely based on Harold Arlen's "Over the Rainbow" from the film The Wizard of Oz, alluding to the "Starman"'s extraterrestrial origins (over the rainbow) (the octave leap on the word "Starman" is identical to that on the word "Somewhere" in "Over the Rainbow")

...well I guess at least that was an interesting piece of trivia.

*"Favorite Album", "only actual album I listened to at all", same difference. </.<

[Later Edit: Well, re-listening to Lady Stardust reminded me of why I love the music on the album. I still enjoy all the songs and the album itself, I just strongly disagree with it being a concept album or telling a coherent story. I'm also completely disenchanted with Ziggy as a character--back when I believed that he was a space messiah come to save humanity with his music, I was completely sold on everything; but he isn't. He's just some crazy human performing covers of popular songs and allegedly speaking on behalf of some Space Jesus that was only spoken of in a song the record label forced onto it. And the song I love the most wasn't even written about Ziggy, just written about Marc Bolen and rewrote for the sake of this album, which...I still haven't worked out my feelings on, to be honest.

...honestly I should have doubted the album's ability to tell a coherent story when I learned that "It Ain't Easy" was a cover and the best explanation anyone ever gave me was it "represented the type of song that Ziggy would perform". If Ziggy's not even performing original material... *long, exaggerated groan*

Whatever. It's still a great album and I don't dislike any of the tracks on it, so long as I only judge the songs themselves instead of the album and the story behind it.]
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EDIT: I should clarify that I have nothing against Chuck Berry, just the image I had in my mind of who Ziggy was was quite different than "guy that performs covers of Chuck Berry songs".
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Inferno (Cinder's Theme)
Glass
Homecoming Hijinx
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Fairyland Beginning
Hopes and Dreams
Flash Frost
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Ignition
Last Surprise
Deep Forest
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Mr Lasastryke posted...

Raetsel_Lapin posted...

Speaking as a fan of Rod Stewart's greatest hits (though, as usual, I've never bothered checking out any non-Greatest Hits albums or looking into his more obscure songs), I wasn't aware anyone liked that song un-ironically.

i love that song unironically.

and i'm no rod stewart expert either, but i'd recommend truth and beck-ola by jeff beck, which feature rod stewart on vocals. good stuff.

Fair enough! I'm not really one to judge anyway.

I'll try listening to that next time I'm looking for a new album. Are there any particular songs from it you'd want me to listen to?

Also, finally caught up listening to everything posted in the topic so far. I was very pleasantly surprised by Stoop Sale, which has been getting stuck in my head the past couple days. Though more than the song itself, I'm happy that the Suggested Videos tab pointed out that MC Frontalot did a Voltron parody and knowing that there's an animated music video Voltron parody on YouTube has made my life so much happier.
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Speaking as a fan of Rod Stewart's greatest hits (though, as usual, I've never bothered checking out any non-Greatest Hits albums or looking into his more obscure songs), I wasn't aware anyone liked that song un-ironically.

Centipede... I had a really long, rambling nonsensical gibberish post for it, but I'll edit myself to the few parts that are actually about the song:

In spite of their (hopefully intentional) cheesiness, I actually do enjoy a few songs from the Pac-Man Fever album. "Ode To A Centipede" is probably the catchiest song they ever did, but it's held back by the completely ludicrous spoken word sections--like they accidentally made a good song, then had to go out of their way to ruin it.

I told myself to avoid joke nominations, but I gave myself one exception and I couldn't pass up the chance to get more video game references in and the song's always good for a cheap laugh. It's cheesy and ridiculous, but it's the only song on the album that I listen to on a regular basis; it even amused me so much that when I saw a Centipede figure on sale at the book store (Funko has a line of arcade minis), I couldn't resist buying it as a memento of the game, the song, and this ludicrous waste of a nom. It might be a joke, but it's a joke that amuses me and I have no regrets about nominating it.



*notices the poor song got stuck on Bane's list*

...alright, maybe I feel slightly bad about that part. </.<
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

A Battle with Destiny
Flash Frost
Battle Against a True Hero
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Rivers in the Desert
Cosmic Hero
MAIN MEN
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Bump.
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Battle Against a True Hero
Laguerra del Mundo
benign spirit of the autoclave
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Huh... I actually hadn't heard that one before! A lot of new revelations since the last time I went looking for information... catchy too, I might need to add this to a playlist somewhere. Thank you!
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

The first time I heard this song was while I was playing Persona 3. For reasons I don't care to get into, I was playing with the game on mute to avoid waking up someone sleeping in the next room and had an mp3 player on random shuffle for music while playing. I'm not entirely sure where this song came from then either (I suppose I must have just put the entire album onto the player instead of just "A Deeper Understanding", the only Kate Bush song I knew and liked at the time), but... I think it kinda worked.

*MASSIVE PERSONA 3 SPOILERS FOLLOW*

So at the end of the game, your hero sacrifices himself to seal away the SUPER ULTIMATE FINAL BOSS; in doing so, everyone loses their memories about what happened and he loses almost all of his strength, barely clinging to life. After giving his final farewells to everyone, he meets Aigis; an android, one of the other party members and the only other person who knows what really happened. While you could romance many characters (and I believe I had the main character romance every girl available), you couldn't really hang out with Aigis in the original version. He may have hit on everyone, but in the end, the girl he never really considered is the only one to be there in his final moments.

She embraces him as he passes away in her arms... and then THIS SONG that I had never heard before came on my player. And maybe I was too tired to be thinking clearly, but it just...worked.

Ooh, it's hard on the man
Now his part is over
Now starts the craft of the Father

Yeah, it's over--in the sense that the game is over, but also in the "I'm dead now" sense. </.<

I know you've got a little life in you yet
I know you've got a lot of strength left

While he basically died a month ago, he's been clinging to the faintest shred of life forever and Aigis refuses to accept the death.

I should be crying, but I just can't let it show

I imagine it's pretty hard for an android to cry.

I should be hoping, but I can't stop thinking
Of all the things I should've said
That I never said
All the things we should've done
Though we never did
All the things I should've given
But I didn't
Oh, darling, make it go
Make it go away

Holding him as he fades away, wishing they could have been together... but it's too late now.

...like, I have no idea what the actual credits theme of Persona 3 is, but this song worked better than it had any right to. Maybe I nominated it just to share this story? *shrugs* Who knows.

I know the song isn't actually related and that I was reading weird things into it due to the bizarre timing of my hearing it and/or sleep depravation. But now, as embarassing as it is, the song and game are permanently linked in my mind. I can't hear the song without game flashbacks, nor can I play the game without thinking of this song.

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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

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This Woman's Work

Full disclosure, I have no idea why I nominated this. I wanted to nominate something from The Sensual World album and was having a hard time deciding which one:

The title track? It's an obvious choice and there's a lot to be said about it. Originally it had completely different lyrics, but for legal reasons, Kate Bush couldn't release the true version of the song until 2011. Great story, very much worth reading about and listening to the 80s version and "Flower of the Mountain", the 2011 remake with the original lyrics.

"Deeper Understanding"? That's one of my go-to songs when I want to pretend I have more varied musical interests than I actually do and the lyrics, describing a lonely person becoming obsessed with a computer, are even more relevant now than when they were written.

"Never Be Mine"? It's a bit more generic than the other options, but I also enjoy it. "I want you as the dream, not the reality" might be my favorite lyric on the entire album.

"Rocket's Tail"? A bit of a joke nomination, but it was always my mother's favorite Kate Bush song and there is something funny about her crazed laughter for the chorus. Not too bad of a pick.

[Later Edit: In retrospect, Rocket's Tail definitely would have gotten a lower score than Babooshka, so we dodged a bullet on that one.]

What about "The Fog"? I never really "got" that one, but it's unique even by Kate Bush standards. Also, in retrospect, I did have a bit of a "spoken word" gimmick going with "Once in a Lifetime" and "I Feel Better Than James Brown" and The Fog does have some spoken word parts. It's way down the list of songs from the album I'd normally nominate, but I could certainly see myself backing it.



And somehow I wound up...not going with any of them? Where the heck did this song come from? Why did I get the name wrong when nominating it? But...uhh...here we are, I guess?

Soo... "This Woman's Work". It's...nice, I suppose. A man's perspective on his wife going through a difficult childbirth. Not a subject matter I want to talk about, so... I won't! Let's go with an unrelated and somewhat embarassing story:

...in another post because this is too long to fit into one. I may have overdid this write-up, just a tad...
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Mr Lasastryke posted...

stranger in moscow is one of michael jackson's best songs imo.

interestingly, according to wikipedia it made #6 on the charts here in the netherlands, but in the US it didn't get further than #91. wonder what the reason for that discrepancy is. (perhaps over here we didn't care all that much about the accusations, or we just didn't know about them at the time?)

Hey, someone else likes the song! That's actually good to hear... I've never really heard any talk of it, outside of certain Sonic related conversations (and those tended to be more about the similarities than how good the song(s) were). And I'm kinda glad that it was actually a hit somewhere! Thank you.
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Oh, Stranger in Moscow... this is a complicated one. The lyrics came from a poem that Michael wrote at the height of the child abuse accusations and... well I'm not going to get into those as that is way too heavy a topic for me to get into, even if this topic were a place suited for it (which it isn't). Let's just say I appreciate the chance to listen to some of his feelings from the time and leave it at that.

What actually drew me to the song wasn't the lyrics, or even really the song itself--it was the mysterious connection between Michael Jackson and Sonic 3, best exemplified in this song. While internet detectives would find a lot of similarities in Sonic 3's soundtrack to MJ's work, the most damning aspect was that "Stranger in Moscow" sounded similar in parts to Sonic 3's credits theme:



And there were so many questions at the time! Did Michael Jackson work on Sonic the Hedgehog 3's soundtrack? Could the similarities just be a coincidence? If they weren't, then which song actually came first? Since the lyrics to the song were written before Sonic 3's release, could the ending theme be...like...a demo version of the song or something?

Truly, one of gaming's greatest mysteries.

...

...until I decided to do research to do this write-up and, funny story, we kinda...sorta...have confirmation now?

http://www.mtv.com/news/1627664/did-michael-jackson-compose-sonic-the-hedgehog-3-soundtrack/

Buxer also told the magazine that some of the music he and Jackson composed for "Sonic 3" actually ended up being featured on MJ's 1995 double album, HIStory, in particular on a song called "Stranger in Moscow."

"Yes, Michael and I had composed those chords for the game," Buxer said. "And it has been used as a base for 'Stranger in Moscow.' "

Which kinda makes things awkward now. I may have known that the songs were similar when I nominated it, but I didn't know we had official confirmation until after nominations had closed... eh heh... heh... *sighs*

In my defense, as far as I can tell, Sonic 3's soundtrack never had a disc release. There was an album called "Sonic & Knuckles - Sonic the Hedgehog 3", but the only songs on it were from S&K; so even if there was an argument on if this should count as a cover of the song, Stranger in Moscow is the only one with an album release to qualify in the first place.

...also I'm not entirely sure an artist could be accused of doing a cover of their own songs? Or if this is even so much a remake as it is "an artist using the same chords they used on a different song"? It's...it's complicated, is what I'm saying, and I probably would have brought all this up earlier if I had known about the confirmation ahead of time.

Aaanywho...

Not one of his more popular tracks, no. The previously mentioned accusations did some severe damage to his career, which I think limits how much fame his late 90's work could get (though I'll admit I'm not too well versed on his music to know if he managed to get a hit in that time period); and while I like the song, it is decidedly slower and less pop-ish than people would expect from him.

...Well that and I suspect "people who want to listen to Michael Jackson read poetry about how sad the accusations made him feel while Sonic music plays in the background" is a category that only applies to me and no one else in this dimension.
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

A Scattered Moment
OVERDOSE
Count of Darkness
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Primal Dialga Battle
Amusement Park
Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Wow. I rather love that song; not enough to actually listen to the rest of the album (or it's other half, since IIRC The Black Halo was part of a 2-part concept album(s)), but I cared enough to look up all the meanings and read the plot of the other albums so I could properly have context for it.

It's one of the few songs so far that I have a lot of experience with. I randomly stumbled upon it while researching the Dark Champion boss fight from the Sega CD Eternal Champions of all things; someone recorded themselves beating him, but had no audio from the game and had this seemingly arbitrary song in place of it. Didn't make any sense, but I instantly fell in love with the song. I had to rush and actually purchase the song (didn't get the album, but I did purchase the mp3 for...like a buck or something), then look up the music video, the story, and everything else.

...not sure why I never tried anything else by the band. I actually couldn't name any other songs by them until I had to try to quickly find something for the 10's category, deciding "eh, they do concept albums, close enough to The Protomen--ooh, villain song! That works!", but since I wound up not needing that song...

...eh, I still like Veritas too, so it was worth the effort anyway.
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Bodhisattva Kill
Fallen Angel
Id ~ Purpose
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

End of All (Land)
A Beautiful Song
Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Id ~ Purpose
Glass
Diptera Sonata
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Rivellon
Ar-ciel Ar-manaf
Simon Belmont's Theme
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Light of Nibel
Hopes and Dreams
Preserved Valkyria
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Hey, someone else thinks the song is somewhat Springsteen-esque? That's kinda neat.

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Breaking Out

I'm sure a lot of people are wondering why I didn't go with "Light Up the Night" as my pick for a song from Act 2: Light Up the Night was DLC for Rock Band 4, they created an entire music video/short film for the song, and it was the first single from the album. Light Up the Night is practically the definitive Protoment song.

As great as that song is, I don't think it stands as well on its own. It has lyrical callbacks to past songs & the significance of Joe and Light meeting is lost without the rest of the album. You need to go back and listen to the first half of the album to hear why Light went into hiding and to get all the music references; then you need Breaking Out to introduce the character of Joe; then after "Light Up the Night", you really need the last two songs to finish the album... and then you should probably just go listen to the entirety of Act 1 (Act 2 is a prequel that leads directly into the first),...



"Breaking Out" doesn't really have that problem. It introduces the character of Joe, an original character and it doesn't rely on knowledge of the lore or story. It easily stands on its own and (while I love the entire album), I don't think you're missing a lot by skipping directly to this track. It also feels like something that could play on the radio: Just a basic story of some guy on a motorcycle rebelling against society. Easy to understand and relate to, definitely the song I would throw out if I had to limit myself to only one Protomen song.

...also it kinda reminds me of Bruce Springsteen, but I don't really know enough about his music to justify that association.

Of course if you read the narration that's meant to go along with the song,then it doesn't work quite as well. Ending with an unidentified old man pointing at the killer robot lurking in the shadows that's about to assassinate Joe? It might make things segue more seamlessly into the next song, but raises way too many questions for the song to be able to work on its own merits any longer. There's a reason I avoided going with a lyric video for it, since I don't think the narration really does anything to help this song.

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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Fairyland Beginning
Hidra Heteromycin
Shevat, The Wind Is Calling
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Tokyo - The Trials Grow Complex
The Best is Yet to Come
Terrible Monster Attacking Crew!
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Ignition
Phantom R's Theme
Sonic Mania
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Hey, finally an excuse to listen to a second Placebo song! I've been mildly curious about the band ever since WWE used their cover of "Running Up That Hill" to hype Shawn Michaels VS The Undertaker, in what might honestly have been the best hype package the company ever made.

Song's not bad. I don't like it as much as the aforementioned song, but I could see it growing on me if I listened to it a few more times and gave it more of a chance.



Teenage Riot was much better than I expected from the name and write-up.
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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Well that was a much better score than expected... not that I don't highly enjoy the song, I just had incredibly low expectations.

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Just Like Jesse James

I can't explain why I like this song so much. The lyrics aren't great and they repeat way too often; Cher herself never liked the song; it's not even the best "Cher song from the Heart of Stone" album, to say nothing about the rest of her works. But... I dunno. I still like it anyway.

I have a high bias towards her due to her being some of the only music I was exposed to when I was quite young--if you ever want to hit me with nostalgia try anything of Cher's from before the 90s, Dolly Parton's brief foray into pop music in the 80's, the few songs Placido Domingo released in English, or The Monkees.

...why you would want to throw me on a nostalgia trip is a question I don't have an answer for, but if for some reason you ever need to induce flashbacks, those are pretty good places to start.

[Edit after the topic went up: Well my prophetic dream did not come true. I dreamed that the song in dead last was a Pokemon game song, Goldenrod City I believe, nominated by...someone with a W in their name, Wicklebee maybe? Se7en went on a bit of a rant about how much he hated Game Boy music and resented allowing it in the first place; "Just Like Jesse James" was the second lowest song, with the only write-up being "at least this is actually music".

...though in a way I was sorta close; the lowest song's description did involve Se7en complaining about allowing it in & the first "actual" song to be eliminated was one of mine featuring a song title with a celebrity name in it. Not perfectly accurate, but still a lot more accurate than I would have assumed.]

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"That's life. All the trues are false and all the falses are true."-Charlie Brown

Eleganza (Cthylla Stage)
LastPandemic
In This Cage
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"My apologies, Gerald, I was not think."-Adventure Girl

A Battle with Destiny
Sunshine Coastline
EXEC_over.METHOD_SUBLIMATION/.
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"My apologies, Gerald, I was not think."-Adventure Girl

Castle of Illusions (Phantasmagoria)
Undertale
Mission 3
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"My apologies, Gerald, I was not think."-Adventure Girl

Se7enthrust posted...

Song: "Supper's Ready"
Band: Genesis

Well that was an experience. I'd always heard the band was more experimental before they shifted to pop music, but I never actually looked for any of their music from before Phil Collins took over as lead vocalist. I'm not entirely sure how to feel about this song; it's like Chinballz, who I've never interacted with, somehow found a song that checks every box I was even remotely thinking of:

"Oh, you like androgyny, do you? How about Winston Churchill in a dress?!"

"Oh, you like villains? SURPRISE ANTICHRIST! ...Or something."

"You want to nominate a song that's over ten minutes long in its album version? HA! TWENTY MINUTES!""

"You want an excuse to look at songs by musicians you like, but never heard because you don't really listen to music outside of the radio? Here's a song by a band you know well due to their pop music, but have never heard due to not being pop music."

"You have a secret soft spot for nonsensical lyrics? HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!"

And it's like...I, I like every aspect of this separately? But I'm not sure I like them all mushed together like this? It's like three or four different songs thrown together, but.... I guess I like it? Sorta? I definitely need to listen to it a few more times now that I have a better idea of what I'm getting myself into, but... well I'm happy to have had a chance to hear it, either way.

Also glad that I don't have to actually rank this song because I really don't want to assign any type of points to it. It's an experience that defies any rational attempt at scoring it.
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"My apologies, Gerald, I was not think."-Adventure Girl

I'm shocked, but I actually kinda like Sacrifice. Partly because the person who uploaded the video got the lyrics hilariously wrong:

sacrifice to Lucifer my master
bring the calico raise the knife

And the concept of him ordering his followers bring him a cat to oversee the ritual is objectively amazing and I think we should all take a moment to think of how much better the universe would be if those were the correct lyrics.



Also, I just like over-the-top villain songs. Satanic cults aren't really my first choice for villains, but it's catchy enough that I have a generally positive view of the song.
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"My apologies, Gerald, I was not think."-Adventure Girl

Oof.

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Lady Stardust

I really didn't get the Ziggy Stardust album the first time I tried listening to it. I'm not even entirely sure why I decided to get into the album; I don't think I'd ever listened to a complete album that wasn't either a soundtrack to something, a greatest hits compilation, or some novelty album before this one. But somehow, I decided to make this my first true album.

Wasn't a fan, not at first. I couldn't follow what the story was supposed to be (and I'm no longer convinced that there even is a story) and it just wasn't working for me... until this song. This was the moment that I fell in love with the album and became a fan of David Bowie--well sorta; I love his greatest hits, this album, and The Next Day... never heard anything else. I should probably do something about that, but I'm getting off topic.

Really, I'm rather drawn to androgynous or gender flipped characters and have been for my entire life. This song fully embraces it. It had me from the first verse. I had to go back and relisten to the entire album, scouring the internet for theories on what it all meant and symbolized. I was completely drawn in.

...of course the write-up for "Starman" soured me on the entire experience (in the likely event that song hasn't had its write-up posted at the time this one has, then just know I'll get into that later), but listening to this song again...*contented sigh*

Possibly my favorite track that I nominated. It's between this and "The Stand (Man or Machine)", depending on what I feel like listening to at the time.

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"My apologies, Gerald, I was not think."-Adventure Girl

Normal Battle
cheap treasure
Xeus
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"My apologies, Gerald, I was not think."-Adventure Girl

One Night In Neo Kobe City
Gusty Garden Galaxy
Melodies of Life
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"My apologies, Gerald, I was not think."-Adventure Girl

Snake5555555555 posted...

I'm a big fan of Kate Bush personally! Never for Ever and Lionheart are excellent albums.

I was already going to check out Never due to Babooshka, but I'll definitely make a note to look at Lionheart too. Thank you.
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"My apologies, Gerald, I was not think."-Adventure Girl

*skipping ahead a bit, will listen to other songs when time permits*

Someone besides me nominated a Kate Bush song? That's amazing! I've only heard her work on The Sensual World album & the Director's Cut EP--the latter only because she was finally able to release the original lyrics to The Sensual World's title track--so I'm grateful for an excuse to check out some of her other work.

*listens*

That's Kate Bush alright. I like it (current top four songs that were new to me: TIME > Babooshka > Damascus > Mr. Cairo), but... well, let's just say I'm not surprised by the reaction. She's a bit of an acquired taste, which is why I didn't push my luck by nominating multiple songs by her.
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"My apologies, Gerald, I was not think."-Adventure Girl

Finally caught up on everything. So far my favorite is T.I.M.E. and it's not even close. I think I actually love this track. At first because the concept of an overly dramatic version of YMCA seemed hilarious.

Then on a nostalgic level as it vaguely reminds me of a song someone that was very important to me showed me, once... a cover of Metallica's Enter Sandman that was very slow, almost lounge like. I've never been able to remember enough about the cover to actually track it down (there is a very high chance it's Richard Cheese's mash-up of "Enter Sandman" and "Mr. Sandman", but the memory is too vague for me to be positive). Not exactly the same thing, no, but it's a nice memory even if it's unrelated.

And finally, as Mana says, once you realize how powerful the lyrics truly are. It's very hard to judge YMCA on its own merits, as it's basically a parody of itself and so infamous. Once you strip away the disco and the costumes, what you're left with is unexpectedly amazing. I'm rather glad that I don't have to try to rank every song, because I don't think I want to know how highly I'd wind up scoring this track. Even if I wind up hating every other nomination, it was worth listening to the songs in this topic just to discover this one.



Won't try to give write-ups to everything else (in part because I don't want to flood the topic with posts, in part because I truly doubt I could do 1,300 write-ups), but I'll say I also enjoyed Damascus and The Friends of Mr. Cairo. Silence wasn't exactly my thing, but I appreciate getting a chance to listen to it.
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Battle Against a True Hero
Spiral of Erebos
Never to Return (Dissidents)
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If you really want more information, then I suggest checking this post from RI:

NeoNewJocosity posted...

This guy live tweeted the court hearing for her, if anyone's interested.

https://twitter.com/AlexanderQuon/status/985858820445483008
https://twitter.com/AlexanderQuon/status/985918239782920192

[...] The defense mostly focused on their plans being so bad that they probably wouldn't have accomplished much even if they had made it there.

Very long, in-depth threads about everything from the court hearing.
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HentaiMan posted...

I am one who does believe in reform. really life sentence for a act that wasn't actually carried out? It was foiled. I thought life sentence was reserved for when actual loss of life occurs?

How was she planning to kill anyway? Did she buy a lot of guns over a long period? from where. what kinds?

She is eligible for parole in 10 years; as she was held for three years while waiting for this sentence, she could hypothetically be out in only another seven years. I know almost nothing about the Canadian justice system, so I can't speak as to how likely it is that she would ever be released. As she believes it is her job to slaughter the inferior races, I really hope that she isn't; but if it makes you feel better, legally, she still has a chance.

The plan was to go into a crowded mall, throw some explosives around, then open fire (she'd use a shotgun, he'd use a hunting rifle); after slaughtering as many people as possible, the two of them would then blow their own brains out.

http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180420/geneva-woman-gets-life-in-prison-for-plotting-to-firebomb-canadian-mall

Lindsay Souvannarath was charged with conspiracy to commit murder for the plot she called Der Untergang (German for "The Downfall"), in which she and a Canadian man would go to the center's food court, throw firebombs and then shoot people with a shotgun and rifle before turning the weapons on themselves.

The guns were James'. IIRC, the explosives were supplied by Evil_Toe; he refused to participate in the actual killing, but seemed on board with arming them and taking footage of the area to help them plan the attack.

On Christmas Day 2014, Souvannarath wrote that her mother had unknowingly given her "the perfect outfit to go NBK (Natural Born Killers, a Columbine reference). "NBK could be only a plane ride away."

"You'd have to come here, though, because I'm the one with the guns," her late co-conspirator wrote.

They discussed whether to do the shooting at a mall or a hospital. "The mall sounds like more fun overall," Souvannarath wrote.

It should also be said that this was not a spur of the moment thing. They spent quite a while planning it:

https://globalnews.ca/news/4147065/believed-their-destiny-was-to-commit-this-massacre-halifax-mall-plotters-plan-revealed-in-court-documents/

They spent about seven weeks plotting a plan they called Der Untergang The Downfall.

And it should also be said that she has no remorse for her actions:

[There was a] conversation with an undercover officer posing as a fellow prisoner, with her laughing as she detailed her plot: It was going to be a Valentines Day massacre.

"Ms. Souvannarath advised the probation officer that she accepted full responsibility for her actions but did not express remorse for her actions, saying she had 'ideological reasons' for making the plan, which were 'complicated' to explain further," Rosinski said.

This was a planned terrorist attack to slaughter as many people as possible, in a location chosen because she found it to be the most fun place to kill, by someone who declared herself a Sex Goddess chosen to cull the inferior races, who in the past three years has never expressed any regret over her actions. It was only stopped because someone tipped off the authorities.

A psychiatrist did diagnose her with clinical depression and possible autism; there could be a valid debate on if she's too far gone mentally to be in full control of her actions and what society should do with autistic terrorists--but I am not equipped to really deal with that topic.
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Corrction: Evil Toe was the person sentenced to ten years. Im not aware of the other guy having an account? You could ask RI if you want more details on them.
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ImTheMacheteGuy posted...

What were their usernames? Just curious in case I ever stumbled upon either.

SnoopyFemme & Evil Toe. Both hung out on Random Insanity, not sure what other boards.
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In Circles
The Last Game We May Ever Play
Homecoming Hijinx
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I've never listened to Dr. Demento's show, but it sounds like something I might have been interested in; it's rare, but sometimes I do like to listen to odd songs just for a change of pace.

...also his name reminds me of "Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam" but I'm sure we're all better off not remembering that.
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Se7enthrust posted...

Anyone notice the Topic Title yet?

I tried to make it look like a radio dial

Huh. I hadn't noticed, but that actually is kinda neat.

Haven't had time to listen to the other two tracks to have any thoughts on them--nor do I have any real thoughts on mashups in general. I have nothing against them, but I also haven't heard many? They're a genre that I just haven't had any experience with.

I do have thoughts on my own nominations typed up and ready to go though!

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I Feel Better Than James Brown

Ahh, this song. Back in 2005, I spent a lot of time listening to an 80s music station on the TV. There were two tracks that mesmerized me: "Once in a Lifetime" and THIS oddity. Once played on a regular basis, but this song... I think I may have only heard it on that station once? But it stuck with me. Years later, I tried tracking the song down, but it was not easy--I eventually found a link on YouTube. It was shortly deleted for copyright reasons and I lost the link again.

After deciding to nominate "Once in a Lifetime", I knew I had to nominate this song. This obscure, mysterious song that seemingly no one had ever heard of. Problem was, I couldn't recall too many details. I wanted to ask the topic if they knew what the name was, but I couldn't think of a way of describing it that didn't make me sound completely psychotic:

"I'm looking for this song that I heard on an all 80s station. They say they were all 80s, but they also included songs from '79 and '90. It's this surreal spoken word song, I don't think there was any singing (though there may have been background singers)? The song had a celebrity name in the title, like that Cher song I nominated "Just Like Jesse James" and I think there was something about Castro knocking out CIA agents by blowing gas out of his cigar? And the song is really obscure, but it did get an official music video, but YouTube keeps pulling the video everytime I find it--perhaps as part of a conspiracy to drive me insane."

When I tried to find it, the first links I would hit were to "Once in a Lifetime" (of course), Baz Luhrmann's "Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen", and "Paranomia" featuring Max Headroom. All good songs (I should thank Google for reminding me that Paranomia exists, I've listened to that song so many times this past month), but decidedly not what I was looking for.

Finally, I just Googled "Fidel Castro Mustard Gas Lyrics" and it actually found the song. And the music video was back up! It does exist! Yay!

...oh, I should talk about the song itself? It's weird.
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Eh, I still like it. Not terribly surprised by the ranking, but still a fan anyway.
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Dr. Fetus' Castle
Don't speak her name!
Blue Skies (Infinity Remix)
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