LogFAQs > #980160673

Thank you all, I'll add those songs to the sheet in the morning (and update the character notes on those songs.). That gets us up to 379 songs at the moment by my count, so we'll start with the songs provisionally in 379th through 375th place. Exact numbers will obviously change as more songs are added (especially if some wind up with lower final scores than these five. You know how it is with a live ranking.)

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#379: SCENE QUEEN | FINGER (2:33)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kq1O9FM920
Nominator: @Snake5555555555

Initial Score: 20.98
Final Score: 3.00 [Upgraded to 18.56]

(First Reaction: ... Yeah... there's not a lot I can do with a song this sexually explicit. Some points for a pony reference and the "If God hated gays, the sex wouldn't be so good" line, but... well, it at least avoided the tiers of songs I hated, so that's something?)

....I didn't leave a number out. i just... don't want to listen to this, at all. Too explicit. Somedays I'm fine with that, somedays I'm not. Today is very much a "not" day and... well, that's about it really. Perhaps this song will be lucky enough to hit me on a day when I'm less bothered by its lyrics by the actual elimination, but this feels like a pretty solid tier below the other songs that were originally ranked below it (two of which I actually kinda like right now).

[LATER: So, these really low rated songs are getting a third listen due to timing shenanigans--the bottom 39-ish songs got "Second/Revised Scores" before I switched to this experimental speed format, so they're kinda getting the old treatment as I need to give them a third listen before I actually eliminate them. And this song is benefiting from getting the extra chance, though.... not that much of a benefit, if I'm being honest.

First, the good news: I'm less bothered by sexual content when I'm on this account. Honestly, we're all asexual, but I'm less repulsed by the thought. It's more of an "this does not interest me" than the absolute revulsion some feel. So, the lyrics are less of a dealbreaker than on the second listen.

Also, I honestly like the Bridge on this song. It's rather ethereal, the singing is prettier, and it's as though it came from a song three or four tiers above this one. And while it is obviously sexual, it's at least a bit less overt, which does make it more palatable. An entire song in that style would probably be in the mid-60s scorewise, even if they are just repeating one line.

The bad news: I still do not enjoy the verses or chorus. Like, at all. It's also dreadfully repetitive... the chorus consists of repeating the same lines twice, which isn't great--then we play the chorus in full five times and hearing those lines ten times in a two and a half minute long would be bothersome even if I did like them. The genre is also not something I'm into; it's not club music, but it's so... loud and aggressive. It's this hyper-aggressive, hyper-sexual, hyper-pop dance thing that I actively want to go away. I don't know that this is still the absolute lowest song in the topic, but it's... not great. When I'm against the lyrics, and the genre, and the repetition of the lyrics... there's... not really a polite way to say that I kinda hate this.

I do like the bridge though! So, it's hypothetically possible this band would have something I like. Just not this particular song. Very, very much not this particular song.]

[Slightly Later: Okay, now I can say it's the lowest song in the topic, unless someone finds something I really hate.]

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#378: Jain - Makeba (4:09)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryG4CSQ_aJE
Nominator: @paulg235

Initial Score: 17.94
Final Score: 19.03

(First Reaction: ...Yeah, I think I hate this. This chorus... that high-pitched "ooh-ee" and the way the lyrics just keep repeating. Make it stop. Please. I feel like mis-quoting Jesus Christ Superstar's Gethsemane.

"Now I'm sad and tired
Listen, surely I've exceeded expectations?
Listened for three minutes, seems like thirty
Could you ask as much from any other creature?"

...Which is amusing, but very much not where you want a train of thought to go. Honestly, the song isn't all horrible. Towards the end, it sounds like it's underwater. That's... novel enough to be worth a few points. And I can appreciate it being about a civil rights activist. I just... really, really don't want to listen to this again.)

And so we begin round two of listening, starting with the song that was officially in last place after the first round! Also of minor note, I just moved while on my vacation, so this is the first song to be listened to in the new apartment. Yay?

So... this song isn't terrible, but I'm still not not into it. That chorus is just so monotonous that the song very quickly burns through any goodwill built up by the verses. I do kinda like the verses--"you are the real beauty of human rights" is a decent line and I like the concept of honoring a civil rights icon--but repeatedly shouting "ooh-ee!" and dancing is not exactly a very compelling way to honor her. I am tempted to move this up to the 20 point marker because there are enough points that I kinda like, or almost like, that saying I "hate" it might be a bit too harsh... but when the song consists primarily of a chorus that I do hate, it's a bit hard to convince myself to give it even those few token extra points. I'll move it closer, up to 19 points, and reevaluate it right before its posted.

[LATER: Going to be brutally honest. My reaction to having to listen to this a third time was "please, no, don't make me endure this a third time. Please," and that honestly feels like it should be back in last place. BUT... that underwater section is pretty neat... and I like the idea of the song. It's enough to let it escape last place, though only just.]

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