LogFAQs > #980207723

"All of My Friends Are Going to Hell" added to ZA'LIST ; Cell Block Tango added to main list. Place's recently added songs listened to once and given their preliminary scores.

One new song drops every posted song's ranking down by 1, letting us resume with the new #380. Five drops today, as I manage to get back onto schedule for a brief moment:

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#380: ORNETTE COLEMAN | GROWING UP (2:19)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKTl3NNa36o
Nominator: @Snake5555555555 [13 Remaining]

Initial Score: 50.127
Final Score: 47.18 [Downgraded to 45.00]

(First Reaction: Jazz isn't usually my jam and this... doesn't really change that. I don't mind listening to it, but I also don't really notice the music on any conscious level... it's just here in the background for a couple minutes and then ends. I suppose I'd say I like this more than the absolute nothingness that is an exactly 50 point song, but... not by that much? I'm sorry, I just listened to this a second time to see if it could do a better job of grabbing my attention, but it just doesn't.)

And we're apparently in even less of a jazz mood than usual this afternoon, as this song is slipping down a few spaces. Like I said, it's not bad, there's just something wrong with me where I never really notice or remember the song... it's one of the most "this song exists" songs I've come across, which i'm sure is blasphemy, but I just don't get the appeal.

[Later: And my interest in this type of jazz music sinks lower yet again on this third (or fourth) listen. I've tried with this song, but I really don't think I'm ever going to be into this genre to judge anything in this style fairly.]

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#379: Alfred Kwak | Pikkie De Ekster (2:08, though the first 18 seconds is Dutch creator commentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q15SlWEaSMA
Nominator: Kopazzynth [6 Remaining]
Character: Pikkie the Magpie

Initial Score: 43.22
Final Score: 47.00

(First Reaction: A jaunty little tune. Not bad, it's kind-of "bouncing along the sidewalk with a mischievous grin" music which is... not bad.)

It's another track where I want to find more to say about it, but "jaunty" is the only word that actually comes to mind. It kinda hops along quietly for a little bit and then fades away. It's certainly not bad, but it also feels a bit... short and basic for me to really call it good either. It's fine, just not very memorable.

[Later: And in a world in which I keep giving more and more points to songs so that I don't have to cut anything, I come to this song and... feel a bit bad that I don't enjoy it more than I do or have anything to say about it. The only words that ever come to mind are "jaunty" and "fine". Since I don't really feel negative about it, it's very close to being at the 50 point mark, but I think it's just a little half-step below that level.]

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#378: RoughSketch | Announcement (3:33)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP19Y_9IPL8
Nominator: @banshiryuu [11 Remaining]

Initial Score: 25.00
Final Score: 31.00 [Upgraded to 40.36] [Upgraded to 47.30]

(First Reaction: Nope. I don't like very pronounced beats and repetition, this is mostly one vocal sample being repeated while the background music thumps endlessly. I don't hate it, but it's... basically the exact opposite of what I want music to be?

...I'm afraid I really have nothing else to add to that. I guess some of the beeping sounds almost like lasers from generic arcade shooters, so that's something? It... yeah, this just isn't for me in any way, so "not hated" is really the best it could ever hope for.)

This song is a bit better than I remember! It's still not something I want, like, I wasn't exaggerating when I said this song is basically the opposite of what I enjoy... but the sheer harshness of the pounding beats isn't without its charms. When I want something really harsh and chaotic, I could see myself... tolerating it? I dunno. I don't think I'd ever say I "like" this, but I think it's a tier above the 20 point songs.

[Later: I... hmm... I do kinda like the harshness of the song. If we could just remove that pulsing beat, there's probably a solid song underneath it. I still feel like this is below the 50 point mark, but... I'd say this is more solidly in the "not for me" camp than "I dislike this" one.]

[Later Still: And I'll add a few extra points here. It's always going to be a bit rough trying to judge a song that is so antithetical to what i usually enjoy, but this is getting a bit closer to being something I enjoy. I'll say this is just below the 50 point mark?]

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