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| Topic | Luce, Fluttershy, and Raetsel rank 361+ songs [Rankings] |
| Spark_Garou 05/06/24 5:17:31 PM #66: | CJones posted...
this kinda reminds me of a less metal version of Protest the Hero. Oh hey, I almost forgot about that band! "Blindfolds Aside" was a fairly big hit back at the first ranking (34th place, apparently)... I can't remember if I ever got around to checking out any of their other songs or not, but I know I at least thought about it back then. I should probably throw something of theirs on after the main ranking finishes. NBIceman posted... although I have seen an interpretation that the pills being talked about aren't so much medication as they are a destructive addiction that the protagonist can't stand to watch anymore, and that the "death" etc. being referred to is more metaphorical. Think you have to stretch your mind to see that one a bit, but I don't know - I've seen crazier song interpretations too. I like alternative interpretations, but I find it really hard to make that one work. And you need to take Spinning that as "actually the pills are bad and the death I'm forcing on you is good" is... not impossible, but certainly a challenge. ZaziGuado posted... Since I'm at the bottom and it was cutting off two lines, it makes sense why I thought this. I just verified it now. It's cool, it freaked me out a bit at first when I went to check. I actually had a post typed up wondering how I managed to lose two songs after I couldn't find them either... then I decided to check the Artist & Song tabs and was able to find them there, which was even more confusing. Took a while to piece together than Google's stupid insistence that you use the app is half-hiding the last two lines. I'd like to fix that, but I'm not sure how... I suppose I could add two fake lines with all Zs for each category to guarantee they'd always be at the bottom of the list? I'll think about it. - Three eliminations for now. I'll try to be back with two more later: =============== #363: TISM | (He'll never be an) Ol Man River (2:23) https://youtu.be/1-mLIdLZZeI?si=WleKdmJdVScMVdFX Nominator: MarkS2222222222 [3 songs remaining] Initial Score: Unranked [Later set to 49.89] Final Score: 55.02 (First Reaction: I'm going to take a pass on this for a couple days and then revisit it. The band goes for shock value, and certainly shocked me, so mission accomplished? It's a serious condemnation of the media (and fans) obsession with tragedy and death; and... well, that's a bit of a heavier topic than I usually want to engage with. And the lyrics can get really repetitive: I'm on the drug, I'm on the drug And I have the feeling that this song is quite aggressively not for me. Still, I worry I may be being too hard on it; gonna give a couple days for the shock value to wear off and I'll revisit it for a first score then. [Later] Yeah, this thump-thump-thump-thump beat and oft repeated lyrics aren't for me. I'm cool with the song now that the shock value has worn off, but it's also not a genre I care for and the lyrics--while socially relevant--lack any lines that I'm especially fond of. With this type of pulsing club adjacent music, I really need some lyrics or story that I can fall in love with to overcome my bias against the style, and this just doesn't have any.) I think I'm more in the mood for a challenging song like this today, so I actually kinda like it? I really do need a greater lyrical variety than this, but it's relevant & compelling in ways that I'm at least slightly drawn to. And really this needs to be a tier above all the songs didn't hit the 55 point mark, so I'll be moving it up a little ways. [Later: Yeah, very early in the 55 point tier feels right for this song. I do kinda like it when I'm in the mood for something more... relevant to existence than my standard fare, but an oft-repeated chorus which just copies & pastes the same lyric endlessly is a bit of a rough sell to me even when I want to listen to something like this song.] =============== *continued* --- Call me Luce when I'm on this account; or don't. Enjoy your freedom.. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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