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Raka_Putra posted...

Man The Greatest Showman is...

It's a great entry point for people to get into musicals I guess, because most of the songs have a very modern pop sound. But it feels very Hollywood-formulaic, if you know what I mean.

Having never seen it or heard any other songs besides the one nominated, I'll have to take your word for it. "From Now On" didn't feel particularly poppy, as I'd be surprised to hear something with such a slow & sad buildup on the radio... though I suppose once the song picks up, the "let's just repeat a happy phrase endlessly" part certainly feels like modern pop music with its unwillingness to do anything but a memorable chorus repeated until the end of time.

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Four eliminations to start off the day. As stated, these aren't going to have ranking numbers until I'm done chopping things, so songs will be in no particular order for the near future:

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???: Royal Trux | Solid Gold Tooth (2:19)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtWCQaaR-NI
Nominator: @Tked [3 songs remaining]

Initial Score: 55.23
Final Score: 56.03 [Upgraded to 57.30]

(First Reaction: It's... I don't know what it is. It has a lot of laser sound effects and some vocals that I can't make out. Are they speaking words or just sounds? Would the answer matter? I don't dislike it, but it's.... some voices mumbling something that may or may not be in a human language while lasers are constantly fired. How many points is that worth? It's novel enough that I kinda like it, so 55 points? I guess? I'd like to make this write up longer, but I think I'm too baffled to actually say anything.)

I still have no idea what to make of this track. It's certainly something. Don't know if it's a good or bad something, but it's... something.

[Later: Yep, I still don't get this track and it's going to be the first unfortunate victim of the culling. While I'm reasonably confident there are songs remaining I enjoy less than this, it's not going to compare favorably against the songs in the Nebula (much less those beyond the Nebula) and it's time to let this one go.]

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???:: Blur - Song 2 (2:03)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXS89RFUlOY
Nominator: @paulg235 [12 songs remaining]

Initial Score: 19.5001
Final Score: 55.00 [Upgraded to 57.82]

(First Reaction: .....Oh God, it's that blasted "woo-hoo! woo-hoo! woo-hoo!" song. Not to spoil the ranking too much, but why do you have two horrible songs sandwiched between two great ones? I'm pretty sure no one else has such a massive scoring discrepancy between two nominations listed side-by-side and you somehow do this twice in a row. Are you trying to give me some type of whiplash by bouncing up and down the rankings so violently?

[Please take that as a joke, I am glad that you found at least two songs that I really enjoy and I'm also thankful for songs I hate. It just feels weird to react with "oh fuck, it's this song" and "oh fuck yeah, it's this song" back-to-back.]

As for the song... like, I get that it's a parody, but this feels terrible. I hate that woo-hoo'ing chorus and the verses aren't that much better.)

Hmm... actually I think I like the instruments here tonight. There's a lot of grungy, filthy shredding that I feel really drawn to. I still despise the shouting of "woo-hoo" and I'm not a fan of how abruptly the song stops, but those instruments... man, I quite like that. So, I'll tell you what we're gonna do here; were gonna temporarily move this up to the "kinda like" tier. Now, I may move it back down, but those instruments *might* be a valid enough reason to move the song even further up. I don't know right now. So, we're gonna drop this at exactly 55 points and reevaluate when the actual rankings start.

[Later: For those of you who don't want to check the order of paulg's nominated songs, this write up tells you that "Donkey Kong Country - I'm Nobody's Hero" & "DBZ- Cha-La Head Cha-La" are getting high scores, while the SiivaGunner song "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" started off as something I hated and is now somewhere above exactly 55 points. Spoiling that made more sense when paul was losing multiple songs in the opening post & I wanted to offer assurance that at least something was going to get points... but then I stopped hating those two songs and now this is all weird, but I'm not editing the message.]

[Later Still: I do honestly like the instruments in this song, but I also still hate the "woo-hoo" so... I think I feel okay with letting this one go next. It's been holding on for quite a while, but the 58.00~59.99 point songs have become their own tier & this does not rank amongst them. Like "Solid Gold Tooth", I'm fairly confident there are songs I like less than this remaining, but it's destined to be cut soon either way.]

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???: Date of Birth | dial m17 (5:10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Li3Pmv-Cs
Nominator: @-hotdogturtle-- [4 songs remaining]

Initial Score: 55.5555
Final Score: 56.28

(First Impressions: It's a chill song. I kinda like it; can't find a lot that I want to say about it, it's just something I kinda space out and vibe with for a few minutes. Kinda cool.)

It's definitely chill. Is it the chillest song of the topic? I don't know. Maybe. It's definitely something that I kinda like and I'm never really disappointed to hear, but it never leave a very strong impression and there's no "thing" that I get particularly into. Chill background music is nice, but I can't see myself ever seeking it out to listen to on its own.

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???: Ramin Djawadi and Brandon Campbell | Surrender (4:05)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LjNEkLlHEM
Nominator: @GavsEvans123 [8 songs remaining]

Initial Score: 55.84
Final Score: 56.17

(First Reactions: I kinda like this one. There's a richness and heaviness to the stringed instruments which is enjoyable and I like the idea of a more atmospheric nomination, but I never feel a strong connection to the song. It doesn't make me feel anything other than a general "this is nice" type vibe; and I feel I've said that about too many songs this ranking already, but it's really all I can think of to say here. It does everything right: good genre, good instruments, good weight and heaviness to it, and yet... it just doesn't resonate with me strongly enough or make me imagine any interesting scenarios for it to be more than nice.)

I wish I could tell you why this song isn't quite clicking for me. On paper, it seems to do everything right and I wouldn't say that I have complaints about it because I truly don't know what would make the song more appealing to me. With something like "Anchordeep", I can say "I would prefer more aqua in my aquatic ruins music" and at least I know what I meant. This song... "is". It doesn't feel like it's missing anything, it's not one of the songs that doesn't leave an impression, it just... is. Which is unsatisfying to type as it is for you to get as a write up, but it's all I've managed to come up with.

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