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Mega_Mana posted...

Link dead, Powerful Infant: https://youtu.be/fz1B59aNi64

Sorry about that. I thought I'd been remembering to update the broken links as I had to replace them, but I clearly missed a few.

PIayer_0 posted...

I'm happy with 50+ for that one! For me, it's short and iconic enough that I don't even skip it as the first song on the CD.

Yeah, it is a pretty cute scene in context.

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#743: Dead Cells - Undying Shores (7:53):
https://youtu.be/NaxnJrrMVl0

Nominator: Shonen_Bat [1/2 Remaining]

Initial Score: 55.11
Revised Score: 55.0401
Final Score: 50.25

(First Reaction: Intriguing song that I can't figure out how to properly describe. It's not quite one of those "musical journey" type songs, but it certainly covers a lot of ground--ominous despair, quiet resolution, hope, "EpIc GaMe MuSicZ", etc ; there are parts of it that I really like, but I feel like the song gets a bit weak around the 5:20 mark--like once those choir vocals hit, all the parts of the song that I like are officially over and that just leaves two minutes of... fine-ness. Objectively a good song that would likely jump up two tiers if it ended two minutes sooner.)

Good concept, but it doesn't inspire particularly strong emotions... like, I do legitimately appreciate what the song is going for and it tries its best to cover a lot of emotional states in its runtime, but somehow it doesn't seem to fully embody any of those states & I'm left wanting to obtain a deeper connection with the song than I actually get. Could just be a flaw with me personally though.

[Final Thoughts: As much as I appreciate the musical depth and complexity on display here, I'm afraid that I'm in less of a mood for a prolonged journey & would prefer a song that perfectly encapsulates one of its emotional states over this smorgasboard of feelings. It's fine and I can see why other people would love it, but I'm kinda bouncing off of it tonight.]

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Not really a surprise that the person with only two songs is the first to fall into the Danger Zone with only one song left, I suppose.

And the last song of the morning, featuring one of the more... unhinged commentaries:

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#742: Caetano Veloso - Doideca [3:39]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_0EPA2UEBQ

Nominator: cakophon [18/20 Remaining]

Initial Score: 41.26
Revised Score: 50.50
Final Score: 50.29

(First Reaction: @.@

This feels as though I am Sylvester the Cat and being hypnotized, I can feel my eyes getting all swirly and glassy. It is a very unique experience, but not exactly a pleasant one? And why'd it have to be a boy cat, you should know furry fantasies are only automatic wins if they come with pink fur.

[Fluttershy's Note: We think she's trying to make a joke and not actually holding the gender of her fantasies against the song,.. Probably?])

Shame, I can't get back into that headspace at all. The song's all swirly and hypnotic-y, and the instruments generally feel old-fashioned cartoony--like it's easy to imagine a Tom & Jerry or Loony Tunes sequence set to the music, but I don't really get "Sylvester" vibes this time.... much less the impression of being him. Oh well. I definitely still get the swirly eyes and hypnotism effect though, that's at least a constant.

It's hard to score this. The hypnotic effect gives a mild headache and I don't think I particularly like the song, but it is a unique experience and I'm glad it was nominated. Which means that I do like it? Eh, let's try 50.50 points... I *think* I'm coming down on the side of liking the experience of the song enough for the score to be positive, but it's pretty close to winding up in the high 40s.

[Final Thoughts; "Swirly" still feels like the best adjective for this. What the heck that first reaction was remains unanswered.]

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