LogFAQs > #969685962

Going to try to get through 10 songs this morning to make up for Holiday Time. We'll see how it goes; for now, here's two songs:

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#715: RichaadEB feat. Amie Waters - Strictly Impersonal (3:17):
https://determination-ut.bandcamp.com/track/strictly-impersonal-rude-buster-ft-amie-waters

Nominator: DoctorJimmy [22/24 Remaining]

Initial Score: 57.46
Revised Score: 54.64
Final Score: 52.45

(First Reaction: Rockin' remix of Deltarune's battle theme. It's alright. I love Deltarune (or what parts of it are currently available at least), but Rude Buster's never been one of my favorite tracks and playing it on an electric guitar is... fine? It's a VGM remix with prominent electric guitar, I'm rather sure we've all already decided how we feel about such things. It's good, I kinda like it, I kinda enjoy remembering Deltarune--though it's hard to be too nostalgic for a story that's still unfinished, but it's a bit too close to "epic battle theme" territory to make it to the next tier.)

!There's some fine guitar shredding on the track and it's nice to think of Deltarune, but battle themes are still a hard sell.

[Final Thoughts: I still have generally positive feelings towards the track, but it drops a bit with each listen. There was some fun hearing a hard rocking variation of a song I knew so well the first time, but the novelty is starting to wear off a bit and this is getting dangerously close to "RPG battle theme, blech" territory. It's not there yet, but it's probably best for the song's standing that I take a break from listening to it for a while.

There's a brief interlude just before the two minute mark which has a retro gaming-esque feel with its beeping, that part was kinda neat.]

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#714: John Scofield - Techno [7:30]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDuNw1mre-I

Nominator: Lasa [12/14 Remaining]

Initial Score: 53.377
Revised Score: 50.96
Final Score: 51.87 [Upgraded to 52.465]

(First Reaction: Technically proficient instrumental that falls into the category of "instrumentals that don't inspire any specific reaction", even if it sounds nice.)

I'm sure this is a fantastic song that I'm just not understanding, but I just... don't get it, to be honest. I'm aware these are all talented musicians and I think everyone here is connected to some other nominations of yours--the bass player worked with Miles Davis, the drummer is from Weather Report... it's kinda neat reading about the connections. But I never have any reaction to this other than "that's some fine guitar playing" which... is fine. I've listened to it three more times tonight in hopes that I'd be able to grok why these are supposedly legendary musicians or why this is a big track, but I'm not getting anything other than "fine". I'm sorry, I really did try with this song.

[Final Thoughts: Still sorry, I'm just not really getting any specific feelings from this song. I know it's good, but I can't connect with it at all.]

[Later: It is kinda catchy and I've moved it up a few places, but it's a rough time for instrumentals that don't inspire any specific feelings or emotions. They're nice and I like them well enough, but it's getting harder & harder to take them over songs that I have stronger reaction to.]

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