LogFAQs > #969834472

And I turned out to not be busy, so things proceed on a normal schedule with the fifth & sixth additions to the wall:

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???: Dorian Electra, Gaylord - Monk Mode (Interlude) (1:06):
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4xRLL3kkpvCfJwdnamywBB?si=d2f14b4f2647462f

Nominator: Bane [31/38 Remaining]

Initial Score: 50.00
Revised Score: 50.85
Final Score: 50.435 [Upgraded to 50.947] [Upgraded to 51.45] [Upgraded to 54.36] [Upgraded to 55.00]

(First Reaction: Ehhh.. I don't really care about a song from the perspective of the Red Pill community, even for the sake of making fun of them, so I don't particularly want to listen to this & there's nothing here for me in the lyrics. On the other hand, I like having an entire verse in latin and the not-quite-metal deep voice from Gaylord is oddly enjoyable. I both "kinda like" and "kinda moderately dislike" this song, so it could really fall anywhere in the 40s or 50s, but I'm going to place it in the true neutral zone of Exactly 50 points to start with... frankly, none of my feelings are strong enough that it should definitively go into the positive or negative categories.)

The intro to the song is fire--spoken word latin delivered in a deep, dramatic voice with dark, booming instruments that are *chef's kiss*. The rest of the song isn't half as good, but I still find Gaylord's performance enjoyable and we've even got a Parappa reference thrown in, so this song has quite a few things going for it. I just wish this greatness was used on a more appealing subject and that the track was longer--it's really split into two different halves, neither of which is really long enough. Definitely moving this into the positive score values, as there are certainly enough positives to it though, if only slightly.

[Final Thoughts: It's remarkable that a song can both be this short and divided into two halves. The opening is great, but the song completely abandons everything I liked about it and quickly ends. Still, I do kinda love the first 25 seconds.]

[Later: I slightly delayed this song's elimination because I do really, really like the opening... but the second half of the song really doesn't do anything for me and I find myself more drawn to the songs ranked above it which are (mostly) more consistent.]

[Still Later: It's a hard song to cut because that opening is so completely on point.]

[And Yet Later: Ehhh.... I guess I'll move the song up a few more points because I keep refusing to eliminate it.]

[Finally: The wall is a fine place for this song. I can finally stop deciding if I want it to be slightly above or slightly below all of these other songs and just slot it into a "kinda like" tier.]

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-gwar-

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???: Mori Calliope - guh (3:01):
https://open.spotify.com/track/1rae8blMgdy6WQgZAHxRXN?si=a038df0d2e414169

Nominator: Murphiroth [22*/32 Remaining]

Initial Score: 63.14
Revised Score: 59.00
FInal Score: 54.40 [Upgraded to 55.00]

(First Reaction: Good song is good. One more track and then I can rest...)

!I still enjoy this a fair amount, but I'm not as drawn to the self-deprecating humor as I usually am tonight.

[Final Thoughts; I dunno. Usually the self-deprecation plays quite well with me and I have this as a highly rated song, but I'm not finding any specific lyrics that I'm attached to or feeling much of anything towards the song tonight. It's still better than everything eliminated before it, but I'm just not connecting with it anymore.]

[Later: The "give it up, give it up" part of the chorus is surprisingly catchy, but while I definitely kinda like this, I'm not feeling strongly enough about it to move it any further up the list and it shall be the next part of the Wall.]

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