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#374: JAM PROJECT - Transformers EVO (4:37):
https://open.spotify.com/track/5CANiyHKmhT7PX8YCnN2AB?si=0d1c77cc186f4049

Nominator: CPU [11/30 Remaining]

Initial Score: 45.10
Revised Score: 47.70
Final Score: 55.59 [Upgraded to 55.949] [Upgraded to 58.137] [Upgraded to 62.93]

(First Reaction: I'm not entirely positive what it is, but I think this might be a bit too hard rock for my tastes? That doesn't seem quite right, but after the song ramps up in intensity, I find it a bit unpleasant. Not really bad, but not something I'm into either. Which is sad because I was fairly excited for new (to me) Transformers songs.)

...Actually, in retrospect, I just don't think I'm much of a fan of the band. I don't know how I didn't recognize them as the Super Robot Wars group immediately, but I kinda don't usuallly like the theme songs? SRW T's theme, "Tread on the Tiger's Tail", is just the worst kind of cheesy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlfJTlB7WEA

"SUPER ROBOT! We are fighting!" is just... *sigh*

I rather like Az's first theme from SRW 30, "Divine Beast", but that's not a Jam Project song... it's definitely tamer, going for a jpop idol flair. It rarely sounds like a battle theme at all, which is definitely a big plus for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49420myqcP8

I was quite disappointed when that song was replaced with her second theme later in the game... but again, I've strayed too far from the original topic.

Transformers EVO PROS:

1: I do like transformers.

2: "Open your wings and transform" is a fun lyric and image. Reminds me of Gundam Wing, which doesn't hurt things.

CONS:

1: The band's presumably just not one I'm into, or at least, I can't recall being a fan of any of their themes.

2: I planned on saying "I'd have preferred the Decepticon song over the Autobot one", but honestly, I don't think the singer can pull off the dark vibe enough to properly sell it... as much as I love the fact that there is a Decepticon anthem...

...yeah, that's about it, really.

[Final Thoughts: I swear the audio to this song is much better on YouTube, so I'm replacing the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihFKsEcCLnc

And also raising this song up a fair amount to the "kinda like" tier. I'm also probably more in the mood for battle music like this than usual and also feeling fairly nostalgic for some Super Robot Wars... kinda want to dig out my copy of T and see what happens if you side with Haman in the war between her and Char for control over Zeon. The correct answer is obviously "don't help either of the genocidal freaks", followed by "help Char because he's awesome & occasionally good", with literally no in universe reason for you to side with HAMAN of all people.

[Later: Super Robot Wars T spoilers continued: helping Haman is pretty dull actually, there's surprisingly little change between helping her or not helping either of them.

I do love Transformers and Robot Wars, so this is a neat combination of things that appeal to me. I'm still not crazy for the band, but I do kinda like this.]

[Roll Out: I'm still in a SRW mood, so I'm far more amicable to this band than usual. Also, I still swear the audio sounds much better on YouTube on my end.]

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-remember the "block of five songs"? No? Me neither, but here's another of them:-

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#373: Joey Sellers - Requiems (6:16):
https://youtu.be/hg5PMCSXye8

Nominator: Haste [6/31 Remaining]

Initial Score: 64.14
Revised Score: 52.69
Final Score: 55.08 [Upgraded to 59.02] [Upgraded to 62.94]

(First Reaction: I like this. I dare say that, if I had to listen to live music, I might prefer something like this. Something I like, in a genre versatile enough that it's unlikely to get dull, and it seems likely to attract a quieter fanbase than other songs I like. You can practically hear the very polite clapping at the end of the song.)

!It's nice, but I'm afraid that I'm not quite in the mood for this subset of jazz as I was on the initial listen... I can appreciate that it's very high quality & there's still parts of it I like, but I think I'm going to bump it down a tier for the moment.

[Final Thoughts: Relaxing and smooth, in a way that I'm back to kinda liking it. Definitely a genre I should listen to more often.]

[And Also Later: Part of a block of 5 songs that are being moved up to the 59 point level because I do not want to eliminate them.]

[Later: Ahh, this is smooth and relaxing. Let's go ahead and take this back up a tier.]

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