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198: TOOL - JIMMY:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSvdbCDZ5UY&list=OLAK5uy_k_Z0-DYw0_cGPvZm6icNUGbefRT4wktdY&index=9

Nominator: Steiner (4/26)
Source: Aenima (1/15)

Initial Score: 43.06 [#485]
Revised Score: 50.00 [#425]
Final Score: 70.65 [#198]

(First Thoughts: Im sure its a fine enough song, but I just...dont want to listen to this singer? Or the band. Or deal with this subject matter. Or acknowledge the songs existence in any way, shape, or form. But besides the...you know...everything about it, its fine.)

My opinion on this song has moved to neutrality. I wont say I dislike it, but Im certainly not going to say I like it either.

[Not-Quite-Final Thoughts: Alright, so I do like this right nowfor the most part. It does get too overly intense towards the end (a very common thread with all the serious songs on Aenima) and its more...real than I care to deal with usually, but this is a powerful track when Im in the mood for something like it.

...Right now, I think Im taking this up to 70 points?]

[Final Thoughts: 70 points works. Song is more than I want to deal with on a regular basis (both in terms of subject matter and in terms of how very loud it is), but I still like and appreciate it enough that I dont want to move any lower than 70 points.]

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AENIMA:

Hooker With a Penis: 0 (Upgraded to 13.00) [#599 originally; a tie for #586th place with upgraded score]

Stinkfist: 10.42 [#588]
Intermission: 19.99 [#584]
Forty Six & 2: 27.49 [#574]
Pushit: 35.10 [#562]
Aenema: 40.08 [#553]
Eulogy: 43.72 [#531]
H: 44.20 [#520]
Cesaro Summability: 49.00 [#486]
Third Eye: 50.32 [#462]
Userful Idiot: 59.01 [#362]
(-) Ions: 61.48 [#307]
Die Eier von Satan: 66.15 [#267]
Message to Harry Manback: 68.00 [#238]
Jimmy: 70.65 [#198]

Average Score: 47.0435714285



Unsurprisingly, this is very far from the type of album Id normally choose to listen to. I kinda knew that much from the opening song, but its not without its charms.

I like experimental tracks that question what music even is and this album had multiple. It was honestly nice to finally get an entire track of noise (Useful Idiot) and buzzing sounds ((-) Ions), since those are things Ive somewhat asked for in the past.

Die Eier von Satan is, quite possibly, the answer to a question Ive had for many years and is possibly the most nostalgic song in the entire topicwhile I hadnt heard it before, it does bring back a lot of good memories.

Message to Harry Manback... I mean, Ive said I love spoken word lyrics and samples taken out of context, so a track that is just a spoken voicemail is really the perfect test as to how far you can get with only spoken words.

Jimmy... is too intense for listening on a regular basis, but is something Ill go back to when Im in the right mood for it. Its a great song and one that Ive learned to like quite a bit, and fairly important for me personally, just... quite heavy.

Also, as Ive said repeatedly, I need to be exposed to songs I actively hate, so I consider anything scoring less than 20 points to be a rousing success. So I am quite actively glad the album was included.

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197: STURGILL SIMPSON - REMEMBER TO BREATHE:

https://open.spotify.com/track/254suDtwoe5QLcMjzCWMjV

Nominator: Xeybozn (3/20)
Source: Sound and Fury (1/10)

Initial Score: 72.18 [#99]
Revised Score: 18.74 [#578]
Final Score: 9.97 (later upgraded to 50.00) (later upgraded to 60.00) (later upgraded to 70.90) [#197]

(First Thoughts: Does a lot of things right.

Stayin in the shadows where the light dont ever shine
Havin one-way conversations with the darkness in my mind

Is probably going to be the best two lines from any song in this entire ranking. But the chorus is very...rape-y.)

Its a metaphor for how hes going to musically rape you with awesomeness!!1!

There are days where Im more forgiving of these types of metaphors or let my love for the lyrics in the first verse carry the song high up the list, but tonight, my hatred for the chorus far, far outweighs any positive attributes the song may have.

[Not-Quite-Final Thoughts: Im not one of those who thinks the song is literally about rape. I dont know much about Sturgill Simpson, but that doesnt feel like his style. Its just rape as a metaphor and I have no interest in it.

But that first verse... its so good that part of me wants to move it back up the list a bit... grr...

...fine, I think Ill drop this at the Exactly 50 points level. I both love and hate this song, so lets say it all cancels out into a void of neutrality.]

[Later: ...I hate how close this song comes to perfection. Great music, great voice, one perfect verse... and yet...

...grrr... fine, Im moving this back up to 60 points, though Im not exactly happy about admitting that.]

[Still Later: ...I love the song, hate it, and hate how much I love this song. Moving it back to the 70s. I guess.]

[Final Thoughts: Part of me wishes Id given this song 0 points on principle. Another part wants to move it even further up the list. I have no faith in this songs placement and this seems to be more a case of this is where it happened to be on the list when I decided to stop moving it further up than any real statement on anything.]

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SOUND AND FURY:

Last Man Standing: 25.40 [#575]
All Said and Done: 40.00 [#554]
Ronin: 52.10 [#417]
Best Clockmaker on Mars: 55.40 [#395]
Fastest Horse in Town: 56.06 [#388]
Make Art, Not Friends: 58.24 [#365]
A Good Look: 59.29 [#358]
Mercury in Retrograde: 59.93 [#334]
Sing Along: 67.85 [#240]
Remember to Breathe: 70.90 [#197]

Average Score: 54.517



A very different type of album. After the more traditional country sound from his other album, I wasnt quite expecting this... progressive psychedelic country rock thing. I appreciate both albums getting nominated and showing off his range.

While this isnt my favorite album, I think it might have been the most enchanting. Its so out there that it immediately grasps my full attention and its short enough that it never overstays its welcome or feels like its dragging in places. So, not quite my type of thing, but I definitely see the appeal of it.

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