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2: ITEACHVADER - WIN THE RACE:

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

Its pretty easy to follow the train of thought on this one: We go from something with serious subject matter to the exact opposite, a literal cartoon.

The most interesting thing about this song is that its perpetually in second place. It was second place in the initial version of the list (based only on first impressions), it was second place in the final version of the rankings, and its the second valid answer I thought of for these posts.

Anyway, I love the song, but I cant think of anything new to say about it. I love cartoons, I love Sonic, I love happy dancing & singing Robotnik, this is very much my type of thing.

...I suppose nows a good place to say that I probably undervalued Hedgehog Stew when I listened to it earlier in the post ranking. Ive actually gone back to listen to it a fair number of times & would be listening to it more frequently if it were on Spotify. I have to go out of my way to listen to things on YouTube, so it hasnt quite gotten played on an endless loop like some other songs that are easier to listen to, but its definitely much closer to Win The Race in quality than I gave it credit for.

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3. NUAGE - IM GONNA CARRY ON:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8DjVkq8tYA

Well, you cant think of song that didnt win without immediately following with song that did win, so heres the first place song! Its memorable because it won.

More seriously, I usually dont like these types of dance songs, so its notable for being the only song of its genre to reach the highest tier of songs & to have actually beat out 630 other songs for first place. I havent listened to it all that often because, much like Win The Race & Hedgehog Stew, I really need to listen to it on YouTube. I think there is a version of Im Gonna Carry On on Spotify, but it sounded off and was rather unpleasant compared to how this particular YouTube upload did. Though that could have been my imagination.

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4. THE WEEKND - HOUSE OF BALLOONS / GLASS TABLE GIRLS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ex38L8xtNI

I think my mind was trying to jump from song in first place to song in last place and missed. Maybe? I know there was originally a three way tie for last:

There was a Tool song that was at the bottom for inaccurate reasons, which was later moved up the list a bit. Its definitely one of the more memorable songs because, of all my rankings, it is the only song to have its score and ranking changed in the middle of a topic after being eliminated. But I didnt think about it as one of the first five and dont really want to talk about it, outside of referencing it here.

I Run Rap, which is definitely in last place and I stand by its position.

And then there were a lot of songs by The Weeknd near the bottom of the list. I think, after the first listen, there was something stupid like 16 Weeknd songs in the bottom 20 songs or something? I eventually mellowed on quite a few of his songs, with several of them being moved way up the list (pretty sure one of them raised over 500 rankings, didnt it?), but there were still some songs of his that I hated.

...Im just not entirely sure which songs were which... I think Initiation was the one tied for last place and House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls was also really low ranking. Though I still hate HoB/GTC, so maybe it deserved to be in last place? Or maybe it actually was?

*goes to check*

Right, right, Initiation was in last place. Then Kiryu Coco ED, which was followed immediately by seven The Weeknd songs dropping in the same post. House of Balloons was just kinda in the middle of that cluster. Its interesting that when my mind tries to jump to a song I hate, it picks House of Balloons when there are decidedly lower ranking songs on the list.

...Now I almost want to relisten to the lower ranked songs and see if I still want them lower than HoB, but Ill save revisiting songs for some later date.



...As for this song: Too explicit for my tastes and your mind wants to leave, but you cant go is probably the lyric that put me the most on edge from the entire topic. Which, again, raises questions on how anything (other than I Run Rap) managed to score lower than it.

(On a lighter note, there are definitely songs of his that I like. I actually nominated one of his songs (Pray For Me) at one of Jesses topic and Ive listened to his song with Kenny G a fair number of times ; and when I was playing Fuser, Blinding Lights was a pretty decent song to add to mixes. In addition to all the songs from Trilogy that I actually did like. Its not all hatred. And I prefer finding songs I hate than songs I feel nothing towards, so I legitimately appreciate the nomination of the album quite a bit.)

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