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Topic	Raetsel's B8 Music Ranking Topic! [Rankings]
Raetsel_Lapin 10/09/18 3:47:17 PM #263:	==================================================== 87: Song Name: National Anthem of USSR Song Origin: The Red Army Choir Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs" data-time=" Nominator: handsomeboy2012 (5/15) I have nothing to say about the Soviet Union or anything this anthem stands for, but it's easily the best anthem I've ever heard, regardless of who it was for. [FINAL NOTES: I don't feel entirely comfortable having this song up as high as it is, but it really is quite good.] [FINAL-ER NOTES: This a hard one to justify ranking so highly, even for me. Let's see what arguments I can make to try and get away with this. First, I have a bit of a bias towards songs that are unique on this list. This is the only national anthem, so it gets a boost from that. It gets a further boost because there's very little Russian influence anywhere on the list. You have this and a gag song from an EA video game, and that's about it... and said game song only serves to make this sound even better in comparison. Second, while I wouldn't say I really want to study history, I do get slightly intrigued by music that offers a bit of a lesson. In this case, I didn't know there were multiple versions of the anthem and found some interest in comparing the 1944 lyrics to the revised '77 lyrics--also, full disclosure, I have no idea which version of the anthem this is and I choose to be willfully ignorant so that I can pretend this is the '44 version because I like the lyrics more. Third, the '44's chorus is actually rather nice. Particularly the: Long live our people, united and free. Strong in our friendship tried by fire. line. That's just a good message, regardless of where it came from. Fourth, and I know I've said it too often this list, the song honestly is rather catchy. Parts of it have gotten stuck in my head a few times and that's rather impressive, considering what the song is. So while I would drop this down a few spaces to give a bit more credit to the last two songs that got eliminated, I do feel alright with the song being in this area of the rankings.] ==================================================== --- M.U.G.E.N. AI Tournament (sign-ups wanted): https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/403-random-insanity/77071780 <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910241755] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>==================================================== 87: Song Name: National Anthem of USSR Song Origin: The Red Army Choir Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs" data-time=" Nominator: handsomeboy2012 (5/15) I have nothing to say about the Soviet Union or anything this anthem stands for, but it's easily the best anthem I've ever heard, regardless of who it was for. [FINAL NOTES: I don't feel entirely comfortable having this song up as high as it is, but it really is quite good.] [FINAL-ER NOTES: This a hard one to justify ranking so highly, even for me. Let's see what arguments I can make to try and get away with this. First, I have a bit of a bias towards songs that are unique on this list. This is the only national anthem, so it gets a boost from that. It gets a further boost because there's very little Russian influence anywhere on the list. You have this and a gag song from an EA video game, and that's about it... and said game song only serves to make this sound even better in comparison. Second, while I wouldn't say I really want to study history, I do get slightly intrigued by music that offers a bit of a lesson. In this case, I didn't know there were multiple versions of the anthem and found some interest in comparing the 1944 lyrics to the revised '77 lyrics--also, full disclosure, I have no idea which version of the anthem this is and I choose to be willfully ignorant so that I can pretend this is the '44 version because I like the lyrics more. Third, the '44's chorus is actually rather nice. Particularly the: Long live our people, united and free. Strong in our friendship tried by fire. line. That's just a good message, regardless of where it came from. Fourth, and I know I've said it too often this list, the song honestly is rather catchy. Parts of it have gotten stuck in my head a few times and that's rather impressive, considering what the song is. So while I would drop this down a few spaces to give a bit more credit to the last two songs that got eliminated, I do feel alright with the song being in this area of the rankings.] ==================================================== --- M.U.G.E.N. AI Tournament (sign-ups wanted): https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/403-random-insanity/77071780</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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