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Speeding along because, as I've said, it's way more convenient to release all five in the morning here are the final two songs of the tier!

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#777: Percy Grainger - Marching Song of Democracy (7:45):
https://youtu.be/l-wmubwt0Wc

Nominator: Haste [30 Remaining]

Initial Score: 50.00
Revised Score: 50.00
Final Score: 28.00

(First Reaction: The dullest type of traditional music. The type where you don't even care enough to dislike it; with certain other nominations we could try to analyze why I have an aversion to that type of classic music (we probably won't, but we could) and I can try to listen to it to build up a greater tolerance or understanding of it. There's a lot of value in songs that I dislike. This... may as well have been eight minutes of silence, as I have no appreciable reaction to it at all.)

It's okay, I guess.

[Final Thoughts: Really not in the mood for this style of music tonight. I... would argue that it's better that I dislike the song (as it at least makes me feel *SOMETHING*, as opposed to the "you may as well have nominated 8 minutes of silence" death void the song was previously placed in, but your mileage may vary.

At least 777th is a cool number to have a song place at?]

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#776: Bjork - Enjoy (3:54):
https://open.spotify.com/track/6JQVN9gi04NCK1tiz0aQA1?si=b8fd274dd19a433a

Nominator: Bane [37 Remaining]

Initial Score: 43.89
Revised Score: 29.709
Final Score: 29.90

(First Reaction: An oppressive and monotonous beat that would benefit from having some oppressive lyrics to grind your soul to paste while the heavy music pummels you into submission. As is, I don't feel her vocals or lyrics properly contribute to the song, leaving me with a mild headache and lamenting the wasted potential.)

Heavy and intense pounding without reprieve seems like a good idea--I've praised Triangle from the Thumper soundtrack multiple times and that track could be described the same way--but tonight I find it to be unsettling in a not very enjoyable way. It could be my total lack of interest in this type of intimacy that leaves me unable to connect with the song or possibly that I just don't care for this particular brand of intensity, but I'm afraid this track isn't really working for me at all tonight. Definitely a different type of experience, so I wouldn't say I hated it or intensely disliked it, but it's... not something I want to hear right now to be polite.

[Final Thoughts: I think I like the concept of the song and it comes *close* to creating a truly oppressive environment that I'd enjoy, but it doesn't seem to fully commit to the pressure. With more crushing lyrics or a different vocal performance, this might have been a hit, but as is it's... not entirely a miss, but not something I'm eager to go back to either.]

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