LogFAQs > #969375898

Change of plans, don't want to eliminate the song that was originally scheduled to be in 772nd place and have to work out exactly how many extra points I wish to give that song & reorder the list to properly accommodate it. So perhaps there's only going to be four songs at this tier? Either way, we'll move along to the next song that -didn'-t get a literal last minute reprieve:

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#772: Run D.M.C. & Guns N' Roses - Tricky Child O' Mine (3:35):
https://youtu.be/OmDhk1tDwTo

Nominator: Mega_Mana [37 Remaining[

Initial Score: 50.13
Revised Score: 50.13
Final Score: 39.77

(First Reaction: Two good songs that don't really seem to go together. Not even in a 'whoa, this sounds weird way' that I might like, but in an "I wish Slash's guitar solo was either removed so I could focus more on the rapping or the rapping was removed so I could have Guitar Hero flashbacks" type way. )

I feel either song by itself would get at least 60 points, but this mashup just doesn't work for me. The two halves don't compliment each other or offer a fresh perspective on the component songs, resulting in a track that just makes me want to drop everything and listen to the actual songs. I wouldn't say I dislike it because the two components to the song are such high quality that it''s impossible to say there's nothing appealing about it, but it's like a "jellybean and sausage pizza": you could have made something worse, but why did you make it in the first place??

[Final Thoughts: Sorry, but I kinda resent Slash's guitar solo tonight... I actually want to listen to Tricky right now and Slash is overpowering the lyrics enough that I can't enjoy them. It really is two great songs that I'm just not sold on the combination there-of ; Sweet Child by itself would let me reminisce about the best year of my life and Guitar Hero, Tricky is the song I want to hear right now (and relatively new to me due to how little rap music I've listened to), but this is.... well, about half as good as either song would be by themselves.

Mash-ups can be great and I wouldn't advise *against* nominating them, but this one's not working for me. Tonight, at least.]

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