LogFAQs > #969396561

One consequence of rearranging the list is that a helpful description was lost... or rather, moved further up the list so it's not being posted as quickly as it needs to be. Let's go back up to Electric Returner's writeup:

Raetsel_Lapin posted...

!Oddly, I think this song was originally helped by following the regular version of the track. I liked that version and hearing a bizarre, corrupted version had some novelty... without that, this is uhh... not something I'm into these days, but it probably would have played well at the first ranking.

If a main writeup starts with an exclamation point like that, it means that one was typed up after my wrists became problematic & I may not have been able to offer a longer writeup at that time.

Ones without a leading exclamation point were written when I was fine and don't have a valid excuse for their low quality.

TunnelScene posted...

just letting you know i updated the playlist of my noms for you to include anything missing just now!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLliVxBMurmt711l2U-OyU-wfYjNcmFR9D

Noted, thank you.

-SPACE FILLING LINE-

And our last drop of the morning since I'm already here and may as well conserve posts:

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#765: Floor Jansen - Let It Go (3:37):
https://open.spotify.com/track/75SocEUWFkQMcY4Wf90ZFH?si=de407e2a09cb4815

Nominator: CPU [29 Remaining]

Initial Score: 45.00
Revised Score: 44.86
Final Score: 44.89

(First Reaction: A synth metal song that would probably do a lot better if it weren't forced to compete directly against Idina Menzel. I love the original and I don't find this as appealing on any level: she's a perfectly good singer, but she's not as fantastic as Menzel. And while harsher and synthetic usually plays well with me, it doesn't quite fit this song for me... not really part of the princess aesthetic. [Not that one can't be a dark princess... perhaps I should specify "not really part of the mainstream cartoon popular character/mascot aesthetic".]

Ultimately, I think the song just goes for a bit too much power, too quickly. There's supposed to be an emotional journey here: Sadness about how you're isolated from the world due to your true nature being revealed, slight trepidation and slightly hopeful backing music as you start to embrace your nature, building up with dramatic swelling and tension as you release everything that you've been suppressing your entire life. This song throws all of that out to play synthesizers--which normally I'd like, yes, but this is going up against a song that emotionally wrecked me the first time I heard it. Sooo... yeah... if I could completely separate my feelings towards the original, this might have gone somewhere, but as it is...)

Wow, a first reaction that actually stayed on topic and was more than two sentences! It's so amazing when past Raetsel actually makes an effort at things.

...Not to use that as an excuse to not try here, but I think everything worth saying was covered up there? I wish an original song of hers was nominated or she was at least covering a song I didn't have as strong an attachment to because I just can't get past how much more I want to be listening to the original to give this a fair shake.

*some brief Googling later*

Oh, she was the lead singer of Nightwish. Alright, then I have heard some of her work and there are songs of hers I like, it's just this particular song that I'm bouncing off of. Good to have confirmation of that.

[Final Thoughts: It's hard for a cover of a song I love to live up to the original, so this song had an uphill battle from the start. I'm obviously not opposed to covers and I could always use more cartoon songs, but I don't think this one was the right pick for me. Sticking with Disney song's she's covered, I think "Into The Unknown" would have gone a bit better? I didn't care for Frozen 2, so covers of that film's songs can only go up.

...actually, let's just talk about that track for a minute:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlPoCe5CwsE

Her verses are on point, there's an edge to her voice as she tries to reject the voice's call--a bit of self-loathing towards herself for being tempted, which is far more appealing than anything from the original song (and the entire film for that matter). The choruses feel a bit too pop ballad for me, too happy and powerful for the suppressed anger the verses are conveying. That's the fault of the song she's trying to cover though, that's just the way it *is*.

...Probably like a 58 point song, I'd guess. Not great, but an improvement.]

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