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Sure, I'll add it and the Lights album (The Listening) to the list.

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Six songs to end the day, most likely divided across two posts:

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#234: Vengaboys - Superfly Slick Dick (5:20):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCxVWgxW_W8

Nominator: hotdogturtle [3/14 Remaining]

Initial Score: 36.71
Revised Score: 51.74
Final Score: 61.06 [Upgraded to 63.20] [Upgraded to 64.20] [Upgraded to 67.46] [Upgraded to 68.77] [Upgraded to 70.129] [Upgraded to 70.61] [Upgraded to 70.811]

(First Reaction: If you removed the pulsing dance beat, I'd probably like this more than you'd expect--there is a part in the middle where it's actually really good--but too much of the song is spent on repetitive thumping & a chorus that just repeats the song title endlessly. There's enough positives that I don't actively dislike the song, but I definitely didn't like it either.)

Well, I suppose I do kinda like the song. It doesn't really do anything I'm really into , but it does its thing well enough that I find myself having a fairly good time with the experience anyway. I'm curious how this song would have fared at my first ranking topic; anything with a robotic voice was guaranteed a high score, but I was less tolerant of songs with a very pronounced beat which should have guaranteed an abysmal ranking. Would the pros & cons have cancelled each other out completely, resulting in a final score much like this one, or would one overpower the over & give the song an absurdly high-or-low value? No way to find out now, but it would have made an interesting test subject. Sadly, I'm not really into mechanical voices these days or as strongly against dance songs, depriving us of any strong reactions.

[Final Thoughts: I have no idea why, but I was bizarrely amped up to listen to this again. Like, "oh yeah, now we're getting into the songs I like level!" hyped. Which is odd, but hey, I guess I like this now.]

[Later: I don't know why I like this song, but this is getting a few extra points.]

[Later: Going to add another point. This doesn't seem like a song I should be into (and definitely wasn't the first few times), but I'm starting to get fairly into it.]

[Super Later: And three more points.]

[Later: I think I'll bump this up to the high 68s.]

[Somehow Later Still: I think I'd say I really like this these days? Not my genre, but I'm pretty into this lately.]

[So Much Later: And I'll be adding a bit more to this score as well.]

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#233: Yasuhisa Watanabe - Purple Town (4:49):
https://youtu.be/aqCVfVUhCFY

Nominator: NFUN: [5/31 Remaining]

Initial Score: 59.00 [upgraded to 64.50 during the First Reaction]
Revised Score: 64.50
Final Score: 70.20 [Upgraded to 70.39] [Upgraded to 70.48] [Upgraded to 70.64] [Upgraded to 70.812]

(First Reaction: Feels like it'd be a good track to listen to while riding a motorcycle at a reasonable speed. It's not a lazy song, but it's not a high octane thrill ride either. It's for those who want to feel the wind in their hair and the freedom a fast vehicle allows you, while still being mindful of all local laws and ordinances. Perhaps you'll ride your bike down to a park or nature preserve, so you can look at the beauty of nature. Especially trees--I feel like if you are the type of person that loves this song, you also appreciate the beauty of trees. Probably pine trees. Yes, if you could ride down a road lined with pine trees while a flock of birds flew overhead and this song played in your ears, that would be a pretty sweet day.

...actually that does sound pretty nice, I'm going to add some extra points for that.)

!Yes, I still like riding respectfully & trees..

[Final Thoughts: This is some really nice ambience, so I'm going to go ahead and raise this up to the "really like" level.]

[Later: Very minor boost to the song's score. I don't want to move it up really far, but I also do not want to eliminate it right now.]

[Later that afternoon: And here we are again. Going to give this another tiny increase, though hopefully enough of one that I don't run into this again until tomorrow.]

[Slightly later: ...Or I could continue boosting the score of every song I encounter. There hasn't been a single elimination since the last time I heard this. Moving it up a bit further, I suppose...]

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#232: Kenji Ito - Alone (5:05):
https://open.spotify.com/track/0kRU4DWDa78J5rnlItHQ8P?si=da5232d3719542ce

Nominator: CPU [8*/30 Remaining]

Initial Score: 56.14
Revised Score: 59.36
Final Score: 59.36 [Upgraded to 60.204] [Upgraded to 62.83] [Upgraded to 64.149] [Upgraded to 65.12] [Upgraded to 70.10] [Upgraded to 70.69] [Upgraded to 70.813]

(First Reaction: Ah, SaGa Frontier... been a long time since I went through that game. I've finished every character's story at least once, but as I said, that was a while ago. I can't recall where this song plays... it feels like it might play during one of the magic quests? Feels like it might go with the Sword Card.

*checks*

Bio Research Lab, huh? Well, I was way off. I suppose this song's gong was throwing me off and reminding me of the audio cue attached to the Sword Card's timing game. Either way, this is pretty nice exploration music.)

!I don't quite get "mad scientist lab which is creating abominations" from this track, but it's definitely a tense exploration song which I enjoy.

[FInal Thoughts: Definitely one of the better exploration songs to be nominated.]

[Later: I like the atmosphere on this track, I'm going to go ahead and move this just over the Neo Clump.]

[Later: A few extra points for creating an intriguing atmosphere.]

[LaterL And a few more points.]

[Lateral: One more point to reach the 65 point zone. It's not a particularly significant milestone, but it feels like one and isn't that what's really important? No, what's really important are Joe's Grandaddy's Peas!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74UZNexK8a4

I didn't intend for this to be a running gag and I'm now out of pea related links, which is probably best for everyone.]

[Later; Feels like an ominous trek into forgotten lands that should stay forgotten. I'm moving this up a tier.]

[Later: Still not quite time for this to be eliminated. Adding a minor boost to delay it for a day or two.]

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