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This tier starts the Blockbuster Ranking set. Everything here can rank over other songs of its tier on a good day or a good listen, or under if I'm not feeling them, and have been so difficult to rank.

#109. Falling
Artist: John Frusciante
Nomination: Blur (5/5)
Time: 4:46
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjUYr5RN6cM
Initial Rankings: Batch 8 - 15/15 (D+) & Rubric 12
Weighted Rankings: Red 5/16
Blockbuster: Grids B-0, X-0

Today might be a day where I don't like lyricless songs, but that takes nothing away from being my least liked of them among this tier. The first time I heard it, I was weirded out by its backward-sounding rhythms. The second time, I thought it was okay. Nothing great, but surely it wasn't this far down. The more I listen to it, the less it impacts anything. There's nothing to latch onto, it just continues to be slightly mysterious its entire run.

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#108.
Artist:
Nominator: handsomeboy2012 (2/3)
Time: 4:02
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSgcdPrc8L0
Initial Rankings: Batch 6 - 13/15 (C-) & Rubric 9
Weighted Rankings: Orange 11/16
Blockbuster: Grids B-1, Y-0.1

It doesn't leave first gear. I know the video is the view outside a moving car, but it's so true. The chorus is at the same level as the verses, and it slightly rises but instantly peters out. It's more Night Cruising than the entry titled that. It fades far too quickly from memory.

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#107. Experienced Girl
Artist: AL-90
Nominator: tazzyboyishere (4/5)
Time: 5:28
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8xhM0FeG8g
Initial Rankings: Batch 2 - 12/15 (D) & Rubric 9
Weighted Rankings: Orange 12/16
Blockbuster: Grids C-0, X-1

It's got a good beat, and I enjoy its droning wall of sound enough that it sometimes hops up my rankings when I'm quickly bouncing around songs. Yet, like a lot of songs I'm cutting during this round of write-ups, what's good in a sampled minute of time doesn't work as well for a full five minutes. It's great background noise and decent to work to, but it maintains itself far longer than necessary. It even dips out to come back as the same.

There are other, better sound walls out there.

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#106. Trans-Island Skyway
Artist: Donald Fagen
Nominator: Snake5555555555 (5/5)
Time: 6:30
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_MDnVO8fcc
Initial Rankings: Batch 1 - 9/15 (D) & Rubric 13
Weighted Rankings: Green 15/16
Blockbuster: Grids A-0, Z-0

"Getting some Earthbound feels from the music. Very Twoson feel." - First listen note

In a previous ranking, I got a Steely Dan song that people were surprised to see in such a low spot. I feel like this is similar? It's just... it's incidental music, a transitional palette cleanser between songs. There are some nice horn bursts, but it goes on way too long and loops. It feels like an Earthbound town track, like something that would play in Twoson. Get on the bus with the Runaway Five.

P.S.: Looking up the lyrics, I only just found out Donald Fagen was in Steely Dan. ...I stand by what I wrote.
P.S.S.: Found some songs in the first three batches with notes far off to the side I didn't see on mobile. I'm glad the Twoson thoughts stayed consistent overall.