A Tribe Called Quest – What? Accept – Flash Rockin’ Man Air France – Never Content The Airborne Toxic Event – Sometime Around Midnight Akitaka Tohyama – Aim to Win Andra & The Backbone – Sempurna Angels and Airwaves – Call to Arms Angus and Julia Stone – For You Beach Boys – I Get Around Beirut – Elephant Gun Blind Guardian – Mirror Mirror Blink-182 – Dead Man’s Curve (cover) Camel – Echoes Children of Bodom – You’re Better Off Dead Citizen Cope – Let the Drummer Kick That The Clash – Straight to Hell Clint Mansell – Lux Aeterna Cloud Cult – The Story of the Grandson of Jesus Coldplay – Charlie Brown Counting Crows – Up All Night (Frankie Miller Goes to Hollywood) Crash Bandicoot Music Video Crystal Castles – Celestica CunninLynguists – Remember Me (Abstract Reality) DMX The Tank – Get It On the Floor Daisuke Kurosawa – GIGA BREAK long version David Newman (Anastasia OST) – Journey to the Past The Dear Hunter – Misplaced Devotion Deltron 3030 – Mastermind Drive By Argument – The Sega Method ELISA – Ebullient Future Electric Light Orchestra – Tightrope Erasure – Always Etalo – Deep Inside Florence + the Machine – Blinding Free Credit Report – Cell Phone Giorgos Alkaios & Friends – OPA! Go Shiina – Tearing Up the Storm Goldfinger – Superman Here in Your Arms – Hellogoodbye Hyadain - Hyadain No Kakakata Kataomoi C Infected Mushroom – Forgive Me Jack Wall – Myst IV Revelation Main Theme Jazz Jackrabbit 2 – Boss Theme Jethro Tull – Black Sunday John Linnell – Louisiana Johnny Mercer – Strip Polka Kagamine Len - The Riddle Solver Who Can't Solve Riddles King & Queen – Dancing Queen The Knife – Heartbeats Kouji Wada – butterfly LCD Soundsystem – All I Want The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony - Gerudo Valley Lion – Transformers Theme Liz Phair – Stratford-on-Guy Mahi - Nico Tale?! Original Songs Ver. Makoto Yoshimori – Their Aspirations (Durarara!! OST) Mansun – Six Metal Slug 5 – Speeder Michael Bolton – Go the Distance The Monopoly Song Moody Blues – Nights in White Satin Motoi Sakuraba – Humpty Dumpty New Jack Takurou – Gosei Sentai Dairanger Nine Inch Nails – Gave Up Nirvana – On a Plain Nobuo Uematsu, Shootie HG – Crazy Chocobo Oasis – The Shock of the Lightning The Offspring – Come Out Swinging Okkervil River – Unless It’s Kicks One Piece – Pandaman Overkill – Sonic Reducer Pokemon TCG – Imakuni’s Theme PoryGoon – Pokemon Red Main Screen Remix The Prodigy – Narayan Project Pop - Ingatlah Hari Ini Rameses B – Memoirs Rebecca Black – Friday (string quartet cover) Red Hot Chili Peppers – By the Way Running Wild – Under Jolly Roger S.S.H. – Dr. Wily Castle Seabear – I Sing, I Swim Shirley Bassey – Goldfinger SkyMarshall Arts – Back in Time Soft Cell – Tainted Love Sota Fujimori – Flashback Memory Stars & Stripes – Trombones Streetlight Manifesto – We Will Fall Together Suede – The Drowners Sugar Jesus – Get a Hold of Yourself The Tallest Man On Earth – The Gardener Tool – Reflection Tycho – From Home Victor Vergara – Ancient Stories The Way – Fastball Weezer – Mrs. Young Wild Arms 2 OST (Michiko Naruke) - Battle Vs Lord Blazer Within Temptation – Our Solemn Hour XTC – Grass Yoko Kanno – Wolf’s Rain – Mouth on Fire Zainal Abidin – Puteri
# of songs: 100 # of users: 23 # of artists I already knew existed before: 42
I’m afraid I’m not incredibly familiar with actual musical stuff like meter, rhythm, etc. so I will have to focus other stuff…like what face I have while listening to stuff. =o
#100: PoryGoon - Pokemon Red Main Screen Remix Recommended by: Orochimaru_Fan Favorite Part: 4:25 – 4:31
I feel like it wouldn’t be fair to the other tracks if this wasn’t last. Laughed my ass off the first time at this ‘song’ but I had a feeling it wouldn’t continue. And it didn’t. It only took until about five minutes in until I got tired of it. And I was actually dreading the second listen. The humor doesn’t last long for me personally and it’s only funny because of how awful it is. Not to mention, after going on for a while I happened to look at the track time and found that it’s ****ing eight minutes long. In some way the absurd length adds to what little humor there is left after a while.
The favorite part listed is when he starts the rival theme which I always liked better than the other Pokemon RBY tracks. At this moment I’d have to say it’s top three from the game along with Pokemon Tower and E4 (I might retract this statement later). Rival theme has exactly what you expect knowing what you know about your cocky rival. It has swag and makes you feel like a loser when you realize it’s your rival’s theme for not having a cool theme song of your own. Unfortunately here, the magic only lasts for around six seconds because PoryGoon just brings up your hope thinking this could be halfway decent and then it all comes crashing down in a mess of high-pitched nonsense.
#99: Akitaka Tohyama – Aim to Win Recommended by: NioraptH
Favorite Part: 0:00-0:02
This is how I usually feel about techno/trance songs or stuff that sounds like this. If you’re actually in a club/at a rave they can be fine because it’s dancing music and you’re not listening to get some emotional reaction or whatever. But I don’t feel like it’s listening music. They’re usually too repetitive, don’t really have any standout parts, have uninspiring lyrics (if any) and if I’m listening to music casually there’s a lot I would want to listen to before this genre. Basically, they should stay in the club. And TTT2 is not a club…yet.
Favorite part is those opening two seconds. First because I like that glitchy sound and it’s the two seconds of calm before everything kicks in, filling my head with images of people yelling over the obnoxiously loud music trying to be heard, flashing lights and all. dat. grinding.
#98: The Monopoly Song Recommended by: Emporer_Kazbar Favorite Part: 0:29-0:30
I honestly had no idea Monopoly ever had a song. Stay free, me. Not as catchy as I would like especially for such a short song. But that ‘Let’s play’ at the end has a hilariously creepy vibe to it. Like it knows exactly what kind of ferocious backstabbing hell you’re going to be in for the next 3+ hours.
This doesn’t do as much for me as I would like it to. I thought it would bring up feelings of nostalgia and all those memories of the fun times playing Monopoly. But it didn’t. And I’m not sure if that’s because I can count the number of Monopoly games I’ve actually finished on one hand or because all those resurfacing feelings of nostalgia are suffocated by the cruel nature of the game itself where your aim is to bankrupt all other players. Normally that would bring a warm fuzzy feeling to my heart but it doesn’t in this case. Monopolies are terrible things unless you’re the one making the money and more often than not, I wasn’t the one making the money.
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I’ll start out by saying I’m not a big fan of blink. It’s the band I’ve most heard proclaimed as ‘the best’ by underexposed teenagers who don’t listen to anything but the radio. That said, I was expecting the worst going in but it wasn’t too bad. I do get a bit of Beach Boys vibe from it. One thing I do like is that it takes an accident and sings about it in a light-hearted manner. Something that people who don’t understand English would think is a happy song. But apart from that I really don’t care about the subject matter. It brings up images of arrogant greasy teenagers and a consequence of their irresponsible actions. I’m a no fun kind of guy. So I’m sorry you crashed your car but go bother someone else about it.
Favorite part is just the exposition because that’s the peak moment of my interest in the song. Chorus doesn’t really catch me and I’m not a fan of the break where he’s talking to the doctor because I generally don’t like ‘talking’ in songs.
A bit glitchy sounding for me but I can deal with it. I played Pokemon TCG and I don’t remember the music at all. I actually don’t even remember who this guy is… It has been a WHILE since I played this game. My problem with this piece is that I don’t feel anything when I’m listening to it. Not good but not bad either. It’s just there. I think it might be the track on this list that I’m most indifferent to.
Every five rankings, I'll post the "user rankings" and who's in the lead with how many songs they have left with their average ranking next to them when they're all out. First place gets my sig for whenever. If they don't want it, we can decide on something else.
How do you not remember Imakuni? He was like, the most memorable part of the game! Usually people would remember a pedophile dancing in the corner dressed up as a bee with funky theme music who gives you a **** ton of cards when you beat him.
It's probably just me, though.
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From: mcflubbin | #014 How do you not remember Imakuni? He was like, the most memorable part of the game! Usually people would remember a pedophile dancing in the corner dressed up as a bee with funky theme music who gives you a **** ton of cards when you beat him.
It's probably just me, though.
I seriously remember nothing about this game. I played through it in about a week and didn't touch it again. And that sounds like my Thursday night. =o
#95: New Jack Takurou - Gosei Sentai Dairanger Recommended by: Mega Mana Favorite Part: 0:33-0:40
The Yellow Ranger is a dude! When I listen to it, all I want to do is go listen to the American Power Rangers song. Maybe I shouldn’t be comparing them but I can’t help it. Because it is a theme song, unless there’s some nostalgia attached to it, I don’t see myself rating it very highly because there’s not a whole lot to go on here. There is a very eastern vibe here. Add robot dragons to that and we got ourselves some POWER RANGERS.
About the favorite part: Anything following three drum sounds should be awesome and this part does not disappoint.
#94: Jazz Jackrabbit 2 - Boss Theme Recommended by: igoredebraga Favorite Part: 0:00-0:06
I played Jazz Jackrabbit 2 a lot when I was a kid because that was like the only game they had at this afterschool I went to. And I never remembered the music. This one just seems to pale in comparison to the other VG stuff. Very repetitive and you notice it. I’m not sure if the skips are part of the track or just the quality of the link but it’s not doing it any favors either. But it does make me want to go outside and kill something so I think that’s a job well done.
#93: Crash Bandicoot Music Video Recommended by: Orochimaru_Fan Favorite Part: Chorus
Shoutouts to underage looking Asian women. This is silly enough where I can just take it at face value. There’s no deep underlying metaphor about the human condition that I have to worry about misinterpreting…or is there… but it’s a fun little song about everyone’s favorite has-been. I don’t take it as “seriously” as the other songs and am not going to be as critical but it still doesn’t stack up to a lot of the other tracks on the list. It doesn’t get overly annoying until excessive listens as far as I can tell.
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#92: DMX the Tank – Get It On the Floor Recommended by: mcflubbin Favorite Part: 2:49-2:58
I generally don’t like mash ups because they’re cool for a while but a lot of the time I would rather go listen to the original versions and there’s no guarantee that it doesn’t sound like a convoluted cluster**** of a bunch of sounds rather than an actual song. The ‘mix a kid show’s theme song with explicit lyrics’ isn’t a new concept and while I certainly wouldn’t have imagined that such a combination ike DMX/Thomas would have existed I’m not surprised in the least. I’m not sure if it’s aiming for funny but it wasn’t to me. It’s an okay song though and I do like Get It On The Floor.
I think the chorus sounds awful especially at the beginning; it doesn’t fit with the beat at all imo. It gets a little better when it gets to the actual verses and the more I listen to it, the more I can get some sort of coherence in flashes. Third verse where he starts “All my mutha****in life I’ve been the devil’s advocate…” was a favorite part in the original and that remains true here. The train noises can be heard going along with the beat and it makes for a nice nine seconds before we’re brought back to the awful chorus. I never watched Thomas or anything so it doesn’t have any nostalgia attached to it in that sense but I did listen to a ****load of DMX when I was a kid and it makes me just want to blast the o.g. version.
#91: SkyMarshall Arts - Back in Time Recommended by: Emporer_Kazbar Favorite Part: HEY LISTEN
I don’t know, I thought this was some satire about nostalgia and how people were constantly saying whatever they grew up with was better because of nostalgia goggles. It sounded bland going in but I do like the Navi clip and just being vidya related. Also this bugs me but is “…ramble on about that everything was better” grammatically correct? It doesn’t sound like it. I thought the Link line was really corny. If the first thing the song draws attention to is the rhyming, I don’t think that’s necessarily a good thing. It makes it sound forced imo. The fact that it rhymes should be an afterthought. But here it just really caught my attention. It might just be me though. Also I just kept liking this one less and less on subsequent listens although it was perfectly fine the first time through. Sorry!
#90: Project Pop - Ingatlah Hari Ini Recommended by: Natwaf_akidna Favorite Part: N/A
What is up with the monkey noises?! Oh I see, it says gorilla somewhere in there. Sounds chill but also a little corny.
It sounds like one of those feel-good songs about how life is so wonderful and blah blah and of course I could be wrong but I know some feel-good songs too and this one just doesn’t quite stack up to them or even a lot of the songs on this list. This might be the reasoning for the ranking behind these around this rank but there’s not a lot that stands out to me about this one. Sorry.
The only time I’ve run into these guys(?) was in high school when this guy in a wheelchair said they were his favorite band. He had a poster of that cover on his wheels. I just never bothered to listen to them for whatever reason…until now. And it’s not too bad. It does make me think of mushrooms randomly growing all over me because of that psy vibe. But it’s not something I envision myself listening to a lot in the future. I think we’re getting to the part of the list where I think the songs are fine and I don’t hate them but I wouldn’t listen to them unless I was given a link or made to listen to it. And it’s mainly because I think they’re okay songs but just not ‘my style’.
That being said, I do have a little problem this song and it’s the vocals. I usually prefer lyrics over instrumentals and that’s part of the reason why I don’t listen to a lot of VG stuff but the vocals are actually my least favorite part of this song. Like it’s enough that I think it actually detracts from the song. The distorted voice strangely sounds like it doesn’t fit in with the rest of the song makeup and I’m not really a fan of how the guy sounds in the first place. So my ‘favorite’ parts of the song happen to be everywhere there are no vocals. The part from 1:27 to 1:42 is easily the best part of the song for me. It’s exactly what I want when I listen to it, but there’s just not a whole lot of it.
I was surprised how less impressed I was the second time I heard this. On the first listen, I thought it was fine and placed it in the upper tiers but the second time around, I wasn’t even sure I was listening to the same thing because I liked it substantially less. It’s repetitive and I can notice even when it’s in the background and sounds overly hyper. Hyper is good and fun but I prefer my hyper to be cute sounding and this song can just sound silly and not in the good way. I don’t really like the vocalist much either. I just feel that there’s a lot better alternatives for what it’s trying to do but it’s still up here because I felt FABULOUS the first time I listened to it and at times the fabulousness is still there, just less so.
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It’s all right but it feels off for some reason. The song doesn’t flow as well as I would like it to and the transition from the verse to chorus felt awkward to me. Not to mention, I don’t think the chorus sounds all that great. >_>
At 0:32 I like the little fake-out where it sounds like the chorus is starting but she goes immediately into the second verse. Overall however, I’m just not really getting excited over this one. I do like her voice and would definitely be up to checking out more stuff from her though.
This…actually sounded pretty generic. >_> Couldn’t really get excited for some reason which I fully expected this type of song to do, especially with that scream at the beginning. As soon as I heard that I was full on erect and ready to smash some ****ers in the face but a moment in the song where I could unleash all this charged up energy never came. It just felt like I had already gone through this a bunch of times before on the first listen. I know it’s a cover but I really don’t think that had anything to do with it…or maybe I’m just stupid. And I had no idea what this guy was talking about.
GoldnJusticeRoy posted... And I had no idea what this guy was talking about.
I've got my time machine, and my electronic dream? They're lyrics, they're like poetry, heh making sense is overrated. Man I listen to that song a lot, one of my favs.
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Forgive Me's best part starts at 2:18. The fact that you disagree, along with the general placement of my songs so far, is becoming borderline appalling!
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It’s all right but it feels off for some reason. The song doesn’t flow as well as I would like it to and the transition from the verse to chorus felt awkward to me. Not to mention, I don’t think the chorus sounds all that great. >_>
At 0:32 I like the little fake-out where it sounds like the chorus is starting but she goes immediately into the second verse. Overall however, I’m just not really getting excited over this one. I do like her voice and would definitely be up to checking out more stuff from her though.
Yeah, Stratford-on-Guy is more about the plane trip than the music itself I guess. Her first album is pretty classic, you should try that one out.
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This sounds nice but unfortunately the problem lies with its source material because being completely serious, Friday is not a good song. It’s fun to listen to and sing along because how bad it is but it’s certainly not something I’ll listen to regularly and only on a whim. All that said, it’s still a nice cover. I like strings and it’s nice to hear it in non-classical pieces. But that can only take you so far. No words definitely help though. Unfortunately the lyrics still find themselves into my head whenever I listen to it. Chorus sounds better but fun fun fun fun kills it. Favorite part listed is the chorus before fun fun fun fun kicks in.