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Raetsel_Lapin 10/16/18 9:18:02 PM #401:	==================================================== 13: Song Name: Point/Counterpoint Song Origin: Streetlight Manifesto Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGNNTxWkjl8" data-time=" Nominator: NBIceman (1/15) Of course this song would be on the list. It couldn't not be on the list. About ten years ago or so, Board 8 had a brief interest in a somewhat basic flash game that someone found on some Japanese site. It would play a song with each line displayed on screen, and you would have to try to type out the lyrics before the start of the next line. If you downloaded the program, it was incredibly easy to add your own songs and lyrics, sparking some interest in deciphering how to do so. It was an easy program, I think everyone figured almost everything out with some basic trial and error within a day or so. Someone, possibly even you yourself, made a joke about daring someone to convert a Streetlight Manifesto song to the program. I don't know if this person posted a song by the band, but it put them on my radar and I listened to one song--possibly even this one. I hated it. Time passed and this song appeared in someone else's music ranking topic, years later. I don't think I commented on anything, but I was on a kick where I really wanted new music and listened to everything that was posted. It was the same mythical topic where R.I.P. was nominated that proved that there were rap songs that I enjoyed. I recognized the band instantly. It was these guys. Again. And it was a song dealing with suicide. ....I didn't care for it. When the song appeared again at Se7en's ranking topic, even more years later, I didn't even need to listen to it. Of course it was this song, by this band. It had been an eternity since I had heard it, but I practically knew it by heart. All the tempo changes, some of the lyrics, the subject matter, the song had apparently left more of an impact on me than I gave it credit for. ....Actually, the song wasn't half-bad. And here we are. Again. It couldn't have ended any other way, could it? I can't even be sure if the connecting thread to everything is you, who has had a slavish dedication to this band for ten straight years, or if everyone on this board loves the band. I'm not even sure they have more than one song; perhaps it is just this one song. Maybe I'm trapped in a sitcom and neither I, you, or this band even exisists. As soon as I admit that I like the song, there will be a laugh track as our reality fades to black & the end credits roll. Perhaps it's the stockholm syndrome setting in, but I apparently like this song now. After so many lifetimes, it's become strangely comforting, like a nightlight. SPIDER WITH A TOP HAT BLAST! In Memoriam Lowest Ranked Song: The Haunting (Somewhere in Time) (150th Place) Highest Ranked Song: Point/Counterpoint (13th Place) When your lowest ranked song is one that I basically disqualified on the grounds that I loved it too much, you know you picked a good set of songs. There weren't any real weak links anywhere and I think you got the most things added to ZA'LIST... though I haven't actually counted. It's also highly interesting that both your lowest & highest ranked songs were songs I knew quite well, perfectly illustrating the inconsistencies in my ranking, no matter how many different ways I justify the exceptions. ==================================================== --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910652441] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>==================================================== 13: Song Name: Point/Counterpoint Song Origin: Streetlight Manifesto Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGNNTxWkjl8" data-time=" Nominator: NBIceman (1/15) Of course this song would be on the list. It couldn't not be on the list. About ten years ago or so, Board 8 had a brief interest in a somewhat basic flash game that someone found on some Japanese site. It would play a song with each line displayed on screen, and you would have to try to type out the lyrics before the start of the next line. If you downloaded the program, it was incredibly easy to add your own songs and lyrics, sparking some interest in deciphering how to do so. It was an easy program, I think everyone figured almost everything out with some basic trial and error within a day or so. Someone, possibly even you yourself, made a joke about daring someone to convert a Streetlight Manifesto song to the program. I don't know if this person posted a song by the band, but it put them on my radar and I listened to one song--possibly even this one. I hated it. Time passed and this song appeared in someone else's music ranking topic, years later. I don't think I commented on anything, but I was on a kick where I really wanted new music and listened to everything that was posted. It was the same mythical topic where R.I.P. was nominated that proved that there were rap songs that I enjoyed. I recognized the band instantly. It was these guys. Again. And it was a song dealing with suicide. ....I didn't care for it. When the song appeared again at Se7en's ranking topic, even more years later, I didn't even need to listen to it. Of course it was this song, by this band. It had been an eternity since I had heard it, but I practically knew it by heart. All the tempo changes, some of the lyrics, the subject matter, the song had apparently left more of an impact on me than I gave it credit for. ....Actually, the song wasn't half-bad. And here we are. Again. It couldn't have ended any other way, could it? I can't even be sure if the connecting thread to everything is you, who has had a slavish dedication to this band for ten straight years, or if everyone on this board loves the band. I'm not even sure they have more than one song; perhaps it is just this one song. Maybe I'm trapped in a sitcom and neither I, you, or this band even exisists. As soon as I admit that I like the song, there will be a laugh track as our reality fades to black & the end credits roll. Perhaps it's the stockholm syndrome setting in, but I apparently like this song now. After so many lifetimes, it's become strangely comforting, like a nightlight. SPIDER WITH A TOP HAT BLAST! In Memoriam Lowest Ranked Song: The Haunting (Somewhere in Time) (150th Place) Highest Ranked Song: Point/Counterpoint (13th Place) When your lowest ranked song is one that I basically disqualified on the grounds that I loved it too much, you know you picked a good set of songs. There weren't any real weak links anywhere and I think you got the most things added to ZA'LIST... though I haven't actually counted. It's also highly interesting that both your lowest & highest ranked songs were songs I knew quite well, perfectly illustrating the inconsistencies in my ranking, no matter how many different ways I justify the exceptions. ====================================================</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raetsel_Lapin 10/16/18 9:20:25 PM #402:	NBIceman posted... The Number City/Gravity's Union one-two punch on Descension is a big part of that ...Not that I don't have enough songs on lists (I still haven't gotten to anything posted yesterday), but I'm pretty sure I'm obligated to listen to at least Gravity's Union now... --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910652592] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote><cite>NBIceman posted...</cite> <quote>The Number City/Gravity's Union one-two punch on Descension is a big part of that</quote> ...Not that I don't have enough songs on lists (I still haven't gotten to anything posted yesterday), but I'm pretty sure I'm obligated to listen to at least Gravity's Union now...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bane_Of_Despair 10/16/18 9:23:02 PM #403:	Honestly you should try to listen to most of Coheed's discography imo NBIceman posted... I think this is probably a hot take among Coheed fans, but in my opinion, if you take the Afterman albums as one singular project, it's their best work ever. The Number City/Gravity's Union one-two punch on Descension is a big part of that, so I'm stoked to see the former of those make it so high on the list. Afterman Descension is one of my favorite albums from them, probably #3 behind In Keeping Secrets and Good Apollo 1. Ascension I don't think is QUITE as good but I still love every album from them, even Year of the Black Rainbow which mostly suffers from its production. --- Lord have mercy on my soul, I've had a good run but I can't run anymore. Just put me down BKSheikah got me good in Guru <cite>Bane_Of_Despair posted [p:910652755] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>Honestly you should try to listen to most of Coheed's discography imo <cite>NBIceman posted...</cite> <quote>I think this is probably a hot take among Coheed fans, but in my opinion, if you take the Afterman albums as one singular project, it's their best work ever. The Number City/Gravity's Union one-two punch on Descension is a big part of that, so I'm stoked to see the former of those make it so high on the list.</quote> Afterman Descension is one of my favorite albums from them, probably #3 behind In Keeping Secrets and Good Apollo 1. Ascension I don't think is QUITE as good but I still love every album from them, even Year of the Black Rainbow which mostly suffers from its production.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bane_Of_Despair 10/16/18 9:23:43 PM #404:	Although their new one, Unheavenly Creatures, might make its way up there too. It's real real good. --- Lord have mercy on my soul, I've had a good run but I can't run anymore. Just put me down BKSheikah got me good in Guru <cite>Bane_Of_Despair posted [p:910652800] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>Although their new one, Unheavenly Creatures, might make its way up there too. It's real real good.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NBIceman 10/16/18 9:26:55 PM #405:	That definitely wasn't me ten years ago - I only came to B8 in 2014! And I had no idea at all that you'd be familiar with it. Streetlight is a band that I liked instantly when I first heard them, even though they're waaaay outside my typical genres. Interestingly enough, though, I, like you, didn't care for Point/Counterpoint for a long time. I was introduced to them through their newest album and worked backwards, so by the time I made it to Everything Goes Numb it felt... less polished, I guess? I don't really know what my hang-up was. It's still not my favorite song by them, might not even make top 5 if I really thought about it, but it is their most common offering to get stuck in my head thanks to that amazing chorus. Gotta love it. Kind of a flame-out that so many of my songs went down so close to each other, but at least that was towards the top and not the bottom! If I was the most consistent nominator for this ranking, I'm certainly happy with that. --- https://imgur.com/UYamul2 Spurs - Yankees - Eagles - Golden Knights <cite>NBIceman posted [p:910653010] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>That definitely wasn't me ten years ago - I only came to B8 in 2014! And I had no idea at all that you'd be familiar with it. Streetlight is a band that I liked instantly when I first heard them, even though they're waaaay outside my typical genres. Interestingly enough, though, I, like you, didn't care for Point/Counterpoint for a long time. I was introduced to them through their newest album and worked backwards, so by the time I made it to Everything Goes Numb it felt... less polished, I guess? I don't really know what my hang-up was. It's still not my favorite song by them, might not even make top 5 if I really thought about it, but it is their most common offering to get stuck in my head thanks to that amazing chorus. Gotta love it. Kind of a flame-out that so many of my songs went down so close to each other, but at least that was towards the top and not the bottom! If I was the most consistent nominator for this ranking, I'm certainly happy with that.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NBIceman 10/16/18 9:29:54 PM #406:	Bane_Of_Despair posted... Honestly you should try to listen to most of Coheed's discography imo NBIceman posted... I think this is probably a hot take among Coheed fans, but in my opinion, if you take the Afterman albums as one singular project, it's their best work ever. The Number City/Gravity's Union one-two punch on Descension is a big part of that, so I'm stoked to see the former of those make it so high on the list. Afterman Descension is one of my favorite albums from them, probably #3 behind In Keeping Secrets and Good Apollo 1. Ascension I don't think is QUITE as good but I still love every album from them, even Year of the Black Rainbow which mostly suffers from its production. My top five is Good Apollo V1 > Ascension > IKS > Descension > NWFT, which is why I say if you combine the Aftermans (Aftermen?) they would shoot to the top. Ascension doesn't hit the highs Descension does (although Domino comes close), but I think it's a little more consistent which I tend to value more. For every Gravity's Union on Descension, there's an Iron Fist. Unheavenly Creatures hasn't grabbed me yet outside of a few standout songs but it always takes me a little while to warm up to new Coheed albums. --- https://imgur.com/UYamul2 Spurs - Yankees - Eagles - Golden Knights <cite>NBIceman posted [p:910653209] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote><cite>Bane_Of_Despair posted...</cite> <quote>Honestly you should try to listen to most of Coheed's discography imo <cite>NBIceman posted...</cite> <quote>I think this is probably a hot take among Coheed fans, but in my opinion, if you take the Afterman albums as one singular project, it's their best work ever. The Number City/Gravity's Union one-two punch on Descension is a big part of that, so I'm stoked to see the former of those make it so high on the list.</quote> Afterman Descension is one of my favorite albums from them, probably #3 behind In Keeping Secrets and Good Apollo 1. Ascension I don't think is QUITE as good but I still love every album from them, even Year of the Black Rainbow which mostly suffers from its production.</quote> My top five is Good Apollo V1 > Ascension > IKS > Descension > NWFT, which is why I say if you combine the Aftermans (Aftermen?) they would shoot to the top. Ascension doesn't hit the highs Descension does (although Domino comes close), but I think it's a little more consistent which I tend to value more. For every Gravity's Union on Descension, there's an Iron Fist. Unheavenly Creatures hasn't grabbed me yet outside of a few standout songs but it always takes me a little while to warm up to new Coheed albums.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raetsel_Lapin 10/16/18 9:37:55 PM #407:	Bane_Of_Despair posted... Honestly you should try to listen to most of Coheed's discography imo We'll see. I already have quite a few whole albums added to the list, particularly for someone who doesn't really listen to entire albums... if the follow-up is as good as Number City, I'd definitely be interested. NBIceman posted... That definitely wasn't me ten years ago - I only came to B8 in 2014! And I had no idea at all that you'd be familiar with it. Curiouser and curiouser, though I suppose it doesn't matter who introduced me to the band. --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910653746] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote><cite>Bane_Of_Despair posted...</cite> <quote>Honestly you should try to listen to most of Coheed's discography imo</quote> We'll see. I already have quite a few whole albums added to the list, particularly for someone who doesn't really listen to entire albums... if the follow-up is as good as Number City, I'd definitely be interested. <cite>NBIceman posted...</cite> <quote>That definitely wasn't me ten years ago - I only came to B8 in 2014! And I had no idea at all that you'd be familiar with it. </quote> Curiouser and curiouser, though I suppose it doesn't matter who introduced me to the band.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raetsel_Lapin 10/16/18 11:37:51 PM #408:	YouTube being down limited my ability to listen to things, but I at least cleared everything in post 368. Song of Myself is too unique to have any coherent thoughts on after just one listen. I have no idea how I feel about the song, but I could see myself coming back to it a few times a year due to how unique it is. It also tells me that I don't think I could handle an entire album of Nightwish as just listening to two songs in one night feels excessive. I Want My Tears Back isn't bad. I'm noticing a distinct lack of references to bunnies in any actually nominated song, so it gets an unfair boost due to the March Hare reference. Everybody Jam is interesting... not like anything on the nominated list and conjures up a variety of memories. Louis Armstrong's later hits got some play on the oldies station, so I have a passing familiarity with him from my childhood & Scatman John's biggest song was introduced to me by... someone important to me, let's leave it at that. The memories from two radically different points in time triggering simultaneously, caused by a song I've never heard before, is...different. I'd have to try listening to it again later, now that I know what I'd be getting into. --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910660323] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>YouTube being down limited my ability to listen to things, but I at least cleared everything in post 368. Song of Myself is too unique to have any coherent thoughts on after just one listen. I have no idea how I feel about the song, but I could see myself coming back to it a few times a year due to how unique it is. It also tells me that I don't think I could handle an entire album of Nightwish as just listening to two songs in one night feels excessive. I Want My Tears Back isn't bad. I'm noticing a distinct lack of references to bunnies in any actually nominated song, so it gets an unfair boost due to the March Hare reference. Everybody Jam is interesting... not like anything on the nominated list and conjures up a variety of memories. Louis Armstrong's later hits got some play on the oldies station, so I have a passing familiarity with him from my childhood & Scatman John's biggest song was introduced to me by... someone important to me, let's leave it at that. The memories from two radically different points in time triggering simultaneously, caused by a song I've never heard before, is...different. I'd have to try listening to it again later, now that I know what I'd be getting into.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raetsel_Lapin 10/16/18 11:39:46 PM #409:	==================================================== 12: Song Name: Night Witches Song Origin: Sabaton Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV4HSxPzvI8" data-time=" Nominator: IhatethisCPU (2/15) Another history lesson about subjects I knew nothing about, but unlike the Hong Kong song before this is one of the best metal songs I've ever heard and has the phrase "explosive violence". In the future, all history lessons should be required to use the phrase explosive violence. [FINAL NOTES: Eh, I've grown tired of updating the DEATH OMEN list, now that we're so close to the end. Either way, this is still a very good song.] [FINAL-ER NOTES: Ehh, if you really want me to type more about this song, try reminding in about two days from now. After that batch of three songs I need to lay down for a bit and I suspect posting the top 10 songs tomorrow will have me too distracted to go back to listen to this again; great song though.] ==================================================== --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910660412] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>==================================================== 12: Song Name: Night Witches Song Origin: Sabaton Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV4HSxPzvI8" data-time=" Nominator: IhatethisCPU (2/15) Another history lesson about subjects I knew nothing about, but unlike the Hong Kong song before this is one of the best metal songs I've ever heard and has the phrase "explosive violence". In the future, all history lessons should be required to use the phrase explosive violence. [FINAL NOTES: Eh, I've grown tired of updating the DEATH OMEN list, now that we're so close to the end. Either way, this is still a very good song.] [FINAL-ER NOTES: Ehh, if you really want me to type more about this song, try reminding in about two days from now. After that batch of three songs I need to lay down for a bit and I suspect posting the top 10 songs tomorrow will have me too distracted to go back to listen to this again; great song though.] ====================================================</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raetsel_Lapin 10/16/18 11:43:29 PM #410:	And we end the night by saying goodbye to one more competitor. ==================================================== 11: Song Name: So Far Under Song Origin: Alice in Chains Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qusV7bKsrAE" data-time=" Nominator: Snake5555555555 (1/15) When I first heard this back at the start of the topic, I was sure I had found the song that would get first place. This was what I wanted, this was what I needed, and it was both unfortunate and hilarious that the first post nailed it so perfectly. But then other songs came along. Some exactly what I wanted, things that were the exact opposite of what I wanted that I wound up highly enjoying anyway, and things I never knew existed but can no longer live without. Turns out the competition is much fiercer than I had expected when I started this topic. While they didn't take first place (and, as of this writing, didn't even break the top 10), I think this might be the band I'm most interested in hearing more from. I definitely want more like this. [FINAL NOTES: Ouch, cut just before the top 10. HYPER COMBO FINISH! In Memoriam Lowest Ranked Song: Wish I Knew You (196th Place) Highest Ranked Song: So Far Under (11th Place) You started the topic off in just about the best possible way. Little Girl Blue was unlike anything I'd ever heard before and, while it didn't get a great score, was still a good experience ; Up and Away was everything I could have asked for in an introductory rap song (though perhaps a bit too much so) ; and this song jumped out in front as the 10/10 song every other song had to try to live up to. ...Huh, I hadn't actually realized Numb was also one of your nominations. That's pretty neat, actually. [[ZA'LIST 1.Alice Cooper 2.OSTs from games published by Ocean Software. 3.Something by The Mars Volta. 4.Some more Kindo music. 5.Vektroid. 6.One or two more songs by Nightwish 7.The album "New Man Theme" came from. 8.DM DOKURO. 9.Something else described as "Avant-Garde Metal". 10.Third Eye Blind (Album) 11.The album Cato as a Pun came from. 12.One or two songs by Let's Eat Grandma 13.The album Astronomy came from and whatever other songs I'm supposed to listen to along with it. 14.A couple more Childish Gambino songs. 15.Alice in Chains. Maybe two albums worth? That seems like a lot of songs, but it might be worth it. Maybe.]] [FINAL-ER NOTES: Perhaps the album this song came from and whatever classic album is considered to be their best or most popular? A new one and a classic one to give some context to the band, perhaps? It at least sounds like an idea...] ==================================================== --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910660581] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>And we end the night by saying goodbye to one more competitor. ==================================================== 11: Song Name: So Far Under Song Origin: Alice in Chains Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qusV7bKsrAE" data-time=" Nominator: Snake5555555555 (1/15) When I first heard this back at the start of the topic, I was sure I had found the song that would get first place. This was what I wanted, this was what I needed, and it was both unfortunate and hilarious that the first post nailed it so perfectly. But then other songs came along. Some exactly what I wanted, things that were the exact opposite of what I wanted that I wound up highly enjoying anyway, and things I never knew existed but can no longer live without. Turns out the competition is much fiercer than I had expected when I started this topic. While they didn't take first place (and, as of this writing, didn't even break the top 10), I think this might be the band I'm most interested in hearing more from. I definitely want more like this. [FINAL NOTES: Ouch, cut just before the top 10. HYPER COMBO FINISH! In Memoriam Lowest Ranked Song: Wish I Knew You (196th Place) Highest Ranked Song: So Far Under (11th Place) You started the topic off in just about the best possible way. Little Girl Blue was unlike anything I'd ever heard before and, while it didn't get a great score, was still a good experience ; Up and Away was everything I could have asked for in an introductory rap song (though perhaps a bit too much so) ; and this song jumped out in front as the 10/10 song every other song had to try to live up to. ...Huh, I hadn't actually realized Numb was also one of your nominations. That's pretty neat, actually. [[ZA'LIST 1.Alice Cooper 2.OSTs from games published by Ocean Software. 3.Something by The Mars Volta. 4.Some more Kindo music. 5.Vektroid. 6.One or two more songs by Nightwish 7.The album "New Man Theme" came from. 8.DM DOKURO. 9.Something else described as "Avant-Garde Metal". 10.Third Eye Blind (Album) 11.The album Cato as a Pun came from. 12.One or two songs by Let's Eat Grandma 13.The album Astronomy came from and whatever other songs I'm supposed to listen to along with it. 14.A couple more Childish Gambino songs. 15.Alice in Chains. Maybe two albums worth? That seems like a lot of songs, but it might be worth it. Maybe.]] [FINAL-ER NOTES: Perhaps the album this song came from and whatever classic album is considered to be their best or most popular? A new one and a classic one to give some context to the band, perhaps? It at least sounds like an idea...] ====================================================</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anagram 10/16/18 11:44:52 PM #411:	You must be the biggest Morrowind fan if Dagothwave is in your top ten. --- Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig. Started: July 6, 2005 <cite>Anagram posted [p:910660633] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>You must be the biggest Morrowind fan if Dagothwave is in your top ten.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Snake5555555555 10/16/18 11:59:13 PM #412:	Glad you loved So Far Under so much! Rainier Fog is a fantastic album, I think it's easily their best since the 90s. For a classic album to listen to, you should go with Dirt. --- If the suspense doesn't kill you, something else will! http://tinyurl.com/zqwzc9a - https://imgur.com/a/OcdhKKR <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:910661262] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>Glad you loved So Far Under so much! Rainier Fog is a fantastic album, I think it's easily their best since the 90s. For a classic album to listen to, you should go with Dirt.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raetsel_Lapin 10/17/18 12:03:46 AM #413:	Snake5555555555 posted... Glad you loved So Far Under so much! Rainier Fog is a fantastic album, I think it's easily their best since the 90s. For a classic album to listen to, you should go with Dirt. Will do! Added that note to the final version of za'list. --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910661476] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote><cite>Snake5555555555 posted...</cite> <quote>Glad you loved So Far Under so much! Rainier Fog is a fantastic album, I think it's easily their best since the 90s. For a classic album to listen to, you should go with Dirt.</quote> Will do! Added that note to the final version of za'list.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Seginustemple 10/17/18 12:04:43 AM #414:	Ah man I forgot about Calling to the Night that song brings back some memories. The music of MGS always so damn good it's on like Star Wars' level with how much emotion it adds to the overall work <cite>Seginustemple posted [p:910661519] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>Ah man I forgot about Calling to the Night that song brings back some memories. The music of MGS always so damn good it's on like Star Wars' level with how much emotion it adds to the overall work</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mr Lasastryke 10/17/18 2:39:28 AM #415:	Raetsel_Lapin posted... I'm still not clear on what the genre is even hypothetically supposed to be, other than punk music. I get that it's a subcategory of punk, but that's about all I've gotten out of this topic. bane probably is more knowledgeable about this than me but to me post-hardcore is a more experimental version of hardcore punk. it's hardcore punk songs that don't necessarily use the verse-chorus-verse format/have audible influences from other genres/that sort of thing. and yeah, you'll probably like coheed and cambria if you're into concept albums and storytelling in music. their music has this huge myhtology behind it with comic books that tie into the stories in their music and stuff. --- Geothermal terpsichorean ejectamenta <cite>Mr Lasastryke posted [p:910666434] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote><cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted...</cite> <quote>I'm still not clear on what the genre is even hypothetically supposed to be, other than punk music. I get that it's a subcategory of punk, but that's about all I've gotten out of this topic.</quote> bane probably is more knowledgeable about this than me but to me post-hardcore is a more experimental version of hardcore punk. it's hardcore punk songs that don't necessarily use the verse-chorus-verse format/have audible influences from other genres/that sort of thing. and yeah, you'll probably like coheed and cambria if you're into concept albums and storytelling in music. their music has this huge myhtology behind it with comic books that tie into the stories in their music and stuff.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raetsel_Lapin 10/17/18 11:05:48 AM #416:	Mr Lasastryke posted... and yeah, you'll probably like coheed and cambria if you're into concept albums and storytelling in music. their music has this huge myhtology behind it with comic books that tie into the stories in their music and stuff. That sounds sound very promising, yes. ==================================================== 10: Song Name: T.I.M.E. Song Origin: Neil Cicierga, "Mouth Moods" Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsoCe7C4Kmk" data-time=" Nominator: Mega Mana (1/5) This nomination put me in an awkward position, due to a frankly bizarre set of events that have nothing to do with the song itself. I heard this song at Se7en's ranking topic and told you quite directly that I absolutely loved this song, so the nomination feels a bit like cheating. Part of me wanted to drop it way back down at The Haunting & Viva La Vida, as I loved this so much that I actually listened to Neil's entire album in hopes of finding another song even half as great. (I did not care for any of his other songs). But the only reason I heard the song at all was due to a lot of coincidences: If Se7en had disqualified the song like he said he wanted to, I wouldn't have heard it. If Se7en enjoyed the song, I wouldn't have heard it. I made an attempt to listen to everything in that topic series, but I was unable to listen for a while and fell way behind and just gave up. Astronomy doesn't have the same problems as this song because I heard it in this nomination list before it dropped at Se7en's topic. [FINAL-ER EDIT: The Dear Hunter song also didn't have the problem because it was cut after the point I'd stopped listening to every link posted. Point/Counterpoint's appearance didn't matter much because I was already well aware of the song. We now return to the originally typed version of this write-up.] ...okay, so maybe it's just the two coincidences. I can't give the song a low ranking because then I'm directly punishing it for failing at someone else's topic ; I can't give it first place because I want new songs and I already listen to this voluntarily on a regular basis. Perhaps mercifully there was one song I truly loved above all others that this wouldn't have had a shot at first place even I was just hearing it for the first time, and I still love the song enough that it legitimately hits my top 10 even without being a new experience. Not much to say about the song itself, as I think we covered it at Se7en's topic. I never cared for YMCA to begin with, but this song completely transforms the experience into something incredibly powerful. The lyrics are the same as they ever were, but with the overly bouncy disco music, I was never able to connect with the lyrics until presented in this way. ...How a comedy artist that I don't find funny managed to take a song I didn't like and turn into something so powerful, I'll never know. GORF! In Memoriam Lowest Ranked Song: The Way It Goes (177th Place) Highest Ranked Song: T.I.M.E. (10th Place) Huh... just now noticing that all five songs you nominated are from vastly different genres. Very nice. [FINAL-ER NOTES: Obviously it's impossible to know what would have happened had this been my first time hearing the song, but I honestly don't think it would have made it any further. It's incredibly powerful, I love it, and I'd like to declare it the winner... but the quality of songs here is so incredibly high, that I just can't see it as anything more than an introduction to the Top 10.] ==================================================== --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910679197] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote><cite>Mr Lasastryke posted...</cite> <quote>and yeah, you'll probably like coheed and cambria if you're into concept albums and storytelling in music. their music has this huge myhtology behind it with comic books that tie into the stories in their music and stuff.</quote> That sounds sound very promising, yes. ==================================================== 10: Song Name: T.I.M.E. Song Origin: Neil Cicierga, "Mouth Moods" Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsoCe7C4Kmk" data-time=" Nominator: Mega Mana (1/5) This nomination put me in an awkward position, due to a frankly bizarre set of events that have nothing to do with the song itself. I heard this song at Se7en's ranking topic and told you quite directly that I absolutely loved this song, so the nomination feels a bit like cheating. Part of me wanted to drop it way back down at The Haunting & Viva La Vida, as I loved this so much that I actually listened to Neil's entire album in hopes of finding another song even half as great. (I did not care for any of his other songs). But the only reason I heard the song at all was due to a lot of coincidences: If Se7en had disqualified the song like he said he wanted to, I wouldn't have heard it. If Se7en enjoyed the song, I wouldn't have heard it. I made an attempt to listen to everything in that topic series, but I was unable to listen for a while and fell way behind and just gave up. Astronomy doesn't have the same problems as this song because I heard it in this nomination list before it dropped at Se7en's topic. [FINAL-ER EDIT: The Dear Hunter song also didn't have the problem because it was cut after the point I'd stopped listening to every link posted. Point/Counterpoint's appearance didn't matter much because I was already well aware of the song. We now return to the originally typed version of this write-up.] ...okay, so maybe it's just the two coincidences. I can't give the song a low ranking because then I'm directly punishing it for failing at someone else's topic ; I can't give it first place because I want new songs and I already listen to this voluntarily on a regular basis. Perhaps mercifully there was one song I truly loved above all others that this wouldn't have had a shot at first place even I was just hearing it for the first time, and I still love the song enough that it legitimately hits my top 10 even without being a new experience. Not much to say about the song itself, as I think we covered it at Se7en's topic. I never cared for YMCA to begin with, but this song completely transforms the experience into something incredibly powerful. The lyrics are the same as they ever were, but with the overly bouncy disco music, I was never able to connect with the lyrics until presented in this way. ...How a comedy artist that I don't find funny managed to take a song I didn't like and turn into something so powerful, I'll never know. GORF! In Memoriam Lowest Ranked Song: The Way It Goes (177th Place) Highest Ranked Song: T.I.M.E. (10th Place) Huh... just now noticing that all five songs you nominated are from vastly different genres. Very nice. [FINAL-ER NOTES: Obviously it's impossible to know what would have happened had this been my first time hearing the song, but I honestly don't think it would have made it any further. It's incredibly powerful, I love it, and I'd like to declare it the winner... but the quality of songs here is so incredibly high, that I just can't see it as anything more than an introduction to the Top 10.] ====================================================</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raetsel_Lapin 10/17/18 11:16:05 AM #417:	==================================================== 9: Song Name: Gethsemane Song Origin: Jesus Christ Superstar Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QW2Wh1OZBA" data-time=" Nominator: TheArkOfTurus (4/10) For all of our sakes, I'm going to only focus on the song itself. First, I think I like songs that involve directly questioning God. I wouldn't say that's one of my things, really, but... it does grab my attention. Second, I recently got into Leonard Cohen's "You Want It Darker" album and there's some interesting similarities between the title track and Gethsemane. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0nmHymgM7Y" data-time=" Most notably, Jesus & Cohen both refer to God in the context of a dealer, but to very different ends: God, thy will is hard But you hold every card I will drink your cup of poison Nail me to your cross and break me Compared to: If you are the dealer, I'm out of the game If you are the healer, it means I'm broken and lame If thine is the glory then mine must be the shame I feel a lot could be made of the symbolism between Jesus resigning himself to his fate upon realizing that God held all the cards, while Cohen wanted to quit in response. Both of them accept their inevitable deaths; Cohen writing and performing this song near the end of his life, declaring he was ready. Jesus walking to his death. Really, comparing both songs is quite fascinating, even though they're not actually related to each other and I'm sure it's wrong to compare the two. Comparing a real person's death to a fictional version of Jesus is just going to provoke everybody, but I love both songs and can't help but see similarities in them. And... I think that's about as far as I can go. Trying to discuss a song about and sung by a version of Jesus without directly confronting Christianity is difficult and I think I've gone as far as I'm willing to go with this writeup. ==================================================== --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910679682] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>==================================================== 9: Song Name: Gethsemane Song Origin: Jesus Christ Superstar Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QW2Wh1OZBA" data-time=" Nominator: TheArkOfTurus (4/10) For all of our sakes, I'm going to only focus on the song itself. First, I think I like songs that involve directly questioning God. I wouldn't say that's one of my things, really, but... it does grab my attention. Second, I recently got into Leonard Cohen's "You Want It Darker" album and there's some interesting similarities between the title track and Gethsemane. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0nmHymgM7Y" data-time=" Most notably, Jesus & Cohen both refer to God in the context of a dealer, but to very different ends: God, thy will is hard But you hold every card I will drink your cup of poison Nail me to your cross and break me Compared to: If you are the dealer, I'm out of the game If you are the healer, it means I'm broken and lame If thine is the glory then mine must be the shame I feel a lot could be made of the symbolism between Jesus resigning himself to his fate upon realizing that God held all the cards, while Cohen wanted to quit in response. Both of them accept their inevitable deaths; Cohen writing and performing this song near the end of his life, declaring he was ready. Jesus walking to his death. Really, comparing both songs is quite fascinating, even though they're not actually related to each other and I'm sure it's wrong to compare the two. Comparing a real person's death to a fictional version of Jesus is just going to provoke everybody, but I love both songs and can't help but see similarities in them. And... I think that's about as far as I can go. Trying to discuss a song about and sung by a version of Jesus without directly confronting Christianity is difficult and I think I've gone as far as I'm willing to go with this writeup. ====================================================</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mega Mana 10/17/18 11:46:33 AM #418:	Just happy not to be in last place, lol. Some other adds to the awkward position pile: 1. If it weren't dead last in se7en's ranking, I probably wouldn't have nominated elsewhere to see how well it could truly do. I may have tried either a different Mouth Moods song (though I agree that none are nearly as powerful, or necessarily good the whole way through) or just forgotten it altogether and gone a completely different direction. 2. I'm only 50% sure that I remembered that you liked the song when I nominated it. I'm 100% sure I nominated because you were the first music ranking topic after it landed 1300 out of 1300 for se7en. 3. If I decided to actually go ahead and nominate all of Third Eye Blind, this song wouldn't have appeared. I'm glad I didn't do that. I'm extremely happy to see it get that love, and thank you for considering it top ten worthy. I respect not liking the rest of Mouth Moods (I have soured quite a bit as more time has passed and tend to skip songs after the first minute more often than not), but T.I.M.E. is so perfect. Gotsta go, can't wait to see the final eight! --- "In my headcanon, some staffer saw Trump pull out his phone and start typing so they just Terry Tate Office Linebacker'd him out of his shoes." - FFD <cite>Mega Mana posted [p:910681173] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>Just happy not to be in last place, lol. Some other adds to the awkward position pile: 1. If it weren't dead last in se7en's ranking, I probably wouldn't have nominated elsewhere to see how well it could truly do. I may have tried either a different Mouth Moods song (though I agree that none are nearly as powerful, or necessarily good the whole way through) or just forgotten it altogether and gone a completely different direction. 2. I'm only 50% sure that I remembered that you liked the song when I nominated it. I'm 100% sure I nominated because you were the first music ranking topic after it landed 1300 out of 1300 for se7en. 3. If I decided to actually go ahead and nominate all of Third Eye Blind, this song wouldn't have appeared. I'm glad I didn't do that. I'm extremely happy to see it get that love, and thank you for considering it top ten worthy. I respect not liking the rest of Mouth Moods (I have soured quite a bit as more time has passed and tend to skip songs after the first minute more often than not), but T.I.M.E. is so perfect. Gotsta go, can't wait to see the final eight!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kateee 10/17/18 1:43:16 PM #419:	Raetsel_Lapin posted... 111: Song Name: Homemade Dynamite Song Origin: Lorde Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQsJ_FCCIMQ" data-time=" Nominator: mcflubbin (10/15) i've never heard a lorde song aside from Royals which i don't care about but this is good Raetsel_Lapin posted... 107: Song name - DICE Song origin - BAND-MAID Song link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpAYnVJX9CY" data-time=" Nominator: Murphiroth (8/15) this band is a cool find for me thanksss <cite>kateee posted [p:910686938] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote><cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted...</cite> <quote>111: Song Name: Homemade Dynamite Song Origin: Lorde Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQsJ_FCCIMQ" data-time=" Nominator: mcflubbin (10/15)</quote> i've never heard a lorde song aside from Royals which i don't care about but this is good <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted...</cite> <quote>107: Song name - DICE Song origin - BAND-MAID Song link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpAYnVJX9CY" data-time=" Nominator: Murphiroth (8/15)</quote> this band is a cool find for me thanksss</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bane_Of_Despair 10/17/18 2:23:32 PM #420:	kateee posted... i've never heard a lorde song aside from Royals which i don't care about but this is good That whole album, Melodrama, was like my #2 album of last year. So good. --- Lord have mercy on my soul, I've had a good run but I can't run anymore. Just put me down BKSheikah got me good in Guru <cite>Bane_Of_Despair posted [p:910689041] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote><cite>kateee posted...</cite> <quote>i've never heard a lorde song aside from Royals which i don't care about but this is good</quote> That whole album, Melodrama, was like my #2 album of last year. So good.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raetsel_Lapin 10/17/18 2:55:28 PM #421:	kateee posted... i've never heard a lorde song aside from Royals which i don't care about but this is good Huh, I actually didn't realize that song was also by her. Really not a fan of Royals, which is somehow overplayed that even I know way too much of it by heart, but Homemade Dynamite was good. ==================================================== 8: Song Name: Just friends Song Origin: Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wLRfkN9Mtg" data-time=" Nominator: kateee (1/13) As often as I've mentioned wanting more vocal and audio distortions, you had to know this song was going to get a really high ranking. And I am so glad this isn't one of the two songs you removed; I liked 10-20-40 but it has nothing on this song. Actually, the only reason I immediately listened to the other two even though you removed them from the list, is because I was hoping to find another song like this one. I can't even fault the song for only repeating the same three lines, since the song quite blatantly doesn't need any more. It's quite impressive how complete a story it manages to tell in so few words. And the wonderful, wonderful distortions... this is absolutely everything I could ask for in a song. GOLF! In Memoriam Lowest Ranked Song: Prom (182nd Place) Highest Ranked Song: Just friends (8th Place) Out of everyone, you succeeded in making me feel the widest range of emotions and I sincerely appreciate that. [FINAL-ER NOTES: This song is so perfect... ohh, how I wish I could move it up, but I'm standing by the placement of every song in the top 10. Everything ranked above this song is there because I want them to be there and I do not regret that. ...but it's so good...] ==================================================== --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910690975] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote><cite>kateee posted...</cite> <quote>i've never heard a lorde song aside from Royals which i don't care about but this is good </quote> Huh, I actually didn't realize that song was also by her. Really not a fan of Royals, which is somehow overplayed that even I know way too much of it by heart, but Homemade Dynamite was good. ==================================================== 8: Song Name: Just friends Song Origin: Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wLRfkN9Mtg" data-time=" Nominator: kateee (1/13) As often as I've mentioned wanting more vocal and audio distortions, you had to know this song was going to get a really high ranking. And I am so glad this isn't one of the two songs you removed; I liked 10-20-40 but it has nothing on this song. Actually, the only reason I immediately listened to the other two even though you removed them from the list, is because I was hoping to find another song like this one. I can't even fault the song for only repeating the same three lines, since the song quite blatantly doesn't need any more. It's quite impressive how complete a story it manages to tell in so few words. And the wonderful, wonderful distortions... this is absolutely everything I could ask for in a song. GOLF! In Memoriam Lowest Ranked Song: Prom (182nd Place) Highest Ranked Song: Just friends (8th Place) Out of everyone, you succeeded in making me feel the widest range of emotions and I sincerely appreciate that. [FINAL-ER NOTES: This song is so perfect... ohh, how I wish I could move it up, but I'm standing by the placement of every song in the top 10. Everything ranked above this song is there because I want them to be there and I do not regret that. ...but it's so good...] ====================================================</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raetsel_Lapin 10/17/18 2:59:09 PM #422:	==================================================== 7: Song Name: Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) Song Origin: Hamilton Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQt1RRW_xv0" data-time=" Nominator: TheArkOfTurus (3/10) I know it's stupid and childish of me, but I have a tendency to get attached to people who've done voice acting work on shows that I like: I still get excited whenever I see Jon Lovitz pop up on anything due to an undying loyalty to The Critic. Did you know ABC had a terrible singing show featuring celebrities impersonating other celebrities? "Sing Your Face Off". It lasted three whole weeks back in 2014. I watched that show obsessively because Jon Lovitz was on it and, no matter how stupid it was, IT HAD JON LOVITZ on it. I don't actively seek out his work, but I still perk up whenever Jason Alexander appears. Duckman was actually an important show to me, so I still want to squeal whenever I see him. And other actors and actresses too, blah blah blah, you get the idea. I'm actually a pretty big fan of the Ducktales reboot, in which Lin-Manuel Miranda has a recurring role as the new Gizmoduck. And at around three minutes into this song, his voice becomes unmistakably that of Fenton/Gizmoduck. I had a hard time not squee-ing at that point. It's like, "Look! Look, look, look, look! It's Gizmoduck! LOOK! SQUEE!" and I don't care how much that makes me sound like a two year old, I was just so excited and happy at that point. I don't think any song in this contest brought me as much joy as that one moment. ...also there's the usual responses. Happy for the chance to listen to a genre of music I don't ever hear, history lesson kinda nice, blah blah blah. The song is great enough that I'm sure it would have hit the top 10 even without that connection, but it may have been the deciding factor that pushed it over the last two songs. [FINAL NOTES: I can't decide if I want to listen to the rest of Hamilton or not. I'm sure it's amazing, but that many historical songs in a row sounds very...difficult to get through in rapid succession. I think I'd get more out of it just going with one song a day instead of binging the entire thing all at once.] ==================================================== --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910691205] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>==================================================== 7: Song Name: Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) Song Origin: Hamilton Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQt1RRW_xv0" data-time=" Nominator: TheArkOfTurus (3/10) I know it's stupid and childish of me, but I have a tendency to get attached to people who've done voice acting work on shows that I like: I still get excited whenever I see Jon Lovitz pop up on anything due to an undying loyalty to The Critic. Did you know ABC had a terrible singing show featuring celebrities impersonating other celebrities? "Sing Your Face Off". It lasted three whole weeks back in 2014. I watched that show obsessively because Jon Lovitz was on it and, no matter how stupid it was, IT HAD JON LOVITZ on it. I don't actively seek out his work, but I still perk up whenever Jason Alexander appears. Duckman was actually an important show to me, so I still want to squeal whenever I see him. And other actors and actresses too, blah blah blah, you get the idea. I'm actually a pretty big fan of the Ducktales reboot, in which Lin-Manuel Miranda has a recurring role as the new Gizmoduck. And at around three minutes into this song, his voice becomes unmistakably that of Fenton/Gizmoduck. I had a hard time not squee-ing at that point. It's like, "Look! Look, look, look, look! It's Gizmoduck! LOOK! SQUEE!" and I don't care how much that makes me sound like a two year old, I was just so excited and happy at that point. I don't think any song in this contest brought me as much joy as that one moment. ...also there's the usual responses. Happy for the chance to listen to a genre of music I don't ever hear, history lesson kinda nice, blah blah blah. The song is great enough that I'm sure it would have hit the top 10 even without that connection, but it may have been the deciding factor that pushed it over the last two songs. [FINAL NOTES: I can't decide if I want to listen to the rest of Hamilton or not. I'm sure it's amazing, but that many historical songs in a row sounds very...difficult to get through in rapid succession. I think I'd get more out of it just going with one song a day instead of binging the entire thing all at once.] ====================================================</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raetsel_Lapin 10/17/18 5:28:29 PM #423:	==================================================== 6: Song Name: Iter Impius Song Origin: Pain of Salvation Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsctoBwqFRQ" data-time=" Nominator: TheArkOfTurus (2/10) Great song, which is close enough to being a villain song that I'm counting it as one. I mean, it's not like Mr. Money is portrayed in any sort of positive light (at least in this song, I can't speak about other songs that I haven't heard) and "I will stay on my own / On this bloodstained throne" is a pretty dark line. Wouldn't mind hearing more of their songs at some point. [[ZA'LIST 1.Alice Cooper 2.OSTs from games published by Ocean Software. 3.Something by The Mars Volta. 4.Some more Kindo music. 5.Vektroid. 6.One or two more songs by Nightwish 7.The album "New Man Theme" came from. 8.DM DOKURO. 9.Something else described as "Avant-Garde Metal". 10.Third Eye Blind (Album) 11.The album Cato as a Pun came from. 12.One or two songs by Let's Eat Grandma 13.The album Astronomy came from and whatever other songs I'm supposed to listen to along with it. 14.A couple more Childish Gambino songs. 15.Alice in Chains. Maybe two albums worth? That seems like a lot of songs, but it might be worth it. Maybe. 16.A couple more Pain of Salvation songs.]] [FINAL-ER NOTES: Ohhh... this song... so brilliant in every conceivable way. A song that tells enough of a complete story that it can stand on its own, but with enough references to other songs that there's more I could seek if I desired... and yet, it still can only manage sixth place.] ==================================================== --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910699648] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>==================================================== 6: Song Name: Iter Impius Song Origin: Pain of Salvation Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsctoBwqFRQ" data-time=" Nominator: TheArkOfTurus (2/10) Great song, which is close enough to being a villain song that I'm counting it as one. I mean, it's not like Mr. Money is portrayed in any sort of positive light (at least in this song, I can't speak about other songs that I haven't heard) and "I will stay on my own / On this bloodstained throne" is a pretty dark line. Wouldn't mind hearing more of their songs at some point. [[ZA'LIST 1.Alice Cooper 2.OSTs from games published by Ocean Software. 3.Something by The Mars Volta. 4.Some more Kindo music. 5.Vektroid. 6.One or two more songs by Nightwish 7.The album "New Man Theme" came from. 8.DM DOKURO. 9.Something else described as "Avant-Garde Metal". 10.Third Eye Blind (Album) 11.The album Cato as a Pun came from. 12.One or two songs by Let's Eat Grandma 13.The album Astronomy came from and whatever other songs I'm supposed to listen to along with it. 14.A couple more Childish Gambino songs. 15.Alice in Chains. Maybe two albums worth? That seems like a lot of songs, but it might be worth it. Maybe. 16.A couple more Pain of Salvation songs.]] [FINAL-ER NOTES: Ohhh... this song... so brilliant in every conceivable way. A song that tells enough of a complete story that it can stand on its own, but with enough references to other songs that there's more I could seek if I desired... and yet, it still can only manage sixth place.] ====================================================</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raetsel_Lapin 10/17/18 5:35:24 PM #424:	And now for what Anagram has been waiting this entire topic for: ==================================================== 5: Dagothwave (I don't know who made this) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR-K2rUP86M" data-time=" Nominator: Anagram (1/3) I've mentioned loving 80s nostalgia, comedy songs (err, I did actually mention that somewhere before now, didn't I?), and villain songs. This song combines all three of those things to virtual perfection. The only thing holding it back is that I don't like it repeating the "No Recall or Intervention can work in this place / There is no escape" line four times in a row. I'm sure the creator was stuck working with what dialogue was available, but one more unique line of dialogue for the second verse would have helped tremendously. [FINAL NOTES: I played a decent amount of Morrowind, but mostly I just stumbled around aimlessly stealing everything from every town before quitting. so I have no idea who Dagoth Ur even is. PURIFY WEIRD SOUL! In Memoriam Lowest Ranked Song: Soviet March (172nd Place) Highest Ranked Song: Dagothwave (5th Place) Well, you definitely survived the longest in the DANGER ZONE / Death Omen Star, surviving 129 songs (or was it 128? I are bad at math) before your final nomination dropped. While I wasn't too fond of your other two songs, or the Civilization song you wished you nominated, this song was truly amazing. [FINAL-ER NOTES: Not sure how you could be surprised with this song getting a high placement. 1: I told everyone in the opening post that objective quality was irrelevant to me. The only factor is how much I enjoyed the song. 2: I've admitted to liking objectively terrible things before. I even specifically called out "Whip My Hair" by The Chipettes as being a song I can't truly hate due to the furry-ness of shaking your tail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQgcAnzDLT0" data-time=" I need you to understand; I listen to this song voluntarily (though not too often, admittedly). I own the album. It is horrible, but I don't care--it amuses me and non-human singers are worth infinity bonus points. 3: I've praised Nekrogoblin on multiple posts for playing non-human characters. I may be furry, but I appreciate all forms of non-human singers. 4: I repeatedly complained that the list needed more lighthearted songs to counter some of the more depressing songs. 5: Go back to the writeup for "Friends Forever" Obscure references? Check Fictional Bands? Check This song has those too. 6: Go back to the writeup for "The Haunting (Somewhere in Time) I'm a fan of Veritas, as I'm a sucker for villain songs and it's basically the most JRPG Final Boss-esque song in existence. Go ahead and take a quick look at Veritas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKS6ZuDck-0" data-time=" "You will kneel before me and you will confess that I'm God!". Factor in that Dagothwave also features a villain declaring themselves a God and that it's literally about an RPG boss... Seriously, I was worried that my writeups were too heavily implying Dagothwave was getting an insanely high placement. And this is a song that I came back to on a regular basis throughout the ranking process. When I needed to laugh, or relax, or take a break, this song was always there to cheer me up. Have I cut a lot of objectively better songs than this one? Yep. But I can stand by it because, COME ON, this song was practically created specifically to appeal to me.] ==================================================== --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910700036] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>And now for what Anagram has been waiting this entire topic for: ==================================================== 5: Dagothwave (I don't know who made this) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR-K2rUP86M" data-time=" Nominator: Anagram (1/3) I've mentioned loving 80s nostalgia, comedy songs (err, I did actually mention that somewhere before now, didn't I?), and villain songs. This song combines all three of those things to virtual perfection. The only thing holding it back is that I don't like it repeating the "No Recall or Intervention can work in this place / There is no escape" line four times in a row. I'm sure the creator was stuck working with what dialogue was available, but one more unique line of dialogue for the second verse would have helped tremendously. [FINAL NOTES: I played a decent amount of Morrowind, but mostly I just stumbled around aimlessly stealing everything from every town before quitting. so I have no idea who Dagoth Ur even is. PURIFY WEIRD SOUL! In Memoriam Lowest Ranked Song: Soviet March (172nd Place) Highest Ranked Song: Dagothwave (5th Place) Well, you definitely survived the longest in the DANGER ZONE / Death Omen Star, surviving 129 songs (or was it 128? I are bad at math) before your final nomination dropped. While I wasn't too fond of your other two songs, or the Civilization song you wished you nominated, this song was truly amazing. [FINAL-ER NOTES: Not sure how you could be surprised with this song getting a high placement. 1: I told everyone in the opening post that objective quality was irrelevant to me. The only factor is how much I enjoyed the song. 2: I've admitted to liking objectively terrible things before. I even specifically called out "Whip My Hair" by The Chipettes as being a song I can't truly hate due to the furry-ness of shaking your tail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQgcAnzDLT0" data-time=" I need you to understand; I listen to this song voluntarily (though not too often, admittedly). I own the album. It is horrible, but I don't care--it amuses me and non-human singers are worth infinity bonus points. 3: I've praised Nekrogoblin on multiple posts for playing non-human characters. I may be furry, but I appreciate all forms of non-human singers. 4: I repeatedly complained that the list needed more lighthearted songs to counter some of the more depressing songs. 5: Go back to the writeup for "Friends Forever" Obscure references? Check Fictional Bands? Check This song has those too. 6: Go back to the writeup for "The Haunting (Somewhere in Time) I'm a fan of Veritas, as I'm a sucker for villain songs and it's basically the most JRPG Final Boss-esque song in existence. Go ahead and take a quick look at Veritas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKS6ZuDck-0" data-time=" "You will kneel before me and you will confess that I'm God!". Factor in that Dagothwave also features a villain declaring themselves a God and that it's literally about an RPG boss... Seriously, I was worried that my writeups were too heavily implying Dagothwave was getting an insanely high placement. And this is a song that I came back to on a regular basis throughout the ranking process. When I needed to laugh, or relax, or take a break, this song was always there to cheer me up. Have I cut a lot of objectively better songs than this one? Yep. But I can stand by it because, COME ON, this song was practically created specifically to appeal to me.] ====================================================</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anagram 10/17/18 6:45:52 PM #425:	I didn't realize you liked villain songs, so I thought you must just love Morrowind. I'm still glad to have made it this far, though. --- Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig. Started: July 6, 2005 <cite>Anagram posted [p:910703704] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>I didn't realize you liked villain songs, so I thought you must just love Morrowind. I'm still glad to have made it this far, though.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mcflubbin 10/17/18 6:55:45 PM #426:	Bane_Of_Despair posted... kateee posted... i've never heard a lorde song aside from Royals which i don't care about but this is good That whole album, Melodrama, was like my #2 album of last year. So good. I love Lorde. I've seen her in concert twice, and she absolutely killed it both times. I really can't say enough good things about her. --- It's not so impossible! <cite>mcflubbin posted [p:910704195] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote><cite>Bane_Of_Despair posted...</cite> <quote><cite>kateee posted...</cite> <quote>i've never heard a lorde song aside from Royals which i don't care about but this is good</quote> That whole album, Melodrama, was like my #2 album of last year. So good.</quote> I love Lorde. I've seen her in concert twice, and she absolutely killed it both times. I really can't say enough good things about her.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raetsel_Lapin 10/17/18 8:10:29 PM #427:	Songs posted in topic update: Listened to Marigold, don't have any specific thoughts on it at the moment. It doesn't hold up too well in comparison to Graves, so I'm probably undervaluing it in comparison. Dark Hair Down is interesting, I did say this list needed a good revenge song and that seems to fit the bill nicely. Watched them talking about Graves, which was interesting. Inspired me to go listen to Graves again, still a great song--the additional details probably wouldn't have impacted the ranking at all. Just one more song at the moment...: ==================================================== 4: Song Name: Mentos the Freshmaker(?) Song Origin: Advertising Jingle (Not Sure Who Wrote/Performed it) Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4y7RUQDBvw" data-time=" Nominator: IhatethisCPU (1/15) This song really helped me get through the ranking. It's probably the one I've listened to the most often, turning to it whenever I needed a pick-me-up. Songs reminding you of suicide, genocide, [redacted], or [redacted]? It's easy when you're full of life! Part of me really wants to give this song first place... but then this song isn't exactly new to me. I've seen the commercials often enough that I knew it reasonably well; didn't know you could find a full length version on YouTube, but it's still not new. ...then again there are no rules and I can place any song anywhere I want... but... yeah, I think I want to have the other three remaining songs above it. It's a tough call, but the last songs are so totally amazing that I can't move them down any further. I'm sorry. [FINAL NOTES: I don't want to eliminate any of these songs... sighs BRONZE MEDAL! In Celebration Lowest Ranked Song: W.W. III (Arranged) (176th Place) Highest Ranked Song: Mentos the Freshmaker (4th Place) I don't think anyone embraced the chance to nominate literally anything as much as you did, with all 15 songs being truly unique... well I guess there was some overlap between the Madonna & Chicago songs, but the other 13 all clearly stood out from each other. This versatility definitely paid off for you, earning you third place in the rankings. ...yes the only criteria that actually matters to me is your highest ranked song. ] [FINAL-ER NOTES: This hits a lot of the same notes as Dagothwave, but while Dagothwave is funny, the Mentos theme is strangely inspirational. Getting through the ranking would have been much, much more difficult without the Mentos theme keeping me happy and motivated. Don't care how absurd that sounds, I'm an absurd creature, deal with it.] ==================================================== --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910707909] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>Songs posted in topic update: Listened to Marigold, don't have any specific thoughts on it at the moment. It doesn't hold up too well in comparison to Graves, so I'm probably undervaluing it in comparison. Dark Hair Down is interesting, I did say this list needed a good revenge song and that seems to fit the bill nicely. Watched them talking about Graves, which was interesting. Inspired me to go listen to Graves again, still a great song--the additional details probably wouldn't have impacted the ranking at all. Just one more song at the moment...: ==================================================== 4: Song Name: Mentos the Freshmaker(?) Song Origin: Advertising Jingle (Not Sure Who Wrote/Performed it) Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4y7RUQDBvw" data-time=" Nominator: IhatethisCPU (1/15) This song really helped me get through the ranking. It's probably the one I've listened to the most often, turning to it whenever I needed a pick-me-up. Songs reminding you of suicide, genocide, [redacted], or [redacted]? It's easy when you're full of life! Part of me really wants to give this song first place... but then this song isn't exactly new to me. I've seen the commercials often enough that I knew it reasonably well; didn't know you could find a full length version on YouTube, but it's still not new. ...then again there are no rules and I can place any song anywhere I want... but... yeah, I think I want to have the other three remaining songs above it. It's a tough call, but the last songs are so totally amazing that I can't move them down any further. I'm sorry. [FINAL NOTES: I don't want to eliminate any of these songs... sighs BRONZE MEDAL! In Celebration Lowest Ranked Song: W.W. III (Arranged) (176th Place) Highest Ranked Song: Mentos the Freshmaker (4th Place) I don't think anyone embraced the chance to nominate literally anything as much as you did, with all 15 songs being truly unique... well I guess there was some overlap between the Madonna & Chicago songs, but the other 13 all clearly stood out from each other. This versatility definitely paid off for you, earning you third place in the rankings. ...yes the only criteria that actually matters to me is your highest ranked song. ] [FINAL-ER NOTES: This hits a lot of the same notes as Dagothwave, but while Dagothwave is funny, the Mentos theme is strangely inspirational. Getting through the ranking would have been much, much more difficult without the Mentos theme keeping me happy and motivated. Don't care how absurd that sounds, I'm an absurd creature, deal with it.] ====================================================</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Raetsel_Lapin 10/17/18 9:43:39 PM #429:	Songs posted in topic update: Listened to the other version of Astronomy. It's not bad, but I prefer the nominated version quite a bit. The first Dir En Grey song (which Google tells me would be "Taiyou no Ao") is alright. I'm not crazy about it, but it's far more personal and heartfelt than I would have expected from the band. The ending of the song with the song fading out and things going dark with only those eight flickering lights remaining... is actually quite pretty. I actually liked Ranunculus, so you can consider your point about me being foolish to dismiss the band entirely to be well made. I'll get to Lynch tomorrow. And now, it's time to end this... ...particular phase of the topic, as I plan on posting brief thoughts on every other song posted in the topic and my progress through ZA'LIST until this hits 500. ==================================================== 3: Song Name: Kinetic Song Origin: Arcturus Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pIMXGjFZBc" data-time=" Nominator: TheArkOfTurus (1/10) ....So, I could have found this song years ago, if I ever bothered to learn what your signature was referring to? So much wasted time.... SILVER MEDAL In Celebration Lowest Ranked Song: Allegro Con Fuoco (200th Place) Highest Ranked Song: Kinetic (3rd Place) Though not quite as varied as CPU's nominations, you also had a tremendous amount of variety within your 10 songs. This led to your rankings hitting all over the place; from a classical music song that I didn't enjoy so strongly it made all the other classical nominations seem better, to getting an incredible 4 songs in the top 10, your nominations were an experience unlike any other. ...Unfortunately for you, and everyone else, Mycro pretty much had the top two slots locked up. While CPU can be proud that he had the song that I listened to the most times & that it helped me through several rough patches, you can take pride that you had the most songs in the top 10. Also the largest gap between Lowest & Highest Ranked Song, if that was a stat you cared about. And I think I need to hear a couple more songs by this band, so let's update ZA'LIST again. [[ZA'LIST 1.Alice Cooper 2.OSTs from games published by Ocean Software. 3.Something by The Mars Volta. 4.Some more Kindo music. 5.Vektroid. 6.One or two more songs by Nightwish 7.The album "New Man Theme" came from. 8.DM DOKURO. 9.Something else described as "Avant-Garde Metal". 10.Third Eye Blind (Album) 11.The album Cato as a Pun came from. 12.One or two songs by Let's Eat Grandma 13.The album Astronomy came from and whatever other songs I'm supposed to listen to along with it. 14.A couple more Childish Gambino songs. 15.Alice in Chains. Maybe two albums worth? That seems like a lot of songs, but it might be worth it. Maybe. [EDIT: Rainier Fog & Dirt.] 16.A couple more Pain of Salvation songs. 17.Arcturus]] And now for everything added during the topic itself: [[FINAL-ER ZA'LIST NOTES: 18.The Dillinger Escape Plan (Math Rock) 19.A couple more songs by "Justice". 20.Let's just throw everyone from Thank You Scientist's write-up: Spock's Beard, The Three Band, Snarky Puppy (Binky), Oi Va Voi. 21.Sufjan Stevens 22."Jazz From Hell" 23.R Plus Seven ]] ==================================================== --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910712443] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>Songs posted in topic update: Listened to the other version of Astronomy. It's not bad, but I prefer the nominated version quite a bit. The first Dir En Grey song (which Google tells me would be "Taiyou no Ao") is alright. I'm not crazy about it, but it's far more personal and heartfelt than I would have expected from the band. The ending of the song with the song fading out and things going dark with only those eight flickering lights remaining... is actually quite pretty. I actually liked Ranunculus, so you can consider your point about me being foolish to dismiss the band entirely to be well made. I'll get to Lynch tomorrow. And now, it's time to end this... ...particular phase of the topic, as I plan on posting brief thoughts on every other song posted in the topic and my progress through ZA'LIST until this hits 500. ==================================================== 3: Song Name: Kinetic Song Origin: Arcturus Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pIMXGjFZBc" data-time=" Nominator: TheArkOfTurus (1/10) ....So, I could have found this song years ago, if I ever bothered to learn what your signature was referring to? So much wasted time.... SILVER MEDAL In Celebration Lowest Ranked Song: Allegro Con Fuoco (200th Place) Highest Ranked Song: Kinetic (3rd Place) Though not quite as varied as CPU's nominations, you also had a tremendous amount of variety within your 10 songs. This led to your rankings hitting all over the place; from a classical music song that I didn't enjoy so strongly it made all the other classical nominations seem better, to getting an incredible 4 songs in the top 10, your nominations were an experience unlike any other. ...Unfortunately for you, and everyone else, Mycro pretty much had the top two slots locked up. While CPU can be proud that he had the song that I listened to the most times & that it helped me through several rough patches, you can take pride that you had the most songs in the top 10. Also the largest gap between Lowest & Highest Ranked Song, if that was a stat you cared about. And I think I need to hear a couple more songs by this band, so let's update ZA'LIST again. [[ZA'LIST 1.Alice Cooper 2.OSTs from games published by Ocean Software. 3.Something by The Mars Volta. 4.Some more Kindo music. 5.Vektroid. 6.One or two more songs by Nightwish 7.The album "New Man Theme" came from. 8.DM DOKURO. 9.Something else described as "Avant-Garde Metal". 10.Third Eye Blind (Album) 11.The album Cato as a Pun came from. 12.One or two songs by Let's Eat Grandma 13.The album Astronomy came from and whatever other songs I'm supposed to listen to along with it. 14.A couple more Childish Gambino songs. 15.Alice in Chains. Maybe two albums worth? That seems like a lot of songs, but it might be worth it. Maybe. [EDIT: Rainier Fog & Dirt.] 16.A couple more Pain of Salvation songs. 17.Arcturus]] And now for everything added during the topic itself: [[FINAL-ER ZA'LIST NOTES: 18.The Dillinger Escape Plan (Math Rock) 19.A couple more songs by "Justice". 20.Let's just throw everyone from Thank You Scientist's write-up: Spock's Beard, The Three Band, Snarky Puppy (Binky), Oi Va Voi. 21.Sufjan Stevens 22."Jazz From Hell" 23.R Plus Seven ]] ====================================================</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raetsel_Lapin 10/17/18 9:45:55 PM #430:	==================================================== 2: Song Name: focus tous Song Origin: bunbleman Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htlc0M78694" data-time=" Nominator: MycroProcessor (2/10) I feel like I've waited an eternity for this song. All my desire for more distortions, more artificial sounds, everything I ever wanted... musically, anyway, it turns out there's actually a lot of other non-music things I want. The only three songs I went out of my way to listen to repeatedly for fun were Dagothwave, Mentos, and this song. I was so completely entranced by this song, that I played it three times in a row the first time I heard it and went back to it a few more times over the ranking. Simply amazing. [FINAL-ER NOTES: Well I've gone back to listen to more songs from the ranking after the ranking started, but during the time I was still ranking songs those were the three songs I would go back to for non ranking related purposes.] ==================================================== --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910712551] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>==================================================== 2: Song Name: focus tous Song Origin: bunbleman Song Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htlc0M78694" data-time=" Nominator: MycroProcessor (2/10) I feel like I've waited an eternity for this song. All my desire for more distortions, more artificial sounds, everything I ever wanted... musically, anyway, it turns out there's actually a lot of other non-music things I want. The only three songs I went out of my way to listen to repeatedly for fun were Dagothwave, Mentos, and this song. I was so completely entranced by this song, that I played it three times in a row the first time I heard it and went back to it a few more times over the ranking. Simply amazing. [FINAL-ER NOTES: Well I've gone back to listen to more songs from the ranking after the ranking started, but during the time I was still ranking songs those were the three songs I would go back to for non ranking related purposes.] ====================================================</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raetsel_Lapin 10/17/18 9:48:10 PM #431:	================================== WINNER! Song Name: Maclir Song Origin: PeriTune Song Link: https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot/maclir Nominator: MycroProcessor (1/10) Truthfully, no other song could have ever come in first place besides this one. Part of me wanted to put each of the top five here: Dagothwave because putting it in first place would be the most "me" decision possible. Mentos, because the joy that nomination brought me is second to none. (Well maybe second to one specific section of the Hamilton song...) Kinetic because it is the most technically impressive song to reach this high of a placement & because I so deeply love everything about it; the story, the futuristic...EVERYTHING. Just everything. focus tous because I enter an interesting trance state whenever I click that link and I don't think a song can become any more distorted than that without descending into noise. Truthfully, those four songs are way beyond everything ranked below them. But Maclir stands as far beyond those four songs as they stand above the rest of the nominations. I can't explain why, but this song just speaks to me in a way no other song ever has. I don't know what the lyrics are and I don't want to know, because there is literally nothing that could make me love this any more. On a scale of 1-10, this is a 15. ...No, a 15 implies that it's still able to be judged on a numerical scale. It's more of a ~+~ out of 10, as no human language or scoring system can properly describe it. GOLD MEDAL! In Celebration Lowest Ranked Song: Transdimensional Leakage (179th Place) Highest Ranked Song: Maclir (1st Place) Since you took the two highest placements on the list, one can only wonder what might have happened if you returned to the topic to nominate the full 15 instead of sticking with only 10 nominations. ==================================================== --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910712651] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>================================== WINNER! Song Name: Maclir Song Origin: PeriTune Song Link: https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot/maclir Nominator: MycroProcessor (1/10) Truthfully, no other song could have ever come in first place besides this one. Part of me wanted to put each of the top five here: Dagothwave because putting it in first place would be the most "me" decision possible. Mentos, because the joy that nomination brought me is second to none. (Well maybe second to one specific section of the Hamilton song...) Kinetic because it is the most technically impressive song to reach this high of a placement & because I so deeply love everything about it; the story, the futuristic...EVERYTHING. Just everything. focus tous because I enter an interesting trance state whenever I click that link and I don't think a song can become any more distorted than that without descending into noise. Truthfully, those four songs are way beyond everything ranked below them. But Maclir stands as far beyond those four songs as they stand above the rest of the nominations. I can't explain why, but this song just speaks to me in a way no other song ever has. I don't know what the lyrics are and I don't want to know, because there is literally nothing that could make me love this any more. On a scale of 1-10, this is a 15. ...No, a 15 implies that it's still able to be judged on a numerical scale. It's more of a ~+~ out of 10, as no human language or scoring system can properly describe it. GOLD MEDAL! In Celebration Lowest Ranked Song: Transdimensional Leakage (179th Place) Highest Ranked Song: Maclir (1st Place) Since you took the two highest placements on the list, one can only wonder what might have happened if you returned to the topic to nominate the full 15 instead of sticking with only 10 nominations. ====================================================</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
IhatethisCPU 10/17/18 10:37:57 PM #432:	This song really helped me get through the ranking. It's probably the one I've listened to the most often, turning to it whenever I needed a pick-me-up. I helped! :D :D :D I don't think anyone embraced the chance to nominate literally anything as much as you did, ...ANd I thought that was the point...? Give a variety of songs to see if there was anyhtin' that might strike your fancy. ^__^' Third place and I helped! :D ^__^ --- My thesaurus arrived yesterday, but when I opened it it was blank inside. I have no words to describe how angry I am. <cite>IhatethisCPU posted [p:910715075] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote><quote> This song really helped me get through the ranking. It's probably the one I've listened to the most often, turning to it whenever I needed a pick-me-up.</quote> I helped! :D :D :D <quote>I don't think anyone embraced the chance to nominate literally anything as much as you did, </quote> ...ANd I thought that was the point...? Give a variety of songs to see if there was anyhtin' that might strike your fancy. ^__^' Third place and I helped! :D ^__^</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Se7enthrust 10/17/18 11:28:35 PM #434:	Dagothwave is pretty cool. I didn't connect with your final 2 choices though. It has most certainly been entertaining to follow along Raetsel even though I could not comment a whole lot. You have varied tastes in music and some of it was indeed a bit surprising. I'll certainly keep it in mind for your next ranking if you do another. Great work on completing this one!!! =D How do you feel? --- "Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter <cite>Se7enthrust posted [p:910717513] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>Dagothwave is pretty cool. I didn't connect with your final 2 choices though. It has most certainly been entertaining to follow along Raetsel even though I could not comment a whole lot. You have varied tastes in music and some of it was indeed a bit surprising. I'll certainly keep it in mind for your next ranking if you do another. Great work on completing this one!!! =D How do you feel?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raetsel_Lapin 10/18/18 1:07:05 AM #435:	MycroProcessor posted... HOLY shit hahahah wow when this topic started I really did not expect to be literally both your #1 and #2 on this list. Was worried most of my picks would be too weird for many to be ranked very high. Honestly, you basically called it in your first post: MycroProcessor posted... Raetsel_Lapin posted... I enjoy music with a lot of distortions or weird effects that couldn't be created in the past, or sounds from older game systems; the X68000, Ga oh shit i actually might do well on this ranking (hopefully i am not speaking too soon) I had such a hard time not posting shifty eyes in response to that. </.< MycroProcessor posted... If you want any recommendations for stuff similar to them please let me know! I wouldn't get to them for a while since I need to start working through ZA'LIST (and catching up on a few other songs from this topic), but some more...unique experiences like focus tous might be useful to have on hand when I want a break from the more normal songs I'll be going through, if you had any suggestions on that end. Se7enthrust posted... I'll certainly keep it in mind for your next ranking if you do another. Great work on completing this one!!! =D How do you feel? I would like to do another ranking eventually... have a few different ideas, though it's obviously way too soon to start making any plans. I feel pretty good. This went much better than I expected it to. --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910721422] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote><cite>MycroProcessor posted...</cite> <quote>HOLY shit hahahah wow when this topic started I really did not expect to be literally both your #1 and #2 on this list. Was worried most of my picks would be too weird for many to be ranked very high.</quote> Honestly, you basically called it in your first post: <cite>MycroProcessor posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted...</cite> <quote>I enjoy music with a lot of distortions or weird effects that couldn't be created in the past, or sounds from older game systems; the X68000, Ga</quote> oh shit i actually might do well on this ranking (hopefully i am not speaking too soon)</quote> I had such a hard time not posting shifty eyes in response to that. </.< <cite>MycroProcessor posted...</cite> <quote>If you want any recommendations for stuff similar to them please let me know!</quote> I wouldn't get to them for a while since I need to start working through ZA'LIST (and catching up on a few other songs from this topic), but some more...unique experiences like focus tous might be useful to have on hand when I want a break from the more normal songs I'll be going through, if you had any suggestions on that end. <cite>Se7enthrust posted...</cite> <quote>I'll certainly keep it in mind for your next ranking if you do another. Great work on completing this one!!! =D How do you feel?</quote> I would like to do another ranking eventually... have a few different ideas, though it's obviously way too soon to start making any plans. I feel pretty good. This went much better than I expected it to.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TheArkOfTurus 10/18/18 8:23:23 AM #437:	Thanks for the ranking topic, it was a fun ride! --- Our eyes were removed For our own safety <cite>TheArkOfTurus posted [p:910730311] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>Thanks for the ranking topic, it was a fun ride!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NFUN 10/18/18 8:40:23 AM #438:	Umbreon playlist is also good --- Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination. <cite>NFUN posted [p:910730744] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>Umbreon playlist is also good</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlackDra90n 10/18/18 9:10:12 AM #439:	Raetsel_Lapin posted... The first Dir En Grey song (which Google tells me would be "Taiyou no Ao") is alright. I'm not crazy about it, but it's far more personal and heartfelt than I would have expected from the band. The ending of the song with the song fading out and things going dark with only those eight flickering lights remaining... is actually quite pretty. I actually liked Ranunculus, so you can consider your point about me being foolish to dismiss the band entirely to be well made. I'll get to Lynch tomorrow. Sweet. Also, congrats on finishing the ranking topic! --- http://psnprofiles.com/Drayxs <cite>BlackDra90n posted [p:910731619] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote><cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted...</cite> <quote>The first Dir En Grey song (which Google tells me would be "Taiyou no Ao") is alright. I'm not crazy about it, but it's far more personal and heartfelt than I would have expected from the band. The ending of the song with the song fading out and things going dark with only those eight flickering lights remaining... is actually quite pretty. I actually liked Ranunculus, so you can consider your point about me being foolish to dismiss the band entirely to be well made. I'll get to Lynch tomorrow.</quote> Sweet. Also, congrats on finishing the ranking topic!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
handsomeboy2012 10/18/18 9:18:32 AM #440:	Great ranking topic, thoroughly enjoyed it <cite>handsomeboy2012 posted [p:910731869] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>Great ranking topic, thoroughly enjoyed it</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raetsel_Lapin 10/18/18 4:52:58 PM #441:	Ballad wasn't bad. He still has a great voice when he's not going full metal with it, but I prefer Sorrow. Trigger on the other hand... Google Translate did a better job with the lyrics than any official translation ever could. To deprive fate The crushed star sings As the devil is clawed I don't care what an accurate translation of the lyrics would be, that line is gold. Still prefer Sorrow, but I do like it and it would have gotten a good score, thank you. Gravity's Union wasn't as good as Number City, largely because it felt less...experimental? It's still good, don't get me wrong. I'll probably try listening to more of their work later on; it shows a lot of promise, but I'm not as excited to dive into it as some other things. Now, I should probably try to organize the list: Songs From This Topic (and the sign-up topic) Future Foe Scenarios: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9-zQxkco2w" data-time=" 10-20-40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkyGU7d4fFc" data-time=" Honey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSgyGsAuQyo" data-time=" Anthill (Album): https://inpuj.bandcamp.com/album/anthill) Dear Future Self (Album): https://inpuj.bandcamp.com/album/dear-future-self Mycro's Playlist (assorted songs): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLliVxBMurmt4lRjxsOK5y_0h17vKByMp4 Binky by Snarky Puppy: (no link provided, to the best of my recollection) Specific Artists Assorted artists I wanted to hear a few more songs by. Plan is to just take two or three songs that pop up on Google, but feel free to name specific songs by them if you're someone still around this topic that cares about any of these artists: Alice Cooper Dean Evans (Ocean Software) Jonathan Dunn (Ocean Software) Jeroen Tel (Ocean Software) The Mars Volta Kindo Vektroid DM DOKURO Let's Eat Grandma Childish Gambino Pain of Salvation Arcturus The Dillinger Escape Plan Justice Spock's Beard The Three Band Oi Va Voi Sufjan Stevens Albums I Phantom (Mr. Lif) Third Eye Blind (Third Eye Blind) Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (of Montreal) Imaginos (Blue Oyster Cult) Rainier Fog (Alice in Chains) Dirt (Alice in Chains) Jazz from Hell (Frank Zappa) R Plus Seven (Oneohtrix Point Never) Undefined Things Something described as "avant-garde metal" ...well that should keep me busy for a while. --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910754703] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>Ballad wasn't bad. He still has a great voice when he's not going full metal with it, but I prefer Sorrow. Trigger on the other hand... Google Translate did a better job with the lyrics than any official translation ever could. To deprive fate The crushed star sings As the devil is clawed I don't care what an accurate translation of the lyrics would be, that line is gold. Still prefer Sorrow, but I do like it and it would have gotten a good score, thank you. Gravity's Union wasn't as good as Number City, largely because it felt less...experimental? It's still good, don't get me wrong. I'll probably try listening to more of their work later on; it shows a lot of promise, but I'm not as excited to dive into it as some other things. Now, I should probably try to organize the list: <cite>Songs From This Topic (and the sign-up topic)</cite> Future Foe Scenarios: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9-zQxkco2w" data-time=" 10-20-40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkyGU7d4fFc" data-time=" Honey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSgyGsAuQyo" data-time=" Anthill (Album): https://inpuj.bandcamp.com/album/anthill) Dear Future Self (Album): https://inpuj.bandcamp.com/album/dear-future-self Mycro's Playlist (assorted songs): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLliVxBMurmt4lRjxsOK5y_0h17vKByMp4 Binky by Snarky Puppy: (no link provided, to the best of my recollection) <cite>Specific Artists</cite> Assorted artists I wanted to hear a few more songs by. Plan is to just take two or three songs that pop up on Google, but feel free to name specific songs by them if you're someone still around this topic that cares about any of these artists: Alice Cooper Dean Evans (Ocean Software) Jonathan Dunn (Ocean Software) Jeroen Tel (Ocean Software) The Mars Volta Kindo Vektroid DM DOKURO Let's Eat Grandma Childish Gambino Pain of Salvation Arcturus The Dillinger Escape Plan Justice Spock's Beard The Three Band Oi Va Voi Sufjan Stevens <cite>Albums</cite> I Phantom (Mr. Lif) Third Eye Blind (Third Eye Blind) Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (of Montreal) Imaginos (Blue Oyster Cult) Rainier Fog (Alice in Chains) Dirt (Alice in Chains) Jazz from Hell (Frank Zappa) R Plus Seven (Oneohtrix Point Never) <cite>Undefined Things</cite> Something described as "avant-garde metal" ...well that should keep me busy for a while.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NFUN 10/18/18 5:01:59 PM #442:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz6KO0gnrS8" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBWjVglSVGk" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H5YoFv09uQ" data-time=" --- Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination. <cite>NFUN posted [p:910755208] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz6KO0gnrS8" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBWjVglSVGk" data-time=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H5YoFv09uQ" data-time="</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raetsel_Lapin 10/18/18 11:36:05 PM #443:	A very belated thank you to everyone who nominated and a double thank you to everyone who followed along with the topic! I meant to say something to that effect last post, but apparently forgot... sorry about that. Anyway, I listened to several things today, let's see if I can remember enough to comment on them: Future Foe Scenarios Pretty good. I like the debate over the meaning of the song, if it's about politics or relationships, there's a decent amount of things to think about here. I don't love it, but I think it'd probably be somewhere in the top 50%. 10-20-40 She has a great voice. I wouldn't have thought a song dealing with antidepressants would be something I wanted, but this is good. "See they don't understand Don't know who I am But do I?" Is a particularly good line. Honey ...what? Tintin on the Moon I've mentioned liking the sounds of music from old computers and this is no exception. I'm not sure if I've heard it before, but I like it and Jeroen Tel just seems like a good guy. This song inspired lots of covers and he always seems very polite to all of his fans. "Thanks for remixing one of my finest compositions on Commodore 64. JT in Space. <3 (bro-hug) " That's just so sweet. Tracked down a few of his other songs; Cybernoid's title screen was pretty great and apparently created before he even turned 16, which is kinda mind blowing. A couple others I can't remember, but what I was most amazed by was the song being played live for a crowd of people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiQrUDIah4E" data-time=" After hearing Tim Follin dismiss the entire genre, seeing Til proudly get on stage and play this song for his fans... it was incredibly heartwarming. While I think I've heard enough for list purposes, I may continue to seek out more of his music in the future just because I really like him. Unused Track 2 This is actually the track that made me want to hear more of Dean Evans work and Ocean Software games in general. This track is so completely amazing. Diving Now this one is new to me and also great! Tried a few other random songs by Evans and wasn't as crazy about any of them, but those two songs are amazing enough that I may want to continue searching through his work in hopes of finding anything as good as them. Jonathan Dunn Songs Tried several of them since Robocop theme is one of my all time favorite songs ever, but none of his other work seemed to come even close to it... though I am intrigued by Darkman Title Screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jys7ULgpBZg" data-time=" No indication as to which system this song comes from or if it's a cover or something, but it's interesting... think I'm done looking for music by him for now, but I am glad that I found this one song. Echo (Yukari Album) Wasn't on my list, but "Just Friends" was so incredible that as soon as I saw the entire album was on Bandcamp, I had to drop everything and go listen to it. None of the other tracks approach that level of greatness, but I love her voice and style, so it was worth listening to anyway. --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910776240] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>A very belated thank you to everyone who nominated and a double thank you to everyone who followed along with the topic! I meant to say something to that effect last post, but apparently forgot... sorry about that. Anyway, I listened to several things today, let's see if I can remember enough to comment on them: Future Foe Scenarios Pretty good. I like the debate over the meaning of the song, if it's about politics or relationships, there's a decent amount of things to think about here. I don't love it, but I think it'd probably be somewhere in the top 50%. 10-20-40 She has a great voice. I wouldn't have thought a song dealing with antidepressants would be something I wanted, but this is good. "See they don't understand Don't know who I am But do I?" Is a particularly good line. Honey ...what? Tintin on the Moon I've mentioned liking the sounds of music from old computers and this is no exception. I'm not sure if I've heard it before, but I like it and Jeroen Tel just seems like a good guy. This song inspired lots of covers and he always seems very polite to all of his fans. "Thanks for remixing one of my finest compositions on Commodore 64. JT in Space. <3 (bro-hug) " That's just so sweet. Tracked down a few of his other songs; Cybernoid's title screen was pretty great and apparently created before he even turned 16, which is kinda mind blowing. A couple others I can't remember, but what I was most amazed by was the song being played live for a crowd of people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiQrUDIah4E" data-time=" After hearing Tim Follin dismiss the entire genre, seeing Til proudly get on stage and play this song for his fans... it was incredibly heartwarming. While I think I've heard enough for list purposes, I may continue to seek out more of his music in the future just because I really like him. Unused Track 2 This is actually the track that made me want to hear more of Dean Evans work and Ocean Software games in general. This track is so completely amazing. Diving Now this one is new to me and also great! Tried a few other random songs by Evans and wasn't as crazy about any of them, but those two songs are amazing enough that I may want to continue searching through his work in hopes of finding anything as good as them. Jonathan Dunn Songs Tried several of them since Robocop theme is one of my all time favorite songs ever, but none of his other work seemed to come even close to it... though I am intrigued by Darkman Title Screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jys7ULgpBZg" data-time=" No indication as to which system this song comes from or if it's a cover or something, but it's interesting... think I'm done looking for music by him for now, but I am glad that I found this one song. Echo (Yukari Album) Wasn't on my list, but "Just Friends" was so incredible that as soon as I saw the entire album was on Bandcamp, I had to drop everything and go listen to it. None of the other tracks approach that level of greatness, but I love her voice and style, so it was worth listening to anyway.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Snake5555555555 10/19/18 12:08:57 AM #444:	Really enjoyed this ranking, I like the sporadic and off-the-cuff way you do write-ups, you never know what you're gonna get in them. --- If the suspense doesn't kill you, something else will! http://tinyurl.com/zqwzc9a - https://imgur.com/a/OcdhKKR <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:910777755] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>Really enjoyed this ranking, I like the sporadic and off-the-cuff way you do write-ups, you never know what you're gonna get in them.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mr Lasastryke 10/19/18 11:49:48 AM #445:	Raetsel_Lapin posted... Diving Now this one is new to me and also great! Tried a few other random songs by Evans and wasn't as crazy about any of them, but those two songs are amazing enough that I may want to continue searching through his work in hopes of finding anything as good as them. i wasn't familiar with the waterworld soundtrack (or dean evans, for that matter), but yeah, this song is amazing! i'm not sure if ocean's games generally have great music, necessarily (there's a lot of ocean games evans didn't compose the soundtrack for) but this definitely makes me want to check out more evans stuff. i assume he's european? ocean was a british company and this song just has that western european VGM style (like the music by the follin brothers, david wise and jeroen tel). and yeah, jeroen tel is awesome. --- Geothermal terpsichorean ejectamenta <cite>Mr Lasastryke posted [p:910797514] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote><cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted...</cite> <quote>Diving Now this one is new to me and also great! Tried a few other random songs by Evans and wasn't as crazy about any of them, but those two songs are amazing enough that I may want to continue searching through his work in hopes of finding anything as good as them.</quote> i wasn't familiar with the waterworld soundtrack (or dean evans, for that matter), but yeah, this song is amazing! i'm not sure if ocean's games generally have great music, necessarily (there's a lot of ocean games evans didn't compose the soundtrack for) but this definitely makes me want to check out more evans stuff. i assume he's european? ocean was a british company and this song just has that western european VGM style (like the music by the follin brothers, david wise and jeroen tel). and yeah, jeroen tel is awesome.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kateee 10/19/18 11:58:25 AM #446:	still making my way through this don't let it purgeeeeeee <cite>kateee posted [p:910797930] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>still making my way through this don't let it purgeeeeeee</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NFUN 10/19/18 12:38:28 PM #447:	apparently Beto O'Rourke was in a band with one of the members of Mars Volta --- Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination. <cite>NFUN posted [p:910799940] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote>apparently Beto O'Rourke was in a band with one of the members of Mars Volta</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raetsel_Lapin 10/19/18 9:23:35 PM #448:	Mr Lasastryke posted... ...this definitely makes me want to check out more evans stuff. i assume he's european? ocean was a british company and this song just has that western european VGM style (like the music by the follin brothers, david wise and jeroen tel). Good catch, Google tells me he's British. I also hadn't realized how many VGM artists I was interested in were European... that does provide an interesting starting point for future searches. If I start with computer games developed in Europe, I may have better odds of finding what I seek. Thank you! kateee posted... still making my way through this don't let it purgeeeeeee Wasn't planning on letting it purge, since I still want to use it to update my progress listening to new things, but I'll try to make extra sure to post something every day to keep it around as long as possible. NFUN posted... apparently Beto O'Rourke was in a band with one of the members of Mars Volta Really? Googles Among those amused by the GOPs fruitless tactic was a former bandmate of ORourkes: Cedric Bixler-Zavala of the influential post-hardcore band At The Drive-In, and later The Mars Volta, among others ...I really should have seen that one coming by now. Updates I listened to some more Let's Eat Grandma songs yesterday, but they left so little impact that I'd forgotten I'd heard any of them until I saw them all pop up in my YouTube suggestions today. Hot Pink was somewhat interesting, as it didn't sound like any of the other songs I'd heard by the band... not sure if I'd say I like it, but it stands out enough that I wouldn't mind listening to it again. On a related question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXUVQfleU0o" data-time=" How would you describe the music starting at around the 50 second mark? The only word that comes to my mind is "industrial", but I'm not entirely sure I'm using that correctly. Third Eye Blind (Third Eye Blind) [Part 1] As the first album to get added to my list, it seemed like the best place to start with. It was an interesting experience: "Losing a Whole Year" wasn't bad, but didn't leave much of an impression. I recall preferring "Narcolepsy" over the first song, but forgot much of it due to the next song... wouldn't mind hearing it a second time to refresh my memory. "Semi-Charmed Life". Huh. Heard it a lot, but I never knew the band name, or very many of the lyrics, or the name of the song. It was weird learning that this was the band and what all of the lyrics actually were... a good weird, but still weird. "Jumper" is another song that gets played constantly. Again, didn't know the band or the name of the song, though I at least knew the lyrics. Did not know it was about some killing themselves because they were gay, so, that song is somehow even more of a downer than I assumed. Song is way too catchy for something like that. Didn't really care for "Graduate"--not bad, but it felt out of place? After Jumper I wanted either something upbeat to perk me back up or for the album to continue being depressing... a rather loud song about the fear of not growing up doesn't seem to fit here--think it would work better playing before Jumper. Opinion of song is probably unfairly influenced by the songs immediately preceding it. continued soon-ish --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910826044] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote><cite>Mr Lasastryke posted...</cite> <quote>...this definitely makes me want to check out more evans stuff. i assume he's european? ocean was a british company and this song just has that western european VGM style (like the music by the follin brothers, david wise and jeroen tel).</quote> Good catch, Google tells me he's British. I also hadn't realized how many VGM artists I was interested in were European... that does provide an interesting starting point for future searches. If I start with computer games developed in Europe, I may have better odds of finding what I seek. Thank you! <cite>kateee posted...</cite> <quote>still making my way through this don't let it purgeeeeeee</quote> Wasn't planning on letting it purge, since I still want to use it to update my progress listening to new things, but I'll try to make extra sure to post something every day to keep it around as long as possible. <cite>NFUN posted...</cite> <quote>apparently Beto O'Rourke was in a band with one of the members of Mars Volta</quote> Really? Googles Among those amused by the GOPs fruitless tactic was a former bandmate of ORourkes: Cedric Bixler-Zavala of the influential post-hardcore band At The Drive-In, and later The Mars Volta, among others ...I really should have seen that one coming by now. Updates I listened to some more Let's Eat Grandma songs yesterday, but they left so little impact that I'd forgotten I'd heard any of them until I saw them all pop up in my YouTube suggestions today. Hot Pink was somewhat interesting, as it didn't sound like any of the other songs I'd heard by the band... not sure if I'd say I like it, but it stands out enough that I wouldn't mind listening to it again. On a related question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXUVQfleU0o" data-time=" How would you describe the music starting at around the 50 second mark? The only word that comes to my mind is "industrial", but I'm not entirely sure I'm using that correctly. <cite>Third Eye Blind (Third Eye Blind) [Part 1]</cite> As the first album to get added to my list, it seemed like the best place to start with. It was an interesting experience: "Losing a Whole Year" wasn't bad, but didn't leave much of an impression. I recall preferring "Narcolepsy" over the first song, but forgot much of it due to the next song... wouldn't mind hearing it a second time to refresh my memory. "Semi-Charmed Life". Huh. Heard it a lot, but I never knew the band name, or very many of the lyrics, or the name of the song. It was weird learning that this was the band and what all of the lyrics actually were... a good weird, but still weird. "Jumper" is another song that gets played constantly. Again, didn't know the band or the name of the song, though I at least knew the lyrics. Did not know it was about some killing themselves because they were gay, so, that song is somehow even more of a downer than I assumed. Song is way too catchy for something like that. Didn't really care for "Graduate"--not bad, but it felt out of place? After Jumper I wanted either something upbeat to perk me back up or for the album to continue being depressing... a rather loud song about the fear of not growing up doesn't seem to fit here--think it would work better playing before Jumper. Opinion of song is probably unfairly influenced by the songs immediately preceding it. continued soon-ish</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raetsel_Lapin 10/19/18 9:55:12 PM #449:	Third Eye Blind (Third Eye Blind) [Part 2] After that, I was honestly kinda burned out... wanted to listen to a different band and come back to this later, but persisted on for another four tracks. The result is that I almost fell asleep and don't really remember tracks 6 through 9, at which point I did take a break. Anthill [Part 1] Say what you want about bunbleman, but he provides something different. "fisherking" was okay. "fissure queen" was what I was looking for. It starts off kinda ordinary, but that transition starting at around 2:47... that ominous atmosphere and that static, yes, this song is exactly what I wanted. I still prefer focus tous (I'll admit the video helped focus), but that was definitely an A+. Third Eye Blind [Part 3] Not sure if the end of the album is truly much greater than the middle or if I was just re-energized enough to focus, but "London" was good. "I Want You"... has the misfortune of being wedged between songs I like. "The Background", "Motorcycle Drive By", and "God of Wine" are the three best songs on the album. I'd probably say Motorcycle > Background > Wine > Semi-Charmed Life > Narcolepsy? On a very casual first listen, with no attempt to look anything up about the songs other than Jumper. Not a bad album, though not what I was expecting. I'd barely even heard of the band, so I honestly didn't know they had songs I'd heard before and it was kinda surreal running into those two popular songs. That gave it a rather strong opening; they also saved the best for last, letting the album close on a high note. The middle... well, I tend to get burned out listening to a bunch of songs by the same artist in a row, so albums usually lose me at some point. I'll try listening to those songs again in a few days, see how they go over when I'm less burned out on the band. Oh yeah, I also listened to "Tattoo of the Sun" since it was included in the Japanese release of the album. Not bad, but not as good as the trio of songs that closed out the original version of the album. All in all, not a bad experience. There were some definite high points; I think you made the right call with which song from the album to nominate, though some of the others would have gotten decent scores too. Anthill [Part 2] Decided to go through "hellride simulation center" before breaking for the night. A bit too chaotic, even for me, I'm afraid. It actually reminds me of that video where someone tries to convert the data from Sonic CD into an audio track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2IhLBcIXUI" data-time=" I ran into that while looking up the Sega CD Warning message, but had to make a point to not mention it before now. Honestly I find the first minute of Data Track rather interesting, but if I posted that and directly told everyone that I actively enjoyed listening to parts of that noise, it really would have given away the high placement of "focus tous". </.< --- Marshmallow unicorns forever! <cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted [p:910827439] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote><cite>Third Eye Blind (Third Eye Blind) [Part 2]</cite> After that, I was honestly kinda burned out... wanted to listen to a different band and come back to this later, but persisted on for another four tracks. The result is that I almost fell asleep and don't really remember tracks 6 through 9, at which point I did take a break. <cite>Anthill [Part 1]</cite> Say what you want about bunbleman, but he provides something different. "fisherking" was okay. "fissure queen" was what I was looking for. It starts off kinda ordinary, but that transition starting at around 2:47... that ominous atmosphere and that static, yes, this song is exactly what I wanted. I still prefer focus tous (I'll admit the video helped focus), but that was definitely an A+. <cite>Third Eye Blind [Part 3]</cite> Not sure if the end of the album is truly much greater than the middle or if I was just re-energized enough to focus, but "London" was good. "I Want You"... has the misfortune of being wedged between songs I like. "The Background", "Motorcycle Drive By", and "God of Wine" are the three best songs on the album. I'd probably say Motorcycle > Background > Wine > Semi-Charmed Life > Narcolepsy? On a very casual first listen, with no attempt to look anything up about the songs other than Jumper. Not a bad album, though not what I was expecting. I'd barely even heard of the band, so I honestly didn't know they had songs I'd heard before and it was kinda surreal running into those two popular songs. That gave it a rather strong opening; they also saved the best for last, letting the album close on a high note. The middle... well, I tend to get burned out listening to a bunch of songs by the same artist in a row, so albums usually lose me at some point. I'll try listening to those songs again in a few days, see how they go over when I'm less burned out on the band. Oh yeah, I also listened to "Tattoo of the Sun" since it was included in the Japanese release of the album. Not bad, but not as good as the trio of songs that closed out the original version of the album. All in all, not a bad experience. There were some definite high points; I think you made the right call with which song from the album to nominate, though some of the others would have gotten decent scores too. <cite>Anthill [Part 2]</cite> Decided to go through "hellride simulation center" before breaking for the night. A bit too chaotic, even for me, I'm afraid. It actually reminds me of that video where someone tries to convert the data from Sonic CD into an audio track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2IhLBcIXUI" data-time=" I ran into that while looking up the Sega CD Warning message, but had to make a point to not mention it before now. Honestly I find the first minute of Data Track rather interesting, but if I posted that and directly told everyone that I actively enjoyed listening to parts of that noise, it really would have given away the high placement of "focus tous". </.<</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mr Lasastryke 10/20/18 5:47:49 AM #450:	Raetsel_Lapin posted... If I start with computer games developed in Europe, I may have better odds of finding what I seek. yeah, from my perspective (our tastes in VGM seem to be pretty similar, based on what i've seen in this topic), that's as good a starting point as any for finding good VGM stuff. rob hubbard is another british VGM composer. while i don't recall any VGM he's composed that i'm super fond of, he might be worth checking out as well for this reason. as for bunbleman, i'd recommend spider - that's the bunbleman song mycro picked for song of the week. definitely one of my favorite song of the week finds. and for the record, bunbleman is a duo, not one guy :-P edit: well, i only gave spider third place in that particular week so perhaps it wasn't "one of my favorite song of the week finds." still a great tune, though! --- Geothermal terpsichorean ejectamenta <cite>Mr Lasastryke posted [p:910841862] in Raetsel's ... [t:77046788]...</cite> <quote><cite>Raetsel_Lapin posted...</cite> <quote>If I start with computer games developed in Europe, I may have better odds of finding what I seek.</quote> yeah, from my perspective (our tastes in VGM seem to be pretty similar, based on what i've seen in this topic), that's as good a starting point as any for finding good VGM stuff. rob hubbard is another british VGM composer. while i don't recall any VGM he's composed that i'm super fond of, he might be worth checking out as well for this reason. as for bunbleman, i'd recommend spider - that's the bunbleman song mycro picked for song of the week. definitely one of my favorite song of the week finds. and for the record, bunbleman is a duo, not one guy :-P edit: well, i only gave spider third place in that particular week so perhaps it wasn't "one of my favorite song of the week finds." still a great tune, though!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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