Board 8 > Raetsel and the Alts finish ranking 784 songs [+ Bonus Songs]

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TheArkOfTurus 05/26/23 1:26:19 PM #351:	One more Strive song, since it just came out and I'm already obsessed with it. Guilty Gear -Strive- - The Gravity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlyFnXwwBYA --- Our eyes were removed For our own safety <cite>TheArkOfTurus posted [p:973731595] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>One more Strive song, since it just came out and I'm already obsessed with it.Guilty Gear -Strive- - The Gravityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlyFnXwwBYA</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fluttershy_Pony 05/28/23 4:31:11 PM #352:	Apologies for yet another unannounced delay. I wanted to contribute something to Place's Sonic soundtrack ranking (there are still a lot of soundtracks that could use a second opinion, so please consider volunteering to comment on one if you have the time) and spent a somewhat ridiculous amount of time trying to find an album I wanted to nominate over at rwlh's topic.... only to come up empty handed (...empty hoofed? That doesn't sound right, even if I'm in the mood for a pony pun) & pick the album I'm currently obsessed with without any regard for who I was nominating it for. Well, I tried. I may have nominated "Rom Cassette Disc in JALECO Remix", but I couldn't find all the songs on YouTube & I think almost every track goes on twice as long as it should, so here we are. Or... there we are since this isn't that topic? I'm getting a bit lost. AAANYWHO..., four songs this evening as I need to take it a bit easier as I've been doing a lot of typing lately. ====================== Guilty Gear -Strive- - The Gravity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlyFnXwwBYA Estimated Score: 71.00 Hey, it''s "That Man"! As someone who hasn't played the series since some version of XX, it's nice to see him finally be playable. No idea why, but the line "As long as "That Man" still lives" from the Guilty Gear X anime trailer has been stuck in my head for so many years now. Doubly odd since it's not a particularly memorable line on its own or as hilariously terrible as so many other lines from that video. Oh well. Back on topic, I do like this song though I'm not as immediately gripped by it as some of the other songs from the soundtrack. I do really like the choruses: Does existence have a meaning? The reality of truth, the reality of truth What fact should we accept? Also, I'm strangely fond of the "Did the sun ever defy fate?" lyric for some reason... I suppose defying fate is one of those topics that is usually worth extra points, though I feel like there's a bit more to it than that. Well, either way, lets say I really like this song and move it to the early 70s. ====================== - ====================== - Hachun - Coffret. (composer: Namba Ken) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KllIxPUHWCw Estimated Score: 68.75 Light, happy, and fun in a strangely positive (for me) use of those words. I like this quite a bit, yes. ====================== - ====================== Amemiya Chika - Christmas Song. (composer: Namba Ken) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3PAemYEkNk Estimated Score: 60.00 The opening is rather unpleasant, with the generic Christmas bells jingling incessantly... but once the song actually gets going, it vaguely reminds me of Christmas NiGHTS & is actually rather neat. I like the guitar solo, wish that it was a bit longer. The song is probably helped by my inability to find lyrics since it's pretty tough for Christmas lyrics to gain my interest and I'm not going to hold "what the lyrics probably are" against it. I think I'd add this to the Clump--it's actually really nice for a Christmas song and I like it, but I'm not sure I'd take it over any of the Clump songs. ====================== -I only want to do one more song at the moment & I'd like to cover the next song and it's Remix in the same post, so I'm briefly skipping ahead to Lucid Hallucination. Hopefully I'll remember to circle back to the one I'm bypassing next time.- ====================== Aitsuki Nakuru - Lucid Hallucination (composer: Takashiro Miyo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SHEMCwpZzc Estimated Score: 63.22 I really wish this song didn't have that "la la la la" bridge and I think her voice gets a bit too high-pitched near the end; it's unfortunate because the rest of the song is very much my type of thing. I kinda love the piano playing that opens the track & the unrequited love lyrics are definitely something I appreciate: A sweet trap that invades even the marrow of my bones I can't escape Because it's a dream that won't come true Oof. That line is brutal in the best possible way. But that bridge is very much not for me and definitely holds the song back, at least a few points.. still, definitely enough high points and positive qualities that I do like the song, so I think it'd probably hit the early-mid 60s area? The lyrics could push this song up a ways on the right day, so I could see raising this up a few points, but I think it's a fairly accurate placement to start with. ====================== --- A not very secret alt account for when Raetsel wants to be a pony <cite>Fluttershy_Pony posted [p:973774652] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>Apologies for yet another unannounced delay. I wanted to contribute something to Place's Sonic soundtrack ranking (there are still a lot of soundtracks that could use a second opinion, so please consider volunteering to comment on one if you have the time) and spent a somewhat ridiculous amount of time trying to find an album I wanted to nominate over at rwlh's topic.... only to come up empty handed (...empty hoofed? That doesn't sound right, even if I'm in the mood for a pony pun) & pick the album I'm currently obsessed with without any regard for who I was nominating it for. Well, I tried. I may have nominated "Rom Cassette Disc in JALECO Remix", but I couldn't find all the songs on YouTube & I think almost every track goes on twice as long as it should, so here we are. Or... there we are since this isn't that topic? I'm getting a bit lost.AAANYWHO..., four songs this evening as I need to take it a bit easier as I've been doing a lot of typing lately.======================Guilty Gear -Strive- - The Gravity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlyFnXwwBYA Estimated Score: 71.00Hey, it''s "That Man"! As someone who hasn't played the series since some version of XX, it's nice to see him finally be playable. No idea why, but the line "As long as "That Man" still lives" from the Guilty Gear X anime trailer has been stuck in my head for so many years now. Doubly odd since it's not a particularly memorable line on its own or as hilariously terrible as so many other lines from that video. Oh well.Back on topic, I do like this song though I'm not as immediately gripped by it as some of the other songs from the soundtrack. I do really like the choruses:<quote>Does existence have a meaning?The reality of truth, the reality of truthWhat fact should we accept?</quote>Also, I'm strangely fond of the "Did the sun ever defy fate?" lyric for some reason... I suppose defying fate is one of those topics that is usually worth extra points, though I feel like there's a bit more to it than that. Well, either way, lets say I really like this song and move it to the early 70s.======================-======================-Hachun - Coffret. (composer: Namba Ken) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KllIxPUHWCw Estimated Score: 68.75Light, happy, and fun in a strangely positive (for me) use of those words. I like this quite a bit, yes.======================-======================Amemiya Chika - Christmas Song. (composer: Namba Ken) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3PAemYEkNk Estimated Score: 60.00The opening is rather unpleasant, with the generic Christmas bells jingling incessantly... but once the song actually gets going, it vaguely reminds me of Christmas NiGHTS & is actually rather neat. I like the guitar solo, wish that it was a bit longer. The song is probably helped by my inability to find lyrics since it's pretty tough for Christmas lyrics to gain my interest and I'm not going to hold "what the lyrics probably are" against it. I think I'd add this to the Clump--it's actually really nice for a Christmas song and I like it, but I'm not sure I'd take it over any of the Clump songs.======================-I only want to do one more song at the moment & I'd like to cover the next song and it's Remix in the same post, so I'm briefly skipping ahead to Lucid Hallucination. Hopefully I'll remember to circle back to the one I'm bypassing next time.-======================Aitsuki Nakuru - Lucid Hallucination (composer: Takashiro Miyo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SHEMCwpZzc Estimated Score: 63.22I really wish this song didn't have that "la la la la" bridge and I think her voice gets a bit too high-pitched near the end; it's unfortunate because the rest of the song is very much my type of thing. I kinda love the piano playing that opens the track & the unrequited love lyrics are definitely something I appreciate:<quote>A sweet trap that invades even the marrow of my bonesI can't escapeBecause it's a dream that won't come true</quote>Oof. That line is brutal in the best possible way. But that bridge is very much not for me and definitely holds the song back, at least a few points.. still, definitely enough high points and positive qualities that I do like the song, so I think it'd probably hit the early-mid 60s area? The lyrics could push this song up a ways on the right day, so I could see raising this up a few points, but I think it's a fairly accurate placement to start with.======================</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UF8 05/29/23 7:52:55 AM #353:	Fluttershy_Pony posted... -I only want to do one more song at the moment & I'd like to cover the next song and it's Remix in the same post, so I'm briefly skipping ahead to Lucid Hallucination. Hopefully I'll remember to circle back to the one I'm bypassing next time.- you know, i was lowkey hoping you'd have that song and the remix in separate posts, because uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. yeah the remix is kinda. the kind of thing that doesn't gel well after the regular song at all lol. one of those things where i would've gone out of my way to include it at a totally different part of the post (if at all) if i felt i could've justified it <cite>UF8 posted [p:973786429] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>Fluttershy_Pony posted... </cite><quote>-I only want to do one more song at the moment & I'd like to cover the next song and it's Remix in the same post, so I'm briefly skipping ahead to Lucid Hallucination. Hopefully I'll remember to circle back to the one I'm bypassing next time.-</quote>you know, i was lowkey hoping you'd have that song and the remix in separate posts, because uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. yeah the remix is kinda. the kind of thing that doesn't gel well after the regular song at all lol. one of those things where i would've gone out of my way to include it at a totally different part of the post (if at all) if i felt i could've justified it</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fluttershy_Pony 05/29/23 4:10:37 PM #354:	You're the one who posted them side-by-side! But sure, I can space them out if you want. Though now I kinda want to do the Remix first to see what sparked that reaction.... but fine. ====================== YUKA NAGASE - Kakeru, Tomaru (composer: Takashiro Miyo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXyKCBIN_o0 Estimated Score: 39.00 Most of the song feels too minimalistic for my tastes. I suppose I kinda like the choruses where the music gets to pick up a bit, but I'd say this song is just a miss in general. Now I'm even more curious what the remix does... ====================== - ====================== sachi - puzzle (composer: Takashiro Miyo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE7kYxYhJFk Estimated Score: 50.99 It's alright, I suppose. I mean, it's not like I dislike anything here, it's just... I dunno, just something that exists to be mean about it. ====================== - ====================== Takashiro Miyo - puzzle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uffTGeMbzkQ Estimated Score: 55.60 I do prefer her as a singer, but it still doesn't quite work for me. The instruments feel very weak--there are quite a few points where the backing music is one faint "dunn" note and even when other instruments join in, they're often very faint and subdued. The choruses do help when things pick... ...this feels familiar. I'm starting to think I just don't like the way she uses instruments in her compositions. Still, I like her voice and I like the choruses, so we'll say I kinda like this? ====================== - ====================== sachi - Canvas (composer: Takashiro Miyo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEiho-XywEo Estimated Score: 52.66 Yeah, I don't think I'm a fan of sachi, though I do prefer the instruments here. The backing music feels much more full and present for the song, but it's still in that awkward "well, I would describe my overall feelings towards the song as positive" damning with faint praise area. I do like the instrumental section starting around 1:35--there's something charming about the boop-y chime-y instrument there that makes me smile. ====================== - ====================== Aitsuki Nakuru - mirror (composer: Takashiro Miyo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KZOQJ_1xgw Estimated Score: 64.469 Okay, now there's a full barrage of instruments and notes. It's good to know that Miyo has a more varied selection of musical genres than I was worried about given her two earlier songs. This is definitely a more complicated song than the earlier ones--or at least it's both more engaging and has lyrics that I really should spend time analyzing; Thoughts that wishes for unhappiness And feelings of envy They pile up and become mud That stain my body There's some good ol' self-loathing around here, that usually plays well. There's also something with multiple perspectives each wanting to become the other and it's all a lot to unpack. I like this one. ====================== -hopefully I've waited long enough to go to the remix, because I want to hear it & I'd rather not wait longer- ====================== YUKA NAGASE - Kakeru, Tomaru (2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9ZJBuzEcEU Estimated Score: 67.00 It's such a vast improvement in every regard that it's almost hard to believe that this started out as that other song. It's exciting and engaging & I rather like this one. ====================== --- A not very secret alt account for when Raetsel wants to be a pony <cite>Fluttershy_Pony posted [p:973793513] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>You're the one who posted them side-by-side! But sure, I can space them out if you want. Though now I kinda want to do the Remix first to see what sparked that reaction.... but fine.======================YUKA NAGASE - Kakeru, Tomaru (composer: Takashiro Miyo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXyKCBIN_o0 Estimated Score: 39.00Most of the song feels too minimalistic for my tastes. I suppose I kinda like the choruses where the music gets to pick up a bit, but I'd say this song is just a miss in general. Now I'm even more curious what the remix does...======================-======================sachi - puzzle (composer: Takashiro Miyo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE7kYxYhJFkEstimated Score: 50.99It's alright, I suppose. I mean, it's not like I dislike anything here, it's just... I dunno, just something that exists to be mean about it.======================-======================Takashiro Miyo - puzzle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uffTGeMbzkQ Estimated Score: 55.60I do prefer her as a singer, but it still doesn't quite work for me. The instruments feel very weak--there are quite a few points where the backing music is one faint "dunn" note and even when other instruments join in, they're often very faint and subdued. The choruses do help when things pick... ...this feels familiar. I'm starting to think I just don't like the way she uses instruments in her compositions. Still, I like her voice and I like the choruses, so we'll say I kinda like this?======================-======================sachi - Canvas (composer: Takashiro Miyo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEiho-XywEo Estimated Score: 52.66Yeah, I don't think I'm a fan of sachi, though I do prefer the instruments here. The backing music feels much more full and present for the song, but it's still in that awkward "well, I would describe my overall feelings towards the song as positive" damning with faint praise area. I do like the instrumental section starting around 1:35--there's something charming about the boop-y chime-y instrument there that makes me smile.======================-======================Aitsuki Nakuru - mirror (composer: Takashiro Miyo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KZOQJ_1xgw Estimated Score: 64.469Okay, now there's a full barrage of instruments and notes. It's good to know that Miyo has a more varied selection of musical genres than I was worried about given her two earlier songs. This is definitely a more complicated song than the earlier ones--or at least it's both more engaging and has lyrics that I really should spend time analyzing;<quote>Thoughts that wishes for unhappinessAnd feelings of envyThey pile up and become mudThat stain my body</quote>There's some good ol' self-loathing around here, that usually plays well. There's also something with multiple perspectives each wanting to become the other and it's all a lot to unpack. I like this one.======================-hopefully I've waited long enough to go to the remix, because I want to hear it & I'd rather not wait longer-======================YUKA NAGASE - Kakeru, Tomaru (2):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9ZJBuzEcEUEstimated Score: 67.00It's such a vast improvement in every regard that it's almost hard to believe that this started out as that other song. It's exciting and engaging & I rather like this one.======================</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fluttershy_Pony 05/31/23 4:28:30 PM #355:	Three songs today as I'm still taking a bit of a reduced schedule for a couple days. ====================== <b>Aitsuki Nakuru - whisper (composer: Takashiro Miyo):</b> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8RneF_QFJY Estimated Score: 54.38 A fine song, though not one I feel any strong emotions towards. ====================== - ====================== <b>misha - Sayuragi (composer: Takashiro Miyo) (theme of The witch of the Ihanashi VN)</b> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRoSLfEVfC4 Estimated Score: 77.20 [Upgraded to 80.00] The first song in a while that has felt too short... I'm really into her voice and the vibes this song is giving out, but two minutes doesn't feel like enough time for me to get fully entranced. Like I start getting lost in the music and... then we hit a brick wall of silence before I'm anywhere near ready for the song to end. Still, there are certainly worse complaints I could have about a song and I really enjoy everything that's here; I'm thinking high 70s, with somewhat decent odds of reaching the low 80s. Add another minute to the song and it probably reaches the 90s. ...Well, maybe 77 is a bit low. Let's do one more song and then circle back to this one for a second listen. [Later: The ending still feels too abrupt, but yeah, I do kinda love this. I think I'd feel better placing it at exactly 80 points and seeing what happened from there..] ====================== - ====================== <b>Takashiro Miyo - Itsuka Dokokano Hakoniwa De (theme of upcoming VN Fujimi no Bara: Nike)</b> https://youtu.be/NVGiftjiNB4 Estimated Score: 70.00 I like the instruments here more than expected. It doesn't feel like a very complex tune (though I honestly wouldn't know), but there's something I find very satisfying about them. And her singing is a more than fine compliment to the track. I think I really like this and would be happy to place it in the Cluster for further evaluation. ====================== EDIT: Forgot I switched this account back to HTML mode to post a few pictures in other topics. I'll just leave the broken tags since they don't really impact much and it's a slightly funny mistake that I keep making. --- A not very secret alt account for when Raetsel wants to be a pony <cite>Fluttershy_Pony posted [p:973839617] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>Three songs today as I'm still taking a bit of a reduced schedule for a couple days. ======================<b>Aitsuki Nakuru - whisper (composer: Takashiro Miyo):</b> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8RneF_QFJY Estimated Score: 54.38A fine song, though not one I feel any strong emotions towards.======================-======================<b>misha - Sayuragi (composer: Takashiro Miyo) (theme of The witch of the Ihanashi VN)</b> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRoSLfEVfC4 Estimated Score: 77.20 [Upgraded to 80.00]The first song in a while that has felt too short... I'm really into her voice and the vibes this song is giving out, but two minutes doesn't feel like enough time for me to get fully entranced. Like I start getting lost in the music and... then we hit a brick wall of silence before I'm anywhere near ready for the song to end. Still, there are certainly worse complaints I could have about a song and I really enjoy everything that's here; I'm thinking high 70s, with somewhat decent odds of reaching the low 80s. Add another minute to the song and it probably reaches the 90s....Well, maybe 77 is a bit low. Let's do one more song and then circle back to this one for a second listen.[Later: The ending still feels too abrupt, but yeah, I do kinda love this. I think I'd feel better placing it at exactly 80 points and seeing what happened from there..]======================-======================<b>Takashiro Miyo - Itsuka Dokokano Hakoniwa De (theme of upcoming VN Fujimi no Bara: Nike)</b>https://youtu.be/NVGiftjiNB4Estimated Score: 70.00I like the instruments here more than expected. It doesn't feel like a very complex tune (though I honestly wouldn't know), but there's something I find very satisfying about them. And her singing is a more than fine compliment to the track. I think I really like this and would be happy to place it in the Cluster for further evaluation.======================EDIT: Forgot I switched this account back to HTML mode to post a few pictures in other topics. I'll just leave the broken tags since they don't really impact much and it's a slightly funny mistake that I keep making.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UF8 06/01/23 7:51:25 AM #356:	Fluttershy_Pony posted... ...this feels familiar. I'm starting to think I just don't like the way she uses instruments in her compositions. Still, I like her voice and I like the choruses, so we'll say I kinda like this? late response but yeah i positioned lucid hallucination in between them to break those songs up a little since they're a bit too similar compositionally. miyo does lean into the same general tropes fairly often, i just think they're good ones. Fluttershy_Pony posted... The first song in a while that has felt too short... I'm really into her voice and the vibes this song is giving out, but two minutes doesn't feel like enough time for me to get fully entranced. Like I start getting lost in the music and... then we hit a brick wall of silence before I'm anywhere near ready for the song to end. yeah honestly this theme from the witch of ihanashi was my gateway into miyo's music. i was checking on it in the hopes of a longer full version having released, sadly this was the full song, and i was hesitant to include it because i didn't consider it particularly "complete", glad i did though since you helped remind me that despite that, i did still like it a lot. still wish there had been a longer version though, i would've nominated it for vgmc this year if there was. maybe some year i'll pick one of her other ones she sang herself, like that fujimi no bara song, i think it's pretty neat that someone with a voice like hers can make such charming songs <cite>UF8 posted [p:973852927] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>Fluttershy_Pony posted... </cite><quote>...this feels familiar. I'm starting to think I just don't like the way she uses instruments in her compositions. Still, I like her voice and I like the choruses, so we'll say I kinda like this?</quote>late response but yeah i positioned lucid hallucination in between them to break those songs up a little since they're a bit too similar compositionally. miyo does lean into the same general tropes fairly often, i just think they're good ones.Fluttershy_Pony posted... </cite><quote>The first song in a while that has felt too short... I'm really into her voice and the vibes this song is giving out, but two minutes doesn't feel like enough time for me to get fully entranced. Like I start getting lost in the music and... then we hit a brick wall of silence before I'm anywhere near ready for the song to end.</quote>yeah honestly this theme from the witch of ihanashi was my gateway into miyo's music. i was checking on it in the hopes of a longer full version having released, sadly this was the full song, and i was hesitant to include it because i didn't consider it particularly "complete", glad i did though since you helped remind me that despite that, i did still like it a lot. still wish there had been a longer version though, i would've nominated it for vgmc this year if there was. maybe some year i'll pick one of her other ones she sang herself, like that fujimi no bara song, i think it's pretty neat that someone with a voice like hers can make such charming songs</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fluttershy_Pony 06/05/23 4:38:26 PM #357:	Another long delay; I had an opportunity to do a bit more for Place's Sonic topic, so I used most of my music & typing time on that--there's still plenty of time before the deadline, but I was really excited and amped up, so I elected to do everything as soon as possible. </.<" I'll return to this topic on Wednesday, as I should be well-rested and out of distractions by then. --- A not very secret alt account for when Raetsel wants to be a pony <cite>Fluttershy_Pony posted [p:973947030] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>Another long delay; I had an opportunity to do a bit more for Place's Sonic topic, so I used most of my music & typing time on that--there's still plenty of time before the deadline, but I was really excited and amped up, so I elected to do everything as soon as possible. </.<"I'll return to this topic on Wednesday, as I should be well-rested and out of distractions by then.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UF8 06/07/23 1:36:45 PM #358:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdGZUER6Jpo <cite>UF8 posted [p:973987558] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdGZUER6Jpo</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fluttershy_Pony 06/07/23 4:59:23 PM #359:	I really should have charged this tablet at some point... well, I should be able to get in at least three songs before it dies. ====================== AZKi - Galaxy and Sea Route feat. Kotori Koiwai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdGZUER6Jpo Estimated Score: 63.10 Well, that was a fun coincidence for her to release a song on the day I was returning to this! And jeesh, 38,000+ views in seven hours? Good to know that she has a lot of fans. song is nice! Kotori's voice goes well with AZKi's, so it's a very natural sounding duet. I like this one. ====================== - ====================== Takashiro Miyo - umbrella: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PeNr-_ZsHw Estimated Score: 80.00 I'm not a fan of the instrumental sections, like the very slow opening, but there's something incredibly appealing about her sweet vocal performance on this song. I think I'd actually want to go all the way up to the 80 point tier on this one; it feels perhaps a bit of a high score for something I don't have much to say about, but I think I kinda love this one. ...Minus the parts without her singing, obviously. ====================== - ====================== Sakurada Ragiko & Neco Clane - The Prequel (is already over) (composer: Daidai Myao) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=albGVg7ytdQ Estimated Score: 92.00 An unexpectedly great metal song. It's pretty tame, but I'm not really in the mood for a heavier metal song tonight anyway, so this is very much a case of "right song at the right time". I love the low tones of the intro and I think this is the type of song I'm looking for at this exact moment in time; the lyrics don't really do anything for me, at least not these auto-translated ones, but it's one of those songs where I don't really care. I think I'm going to go over 90 points for this on a first reaction, putting this in a provisional third place at the moment. ====================== --- A not very secret alt account for when Raetsel wants to be a pony <cite>Fluttershy_Pony posted [p:973991749] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>I really should have charged this tablet at some point... well, I should be able to get in at least three songs before it dies.======================AZKi - Galaxy and Sea Route feat. Kotori Koiwai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdGZUER6Jpo Estimated Score: 63.10Well, that was a fun coincidence for her to release a song on the day I was returning to this! And jeesh, 38,000+ views in seven hours? Good to know that she has a lot of fans. song is nice! Kotori's voice goes well with AZKi's, so it's a very natural sounding duet. I like this one.======================-======================Takashiro Miyo - umbrella: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PeNr-_ZsHw Estimated Score: 80.00I'm not a fan of the instrumental sections, like the very slow opening, but there's something incredibly appealing about her sweet vocal performance on this song. I think I'd actually want to go all the way up to the 80 point tier on this one; it feels perhaps a bit of a high score for something I don't have much to say about, but I think I kinda love this one. ...Minus the parts without her singing, obviously.======================-======================Sakurada Ragiko & Neco Clane - The Prequel (is already over) (composer: Daidai Myao) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=albGVg7ytdQ Estimated Score: 92.00An unexpectedly great metal song. It's pretty tame, but I'm not really in the mood for a heavier metal song tonight anyway, so this is very much a case of "right song at the right time". I love the low tones of the intro and I think this is the type of song I'm looking for at this exact moment in time; the lyrics don't really do anything for me, at least not these auto-translated ones, but it's one of those songs where I don't really care. I think I'm going to go over 90 points for this on a first reaction, putting this in a provisional third place at the moment.======================</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fluttershy_Pony 06/08/23 5:53:40 PM #360:	I'm hoping to end this Post Ranking by July 1st, so let's step things up a bit while my wrists feel up to it. Finishing all of the songs from post #316: - ====================== Takanashi Neiro - Itsuka no Haru no hi no Koto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmMbLhPD3NM Estimated Score: 59.66 A pretty nice instrumental song. I never quite get an emotional connection to the song, but the instruments are pretty and I enjoy listening to it; I'm thinking it'd probably fit best just before the 60 point cluster, but it is pretty enough that I wouldn't be surprised to see it get the last few fractions of a point after a few more listens. ====================== - ====================== sulawo - ofuton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5A1niUz69c Estimated Score: 60.00 "I forgot how to live" is a suitably bleak lyric, thank you. I'm also curiously drawn to the vocalizations here? I'm aware that they're doing things I should hate, with the way the audio bounces back-and-forth but... hmm. Some how her voice is soft enough that the effect is actually rather pleasing, as opposed to painful or infuriating. I think this is another song that I'd like to start at exactly 60 points--doing something I hate in a way that I like automatically makes the song something that I should do a closer examination of & while the lyrics aren't perfect, they do offer some things for me to reflect on. I like this. ====================== - ====================== sulawo - ofuton : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-BAnfYVPik Estimated Score: 64.07 (Before Listening): I'm not sure about covering the follow-up song immediately, but I'll give it a shot. (After): Hmm... let me come back to this one in a minute; it's quite different compared to the previous song and it's throwing my reactions off a bit. (Later): She's definitely someone that I'd like to hear more of. The most baffling thing is the way she does things that I shouldn't like, but does it in a way that I'm rather drawn to. Like, I don't usually go for repetition, but her chorus--which is mostly one word repeated over-and-over--is incredibly catchy. I think I'd like to place this in the mid-60s... I don't know that I'd say that I "really like it" enough to go up a tier, but I do quite like that chorus & her voice in general. ====================== - ====================== sulawo feat. Kashino Tsukune - Saikou no Shokutaku: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIxzyboeL4Q Estimated Score: 48.37 Breakfast of lies! I.. suppose it's sad-ish & not really food related enough to be dismissed as a "food song", but I'm not a fan of the way their voices go together and the sadness is vague enough that it may be all in my head: Rubbing my sleepy eyes Yawn I'm not motivated I wonder if I'll make something Can I go outside Anything is possible I just want to think that today is wonderful I still want to dream [...[ Fake breakfast Let's fill it with lies I feel like the obvious reading here is that she's lying to herself about actually doing anything--it's possible and she wants to think that it's a wonderful day, but she knows that she's lying. ...But then the few comments there are seem to be talking about how super happy the song is & I... don't really have strong enough feelings about the song that I want to analyze it any further anyway. Score starts below 50 points, but I'm sure it's going to be fairly memorable, so it's easy to picture it hitting 55 points in the future. ====================== - ====================== Kashino Tsukune - Sonzai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzYu5ha5ghg Estimated Score: 53.800031 It's fine. Video had a cat, so that was kinda neat--actually the entire video was kinda neat, though not enough that it really influenced anything. I don't quite think it's at the 55 point mark, but I feel generally positive towards it. I do like the description of the album: "3rd album of rock singer Sone Kashino who wants to deliver to you who are weak. Sou Kashino exists in every world, virtual or real." Okay, now back to ofuton II. ====================== - ====================== Re:A Project - Since-Re:ly ~ Sincerely (composer: Namba Ken): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xfeej2eC2U Estimated Score: 52.16 Sorry. It's a nice enough song, but it feels like a fairly standard group song & I never get really into any of it. It's nice enough that I don't have any complaints, but it's just nice ====================== - ====================== Mameko - Yuurei Ressha wa Kyou mo Ouku (composer: Rissyuu): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU5ej0hBDu0 Estimated Score: 40.00 (Video uploaded 13 days ago.) (Message posted almost two months ago) ...Right, this was probably Unlisted at the time you linked it here & then published later, causing the date to shift. I think that's how YouTube displays dates, just took me a while to remember. The song feels significantly more artificial than any other track tonight (and I'm not sure how far back I'd have to go to find one this synthetic), but it's not really in a way that I find appealing... I wouldn't say that I want to drop it below 40 points, but I'm bouncing fairly hard off of this track. ====================== - ====================== Momota Momo - Gyutto. (original: Mosawo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK1ZhKiTHLo Estimated Score: A volatile song with a score that's likely to bounce anywhere between 57 & 90 points depending on emotional state. I'm going to go with "60.00", but I have no confidence in this. Cute song. We've got the standard "cute romance" lyrics about wanting to be held tightly which always play well and it's close to resonating. Like, I'm not really connecting with it, but looking at the lyrics there's almost a reaction... so I could go with a fairly low 57 point "it's cute and close to being what i want, but I never really connect with it" response like right now--or I could gamble on this song completely destroying me on certain days & give it a higher score on the basis that I'm sure it could reach a high score, if constantly reevaluated over the course of a year. ...Think i'll just throw it into the Clump of 60 points? Which... doesn't exactly feel right, but shall suffice for this topic's purposes. ====================== -continued- --- A not very secret alt account for when Raetsel wants to be a pony <cite>Fluttershy_Pony posted [p:974017023] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>I'm hoping to end this Post Ranking by July 1st, so let's step things up a bit while my wrists feel up to it. Finishing all of the songs from post #316:-======================Takanashi Neiro - Itsuka no Haru no hi no Koto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmMbLhPD3NM Estimated Score: 59.66A pretty nice instrumental song. I never quite get an emotional connection to the song, but the instruments are pretty and I enjoy listening to it; I'm thinking it'd probably fit best just before the 60 point cluster, but it is pretty enough that I wouldn't be surprised to see it get the last few fractions of a point after a few more listens. ======================-======================sulawo - ofuton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5A1niUz69c Estimated Score: 60.00"I forgot how to live" is a suitably bleak lyric, thank you. I'm also curiously drawn to the vocalizations here? I'm aware that they're doing things I should hate, with the way the audio bounces back-and-forth but... hmm. Some how her voice is soft enough that the effect is actually rather pleasing, as opposed to painful or infuriating. I think this is another song that I'd like to start at exactly 60 points--doing something I hate in a way that I like automatically makes the song something that I should do a closer examination of & while the lyrics aren't perfect, they do offer some things for me to reflect on. I like this.======================-======================sulawo - ofuton : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-BAnfYVPik Estimated Score: 64.07(Before Listening): I'm not sure about covering the follow-up song immediately, but I'll give it a shot.(After): Hmm... let me come back to this one in a minute; it's quite different compared to the previous song and it's throwing my reactions off a bit. (Later): She's definitely someone that I'd like to hear more of. The most baffling thing is the way she does things that I shouldn't like, but does it in a way that I'm rather drawn to. Like, I don't usually go for repetition, but her chorus--which is mostly one word repeated over-and-over--is incredibly catchy. I think I'd like to place this in the mid-60s... I don't know that I'd say that I "really like it" enough to go up a tier, but I do quite like that chorus & her voice in general.======================-======================sulawo feat. Kashino Tsukune - Saikou no Shokutaku: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIxzyboeL4Q Estimated Score: 48.37Breakfast of lies! I.. suppose it's sad-ish & not really food related enough to be dismissed as a "food song", but I'm not a fan of the way their voices go together and the sadness is vague enough that it may be all in my head:<quote>Rubbing my sleepy eyesYawnI'm not motivatedI wonder if I'll make somethingCan I go outsideAnything is possibleI just want to think that today is wonderfulI still want to dream[...[Fake breakfastLet's fill it with lies</quote>I feel like the obvious reading here is that she's lying to herself about actually doing anything--it's possible and she wants to think that it's a wonderful day, but she knows that she's lying. ...But then the few comments there are seem to be talking about how super happy the song is & I... don't really have strong enough feelings about the song that I want to analyze it any further anyway.Score starts below 50 points, but I'm sure it's going to be fairly memorable, so it's easy to picture it hitting 55 points in the future.======================-======================Kashino Tsukune - Sonzai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzYu5ha5ghg Estimated Score: 53.800031It's fine. Video had a cat, so that was kinda neat--actually the entire video was kinda neat, though not enough that it really influenced anything. I don't quite think it's at the 55 point mark, but I feel generally positive towards it. I do like the description of the album: "3rd album of rock singer Sone Kashino who wants to deliver to you who are weak.Sou Kashino exists in every world, virtual or real."Okay, now back to ofuton II.======================-======================Re:A Project - Since-Re:ly ~ Sincerely (composer: Namba Ken): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xfeej2eC2U Estimated Score: 52.16Sorry. It's a nice enough song, but it feels like a fairly standard group song & I never get really into any of it. It's nice enough that I don't have any complaints, but it's just nice======================-======================Mameko - Yuurei Ressha wa Kyou mo Ouku (composer: Rissyuu): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU5ej0hBDu0 Estimated Score: 40.00(Video uploaded 13 days ago.)(Message posted almost two months ago)...Right, this was probably Unlisted at the time you linked it here & then published later, causing the date to shift. I think that's how YouTube displays dates, just took me a while to remember.The song feels significantly more artificial than any other track tonight (and I'm not sure how far back I'd have to go to find one this synthetic), but it's not really in a way that I find appealing... I wouldn't say that I want to drop it below 40 points, but I'm bouncing fairly hard off of this track.======================-======================Momota Momo - Gyutto. (original: Mosawo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK1ZhKiTHLo Estimated Score: A volatile song with a score that's likely to bounce anywhere between 57 & 90 points depending on emotional state. I'm going to go with "60.00", but I have no confidence in this.Cute song. We've got the standard "cute romance" lyrics about wanting to be held tightly which always play well and it's close to resonating. Like, I'm not really connecting with it, but looking at the lyrics there's almost a reaction... so I could go with a fairly low 57 point "it's cute and close to being what i want, but I never really connect with it" response like right now--or I could gamble on this song completely destroying me on certain days & give it a higher score on the basis that I'm sure it could reach a high score, if constantly reevaluated over the course of a year. ...Think i'll just throw it into the Clump of 60 points? Which... doesn't exactly feel right, but shall suffice for this topic's purposes.======================-continued-</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fluttershy_Pony 06/08/23 5:54:08 PM #361:	How long has it been since I typed enough that we needed two posts? Don't answer that, it was rhetorical. - ====================== Queue - Take you to an alien (original: iyowa feat. SEKAI): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOTcW7UmVr4 Estimated Score: 32.09 I was looking forward to this. Queue doesn't get too many songs nominated, so it was nice to see her again & there was a chance of some non-human bonus points for being sung from the perspective of an alien... but I don't like how high-pitched her voice gets in places and while there are a few twisted lyrics (let's throw away our organs?), they're not exactly appealing enough to help. I'm sorry; it was still nice to see her again, even if I'm not a fan of this particular track. ====================== - ====================== Mamori Nezune - Wishing (original: Rem (Minase Inori)/Hige Driver/Shinozaki Ayato): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PghFqFCVx4w Estimated Score: 50.46 It's also nice to see her again, especially a different side of her with this sincere love song as opposed to the more comedic track from the main ranking. Unfortunately, while I do like hearing more from her it's... fine, I guess. ====================== - ====================== Lamuril Ragna X' - Figu@mate (original: Mosaic.wav): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKfzKwT4eI8 Estimated Score: 29.17 No, thank you. I can see the novelty appeal of a song about gacha machines, but... no. ====================== - ====================== Nanairo Temari - Catch You Catch Me (original: Hinata Megumi/Hirose Kohmi/Honma Akimitsu): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQsEoc7ibe8 Estimated Score: 60.10 (Before Listening): I'm not sure if this is going to be the first Cardcaptor Sakura opening or not. The name seems too specific for their to be another song with that title, but I also wouldn't expect that song to get a cover (especially not a recent cover) so.... I dunno what's going to happen here. (After): Oh hey, it is that song! Trying to hit me with peak nostalgia, huh? Not a bad plan. It's also a cover of the full version of the song, which I haven't heard as often, so that's neat. Ultimately, I prefer the original--it's probably not a fair comparison as the original has had so many, many years to grow on me--but she does a fine job here. Her voice is cute enough to suit the character & the song and I'm always up for some CCS nostalgia. ====================== - ====================== Usuwa Suu - Memories of You (original: Kawamura Yumi/Meguro Shoji): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GwakHpgElY Estimated Score: 70.00 Why do I know this song? It's something I've heard enough to love, but not familiar enough that I actually know all these lyrics... ah, this is a Persona song, right? This feels very Persona. checks Ah yes, Persona 3 ending. I have finished that game a fair number of times, so this would be familiar. I think this is one of the rare occasions where the cover is exactly as good as the original? Her softer voice gives a bit of a new spin to the song, making this something that can actually stand on its own fairly well. And I think this and the original are both very good interpretations of the song. It's a good note to end that block of nominations on. ====================== --- A not very secret alt account for when Raetsel wants to be a pony <cite>Fluttershy_Pony posted [p:974017038] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>How long has it been since I typed enough that we needed two posts? Don't answer that, it was rhetorical.-======================Queue - Take you to an alien (original: iyowa feat. SEKAI): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOTcW7UmVr4 Estimated Score: 32.09I was looking forward to this. Queue doesn't get too many songs nominated, so it was nice to see her again & there was a chance of some non-human bonus points for being sung from the perspective of an alien... but I don't like how high-pitched her voice gets in places and while there are a few twisted lyrics (let's throw away our organs?), they're not exactly appealing enough to help. I'm sorry; it was still nice to see her again, even if I'm not a fan of this particular track.======================-======================Mamori Nezune - Wishing (original: Rem (Minase Inori)/Hige Driver/Shinozaki Ayato): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PghFqFCVx4w Estimated Score: 50.46It's also nice to see her again, especially a different side of her with this sincere love song as opposed to the more comedic track from the main ranking. Unfortunately, while I do like hearing more from her it's... fine, I guess.======================-======================Lamuril Ragna X' - Figu@mate (original: Mosaic.wav): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKfzKwT4eI8 Estimated Score: 29.17No, thank you. I can see the novelty appeal of a song about gacha machines, but... no.======================-======================Nanairo Temari - Catch You Catch Me (original: Hinata Megumi/Hirose Kohmi/Honma Akimitsu): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQsEoc7ibe8 Estimated Score: 60.10(Before Listening): I'm not sure if this is going to be the first Cardcaptor Sakura opening or not. The name seems too specific for their to be another song with that title, but I also wouldn't expect that song to get a cover (especially not a recent cover) so.... I dunno what's going to happen here.(After): Oh hey, it is that song! Trying to hit me with peak nostalgia, huh? Not a bad plan. It's also a cover of the full version of the song, which I haven't heard as often, so that's neat. Ultimately, I prefer the original--it's probably not a fair comparison as the original has had so many, many years to grow on me--but she does a fine job here. Her voice is cute enough to suit the character & the song and I'm always up for some CCS nostalgia.======================-======================Usuwa Suu - Memories of You (original: Kawamura Yumi/Meguro Shoji): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GwakHpgElY Estimated Score: 70.00Why do I know this song? It's something I've heard enough to love, but not familiar enough that I actually know all these lyrics... ah, this is a Persona song, right? This feels very Persona. checks Ah yes, Persona 3 ending. I have finished that game a fair number of times, so this would be familiar.I think this is one of the rare occasions where the cover is exactly as good as the original? Her softer voice gives a bit of a new spin to the song, making this something that can actually stand on its own fairly well. And I think this and the original are both very good interpretations of the song. It's a good note to end that block of nominations on.======================</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UF8 06/09/23 4:32:31 AM #362:	Fluttershy_Pony posted... Mameko - Yuurei Ressha wa Kyou mo Ouku (composer: Rissyuu): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU5ej0hBDu0 Estimated Score: 40.00 (Video uploaded 13 days ago.) (Message posted almost two months ago) ...Right, this was probably Unlisted at the time you linked it here & then published later, causing the date to shift. I think that's how YouTube displays dates, just took me a while to remember. The song feels significantly more artificial than any other track tonight (and I'm not sure how far back I'd have to go to find one this synthetic), but it's not really in a way that I find appealing... I wouldn't say that I want to drop it below 40 points, but I'm bouncing fairly hard off of this track. incidentally, i realised today i had totally wasted my time making it public since it has a music video as of 10 days ago (and also got topic uploads two weeks ago) <cite>UF8 posted [p:974028056] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>Fluttershy_Pony posted... </cite><quote>Mameko - Yuurei Ressha wa Kyou mo Ouku (composer: Rissyuu): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU5ej0hBDu0 Estimated Score: 40.00(Video uploaded 13 days ago.)(Message posted almost two months ago)...Right, this was probably Unlisted at the time you linked it here & then published later, causing the date to shift. I think that's how YouTube displays dates, just took me a while to remember.The song feels significantly more artificial than any other track tonight (and I'm not sure how far back I'd have to go to find one this synthetic), but it's not really in a way that I find appealing... I wouldn't say that I want to drop it below 40 points, but I'm bouncing fairly hard off of this track.</quote>incidentally, i realised today i had totally wasted my time making it public since it has a music video as of 10 days ago (and also got topic uploads two weeks ago)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fluttershy_Pony 06/09/23 4:13:42 PM #363:	A PM'd song, a quick skim of some album samples, a full rundown of one of said albums, and one extra nayuta song thrown in because I wanted to talk about it: ====================== La prire, The Universe - : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxekO-oPUhQ Estimated Score: 54.87 A song performed by two groups joining together. It's not bad, but I don't think any of the performers had a chance to really stand out & the choruses have a lot of repetition. The stalker lyrics are also not bad; no real lines that I'm attached to, but "unhinged stalker romance" does help it stand out compared to the more typical romance songs that we've covered lately. It's also been a while since Google Translate failed so badly at lyrics: Smelling landmine suicide drinking strike zero escape goat Okay then. ====================== - ====================== Just quickly skimming some samples from various albums, only going to comment on the tracks I'd be most interested in hearing the full versions of: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBJ8ZzxSeWA The song starting 34 seconds in, I would like to hear that one. The others aren't doing anything for me (a lot of EPIC FIGHTZ type music & pulsing beats), but Solar Prominence or whatever it's called has potential. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdIh1ZULyB0 The song starting at 3:04; nice energy, seems like a good anime opening theme song. I think I like it. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpTeBIfZTE4 The song starting at 1:15 might be good. It's reminding me of Tohou or some type of shmup at least, there's some fun "let's shoot stuff" energy contained in these ten seconds. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZfkhzBVySg I think the first song here has a lot of potential. There's a grand, sweeping majesty to this instrumental that I think could be worth a lot of points if it managed to keep up this high quality for its entire runtime. The last song is another instrumental which has some potential; it's not on the level of the first song, but it may work well for quietly reflecting on things. - https://twitter.com/tsugaharuka/status/1652170193072963590 The first song is intriguing. It feels like it suits nayuta's voice well, I think I'd like it (probably early-to-mid 60's, judging by this sample); the third song has a latin flair to it--I'm not sure how much I like it, but it definitely stands out and I could see it sneaking into the 60 point zone as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxekO-oPUhQ The first song is so good that I actively resent this video for cutting it off. Second also seems like it'd probably be an easy 60+ point song... actually I know this particular album is on Spotify, so let's just listen to at least the first two songs from it right now: ====================== - ====================== nayuta - Hayate: https://open.spotify.com/track/6RKniLjpTA3uw1YPdpYxuW?si=b6245a47d77d424b Estimated Score: 62.29 I think the audio quality is lower here, though it could be my Spotify settings. I also feel like it's wrong for this to be credited to nayuta when she doesn't sing on this track & it's an instrumental by Si-sounds, but I'll stick to how Spotify displays the artist name. Song is pretty! Not as pretty as I had hoped, but I like it. ====================== - ====================== nayuta - When the wind blows: https://open.spotify.com/track/3zYnE6pUR1y56EG8d7NoBo?si=4e602c3477c84ae1 Estimated Score: 60.00 Also not quite as good as I hoped, but the choruses have a really nice energy to them & I like it. It's just not quite a "drop everything to go listen to it immediately" type of like as I'd hoped... still, I like it, so it was worth the detour. Might as well take the next song while I'm here: ====================== - ====================== nayuta - I want to remember you: https://open.spotify.com/track/6CHHpJaSHnkZQSmhX7rBqy?si=88c65db99f1c46d0 Estimated Score: 63.00 I think I'd prefer an instrumental. Listen to it around 1:39 where her voice stops; there's this translucent radiance to the instruments in this section that I'd love to explore, but her singing tends to overpower the backing music which is making that difficult... not to say that I dislike her singing (my fondness for her is why this album was mentioned to me in the first place), I just strangely want more focus on Si-sounds portions. I will say that I find her singing to go better with the song in the last minute-or-so. The music swells a bit, so she doesn't overshadow it as much, and I feel like there's a greater emotional resonance from her performance than earlier in the track. I'd say this is the best track on the album so far, even if it feels like I'm being negative about too much of it. ====================== - ====================== nayuta - Natsukodachi: https://open.spotify.com/track/1FL6Re1mZNzIiPahjAcNj3?si=d731da228aa64772 Estimated Score: 57.47 Another instrumental track, which is nice... unfortunately, I'm not as into it as the first one and it's not doing interesting things like the previous track, but I do kinda like it. I mean, I wanted more instrumentals from him (her? them?) so this is nice. ====================== - ====================== nayuta - I hope I can laugh properly and well: https://open.spotify.com/track/42Q9MtrnO51BYoeh76GWFD?si=30e5057e1e98439e Estimated Score: 85.00 Sad song is sad. ...Sorry, but I think that's all you're going to get right now. I kinda love this one and look forward to listening to it again in the future, but I don't think this is the type of sadness that would lead to a very enjoyable writeup for either of us. ====================== -continued- --- A not very secret alt account for when Raetsel wants to be a pony <cite>Fluttershy_Pony posted [p:974039595] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>A PM'd song, a quick skim of some album samples, a full rundown of one of said albums, and one extra nayuta song thrown in because I wanted to talk about it: ======================La prire, The Universe - : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxekO-oPUhQEstimated Score: 54.87A song performed by two groups joining together. It's not bad, but I don't think any of the performers had a chance to really stand out & the choruses have a lot of repetition. The stalker lyrics are also not bad; no real lines that I'm attached to, but "unhinged stalker romance" does help it stand out compared to the more typical romance songs that we've covered lately. It's also been a while since Google Translate failed so badly at lyrics:<quote>Smelling landmine suicide drinking strike zero escape goat</quote>Okay then.======================-======================Just quickly skimming some samples from various albums, only going to comment on the tracks I'd be most interested in hearing the full versions of:-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBJ8ZzxSeWAThe song starting 34 seconds in, I would like to hear that one. The others aren't doing anything for me (a lot of EPIC FIGHTZ type music & pulsing beats), but Solar Prominence or whatever it's called has potential.-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdIh1ZULyB0The song starting at 3:04; nice energy, seems like a good anime opening theme song. I think I like it.-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpTeBIfZTE4The song starting at 1:15 might be good. It's reminding me of Tohou or some type of shmup at least, there's some fun "let's shoot stuff" energy contained in these ten seconds.-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZfkhzBVySgI think the first song here has a lot of potential. There's a grand, sweeping majesty to this instrumental that I think could be worth a lot of points if it managed to keep up this high quality for its entire runtime. The last song is another instrumental which has some potential; it's not on the level of the first song, but it may work well for quietly reflecting on things.-https://twitter.com/tsugaharuka/status/1652170193072963590The first song is intriguing. It feels like it suits nayuta's voice well, I think I'd like it (probably early-to-mid 60's, judging by this sample); the third song has a latin flair to it--I'm not sure how much I like it, but it definitely stands out and I could see it sneaking into the 60 point zone as well.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxekO-oPUhQThe first song is so good that I actively resent this video for cutting it off. Second also seems like it'd probably be an easy 60+ point song... actually I know this particular album is on Spotify, so let's just listen to at least the first two songs from it right now:======================-======================nayuta - Hayate:https://open.spotify.com/track/6RKniLjpTA3uw1YPdpYxuW?si=b6245a47d77d424bEstimated Score: 62.29I think the audio quality is lower here, though it could be my Spotify settings. I also feel like it's wrong for this to be credited to nayuta when she doesn't sing on this track & it's an instrumental by Si-sounds, but I'll stick to how Spotify displays the artist name. Song is pretty! Not as pretty as I had hoped, but I like it.======================-======================nayuta - When the wind blows:https://open.spotify.com/track/3zYnE6pUR1y56EG8d7NoBo?si=4e602c3477c84ae1Estimated Score: 60.00Also not quite as good as I hoped, but the choruses have a really nice energy to them & I like it. It's just not quite a "drop everything to go listen to it immediately" type of like as I'd hoped... still, I like it, so it was worth the detour. Might as well take the next song while I'm here:======================-======================nayuta - I want to remember you:https://open.spotify.com/track/6CHHpJaSHnkZQSmhX7rBqy?si=88c65db99f1c46d0Estimated Score: 63.00I think I'd prefer an instrumental. Listen to it around 1:39 where her voice stops; there's this translucent radiance to the instruments in this section that I'd love to explore, but her singing tends to overpower the backing music which is making that difficult... not to say that I dislike her singing (my fondness for her is why this album was mentioned to me in the first place), I just strangely want more focus on Si-sounds portions.I will say that I find her singing to go better with the song in the last minute-or-so. The music swells a bit, so she doesn't overshadow it as much, and I feel like there's a greater emotional resonance from her performance than earlier in the track. I'd say this is the best track on the album so far, even if it feels like I'm being negative about too much of it.======================-======================nayuta - Natsukodachi:https://open.spotify.com/track/1FL6Re1mZNzIiPahjAcNj3?si=d731da228aa64772Estimated Score: 57.47Another instrumental track, which is nice... unfortunately, I'm not as into it as the first one and it's not doing interesting things like the previous track, but I do kinda like it. I mean, I wanted more instrumentals from him (her? them?) so this is nice.======================-======================nayuta - I hope I can laugh properly and well:https://open.spotify.com/track/42Q9MtrnO51BYoeh76GWFD?si=30e5057e1e98439eEstimated Score: 85.00Sad song is sad....Sorry, but I think that's all you're going to get right now. I kinda love this one and look forward to listening to it again in the future, but I don't think this is the type of sadness that would lead to a very enjoyable writeup for either of us.======================-continued-</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fluttershy_Pony 06/09/23 4:13:53 PM #364:	====================== nayuta - Red Eyes and Blue Songs: https://open.spotify.com/track/1Ke9hm65JobnfetJ7yfj9B?si=44f035e06b084ba0 Estimated Score: 56.9999 Wistful parting song. "Days past and days to come, I think of you on the other side of the wind"; I do kinda like it and I think this type of song suits her very well, but I'm not as into it as every other song on the album. Still pretty nice. ====================== - ====================== nayuta - Kaede: https://open.spotify.com/track/6EOyAvbe1aMSdWZhT1O3tT?si=c54c1c55e6d0459e Estimated Score: 60.59 One final instrumental to end the album. This one is vaguely reminding me of a song by one of the Japanese male singers that i can't recall enough to even try to describe. I like this, even if I can't quite place what it's making me nostalgic for. ====================== -nayuta has a lot on Spotify actually... including an electronica fantasy concept album whose title has been translated as "The girl in the alley and the residents of the deformed head". ...not too much that really interests me on the album, but I do want to talk about its final song:- ====================== nayuta - Back alleys and the sky are connected: https://open.spotify.com/track/2U7NtJWqXjsbTvapD76szN?si=b9f5cd098b2846f5 Estimated Score: 81.00 Repetitive vocalizations, yes, but thiis song has a very nice feel to it. The opening notes remind me of Persona and there's some weird... like... "robot in nature" feeling to it; like it's partly about androids, but also has a nice, forest area type vibe? Like a montage of Aigis (or any feminine android of your choosing) walking through various natural environments & looking at wildlife or something. I kinda love the weird, conflicting images this song brings to mind. ====================== --- A not very secret alt account for when Raetsel wants to be a pony <cite>Fluttershy_Pony posted [p:974039599] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>======================nayuta - Red Eyes and Blue Songs:https://open.spotify.com/track/1Ke9hm65JobnfetJ7yfj9B?si=44f035e06b084ba0Estimated Score: 56.9999Wistful parting song. "Days past and days to come, I think of you on the other side of the wind"; I do kinda like it and I think this type of song suits her very well, but I'm not as into it as every other song on the album. Still pretty nice.======================-======================nayuta - Kaede:https://open.spotify.com/track/6EOyAvbe1aMSdWZhT1O3tT?si=c54c1c55e6d0459eEstimated Score: 60.59One final instrumental to end the album. This one is vaguely reminding me of a song by one of the Japanese male singers that i can't recall enough to even try to describe. I like this, even if I can't quite place what it's making me nostalgic for.======================-nayuta has a lot on Spotify actually... including an electronica fantasy concept album whose title has been translated as "The girl in the alley and the residents of the deformed head". ...not too much that really interests me on the album, but I do want to talk about its final song:-======================nayuta - Back alleys and the sky are connected:https://open.spotify.com/track/2U7NtJWqXjsbTvapD76szN?si=b9f5cd098b2846f5Estimated Score: 81.00Repetitive vocalizations, yes, but thiis song has a very nice feel to it. The opening notes remind me of Persona and there's some weird... like... "robot in nature" feeling to it; like it's partly about androids, but also has a nice, forest area type vibe? Like a montage of Aigis (or any feminine android of your choosing) walking through various natural environments & looking at wildlife or something. I kinda love the weird, conflicting images this song brings to mind.======================</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fluttershy_Pony 06/10/23 4:00:10 PM #365:	Now it's time to start working my way through The Epic of Zektbach; with multiple 20+ minute videos, this is going to take a few days to get through. https://youtube.com/watch?v=RzjNof-Tj3M&list=PLSkBT8UcCTh_QUTOs4rLUnd61I43T2P1c&index=1 Not planning on typing too much about it, but I will be going through all of the videos. So far I'd say I liked all the music in the Prologue video, but didn't really care for any of the Chapter 1 tracks. Chapter 2's music selections were rather in the middle--nothing as interesting as any of the Prologue's songs, but Fragment was a pretty nice instrumental and the other songs were respectable enough (except for Shamshir's next song; i apparently don't like the music associated with her.) Lien's story seems rather interesting, I did enjoy reading Chapter 2. The prologue was basically just a rundown of characters & terms which I'm going to have a hard time remembering & Chapter 1 was a bit dull because I'm not interested in Shamshir thus far, but Chapter 2 was enjoyable. I don't have time for Chapter 3 right now, so that shall have to wait until tomorrow; - I also made some time to click around Touche Amore's most popular tracks. I don't see anything I really wish to say about them; they're good songs, all in that 55 to 60 point area, but dealing with subject matter that's a bit too heavy for me to jump into right now... not that I refuse to rate or comment on them, but giving completely unsolicited opinions on an album about the singer working through his mother's death to cancer feels incredibly insensitive & not particularly interesting. So we'll say I like it and would be interested in hearing more by them, but we'll just put a pin on actually ranking anything else by that band for now. - Actually, are there any songs anyone's waiting for me to comment on remaining? I know I need to revisit Story 2 along with two other tracks for comparison purposes, but I feel like that trio of songs & Zektbach might be the only things other people have added to the list (and technically I was the one who requested the Zektbach links to start with, if I'm remembering correctly)... everything else that I have remaining is, I think, just stuff I listed for my own amusement. I may be just about at the end here, unless I forgot or failed to make a note of something. --- A not very secret alt account for when Raetsel wants to be a pony <cite>Fluttershy_Pony posted [p:974060324] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>Now it's time to start working my way through The Epic of Zektbach; with multiple 20+ minute videos, this is going to take a few days to get through. https://youtube.com/watch?v=RzjNof-Tj3M&list=PLSkBT8UcCTh_QUTOs4rLUnd61I43T2P1c&index=1Not planning on typing too much about it, but I will be going through all of the videos. So far I'd say I liked all the music in the Prologue video, but didn't really care for any of the Chapter 1 tracks. Chapter 2's music selections were rather in the middle--nothing as interesting as any of the Prologue's songs, but Fragment was a pretty nice instrumental and the other songs were respectable enough (except for Shamshir's next song; i apparently don't like the music associated with her.)Lien's story seems rather interesting, I did enjoy reading Chapter 2. The prologue was basically just a rundown of characters & terms which I'm going to have a hard time remembering & Chapter 1 was a bit dull because I'm not interested in Shamshir thus far, but Chapter 2 was enjoyable. I don't have time for Chapter 3 right now, so that shall have to wait until tomorrow;-I also made some time to click around Touche Amore's most popular tracks. I don't see anything I really wish to say about them; they're good songs, all in that 55 to 60 point area, but dealing with subject matter that's a bit too heavy for me to jump into right now... not that I refuse to rate or comment on them, but giving completely unsolicited opinions on an album about the singer working through his mother's death to cancer feels incredibly insensitive & not particularly interesting. So we'll say I like it and would be interested in hearing more by them, but we'll just put a pin on actually ranking anything else by that band for now.-Actually, are there any songs anyone's waiting for me to comment on remaining? I know I need to revisit Story 2 along with two other tracks for comparison purposes, but I feel like that trio of songs & Zektbach might be the only things other people have added to the list (and technically I was the one who requested the Zektbach links to start with, if I'm remembering correctly)... everything else that I have remaining is, I think, just stuff I listed for my own amusement. I may be just about at the end here, unless I forgot or failed to make a note of something.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
handsomeboy2012 06/11/23 8:57:52 AM #366:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tFPGTIr0Zw <cite>handsomeboy2012 posted [p:974073637] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tFPGTIr0Zw</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fluttershy_Pony 06/11/23 3:54:12 PM #367:	========== Daemonia Nymphe - Daemonos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tFPGTIr0Zw Estimated Score: 66.24 Ooh, this is a fun surprise! I think this may be the first Greek language song so there is a bit of a "new experience" bias in its favor, but I also like the song on its own merits. The backing music has a nice rhythm to it that I'm drawn to and the singer's deep voice is rather pleasing. Also the song is probably demonic judging by the title, so that definitely doesn't hurt things. I'd say it's the general rhythm and flow that i'm most interested in though (I know I already mentioned it, but I want this writeup to be longer)--it's got a bit of a marching feel to it, but not in a military or dull way--not that I quite know what I mean by that, but it makes me oddly hyped up. ========== - Zektbach Chapter 3 Thoughts: There were some nice orchestral pieces throughout the video--nothing that I really loved, but I acknowledge their quality. Sad that Lien's part is over, but Nox was an interesting enough character to carry this chapter. Very "JRPG main character" background: exiled royalty, rebellion leader, legendary cursed sword... but I like RPGs, so it's pretty easy to sell me on his story. His sister wasn't as interesting, but played her part in the story well enough. ~~lol at Falo taking a fatal hit for one twin in a duel, then immediately taking a fatal hit for her opponent as well. Not many knights get to sacrifice themselves twice in the same scene.~~ Not a fan of Blind Justice as a song though the music video's neat. I'll move on to Chapter 4 soon--probably going to work on Rank the Tracks tomorrow since I need to take care of that at some point. --- A not very secret alt account for when Raetsel wants to be a pony <cite>Fluttershy_Pony posted [p:974081920] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>==========Daemonia Nymphe - Daemonos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tFPGTIr0ZwEstimated Score: 66.24Ooh, this is a fun surprise! I think this may be the first Greek language song so there is a bit of a "new experience" bias in its favor, but I also like the song on its own merits. The backing music has a nice rhythm to it that I'm drawn to and the singer's deep voice is rather pleasing. Also the song is probably demonic judging by the title, so that definitely doesn't hurt things. I'd say it's the general rhythm and flow that i'm most interested in though (I know I already mentioned it, but I want this writeup to be longer)--it's got a bit of a marching feel to it, but not in a military or dull way--not that I quite know what I mean by that, but it makes me oddly hyped up.==========-Zektbach Chapter 3 Thoughts: There were some nice orchestral pieces throughout the video--nothing that I really loved, but I acknowledge their quality. Sad that Lien's part is over, but Nox was an interesting enough character to carry this chapter. Very "JRPG main character" background: exiled royalty, rebellion leader, legendary cursed sword... but I like RPGs, so it's pretty easy to sell me on his story. His sister wasn't as interesting, but played her part in the story well enough. lol at Falo taking a fatal hit for one twin in a duel, then immediately taking a fatal hit for her opponent as well. Not many knights get to sacrifice themselves twice in the same scene.Not a fan of Blind Justice as a song though the music video's neat. I'll move on to Chapter 4 soon--probably going to work on Rank the Tracks tomorrow since I need to take care of that at some point.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UF8 06/11/23 11:25:50 PM #368:	Fluttershy_Pony posted... A PM'd song, a quick skim of some album samples, a full rundown of one of said albums, and one extra nayuta song thrown in because I wanted to talk about it: i pm'd this partially because i kinda didn't want to have them ranked but it's fine crazy part is i actually missed a couple of the albums she was on then even after all of that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfJX5xsaIFk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwfvqF7KZ6c <cite>UF8 posted [p:974091177] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>Fluttershy_Pony posted... </cite><quote>A PM'd song, a quick skim of some album samples, a full rundown of one of said albums, and one extra nayuta song thrown in because I wanted to talk about it:</quote>i pm'd this partially because i kinda didn't want to have them ranked but it's finecrazy part is i actually missed a couple of the albums she was on then even after all of thathttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfJX5xsaIFkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwfvqF7KZ6c</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fluttershy_Pony 06/15/23 2:55:32 PM #369:	Sorry about that; I really should have spent a minute thinking about why you didn't post the songs here. Bouquet seems like the best song from its album, though "EverydayLoverlyday-Liminality Remix-" has an intriguing feel to it... I like the instruments there quite a bit, they feel like the type of music you'd find in a game collection while browsing & I tend to love that style of music. Her distant vocals are an interesting choice--I don't know that it works for me, but it's certainly different enough to get my attention. "Ride the Rainbow Rhapsody" seems like a good album. I like most of the samples in this video and the final song is a real standout, I think the full version could be worth quite a few points (best guess would be around 83 points, [Note: The writeup ends there with an oddly placed comma. It is unclear if I meant to type something else and didn't or if I just botched the closing parenthesis that badly.] - Don't really have anything to say about Chapter 4 of Zektbach. "The Abandoned Island" was fairly nice since it gave an ocean soundscape, but I imagine my fondness for that sort of thing has been established well enough by now. - ========== Kanye West - Spaceship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn77gzjBl1U Estimated Score: 65.00 Good song. Honestly, Kanye seems to have a lot of good songs. ========== - ========== El-P - Dear Sirs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUE8lgY48Ag Estimated Score: 55.00 to start with, I guess? This is a very oppressive and overwhelming song musically. Something about the instruments and typewriter sounds makes it difficult to think at all, much less focus on anything he's saying or the music is actually doing. I like his choice of imagery in his lyrics, I like the wide variety of scenarios (apocalyptic, Utopian, personal growth,vengeful), and I like the overall message. It also gives me a rather large headache and is a bit draining due to the constant, rapid-fire barrage. The end result is something that could pretty easily fall anywhere between 40 & 60 points, you know how it is. "Rarr, I appreciate this song but the music is too physically painful for me to give positive scores too" "I really like what he's doing here, lyrically, so while I'm not the biggest fan of the music, I don't want it to drop below 60 points" "The positive and negative values cancel each other out and end at almost exactly 50 points" All true & all false, I'm just going to roll with "kinda like" for a first impression? ========== - And I think I'll probably be ending the Post Ranking Ranking here, with an incredible 234 songs with official scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PdmLE6aEud4aead38RuPHRSdIVgyesokOgEvqmvmSWk/edit?usp=sharing Our top ten, and by amazing coincidence the only ten songs to score 80 or more points: AISHA, Naoki Hashimoto - Necessary Discrepancy [100] Shanoa - RTRT [93.255] Sakurada Ragiko & Neco Clane - The Prequel (is already over) [92.00] Ikikae Rururu - Change!! [87.00] Koyoi - Eternity in our last scene [86.93] Naoki Hashimoto - Mirror of the World [85.00] Make Them Suffer - Doomswitch [82.00] nayuta - Back alleys and the sky are connected [81.00] Electric Callboy - Spaceman [80.00] misha - Sayuragi [80.00] - It's been fun and I'll still finish Zektbach, The Listening, and trying a few other songs by nominated artists on my own time. If you have been waiting for me to comment on something and I forgot about it, do let me know as I'm not intentionally skipping anything. I need to work on deciding my nominations for Rank the Tracks---my week is rapidly approaching and I haven't even fully decided one album yet, much less three--though that's something I should be doing on my own. And then I really need a break. If everything works out well, expect some type of ranking nominations to pop up in January for a 2024 ranking. It will not be nearly as massive as this, though I find it way too early to think about anything other than "definitely scaling things back after the last two events". As always, thank you to everyone who has stuck around for this and I'll see you again next time. --- A not very secret alt account for when Raetsel wants to be a pony <cite>Fluttershy_Pony posted [p:974178423] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>Sorry about that; I really should have spent a minute thinking about why you didn't post the songs here.Bouquet seems like the best song from its album, though "EverydayLoverlyday-Liminality Remix-" has an intriguing feel to it... I like the instruments there quite a bit, they feel like the type of music you'd find in a game collection while browsing & I tend to love that style of music. Her distant vocals are an interesting choice--I don't know that it works for me, but it's certainly different enough to get my attention."Ride the Rainbow Rhapsody" seems like a good album. I like most of the samples in this video and the final song is a real standout, I think the full version could be worth quite a few points (best guess would be around 83 points, [Note: The writeup ends there with an oddly placed comma. It is unclear if I meant to type something else and didn't or if I just botched the closing parenthesis that badly.]-Don't really have anything to say about Chapter 4 of Zektbach. "The Abandoned Island" was fairly nice since it gave an ocean soundscape, but I imagine my fondness for that sort of thing has been established well enough by now. -==========Kanye West - Spaceship:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn77gzjBl1UEstimated Score: 65.00Good song. Honestly, Kanye seems to have a lot of good songs.==========-==========El-P - Dear Sirs:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUE8lgY48AgEstimated Score: 55.00 to start with, I guess?This is a very oppressive and overwhelming song musically. Something about the instruments and typewriter sounds makes it difficult to think at all, much less focus on anything he's saying or the music is actually doing. I like his choice of imagery in his lyrics, I like the wide variety of scenarios (apocalyptic, Utopian, personal growth,vengeful), and I like the overall message. It also gives me a rather large headache and is a bit draining due to the constant, rapid-fire barrage. The end result is something that could pretty easily fall anywhere between 40 & 60 points, you know how it is."Rarr, I appreciate this song but the music is too physically painful for me to give positive scores too""I really like what he's doing here, lyrically, so while I'm not the biggest fan of the music, I don't want it to drop below 60 points""The positive and negative values cancel each other out and end at almost exactly 50 points"All true & all false, I'm just going to roll with "kinda like" for a first impression?==========-And I think I'll probably be ending the Post Ranking Ranking here, with an incredible 234 songs with official scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PdmLE6aEud4aead38RuPHRSdIVgyesokOgEvqmvmSWk/edit?usp=sharingOur top ten, and by amazing coincidence the only ten songs to score 80 or more points:AISHA, Naoki Hashimoto - Necessary Discrepancy [100]Shanoa - RTRT [93.255]Sakurada Ragiko & Neco Clane - The Prequel (is already over) [92.00]Ikikae Rururu - Change!! [87.00]Koyoi - Eternity in our last scene [86.93]Naoki Hashimoto - Mirror of the World [85.00]Make Them Suffer - Doomswitch [82.00]nayuta - Back alleys and the sky are connected [81.00]Electric Callboy - Spaceman [80.00]misha - Sayuragi [80.00]-It's been fun and I'll still finish Zektbach, The Listening, and trying a few other songs by nominated artists on my own time. If you have been waiting for me to comment on something and I forgot about it, do let me know as I'm not intentionally skipping anything. I need to work on deciding my nominations for Rank the Tracks---my week is rapidly approaching and I haven't even fully decided one album yet, much less three--though that's something I should be doing on my own. And then I really need a break. If everything works out well, expect some type of ranking nominations to pop up in January for a 2024 ranking. It will not be nearly as massive as this, though I find it way too early to think about anything other than "definitely scaling things back after the last two events". As always, thank you to everyone who has stuck around for this and I'll see you again next time.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mr_Lasastryke 06/26/23 6:57:30 AM #370:	bump --- Geothermal terpsichorean ejectamenta <cite>Mr_Lasastryke posted [p:974429155] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>bump</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MetalmindStats 07/16/23 7:34:19 PM #372:	I've enjoyed reading along the whole way. Thank you for letting me participate and for giving my post-ranking nomination a chance. And sorry this is so late... --- she/her (or they/them) ~never knows what to say~ <cite>MetalmindStats posted [p:974880764] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>I've enjoyed reading along the whole way. Thank you for letting me participate and for giving my post-ranking nomination a chance.And sorry this is so late...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlackDra90n 07/16/23 7:40:06 PM #373:	Oh wow, I somehow managed to end up with two songs in the top 10 of the post-rankings, didn't expect that for sure. Thanks again for all the hard work here, looking forward to the next set of rankings! --- http://psnprofiles.com/Drayxs <cite>BlackDra90n posted [p:974880855] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>Oh wow, I somehow managed to end up with two songs in the top 10 of the post-rankings, didn't expect that for sure.Thanks again for all the hard work here, looking forward to the next set of rankings!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Fluttershy_Pony 02/21/24 9:22:27 PM #395:	MetalmindStats posted... I've enjoyed reading along the whole way. Thank you for letting me participate and for giving my post-ranking nomination a chance. And sorry this is so late... BlackDra90n posted... Oh wow, I somehow managed to end up with two songs in the top 10 of the post-rankings, didn't expect that for sure. Thanks again for all the hard work here, looking forward to the next set of rankings! A very delayed thank you to you both! Sorry, I didn't notice there was something to respond to, so I'm... very late. Apologies. - It's been a while, hasn't it? Nominations ended back in January 2022; actual rankings ended over a year ago and even the post topic ranking was, what, eight months ago? Now probably wouldn't be a good time to start more nominations--a lot of music rankings I want to follow and there are so many games coming out I need to play--FF7 & WWE 2K24, and MaGMML3 will come out sometime this year... ...and yet, I am tempted. To be honest, I haven't been quite myself lately and I wonder how things would play out. Would focusing on a project help? Would it implode? Perhaps both things, simultaneously? I'll take a couple days to think about this. - As a hypothetical, were anyone reading this, how would you feel about nominations being something like: 1: Five nominations to start with. After a week, it'd go up to ten; then 15, and so on, until whenever we hit 300 total songs. 2: Only one song over ten minutes per nominator, no songs over 25 minutes or under 20 seconds. (If anyone truly has their heart set on nominating multiple long songs, talk to me and I might make an exception. I also may allow sub-20 second songs on request, but I feel I had my fill of them at this ranking). I could just go with a flat 10 nominations, but I kinda like staggering them? Unless that's too annoying, in which case the ten would work. Of course these are hypothetical rules for a hypothetical topic. I may come to my senses tomorrow. Still, it is... interesting to think about. --- Formerly known as Raetsel. Currently out of touch with reality. <cite>Fluttershy_Pony posted [p:978971807] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>MetalmindStats posted... </cite><quote>I've enjoyed reading along the whole way. Thank you for letting me participate and for giving my post-ranking nomination a chance.And sorry this is so late...</quote>BlackDra90n posted... </cite><quote>Oh wow, I somehow managed to end up with two songs in the top 10 of the post-rankings, didn't expect that for sure.Thanks again for all the hard work here, looking forward to the next set of rankings!</quote>A very delayed thank you to you both! Sorry, I didn't notice there was something to respond to, so I'm... very late. Apologies.-It's been a while, hasn't it? Nominations ended back in January 2022; actual rankings ended over a year ago and even the post topic ranking was, what, eight months ago? Now probably wouldn't be a good time to start more nominations--a lot of music rankings I want to follow and there are so many games coming out I need to play--FF7 & WWE 2K24, and MaGMML3 will come out sometime this year......and yet, I am tempted. To be honest, I haven't been quite myself lately and I wonder how things would play out. Would focusing on a project help? Would it implode? Perhaps both things, simultaneously? I'll take a couple days to think about this.-As a hypothetical, were anyone reading this, how would you feel about nominations being something like:1: Five nominations to start with. After a week, it'd go up to ten; then 15, and so on, until whenever we hit 300 total songs.2: Only one song over ten minutes per nominator, no songs over 25 minutes or under 20 seconds. (If anyone truly has their heart set on nominating multiple long songs, talk to me and I might make an exception. I also may allow sub-20 second songs on request, but I feel I had my fill of them at this ranking).I could just go with a flat 10 nominations, but I kinda like staggering them? Unless that's too annoying, in which case the ten would work.Of course these are hypothetical rules for a hypothetical topic. I may come to my senses tomorrow. Still, it is... interesting to think about. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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CJones 03/23/24 1:17:48 PM #399:	Fluttershy_Pony posted... As a hypothetical, were anyone reading this, how would you feel about nominations being something like: 1: Five nominations to start with. After a week, it'd go up to ten; then 15, and so on, until whenever we hit 300 total songs. 2: Only one song over ten minutes per nominator, no songs over 25 minutes or under 20 seconds. (If anyone truly has their heart set on nominating multiple long songs, talk to me and I might make an exception. I also may allow sub-20 second songs on request, but I feel I had my fill of them at this ranking). I could just go with a flat 10 nominations, but I kinda like staggering them? Unless that's too annoying, in which case the ten would work. Of course these are hypothetical rules for a hypothetical topic. I may come to my senses tomorrow. Still, it is... interesting to think about. I would be on board with that. :) --- Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it. <cite>CJones posted [p:979522550] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>Fluttershy_Pony posted... </cite><quote>As a hypothetical, were anyone reading this, how would you feel about nominations being something like:1: Five nominations to start with. After a week, it'd go up to ten; then 15, and so on, until whenever we hit 300 total songs.2: Only one song over ten minutes per nominator, no songs over 25 minutes or under 20 seconds. (If anyone truly has their heart set on nominating multiple long songs, talk to me and I might make an exception. I also may allow sub-20 second songs on request, but I feel I had my fill of them at this ranking).I could just go with a flat 10 nominations, but I kinda like staggering them? Unless that's too annoying, in which case the ten would work.Of course these are hypothetical rules for a hypothetical topic. I may come to my senses tomorrow. Still, it is... interesting to think about.</quote>I would be on board with that. :) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fluttershy_Pony 03/23/24 9:58:59 PM #400:	CJones posted... I would be on board with that. :) Sorry, but nominations started a month ago and lasted about two weeks--I'd have posted a link here, but I didn't think anyone was really following this topic anymore... https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80704470 That being said, it would actually be really convenient if you nominated two songs? We're at 328 actual nominations and two "not actual nominations of my choosing" because I want 330... but: A.330 actual noms works better. B.I can talk about unrelated songs during the ranking anyway, so it's not like actual nominations will interfere with the extra songs I want to talk about. C.Honestly, there are more than two other songs I want to discuss for therapeutic reasons and it's easier to say "I'll talk about whatever I want whenever I want" if we're already at 330 nominations. (I could do something like sharing a personal song and story every 80 eliminations, thus sharing the fourth and final one right before the top ten. This is so much better than the original plan.) ...So, like, don't feel pressured to add anything, but an extra two songs would be really awesome and make everything fall into place. (And if there are a lot of songs you had in mind, I'll ecstatically cover them at the typical "post ranking ranking", which already has some songs set.) --- Founding member of Raetsel Raetsel Inc. Not referring to the movie with Helen Hunt, I'm referring to the game. <cite>Fluttershy_Pony posted [p:979530040] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>CJones posted... </cite><quote>I would be on board with that. :)</quote>Sorry, but nominations started a month ago and lasted about two weeks--I'd have posted a link here, but I didn't think anyone was really following this topic anymore...https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80704470That being said, it would actually be really convenient if you nominated two songs? We're at 328 actual nominations and two "not actual nominations of my choosing" because I want 330... but:A.330 actual noms works better.B.I can talk about unrelated songs during the ranking anyway, so it's not like actual nominations will interfere with the extra songs I want to talk about.C.Honestly, there are more than two other songs I want to discuss for therapeutic reasons and it's easier to say "I'll talk about whatever I want whenever I want" if we're already at 330 nominations. (I could do something like sharing a personal song and story every 80 eliminations, thus sharing the fourth and final one right before the top ten. This is so much better than the original plan.)...So, like, don't feel pressured to add anything, but an extra two songs would be really awesome and make everything fall into place. (And if there are a lot of songs you had in mind, I'll ecstatically cover them at the typical "post ranking ranking", which already has some songs set.) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CJones 03/24/24 10:26:59 AM #401:	I still get notifications when ever someone posts something in this topic. Not sure how I missed that that post was from a month ago. 2 songs? Okay Ill think about it and get back to you, probably tonight. --- Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it. <cite>CJones posted [p:979536277] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>I still get notifications when ever someone posts something in this topic. Not sure how I missed that that post was from a month ago.2 songs? Okay Ill think about it and get back to you, probably tonight. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CJones 03/24/24 4:46:19 PM #402:	Okay, here we go. Hazbin Hotel OST - Happy Day in Hell (3:08) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XAz7PbG87w I would not be at all surprised if someone hasn't already nominated this. I love Hazbin Hotel, and I recall that you liked show-tunes. I'd nominate all 16 songs if I could (most are under 3 minutes, and a few are under 2 minutes), but since I can't do that, I'll go with just the opener, Happy Day in Hell. If someone has already nominated this (Hazbin Hotel is quite popular), let me know and I'll pick something else. ------------------------ Dream Theater - Sleeping Giant (10:04) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6PfvxF2I9c From their most recent album, A View From the Top of the World. It's one of their best albums IMO, and they even won a Grammy for the opening track, Alien. However, I think this is the song they SHOULD have won for. Yeah, I wish I had realized you were doing another one of these sooner than this. But I don't spend any time on any GameFAQs forum other than the Classic Gaming board. The only reason I knew about the last one was because you put it in your signature. If you did that this time too, I just didn't notice. --- Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it. <cite>CJones posted [p:979541249] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>Okay, here we go.Hazbin Hotel OST - Happy Day in Hell (3:08)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XAz7PbG87wI would not be at all surprised if someone hasn't already nominated this. I love Hazbin Hotel, and I recall that you liked show-tunes. I'd nominate all 16 songs if I could (most are under 3 minutes, and a few are under 2 minutes), but since I can't do that, I'll go with just the opener, Happy Day in Hell.If someone has already nominated this (Hazbin Hotel is quite popular), let me know and I'll pick something else.------------------------Dream Theater - Sleeping Giant (10:04)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6PfvxF2I9cFrom their most recent album, A View From the Top of the World. It's one of their best albums IMO, and they even won a Grammy for the opening track, Alien. However, I think this is the song they SHOULD have won for.Yeah, I wish I had realized you were doing another one of these sooner than this. But I don't spend any time on any GameFAQs forum other than the Classic Gaming board. The only reason I knew about the last one was because you put it in your signature. If you did that this time too, I just didn't notice. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fluttershy_Pony 03/24/24 5:23:05 PM #403:	CJones posted... If you did that this time too, I just didn't notice. Yeah, I definitely did until we hit the original goal of 300 songs, then I went back to random pop culture references on the bottom line. Sadly, GameFAQs now retroactively updates signatures, so I can't easily prove it... Founding member of Raetsel Raetsel Inc. Song Ranking Topic (Nominations Wanted): https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80704470 Though I can't blame anyone for not noticing, as I didn't post that many times in the WGWT topics during those two weeks and it had been quite a while since my sig had anything of note in it. Aaanywho, neither of those have been nominated, so thank you very much! I'll add those two to the list tomorrow. EDIT: Spreadsheet of all other nominations. I... probably should have posted that here too, earlier, but it worked out anyway: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10NlOo6cjWLEyjuYZmRoxNnUGy_vWmO3sSegM-gwtb3Q/htmlview --- Founding member of Raetsel Raetsel Inc. Not referring to the movie with Helen Hunt, I'm referring to the game. <cite>Fluttershy_Pony posted [p:979541708] in Raetsel an... [t:80314823]...</cite> <quote>CJones posted... </cite><quote>If you did that this time too, I just didn't notice.</quote>Yeah, I definitely did until we hit the original goal of 300 songs, then I went back to random pop culture references on the bottom line. Sadly, GameFAQs now retroactively updates signatures, so I can't easily prove it...<quote>Founding member of Raetsel Raetsel Inc.Song Ranking Topic (Nominations Wanted): https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80704470</quote>Though I can't blame anyone for not noticing, as I didn't post that many times in the WGWT topics during those two weeks and it had been quite a while since my sig had anything of note in it.Aaanywho, neither of those have been nominated, so thank you very much! I'll add those two to the list tomorrow.EDIT: Spreadsheet of all other nominations. I... probably should have posted that here too, earlier, but it worked out anyway:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10NlOo6cjWLEyjuYZmRoxNnUGy_vWmO3sSegM-gwtb3Q/htmlview </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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