Song of the Week - BATTLE 11 Voting/WEEK 89 Nominating

I missed a couple of these (more like 6/8), so this is the first time hearing a number of them.

Cruise Control - Yeah, I see why this gets the hate it does. How did it win? It has a couple segments of melody, but much of the track is just a muddy, atmospheric sound, with a decent beat. One of the weakest RR tracks I've heard, actually.

Wilderness - Very nice. I've always liked these kind of festive songs and the sitar(?) combined with the flute on the melody is dynamite. Honestly, no complaints...Great track.

Over the Frozen Sea - This about a step up from the Ridge Racer track in all aspects...Better melody, more interesting bassline, more vibrant synth...It's all a step up from the RR track. Unfortunately, that isn't saying a whole lot. I'm extremely surprised this won.

Shoot Into the Street - Boy, whoever nominated this has balls...A super-repetitive rock tune is sure to draw negative attention for either being super-repetitive or rock in general. It had no business beating out the Phantasy Star Medley, but it's enjoyable if you cut it off after about 2 minutes. I wish it developed a tad more instead of the (many) loops...It's on the verge of greatness, but falls short.

40 Year Plan - As I listen to more music, this type of jazz-fusion just doesn't do as much for me as it used to. Just...Too smooth and causes a headache now instead of being relaxing. Good for what it is, but I'm not really interested in it.

Mad Buffoon - Haha, YES! Quirkin turned up to 11. Funky bassline and great catchy melody. Very nice sequenced drums as well.

Dreams Come True Someday - Not the type of Suikoden I'm normally used to and I'm not so sure that's a good thing. This track is actually kind of boring. Like the 40 Years track, it's good for what it is, but it's just "there".

Seeking the Blue Fucking Sky - It's taken 88 weeks to score my first gold, now this sucker has a chance for two in a row. This was simply THE track that jumped out at me on the WA Vth Vanguard OST and I nominated it accordingly. Like the Digimon track, it's a really festive track, but the key is all in the melody. It can work in an RPG in a number of places, but it just has that instant catch to it. I suppose I should address one thing: I'm a noted bagpipe hater and this track has them in it. Truth is, I don't mind bagpipes when they're done right and not hogging center stage with loud, screechy notes (like most bagpipe-based tracks I've been asked to listen to)...Here, they're simply a nice background for the main flute and they provide nice harmonic support, which I have no problem with. I really didn't even associate the sound in this one with "traditional" bagpipe music. This is a far cry from that one annoying-as-all-fuck Arc the Lad song.

Yep, let's do this democratically...Here are my crooked politician-esque votes:

3 point - Seeking the Blue Sky
1 point - Wilderness
1 point - Mad Buffoon
1 point - Shoot into the Street

Jam it back in, in the dark.

So...close.

Oh well, at least I have one of my BSC nominations sewn up. Not sure if it'll do as good as Wind of Phantom, but I'm impressed by its' two-week performance.

Actually, I'm amazed Digimon didn't amass more points.

There's nowhere I can't reach.