Song of the Week - WEEK 59 Voting/WEEK 60 Nominating

Pretty strong week...More good than bad, but some REALLY good ones.

1st-Precious Heart
I have a history with this track...A friend was showing me Napster a couple of years ago (the REAL Napster, not the crappy one of nowadays) and this was the first song I tried looking up, since I didn't have the Street Fighter EX2soundtrack yet (the EX Plus Alpha tracks were included on the EX2 OST). One of the best jazz-fusion tracks I've ever heard...Great melody, just enough solos and good work between the synths/guitars/keyboards. A track I actually don't listen to much just to savor it more for when I do.

2nd-Gotham City and Cathedral
Nice...Melodic, well-developed, excellent drums...A pleasure to listen to. One of the better first-listen NES chiptunes I've come across. Just won't beat Precious Heart.

3rd-Ryuichi Naruhodo Objection 2001

I feel kind of awkward, considering how much I rag Vagrant Story's "Truth" and its' four notes, but this track is the same deal...The front part is pretty repetitive, but the layers of music underneath keep the piece interesting and bring it around for its' share of repeats. Of course, it gets by largely because I think the synth in general sounds good. Something ear pleasing about the entire track.

And the rest:

4th-Yussa Yussa You
I was sure I'd be giving this points at first listen, but I liked the first two better and it was a toss-up between this and Objection. Cool beat, great melody, great solo...But oddly, not as memorable as Objection.

5th-Tower of Lakmir
Better than I expected for music from an N64 point and click game. Not the most melodic thing around, but does enough to stay interesting and the synth is better than I would have thought.

6th-Decoy
Pleasant sums this one up...It just doesn't go beyond that. The ones above it are better.

7th-Mother
Eh...Pretty straight-forward JPOP. Nothing terribly special about the song or the actual singer...The whole thing just grooves along without breaking its' stride. I imagine this could pass as a filler song on an anime series vocal collection.

Song of the Weak: Impact of Silence

I feel guilty doing this just from reading the title, but this song has nothing going for it to win praise from me...It's dark, brooding, mostly ambient and takes forever to get started...I can definitely go through the next 50 years of my life never listening to it again and not think twice.

And for my next nomination:

Title: Sword of Delight
Album: Gamadelic Delicious Selection
Artist: Gamadelic
Track: 2
Disc: 1 of 1
Year: 1994
Source: GMR

Will upload to Yahoo Briefcase tonight.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by _DH_

And that marks the end of my participation in SotW and probably these forums for quite a while due to my wedding which is almost a week away. I'd like to thank all who have wished me well, the staff members who have kept this event running smoothly for over a year and of course all the participants who have kept things lively with their colourful comments. I know I've been harsh in some of my reviews but it was all in good fun. I'm sure some of you will be happy to see no more of the jazzy 1970's/80's style nominations from me while others will miss them...who knows, maybe I'll stop by one day and drop in a surprise nomination
Until then, I hope someone keeps the ROCKIN' and JAZZIN' alive!

We made a good tag team. Best of luck to you.

If you get the chance, make sure you help me vote up "Believe in my Heart" when BSE starts in a couple weeks.

Consider the return of "the sig" as a wedding present. :biggrin:

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Nice fight...I had no idea Batman was that damn close and I was almost sure Yussa was neck and neck with Precious Heart. If a couple votes had gone differently...

As is, I have a legitimate reason to participate in the next Battle.

Aside from the Street Fighter comment, I agree with a lot of what Darkcomet said in his post...Many of my favorite tracks are extremely short (45 seconds or so, prior to a loop) and I tend to think of them as being "as long as they need to be" as opposed to being short. Newer and longer versions of Bloody Tears for example have yet to touch the awesomeness of the NES original to me (including most of the all-out arrangements). Just like Objection 2001 was legitimately more enjoyable than 5/8 of the other tracks this week, despite Truth syndrome and length.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.