wheatsquares33
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jun 30, 2024 20:26:46 GMT -5
Lots of fun with this as always. Happy to see my top 2 as the top 2, love Tatsuro and Buck Tick.
Disappointing to see the Eviatar Banai song so low, beautiful track.
Not usually a huge fan of enka, but Baka Mitai is elevated by its icon status (well, I know nothing about Yakuza and am only tangentially familiar with it as a meme, but I know it well enough to recognize it on sight).
Need to listen to more Racionais MC's
Had never heard of Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares before, but this song is mesmerizing. I'll definitely have to listen to more of their work (also, when I was listening to Kate Bush's The Rocket's Tail semi-recently, I was able to pick them out of the background. Cool crossover)
My husband LOVES Kikuo & Kikuohana. I've never been crazy about vocaloid, but I did listen to his Kikuomiku series last year and was generally impressed by it, definitely made me appreciate vocaloid as a tool more. Still have yet to listen to his actual work with a vocalist, but I will at some point soon probably. This song was very cool.
Bir Derdim Var was easily one of my favorite discoveries here. This album is high priority for me to get to. Both Turkish songs here were very high quality, so it did hurt a bit to see them miss the top 10 back to back.
Bi Lambam is gorg, awesome to see it make it so far.
MOTFD are always great, glad to see them here and with such a high placement.
I ranked Mistero de Planeta top 10, but I still think I underranked it. Love love love this song
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willapted33
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Post by willapted33 on Jul 1, 2024 1:07:32 GMT -5
sparkle was probably one of the best rankdown discoveries I’ve had, awesome that it won here. ty for hosting gates!
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zippy
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Post by zippy on Jul 1, 2024 1:45:40 GMT -5
Once again, thank you for hosting this rankdown series singingrulebritannia . I am pleased to help one of your all-time favorites win the rankdown, especially since my list came in after Ernesto. This song didn't fully click at first (unlike other songs such as Flyday Chinatown) but by the third listen, I was experiencing the magic. Since I have been very interested in Japanese music (it made up most of my top 10), my low rank for The Flower Of Carnage indicates that I should probably brush up on listening to Enka music. If I were to spend time on another Spotify playlist on older music (pre-90s), I should seek out more songs from Brazilian artists. Songs like Mistério do Planeta and O Descobridor Dos Sete Mares remind me of how good and appealing Brazilian music can be. A few other songs in this rankdown stood out to me by sounding similar to other music I enjoy (songs sung in English). While I didn't rank it in my top 10, I must say Bi Lambam is one of the most unique rankdown discoveries I've made. Whenever I'm in the mood for meditative instrumental music, I should consider listening to New Ancient Strings. I have more thoughts on other songs that I could share, but for now I'm setting my mind on other things such as other rankdowns and of course Summertime Madness.
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dremolus - solarpunk
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Post by dremolus - solarpunk on Jul 1, 2024 8:52:34 GMT -5
Good winner, tbh I really like more than 2/3s of this list so I would've been fine with anything in my top 10. A lot of fantastic discoveries this roun
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recordyear
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Post by recordyear on Jul 3, 2024 8:39:24 GMT -5
You can expect as a country listener, I ranked Il bombarolo which is a more story-focused song among all songs here high. Knew Kalimankou Denkou would be divisive for being vocal only song, but damn if it isn't one of the songs that makes me feel like in heaven. The Flower Of Carnage is quite old-fashioned but it is well-sung and captures the solitude. Great rankdown winner, but also this rankdown really doesn't have many weak songs. Once again thanks singingrulebritannia for hosting.
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khan
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Post by khan on Jul 3, 2024 13:40:35 GMT -5
Sadly couldn't be on the forum live as reveals were happening because vacation, but now that I've read up I've got to say that's a great winner! Which is relieving because once again my closeness is total trash despite how much I love this series. I had some real misplaced confidence in Chaiyya Chaiyya after that mini rank on Discord... Mistério do Planeta instantly became one of my favorite Brazilian songs ever. My eyes widened irl when I got to it, I could not believe what I was hearing. Thanks a lot Gates for another ten or so fascinating discoveries to add to my regular rotation!
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