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Mess not a triple tie
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Thankfully not. The next elimination is #43, the one after that is #42, and then there's a two-way tie. The songs that make up that tie will both be #40, to keep things clean. So really, the top 40 is actually 41 songs.
Choices...
#43
DEVON
6.777777778
My Score: 8.5
(@caladan: 10) HIGHEST V. LOWEST (@Untouchable Ace: 1)
Remember when I mentioned that a song I thought was well loved in Grimes fandom was kinda bombing out? This is that song. Honestly, letting this one go so early is a hell of a choice. To my ears, it’s easily the best song on Halfaxa. It’s no secret that I think Halfaxa is melodically her weakest record, but the melody here is rock fucking solid and gorgeous to boot. I love how she's singing in her lower register and the instrumental is like 80s The Cure with some salsa realness thrown in. And if that all wasn’t enough, the song is serving lyrics: “Oh, my love, I am low/'Cause you are asking me to go/And I know I am holding onto dust.” Seriously: when will your faves? I’m actually regretting not giving it that extra half a point (and honestly, I’m not at all sure why I didn’t). We need more songs that approach heartbreak in such a poetic way.
You know who is also bopping to the salsa beat? Cutlery, who gives it a 9 and says, “Salsa-influenced JAM! Talks about delusion and heartbreak through very poetic and drawn out verses. Hold on to dust and to my hand, queen, you will come out of this in the end while experimenting with real instruments.” caladan (10) gives us some context: “Perhaps the catchiest song from Halfaxa. It's about her ex-boyfriend Devon Welsh from the Canadian band Majical Cloudz.” This is indeed Halfaxa’s pop song. For that reason alone, I’m surprised it didn’t do better. In other news, constantino (8) is apparently posting from Devon county?: “We love a touching tribute to the county I study in. This is really, really pretty and one of the more memorable cuts from the album.” Yes, this song was definitely the most instant for me, probably because it hints at her later more pop-influenced work, as Mirwais Ahmadzai (8) so astutely points out: “Grimes through and through. While a lot of Halfaxa can be a chore to listen to, Devon is probably (in my opinion) the first song to hint at what’s ahead for Grimes.” Trouble in Paradise underrates the fuck out of it with a 6.5, but makes up for that with a beautiful description: “I love how some of Grime’s songs have that sensation of hearing a really great song coming from another room. There’s a surreal distance in this song that creates a deep sense of longing. If only it was a minute shorter...” *pastes the bolded sentence to secret document containing quotes stolen from more eloquent people* Last but not least, Xanax (9) says: “I could listen to this on repeat for hours.”
YouTube Comments Section
cat: Her music makes me think of a ghast.
Devon Rusinek: Whoa, I have a song named after me. Cool
Romana Iaccarino: thanks, my boyfriend just dump me and didnt know if I wanted to die or kill him.
I quite like this atmospheric fan-made video:
#43
DEVON
6.777777778
My Score: 8.5
(@caladan: 10) HIGHEST V. LOWEST (@Untouchable Ace: 1)
Remember when I mentioned that a song I thought was well loved in Grimes fandom was kinda bombing out? This is that song. Honestly, letting this one go so early is a hell of a choice. To my ears, it’s easily the best song on Halfaxa. It’s no secret that I think Halfaxa is melodically her weakest record, but the melody here is rock fucking solid and gorgeous to boot. I love how she's singing in her lower register and the instrumental is like 80s The Cure with some salsa realness thrown in. And if that all wasn’t enough, the song is serving lyrics: “Oh, my love, I am low/'Cause you are asking me to go/And I know I am holding onto dust.” Seriously: when will your faves? I’m actually regretting not giving it that extra half a point (and honestly, I’m not at all sure why I didn’t). We need more songs that approach heartbreak in such a poetic way.
You know who is also bopping to the salsa beat? Cutlery, who gives it a 9 and says, “Salsa-influenced JAM! Talks about delusion and heartbreak through very poetic and drawn out verses. Hold on to dust and to my hand, queen, you will come out of this in the end while experimenting with real instruments.” caladan (10) gives us some context: “Perhaps the catchiest song from Halfaxa. It's about her ex-boyfriend Devon Welsh from the Canadian band Majical Cloudz.” This is indeed Halfaxa’s pop song. For that reason alone, I’m surprised it didn’t do better. In other news, constantino (8) is apparently posting from Devon county?: “We love a touching tribute to the county I study in. This is really, really pretty and one of the more memorable cuts from the album.” Yes, this song was definitely the most instant for me, probably because it hints at her later more pop-influenced work, as Mirwais Ahmadzai (8) so astutely points out: “Grimes through and through. While a lot of Halfaxa can be a chore to listen to, Devon is probably (in my opinion) the first song to hint at what’s ahead for Grimes.” Trouble in Paradise underrates the fuck out of it with a 6.5, but makes up for that with a beautiful description: “I love how some of Grime’s songs have that sensation of hearing a really great song coming from another room. There’s a surreal distance in this song that creates a deep sense of longing. If only it was a minute shorter...” *pastes the bolded sentence to secret document containing quotes stolen from more eloquent people* Last but not least, Xanax (9) says: “I could listen to this on repeat for hours.”
YouTube Comments Section
cat: Her music makes me think of a ghast.
Devon Rusinek: Whoa, I have a song named after me. Cool
Romana Iaccarino: thanks, my boyfriend just dump me and didnt know if I wanted to die or kill him.
I quite like this atmospheric fan-made video:
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#42
KNOW THE WAY (OUTRO)
6.861111111
My Score: 6
(@Posh Spears: 10) HIGHEST V. LOWEST (@HappyBirthday, @Hurricane Drunk: 4)
This song sounds nice and I’m into the tranquility of it, but I also think it’s one of the least essential songs in Grimes's discography. It kinda reminds me of “Life The Vivid Dream,” but without the memorable melody. While I plan on having some lit meditation sessions to it, I don’t think it’s a particularly good outro since it ends the album on such an unmemorable note. I’m actually a little pressed that y’all think this is better than “Devon” and “World Princess,” but werk.
constantino (9.5) gets a bit…detailed: “Genuinely one of my favourite album outros of all time. Even though the dripping sounds make me need a piss, what comes after is pure magic. I’d kill for a more fleshed out version of this; the melody and skeletal production is EVERYTHING.” Okay, but this not exactly “Mer Girl”…Yet it seems that I’m outnumbered in thinking Know The Way is a meh outro because Trouble in Paradise (7) says, “A pleasant and fitting closer. There’s a space to it that isn’t present in a lot of Grimes’s music that lets you breath and process everything you’ve just musically been through.” And then caladan (9) says, “A very pleasant way to end this masterpiece called Visions.” And then Xanax (6.5) says: “Its a good outro.” And then Satyress (9) says, “Perfect outro. Very esoteric.” The moral of this story is: sometimes being right is a lonely experience. Speaking of experiences, it seems like Posh Spears (10) is having one to this song: “I know this is so short but there have been times where I just listened to it on repeat over 10 times. It’s an ethereal instrumental.” Earth Intruders (7) is having reservations about rating outros and presumably interludes: “It's fine as an outro, I feel weird about comparing it to the other songs though... I don't know.” Well, just listen to the song again. It will help you know the way (outro).
Let’s move onto our final panelist before the jokes get even worse. Cutlery (8.5) says, “Sounds like nothing else in the album, as Grimes took it back, with its 19th Century sample, to its very roots. The whole thing sounds like a water nymph singing by the river in a cold day, and the finding your path aspect of “And I know the way / I know the way / I know the way / I can believe in me” gives hopeful closure to the multiple themes explored throughout Visions.” That water nymph image almost makes me want to re-evaluate my opinion. Almost.
YouTube Comments Section
John Naglick: Basically the dopest song ever while coming off of acid
Meagan Bauman: Does anyone else hear God's not real repeated at the end. Creepy subliminal message. Plus the lyrics. She give up the cross. She end her faith in love. This song is about ending faith in God.
cassie howells: Animal crossing
KNOW THE WAY (OUTRO)
6.861111111
My Score: 6
(@Posh Spears: 10) HIGHEST V. LOWEST (@HappyBirthday, @Hurricane Drunk: 4)
This song sounds nice and I’m into the tranquility of it, but I also think it’s one of the least essential songs in Grimes's discography. It kinda reminds me of “Life The Vivid Dream,” but without the memorable melody. While I plan on having some lit meditation sessions to it, I don’t think it’s a particularly good outro since it ends the album on such an unmemorable note. I’m actually a little pressed that y’all think this is better than “Devon” and “World Princess,” but werk.
constantino (9.5) gets a bit…detailed: “Genuinely one of my favourite album outros of all time. Even though the dripping sounds make me need a piss, what comes after is pure magic. I’d kill for a more fleshed out version of this; the melody and skeletal production is EVERYTHING.” Okay, but this not exactly “Mer Girl”…Yet it seems that I’m outnumbered in thinking Know The Way is a meh outro because Trouble in Paradise (7) says, “A pleasant and fitting closer. There’s a space to it that isn’t present in a lot of Grimes’s music that lets you breath and process everything you’ve just musically been through.” And then caladan (9) says, “A very pleasant way to end this masterpiece called Visions.” And then Xanax (6.5) says: “Its a good outro.” And then Satyress (9) says, “Perfect outro. Very esoteric.” The moral of this story is: sometimes being right is a lonely experience. Speaking of experiences, it seems like Posh Spears (10) is having one to this song: “I know this is so short but there have been times where I just listened to it on repeat over 10 times. It’s an ethereal instrumental.” Earth Intruders (7) is having reservations about rating outros and presumably interludes: “It's fine as an outro, I feel weird about comparing it to the other songs though... I don't know.” Well, just listen to the song again. It will help you know the way (outro).
Let’s move onto our final panelist before the jokes get even worse. Cutlery (8.5) says, “Sounds like nothing else in the album, as Grimes took it back, with its 19th Century sample, to its very roots. The whole thing sounds like a water nymph singing by the river in a cold day, and the finding your path aspect of “And I know the way / I know the way / I know the way / I can believe in me” gives hopeful closure to the multiple themes explored throughout Visions.” That water nymph image almost makes me want to re-evaluate my opinion. Almost.
YouTube Comments Section
John Naglick: Basically the dopest song ever while coming off of acid
Meagan Bauman: Does anyone else hear God's not real repeated at the end. Creepy subliminal message. Plus the lyrics. She give up the cross. She end her faith in love. This song is about ending faith in God.
cassie howells: Animal crossing
Top 40
Giedi Primes (4/11)=36% Remaining
Caladan
Rosa
Avi
Feyd Rautha Dark Heart
Halfaxa (6/16)=37% Remaining
Weregild
Heartbeats
Sagrad Прекрасный
Dreamfortress
Swan Song
My Sister Says The Saddest Things
Darkbloom (2/5)=40% Remaining
Vanessa
Crystal Ball
Visions (11/13)=84% Remaining
Infinite ♥ Without Fulfillment
Genesis
Oblivion
Circumambient
Vowels = Space And Time
Visiting Statue
Be A Body
Colour Of Moonlight (Antiochus)
Symphonia IX (My Wait Is U)
Nightmusic
Skin
Art Angels (13/14)=92% Remaining
laughing and not being normal
California
Flesh Without Blood
Belly Of The Beat
Kill V. Maim
Artangels
Easily
Pin
Realiti
World Princess II
Venus Fly
Life In The Vivid Dream
Butterfly
Extras (5/12)=41% Remaining
Go (featuring Blood Diamonds)
Entropy (with Bleachers)
Phone Sex (with Blood Diamonds)
Angel
Ambrosia
Giedi Primes (4/11)=36% Remaining
Caladan
Rosa
Avi
Feyd Rautha Dark Heart
Halfaxa (6/16)=37% Remaining
Weregild
Heartbeats
Sagrad Прекрасный
Dreamfortress
Swan Song
My Sister Says The Saddest Things
Darkbloom (2/5)=40% Remaining
Vanessa
Crystal Ball
Visions (11/13)=84% Remaining
Infinite ♥ Without Fulfillment
Genesis
Oblivion
Circumambient
Vowels = Space And Time
Visiting Statue
Be A Body
Colour Of Moonlight (Antiochus)
Symphonia IX (My Wait Is U)
Nightmusic
Skin
Art Angels (13/14)=92% Remaining
laughing and not being normal
California
Flesh Without Blood
Belly Of The Beat
Kill V. Maim
Artangels
Easily
Pin
Realiti
World Princess II
Venus Fly
Life In The Vivid Dream
Butterfly
Extras (5/12)=41% Remaining
Go (featuring Blood Diamonds)
Entropy (with Bleachers)
Phone Sex (with Blood Diamonds)
Angel
Ambrosia
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Why not? This little song is amazing. If must be in the right mood to appreciate it.
sure I like it... its just weaker in comparison to other songs that have a much lower score.
The accuracy tho.
Y'all did this one sooo wrong.
He ain't lying, folks.
Okay sorry for that score it's good.
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He/Him
This list lacks Vanessa, Go, Nightmusic, Skin, Circumambient and Be a Body so no
Circumambient for dark horse top 5?!
