Dr. Rob
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| Quote: | Originally posted by i am sam
i think last fm is slowing showing me that the music i listen to isn't quite as diverse as i thought. |
I think it's the other way round -- because it's that diverse it can't find anyone whose list exactly matches yours. I mean I mainly
listen to garage bands, and there's a certain circle of people that know all the good garage bands, so bands I like that I haven't listened
to pop up on their lists. But then if I look up fans of, say, The Jesus Lizard or some of the other alternative stuff I listen to (christ, there
isn't much of it on there, come to think of it), their lists are made up of all kinds of stuff. Unless everything you listen to fits into an
easily definable category, it doesn't seem to really work.
Last.fm: exposed for the pointless timewasting exercise it really is! Wait, that's why we like it.
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i am sam
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| posted on 9-8-2006 at 16:20 |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dr. Rob
| Quote: | Originally posted by i am sam
i think last fm is slowing showing me that the music i listen to isn't quite as diverse as i thought. |
I think it's the other way round -- because it's that diverse it can't find anyone whose list exactly matches yours. I mean I mainly
listen to garage bands, and there's a certain circle of people that know all the good garage bands, so bands I like that I haven't listened
to pop up on their lists. But then if I look up fans of, say, The Jesus Lizard or some of the other alternative stuff I listen to (christ, there
isn't much of it on there, come to think of it), their lists are made up of all kinds of stuff. Unless everything you listen to fits into an
easily definable category, it doesn't seem to really work.
Last.fm: exposed for the pointless timewasting exercise it really is! Wait, that's why we like it. |
the way my chart is working out i'm noticing that generally it's not my favourite music doing well so much as music i find easy to listen
to. in many ways it mirrors the real top 40, the best music isn't necessarilly the highest up. i suspect that in time perhaps it will even out a
bit more though and give what i consider to be a more accurate list of my tastes.
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Dr. Rob
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| posted on 14-8-2006 at 22:49 |
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Reigning Sound and Compulsive Gamblers up there! Two steps closer to the Oblivians!
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clarkogir
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| posted on 16-8-2006 at 11:28 |
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im liking accuracy by the cure being number 1
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Dr. Rob
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| posted on 22-8-2006 at 14:06 |
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Who else listened to Quit Your Dayjob?
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blown away
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| posted on 22-8-2006 at 17:34 |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dr. Rob
Who else listened to Quit Your Dayjob? |
I did !
Last night I heard someone say something that sounded like a perfect witty indiesoc forum signature, unfortunately I forgot all about it.
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Dr. Rob
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| posted on 22-8-2006 at 19:18 |
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I can't stop listening to them! They're just too fun!
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Simon Dyson
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| posted on 22-8-2006 at 20:10 |
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I'm surprised that Johnny Cash is in the top 10 nearly every week.
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i am sam
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| posted on 23-8-2006 at 15:51 |
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i just bought a quit your dayjob album in the virgin sale for £1.99 based entirely on the comments in this thread. hope it's good.
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blown away
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| posted on 23-8-2006 at 16:12 |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dr. Rob
I can't stop listening to them! They're just too fun! |
they are indeed ... I first heard them on tuning to the similar artist radio on the devo artist page (the things you do out of boredom...).
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i am sam
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| posted on 27-8-2006 at 20:14 |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dr. Rob
Also: you have Kieron Gillen (BremXJones) on your neighbours list. Well done, I think.
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ah yes. i see what you mean about the 'i think' part. still, that's possibly quite cool.
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one of my other neighbours is in jarvis cocker's top 8 on myspace. i'm quite happy about that.
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i am sam
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| posted on 29-8-2006 at 08:33 |
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my chart for this week is ALL WRONG. it's because i submit the tracks from my ipod and i didn't plug my ipod in before the cut-off time.
i've developed some kind of last fm OCD and it's made me really annoyed. Ben Kweller should clearly be number one.
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blown away
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| posted on 29-8-2006 at 11:25 |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by i am sam
my chart for this week is ALL WRONG. it's because i submit the tracks from my ipod and i didn't plug my ipod in before the cut-off time.
i've developed some kind of last fm OCD and it's made me really annoyed. Ben Kweller should clearly be number one. |
mine doesn' scrobble well with windows media player.
I listen mostly to vinyls anyway.
Last night I heard someone say something that sounded like a perfect witty indiesoc forum signature, unfortunately I forgot all about it.
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Manic_Paul
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| posted on 29-8-2006 at 12:36 |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by blown
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| Quote: | Originally posted by i am sam
my chart for this week is ALL WRONG. it's because i submit the tracks from my ipod and i didn't plug my ipod in before the cut-off time.
i've developed some kind of last fm OCD and it's made me really annoyed. Ben Kweller should clearly be number one. |
mine doesn' scrobble well with windows media player.
I listen mostly to vinyls anyway. |
my chart doesn't really reflect what i listen to as only the stuff on my pc gets logged on lastfm.
i play everything else i play on my cd player as it's rather swank and considerably better than my pc.
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i am sam
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| posted on 29-8-2006 at 12:48 |
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yeah, basically mine was working really well as i listen to most music through my ipod these days: either at work through some little speakers, at
home through my stereo, or in my car through the tape adapter. it's only if i'm messing about mixing stuff together that the CDs come out.
So in general the charts were really accurate, only this week it's not logged anything i listened to since monday or tuesday night which has
thrown it right out. grr.
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Simon Dyson
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| posted on 29-8-2006 at 12:55 |
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On the plus side the Wannadies are your number 1 artist!
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dunnerz
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| posted on 31-8-2006 at 13:50 |
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i have to point out that the 53 listens to the racontours was due to leaving it in repeat by mistake (i was out of the room and the volume was off!)
although i do actually like the album
i wish it could be really clever and log what i listened to in my car - that would be cool!
Friend of a friend of a friend asked me to put this link here:
http://www.backtrackin.net
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Simon Dyson
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| posted on 1-9-2006 at 13:27 |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dunnerz
i wish it could be really clever and log what i listened to in my car - that would be cool! |
Would be good if there was a way to submit songs without listening to them through a player. e.g. I listen to an album in the car and then later that
day select it on my PC and choose 'submit to last.fm'. But I imagine this would never happen because it makes abusing your own profile too
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blown away
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| posted on 3-9-2006 at 21:18 |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dunnerz
i wish it could be really clever and log what i listened to in my car - that would be cool! |
Would be good if there was a way to submit songs without listening to them through a player. e.g. I listen to an album in the car and then later that
day select it on my PC and choose 'submit to last.fm'. But I imagine this would never happen because it makes abusing your own profile too
easy. |
it would be cool to submit be able to add the songs you've heard at the supermarket, at the train station, the tunes you danced to in a club,
what if there was also a little thing attached to our brains submitting to last fm all the songs we hummed throughout the day ?
Let's not be so geeky about last fm, it's not like people care THAT much about the songs we love. I'm already such a bore when I talk
about music to my friends, now they can see anytime what stuff I've been willingly listening to on my windows media player so that they can see
how fantastic my music tastes are. I'll try not to use last fm so much because after two weeks using it I now realise that it's not good for
my musical ego trip.
On the other hand that's fantastic to discover new stuff, I must admit.
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i am sam
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| posted on 5-9-2006 at 10:23 |
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yeah. strychnine at number one.
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Simon Dyson
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| posted on 5-9-2006 at 13:32 |
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yeah. strychnine at number one. |
Quite a few songs this week from the Pitchfork 200 songs of the 60s!
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i am sam
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| posted on 25-9-2006 at 09:41 |
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i just looked at the 'extensive musical taste' group. their top 10 made me smile.
http://www.last.fm/group/Extensive%2BMusical%2BTaste
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Simon Dyson
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| posted on 25-9-2006 at 13:23 |
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 i knew before I looked that Radiohead would be number 1!
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Dr. Rob
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| posted on 26-9-2006 at 12:50 |
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I love that there's a forum thread on there called 'WHAT SONG ARE YOU LISTENING TO?'
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i am sam
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| posted on 16-10-2006 at 09:18 |
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This weeks chart:
1 The White Stripes 7
2 Elliott Smith 6
2 The Velvet Underground 6
4 Pulp 5
4 Yeah Yeah Yeahs 5
6 The Cure 4
6 Beck 4
6 Otis Redding 4
6 Oasis 4
6 Teenage Fanclub 4
6 The Jam 4
6 Bright Eyes 4
6 The Charlatans 4
6 Belle and Sebastian 4
6 Hot Chip 4
6 R.E.M. 4
6 Bloc Party 4
6 The Long Blondes 4
6 The Pipettes 4
6 Howling Bells 4
I quite like the random appearance of Otis Redding in there.
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