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Topic: pop ularity
Posted By: The Hemulen
Subject: pop ularity
Date Posted: April 16 2010 at 16:37
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A fun way to waste five minutes: http://pop.ularity.co.uk/ - http://pop.ularity.co.uk/ Frank Zappa is officially 20 times better than Genesis!  |
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Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: April 16 2010 at 16:41
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Dire Straits is 3 times better than Yes. I knew it. |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: April 16 2010 at 16:46
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra is 1162 times better than Conventum lol |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: April 16 2010 at 16:47
| I won 9 points! |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: April 16 2010 at 16:49
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Evanescence is 18% better than Jimi Hendrix =)) Pain of Salvation is 5 times better than Gentle Giant ROFLMAO Yes is 9 times better than The Flower Kings  Riverside is 9 times better than Genesis  |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: April 16 2010 at 17:09
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The problem with such "data" is that one could listen to 5 typical songs in the same time as one could listen to a single prog epic.
------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: April 16 2010 at 17:17
Well quite. People have been banging on for ages about how last.fm should switch to a "minutes spent listening to this artist" kinda system but it ain't gonna happen. Anyway, t'is only a bit of fun. Anyway, I'm sure we can all agree that The Beatles are PRECISELY 4 times better than David Bowie.  |
Epignosis wrote:Posted By: June
Date Posted: April 16 2010 at 17:40
Fleet Foxes is 31 times better than Steeleye Span  Even they would disagree. 16 points. Got killed when I expected Susan Tedeschi was more popular than The Small Faces.  |
Posted By: Evolutionary Sleeper
Date Posted: April 16 2010 at 17:53
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39 points baby! Cool find.
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Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 02:59
fixed Emerson, Lake & Palmer is 165797 times better than John Wight Jethro Tull is 26852059 times better than Ilai Ashdot Thanks... Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band are 165437 times better than John Wight Rush is 40841976 times better than Ilai Ashdot. f**kERS Gentle Giant is 34 times better than Shout. They're pretty much the same band..
------------- http://www.formspring.me/Aragorn224" rel="nofollow - Trendsetter win! The search for nonexistent perfection. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 04:30
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After Forever is 368 times better than The Enid
 Bonnie Tyler is 2 times better than Van der Graaf Generator
The Cacophony of Light is 19% better than Samuel J Hoffman  (yep, got killed by my own question)
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 06:09
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A similar thing is the http://obscurometer.com/ - Obscurometer , which ranks the obscurity of your plays versus other last.fm listeners. I got a 54.7, which is respectable, but I'm beaten by some others because my embarassingly low playcount makes my Paper Chase, At the Drive In, and Mars Volta plays disproportionately high. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 06:46
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^ That was quite fun Henry -- got 46.7%, whatever that means. Samuel J Hoffman boosted my score somewhat, though the occasional Queen track gave it a hammering. Your musical tastes are more obscure than 78.8% of all users
...sounds about right, I'd lose some credibilty as a Crossover ex-spurt with a higher score  ------------- What? |
Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 07:23
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I got 45.8, but Your musical tastes are more obscure than 76.8% of all users. ------------- http://www.formspring.me/Aragorn224" rel="nofollow - Trendsetter win! The search for nonexistent perfection. |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 07:48
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Apparently Porcupine Tree are 45 time better than Genesis (He He He) ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 09:02
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Transatlantic is 3 times better than Bo Hansson
Frank Zappa is 16 times better than Steve Hackett
Gazpacho is 35 times better than Shamall
Dream Theater is 287 times better than Steve Hillage
Gentle Giant is 2 times better than Neal Morse
Genesis is 12% better than Eloy
Emerson, Lake & Palmer is 196 times better than Shamall
Dream Theater is 5 times better than Yes
Coheed and Cambria is 35 times better than Steve Hackett
LOL strange game worth playing though http://twitter.com/home/?status=Emerson%2c+Lake+%26+Palmer+is+196+times+better+than+Shamall+according+to+http%3a%2f%2fpop.ularity.co.uk - ------------- 
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 09:07
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Dang Steve Howe was slaughtered by Steve Hackett!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -------------
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 09:50
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Rightly so. ------------- What? |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 18:13
"Your overall obscurity level is 57.9%. Your musical tastes are more obscure than 92.8% of all users." Crikey. It's worse than I thought! |
Posted By: Tsevir Leirbag
Date Posted: April 17 2010 at 18:45
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Weidorje is two times better than Shub Niggurath.
No it's not  ------------- Les mains, les pieds balancés Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers, Un marin mort, Il dormira - Paul Éluard |
Posted By: idiotPrayer
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 05:40
| i think that it is ridicolous that it says x times better instead of more popular. |
Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 06:36
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Steve Hackett is 13% better than Genesis! Who could have guessed?
------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 09:19
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Blue Öyster Cult is 3 times better than Hawkwind (one of the few I think is pretty accurate)
Scored only 23 points and was finished off by Camel vs Gentle Giant. Would have never guessed that: "Camel is 2 times better than Gentle Giant"
Only 34.4% which doesn't bother me, it's not a competition -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 09:31
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 11:48
It's all just numbers, and it is indeed based on how popular different bands are. The clue's in the title, really. And as for the "better" wording, I thought it was obviously tongue-in-cheek but it seems to be genuinely angering some people.  |
Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 11:57
| I personally think Genesis hit their real quality streak once they released 'Invisible Touch' |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 14:52
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Some of us are still waiting for Genesis to hit their quality streak *smiley face* (it is no longer safe to go to the emoticon screen with that awful, seizure inducing headbanger in there) ------------- Time always wins. |
Posted By: Neurotarkus
Date Posted: April 18 2010 at 16:58
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Tool >x72 Flower Kings....
------------- "I cannot grasp the concept of love, for I am a pickle!" -Neurotarkus I create musics. Good Ones. Contact me if you desire it. |