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[Ballard]

Does disliking Coldplay make you subconsciously a good person?

[Katherine]

What if you are ambivalent toward Coldplay? Does that mean I am going to Purgatory when I die? Do they play Coldplay muzak in Purgatory?

[carrotosaurus]

Coldplay sounds a bit too edgy for purgatory. They'd probably be playing Keane.

[Toba]

This is a badly written script.

61.4%.

Meh.

[mayfly]

I got 60.67%. It might be kinda accurate, but I don't think I have much of the music I actually like on there yet.

[october1983]

94.75%...wow. Apparently I need to listen to less experimental music and more classic rock to fit in even more. I'm on it!

[SleeperCylon]

How do you create a profile to run the script for?

[Thrillho]

Something like 70%, but reading the 'cloud' it was complete BS. Considering 'alternative' could take in virtually anything on my list that isn't pop or gangsta rap (the rap symbol was blatantly far too small on my screen). Apparently our main difference is 'indie rock,' somewhat hilariously.

So you have to have a Last.FM account for this to work?

How come you all have an account already? When do you use it? Is it good?

I use it constantly to record what I listen to becuase I find it fascinating to see what the differences and overlaps are between what I perceive as my favourite artists compared to what I apparently listen to most often (since mid-2005, at least).

[Gridgm]

The similarity between user gridgm and group questionable content is high, at

74.47%

...hmmm

[VanHorneDog]

0%, but thats obviously becuase i dont have a last.fm account or something.

or maybe its becuase i like Phish, The Dead and the Dave Matthews Band then smoke weed every night.

[mayfly]

I almost downright hate jazz. I can't stand the awkward rhythm and instrumental solos.

I think you probably just hate free jazz--and that's a good thing, I don't think anyone in their right mind actually enjoys free jazz. My dad is a professional jazz musician, and he says the best way to get someone over their dislike of instrumental solos is to force them to listen to Miles Davis and Bill Evans. It worked for me, at least. -shrug-

[Thrillho]

0%, but thats obviously becuase i dont have a last.fm account or something.

or maybe its becuase i like Phish, The Dead and the Dave Matthews Band then smoke weed every night.

Wow, you're going to fit in well...

[sandman263]

73.12%.

If you guys would listen to more singer-songwriter, folk, acoustic and alt-country, we'd get on much better.

Apparently.

[Laterala]

86.44%

wow... it's interesting that the only difference is in my  preferences:  twee, folk,punk, shoegaze
 

[VanHorneDog]

0%, but thats obviously becuase i dont have a last.fm account or something.

or maybe its becuase i like Phish, The Dead and the Dave Matthews Band then smoke weed every night.

Wow, you're going to fit in well...

i love you?

my musical tastes really should have little impact on how much i fit in.

there are only 2 groups of people i make fun of when it comes to music Metal Heads and Emo kids... but i get shit all the time for liking Dave Matthews. i think metal is just noise and Emo kids are funny.

[Nodaisho]

Pssh, listen to some of the tamer metal, then you will get it. Not that tame is a bad thing, I am just trying to make a layman's distinction between cookie monster vocals and super-distorted guitars and people singing with wailing guitars.

[sean]

For some reason that made me think of baroness.

Baroness is awesome. Go listen to baroness.

/derail

[Spluff]

Baroness (as well as a lot of other sludge) sure is awesome.

[Tom]

There should be a link on the soundweave blog if you don't have it.

[sean]

Baroness (as well as a lot of other southern metal) sure is awesome.

fix'd

[Nodaisho]

Both sludge bands I like are southern, what is the difference?

Not counting baroness in there, I don't listen to them much, I like what I hear though.

[sean]

Does baroness count as sludge?

I thought sludge was more, like, hardcore?

[Spluff]

Baroness is definitely sludge.

[Nodaisho]

Good point... it is like sludge/atmospheric, or something. Doesn't have much in the way of lyrics, as I remember.

Again, I haven't heard the album that often, or that recently, so my recollection may be flawed.

[Spluff]

Yeah, they're more along the atmospheric Isis/Cult of Luna side of sludge.

[Thrillho]

0%, but thats obviously becuase i dont have a last.fm account or something.

or maybe its becuase i like Phish, The Dead and the Dave Matthews Band then smoke weed every night.

Wow, you're going to fit in well...

i love you?

my musical tastes really should have little impact on how much i fit in.

Ha. You think so??

there are only 2 groups of people i make fun of when it comes to music Metal Heads and Emo kids... but i get shit all the time for liking Dave Matthews. i think metal is just noise and Emo kids are funny.

Oh 'only' 2? Congrats, that's an infinitely greater degree than I do.

Anyway, I was only pisstaking with my comment, although your response has less than endeared you to me - but man, it's not like my tastes fit in here. At least, not all of them. I like plenty of indie rock and all that shit. I just also like other things, shock horror.

[bbqrocks]

Metal is just noise? Well, sure, lots of the more extreme subgenres will sound like noise to the untrained ear but I see no reason why power and heavy metal will sound like noise.

[Nodaisho]

Methinks that person listened to the wrong kind to begin with, power and heavy would be best, like you said, though whenever I have to introduce someone to good metal, I start with Maiden, over any other bands.

[StreetSpirit]

28.72% - not too bad, but I am amazed by how much French music I listen to, since it was the second largest word on the visual spread of my taste - cheers?

[VanHorneDog]

Oh 'only' 2? Congrats, that's an infinitely greater degree than I do.

Anyway, I was only pisstaking with my comment, although your response has less than endeared you to me - but man, it's not like my tastes fit in here. At least, not all of them. I like plenty of indie rock and all that shit. I just also like other things, shock horror.

well, metal never did anything for me. it hurts my ears, ive tried. i agree that some of the "tamer" stuff isnt terrible. but some of the hardcore crank up the distortion makes me feel bad inside. its probably becuase i like hearing clean guitars and have the bass be sublte. so i dont understand people who listen to metal and go "man this is amazing music" it just boggles my mind. i dont really make fun of them for liking it though, i mean the guys who wear spikes i think are funny. of course i also think frat boys are funny, guys with mowhawks, tight pants, baggy pants, pot smokers at Phish concerts (RIP Phish), drunk 25 year olds at Eagles concerts (WTF?) this guy who consistently needs to meet his friends in the front row. oh and Bow and Luke Duke from the Dukes of hazard.

Basically, a band that really gets me going is somebody like Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Not just because they are a 'jam band' but the fact that everybody in that band has more talent on thier finger than i do in my body. thats the music i appreciate a lot. im not so into the indy thing that seems to be on these boards, but thats more to lack of exposure than taste though. generally speaking, illl enjoy everything. except metal, it just wont happen.

[Nodaisho]

Could you name any of the bands you dislike?

I don't know why I like metal, it just feels right. And as we all know, any way it feels right.

[GenericName]

Van, if there's one mistake I see newbies make on these forums all the time, it's thinking that we are one cohesive body.
Which may be sort of silly if you notice what thread I'm posting this in, but hardly any of us fit the "indie snob" stereotype that lots of newbies think we fit.

[HedgemazeExpo]

This is off because most of what's on my last.fm is music I don't like enough to actually buy, but 94.03% D:

[VanHorneDog]

lol, oh im sure there are plenty of people here who like what i like, just like there are plenty of people who dont.

i was referencing somebody's comment to me.

but that said, honestly i know enough about genres, except Metal, Emo and contemporary indy stuff. actually, im interested to see what bands are out there to listen to. always looking for inspiration.

FIND SOME INSPIRATION! WAY DOWN DEEP INSIDE OF YOU!

[Caspian]

24.14%.

SO CLOSE. I'll listen to heaps more doom metal and then I should beat Khar.

[Nodaisho]

Van, if there's one mistake I see newbies make on these forums all the time, it's thinking that we are one cohesive body.
Which may be sort of silly if you notice what thread I'm posting this in, but hardly any of us fit the "indie snob" stereotype that lots of newbies think we fit.

I thought that for a while too, but I lurked a lot before I started posting. Then I only posted maybe twenty-five posts in the first couple weeks. Kept me to less than the normal amount of foot-in-mouth moments. Remember, kids, Einstein says that keeping your mouth shut is the key to success. That and depriving yourself of sleep.

[Thrillho]

Basically, a band that really gets me going is somebody like Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Not just because they are a 'jam band' but the fact that everybody in that band has more talent on thier finger than i do in my body. thats the music i appreciate a lot. im not so into the indy thing that seems to be on these boards, but thats more to lack of exposure than taste though. generally speaking, illl enjoy everything. except metal, it just wont happen

I'm going to ignore your first paragraph, because you made the point that it was just your opinion of metal rather than the all-too-common 'x genre is shit,' and because of your charming list of people you make fun of.

However - you are making so many presumptions in this paragraph, even assuming that someone is going to sneer at a supposed jam band, whatever the hell that's about - plenty of bands jam. Lurk for longer. You'll enjoy everything, eh - does that mean you'll also enjoy everything I like? Including gangsta rap, hardcore punk, pop-punk, pop, trip-hop, alt-rock, country, psychedelia, prog-rock - I could go on. What so many people perceive as the 'everything' on this board, is by far not the everything.

As for your reasons for liking the Flectkones - more talent in their little finger, eh. Then you should at least respect metal bands. Most of them boast extraordinarily (well, less so these days) talented guitarists and drummers, and many more have great vocalists too.

[KharBevNor]

At this point the voices instruct me to post an Arcturus song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1QW5ZDhLM8

[bbqrocks]

Most of them boast extraordinarily (well, less so these days) talented guitarists and drummers, and many more have great vocalists too.

Indeed. The most technical drummers are metal drummers, aren't they?

Anyways, whenever someone says they like 'everything' I make them listen to a bit of speedcore, noise, drone and some free jazz (if I have any at the time). Normally the person doesn't like any of them. 

[Caspian]

Most of them boast extraordinarily (well, less so these days) talented guitarists and drummers, and many more have great vocalists too.

Indeed. The most technical drummers are metal drummers, aren't they?

Anyways, whenever someone says they like 'everything' I make them listen to a bit of speedcore, noise, drone and some free jazz (if I have any at the time). Normally the person doesn't like any of them. 

Hate it when people say that. Typically it means "I like everything as long as it's really accessible and bland"

[Spluff]

People also tend to say that when they want to 'fit in'. If they say they like everything then they are guaranteed not to clash genres with the other people.

[bbqrocks]

But in front of big music fans they will just look stupid.

[VanHorneDog]

I'm going to ignore your first paragraph, because you made the point that it was just your opinion of metal rather than the all-too-common 'x genre is shit,' and because of your charming list of people you make fun of.

However - you are making so many presumptions in this paragraph, even assuming that someone is going to sneer at a supposed jam band, whatever the hell that's about - plenty of bands jam. Lurk for longer. You'll enjoy everything, eh - does that mean you'll also enjoy everything I like? Including gangsta rap, hardcore punk, pop-punk, pop, trip-hop, alt-rock, country, psychedelia, prog-rock - I could go on. What so many people perceive as the 'everything' on this board, is by far not the everything.

As for your reasons for liking the Flectkones - more talent in their little finger, eh. Then you should at least respect metal bands. Most of them boast extraordinarily (well, less so these days) talented guitarists and drummers, and many more have great vocalists too.

yeah i do presume. it happens im young what can i do? not? probably. whatever. too many stupid people i know who bash others for musical taste, im probably to defensive for my own good.

oh i know some metal bands have talent. i mean look at Danny Carey and Bill Ward. I can respect what they do with drums, but im not into heavy distortion on guitar. I mean Wylde, Vai and Morello do blow me away.

EDIT: nvm

[SleeperCylon]

I heard an interesting idea for an algorithm that compares similarity of taste.  It was pertaining to 'Recommendation' algorithms on things like Amazon but it still applies.

Basically a neural network approach where the they don't look at just any sort of tags or whatever, but rather just look for subgroups of people which tend to like a lot of the same things.  The beauty of this approach is you wouldn't rely on any classification you make up, the middle layer of neurons is basically a 'black box' which only looks at the data and finds the constants that are most predictive of observed result.

Yeah, the classification 'alternative' has been meaningless ever since alternative went mainstream.

[Toba]

I heard an interesting idea for an algorithm that compares similarity of taste.  It was pertaining to 'Recommendation' algorithms on things like Amazon but it still applies.

Basically a neural network approach where the they don't look at just any sort of tags or whatever, but rather just look for subgroups of people which tend to like a lot of the same things.  The beauty of this approach is you wouldn't rely on any classification you make up, the middle layer of neurons is basically a 'black box' which only looks at the data and finds the constants that are most predictive of observed result.

Yeah, the classification 'alternative' has been meaningless ever since alternative went mainstream.

I recommend you read this paper: Analysis of Recommender Systems’ Algorithms.

[Eli]

47.9% for me, but I've also haven't used last.fm for awhile because my sister was using my last.fm player to find country music and was messing up my stats. Haha.

[Mister Arkadin]

93.12%
This worries me somewhat.

[bbqrocks]

Wow, mine has gone up 9%. I think we can blame that on the amounts of neutral milk hotel I have been listening to.

[Vanuch]

74.13%

did not expect that at all.

[sean]

Why does this thread still exist?

Why why why?