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[RobbieOC]

Like any normal college student, I spend most of my days stalking my friends via facebook feed. Here's something I saw recently that I found rather humorous:



Coldplay is now their own genre of music. At least, in Oklahoma City. Yes, OKC invents genres.

[amok]

well I guess they're too boring for any conventional labels to convey

[michaelicious]

I am personally more interested in that steal of a deal at Pier 1.

[Liz]

It's a steal, yes, but the chair looks kind of ugly so I wouldn't really call it a deal.

[Ocarina654]

Facebook isn't smart enough to pick out bands or genres, it just chooses the words that are most used in people's "music" section in their profile.

But yeah that is kinda funny.

[RobbieOC]

Facebook isn't smart enough to pick out bands or genres, it just chooses the words that are most used in people's "music" section in their profile.

But yeah that is kinda funny.

Well, it kind of implies that there was more Coldplay than the entire genre of R&B, in that case. Which seems weird. And sad.

[Liz]

Sad is the list of top music in one of my networks.

1 Country
2 Rock
3 Rap
4 Jack Johnson
5 Sublime
6 Hinder
7 Incubus
8 Pink Floyd
9 Nirvana
10 Nickelback

[RobbieOC]

Sad is the list of top music in one of my networks.

1 Country
2 Rock
3 Rap
4 Jack Johnson
5 Sublime
6 Hinder
7 Incubus
8 Pink Floyd
9 Nirvana
10 Nickelback

I like Jack Johnson. Hinder is from OKC... bleh. Yay OKC!

[Scandanavian War Machine]

hey, Incubus used to be a really good band. i can't speak for their last two or three albums since i haven't heard them but the ones i have are fantastic.

[Kai]

Dave Matthews Band was number two in my network.

 I hate this place

[squawk]

I think my school's is pretty good:

1    Beatles
2    Anything...except Most Country(some Are Acceptions)
3    Anything That Does Not Have Some Guy Screaming In It
4    And Some Rap
5    And Anything That Has More Than One Line Repeated Over And Over Again In The Song
6    And A Lot More
7    All Kinds
8    Akkurat N??; Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
9    A Lot
10    *i Listen To Variety But These Are Just My Favorites Dashboard Confessional Death Cab For Cutie The Fray The Killers Linkin Park Michelle Branch Postal Service Taking Back Sunday

[onewheelwizzard]

1    U2
2    Coldplay
3    Radiohead
4    Led Zeppelin
5    Counting Crows
6    Billy Joel
7    Green Day
8    Ben Folds
9    The Killers
10    Red Hot Chili Peppers

UPenn is disappointingly predictable in this regard.  I personally live in an oasis of obscure music lovers/performers but the majority of the school is, well, what you'd expect from looking at the above list.

[RobbieOC]

My new favorite genre of music is And Some Rap.

[Kai]

"*i Listen To Variety But These Are Just My Favorites Dashboard Confessional Death Cab For Cutie The Fray The Killers Linkin Park Michelle Branch Postal Service Taking Back Sunday" is oddly specific

[kablaaamo]

Alright, here's my school's list too:

1    Radiohead
2    The Beatles
3    Pink Floyd
4    U2
5    Neil Young
6    Led Zeppelin
7    The Fray
8    Coldplay
9    Jack Johnson
10    Nirvana

A lot better than it could be....but damn, I am entirely unaware of this band 'The Fray'. Out of the loop, I guess.

[MusicScribbles]

I go to a high school. Here is the music it listens to.

Top Music
1 John Mayer
2 Jack Johnson
3 Fall Out Boy
4 Coldplay
5 Ben Folds
6 Dave Mathews
7 Classical
8 Chris Brown
9 Cartel
10 Blink 182

Now, I have a feeling that this isn't talking about this Chris Brown:


Or this Chris Brown:


But instead, this Chris Brown:

[Yakob]

Sackville High's top 10:

1 Rap
2 Rock
3 Pink Floyd
4 Country
5 Aerosmith
6 Ac/dc
7 Our Lady Peace
8 Metal
9 Kiss
10 Hip Hop

Apparently not a lot of people like being specific.


Edit: The top 10 books list is even better

1 Harry Potter
2 Eragon
3 Angels And Demons
4 Twilight
5 Books Suck
6 Lol
7 I Hate Reading
8 Gossip Girl Series
9 Eldest
10 Deception Point

[KharBevNor]

This is what I get for going to art college:

Top Music

1 Muse
2 The Killers
3 Counting Crows
4 Bloc Party
5 The Fratellis
6 Snow Patrol
7 Radiohead
8 Kings Of Leon
9 Incubus
10 Coldplay

Top Movies

1 Pulp Fiction
2 Donnie Darko
3 Requiem For A Dream
4 Leon
5 Kill Bill
6 Anchorman
7 Lord Of The Rings
8 Fight Club
9 Edward Scissorhands
10 Back To The Future

Donnie Darko at 2 just kills me.

Only real glimmer of hope:

Top Books

1 His Dark Materials
2 Harry Potter
3 Time Travellers Wife
4 The Beach
5 Stardust
6 Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere
7 Memoirs Of A Geisha
8 Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
9 Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep
10 Da Vinci Code

His Dark Materials higher than Harry Potter, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas higher than Da Vinci Code, Do Androids Dream of Electric sheep even being on the list...yes, we can work with this.

[MusicScribbles]

I'm envious Khar. This is off topic, but a relatable tangent.

Top Movies
1 Titanic
2 Remember The Titans
3 Love Actually
4 Garden State
5 All You've Got
6 All Kevin Smith Movies
7 Accepted
8 A Warriors Journey
9 A Walk To Remember
10 A Lot Of Comedies And Actions

Top Books
1 Catcher In The Rye
2 D-day
3 Cut
4 Catch 22 & The Stand
5 Bronx Masquerade
6 Battle Cry Of Freedom
7 Anything Related To Military
8 Anything By Henry Rollins Or George Carlin
9 A Great And Terrible Beauty
10 -the Stand -life Expectancy -the Dark Tower Series -the Inferno -tick Tock -cathcer In The Rye -the Zombie Survival Handbook -the Talisman

I like A Lot Of Comedies And Actions
.
I agree with CitR, Catch 22, and the Zombie Survival Handbook though, but most people in my school don't even fill out the Favorite Books part of their profile.

[thehollow]

where does it show these lists?

[Ally]

48.  Coldplay is not a genre.  Coldplay is not music.   Coldplay is the devil.

[sean]

What really confuses me is how Coldplay manages to find its way not only on one list, but practically every single god damned list.

This shouldn't be possible. Obviously our species is simply doomed.

[RobbieOC]

What really confuses me is how Coldplay manages to find its way not only on one list, but practically every single god damned list.

This shouldn't be possible. Obviously our species is simply doomed.

Also, the Killers are on lots of lists.

[thehollow]

Nevermind, found em:

My college network:
Top Music
1. Jack Johnson
2. Incubus
3. Coldplay
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. Rascal Flatts
6. Country
7. Green Day
8. John Mayer
9. The Beatles
10. Guster

ugh i hate the people at my school, no one here listens to good music. Everytime I meet new people I bring up what music I like and they either have no idea who I'm talking about or think I'm strange because I don't like jack johnson and dave matthews.

[ruyi]

guys why does it make you angry that popular music is popular?

i don't understand.

[ImRonBurgundy?]

The Evergreen State College GO!

Top Music
1. Pink Floyd
2. Radiohead
3. The Clash
4. Led Zeppelin
5. Jimi Hendrix
6. Bob Marley
7. Bob Dylan
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers
9. Queen
10. Nirvana

Better than I expected.  I especially appreciate The Clash being all the way up at #3, and Queen being on the list.

Top Movies
1. Fight Club
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Amelie
4. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
5. Donnie Darko
6. The Big Lebowski
7. Sin City
8. Garden State
9. Boondock Saints
10. Little Miss Sunshine

This seems pretty much par for the course as far as colleges go.

Top Books
1. 1984
2. On The Road
3. Dharma Bums
4. Siddhartha
5. Naked Lunch
6. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
7. Fahrenheit 451
8. Catch-22
9. Candide
10. A Farewell To Arms

Damn, Kerouac is popular here.  Also, I feel good knowing I contributed to Catch-22's presence on this thing.

[Joseph]

Naked Lunch that high blows my mind.  Did enough people actually make it through that book to get it on such a list?

[Tago Mago]

At least, in Oklahoma City. Yes, OKC invents genres.

Hurray for unintended double meanings!

(Maybe the association between 'OKC' and 'OK Computer' isn't as strong for people who don't waste as much time as I do on Ateaseweb.)

[MusicScribbles]

Maybe Naked Lunch was a part of an English course? I simply cannot imagine so many people reading it and subsequently liking it. I'm surprised that I like it.
I guess college kids are naturally more complex then us high school kids.

[KickThatBathProf]

At least, in Oklahoma City. Yes, OKC invents genres.

Hurray for unintended double meanings!

(Maybe the association between 'OKC' and 'OK Computer' isn't as strong for people who don't waste as much time as I do on Ateaseweb.)

Oh good, I wasn't the only one who thought OK Computer when that was said.

By the way...

1 Jack Johnson
2 Incubus
3 Coldplay
4 Red Hot Chili Peppers
5 Rascal Flatts
6 Country
7 Green Day
8 John Mayer
9 The Beatles
10 Guster

Ouch...

[Tom]

Maybe Naked Lunch was a part of an English course? I simply cannot imagine so many people reading it and subsequently liking it. I'm surprised that I like it.
I guess college kids are naturally more complex then us high school kids.

That's what i think.

Facebook hasn't really overtaken, or shown any impact on myspace yet. So not yet a problem down here.

OMG web browser recognises myspace!!

[supersheep]

A lot better than it could be....but damn, I am entirely unaware of this band 'The Fray'. Out of the loop, I guess.

Do you know how lucky you are?

[GenericName]

OH GOD PLAY YELLOW ONE MORE TIME AND I MAY JUST GO ON A MASSACRE

A guy in my band is under the impression that when we're "practicing", aka covering songs for fun, Coldplay is an acceptable choice.

And, here's my high school's favorite music:
1    Coldplay
2    R&b
3    Rap
4    Pink Floyd
5    Hip Hop
6    Weezer
7    Rock
8    Red Hot Chili Peppers
9    Queen
10    Maroon 5
What oddballs we have.

[SusurrusIgnoramus]

UPenn is disappointingly predictable in this regard.

possibly, but your acapella group is fucking AMAZING!

[Ballard]

Top Music

1 R&b
2 Rap
3 Hip Hop
4 Coldplay
5 Reggae
6 U2
7 Rock
8 The Beatles
9 Radiohead
10 The Killers

1 Harry Potter
2 Catcher In The Rye
3 The Great Gatsby
4 To Kill A Mockingbird
5 The Bible
6 The Alchemist
7 Angels And Demons
8 1984
9 Memoirs Of A Geisha
10 The Da Vinci Code

God damn that's depressing.

On the Kerouack thing, people often add things they've never read/seen/listened to to their favorites for the cool points (see: Pulp Fiction). Kerouack's books are definitely in that category of things.

[Johnny C]

I don't know how things are in New York but here there aren't a lot of people who've heard of Kerouack, and those that would don't really have the patience to bullshit an author they haven't read.

[Houdinimachine]

Ugh... you can tell almost 3/4 of my school are lib arts females...

1    The Killers
2    Coldplay
3    Sublime
4    Rolling Stones
5    Incubus
6    Electronica
7    Deftones
8    Damien Rice
9    Country
10  Classic Rock


Thankfully, the TV Show list at least includes Arrested Development, but then, we actually have an Arrested Development fan club at my university.

You know how I know it's the females that are making this all twisty?

1    Love Actually
2    Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
3    Top Gun
4    Pulp Fiction
5    Mean Girls
6    Hitch
7    Fight Club
8    The Departed
9    Lord Of The Rings
10    Garden State

Top Gun just... man... that came out of nowhere.

[SeanBateman]

I don't have a facebook.

[TheFuriousWombat]

Here at good 'ole Bard College:

Top Music (call us hipster now. This list demonstrates anything but):
1. Ok Go
2. The Beatles
3. Radiohead
4. Pink Floyd
5. Nine Inch Nails
6. Fatboy Slim
7. Christina Aguilera
8. Elvis Costello
9. Elton John
10. Dar Williams

Top Movies (A fairly depressing list as well):
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Fight Club
3. Brokeback Mountain
4. Serenity
5. Pirates Of The Caribbean
6. Moulin Rouge
7. Monty Python
8. Garden State
9. Amadeus
10. 12 Monkeys

Top TV:
1. House
2. Grey's Anatomy
3. Lost
4. Firefly
5. Arrested Development
6. South Park
7. Seinfeld
8. Prison Break
9. Metalocalypse
10. Family Guy

Top Books (Another fairly depressing list):
1. Running With Scissors
2. Pride And Prejudice
3. Harry Potter
4. Ada Or Ardor
5. A Vindication Of The Rights Of Women
6. A Tale Of Two Cities
7. A Song Of Ice And Fire
8. A Prayer For Owen Meany
9. A People's History Of The United States
10. Brave New World

[Joseph]

TheFuriousWombat, your book list is better than pretty much all the others posted purely in that it has Austen and Nabokov in the top 5.  I mean, my school's list looks like this:

1.  Harry Potter
2.  The Alchemist
3.  1984
4.  To Kill A Mockingbird
5.  Pride And Prejudice
6.  Memoirs Of A Geisha
7.  Lord Of The Rings
8.  Catcher In The Rye
9.  Le Petit Prince
(Doesn't say a number 10, for whatever reason)

That list really, really makes me sad.

[redphoenix11]

RIT's list kind of sucks...

1     Sublime
2     Jack Johnson
3     Coldplay
4     Tool
5     Queen
6     Green Day
7     The Fray
8     Incubus
9     Foo Fighters
10   Metallica

[RobbieOC]

RIT's list kind of sucks...

1     Sublime
2     Jack Johnson
3     Coldplay
4     Tool
5     Queen
6     Green Day
7     The Fray
8     Incubus
9     Foo Fighters
10   Metallica

I've heard someone describe Tool as "the Beatles of my generation" to someone. I don't care much either way about Tool (cause I've never listened to them), but I feel pretty strongly that this statement is inaccurate.

[Patrick]

Ugh... you can tell almost 3/4 of my school are lib arts females...

1    The Killers
2    Coldplay
3    Sublime
4    Rolling Stones
5    Incubus
6    Electronica
7    Deftones
8    Damien Rice
9    Country
10  Classic Rock

HAHA HOLY SHIT you just named my sister. You even got the major and EVERYTHING.

[qiZzer]

Ithaca college list is at least has some good band, like bob Dylan but that destroyed by the fact that  Ben folds is in the list
1.Sublime
2.Jack Johnson
3.Queen
4.Dispatch
5.Bob Marley
6.Red Hot Chili Peppers
7.Goo Goo Dolls
8.Guster
9.Bob Dylan
10.Ben Folds

Books (was I the only one who hated the giver with a passion?)

1.The Great Gatsby
2.To Kill A Mockingbird
3.Brave New World
4. Harry Potter
5.1984
6.The Giver
7.Pride And Prejudice
8.Othello
9.On The Road
10.Kite Runner

[Phaedra]

Good Lord, the top books for my university are depressing.

1 Harry Potter
2 Lord Of The Rings
3 To Kill A Mockingbird
4 The Da Vinci Code
5 Lotr
6 1984
7 Jane Eyre
8 Harry Potter Series
9 Genome(matt Ridley)

...Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings making two entries each!?

[MusicScribbles]

Top Music

1 R&b
2 Rap
3 Hip Hop

This is amusing.

Also:

Do you know how lucky you are?

[Tom]

5.Bob Marley

5 Reggae

Top Music

6. Bob Marley

WTF Bob Marely? I just don't get reggae.
The "musos" and their weird-ass friends at my school are starting to really get into Bob Marley and Reggae in general. It's really annoying and kinda of ridiculous. For example one of the musos who pretends to be a bogan has strated refferinf to Marley as Bobos Marleos thinking that it sounds really edgy and cool while being funny. Ha,  Keep dreaming PB!

[Patrick]

I hate it when cliques suddenly switch directions like schools of herring. That totally ruins my Marley love.

[Narr]

Off topic, but I find it strange you have a friend named Casey who's birthday is tomorrow.

Because my name is Casey and my birthday is tomorrow.

[squawk]

I do not think this thread ever really had a topic anyway.