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"audioscrobbler: a cool thing to join"

[URL]http://www.audioscrobbler.com[/URL]

Download a plugin for your favourite mp3 player, and audioscrobbler keeps a record of all the songs you play EVER on its website. This is good because it lets you know how cool your taste actually is, as opposed to how cool you think it is, by generating weekly and all-time charts. This is my page: [URL]http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/unknownkernel/[/URL] I've been doing it for ages and the most I've ever listened to a song is 7 times. Surprising. And my favourite song is apparently M'Gell by Ultrakurt, which I've never heard of but turns out to be a song on a mix CD I have.

Anyway, the coolest thing is that everything is linked. Click on a song in your profile and you get a list of other people who love that tune, or listen to it a lot because they really hate it. Click on an artist and you get a list of their most popular songs. Click on a user and you see all their fave tunes, plus what they're listening to RIGHT NOW. Woo! You can also get reccommendations based on what you listen to - like amazon except that it works, and throws up things you've never heard of.

And and and you can make your own groups, and I have very cleverly made a special reserve one for you to join [URL]http://www.audioscrobbler.com/group/Special%2BReserve[/URL] Groups with 10 or more members get weekly charts, so Special Reserve would have its very own number one.

So, yes, you should all join.

Flock wrote:
> What i'm complaining about is the lack of suprise, it's all generic
> teen stuff, very much of the moment, i was hoping for tastes to be a
> bit more widespread, as in not from the last 10 years. Most of the
> stuff on that list is very of the moment and i'd rather people
> expanded their knowledge than just follow everyone else.

That's a poor reason. You shouldn't be allowed to appreciate good music because it's recent? That's nothing but blatant musical snobbery.

My music isn't on there.

So.

Flock wrote:
> Absolutely but i think if you were to think up a standard list of
> stuff teenagers listen to most of it would be on that list.

The weekly chart thingy is pretty bad apart from Radiohead, The Mars Volta, Satch and Zeppelin.

MJ wrote:
> You know why that is? Because a majority of the people who are in the
> group are pretty normal (admitedly not all of them) teenagers
> so it's not really a surprise.

Yep i know that(I know that "Not all of them comment" was aimed at me, grrr etc and all that crap ;))

> On another not, my music taste is shared by many people I meet on the
> internet, but it certainly isn't shared by very many people I know in
> real life which I am thankful for. Saying this, it's probably because
> of the area I live in.

What i'm complaining about is the lack of suprise, it's all generic teen stuff, very much of the moment, i was hoping for tastes to be a bit more widespread, as in not from the last 10 years. Most of the stuff on that list is very of the moment and i'd rather people expanded their knowledge than just follow everyone else.

Flock wrote:

> Absolutely but i think if you were to think up a standard list of
> stuff teenagers listen to most of it would be on that list.

You know why that is? Because a majority of the people who are in the group are pretty normal (admitedly not all of them) teenagers so it's not really a surprise.

On another note, my music taste is shared by many people I meet on the internet, but it certainly isn't shared by very many people I know in real life which I am thankful for. Saying this, it's probably because of the area I live in.

Thank you :)

I can't get onto it either.

Bob_The_Moose wrote:
> My taste sucks the most.

I dont know, i can't access the site at the moment but if it does i forgive you because i like your name.

My taste sucks the most.

MJ wrote:
> Opinion.

Absolutely but i think if you were to think up a standard list of stuff teenagers listen to most of it would be on that list.

Opinion.