Dienstag, 22. Mai 2007, 3:43

Which isn't yet a word, but probably should be …

Another one of those last.fm tests that are floating around. Written by aliekens who also has posted an interesting discussion comparing his script to a virus. I can see where he's coming from if the link is automated from a profile, so I'll settle with a 'static' post and only link to artists i chat about !

I was at first surprised at the rating, given that a lot of my music tastes fall into certain categories (i.e. intelligent 80s aussie guitar band, cool french stuff, indie before it became alternative and New Zealand jingle jangle, (it looks like I just invented some tags I'm going to have to retro-fit to my music) - but it's just the last group that help pull down the score, with The Clean equal top scoring with 3 top 20 matches, and The Chills, Chris Knox, Straitjacket Fits and The Bats all scoring 2 each. It's probably time I checked out The Arcade Fire as well.

And how the hell did a-ha get in there !?!?!

Here's the generated result:

Take your top 20 artists. For each of these artists, collect the top 5 similar artists. The resulting number of unique artists is your eclectic score. If the score is small (extreme = 5) your musical preferences are very limited, and if it is large (larger than 80, extreme = 100), then you have an eclectic musical preference. You can compute your own score at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/eclectic.php

My eclectic score is currently

85/100

The 85 related artists for my profile are 3Ds, AIR, Arctic Monkeys, Bailter Space, Beck, Belle and Sebastian (2), Ben Harper, Bloc Party (2), Bob Marley, Brigitte Bardot, Buena Vista Social Club, Chris Knox (2), Cold Chisel, Coldplay, David Bridie, De-Phazz, Depeche Mode, Died Pretty, Duran Duran, Echo & The Bunnymen, Eskimo Joe, Felt, Finn Brothers, France Gall, Françoise Hardy, Gondwanaland, Gorillaz, Grinspoon, Hunters & Collectors (2), Jacques Brel, Jacques Dutronc, Joy Division, Kaiser Chiefs, Kings of Convenience, La Rue Kétanou, Les Ogres de Barback, Louise Attaque, Machine Gun Fellatio, Mano Negra, Massive Attack, Mickey 3d, Midnight Oil, My Friend the Chocolate Cake, Neil Finn, New Order, Not Drowning Waving, Oasis, Orange Juice (2), Pet Shop Boys, Powderfinger, R.E.M., Radiohead (2), Red Hot Chili Peppers, Regurgitator, Roxette, Sneaky Feelings, Sonic Youth, Split Enz (2), St. Germain, Straitjacket Fits (2), Tears for Fears, Television Personalities, The Arcade Fire (3), The Bats (2), The Beatles, The Chills (2), The Clean (3), The Cruel Sea, The Cure, The Fall, The Field Mice, The Go-Betweens, The House of Love, The Pastels, The Velvet Underground, The Verlaines, The Wedding Present, The Whitlams, Thievery Corporation, Tosca, Tryo, U2 (2), Xavier Rudd, You Am I, a-ha

Here's a link to my top artists, although the list may not be the same as the one that generated the above list !