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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: kosmo vinyl on January 11, 2013, 02:43:44 pm
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http://obscurometer.com/
Clearly I have very "suspect" taste in music
<blanks> overall obscurity level is...
Bev Lee Harling - 88.6%
The Moons - 89.7%
Cliff Hillis - 92.8%
The World Record - 90.1%
Shoes - 82.9%
Milo Greene - 80.5%
Jets Overhead - 82.5%
The Stars Explode - 98.4%
The dBs - 92.5%
Tim Burgess - 86.4%
The Heartbreaks - 81.5%
The Primitives - 71.6%
Alto Verde - 98.9%
Jimmy Cliff - 51.0%
The Heavy - 62.9%
Saint Etienne - 54.9%
The Red Inspectors - 96.9%
Third Coast Kings - 93.5%
The Bamboos - 69.0%
Calibro 35 - 86.8%
Hannah William & The Tastemakers - 97.6%
The Monophonics - 96.5%
Kylie Auldist - 79.5%
Menahan Street Band - 76.9%
John Boutte - 89.9%
Elikeh - 96.9%
The Cactus Channel - 92.7%
Michael Kiwanuka - 68.7%
The Funk Ark - 93.1%
Lee Fields and the Expressions - 81.2%
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so they give you an overall score?
I'd love to see Azaghal do this and get a 100% obscure score.
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it's the band's "obscurity" level as determined via last.fm, i'm sure there is some mumbo jumbo going on with the final calculation.
The least obscure act is Coldplay- 0%
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I have no last.fm account.
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the obscure rating given an artist is based on other last.fm user's.
I'm assumed by this statistic
Average Artist Obscurity: 92.1%
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http://obscurometer.com/
Clearly I have very "suspect" taste in music
<blanks> overall obscurity level is...
Bev Lee Harling - 88.6%
The Moons - 89.7%
Cliff Hillis - 92.8%
The World Record - 90.1%
Shoes - 82.9%
Milo Greene - 80.5%
Jets Overhead - 82.5%
The Stars Explode - 98.4%
The dBs - 92.5%
Tim Burgess - 86.4%
The Heartbreaks - 81.5%
The Primitives - 71.6%
Alto Verde - 98.9%
Jimmy Cliff - 51.0%
The Heavy - 62.9%
Saint Etienne - 54.9%
The Red Inspectors - 96.9%
Third Coast Kings - 93.5%
The Bamboos - 69.0%
Calibro 35 - 86.8%
Hannah William & The Tastemakers - 97.6%
The Monophonics - 96.5%
Kylie Auldist - 79.5%
Menahan Street Band - 76.9%
John Boutte - 89.9%
Elikeh - 96.9%
The Cactus Channel - 92.7%
Michael Kiwanuka - 68.7%
The Funk Ark - 93.1%
Lee Fields and the Expressions - 81.2%
I think their system for detecting obscurity is pretty broken. Tim Burgess has had 3 #1 albums and 2 #2 albums in the UK as the lead singer of the Charlatans. I dont' think you can get much less obscure than him and yet he is rated at an 86.4 percent.
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the obscurity rating would be based on his two solo records not his Charlatans albums.
see also James - 51.5%
Tim Booth - 84.5%
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the obscurity rating would be based on his two solo records not his Charlatans albums.
see also James - 51.5%
Tim Booth - 84.5%
I think you have the term obscure confussed with how much someone like someone's music. People know who Tim Burgess is so he is not obscure. They choose not to listen to his solo work becuase they do not like and thus it is not reported on last fm.
Anyway the most obscure I could find by typing bands names in was "the bible" at 90.5%.
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since the "obscurity" appears to be based on number of times a track is scrobbled on last.fm... more people listen to the Charlatans/James than Tim Burgess/Tim Booth, thus the solo recordings are considered more obscure. I'm sure your going to find that for most side projects, that only the most diehard of fans tends to listen to them. And in the case of Tim Burgess his solo project is far different from what the Charlatans release, so it's going to appeal to less fans.
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further proof
Foo Fighters - 8.1%
Queens of the stone Age - 23.0%
Led Zeppelin - 18.9%
Them Crooked Vultures - 50%
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Artist Obscurity HoyaParanoia's Playcount
The Beatles 11.7% 906
The Magnetic Fields 47.9% 831
Bob Dylan 21.5% 701
Jens Lekman 54.2% 647
Drive-By Truckers 63.7% 632
The Replacements 56.8% 493
Belle and Sebastian 31.4% 445
The Rolling Stones 10.9% 441
M83 33.7% 414
Pavement 42.3% 392
Radiohead 3.1% 390
The Beach Boys 23.7% 388
Camera Obscura 45.8% 383
The Smiths 25.8% 347
Paul Simon 39.6% 336
Tom Waits 34.9% 331
The Decemberists 32.7% 296
Morrissey 38.6% 291
Wilco 37.4% 271
Ella Fitzgerald 34% 266
Charlie Parker 51.3% 266
Ryan Adams 41.1% 249
David Bowie 15.8% 246
Prefuse 73 55.1% 245
Cee Lo Green 46.5% 245
New Order 31.7% 238
The New Pornographers 47.9% 238
of Montreal 39.7% 231
The Byrds 39.8% 225
The Clash 24.8% 225
Pixies 25.2% 220
Against Me! 52.2% 220
Arcade Fire 22.7% 218
The Walkmen 46.5% 217
Ramones 29.8% 214
Miles Davis 35.2% 212
Superchunk 66.5% 212
Spoon 34.6% 209
Explosions in the Sky 40.3% 209
R.E.M. 18.2% 203
Creedence Clearwater Revival 24.9% 202
Elvis Costello & The... 56.6% 202
The Shins 23.4% 200
The Jam 46.9% 195
The Apples In Stereo 55.8% 195
The Cure 18.1% 194
Modest Mouse 22.7% 193
Guided by Voices 55% 193
Drake 19% 186
Yo La Tengo 42.8% 184
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This one is pretty accurate on the relative quality of the music produced:
Phil Collins: 31.7
Genesis 37.9
Peter Gabriel 39.4
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This only uses the top 50 artists from someones last fm account. So if the artists music isn't very good people most likely it won't make very many top 50 whether it is obscure or not.
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I don't listen to a lot of obscure stuff, I guess. My average was 39.9%.
Here are my most obscure:
God Is an Astronaut 51%
The Magic Numbers 52.6%
Neko Case 53.4%
Natalie Merchant 53.5%
Big Star 57.9%
Sleater-Kinney 60.3%
A.C. Newman 61.6%
The Dears 62.7%
The Rosebuds 68.1%
The Essex Green 71.6%
Robyn Hitchcock 74.1%
Pela 79.1%
Dead Heart Bloom 86.7%
ilyAIMY 95.9%
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natalie merchant?
this meter should have a "sucks big dick as well" rating
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My top artists are generally very mainstream.
My tastes are only more obscure than 21.3% of other users.
My favorite artists are 41.2% obscure on average.
Most obscure band listed: 9353 at 94.8%
My top artists over the 50% mark:
The Dismemberment Plan 63.3% 2174
Bob Mould 69.5% 879
Jerry Garcia Band 84.8% 874
The Slickee Boys 92.7% 871
The Fleshtones 80.5% 791
Hüsker Dü 58.2% 780
X 65.3% 713
Government Issue 80.6% 579
The Damned 57.5% 541
Washington Social Club 85.7% 493
Joe Jackson 57.8% 485
Beauty Pill 88.9% 483
The Rosebuds 68.1% 466
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists 54.8% 411
The Psychedelic Furs 54.3% 392
The Hold Steady 55% 366
Black Flag 52.2% 357
9353 94.8% 350
Barry Manilow 56.4% 329
The Replacements 56.8% 327
Pansy Division 81.7% 325
Meat Puppets 57.6% 324
I'm a little concerned that I've listened to more Barry Manilow than The Replacements. I'll fix that this week. :)
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My musical tastes are more obscure than 90.7% of all other users.
My overall favorite bands and artists are 73.7% obscure on average.
Slowdive 57% 194
Destroyalldreamers 77% 184
Malory 79% 181
Monster Movie 79.5% 175
Fleeting Joys 86.4% 165
Ride 60.8% 165
Hammock 60.1% 161
Swervedriver 72.3% 159
Trespassers William 69.2% 158
Air Formation 77.3% 151
The Daysleepers 76.9% 140
Chapterhouse 69.3% 126
Windermere 89.6% 123
Readymade 82.6% 120
The Radio Dept. 53.1% 119
Rachel Goswell 83.8% 114
Highspire 81.6% 112
Douglas Heart 84.5% 111
Hearts of Black Science 87% 109
My Bloody Valentine 45.5% 108
SIANspheric 89.4% 107
Mojave 3 71.9% 106
The Morning After Girls 74.8% 103
Skywave 78.3% 103
God Is an Astronaut 51% 101
The High Dials 85.2% 100
Massive Attack 21.1% 99
Phaser 91.6% 97
lovesliescrushing 80.1% 96
Ulrich Schnauss 57.3% 95
The High Violets 83.2% 94
Airiel 74.9% 94
Flavor Crystals 92.4% 91
January 89.5% 91
Spacemen 3 65.2% 90
Brian Eno 43.6% 90
Sennen 83.1% 86
Loop 79% 86
Spiritualized 54.8% 86
Dulcesky 92% 85
Experimental Aircraft 83.9% 85
Soundpool 81.5% 84
Lali Puna 57% 84
The Lassie Foundation 90.3% 81
Ivy 63.1% 81
Bowery Electric 77.3% 80
The Black Angels 62% 79
The Voices 87.9% 79
Blind Mr. Jones 84.5% 79
The Meeting Places 82.2% 78
What's not obvious is that my artist list is much longer than what my repeat plays would indicate. They often just don't get logged for a variety of reasons.
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My top artists are generally very mainstream.
The Slickee Boys 92.7% 871
The Fleshtones 80.5% 791
Government Issue 80.6% 579
9353 94.8% 350
i have seen these obscure artists (in 80's). I am guessing they arent very obscure on this board.
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Jaguar's list wins.
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Since I no longer use last.fm my list is just me putting in my favorite records of 2012 manually.
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Jaguar's list wins.
i guess you like british shoegazing bands from the early 90's.
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Not really. I listen to more of the nu-gaze/shoegaze bands currently (or recently) making music:
Malory
Fleeting Joys
Air Formation
The Daysleepers
The Radio Dept.
Highspire
The Morning After Girls
Skywave
God Is an Astronaut
The High Dials
lovesliescrushing
Ulrich Schnauss
Airiel
Sennen
Experimental Aircraft
Soundpool
The Black Angels
I have tried to get into the Classic shoegaze stuff, but do not like it as much as the new bands (I do not hate it, and have a ton of it in my collection). I could add another 70 bands to the above list of shoegaze and dreampop bands I dig more than the old bands.
(Also, i do realize not all of the aforementioned bands are shoegaze, they were the ones I dig most from Jag's list)
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^ Not showing up on my list but I'm sure you would agree with being represented are:
93MillionMilesFromTheSun
Presents For Sally
The Golden Awesome
The Fauns
Oh, and how in the world did SPC-ECO not show up there!?! I've listened to them a ton of times and love them like crazy. Maybe it's the multiple spellings of their name that skews the charts.
* The Golden Awesome's album was one of my very favorites for 2012. So sorry I could not make it to their show when they were in DC, especially since they came all the way from New Zealand. Probably never get that chance again. Love where I'm living but it's sure completely killed my show life. :'(
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LOL. Oh, my. Just entered The Golden Awesome into the meter and got this:
"95.8%
None of the users indexed by the Obscurometer have the golden awesome in their top 50 artists lists. Because of this, the Obscurometer can not show top listener data for this artist."
Guess I need to go do something about that for them.
Not sure what I find odder, my general obsurity level or how many people I know in the listener lists for the more obscure bands. Goes to show that we all kind of stick together.
Also, I think Kosmo deserves recognition and I too would love to see Az's list. Too bad he deleteed his account a long time ago. The only reason he wouldn't get a 100% would be due to that pesky My Bloody Valentine becoming so Mainstream, sort of, since their tour. Somebody always has to ruin things. ;)