10 - Beatles
5 - good
0 - sarah Mclachlan

damosuzuki said:

So that 3 you gave Blondie doesn't necessarily mean you dislike them?

I agree with you about the zero.

!!!!!

i hit post and nothing came up... i'm so

i'm done...

Moonbeam said:

Yeah, you could call that a 'not overtly hostile - mainly indifferent' grade.

CHIC0 said:

That's terrible.

K-M:

KC and The Sunshine Band : 6
Keane : 1
Kelis : 6
Kelly, R. : 2
Keys, Alicia : 3
Khan, Chaka : 5
Kid Rock : 0
Killers, The : 3
King, B.B. : 7
King, Evelyn "Champagne" : 7
Kinks, The : 7
Kiss : 2
KLF, The : 6
Knack, The : 6
Knife, The : 6
Kool and The Gang : 5
Korn : 1
Kraftwerk : 9
Kravitz, Lenny : 5
Lamb : 2
Lang, k.d. : 3
LA's, The : 6
Lauper, Cyndi : 8
Lavigne, Avril : 1
LCD Soundsystem : 8
Led Zeppelin : 4
Legend, John : 0
Lennon, John : 0
Lennox, Annie : 10
Lewis and The News, Huey : 4
Lil' Jon and The Eastside Boyz : 0
Linkin Park : 0
Lipps Inc. : 7
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force : 7
Little Richard : 7
Live : 0
Living Colour : 8
LL Cool J : 8
Loeb, Lisa & Nine Stories : 6
Los Del Rio : 0
Los Lobos : 2
Love & Rockets : 7
L'Trimm : 2
Ludacris : 1
Lumidee : 0
Lynyrd Skynyrd : 0
M : 7
M83 : 8
Ma$e : 0
Madness : 6
Madonna : 10
Mamas and the Papas, The : 2
Mann, Aimee : 6
Manson, Marilyn : 3
Marillion : 7
Markie, Biz : 5
Martin, Ricky : -1
Massive Attack : 4
Matthews Band, Dave : 0
Mayfield, Curtis : 7
Mazzy Star : 7
MC Hammer : 5
McCartney, Paul : 0
McLachlan, Sarah : 0
McLean, Don : 1
Meat Loaf : 4
Megadeth : 4
Mellencamp, John Cougar : 1
Men at Work : 6
Metallica : 8
Michael, George : 9
Midler, Bette : 7
Midnight Oil : 5
Miller, Glenn : 1
Ministry : 6
Minogue, Kylie : 10
Mitchell, Joni : 3
Moby : 1
Modern English : 7
Modest Mouse : 7
Monkees, The : 0
Morcheeba : 6
Morissette, Alanis : 3
Moroder, Giorgio : 8
Morrison, Mark : 5
Morrissey : 9
Motley Crue : 9
Mtume : 8
Muse : 6
My Chemical Romance : 7
My Morning Jacket : 5

damosuzuki said:

I'd actually be incredibly interested to hear your thoughts on each of my top 20 artists. I know that makes me a wanker.

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Moonbeam said:

not at all.

I'd love to take a crack at it - just a question of making the time so that I could put genuine effort into it. I came home relatively early tonight (6:30) because I actually fell asleep in my office after work while listening to the lectures I'd saved on my office hard-drive. If I get a lot accomplished Saturday I'll hopefully be able to reserve a good portion of Sunday for some quality time: IE list-making and orging.

i started doing the Bs but damn it i'm tired

N.E.R.D. : 8
Nas : 4
Naughty by Nature : 5
Nelly : 1
Neville Brothers, The : 0
Neville, Aaron : 0
New Kids on the Block : 0
New Order : 10
New York Dolls : 6
Newton-John, Olivia : 7
Nicks, Stevie : 7
Nico : 8
Nine Inch Nails : 6
Nirvana : 8
No Doubt : 8
Notorious B.I.G. : 5
NSYNC : 1
Numan, Gary : 7
Oasis : 0
O'Connor, Sin�ad : 7
Offspring, The : 5
Ol' Dirty Bastard : 5
OMC : 0
Orbison, Roy : 3
Osbourne, Joan : 0
Osbourne, Ozzy : 5
Osmonds, The : 0
OutKast : 7
Palmer, Robert : 7
Pantera : 1
Papa Roach : 5
Parliament/Funkadelic : 9
Peaches : 8
Pearl Jam : 2
Pebbles : 5
Peniston, CeCe : 0
Pet Shop Boys : 8
Petty, Tom : 8
Phair, Liz : 9
Phish : 0
Pink : 0
Pink Floyd : 0
Pixies : 3
PM Dawn : 7
Pointer Sisters, The : 6
Police, The : 7
Polyphonic Spree, The : 0
Pop, Iggy : 7
Pras : 1
Presley, Elvis : 2
Pretenders : 9
Prince : 10
Prodigy, The : 6
Public Enemy : 6
Puff Daddy : 0

Anx said:

Q, Stacey : 6
Q-Tip : 7
Quad City DJ's : 5
Queen : 3
Queen Latifah : 6
Queensryche : 5
R.E.M. : 5
Raitt, Bonnie : 5
Ramones : 8
Rapture, The : 7
Red Hot Chili Peppers : 8
Redding, Otis : 7
Reed, Lou : 9
REO Speedwagon : 3
Richman, Jonathan/The Modern Lovers : 7
Right Said Fred : 1
Robin S. : 5
Robinson, Smokey : 6
Rolling Stones, The : 4
Romantics, The : 6
Romeo Void : 8
Ronstadt, Linda : 5
Ross, Diana : 4
Roxy Music : 10
Royksopp : 6
Run-D.M.C. : 7
Sade : 10
Salt 'n' Pepa : 10
Santana : 5
Scissor Sisters : 6
Scott, Jill : 1
Seal : 6
Seger, Bob : 5
Semisonic : 1
Sex Pistols : 6
Shaggy : 3
Shakespear's Sister : 6
Shannon : 6
Sheila E. : 8
Siberry, Jane : 1
Sigur Ros : 8
Simon and Garfunkel : 1
Simon, Carly : 2
Simone, Nina : 7
Simply Red : 0
Sinatra, Frank : 0
Siouxsie and The Banshees : 7
Sir Mix-A-Lot : 4
Sisqo : 2
Sister Sledge : 3
Sisters of Mercy, The : 5
Slick Rick : 7
Slipknot : 0
Sly and the Family Stone : 5
Smash Mouth : 0
Smashing Pumpkins, The : 4
Smith, Patti : 8
Smiths, The : 10
Snap! : 7
Snoop Doggy Dogg : 7
Snow : 1
Snow Patrol : 6
Soft Cell : 8
Soul Asylum : 1
Soul II Soul : 6
Soundgarden : 6
Spandau Ballet : 6
Sparxxx, Bubba : 0
Spears, Britney : 1
Spice Girls : 0
Spin Doctors : 0
Springsteen, Bruce : 4
Squeeze : 5
Stansfield, Lisa : 0
Stefani, Gwen : 7
Stereo MC's : 6
Stereolab : 7
Stewart, Rod : 7
Sting : 6
Stone Temple Pilots : 6
Stooges, The : 7
Streisand, Barbra : 0
Strokes, The : 10
Sublime : 0
Sugababes : 2
Sugarcubes, The : 7
Sugarhill Gang, The : 6
Sum 41 : 0
Summer, Donna : 9
Supremes, The : 2
Sweat, Keith : 1
SWV : 7
System of a Down : 0

Moonbeam said:

I think I might find this more shocking than your Beatles disdain. Why do you hate sinatra?

T. Rex : 7
t.A.T.u. : 2
T.I. : 5
Take That : 1
Talk Talk : 6
Talking Heads : 7
Taylor, James : 4
Tears for Fears : 6
Technotronic : 8
Television : 8
Temptations, The : 4
They Might Be Giants : 2
Third Eye Blind : 0
Thomas, Rob : 0
Thompson Twins : 5
Til Tuesday : 6
Timberlake, Justin : 0
Time, The : 9
TLC : 9
Tom Tom Club : 8
Ton� Loc : 5
Tony! Toni! Ton�! : 6
Toto : 6
Traveling Wilburys : 1
Travis : 2
Tricky : 5
Truth Hurts : 5
Tubeway Army : 7
Turner, Tina : 5
TV on the Radio : 6
Twain, Shania : 0
Twista : 0
Twisted Sister : 3
Tyler, Bonnie : 7
U2 : 9
UB40 : 0
US 3 : 7
USA for Africa : 2
Usher : 2
Van Halen : 5
Vapors, The : 6
Vega, Suzanne : 5
Velvet Underground, The : 9
Veruca Salt : 7
Village People, The : 2
Vines, The : 5
Wainwright, Rufus : 1
Waitresses, The : 6
Wallflowers, The : 0
War : 6
Ward, Anita : 6
Warren G : 5
Weezer : 2
West, Kanye : 3
Wham! : 4
White Stripes, The : 6
White Zombie : 5
White, Barry : 6
White, Karyn : 6
Whitesnake : 6
Who, The : 1
Wild Cherry : 5
Williams, Pharrell : 8
Williams, Robbie : 1
Wolf Parade : 8
Womack and Womack : 7
Wonder, Stevie : 10
Wreckx N' Effect : 7
X : 7
Xiu Xiu : 7
Yazoo : 8
Yeah Yeah Yeahs : 9
Young M.C. : 6
ZZ Top : 3

damosuzuki said:

I don't hate him at all- I think his voice is fine. But I don't like that kind of music at all. So my rating is a reflection of that more than anything. I'm much, much, much more likely to like or dislike something because of the instrumentation than the lyrics/vocals.

damosuzuki said:

I should also mention that I might have been a little harsher on some artists because I was aiming for a 5 mean and median - that likely resulted in me downgrading some marks. I might take some time tomorrow to review and revise this.

edit - i hope you noticed that I was trying to impress you with my stats talk.
[Edited 5/3/07 20:15pm]

damosuzuki said:

I just did a statistical analysis of my picks.

My average rating came out to 4.79 with a median of 6 and a mode of 7, so my distribution is definitely skewed to the left. Here are the frequencies of my picks.

0: 80
1: 57
2: 46
3: 25
4: 24
5: 67
6: 90
7: 118
8: 49
9: 26
10: 27

This shows me that when I dislike something, I tend to really dislike it (note the relatively few ratings of 3 and 4 compared to 0-2).

Moonbeam said:

I noticed that there were a lot of zeroes in your lists - quite skewed to the left as you said. I suspect mine followed a more standard distribution. gimme a minute...

bah - I stupidly closed my excel sheet without saving it. I have an earlier version that I adjusted only slightly before posting the version above from which I summarized the following.



0 Count - 1
0.5 Count - 6
1 Count - 11
1.5 Count - 9
2 Count - 24
2.5 Count - 8
3 Count - 40
3.5 Count - 11
4 Count - 78
4.5 Count - 7
5 Count - 71
5.5 Count - 30
6 Count - 126
6.5 Count - 42
7 Count - 62
7.5 Count - 37
8 Count - 33
8.5 Count - 20
9 Count - 12
9.5 Count - 9
9.6 Count - 1
9.9 Count - 1
10 count 3

damosuzuki said:

Indeed, and by the way, I lumped Ricky Martin's score of -1 in with the zeroes. A histogram of my distribution looks like quite a fun rollercoaster!

Why are y'all doin' this? No-one will check all of your ratings!

...at least not me...

Cheek said:

I have been reading them all.

Moonbeam said:

Oh, then have a nice trip!

My lord.

boring thread

Let me see see...someone gave jamiroquai 10?

Too many!!!!

MikeMatronik said:

You're just mad because that lame-ass Mika isn't on the list.