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Old 06-20-2009, 06:54 PM   #803 (permalink)
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And Neapolitan, 'irregardless' is a cringe-worthy word.
Sorry, I've should had said 'irrespective and regardless of the poll numbers...'

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The last few pages (I have 30 ppp) have been comedic gold. Anyways I've worked out a formula that relates relative intelligence to eventual band preference.

It's quite simple.

B=-(X-C-T)
and R=(X+C+T)

Where B is Love for the Beatles
R is Love for the Rolling Stones
X is intelligence
C is common sense
and T is taste
as such negative intelligence, common sense and taste leads to a large love for the beatles, and vice versa.
You were so close to XTC as an equation man that would have been something, R = (X+T+C), but XTC would have been a stranger comparison The Rolling Stones then Poison, who's the numby numb nuts that thought of "R.S. V. P." anyway??

And your Beatles equation,B=-(X-C-T), should be simplified to B=(C+T-X) algebraically speaking.

I thouhgt of other factors:
C for Commercialism
M for Musicality
O for Overplayability on the Radio
S for Staying power
U for Undergroundness

I hope my formulae are fair to everyone, both The Beatles' and Stones' fans

The Beatles = (Staying power/Overplayedness)(Undergroundness)+(Musicality/Commercialism)
The Rolling Stones = (Commericalism/Overplayedness)(Musicality)+1/2(Undergroundness + Staying power)
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