Last FM

sidewinder · 02-17-2011, 10:18 AM

I found this interesting. I have been a member of last.fm since November 2006, and have religiously scrobbled everything I listen to (and not more) since then, for a total of 119,726 tracks. I was just browsing my top played tracks for the past week, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, and overall. With that much time and that many scrobbles, I'm pretty shocked at how low the play counts on my overall top played tracks are. And how recent many of them are, as well.

1 Grizzly Bear – Ready, Able (27)
2 Violens – Acid Reign (23)
3 The Zombies – Time of the Season (22)
3 Violens – Violent Sensation Descends (22)
3 Grizzly Bear – About Face (22)
5 The Kinks – Sweet Lady Genevieve (21)
5 Violens – Spectator & Pupil (21)
8 Love – Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale (20)
8 Clark – Herr Bar (20)
8 The Shins – Phantom Limb (20)
8 Yeasayer – Madder Red (20)
8 Band of Horses – Blue Beard (20)
8 Band of Horses – Factory (20)
8 Band of Horses – For Annabelle (20)
15 Yes – Long Distance Runaround (19)

The fact that many come from 2-3 specific albums is just because I tend to listen to full albums, so naturally the songs are close in total plays. I think it's obvious that if I'd been able to scrobble during my teen years, I'd have much higher individual plays since there was no internet and we tended to focus our attention on fewer albums. It also shows that in the past few years, I've started to return to that practice of spending a lot of time with specific albums.

**Janszoon** · 02-17-2011, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by sidewinder

I found this interesting. I have been a member of last.fm since November 2006, and have religiously scrobbled everything I listen to (and not more) since then, for a total of 119,726 tracks. I was just browsing my top played tracks for the past week, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, and overall. With that much time and that many scrobbles, I'm pretty shocked at how low the play counts on my overall top played tracks are. And how recent many of them are, as well.

1 Grizzly Bear – Ready, Able (27)
2 Violens – Acid Reign (23)
3 The Zombies – Time of the Season (22)
3 Violens – Violent Sensation Descends (22)
3 Grizzly Bear – About Face (22)
5 The Kinks – Sweet Lady Genevieve (21)
5 Violens – Spectator & Pupil (21)
8 Love – Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale (20)
8 Clark – Herr Bar (20)
8 The Shins – Phantom Limb (20)
8 Yeasayer – Madder Red (20)
8 Band of Horses – Blue Beard (20)
8 Band of Horses – Factory (20)
8 Band of Horses – For Annabelle (20)
15 Yes – Long Distance Runaround (19)

The fact that many come from 2-3 specific albums is just because I tend to listen to full albums, so naturally the songs are close in total plays. I think it's obvious that if I'd been able to scrobble during my teen years, I'd have much higher individual plays since there was no internet and we tended to focus our attention on fewer albums. It also shows that in the past few years, I've started to return to that practice of spending a lot of time with specific albums.

The way last.fm presents information can be a little misleading if you think about it. It's basically all skewed in favor of artists who write short songs. So it's always going look like, to pick an extreme example, you listen to Agoraphobic Nosebleed more than Sleep even if you listen to the two of them equally.

sidewinder · 02-17-2011, 11:43 AM

While that's very true when speaking of artist plays, I don't think it has any impact when speaking of top-played songs. I'm not going to play a shorter track more often than a longer one simply because it's shorter. But an artist will get more total plays if their albums feature many short tracks versus a few long ones, I can't argue that. And the Normalisr (excuse the idiot's spelling) comes in handy for that.

**Janszoon** · 02-17-2011, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by sidewinder

While that's very true when speaking of artist plays, I don't think it has any impact when speaking of top-played songs. I'm not going to play a shorter track more often than a longer one simply because it's shorter. But an artist will get more total plays if their albums feature many short tracks versus a few long ones, I can't argue that.

True. I guess that goes to show that last.fm is kind of set up more for individual track listeners instead of album listeners.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sidewinder

And the Normalisr (excuse the idiot's spelling) comes in handy for that.

That's interesting! I hadn't seen that before.

Charlemagne · 02-17-2011, 06:41 PM

Something I haven't done before...

Top Tracks Last 3 Months

Laura Stevenson and the Cans - Master Of Art (13)
Fences - My Girl The Horse (8)
Fences - Your Bones (7)
Michael Jordan Touchdown Pass - Deathstalker ll (6)
The Decemberists - Down By The Water (6)
Johnny Foreigner – Who Needs Comment Boxes When You've Got Knives?(6)
A Little Lissa Face - I Wish I Had Some Glittens (6)
Fences – Fires (5)
Michael Jordan Touchdown Pass - King Kong Vs. The U.S. Army (5)
Michael Jordan Touchdown Pass - Passing Through (5)

And then a bunch more MJTP songs after those 2.

CanwllCorfe · 02-17-2011, 07:45 PM

Last 7 Days:

The White Stripes 1
Carissa's Wierd 1
Matisyahu 1
Whiteroom feat. Amy Cooper 1

ThePhanastasio · 02-17-2011, 08:52 PM

Top Tracks (Last 3 Months)
1.) Renee Fleming - Endlessly [43]
2.) Phish - Rift [42]
3.) Trey Anastasio - Home [29]
4.) Sarah Brightman - Anytime, Anywhere [28]
5.) Sarah Brightman - Eden [21]
6.) Phish - Wading In the Velvet Sea [20]
7.) Elliott Smith - Shooting Star [18]
8.) Phish - Lengthwise [14]
8.) Joy Zipper - 1 [14]
8.) Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek [14]
11.) Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea [13]
11.) Marc Broussard - Gavin's Song [13]
11.) Bitchfist Bukowski - Fall 2005 [13]
14.) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road [12]
14.) Phish - Banter [12] (From live shows)
14.) Dude Of Life - Dahlia [12]

~~James~~ · 02-18-2011, 12:45 AM

Archers of Loaf – Web In Front 20
The Church – Under The Milky Way 15
Deftones – Back to School (Mini Maggit) 13
Kanye West – Runaway - Explicit Version 13
Guided by Voices – I Am A Scientist 11
The Mamas & The Papas – California Dreamin' 11
Alice in Chains – Would? 10
The Germs – Communist Eyes 10
Underworld – Born Slippy 9
The Beatles – Cry Baby Cry 9
Matthew Sweet – Holy War 9
Faust – The Sad Skinhead 9
The Germs – Land Of Treason 9
The Germs – What We Do Is Secret 9
Cee Lo Green – **** You 9

Mrd00d · 02-18-2011, 04:36 AM

My top 8 of the last seven days:

John Zorn 203
Naked City 158
Gogol Bordello 121
Van der Graaf Generator 99
El-P 59
Beck 34
The Grouch & Eligh 33
Tool 24

A bit of a Zorn spree the other day. But he has a lot of minute-long songs, as well.

djchameleon · 02-18-2011, 06:13 AM

So , I just started using Last fm. is there a way to listen to specific songs without typing in an artist's name and getting some random song of theirs?

02-17-2011, 10:18 AM	#5451 (permalink)
sidewinder Engorged Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,536	I found this interesting. I have been a member of last.fm since November 2006, and have religiously scrobbled everything I listen to (and not more) since then, for a total of 119,726 tracks. I was just browsing my top played tracks for the past week, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, and overall. With that much time and that many scrobbles, I'm pretty shocked at how low the play counts on my overall top played tracks are. And how recent many of them are, as well. 1 Grizzly Bear – Ready, Able (27) 2 Violens – Acid Reign (23) 3 The Zombies – Time of the Season (22) 3 Violens – Violent Sensation Descends (22) 3 Grizzly Bear – About Face (22) 5 The Kinks – Sweet Lady Genevieve (21) 5 Violens – Spectator & Pupil (21) 8 Love – Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale (20) 8 Clark – Herr Bar (20) 8 The Shins – Phantom Limb (20) 8 Yeasayer – Madder Red (20) 8 Band of Horses – Blue Beard (20) 8 Band of Horses – Factory (20) 8 Band of Horses – For Annabelle (20) 15 Yes – Long Distance Runaround (19) The fact that many come from 2-3 specific albums is just because I tend to listen to full albums, so naturally the songs are close in total plays. I think it's obvious that if I'd been able to scrobble during my teen years, I'd have much higher individual plays since there was no internet and we tended to focus our attention on fewer albums. It also shows that in the past few years, I've started to return to that practice of spending a lot of time with specific albums. __________________ last.fm \| my collection on RYM \| vinyl instagram @allthatyouseeandhear I'd love to see your signature/links too, but the huge and obnoxious ones have caused me to block all signatures.

02-17-2011, 11:43 AM	#5453 (permalink)
sidewinder Engorged Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,536	While that's very true when speaking of artist plays, I don't think it has any impact when speaking of top-played songs. I'm not going to play a shorter track more often than a longer one simply because it's shorter. But an artist will get more total plays if their albums feature many short tracks versus a few long ones, I can't argue that. And the Normalisr (excuse the idiot's spelling) comes in handy for that. __________________ last.fm \| my collection on RYM \| vinyl instagram @allthatyouseeandhear I'd love to see your signature/links too, but the huge and obnoxious ones have caused me to block all signatures.

02-17-2011, 06:41 PM	#5455 (permalink)
Charlemagne Say something vague Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,551	Something I haven't done before... Top Tracks Last 3 Months Laura Stevenson and the Cans - Master Of Art (13) Fences - My Girl The Horse (8) Fences - Your Bones (7) Michael Jordan Touchdown Pass - Deathstalker ll (6) The Decemberists - Down By The Water (6) Johnny Foreigner – Who Needs Comment Boxes When You've Got Knives?(6) A Little Lissa Face - I Wish I Had Some Glittens (6) Fences – Fires (5) Michael Jordan Touchdown Pass - King Kong Vs. The U.S. Army (5) Michael Jordan Touchdown Pass - Passing Through (5) And then a bunch more MJTP songs after those 2. __________________ Charlemagne had eyes like a lover, but last winter there was weather and his eyes they iced right over. My Last.fm

02-17-2011, 07:45 PM	#5456 (permalink)
CanwllCorfe Quiet Man in the Corner Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pocono Mountains Posts: 2,480	Last 7 Days: The White Stripes 1 Carissa's Wierd 1 Matisyahu 1 Whiteroom feat. Amy Cooper 1 __________________ Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind.

02-17-2011, 08:52 PM	#5457 (permalink)
ThePhanastasio Killed Laura Palmer Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ashland, KY Posts: 1,679	Top Tracks (Last 3 Months) 1.) Renee Fleming - Endlessly [43] 2.) Phish - Rift [42] 3.) Trey Anastasio - Home [29] 4.) Sarah Brightman - Anytime, Anywhere [28] 5.) Sarah Brightman - Eden [21] 6.) Phish - Wading In the Velvet Sea [20] 7.) Elliott Smith - Shooting Star [18] 8.) Phish - Lengthwise [14] 8.) Joy Zipper - 1 [14] 8.) Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek [14] 11.) Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea [13] 11.) Marc Broussard - Gavin's Song [13] 11.) Bitchfist Bukowski - Fall 2005 [13] 14.) Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road [12] 14.) Phish - Banter [12] (From live shows) 14.) Dude Of Life - Dahlia [12] __________________ Phish: Studio Discography Reviewed 100 Albums I Heartily Recommend My last.fm It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken Perhaps they're better left unsung

02-18-2011, 12:45 AM	#5458 (permalink)
~~James~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,483	Archers of Loaf – Web In Front 20 The Church – Under The Milky Way 15 Deftones – Back to School (Mini Maggit) 13 Kanye West – Runaway - Explicit Version 13 Guided by Voices – I Am A Scientist 11 The Mamas & The Papas – California Dreamin' 11 Alice in Chains – Would? 10 The Germs – Communist Eyes 10 Underworld – Born Slippy 9 The Beatles – Cry Baby Cry 9 Matthew Sweet – Holy War 9 Faust – The Sad Skinhead 9 The Germs – Land Of Treason 9 The Germs – What We Do Is Secret 9 Cee Lo Green – **** You 9

02-18-2011, 04:36 AM	#5459 (permalink)
Mrd00d Stoned and Jammin' Out Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Northern California; Eugene, OR; mobile Posts: 1,602	My top 8 of the last seven days: John Zorn 203 Naked City 158 Gogol Bordello 121 Van der Graaf Generator 99 El-P 59 Beck 34 The Grouch & Eligh 33 Tool 24 A bit of a Zorn spree the other day. But he has a lot of minute-long songs, as well. __________________ Mrd00d's Last.fm