Knuckledragger Posted March 5, 2012 Report Posted March 5, 2012 The Obscurometer. Only works if you have a last.fm account (and a fair amount of scrobbles.) With jut under 120,000 plays, I have an Obscurometer rating of 75%. My friend Brent got 85.5%. What's yours?
Duggeh Posted March 6, 2012 Report Posted March 6, 2012 There has to be an error somewhere when my own Ejay songs from high school are less obscure than R. Cajun or Hank Shizzoe.
grawk Posted March 6, 2012 Report Posted March 6, 2012 I think that's pretty skewed, but I think it's because last.fm skews obscure. I have been hanging out in "Indie Dance and Electronica" for the last few months on turntable, and it says I'm at 37% for the last 3 months.
aardvark baguette Posted March 6, 2012 Report Posted March 6, 2012 18.4%. Steely Dan is somehow more obscure than Frank Zappa. Pffft.
guzziguy Posted March 6, 2012 Report Posted March 6, 2012 Bob Dylan had a 21.6% obscurity value in Jacob's report. That pretty much says everything.
Knuckledragger Posted March 6, 2012 Author Report Posted March 6, 2012 One's individual obscurity rating is modulo the listening tastes of last.fm users in general. Clearly, the site heavily used by "real" hipsters.
Torpedo Posted March 7, 2012 Report Posted March 7, 2012 (edited) I'm just a tad bit obscurer than Jacob. This thing has a funny way to attribute obscurity. The Oscar Peterson Trio is more obscure than Oscar Peterson. Amazing. Edited March 7, 2012 by Torpedo
NightWoundsTime Posted March 7, 2012 Report Posted March 7, 2012 Steely Dan is somehow more obscure than Frank Zappa. Pffft. Umm, yeah it's 'cool' to make yourself listen to Zappa even though he sucks. The opposite stigma is attached to Dan, and they still suck.
blessingx Posted March 7, 2012 Report Posted March 7, 2012 The Beatles 5x more obscure than Radiohead. Dylan 10x. "Artist Head-Fi overall obscurity level is 98.7%"
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