Charts!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Now Lex has finally joined the Poptimists last.fm group, let's see what impact he's had on the charts.

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

None yet! Doesn't it only update weekly? (The overall charts rather than the track-by-track thing.) Of the artists on that front page the only one I even have on the computer is Amy Winehouse.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

to be fair that's A LOT poppier than it's been in recent weeks...

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Mine is totally unreflective of listening habits anyway - ie 99% of music is not on computer, am not listening to Ciara on computer as require decent sound for it, plus look at my chart for last week and guess what album I had to review innit.

Only way it's affected my listening - downloaded new Arcade Fire single out of curiosity, not prepared to let people think I'm listening to it because I actually like it, it remains unheard.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

you can delete things from yr profile, but it seems a bit pointless, i don't know of anyone who takes it that seriously...

Before I forget

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

I think the Return of JUDGE POP to consider the fate of The Klaxongs is urgent & key. They do seem to be dividing Poptimists like no other act since The Pipettes.

Re: Before I forget

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Yes! Judge Pop has been on a lengthy tour of duty in Camden the Cursed Earth but I completely agree it is time for justice to be done here.

Re: Before I forget

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Argh can his judgement wait till I've heard more than one Klaxons song?

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Also (don't mean to pick on you, Lex), if his tags are "wrong" the influence will be limited, e.g.,

Natasha ft. Clipse - So Sick

should be

Natasha - So Sick (feat. Clipse)

Amy Winehouse's hit should be "You Know I'm No Good" and not "02 You Know I'm No Good"

etc.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

No! The artist is Natasha ft Clipse! The song is not called 'So Sick (ft Clipse)'!

I changed the Winehouse cos I'm anal like that but I doubt I'm anal enough to carry on doing it for all the mislabelled mp3s I have (most of them it would appear).

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Sorry, Lex, you're a late-comer to last.fm. The "rules" have already been set long ago - although I understand your pain. If you compare the artists "Natasha" and "Natasha ft. Clipse" hopefully you'll see my point.

As far as being anal, please note again the tagging programs that I suggested on your lj. They're not perfect, but you can use them to process those poorly-tagged MP3s fairly painlessly.

Anyway, don't want to clog up poptimists with this. We can discuss further via last.fm, email, your lj, if need be.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Yeah but on some CDs it's automatically right, eg on The Blueprint 'Renegade' is automatically credited to Eminem ft Jay-Z. And what if it's a straight duet eg Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson?

I'll look at the programmes but I really don't understand the installing process. I tend to download them but then have NO IDEA either where they've gone, or how to make them work. eg soulseex! even when Gareth showed me how I can't get it to do anything of worth.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Quite right. This heretical placing of the "ft" bit in the song title must be STAMPED OUT.

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

Klaxons?

What happened to the league of pop??

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

League of pop rules up on Thursday I think, launching a couple weeks after that. It involves a certain amount of behind the scenes setup.

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

Cool! Excellent!