Poptimist Music TasteXoR Throwdown Quiz

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The idea of this insular and self-congratulatory event is to MATCH the members of poptimists with the 'favourite act' they picked. Answers by end of the day, comments screened (will unscreen any that aren't entries), watch THIS SPACE for yr scores, if you don't know who any of these people are then use your psychic abilities to pick (or ignore them).


OK here are the people who entered the poll:

atommickbrane
barrysarll
boyofbadgers
braisedbywolves
byebyepride
carsmilesteve
catsgomiaow
dorsalstop
dubdobdee
freakytigger
katstevens
martinskidmore
sbp
skillextric
spittake
stevem78
steviespitfire
thenipper
the_roofdog
zenith

And here are the bands they picked:

ABBA
Al Green
Basement Jaxx
Bronski Beat
Delgados
Disco Inferno
Elvis Costello and his Attractions
France Gall
Frank Zappa
Gurls Aloud
Lady Sovereign
Life Without Buildings
Roxy Music
Roxy Music (2 people picked them! Who are these futuristic space clones?)
Saint Etienne
Shortwave Set
Sufjan Stevens
Talking Heads
Tegan And Sara
Wu Tang Clan


Answers tomorrow before the next Now poll (it's all go on Poptimists, the LJ of Pop Orgafun)

Results (out of 20)
carsmilesteve: 8!
dubdobdee: 8!
byebyepride: 12!!
braisedbywolves: 5!
martinskidmore: 4!
boyofbadgers: 13!!!
katstevens: 7!
catsgomiaow: 10!!
zenith: 7!
stevem78: 9!
thenipper: 11!!

Comments

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

atommickbrane Bronski Beat
barrysarll Roxy Music
boyofbadgers Disco Inferno
braisedbywolves Saint Etienne
byebyepride Shortwave Set
carsmilesteve Gurls Aloud
catsgomiaow Talking Heads
dorsalstop Life Without Buildings
dubdobdee Frank Zappa
freakytigger ABBA
katstevens Lady Sovereign
martinskidmore Al Green
sbp Sufjan Stevens
skillextric Delgados
spittake Roxy Music
stevem78 Basement Jaxx
steviespitfire Tegan And Sara
thenipper France Gall
the_roofdog Wu Tang Clan
zenith Elvis Costello and his Attractions

if that's formatted right i'll eat hay with the horses...
i reckon i'm about 50% there at best...

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

atommickbrane = Tegan And Sara
barrysarll = Sufjan Stevens
boyofbadgers = Disco Inferno
braisedbywolves = Talking Heads
byebyepride = Gurls Aloud
carsmilesteve = Saint Etienne
catsgomiaow = Life Without Buildings
dorsalstop = Bronski Beat
dubdobdee = Roxy Music
freakytigger = ABBA
katstevens = Lady Sovereign
martinskidmore = Al Green
sbp = Elvis Costello and his Attractions
skillextric = Wu Tang Clan
spittake = France Gall
stevem78 = Basement Jaxx
steviespitfire = Shortwave Set
thenipper = Roxy Music
the_roofdog = Frank Zappa
zenith = Delgados

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

atommickbrane Gurls Aloud
barrysarll Roxy Music
boyofbadgers Disco Inferno
braisedbywolves Wu Tang Clan
byebyepride Tegan And Sara
carsmilesteve Delgados
catsgomiaow Sufjan Stevens
dorsalstop Bronski Beat
dubdobdee Roxy Music
freakytigger ABBA
katstevens Lady Sovereign
martinskidmore Al Green
sbp Talking Heads
skillextric France Gall
spittake Frank Zappa
stevem78 Basement Jaxx
steviespitfire Life Without Buildings
thenipper Shortwave Set
the_roofdog Elvis Costello and his Attractions
zenith Saint Etienne

Hmmm, what a great way to insult the taste of people you've never met. And people I know only too well.

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

atommickbrane: Lady Sov
barrysarll: Shortwave Set
boyofbadgers: Disco Inferno
braisedbywolves: Talking Heads
byebyepride: Life Without Buildings
carsmilesteve: Saint Etienne
catsgomiaow: Gurls Aloud
dorsalstop: Frank Zappa
dubdobdee: Wu Tang Clan
freakytigger: ABBA
katstevens: Elvis Costello and his Attractions
martinskidmore: Al Green
sbp: Sufjan Stevens
skillextric: France Gall
spittake: Roxy Music
stevem78: Basement Jaxx
steviespitfire: Tegan And Sara
thenipper: Delgados
the_roofdog: Roxy Music
zenith: Bronski Beat

Methodology

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Basically where I didn't have an idea of their musical tastes, I assumed that people I knew liked stuff that I enjoyed, and people I didn't know liked sh!te. For this reason the actual votes must never be made public!

Re: Methodology

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Haha particularly now that I've gotten everyone wrong!

For true orgafun points, there should be another poll tomorrow of "what do you feel you've learned from this?"

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

martinskidmore - Al Green (hurrah, 1 out of 20! Wild guesses follow)
stevem78 - Basement Jaxx
freakytigger - Girls Aloud
skillextric - Delgados
atommickbrane - Tegan and Sara
braisedbywolves and catsgomiaow - Roxy Music
carsmilesteve - Talking Heads
boyofbadgers - Sufjan Stevens
dubdobdee - Life Without Buildings
thenipper - Talking Heads
katstevens - France Gall
barrysarll - ABBA
byebyepride - Saint Etienne
dorsalstop - Disco Inferno
sbp - Bronski Beat
spittake - Frank Zappa
steviespitfire - Lady Sovereign
the_roofdog - Shortwave Set
zenith - Wu-Tang Clan

I JUDGE THAT...

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

alext CHEATED via the magickal technique of NEGATIVE DIALECTICS!

Re: I JUDGE THAT...

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

did i miss this?

Re: I JUDGE THAT...

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

You can still enter!

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

[info]atommickbrane - Bronski Beat
[info]barrysarll - Roxy Music
[info]boyofbadgers - Disco Inferno
[info]braisedbywolves - Shortwave Set
[info]byebyepride - Roxy Music
[info]carsmilesteve - Saint Etienne
[info]catsgomiaow - Sufjan Stevens
[info]dorsalstop - Gurls Aloud
[info]dubdobdee - Talking Heads
[info]freakytigger - ABBA
[info]katstevens - Lady Sovereign
[info]martinskidmore - Al Green
[info]sbp - Frank Zappa
[info]skillextric - Delgados
[info]spittake - Tegan And Sara
[info]stevem78 - Basement Jaxx
[info]steviespitfire - Life Without Buildings
[info]thenipper - France Gall
[info]the_roofdog - Elvis Costello and his Attractions
[info]zenith - Wu Tang Clan

I think I might have The Judge and Alex, and Joe and SieveM the wrong way round.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

atommickbrane - Tegan & Sara
barrysarll - Roxy Music
boyofbadgers - Basement Jaxx0r
braisedbywolves - Shortwave Set
byebyepride - Delgados
carsmilesteve - Gurls Alound
catsgomiaow - Sufjan Stevens
dorsalstop - Talking Heads
dubdobdee - Bronski Beat
freakytigger - ABBA
katstevens - Lady Sov (do I get a point???)
martinskidmore - Al Green
sbp - Frank Zappa
skillextric - France Gall
spittake - disco inferno
stevem78 - Elvis Costello
steviespitfire - St Etienne
thenipper - Life Without Bulidings
the_roofdog - prob one of the Roxy Musics cos he's been banging on about it
zenith - Wung Tang Clang Ang Bang

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Bugger, I've just noticed Alex mentioned in passing how much he likes Tegan and Sara on the Robyn thread.

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

atommickbrane - Gurls Aloud
barrysarll - Roxy Music
boyofbadgers - Disco Inferno
braisedbywolves - Talking Heads
byebyepride - Bronski Beat
carsmilesteve - Saint Etienne
catsgomiaow - Sufjan Stevens
dorsalstop - Tegan And Sara
dubdobdee - France Gall
freakytigger - ABBA
katstevens - Lady Sovereign
martinskidmore - Al Green
sbp - Frank Zappa
skillextric - Wu Tang Clan
spittake - Shortwave Set
stevem78 - Basement Jaxx
steviespitfire - Life Without Buildings
thenipper - Elvis Costello
the_roofdog - Delgados
zenith - Roxy Music (again)

I don't know half these people! Or some of the artists! Hope I didn't offend anyone ;)

guesswork and stalking, two great tastes

[zenith.livejournal.com]

ABBA - spittake
Al Green - martinskidmore
Basement Jaxx - freakytigger
Bronski Beat - stevem78
Delgados - skillextric
Disco Inferno - boyofbadgers
Elvis Costello and his Attractions – the_roofdog
France Gall - dorsalstop
Frank Zappa - thenipper
Gurls Aloud - carsmilesteve
Lady Sovereign - katstevens
Life Without Buildings - barrysarll
Roxy Music - dubdobdee
Roxy Music - atommickbrane
Saint Etienne - steviespitfire
Shortwave Set - byebyepride
Sufjan Stevens - braisedbywolves
Talking Heads - catsgomiaow
Tegan And Sara - sbp
Wu Tang Clan - zenith

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Whoever said France Gall is immediately being added to my friends list.

Re: I JUDGE THAT...

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

prob a bit wrong:

ABBA = freakytigger
Al Green = martinskidmore
Basement Jaxx = stevem78
Bronski Beat = atommickbrane
Delgados = skillextric
Disco Inferno = sbp
Elvis Costello and his Attractions = braisedbywolves
France Gall = barrysarll
Frank Zappa = dorsalstop
Gurls Aloud = carsmilesteve
Lady Sovereign = katstevens
Life Without Buildings = catsgomiaow
Roxy Music = spittake
Roxy Music = boyofbadgers
Saint Etienne = the_roofdog
Shortwave Set = thenipper
Sufjan Stevens = zenith
Talking Heads = steviespitfire
Tegan And Sara = byebyepride
Wu Tang Clan = dubdobdee

[thenipper.livejournal.com]

the BRANE - Bronski Beat
BarrySarll - Roxy
Boy of Badgers - Disco Inferno
Braised - Frank Zappa
Bye bye pride - Talking Heads
Carsmile - Delgados
Catsgomiaow - Elvis Costello
Dorsalstop - Gurls Aloud
Dubdobdee - Roxy Music
Freakytigger - ABBA
Kat Stevens - Lady Sov
Skidmo - Al Green
SBP - Tegan and Sara
Skillextrix - Sufjan
Spiitake - France Gall
Stevem - Basement Jaxx
StevieSpitfire - Life without Buildings
The Nipper - Shortwave Set
the roofdog - Wu Tang
Zenith - St Etienne

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

Did I enter this the wrong way, or are my guesses just posted because they are the worst?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

No, don't worry! When comments are screened the only people who can see them are the post writer and the comment poster. And then any I reply to are automatically unscreened. So you can see your own guesses, but nobody else can.

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Blue background = public, grey = locked I reckon

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Anyway most of your guesses are acts the people concerned do like! (Though spittake may raise an eyebrow...! :))

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

Ah, understood. Spittake is among the several people there I don't feel I know at all. I think of my choice as the most blindingly obvious, but I guess that may be because I know me quite well.

[spittake.livejournal.com]

I thought mine was obvious, too!

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

I think anyone who got picked as a fan of Frank Zappa may raise an eyebrow ARE YOU LISTENING MISTER THE NIPPER. (no of course no-one is by this stage and anyway I wouldn't have expected him to know much about my musical taste.)

[steviespitfire.livejournal.com]

the only one i know is mine!

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

Everyone got me right!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

my first thought for you was Wu-Tang but that's only because i didn't see Al Green listed in my original scan