We need to shut this thing down. I mean, for all the great bands mentioned here and on the forums, it's really embarrassing that this is what we actually listen to. Maybe the wrong people are signed up for this, I don't know.

Seriously these are getting annyoing.

do you guys like thrice and radiohead?

I'll admit I've been listening to a lot of Opeth lately, but that's only because I just got into them.

well, honestly, i probably listen to at least one track by each of these artists each week, but that only comprises a very small percentage of the music i listen to, and, i suppose this is my point, i think a lot of people here are the same way. These artists are just the most commonly shared, not necessarily the most listened toThis Message Edited On 12.02.08

When I have my wireless connection again I'm going to put the same ten albums on repeat while I sleep for a week straight and show you guys whats up.

Thrice might still make the list...:/

edit: That sentence made it sound like I'm going to sleep for a week straight lolThis Message Edited On 12.02.08

Same bands are same bands. Getting a little boring, but I think I contributed to Muse and Protest.

When I have my wireless connection again I'm going to put the same ten albums on repeat and go to sleep for a week straight and show you guys whats up.

When I have my wireless connection again I'm going to put the same ten albums on repeat while I sleep for a week straight and show you guys whats up.

o lol

THRICE FOR TEH WINZ!

Romeo Crennel needs fired soooooooo effing bad! Good to see another Browns fan here though.

And, yeah.....These are getting pretty predictable.

i think the group needs to have the overall artists we listen to the most, not the artists we all have most in common.

"Every group on last/fm has the same stats pretty much every week. this is no different?"

Aren't we supposed to be the ones that scoff at everyone's musical taste? And Radiohead and The Beatles are the best we can do?This Message Edited On 12.02.08

yeah but radiohead and the beatles are good.

But for a site that is about music? The people who frequent this site are supposed to on the cutting edge so to speak. Personally, when I think of people who say their favorite bands are The Beatles or Radiohead, true music lover doesn't really come to mind, but rather, just a listener of music.

Fuck the Browns. After drafting Braylon Edwards in a couple leagues, I'm safe to say that I will starngle myself after seasons end. I played a lot of Cynic and Thrice mother fuckers.

could we do a top 25 or something?

You guys put one rapper on the whole list and its gotta be Kanye, you people make me vomit my various livers out.

Basically people need to stop listening to Cynic and start listening to The Out Circuit. That should be the "it" band on Sputnik right now, uttered in the same sentence as Protest The Hero, Kidcrash, and Have A Nice Life.

i'd like to see which bands have the greatest increase in listens each week

i listened to agalloch and coheed and cambria all week ...but....

Far better rap albums just came out. But 808s is not even a rap album.

Ha, I love the level of elitism here.

i like kanye.

i guess that makes me a maverick.

yeah but even if its souja boy its possible that 35 users gave his album a spin since it's new

I don't see why this is embarrassing. These bands generally rule.

I listened to none of these.

yEAH this is getting a bit repetitive and annoying.

"i think the group needs to have the overall artists we listen to the most, not the artists we all have most in common."

Agreed.

"could we do a top 25 or something?"

Yeah, this would have a little more variety...maybe

We only have ourselves to blame. Also this proves my theories that voting doesn't matter as much as people think. There is an unwilling majority who doesn't think about their contribution to the whole and therefore spoils it for the passionate, strident minority who wants to see the consensus / group results turn out better.

I'm so glad I'm not a part of this

I contribute to the bottom 100 probably.

Zune Social ftl.

Damn it.

"But for a site that is about music? The people who frequent this site are supposed to on the cutting edge so to speak. Personally, when I think of people who say their favorite bands are The Beatles or Radiohead, true music lover doesn't really come to mind, but rather, just a listener of music."

Thats a fucking terrible rationale for judging if someone truly likes music or not. I hate people who try and like certain bands just because they are considered to be cutting edge at the moment. Then in a year no one listens to them anymore.

Humor me. How many bands can you name that have done overall greater work than the Beatles or Radiohead throughout the scope of their career? I can name some, but not that many at all. How exactly is it in poor taste that we listen to two of the greatest bands of all time?

I'm not even a part of this last.fm thing FYI. This Message Edited On 12.02.08

news flash: not everyone considers the Beatles or Radiohead the greatest bands of all time. In fact, some people hate them. You're asking us to compare our opinions to yours.

Opinions aren't allowed on Sputnik weren't you told?

can't be helped, radiohad are worth listening to every week. people know it.

I listened to Ok Computer once, but there wasn't enough Opeth influence so I broke it in half and shoved it in a kids lunch.

well, then I missed that point. But he said that he wants to ask us to name bands better than them. Everyone will answer that differently.This Message Edited On 12.02.08

"news flash: not everyone considers the Beatles or Radiohead the greatest bands of all time. In fact, some people hate them. You're asking us to compare our opinions to yours."

They aren't my absolute favorites either. I'm talking objectively here. You can't deny they are two of the greatest bands of all time, even if you don't like them. I really don't want to get into a band argument here, but seriously, anyone who respects music will admit this.

He's the one who essentially claimed it was embarrasing to have them on the list, and was in favor of newer "cutting edge" bands (his words). I'm questioning why he thinks its embarrasing to have the Beatles and Radiohead on the list. Maybe if you knew, you would have told me in your post.

"But he said that he wants to ask us to name bands better than them. Everyone will answer that differently."

No. I asked someone to name a band who has made better work over the course of their entire career. Big difference. Anyone can argue about which band is better, but no one is going to say that the Beatles or Radiohead have a novice, shallow catalog with no variation in the music. I then questioned why it was so embarrasing to have bands with those kind of credentials on the list.This Message Edited On 12.02.08This Message Edited On 12.02.08This Message Edited On 12.02.08

instead of endlessly bitching about what the members of this group listen to, why don't the complainers just join the fucking group and contribute themselves?

[quote='Illuvatartheguythathasn'twrittenhisludacrisreviewyet']Thats stupid man. Trying to control "listening" so that we have "cooler" results not only sounds stupid but then doesn't accurately reflect on what sputnikmusic actually listens to.[/quote]
let's start a staff/contrib group. then we can make secret comments about the listening patterns of the non-staff/contrib group.

Opinions aren't allowed at sputnik, weren't you told?

No. I asked someone to name a band who has made better work over the course of their entire career.

who the fuck cares

Thats stupid man. Trying to control "listening" so that we have "cooler" results not only sounds stupid but then doesn't accurately reflect on what sputnikmusic actually listens to.

"yet again, for people who don't like those bands at all and will deny that they are even good, people can name bands that they think are good."

There still aren't many bands that you could put up against the Beatle's catalogue, and come away with just as much influence, versatility, etc. But thats completely besides the point. It still doesn't explain why its embarrasing to have the Beatles and Radiohead on that list. The only reason I've gathered so far is that many people listen to them, therefor it would be so much cooler if we replaced them with obscure underground artists.

I have nothing against Indie music or underground artists at all, and in fact have many albums from such bands. But it still doesn't explain why its such a disgrace that mass amounts of people listen to equally great bands like Radiohead and the Beatles.

I think people don't like it because the stats haven't changed (maybe once or twice) since we started posting the stats.

"I think people don't like it because the stats haven't changed (maybe once or twice) since we started posting the stats."

I find that to be a pretty moronic thing to get upset over, but your not the one who complained, so whatever.

Quite predictable and quite boring.

why do people get annoyed by this

hey guys i'm gonna start my own elite group

stay tuned for details

I'm not annoyed, but I don't really see a point if there isn't ever any change in the list

there is change in the list though. it's just those few artists that are ALWAYS there.

Most of the artists on the list are ALWAYS there

I'm listening to Cynic right now. Hope that helps everyone.

wow. a lot of controversy over something completely unimportant.

Sound familiar? Its called 'most of the people on this site live in America'.

...yet the most listened-to band is from the UK.

I always love reading the comments under the news items just to remind myself of the level of elitism found here. It truly is staggering.

We are 31337157 for sure.
I probably contributed to the Thrice, though my Last.fm scrobbler is no longer existent and I really should re-download it here like... Now.

You guys, everyone's watching us!

@tcaporale: faux-elitism.

wow, I didn't even listen to Opeth this week...I must be sick

I never said we should change what we listen to just to get different results on something that nobody but us sees. Yeah, that would be stupid.

However, I find it kind of strange that a forum that claims to have such diverse musical tastes would have the same listening habits as your average bro.

And this Cynic thing is getting kind of stupid. Yeah, its a good album, but not the second coming of Jesus Christ.

this is probably because forum users aren't sputnik users for the most part

Nice to see TMV on there.

Sucks cause mewithoutYou isn't up there again.