everybody talk about pop musik
by John at 8/29/2005 03:55:00 PM
I'm stealing a meme from here and twisting it around to make it simultaneously more complicated and less fun - take that, remix culture!
1) Go to Music Outfitters and enter the year you graduated from high school in the search bar (look at the top of the left column).
2) Select the top 100 hits of that year.
3) Copy the list to an editor, and delete all the songs you don't know, don't really remember, or didn't like.
4) For each song remaining, subtract its chart ranking from 101 - this new number is the song's score.
5) get a calculator, add the scores together for all the songs, and divide this sum by 5050.
6) This final number is your "pop whore" rating.
7) Post your list and pop whore rating in the comments - a 1 means you are a perfect pop whore!
I'll demo with mine.
Year: 1988
2. Need You Tonight, INXS (101-2=99)
3. Got My Mind Set On You, George Harrison (101-3=98)
12. Wishing Well, Terence Trent d'Arby (101-12=89)
23. Simply Irresistible, Robert Palmer (101-23=78)
39. Red Red Wine, UB40 (101-39=62)
56. Desire, U2 (101-56=45)
65. New Sensation, INXS (101-65=36)
78. The Valley Road, Bruce Hornsby and The Range (101-78=23)
80. Always On My Mind, Pet Shop Boys (101-80=21)
84. We'll Be Together, Sting (101-84=17)
Total score: 568
Pop whore: 0.112
1) Go to Music Outfitters and enter the year you graduated from high school in the search bar (look at the top of the left column).
2) Select the top 100 hits of that year.
3) Copy the list to an editor, and delete all the songs you don't know, don't really remember, or didn't like.
4) For each song remaining, subtract its chart ranking from 101 - this new number is the song's score.
5) get a calculator, add the scores together for all the songs, and divide this sum by 5050.
6) This final number is your "pop whore" rating.
7) Post your list and pop whore rating in the comments - a 1 means you are a perfect pop whore!
I'll demo with mine.
Year: 1988
2. Need You Tonight, INXS (101-2=99)
3. Got My Mind Set On You, George Harrison (101-3=98)
12. Wishing Well, Terence Trent d'Arby (101-12=89)
23. Simply Irresistible, Robert Palmer (101-23=78)
39. Red Red Wine, UB40 (101-39=62)
56. Desire, U2 (101-56=45)
65. New Sensation, INXS (101-65=36)
78. The Valley Road, Bruce Hornsby and The Range (101-78=23)
80. Always On My Mind, Pet Shop Boys (101-80=21)
84. We'll Be Together, Sting (101-84=17)
Total score: 568
Pop whore: 0.112
