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funkycow [Edit] [Delete] 54 replies 13:23 February 7th, 2013

Pentargo hit upon an AWESOME idea in one of the MBV threads - band top trumps.

As I remember, Top Trumps normally have about 5 or 6 categories. My suggestions are:

Indie cred: x out of 10
Fashion sense: x out of 10
Attractiveness: x out of 10
Discography (quality): x out of 10
Discography (quantity): number (you want The Fall)

Let's agree the categories today and then from tomorrow (excitement), nominate a band and assign scores (with justification). If we can agree, Sean can have them printed and copyrighted for endless nerdy fun.

Or this could just be rubbish.

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smashing pumpkins

Indie cred: 5 out of 10
Fashion sense: 4 out of 10
Attractiveness: 4 out of 10
Discography (quality): 7 out of 10
Discography (quantity): 9 .studio albums only

skippingkate | 7 Feb '13, 13:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
- pumpkins havent got that many albums out..
  
  compared to the fall, zappa etc
  
  Matt_was_taken @skippingkate | 7 Feb '13, 13:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - That's their actual number of albums...
    
    ...rather than out of ten.
    
    pentargo @Matt_was_taken | 7 Feb '13, 14:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    funkycow and JaguarPirate this'd this
    - ahhhhh
      
      fuck me, glad i gave up when i did!
      
      Matt_was_taken @pentargo | 7 Feb '13, 14:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
Broken Social Scene

Indie cred: 8/10
Fashion sense: 6/10
Attractiveness: 8/10
Discography (quality): 7/10
Discography (quantity): 4 (full band, studio)

pichaelmarker | 7 Feb '13, 13:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
Belle and Sebastian

Indie cred: 9/10
Fashion sense: 4/10
Attractiveness: 6/10
Discography (quality): 8/10
Discography (quantity): 8

justanothersheeldz | 7 Feb '13, 14:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Fall

Indie cred: 10/10
Fashion sense: 3/10
Attractiveness: 2/10
Discography (quality): 7/10
Discography (quantity): 29
Seeing as that was what started the whole idea - good luck on running with this fc...

pentargo | 7 Feb '13, 14:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- The Cure
  
  Indie cred: 8/10
  Fashion sense: 5/10
  Attractiveness: 6/10
  Discography (quality): 8/10
  Discography (quantity): 13
  
  pentargo @pentargo | 7 Feb '13, 15:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Kraftwerk
    
    Indie cred: 7/10
    Fashion sense: 5/10
    Attractiveness: 4/10
    Discography (quality): 8/10
    Discography (quantity): 10
    
    pentargo @pentargo | 7 Feb '13, 15:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - AC/DC
      
      Indie cred: 5/10
      Fashion sense: 3/10
      Attractiveness: 3/10
      Discography (quality): 6/10
      Discography (quantity): 18
      Right, that's enough for me before I spend the rest of the afternoon doing this...
      
      pentargo @pentargo | 7 Feb '13, 15:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Attractiveness
    
    6/10? Really?
    
    http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Reading-Festival-2012-The-Cure.jpg
    
    I'm thinking more of a 3.
    
    kubrahhh @pentargo | 7 Feb '13, 15:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I averaged it out over the course of their career...
      
      ...and then added a point purely for Simon Gallup.
      
      pentargo @kubrahhh | 7 Feb '13, 15:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Smiths

Indie cred: 10/10
Fashion sense: 5/10
Attractiveness: 6/10
Discography (quality): 10/10
Discography (quantity): 4/10

Sloame_Ocean | 7 Feb '13, 14:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
- The Jesus & Mary Chain
  
  Indie cred: 3/10
  Fashion sense: 10/10
  Attractiveness: 8/10
  Discography (quality): 4/10
  Discography (quantity): 6
  
  Btw if someone did go and make these, you'd need to balance the scores off a bit more, otherwise every card will just have 10/10 indie cred and for discography quality.
  
  lovelessrapture @Sloame_Ocean | 7 Feb '13, 14:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - 3/10?
    
    They're at least a 7
    
    automatik @lovelessrapture | 7 Feb '13, 16:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    furio, JaguarPirate, pip_, and SarahIsPi this'd this
My Bloody Valentine

Indie cred: 10/10
Fashion sense: 2/10
Attractiveness: 4/10
Discography (quality): 9/10
Discography (quantity): 4 (three albums + mini album)

funkycow | 7 Feb '13, 14:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
But...

Gareth: If you like Top Trumps, you should come to me. I've got about five different sets. Don't try to beat me at Monster Trucks, though, 'cos you won't. My speciality.
Rachel: Yeah, it's a game of chance though, isn't it? It's what you...
Gareth: No, it's not. I would know what cards you've got immediately just through what cards I've got. I used to play it by myself, with a dummy hand just testing out every different scenario of which cards would beat which other cards for hours, sometimes three or four at a time. But put in the work, the rewards are obvious. So I'd know exactly what card you've got in your hand from what cards I've got and I would know, probability wise, exactly what feature to pick on my card to defeat, statistically, any card that you could have in your hand at that precise moment. You will never win.
[pause]
Gareth: Could still be fun, though

Sloame_Ocean | 7 Feb '13, 14:12 | X | ^ This | Reply

furio this'd this
what about killings, bloodloss or satanic references?

http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4424878

soapy | 7 Feb '13, 14:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Prone to Destruction stat?
  
  Belle & Sebastian - 1/10
  Monotonix - 10/10
  Melvins - 8/10
  The Smiths - 2/10
  
  lovelessrapture @soapy | 7 Feb '13, 14:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
Low

Indie cred: 9
Fashion sense: 3
Attractiveness: 6
Discography (quality): 9
Discography (quantity): 8

colon_closed_bracket | 7 Feb '13, 14:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
- oh ignore the quantity
  
  no idea. 5?
  
  colon_closed_bracket @colon_closed_bracket | 7 Feb '13, 14:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - oh ffs meant to reply to this re: beyoncé. leaves thread
    
    colon_closed_bracket @colon_closed_bracket | 7 Feb '13, 14:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
sorry, how do you play this game?

robluvsnic | 7 Feb '13, 14:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
Beyoncé

Indie cred: 6 (higher for being "proper" pop music
Fashion sense: 9
Attractiveness: 9
Discography (quality): 7
Discography (quantity): 4

colon_closed_bracket | 7 Feb '13, 14:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- oh you said band. can we have solo artists too?
  
  colon_closed_bracket @colon_closed_bracket | 7 Feb '13, 14:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yup
    
    Attractiveness 9, so who gets a 10? (not that I'm that bothered by Bouncy but I believe she is viewed as 'hot')
    
    funkycow @colon_closed_bracket | 7 Feb '13, 14:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - okay she can have a 10
      
      given that J&MC got an 8...
      
      colon_closed_bracket @funkycow | 7 Feb '13, 15:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - LOL yeah fuck knows what I was thinking
        
        If it were me the the stats would be:
        
        Commercial Acclaim
        Critical Acclaim
        Image
        Prone to Chaos
        Output
        
        Coz surely fashion sense & attractiveness for every indie band is pretty much the same thing for top trumps? Or am I reading into this too much?
        
        lovelessrapture @colon_closed_bracket | 7 Feb '13, 15:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I think maybe also...
        
        ...influence?
        
        pentargo @lovelessrapture | 7 Feb '13, 15:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        lovelessrapture this'd this
        
        OK, good suggestions
        
        I would add 'Influence' as a sixth class, definitely.
        
        You could swap 'indie cred' for 'critical acclaim' and 'commercial acclaim' as a new class. Output is catered for in the two discography classes. I guess image could replace 'fashion sense' - all of these ones are a bit rubbish because they're very subjective and nothing to do with the music.
        
        How about:
        
        Critical acclaim: x out of 10
        Commercial acclaim: x out of 10
        Discography (quality): x out of 10
        Discography (quantity): number (you want The Fall)
        Influence: x out of 10
        
        funkycow @pentargo | 7 Feb '13, 15:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Hmm, this has gone from being a bit DiS to a bit Q
        
        funkycow @funkycow | 7 Feb '13, 15:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        ok some DIS type jokey stats maybe?
        
        Likelihood to play ATP
        Hype
        Proper Tunes
        
        can't think of others...
        
        lovelessrapture @funkycow | 7 Feb '13, 15:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        haircuts
        
        Matt_was_taken @lovelessrapture | 7 Feb '13, 15:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        lovelessrapture this'd this
        
        How would you rank that?
        
        Proper, improper?
        
        funkycow @Matt_was_taken | 7 Feb '13, 15:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        well it'd have to be
        
        proper haircuts surely?
        
        lovelessrapture @funkycow | 7 Feb '13, 15:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
Elvis

Indie cred: 10 out of 10
Fashion sense: 10 out of 10
Attractiveness: 10 out of 10
Discography (quality): 2 out of 10
Discography (quantity): 10 out of 10

meths | 7 Feb '13, 16:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
- You've done quantity wrong...
  
  pentargo @meths | 7 Feb '13, 16:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - It's not rocket surgery.
    
    funkycow @pentargo | 7 Feb '13, 16:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - no, i've rated the quantity out of ten.
    
    meths @pentargo | 8 Feb '13, 16:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - It's not brain science.
      
      funkycow @meths | 8 Feb '13, 16:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
Tindersticks

Indie cred: 9/10
Fashion sense: 10/10
Attractiveness: 4/10
Discography (quality): 9/10
Discography (quantity): 8/10

ThirstyDog | 7 Feb '13, 16:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
Black Veil Brides

Indie cred: 0/10
Fashion sense: 0/10
Attractiveness: 0/10
Discography (quality): 0/10
Discography (quantity): 3 too many

benfyffemusic | 7 Feb '13, 17:13 | X | ^ This | Reply

funkycow this'd this
You know you want to...

http://tinypic.com/r/w7fm77/6

funkycow | 7 Feb '13, 20:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
Go on then: Radiohead

Indie Cred: 9/10
Fashion Sense: 4/10
Attractiveness: 2/10
Discography (quality): 9/10
Discography (quantity): 8

wonton | 7 Feb '13, 20:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Velvet Underground

Indie Cred: 9/10
Fashion Sense: 6/10
Attractiveness: 4/10 (Nico was quite fit, in her own forbidding Germanic way)
Discography (Quality): 10/10
Discography (Quantity): 4

pichaelmarker | 7 Feb '13, 23:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
Guided By Voices

Indie Cred: 9/10
Fashion Sense: 4/10
Attractiveness: 4/10
Discography (quality): 7.5/10
Discography (quantity): 19

JaguarPirate | 7 Feb '13, 23:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
Wilco

Indie Cred: 8/10
Fashion Sense: 4/10
Attractiveness: 3/10
Discography (quality): 8.5/10
Discography (quantity): 8

sunstroke_house | 8 Feb '13, 17:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
Blur

Indie Cred: 6/10
Fashion Sense: 5/10
Attractiveness: 5/10
Discography (quality): 9/10
Discography (quantity): 7

sunstroke_house | 8 Feb '13, 17:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Strokes

Indie Cred: 7/10
Fashion Sense: 7/10
Attractiveness: 8/10
Discography (quality): 8/10
Discography (quantity): 4

sunstroke_house | 8 Feb '13, 17:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
Lemonheads

Indie Cred: 7/10
Fashion Sense: 5/10
Attractiveness: 7/10
Discography (quality): 8/10
Discography (quantity): 8

sunstroke_house | 8 Feb '13, 17:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
Sonic Youth

Indie Cred: 9/10
Fashion Sense: 8/10
Attractiveness: 6/10
Discography (quality) 8.5/10
Discography (quantity): 16

sunstroke_house | 8 Feb '13, 17:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
Nirvana

Indie Cred: 9/10
Fashion Sense: 6/10
Attractiveness: 7/10
Discography (quality): 10/10
Discography (quantity): 3

sunstroke_house | 8 Feb '13, 18:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
Pavement:

Indie cred: 10/10
Fashion sense: 3/10
Attractiveness: 7/10
Discography (quality): 10/10
Discography (quantity): 5

Oissin_ | 8 Feb '13, 18:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- thinkin'...
  
  ...that's a smidge generous with the quality there, fella...
  
  sunstroke_house @Oissin_ | 8 Feb '13, 18:33 | X | ^ This | Reply

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