Band Top Trumps
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
pumpkins havent got that many albums out..
compared to the fall, zappa etc
That's their actual number of albums...
...rather than out of ten.
ahhhhh
fuck me, glad i gave up when i did!
Broken Social Scene
Indie cred: 8/10
Fashion sense: 6/10
Attractiveness: 8/10
Discography (quality): 7/10
Discography (quantity): 4 (full band, studio)
Belle and Sebastian
Indie cred: 9/10
Fashion sense: 4/10
Attractiveness: 6/10
Discography (quality): 8/10
Discography (quantity): 8
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...
The Cure
Indie cred: 8/10
Fashion sense: 5/10
Attractiveness: 6/10
Discography (quality): 8/10
Discography (quantity): 13
Kraftwerk
Indie cred: 7/10
Fashion sense: 5/10
Attractiveness: 4/10
Discography (quality): 8/10
Discography (quantity): 10
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...
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.
I averaged it out over the course of their career...
...and then added a point purely for Simon Gallup.
The Smiths
Indie cred: 10/10
Fashion sense: 5/10
Attractiveness: 6/10
Discography (quality): 10/10
Discography (quantity): 4/10
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.
3/10?
They're at least a 7
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)
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
what about killings, bloodloss or satanic references?
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4424878
Prone to Destruction stat?
Belle & Sebastian - 1/10
Monotonix - 10/10
Melvins - 8/10
The Smiths - 2/10
Low
Indie cred: 9
Fashion sense: 3
Attractiveness: 6
Discography (quality): 9
Discography (quantity): 8
oh ignore the quantity
no idea. 5?
oh ffs meant to reply to this re: beyoncé. leaves thread
sorry, how do you play this game?
Beyoncé
Indie cred: 6 (higher for being "proper" pop music
Fashion sense: 9
Attractiveness: 9
Discography (quality): 7
Discography (quantity): 4
oh you said band. can we have solo artists too?
Yup
Attractiveness 9, so who gets a 10? (not that I'm that bothered by Bouncy but I believe she is viewed as 'hot')
okay she can have a 10
given that J&MC got an 8...
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?
I think maybe also...
...influence?
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
Hmm, this has gone from being a bit DiS to a bit Q
ok some DIS type jokey stats maybe?
Likelihood to play ATP
Hype
Proper Tunes
can't think of others...
haircuts
How would you rank that?
Proper, improper?
well it'd have to be
proper haircuts surely?
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
You've done quantity wrong...
It's not rocket surgery.
no, i've rated the quantity out of ten.
It's not brain science.
Tindersticks
Indie cred: 9/10
Fashion sense: 10/10
Attractiveness: 4/10
Discography (quality): 9/10
Discography (quantity): 8/10
Black Veil Brides
Indie cred: 0/10
Fashion sense: 0/10
Attractiveness: 0/10
Discography (quality): 0/10
Discography (quantity): 3 too many
You know you want to...
http://tinypic.com/r/w7fm77/6
Go on then: Radiohead
Indie Cred: 9/10
Fashion Sense: 4/10
Attractiveness: 2/10
Discography (quality): 9/10
Discography (quantity): 8
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
Guided By Voices
Indie Cred: 9/10
Fashion Sense: 4/10
Attractiveness: 4/10
Discography (quality): 7.5/10
Discography (quantity): 19
Wilco
Indie Cred: 8/10
Fashion Sense: 4/10
Attractiveness: 3/10
Discography (quality): 8.5/10
Discography (quantity): 8
Blur
Indie Cred: 6/10
Fashion Sense: 5/10
Attractiveness: 5/10
Discography (quality): 9/10
Discography (quantity): 7
The Strokes
Indie Cred: 7/10
Fashion Sense: 7/10
Attractiveness: 8/10
Discography (quality): 8/10
Discography (quantity): 4
Lemonheads
Indie Cred: 7/10
Fashion Sense: 5/10
Attractiveness: 7/10
Discography (quality): 8/10
Discography (quantity): 8
Sonic Youth
Indie Cred: 9/10
Fashion Sense: 8/10
Attractiveness: 6/10
Discography (quality) 8.5/10
Discography (quantity): 16
Nirvana
Indie Cred: 9/10
Fashion Sense: 6/10
Attractiveness: 7/10
Discography (quality): 10/10
Discography (quantity): 3
Pavement:
Indie cred: 10/10
Fashion sense: 3/10
Attractiveness: 7/10
Discography (quality): 10/10
Discography (quantity): 5
thinkin'...
...that's a smidge generous with the quality there, fella...