One of the nifty new features of the recently revamped
Last.fm
is that every tag that ever has been applied by Last.fm users to music
now has its own page that contains everything Last.fm knows about the
tag. The page shows the top artist for the tag, a wiki-style description
of the tag, and a shoutbox where last.fm listeners can have a running
conversation about the tag. The shoutbox seems like it will be a lot of
fun - it's the place to go if you want to argue the finer points of
technical death metal vs.
melodic death metal. The current dialog in the
emo shoutbox is particularly entertaining as fans try to protect their listening turf. Some selections:
- And what is it with everyone with the same goddamn haircut!
- Haha, it says Iron Maiden is emo.
- 'Flex94 tagged My Chemical Romance as ‘emo’.'What the hell is that.?
- James Blunt and Iron Maiden emo?! O.o
- OMG!! some people really don't know what is emo and how it
sounds.... AFI, FOB, Blink182, Bullet for my valentine, Good Charlotte,
Sum41, Placebo, Him, 3DG, Nirvana, Slipknot, 50cent... - EMO??? WOW...
X_x some listeners are really stupid!
This is all getting a bit meta - people commenting on tags that other
people apply to music. Maybe we can take this a bit further and let
people moderate the comments that people are making about the tags that
others are applying to the music. And then we can have meta-moderators
to moderate the moderators ... ow - my head hurts.