I was looking for new music last night, following recommendations on Napster, and realized that by the time I got 5-6 clicks from my original search, I could be in a totally different genre. For example, a search starting with Harry Connick Jr made it to Metallica in about 9 or 10 clicks. So, I decided to challenge myself to see how fast I could get there from something more difficult.
Max and Ruby (Nickelodeon cartoon) - slightly tricky since most of the recommendations were Canadian
The Belmonts - I picked the least Canadian sounding group
Barry Mann - I thought that would get me closer than it did
Luciano Pavarotti - I was hoping he'd link directly to Sting or, even better, Suzanne Vega, because of the "and Friends" albums, but it didn't
Josh Groban -
Sting -
Suzanne Vega - key to everything - this game could be called Six Degrees of Suzanne Vega, but it would be too easy.
Gin Blossoms
Blind Melon
Alice in Chains
Metallica
My MP3 player has a lot more variety now (yes, I did add something from every artist along the way). Anyone have another challenge for me?
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A friend from HS challenged me with Apocalyptica to Veggie Tales:
Apocalyptica
Nightwish
Iron Maiden
Van Halen
Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi (another key - he links with everyone from Burl Ives, Bell Biv Devoe, Skid Row, Ratt, Collin Raye)
Burl Ives
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Veggie Tales
Jim Nabors to Run DMC.
First - Nightwish, not what I expected. The song I picked was The Poet and the Pendulum. At about 9 minutes in, I stopped it and asked my 3yo if he liked it and he said Yeah.
And:
Jim Nabors
Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
Kenny Rogers
Neil Diamond
Billy Joel
Norah Jones
Alicia Keys
Beyonce
Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes
Salt-n-Pepa
Run DMC
added: I liked Nightwish too.
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