My last.fm constant companions

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I recently celebrated 20 years on Last.fm. I scrobbled intermittently for first few years but have scrobbled most everything I chose to listen to in past few years. I checked https://lastfmstats.com/ and according to it these are the artists I’ve listened to at least once each year since the start. Which of these is your favourite?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Prefab Sprout	4
Roxy Music	4
Cocteau Twins	3
Pet Shop Boys	3
David Bowie	3
Brian Eno	3
Broadcast	3
Marvin Gaye	2
Kraftwerk	2
ELO	1
The Mountain Goats	1
Saint Etienne	1
John Cale	1
Yo La Tengo	1
Christina	1
Belle and Sebastian	1
The Human League	1
Goldfrapp	0
k.d. lang	0
Dusty Springfield	0
Girls Aloud	0
Teenage Fanclub	0
Yazoo	0
Sparks	0

― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 23 January 2025 20:47 (one month ago) link

Christina is a perennial Christmas choice.

― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 23 January 2025 20:48 (one month ago) link

Between Eno, Dusty, ELO and Cocteau.

Honestly, probably ELO

― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 23 January 2025 20:55 (one month ago) link

instead of ELO, I picked ENO

― that's not my post, Thursday, 23 January 2025 21:07 (one month ago) link

voted pet shop boys

― nxd, Thursday, 23 January 2025 21:36 (one month ago) link

If I spent the last twenty years scribbling (or whatever it is) I suspect the Mountain Goats would be one of my more constant companions, so that.

― cryptosicko, Thursday, 23 January 2025 22:10 (one month ago) link

marvin gaye

― ivy., Thursday, 23 January 2025 22:17 (one month ago) link

Eno vs. Kraftwerk vs. Marvin Gaye is a tough one.

― c u (crüt), Thursday, 23 January 2025 22:21 (one month ago) link

Although objectively I should pick Bowie or Eno, the band on this list I've listened to the most is Prefab Sprout.

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 23 January 2025 22:29 (one month ago) link

I stopped using Last.fm maybe ... eight years ago? I was getting too obsessive about making sure iTunes plays from my phone etc were being counted. Also the Mac scrobbler started behaving badly.

Now I regret it. I want that data.

Bowie

― rainbow calx (lukas), Thursday, 23 January 2025 22:41 (one month ago) link

My 20 year last.fm anniversary was in November. Wow, that's a good chunk of my life.

Beatles are my #1 followed by … Cliff Martinez (I listen to the Solaris soundtrack a lot).

― Alba, Thursday, 23 January 2025 22:49 (one month ago) link

I considered resetting my account a few years ago ago but I’m glad I didn’t. If I’m looking for inspiration I’ll see what I was listening to 5, 10 or 15 years ago. 10 years ago today Bradford Cox, Tinashe and FKA Twigs.

― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 23 January 2025 22:53 (one month ago) link

Oh, I misunderstood the criteria: turns out there's only one artist I've listened to every year: the Beach Boys. And I went nearly 20 years between listens of I Zimbra!

― Alba, Thursday, 23 January 2025 22:59 (one month ago) link

bowie is on my list too, so i'll vote for him

― what angers me about the smurfs these days (voodoo chili), Thursday, 23 January 2025 23:20 (one month ago) link

Human league

― calstars, Friday, 24 January 2025 00:02 (four weeks ago) link

i have 156 'every year artists'

― mookieproof, Friday, 24 January 2025 00:22 (four weeks ago) link

Roxy

― Glam conspiracist (Dan Peterson), Friday, 24 January 2025 00:29 (four weeks ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 4 February 2025 00:01 (two weeks ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Wednesday, 5 February 2025 00:01 (two weeks ago) link

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