Blog → Last.fm Related Tracks Game

So today I was extremely bored and having nothing better to do I decided to make a little game out of listening to my music. So I decided to start with a track, and then using last.fm's related tracks list on the tracks page I randomly selected the next song that I would listen to. I was curious to see how far away from the original song I would be able to get in 20 songs. It didn't turn out quite as I'd thought, though it could just be the songs I chose.
I started with Dr. Dre - Deep Cover

after that it took me to Dr. Dre - Fuck Wit Dre Day

then to Dr. Dre -Deeez Nuuuts

then yet another Dre song Dr. Dre - High Powered

Finally I managed to get away from Dre for a minute and go to Snoop Dogg - Pump Pump

then another Dre track Dr. Dre - Stranded on Death Row

Still on the west the next song was 2Pac - 2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted

Finally I made the move over the the east coast with Notorious B.I.G. - Big Poppa

next to a classic track Big L - Put It On

over to Mobb Deep - Survival Of The Fittest

to Nas - The World Is Yours

then over to a song that sampled the previous one Jay-Z -Dead Presidents II

next to the Wu-Tang Clan, where the track list managed to stay for the rest of the songs Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.

Raekwon- Incarcerated Scarfaces a song by a Wu-Tang member

Ol' Dirty Bastard - Brooklyn Zoo another song by a Wu-Tang member of course

then back to the whole clan Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck

Back to Ol' Dirty with Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya

another Wu-Tang Method Man - Bring the pain

over to one of the best rap duos ever Method Man & Redman - Da Rockwilder

and for the last one Method Man & Redman - Blackout

So as you can see I didn't end too far away from the original song, at least not as much as I'd expected. I figured the last song would be Lady Gaga or something crazy like that. I'm definitely going to try it again and see what happens. If anything it's a great way to listen to some deeper tracks you might not otherwise have given a listen to, or to listen to some tracks you haven't heard in a while. I hope someone reads this and maybe does the same thing and posts their results.
On a not related note I've started using twitter so anyone on my friends list who also has one should follow me, send me a message and I'll follow you back too.

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So yeah leave a comment on what you think. Thanks for reading.