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Title: weird "related artists" list
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on January 10, 2004, 10:18:02 AM
I was shoping on Amazon, looking for the soundtrack to Muppets Take Manhattan, actually. When Amazon told me that the related artists for the Muppets were
Sesame Street (makes sense)
Alvin and the Chipmunks (guess that makes sense too)
They Might Be Giants (getting a little strange here)
and Manheim Steamroller (what?)
Title: Re: weird "related artists" list
Post by: fuzzyoctopus on January 10, 2004, 01:18:30 PM
Umm... starts with an M?

The only thing that begins to make sense is targeted age group.
Title: Re: weird "related artists" list
Post by: stacer on January 10, 2004, 06:56:05 PM
I think the related links tend to be just that "people who bought ________ also bought _________" and I know that when I buy things in stores or off Amazon they aren't necessarily related. Or is this something different?
Title: Re: weird "related artists" list
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on January 10, 2004, 07:27:25 PM
this is different.
This is not the "recommended" list. This is the "related artist" list.
Title: Re: weird "related artists" list
Post by: Mad Dr Jeffe on January 11, 2004, 03:45:24 PM
Happy Banglideshi Programmers with a weird and sick sense of humor perhaps?
Title: Re: weird "related artists" list
Post by: Lieutenant Kije on January 12, 2004, 01:38:51 AM
Didn't you know?  All the members of Manheim Steamroller are muppets.
Title: Re: weird "related artists" list
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on January 12, 2004, 07:33:22 AM
That does explain a lot.
Title: Re: weird "related artists" list
Post by: EUOL on January 12, 2004, 08:56:45 AM
That's what Amazon gets for letting Gemm write their lists for them....

(Newest philosophy:  Gemm=Homsar.)
Title: Re: weird "related artists" list
Post by: fuzzyoctopus on January 12, 2004, 12:10:51 PM
Wonderful, a new amusement: read all of Gemm's posts in Homsar's voice.
Title: Re: weird "related artists" list
Post by: Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock on January 12, 2004, 01:12:51 PM
Just to help further EUOL's point. I can do Homsar's voice to a T. I'm very adept at it. Heyyy! You shunk my jenja jams!
Title: Re: weird "related artists" list
Post by: Mistress of Darkness on January 12, 2004, 05:59:36 PM
"I'm a song from the sixties"

I think it's more around the fact Mahattan & Mannheim are similar. Sounds more like lazy programmers than sadistic ones.

TMBG makes sense. First time I heard them was on Radio AAHZ which was an AM station that played music for kids. They were then put out of business when their partner splitted ways (after learning what they needed to know about radio broadcasting) and made it's own radio station, Radio Disney.
Title: Re: weird "related artists" list
Post by: Fellfrosch on January 13, 2004, 01:54:25 PM
The TMBG guys did some voices for Home Movies Sunday night. That was pretty funny.