Acts whose entire album output wavered similarly to the following 2-D linear equation: y = 4x^4/e^x

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Neil Young

― donut debonair (donut), Thursday, 19 May 2005 21:22 (twenty-one years ago)

anthony braxton

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Thursday, 19 May 2005 21:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually, that equation is highly nonlinear.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 19 May 2005 21:33 (twenty-one years ago)

(I'm surprised it took more than one post to correct me!)

― donut debonair (donut), Thursday, 19 May 2005 21:34 (twenty-one years ago)

It would have to have been a math-rock outfit.

― John Fredland (jfredland), Thursday, 19 May 2005 21:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Obviously unanswerable until you tell us how to parenthesize the algebraic expression.

― Guayaquil, Thursday, 19 May 2005 21:36 (twenty-one years ago)

standard order of operator precedence. no parantheses needed. :p

oh ok.

(4x^4)/(e^x) - (x^2)

― donut debonair (donut), Thursday, 19 May 2005 21:40 (twenty-one years ago)

definitely brujeria.

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Thursday, 19 May 2005 21:46 (twenty-one years ago)

we got nerdz

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 19 May 2005 21:49 (twenty-one years ago)

i know this is off topic and extremely nerdy, but has their ever been a math/music discussion (of any kind) on this board?

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 19 May 2005 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

oh has there.

― donut debonair (donut), Thursday, 19 May 2005 22:02 (twenty-one years ago)

were they interesting or just pseudo-scientific wacking off? not that that would bother me.

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 19 May 2005 22:05 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah right, scienceist

― only in this way did the Hunter manifest His destiny, Thursday, 19 May 2005 22:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Bob Dylan likes the idea of math

― donut debonair (donut), Thursday, 19 May 2005 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)

speaking of acts with complex equations of album quality throughout a career

― donut debonair (donut), Thursday, 19 May 2005 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Would there be much wavering though? Just an exponential skyrocketing of quality, no? Which, sadly, seems unlikely.

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Thursday, 19 May 2005 22:50 (twenty-one years ago)

No, there'd be a slight dip at the beginning, then a peak in mid/early career, followed by a calamitous and quick drop-off into the deep negative for the rest of time.

Paul McCartney?

― Guayaquil, Friday, 20 May 2005 00:20 (twenty-one years ago)

What do we do with negative values of x? For Neil Young, is this the Mynah Birds and Buffalo Springfield output? Hardly! Negative values of x
drop from an infinite high as far as I can tell.

How do you account for temporary highs like Ragged Glory, Sleeps With Angels, and Greendale?

― southern lights, Friday, 20 May 2005 00:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Here it is:

http://photos10.flickr.com/14716010_57e793f21c.jpg

Thus, it begins with a so-so debut, followed by a considerable growth in quality for albums #2 and #3. #4 brings a slight dropoff, #5 is a bad album, and everything after that become increasingly horrific.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 20 May 2005 00:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Metallica.

― Alan Conceicao (Alan Conceicao), Friday, 20 May 2005 00:48 (twenty-one years ago)

oh shit, now that i see what it actually is, definitely NOT brujeria.

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Friday, 20 May 2005 00:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Metallica is a great answer!

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 20 May 2005 00:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I disagree strongly with this, but some people might say Autechre.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 20 May 2005 00:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Weezer. (Don't expect this to make sense.)

Let's say "Kitchen Tapes" is the so-so debut, which is actually a lame thing to say since it includes 2 of my favorite Weezer songs, but whatever. Then The Blue Album, Return of the Rentals and Pinkerton at the peak, followed by Seven More Minutes and the various tracks that were released between '97 and '99. The dip picks up momentum with the songs that debuted on the summer y2k tour, followed by the fast decline which includes The Green Album and Maladroit and eventually Make Believe being the pinnicle of Weezer's crapness way at the bottom.

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Friday, 20 May 2005 01:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha, okay, I misread e^x as e*x. Maybe Soft Machine or something? LOL.

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 20 May 2005 01:36 (twenty-one years ago)

MindRewind, you RULE! (considering I just made up that equation off the top of my head)

Next time someone asks me what my opinion of Metallica is, I'll just say "Well, you know, they're a classic four-times-N-to-the-fourth over an e-to-the-N, evaluated, minus N-squared type career band."

― donut debonair (donut), Friday, 20 May 2005 02:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Randy Newman

― jmeister (jmeister), Friday, 20 May 2005 02:04 (twenty-one years ago)

The angle of the dangle is proportionate to the mass of the ass and the heat of the meat.

― Amon (eman), Friday, 20 May 2005 02:43 (twenty-one years ago)

beck's trajectory --described by an unusual summation equation - when plugging in other bands values as x, it still mysteriously adds up to zero every single time; a mathematical and musical mystery. hardy har har. ok that was dumb and mean

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Friday, 20 May 2005 17:44 (twenty-one years ago)

i laughed, susan.

― donut debonair (donut), Friday, 20 May 2005 17:46 (twenty-one years ago)

ok atleast theres that!

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Friday, 20 May 2005 17:46 (twenty-one years ago)

If you think Tortoise peaked with TNT, they might fit.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 20 May 2005 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

the sea and cake. started strong, peaked with 'nassau' and 'the biz,' and basically hit the ground with 'one bedroom.'

― rajeev (rajeev), Friday, 20 May 2005 18:23 (twenty-one years ago)

This is where Sly & the Family Stone belong.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 20 May 2005 20:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Robbie Williams. Really. I think this may also be the thread to which the Manics are, in fact, the correct answer.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 21 May 2005 10:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Manics - yes, good one. Some of the people that got mentioned on the 'downwards trajectory' thread would in reality fit this pretty well, Butthole Surfers for example

― DJ Mencap0))), Saturday, 21 May 2005 11:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Shimura Curves!

― The Square Root Of Negative Two (kate), Saturday, 21 May 2005 12:50 (twenty-one years ago)

(Sorry, I could not resist.)

― The Square Root Of Negative Two (kate), Saturday, 21 May 2005 12:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Totally agree with the Manics.
Many people would claim Radiohead follow this pattern too.

Rufus wainwright if he continues the decline since his peak of Poses.

― dmun drive-in (dmun), Saturday, 21 May 2005 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

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Acts whose entire album output wavered similarly to the following 2-D linear equation: y = 4x^4/e^x - x^2