Why did you pick this song?
Jan. 1st, 2011 11:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
foolsguineaPandora Radio is a neat concept, and the Music Genome Project is a really neat idea.
But while they say they picked a song because it shares tonalities & stuff, they really do pick stuff for say, historical associations.
When I created a Blondie station, I got lots of 1980's pop. Same when I created a Men Without Hats station. Now they did find commonalities, but they are referencing more than just "minor keys & use of harmonies."
When I discovered the Chameleons, I thought, "oh, here's a band that sounds like the Church" (one of my all-time favorite rock bands). As they note on the Chameleons' page: http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/chameleons
So is this acknowledged on the Church's page, so Church fans who have not heard of the Chameleons would find this other band with that lush two-guitar sound? http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/church
No. Instead I am unhelpfully informed that the Church resembles, "Echo & The Bunnymen / The Cure / The Psychedelic Furs / New Order / The Smiths." Yes, I've heard of them. Of course if I create a Church station, the Chameleons should pop up eventually, but this list seems like someone just picked a bunch of alternative acts of the 1980's.
But what made me decide to post was when I decided to create an Elliott Yamin station, and the third song up was by Daughtry. Yeah, whatever cockamamie reason they came up with, I think someone programmed this to be, "stuff an American Idol fan would recognize."
The next several picks were been reasonable enough. But c'mon, did they really put in Daughtry & not Stevie Wonder?
But while they say they picked a song because it shares tonalities & stuff, they really do pick stuff for say, historical associations.
When I created a Blondie station, I got lots of 1980's pop. Same when I created a Men Without Hats station. Now they did find commonalities, but they are referencing more than just "minor keys & use of harmonies."
When I discovered the Chameleons, I thought, "oh, here's a band that sounds like the Church" (one of my all-time favorite rock bands). As they note on the Chameleons' page: http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/chameleons
So is this acknowledged on the Church's page, so Church fans who have not heard of the Chameleons would find this other band with that lush two-guitar sound? http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/church
No. Instead I am unhelpfully informed that the Church resembles, "Echo & The Bunnymen / The Cure / The Psychedelic Furs / New Order / The Smiths." Yes, I've heard of them. Of course if I create a Church station, the Chameleons should pop up eventually, but this list seems like someone just picked a bunch of alternative acts of the 1980's.
But what made me decide to post was when I decided to create an Elliott Yamin station, and the third song up was by Daughtry. Yeah, whatever cockamamie reason they came up with, I think someone programmed this to be, "stuff an American Idol fan would recognize."
The next several picks were been reasonable enough. But c'mon, did they really put in Daughtry & not Stevie Wonder?
