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Post by 40oz on Oct 25, 2017 9:28:17 GMT -5
Oh you like Nashgul? You know what else sounds like Nashgul? Korn!
If you like Agoraphobic Nosebleed, you're gonna love Slipknot!
System of a Down! I bet your favorite song is Chop Suey!
Go fuck yourself Pandora.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2017 9:55:45 GMT -5
Oh you like Nashgul? You know what else sounds like Nashgul? Korn!If you like Agoraphobic Nosebleed, you're gonna love Slipknot!System of a Down! I bet your favorite song is Chop Suey!Go fuck yourself Pandora. Exactly. The only people that would legitimately enjoy Pandora are mindless dolts without the spine to hold musical preferences, or perhaps a human being who has spent their entire life in a cavern under the earth and is just emerging for the first time. Having some bullshit software program build you a playlist is not gonna work, you need to do that for yourself.
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Post by dn on Oct 25, 2017 9:58:58 GMT -5
People have been delegating that power to fucking radio DJs for years.
At least Pandora isn't unsufferably cheerful at 5am.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2017 10:08:56 GMT -5
I find the radio highly irritating. I prefer to listen to an entire album from a band, and then eventually listen their entire discography (if I like them enough). That way you can get to know all of their songs, instead of the "hits".
Look at Black Sabbath, for example. I feel like the Classic Rock Radio stations only play the same 3-4 songs from that group, over and over. It's annoying. I'm sick of always hearing "Iron Man" and "War Pigs". Sabbath has a huge discography, with various vocalists. I'd rather hear some variety.
The radio is randomized so it's supposed to contain variety, but actually doesn't. If you want real variety, you have to dig deeper yourself.
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Post by 40oz on Oct 25, 2017 10:37:09 GMT -5
I feel the same way about albums. Songs flow from one to the next, and sometimes albums have a really profound story to tell from start to finish. When you frankenstein a playlist with only the best songs, it's almost like isolating all the fight scenes from a bunch of action movies instead of watching the whole thing. It just kinda bastardizes the whole thing and makes the rest of the album boring in comparison.
I think it's possible to make good playlists of similar sounding bands and styles, but I think it takes a lot of work and study to get it to sound organically. In the end I think people who use these types of programs would get all the same benefits from white noise.
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Post by Justince on Oct 26, 2017 17:48:15 GMT -5
Pandora started with the best intentions, the Music Genome Project. A wealth of music connected by mathematical and heuristic algorithms, where you could plop in a song and maybe be surprised by something similar you didn't expect, but still with enough of the qualities you liked when you started listening.
Then they fucked up...how you ask? By letting too many dipshits have opinions. Hey you like The Cure? Well I guess that mean you must like everything single stupid fucking song ever written in the '80s! The massive popularity spike coupled by a legion of tasteless assclowns liking and disliking has completely decimated whatever tenuous idea was established in the beginning, then most of the catalog got wiped and replaced with record company darling 'Greatest Hits' compilations. That's why you never hear anything obscure or interesting, Pandora played dick-fiddle to advertisers and the RIAA. Now it's nothing more than a second-rate streaming service that stops in the middle of your session with 'Are you still there?' prompt. Yes I'm here, I told you to play so play asshole. You're better off making a custom playlist in Spotify or some shit.
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Post by 40oz on Oct 30, 2017 6:43:12 GMT -5
I do, I use it all the time. I've just been getting a little annoyed with advertisements that pop up every other song when im listening to an album. I asked some people at work what music service they use and they almost all unanimously agree that Pandora is the best. So yeah, I have no musical interests in common with my coworkers.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2017 8:16:17 GMT -5
Ever tried AdBlock? It removes YouTube ads completely. Or do you think it is kind of unethical to use it? (perhaps this question deserves its own topic)
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Post by joe-ilya on Oct 30, 2017 10:41:11 GMT -5
Youtube recommendations are the best, I've discovered so many great bands with it, also new genres and I found out that Emo isn't always as bad as the modern mainstream Emo music, fucking Youtube recommendations, you need nothing more than that.
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Post by 40oz on Oct 30, 2017 12:32:25 GMT -5
Ever tried AdBlock? It removes YouTube ads completely. Or do you think it is kind of unethical to use it? (perhaps this question deserves its own topic) I use it at home, but I do most of my music listening at the office. The ethics of blocking ads is an interesting topic.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2017 15:30:06 GMT -5
I’ll flatly state that there are no ethics in blocking ads. Ads are like a mental virus that aim to infect. One day the advertisers and marketers of the world will be put on trial for crimes against humanity.
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Post by joe-ilya on Oct 31, 2017 10:33:44 GMT -5
I’ll flatly state that there are no ethics in blocking ads. Ads are like a mental virus that aim to infect. One day the advertisers and marketers of the world will be put on trial for crimes against humanity. That's only true for porn sites and other scummy areas.
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Post by 40oz on Oct 31, 2017 11:00:35 GMT -5
I think glenzinho means ads are a mental virus in a more figurative sense. Overexposure to advertising has an effect that convinces people to want things they never knew they wanted. It's good for the economy but it also muddies the waters in everyone's personal pursuit for happiness.
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Post by joe-ilya on Nov 4, 2017 9:14:59 GMT -5
I doubt that because @glenzinho said that it's a crime, what you described doesn't sound like one.
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