Did you know that everyone and his or her brother has done a version of "Santa Baby", "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" and "Baby, It's Cold Outside"? It's true. The internet radio churns through at least 10 versions of each of those 3 songs every couple of hours. At first I was marking that I liked some of them, like Macy Gray's "Santa Baby" or The Asylum Street Spankers' "Baby, It's Cold Outside," but I'm now officially sick of those 3 songs and am making it known to Pandora that at this point I like none of them.
Despite my previous glowing review of Pandora, I have to say that I've noticed after a few hours it starts deteriorating and playing random songs that sort of vaguely stick to the original song, but not really at all. This is despite my system of saying that I only like the songs that strictly adhere to my original selection. For instance, how does a station based on "Ding Dong! Merrily on High" by The Cambridge Singers justify playing ANYTHING by Boyz II Men? Usually if I restart the station Pandora gets its act together.
And, yes, I am at my boring job today (versus the interesting one), thus giving me time to obsess about the nuances of internet radio and the ins and outs of the Pandora Music Genome Project. Why do you ask?
3 comments:
I have to agree with you on the weirdness of Pandora. Even though I've been out of Utah for a long time, I listen to 101.9 The End at work at 1019theend.com . I like Chunga and Mister in the morning and they play Christmas music every 15 minutes. They are an alternative station with a deep love of the Barenaked Ladies, but the songs are pretty tolerable. They also have a holiday channel.
Boyz II Men have a CD called "CooleyHighHarmony"...who knows, maybe that's what ticked it....
I found the same problems, but I still think that Pandora is pretty nifty.
Could you do me a favor? I know that you have a link to my blog on your page... I have moved it to it's own domain and would appreciate if you could update the link. :) I need all the link love I can get!
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