Last.fm
So my good friend Sandy told me about this site some time ago, and we were looking at our mutual friends' song statistics. I found it to be interesting, but a bit too Big Brother for me. Then the Bulls posted about Last.fm and its wonderful radio function. You put in a favorite band and it plays what it thinks you like and want to hear - pretty simple and pretty smart. It sounded like a no-brainer, a win-win situation.
If the fucking thing worked it would be genius.
Being the Morrissey lover that I am, I put The Smiths as my band. What do they play? Fucking Rolling Stones "Dead Flowers". Crappy country rock with worse singing (I truly hate Mick's vox on this one). So I ban that track and continue on...and it just gets fucking worse. Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, SOUNDGARDEN?!?! Seriously, for every one song I could stand listening to there were at least 12 songs that make me want to scream (in anger and frustration, not the "hoo yes, motherfuckers, shout at the devil!" party scream). Who the FUCK thinks of The Smiths as a classic rock band?
It is also a bone of contention that they never even play the god damn band you list as your favorite. Why the fuck else would I list them?
So it's not perfect. I DID get to hear a couple of great songs I hadn't heard in donkeys, but it just wasn't enough. The band that returned the best results was the Cocteau Twins. Subsequent attempts have been better, but still seriously lacking. I think I could only use this sparingly, like when my Duran Duran mp3 cd goes missing, or I would be at my wit's end.
posted by pop renaissance @ 2:03 PM
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18 Comments:
Crazy. I just listened to The Smiths AND the Cocteau Twins today.
that is why i heart smartypants, boys and girls. right there.
I heart you right back, PR.
= )
One more thing before I dash off to bed.
I listened to Siouxsie and the Banshees today as well.
Because my iPod rocks.
OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD!!! Every time I come here it just makes me want to pick up a This Mortal Coil box set...
...And burn it.
They have a This Mortal Coil boxset? ::running over to Amazon::
;)
I like Launchcast at Yahoo. It takes a bit of work, but once you rate enough bands, it is really spot-on. Here's mine: http://music.yahoo.com/lc/?rt=0&rp1=0&rp2=1239002510
the this mortal coil boxset is awesome.
oh yeah - fuck you, teh l4m3. =)
i'm a-gonna check yers out right now, indy.
Pop: I heart a boy who hearts my boy Morris! You are god damn right when you say that the Smiths are NOT classic rock.
Goddammit! I thought video killed the radio star and the tweerps who code music like that.
indygirl, your link has great music!
oh, and smarty - we listened to siouxsie too. "strange brew" and "the killing jar".
Butn girlfriend, "Twerps who code music like that" doesn't really rhyme with much. That's the real reason they went with video.
you can also try Pandora for the same kind of thing. it played some obscure shit I didn't know, but that was cool with me...
i thought pandora was just a thing that would tell you what bands to check out when you put a band name in. i'll have to give it a listen.
launchcast is rockin' pretty hard this afternoon. massive attack then new order - very fine indeed.
No, it makes up to 100 radio stations for you.
100?! holy shit, between that, ebay, and blogs i'll NEVER get any work done...
try "the sundays".
I like last fm because it plays album tracks, not just singles. You can check the play count stats and ratings for individual songs, which is neat.
yes, neat.
that ratings system was what attracted me at first. i will try the sundays, who were a great live band.
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