Game, I entered Feist as my first artist (the first who came to mind. I think because his playlist was super-Feisty). After a half hour or so I was going to pull my hair out if I heard one more quirky, twinkly-voiced girl. Pandora had produced a playlist for me that was indeed very consistent but also incredibly tedious, reflecting just a narrow slice of what I like to listen to. Things got much much better when I took a minute to "add variety" so that Pandora had a better sampling of the breadth of music I like.
After about 10 hours of listening (and giving feedback), adding artists as I thought of them, I'm pretty happy with most things that come up. I do wonder about their licensing however. Though I put in David Bowie, Bryan Ferry Roxy Music, who combined must have hundreds of songs, I've heard only one Bowie tune, yet every time I log in I get at least two Pixies tracks from Surfer Rosa. Mystery.
I've heard this on the radio a couple of times but this came up on my playlist and it struck me as a delightfully perfect pop song, Silver Lining by Rilo Kiley:
I also added Laurie Anderson, and so far have just heard O Superman. I guess this one had the most crossover but it's not my favorite. I really like Smoke Rings because it's completely hilarious but could not find a clip of it to save my life. So here are two more serious but equally wonderful clips, apologies for the crappier than usual quality:
White Lilies
Walking and Falling
Okay, it's neither Monday nor Tuesday but here's a picture that's kinda cute and kinda horrifying. Perhaps it can put your bad day in context:
2 comments:
maybe you should put in GnR for a little variety/testosterone
lynchb
Yes, Pandora lets you create more than one station, so I should made a rocking station with GnR and The Clash. Back when I was a bagel roller at the Madison Bagel Co, we used to all stand around a huge table rolling the dough listening to The Clash. Then I was rendered obsolete by a machine.
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