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― niels, Monday, 2 October 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
Hahaha mine is both fun and terrible but also otm... I think they pick songs that were hits in your country from age 10 to 15.
Mine has Ace of Base, Paradisio, Fey, a song from Shakira’s 1995 album, Cardigans - Lovefool, basket case, pretty fly dor a white guy, santeria, gettin jiggy wit it, short dick man, vengaboys, ode to my family, closing time... I don’t know how they do it but I do have very vivid memories with all of those terrible songs growing up.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 2 October 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
Other than some Maiden stuff that my kid has been listening to/learning on guitar, my Time Capsule list was pretty good. I've engaged in some nostalgic listening, though, so the algorithms probably had more to go on.
― DJI, Monday, 2 October 2017 19:30 (six years ago) link
regarding what i posted up-thread. edited my card on-flie to the Quicksilver card and got a $5 credit, so getting it now for half off.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 October 2017 00:11 (six years ago) link
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― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 October 2017 01:24 (six years ago) link
How wondrous to live in the age of the celestial jukebox!
― Dan I., Thursday, 5 October 2017 01:29 (six years ago) link
Huh, honestly had no clue until now that that phrase was commonly used--thought Mark S. made it up!
― Dan I., Thursday, 5 October 2017 01:33 (six years ago) link
This isn't a huge deal but recently I've noticed that the track timer sometimes stops working. Track plays fine but timer stays at at 0:00.
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 5 October 2017 13:56 (six years ago) link
Does anyone else experience songs randomly getting removed from their library? It's been happening so long that I just take if for granted now, but it is a persistent mystery. I've got an IFTTT set up to save every song I manually add to the main "Songs" library while listening to a separate playlist (e.g. "Saved on Spotify")--so logically every song in that playlist should also appear in my "Songs", right? And they do, at first, but sooner or later a not-insignificant number of songs (at least 10%) in that "Saved on Spotify" playlist become unchecked, meaning that they've been removed from my "Songs" library--and I'm definitely not manually unchecking them.
I had assumed for a long time that this occurred because my "Songs" library had hit the 10,000 track limit, but it hasn't (it's at ~8,900), and anyway I have heard that when you do hit the 10k limit you get a pop-up message explicitly saying so, which I've never received.
It's not really a complaint, and I know opening a support request for this kind of thing would be fruitless anyway, I'm just wondering if this is a common thing that other people have experienced, or if I'm just some kinda weirdo
― Dan I., Thursday, 5 October 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
I see albums, especially from smaller indie labels, go unavailable all the time, and just assume it's that the track licensing goes wonky for a few months until someone pays up.
― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Thursday, 5 October 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link
There is a setting, at least in the Windows and Android versions (with different wordings for some reason), where you can choose whether unavailable tracks should be hidden or visible (and grayed out).
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 5 October 2017 21:11 (six years ago) link
Yeah, that's not what's happening to me. For example, I saved La Bouche - Be My Lover (yeah, yeah, I know) four times over the last year, and three times it has become unchecked. I saved it an hour ago and it became unchecked just since then. It's not unavailable.
― Dan I., Thursday, 5 October 2017 21:27 (six years ago) link
Ah right sorry, I see now that's what you were saying. (It didn't quite register because I don't use that save functionality myself.)
― anatol_merklich, Thursday, 5 October 2017 22:55 (six years ago) link
https://www.spotify-strangerthings.com/
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 26 October 2017 21:06 (six years ago) link
also cool easter egg if you play on the website or desktop app and just let the playlist play for a few without touching the mouse
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 26 October 2017 21:09 (six years ago) link
At the weekend I was trying to add to the queue mid-play & no matter how hard I tried, more than one time in ten I started playing the track instead of adding it. So much for being mr cool dj.
― Monogo doesn't socialise (ledge), Monday, 30 October 2017 13:41 (six years ago) link
I realise I'm probably the only person here who uses Spotify a lot but still uses the free service, but has anyone else noticed recently the soundtrack to the ad that sits at the bottom of the page playing over the top of the track you're listening to? It's happened a couple of times to me in the last week.
― Jeff W, Monday, 30 October 2017 16:13 (six years ago) link
That's definitely not supposed to happen! I've reported it to the ads team, I expect it will get fixed quickly...
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 30 October 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link
So the 2017 summaries are happening: 2017wrapped.com
Apparently my favourite genre is "mandible", which I had never heard of.82000 minutes of music listened to in 2017, which feels like some sort of achievement to put on the gravestone.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 06:55 (six years ago) link
What is this "The Ones That Got Away" playlist that has appeared? It literally seems to be made of music I find revolting -- Fleet Foxes, Morrissey, Grizzly Bear etc.
― Animal Bitrate (Raw Patrick), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 10:03 (six years ago) link
Haha me too! Same artists. There's a reason I skipped these!!
Top Artists: Future, XTC, Talking Heads, Young Thug, Future IslandsTop Song: Future - I'm So Groovy; Future Ooooooh (Instrumental); Young Thug - Family Don't Matter; Christine And The Queens - Tilted; Future - Coming Out StrongTop Genre - Indie Rock
― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 10:16 (six years ago) link
Me too. Maybe it,s a paid-for promo thing? Loads of stuff I did not like.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 11:14 (six years ago) link
songs:
meet me in the hallwaylate for the skyprohibited permissionswhen youre near me i have difficultybaby
artists:
r stevie moorerichard dawsonmac demarcothundercatsleaford mods
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 11:35 (six years ago) link
baby by tei shi
My top genre is "chamber psych" which I had also never heard of but gives me a pretty neat and specific answer the next time someone asks what kind of music I like
― silverfish, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 14:38 (six years ago) link
mine is "neo-psychedelic" apparently
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 14:39 (six years ago) link
when asked to guess whether my fav genre this year was freak folk, noise pop, anti-folk, uk post punk or escape room I could only sigh
― ogmor, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 15:17 (six years ago) link
the genres in spotify are an embarrassment but they are at least joyfully demented
indietronica
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 15:18 (six years ago) link
I also got Indietronica. My top songs were all from Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
Top artists:
18 Carat AffairKendrick LamarOneohtrix Point NeverMastodonNite Jewel
― Moodles, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link
LOL, my 2018 goal is "refuse to act your age", i.e., "you have the musical taste of an elderly person".
I listened to 55K minutes of music, although I'm sure none of this counts time on the Spotify Roku app, which doesn't seem to tie to any Spotify activity.
― Moodles, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
I also got "refuse to act my age".
I got this despite my number one artist being Katy Perry, which is listened to exclusively by my four year old daughter.
― silverfish, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
I genuinely like "meet me in the hallway" but no way is it one of my most listened song in 2017
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:01 (six years ago) link
I assume "chamber psych" is a glenn-coined genre, and it's an awesome one.
― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:11 (six years ago) link
I think "refuse to act your age" means continue to refuse to act your age, ie you get it if you listen to music that skews algorhythmically younger than you
― Animal Bitrate (Raw Patrick), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:15 (six years ago) link
"unfortunately we don't have enough data about how you listened this year to serve you the full experience"?GLEEEENNNNNNNNN
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:22 (six years ago) link
lol you broke it
― sleeve, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:32 (six years ago) link
The song that I'm pretty is my actual most listened to song this year doesn't even seem to be on my list of top 100 songs, which seems odd.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
Anyways, my Top Artists areGASStars of the LidMobySteve RoachSigur Ros
Because this was the year that I listened to a lot of music while asleep.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 16:38 (six years ago) link
I figured people were posting in this thread to discuss this thing:https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-problem-with-muzak-pelly
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 17:08 (six years ago) link
Points include:- Branded playlists from the likes of Nike featuring songs from artists without their permission and with no additional artist compensation- Their interface purposely dissuading users away from albums and how they consider playlists their "product"- Quid pro quo between spotify liasons and major labels- Joining forces with Vinyl Me Please
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 17:21 (six years ago) link
The company could be worth $20 billion by next year, when it will likely be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. According to Reuters, Spotify plans to file its intention of a public offering with U.S. regulators before the end of this calendar year and to go public in the first or second quarter of 2018. Bloomberg reports that it recently hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, and Allen & Co. to “assess its options.”
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 17:22 (six years ago) link
the thing about that piece is, everyone uses metrics. it isn't just a Spotify thing. terrestrial radio has had terrifying amounts of fine-grained metrics for a long time now.
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:14 (six years ago) link
(plus, there's the parallel problem -- metrics don't come out of nowhere. a skip rate means people genuinely do not want to hear a song. and just about every study corroborates what shows up in the metrics: listeners dislike unfamiliar music and will take active steps not to listen to it. (there's a parallel here with pageviews -- you can build your blog posts on your favorite artist with 50 youtube views, but they will likely not come.)
which, obviously, is very bleak if you care about this sort of thing. but it also happens consistently.
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:18 (six years ago) link
Correct, and for similar reasons this is why radio sounds so terrible now (more so than usual).
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:22 (six years ago) link
It was not uncommon 10-20 years ago for radio stations to sneak in their own local hits that music directors felt strongly about even if they weren't charting and emphasis on data-based curation leaves no room for good songs chosen by humans. The best example I can think of at the moment is <i>EMOTION</i>, which afaict is a phenomenon within my extended circle. Seems kind of unacceptable for an album like that to not generate multiple charting hits. It also makes no sense that hiphop songs hitting #1 no longer indicate whether they'll crossover to Top 40 stations.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
ok, but you're making the same mistake I just mentioned. "data-based curation" is an aggregate of decisions made by humans. it was humans that decided to turn off Carly Rae Jepsen when she showed up on the radio or playlist or whatever. nor is it a simple payola thing -- clear channel, for instance, has promoted plenty of songs via "On the Verge" payola, only to find those songs basically plummet off the charts once they stop forcing them.
hip-hop songs hitting #1 is a separate, but related phenomenon -- it turns out that when you aggregate the unconscious decisions made by humans, a lot of them are racist, and then you get stations cutting the Snoop verse off "California Gurls."
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:38 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/2sLSeJW.png
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:49 (six years ago) link
lol @ that Hilary Duff song, which I'm actually listening to again right now. I never heard it when it was new, but I'm not surprised it's in my top 2017 listens.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 5 December 2017 18:50 (six years ago) link