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Pandora Speaks

by John Cole|  December 28, 200512:22 pm| 17 Comments

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My Pandora station for the Red Hot Chili Peppers is currently playing Splender-I Don’t Understand, and this is why:

Base on what you’ve told us so far, we’re playing this trach because it features a subtle use of vocal harmony, myld rhythmic syncopation, repetitive melodic phrasing, and many other similarities identified in the music genome project.

Simply amazing.

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  1. 1.

    John S.

    December 28, 2005 at 12:29 pm

    Damn, John, and I thought I loved my MSN Radio.

    I’m grooving to my Morcheeba station while I try to do pre-press on all the year-end ads we are running.

  2. 2.

    Pooh

    December 28, 2005 at 2:02 pm

    Damnit, My firewall at work blocks Pandora :(

  3. 3.

    Rick Moran

    December 28, 2005 at 2:22 pm

    John – I got the same response when I put in Sugarland except they added the word “twang” somewhere.

    RHCP and Sugarland don’t have much in common which leads me to believe that Pandora is indeed somewhat limited – not even as good as my Comcast Rhapsody radio station builder that does the same thing.

  4. 4.

    Fledermaus

    December 28, 2005 at 2:41 pm

    John, what pop song doesn’t have vocal harmony, mild rhythmic syncopation and repetitive melodic phrasing?

  5. 5.

    Nikki

    December 28, 2005 at 2:53 pm

    I’m playing a smooth jazz mix and somehow ended up with Percy Sledge and the Blind Boys of Alabama. And both worked!

  6. 6.

    Pooh

    December 28, 2005 at 2:55 pm

    Ooh Blind Boys of Alabama are fantastic!

  7. 7.

    Nash

    December 28, 2005 at 3:50 pm

    Timeless prose by Pandora that is not.

    I would simply like to know when Stirling Newberry started to write for Pandora. Isn’t there a payola scam here? Or something.

  8. 8.

    neil

    December 28, 2005 at 4:17 pm

    Myld Syncopation… wasn’t that the band from Wayne’s World?

  9. 9.

    neil

    December 28, 2005 at 4:17 pm

    I mean, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Oops.

  10. 10.

    demimondian

    December 28, 2005 at 4:45 pm

    What’s the firewall, Pooh? Do you know, offhand?

  11. 11.

    Pooh

    December 28, 2005 at 5:08 pm

    No, I work for the Gubment, so trying to find a way around is, er, iffy.

  12. 12.

    p.lukasiak

    December 28, 2005 at 5:38 pm

    actually, john is listening to a station full of show tunes, after entering “The Pajama Game” as his favorite…

  13. 13.

    Tim F.

    December 28, 2005 at 6:34 pm

    That’s the same thing it told me about Paint it, Black, except fro the guitar solo.

  14. 14.

    demimondian

    December 28, 2005 at 7:48 pm

    No, I work for the Gubment, so trying to find a way around is, er, iffy.

    Well, I assumed that you were clerking for the Ninth District in Ankorage, actually. Depending on the beast, though, it may be a config issue on your client side.

  15. 15.

    Pooh

    December 28, 2005 at 7:57 pm

    Close enough for, er, government work Dem. Let’s just say that it might not be worth my effort (or wise) to try and find a workaround

    ;)

  16. 16.

    demimondian

    December 28, 2005 at 9:17 pm

    john is listening to a station full of show tunes

    one could do far worse than a day of _Pal Joey_. Problem is, the lyrics tend to be NSFW.

  17. 17.

    Angry Engineer

    December 28, 2005 at 9:43 pm

    Splender – there’s a name I haven’t heard in about five years.

    I’m interested to see what Pandora suggests based on my recommendation of “Husker Du”.

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