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How bad is your Spotify?

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Re: How bad is your Spotify?

#331

Kind of annoying that the site is down, but you still have to wait through 30 seconds of non-functional pauses to get that information. And there's no "retry" button.

Check uBlock or Privacy Badger if you have them installed - they may block the Spotify API. Took five refreshes before I figured that out.

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

#332
post #7

This is hilarious... > You are 26% basic. You're trying to be cool with Kapitan Korsakov, but your favorites are the same as everybody else's.. > Your spotify was please-read-my-manuscript-walmart-hawaiian-shirt-sitting-alone-in-the-cafeteria bad. Ouch. Really interesting project by all means. I hope they release the source - I'm curious about how it was built. Edit: This same link was posted 11 hours ago https://new…

i'm 1% basic, i'm clearly the coolest in da room

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

#333
Off topic: I really suggest you take a look at other stuff on the site. pudding.cool does some seriously awesome interactive visualisations about social/hot topics.

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

#336

It looks like the API is overloaded. With regards to taste, you usually need to find a suitable gateway into an unpopular genre to begin appreciating it. I always hated jazz until I turned 30, when I heard the melodic jazz of Avishai Cohen [1] and Phronesis [2], which led me to Eric Dolphy [3] and ultimately to free jazz outfits like Alexander von Schlippenbach and Peter Brotzmann. Having grown bored of everything el…

Great suggestions. You might know them but I want to add Nik Bärtsch's Ronin[1], The Bad Plus[2], Nils Petter Molvær[3] and maybe some Ibrahim Maalouf[4]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8eL95fIQbk [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNI-2i6t7Zs [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edT6QGBmkrc [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpg8jBFaj3c

The Bad Plus (version 1) is such an unreasonable concentration of extraordinary talent, I haven't yet found anything else that comes close.

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

#337

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly all I want is for Spotify to differentiate between music I actually like to actively listen to and music that I like to play in the background 24/7 (e.g. chill hop)

Youtube music distinguishes between them. You can choose one of many supermixes and it clusters the music together.

I've been surprised how many mixes YouTube throws Matchbox 20 at.

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

#338
post #30

I was hoping it was a questionnaire about how bad Spotify recommendations are. I have no idea why Spotify feels the need to clutter my recommendations with radio stations like "Rap Caviar" and "Music for when you know you're the bad bitch", meanwhile it doesn't show me new releases for music I actually listen to because of all the irrelevant suggestions taking up space. I ended up creating a new account because appar…

a big part of my motivation for going back to a local music library soon are those annoying ads at the top of the screen when you first open the app. its even more annoying that I am paying them for premium and there is still not option to disable them.

is pretty much the same reason I moved to linux because microsoft kept trying to push crap apps like candy crush on me even though I bought the "pro" licence. #everythingIsTerrible

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

#339
post #7

This is hilarious... > You are 26% basic. You're trying to be cool with Kapitan Korsakov, but your favorites are the same as everybody else's.. > Your spotify was please-read-my-manuscript-walmart-hawaiian-shirt-sitting-alone-in-the-cafeteria bad. Ouch. Really interesting project by all means. I hope they release the source - I'm curious about how it was built. Edit: This same link was posted 11 hours ago https://new…

Hilarious, yes.

> You are 15% basic. Yeah, you've got some obscure artists like VanKatoen, but your real top ones are ultra-mainstream like The Weeknd..

> Based on your listening habits, I can also tell you your spotify was...

> dad-rock bad

> neverland-ranch bad

> nineties-dorm-room bad

> studded-leather-jacket bad

> wannabe-tenor-but-probably-a-bass bad

As a rock-listening dad who spent most of the 90s living in a dorm room, I felt spied on.

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

#340
> Your spotify was romcom-trailer-music-walmart-hawaiian-shirt-slow-dance bad.

> Thank your obsessions with Ed Sheeran, mellow gold, and Wonderful Tonight for that.

> Based on your listening habits, I can also tell you your spotify was...

> mainstream-country bad

> like-country-but-smoke-weed-with-your-gay-friends bad

> DMB-die-hard bad

> wear-carhartts-to-your-desk-job bad

> requests-bohemian-rhapsody-at-weddings bad

> Here's what else is going on in your aural trash fire:

You listen to these tracks too much:

    Highwomen by The Highwomen
    WAP by Cardi B
    Classic by Cam
    Forgetting You by Cam
    Bridge Over Troubled Water by Willie Nelson
You stan these artists to an uncomfortable extent:

    Ed Sheeran
    George Strait
    Sturgill Simpson
    Cam
    Dolly Parton
You are 18% basic. Yeah, you've got some obscure artists like Brooks Dixon, but your real top ones are ultra-mainstream like Taylor Swift..

You're stuck in the early 2010s. You only listen to Obama-era jams like Poison & Wine by The Civil Wars and Emmylou - Spotify Sessions by First Aid Kit.

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