genius?
September 16th, 2008 | Published in general | 2 Comments
Like many others, i’ve been playing around a bit with the new iTunes version 8 software, and the new Genius feature. They have some sort of algorithm that will build a playlist for you based on picking a song to seed the list. Here’s the first one it made for me, based on choosing the first song in the list. I’m not sure what this says of my library… or musical taste… Somehow though, it seems to know that Mike Watt was a member of Minutemen and fIREHOSE, as they’re disproportionally represented; 7 out of 25 from a library of 4,400+ songs.
It’s interesting that each time you create a Genius playlist from the same song it’ll give you a different, yet similar, result.
| Song | Artist | Album |
| The Red and the Black | Minutemen | 3-Way Tie (For Last) |
| Search and Destroy | Iggy and the Stooges | Raw Power |
| Wave Of Mutilation | Pixies | Doolittle |
| These Days | R.E.M. | And I Feel Fine: The Best Of The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 [Disc 2] |
| This Is Radio Clash | The Clash | Clash on Broadway (Disc 3) |
| The Cheerleaders | Minutemen | Project: Mersh – EP |
| Mongoloid | Devo | Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! |
| Los Angeles | Frank Black | Frank Black |
| Brave Captain | Firehose | Ragin’, Full-On |
| (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction | Devo | Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! |
| Political Nightmare | Minutemen | 3-Way Tie (For Last) |
| Pedro Bound! | Mike Watt | Contemplating The Engine Room |
| New Slang | The Shins | Oh, Inverted World |
| Push Th’ Little Daisies | Ween | Pure Guava |
| In The Engine Room | Mike Watt | Contemplating The Engine Room |
| Hot Rod Lincoln | Commander Cody | |
| Caribou | Pixies | Surfer Rosa & Come on Pilgrim |
| Bastards Of Young | The Replacements | Tim |
| Down With the Bass | Firehose | Flyin’ The Flannel |
| Wonderboy | Tenacious D | Tenacious D |
| Say It Ain’t So | Weezer | Weezer |
| Miracle Man | Elvis Costello | My Aim Is True |
| Your Party | Ween | La Cucaracha |
| Istanbul (Not Constantinople) | They Might Be Giants | Flood |
| Here Comes Your Man | Pixies | Doolittle |
September 16th, 2008 at 2:43 pm (#)
ha! hahaha! if i didn’t know better, i’d say i went to high school with the “Genius” and he hasn’t returned a whole bunch of my albums!
September 17th, 2008 at 9:11 am (#)
I love how it starts as punk and slowly gets sillier.