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Song Obsession of the week
Radiohead – The Bends The Bends is a song about radioheads rapid rise to fame after the success of their hit song “Creep”, and how amidst all of this they felt they were drowning in this new fame and being crushed by the new pressures put on them. In the middle of all of this…
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Song Obsession Of The Week
My song obsession of the week this week is “All My Friends” by LCD Soundsystem. This is a song that initially I didn’t think much of, but eventually became familiar enough with the repetitive beat that I started to listen quite a bit. Then certain lyrics started to stick out to me which led me…
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Music Streaming Ponderances
Music streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify are often looked down upon, and for many good reasons. Common complaints are poor pay for artists, corporate promotion/influence, sponsored recommendations, and algorithms that benefit certain songs are artists disproportionately. But while I share some of these feelings, the benefits which caused them to get so popular…
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Giving Into the Algorithm
Recently I’ve grown tired of the songs in my library, even my recently added songs. Have I fallen victim to music fatigue? This has happened before and I found that taking a break from listening to so much music has helped recover. I did that this time but still wasn’t satisfied. It was like there…