Spotify Unwrapped 2021: the shame and the sorrow..

[rubbershoes]

Exactly that, yep.

I think I may be your other half.

 

[krtek a houby]

Boomers IME have embraced spotify, disdain for streaming services is strongest in Gen X

Not disdain, ime. Just bewildering.

 

[Maggot]

Mine doesn't list anything by numbers, and I can only see top songs, of which I have hundreds in a long scrolling list. And one of the songs is "Knowing me, Knowing you" by ABBA, which I know I haven't listened to in years.

I can’t make mine all fancy like that. It literally just gives me a list rather than top 10, what am I doing wrong?

If I do it on the laptop it gives a long list. On the mobile it gives all the artists, genres etc.

My moods are happy and spooky.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

If I do it on the laptop it gives a long list. On the mobile it gives all the artists, genres etc.

Yeah, you only get the story on your phone. I actually thought the top 100 songs playlist was more interesting,!

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

I can’t make mine all fancy like that. It literally just gives me a list rather than top 10, what am I doing wrong?

Is your app fully updated? Mine did that at first but once I updated the app it was ok.

 

[Glitter]

Is your app fully updated? Mine did that at first but once I updated the app it was ok.

Good call! I’ll try that

 

[belboid]

This is my ‘audio aura’ apparently. I’d say it was more a ‘load of old bollocks’

 

[AverageJoe]

 

[UnderOpenSky]

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Look how fucking cool I am everybody..


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Your 62k puts me to shame some what

 

[MBV]

 

[Skim]

 

[Skim]

“Float house”. I ask you.

 

[tommers]

Mate of mine has 'wistful' and 'focused'. Presumably not simultaneously.

 

[marty21]

“Float house”. I ask you.

You clearly love Float house .

 

[Skim]

You clearly love Float house .

I do. Whatever it is. Maybe it’s just because I streamed a lot of Floating Points tracks.

Now I need to work out what deconstructed house is. Wonky? Glitch? Jacques Derrida? No idea.

 

[killer b]

deconstructed club is beatless / wonky electronica, but with all the trance noises.

 

[hitmouse]

And grown-ups ... don't listen to music?

Grown-ups pirate their music properly like adults, obv.

Apparently I listened to 999 artists.

My main moods are focused and melancholy.

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My first reaction to this was "huh, your music taste sounds fairly similar to mine", and then I got right to the end and... without wanting to be too intrusive, I hope one of the Spent Gladiators being in your top 5 isn't a reflection of you doing too badly? Times when I've listened to Transcendental Youth a lot have not been great times in my life, generally speaking.

 

[BigMoaner]

my most played

 

[BigMoaner]

bit basic bazz but i don't give a fuck

 

[BigMoaner]

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snap. leave me alone. such a great song. pure anger. love it.

 

[BigMoaner]

must have played this 300 times this year

 

[Glitter]

Is your app fully updated? Mine did that at first but once I updated the app it was ok.

It worked!!! Thanks!

 

[SpookyFrank]

And grown-ups ... don't listen to music?

Grown ups support artists and don't give their money to a company that gouges the shit out of them

 

[killer b]

Spotify is a bad company, there's no denying that - but tbh the current streaming model can't work for musicians, even if they increased the amount they paid: there is a maximum people are prepared to pay for a subscription like this, and it's around £10 per month. There's no way of cutting that pie that pays smaller artists fairly, once fleetwood mac and queen have taken their cut.

Difficult to know what can be done though, as streaming is what we've got. Encourage people to go to more live shows and buy records and merch etc I suppose.

 

[ska invita]

Spotify is a bad company, there's no denying that - but tbh the current streaming model can't work for musicians, even if they increased the amount they paid: there is a maximum people are prepared to pay for a subscription like this, and it's around £10 per month. There's no way of cutting that pie that pays smaller artists fairly, once fleetwood mac and queen have taken their cut.

Difficult to know what can be done though, as streaming is what we've got. Encourage people to go to more live shows and buy records and merch etc I suppose.

A lot of tours don't make money either.

Tea pots it is then

 

[killer b]

A lot of tours don't make money either.

Tea pots it is then

Well, at least vinyl sales are on the up, I was just in my local indie store and the owner said he literally can't keep up with demand!

(for copies of Dark Side of the Moon, Rumours and Queen's Greatest Hits. The album by a band who're actually making new music now that I'd gone in to ask about buying for my daughter's christmas present isn't available because of pressing plant delays, due to them being constantly at work repressing Dark Side of the Moon, Rumours and Queen's Greatest Hits)

 

[Athos]

Spotify is a bad company, there's no denying that - but tbh the current streaming model can't work for musicians, even if they increased the amount they paid: there is a maximum people are prepared to pay for a subscription like this, and it's around £10 per month. There's no way of cutting that pie that pays smaller artists fairly, once fleetwood mac and queen have taken their cut.

Difficult to know what can be done though, as streaming is what we've got. Encourage people to go to more live shows and buy records and merch etc I suppose.

Tidal pay artists about 80% more per stream, and the sound quality is better if you post for the HiFi subscription. It's more expensive, though - £25 pcm for a family, versus £15 for Spotify.

 

[killer b]

Tidal pay artists about 80% more per stream, and the sound quality is better if you post for the HiFi subscription. It's more expensive, though - £25 pcm for a family, versus £15 for Spotify.

But if you consider the amount of money most bands (don't) make off spotify for literally millions of people listening to their music, while 80% more might be welcome it's still an extra 80% of fuck all. The sums don't add up.

 

[Sweet FA]

Well, at least vinyl sales are on the up, I was just in my local indie store and the owner said he literally can't keep up with demand!

(for copies of Dark Side of the Moon, Rumours and Queen's Greatest Hits. The album by a band who're actually making new music now that I'd gone in to ask about buying for my daughter's christmas present isn't available because of pressing plant delays, due to them being constantly at work repressing Dark Side of the Moon, Rumours and Queen's Greatest Hits)

There was a thing on 6 about vinyl delays/shortages and Adele etc weren't part of the problem apparently but I can't remember what it was. Demand, Brexit, old machinery?

BBC Radio 6 Music - Steve Lamacq, The Great Vinyl Shortage of 2021

Matt Everitt joins Steve to look at The Great Vinyl Shortage of 2021.

www.bbc.co.uk