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SiO4 posted...

@Thompson

If you don't mind me asking, are you older or a music major, or just a fan?
These are some deep tracks that most people wouldn't know.

Side note: Phish opened their two day set the other day with Cathy's Clown. Which was totally random.
I'm one of the few people that even knew it was a throwback. Not even sure if they ever played it before.

I'd say I like music in general. Certainly there are genres I'm less warm to than others. Ray Price abandoning honky tonk country for the Nashville sound is a disappointment. But I try to keep an open mind, so whenever I hear a song I like, I'll add it to my Spotify playlists (that are sorted by year). If it was a really good song, I'll look what else the artist has produced. That's how I can come across a forgotten gem. It also helps that I frequently visit Rateyourmusic to peruse artist discographies and various music genres to find both engaging obscurities or acclaimed chart toppers.

Of all the playlists I have created so far, the sixties playlists are the most complete. 1960 has over 300 songs, which is actually only a third of what 1969 has. This disparity can be attributed to the birth and proliferation of many new genres (garage rock, ska, soul, reggae, funk, progressive rock etc.) during the decade. The decades before and after have considerably smaller playlists at the moment, with each year only having 50 or so songs each, and I've not even created a playlist for the new millenium years yet! On the other end, I don't have a playlist for music older than 1956. But the primary reason as to why my 60s playlists are so massive is that I've been on a 60s music adventure for these past few months.

So, as I mentioned earlier, when I find a song I like, I put in its respective playlist. But I also like harmony, which means that I spend energy and time to see that the new song fits in. Quite jarring to put a hard rock song inbetween two cool jazz pieces, no? To save myself a lot of trouble of knowing where to best drop the song, I've created tables of each playlist where each song has its most approriate genre listed. I source the genres from Allmusic and Ratemymusic, by the way.

As for that side note, it's nice that Phish did that throwback, even though I have ambivalent feelings about new renditions of classic songs. At best, it can be a great interpretation that stands equal to its original, if not surpassing it. At worst, it's prime unoriginality depreciating a venerated classic for purely salable purposes that undeservedly replaces the original in the people's conscious mind. But that's neither here nor there. Cathy's Clown is a cool song that deservedly is in my collection.

P.S. Phish is a band I've never heard of before. I'll have to explore their discography some day.
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