{"id":18525,"date":"2025-04-16T13:37:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T11:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/one-minute-its-would-you-like-to-listen-to-galaxie-500-the-next-humanitys-enslaved-can-anyone-escape-spotify\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T13:37:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T11:37:53","slug":"one-minute-its-would-you-like-to-listen-to-galaxie-500-the-next-humanitys-enslaved-can-anyone-escape-spotify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/one-minute-its-would-you-like-to-listen-to-galaxie-500-the-next-humanitys-enslaved-can-anyone-escape-spotify\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018One minute it\u2019s \u201cwould you like to listen to Galaxie 500?\u201d, the next humanity\u2019s enslaved\u2019: can anyone escape Spotify?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a new book skewers Spotify\u2019s effect on music, two Guardian music writers spent a week assessing the limits of living with and without it<\/p>\n

Laura Snapes, deputy music editor<\/strong> I was set the task of not listening to Spotify for a week, but Alexis, your task was much worse: only listening to Spotify-created playlists, and the songs it suggested to you based on your listening history. How did that go?<\/p>\n

Alexis Petridis, chief rock and pop critic <\/strong>One day in the car I just listened to nothing instead of facing it again. When it plays me songs I like, it\u2019s not what I want to hear at that moment. That\u2019s not to say the music it was recommending wasn\u2019t good. One morning it played Schizophrenia by Sonic Youth. I love that song but I didn\u2019t want to hear it then. It played me Billie Holliday\u2019s Riffin\u2019 the Scotch followed by My Bloody Valentine, which clearly demonstrates the great breadth<\/em> of my music taste \u2013 but just because I like it all doesn\u2019t mean I want to hear it all together. I didn\u2019t like that it was untouched by human hands. I always think that the amazing thing about a record collection is that it doesn\u2019t make sense to anybody other than you. And yet when it\u2019s presented like that, I find it really jarring and difficult \u2013 it\u2019s all over the place.<\/p>\n

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\nAs a new book skewers Spotify\u2019s effect on music, two Guardian music writers spent a week assessing the limits of living with and without it
\nLaura Snapes, deputy music editor I was set the task of not listening to Spotify for a week, but Alexis, your task was much worse: only listening to Spotify-created playlists, and the songs it suggested to you based on your listening history. How did that go?
\nAlexis Petridis, chief rock and pop critic One day in the car I just listened to nothing instead of facing it again. When it plays me songs I like, it\u2019s not what I want to hear at that moment. That\u2019s not to say the music it was recommending wasn\u2019t good. One morning it played Schizophrenia by Sonic Youth. I love that song but I didn\u2019t want to hear it then. It played me Billie Holliday\u2019s Riffin\u2019 the Scotch followed by My Bloody Valentine, which clearly demonstrates the great breadth of my music taste \u2013 but just because I like it all doesn\u2019t mean I want to hear it all together. I didn\u2019t like that it was untouched by human hands. I always think that the amazing thing about a record collection is that it doesn\u2019t make sense to anybody other than you. And yet when it\u2019s presented like that, I find it really jarring and difficult \u2013 it\u2019s all over the place. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a new book skewers Spotify\u2019s effect on music, two Guardian music writers spent a week assessing the limits of living with and without it Laura Snapes, deputy music editor I was set the task of not listening to Spotify for a week, but Alexis, your task was much worse: only listening to Spotify-created playlists, …<\/p>\n

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