must've been a movie or a show― flappy bird, Thursday, June 13, 2019 4:03 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― flappy bird, Thursday, June 13, 2019 4:03 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it was on the soundtrack to the Entourage movie lol
(not that I think this explains it)
― jaymc, Friday, 14 June 2019 00:00 (four years ago) link
XP Probably "Freeway Jam" or a Rod-era track.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 14 June 2019 01:20 (four years ago) link
Oh, that is interesting that it has more than twice as many plays as "People Get Ready", although idk how much life that one had outside the 80s. I don't see Truth on Spotify. I guess it didn't strike me as surprising that a Stevie Wonder song would be Beck's most-played song but Blow by Blow is almost what I listen to most by him, by far.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Friday, 14 June 2019 03:00 (four years ago) link
almost = also
that's crazy about "modern girl." is it an effect of brownstein's memoir using it for the title, or the other way around? i've heard it out in the world here and there but so weird to think of them even HAVING one single "legacy song."
― Good morning, how are you, I'm (Doctor Casino), Friday, 14 June 2019 03:06 (four years ago) link
could one make an argument for “good things” by the bodeans ? nearly tied with for spotify plays with “closer to free” — which i concede is probably the “bigger” song, though i feel it’s more closely associated with the TV show than the band, whereas “good things” feels very linked to the bodeans, this whole adult contemporary aesthetic, and the song is stamped into my memory for reasons i couldn’t explain (never released as a single, no ads i know of)
does anybody else remember this song, or have any insight into why it’s “big” ?
wiki says this:
Though not a single, the album's first track, "Good Things", achieved some success and became one of the band's best-known songs.
how / why ?
― budo jeru, Monday, 24 June 2019 22:55 (four years ago) link
The most-played Pavement song on Spotify is not what I would expect.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Friday, July 12, 2019 1:01 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Friday, 12 July 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link
Seriously, was "Harness Your Hopes" used in a movie? It sounds decent on first listen but how did a B-side from the Terror Twilight era become so popular?
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Friday, 12 July 2019 18:07 (four years ago) link
That is weird. I tried searching for answers, but just found a Reddit thread asking the same question (and requests for gtr tabs, etc.)
― stan by me (morrisp), Friday, 12 July 2019 18:14 (four years ago) link
I'm not even sure I remember what this sounds like!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 12 July 2019 18:36 (four years ago) link
it's probably on some like 'erudite indie for studying' playlist or something
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 12 July 2019 19:34 (four years ago) link
last.fm is a better arbiter of track popularity imho:
https://www.last.fm/music/Pavement/+tracks?date_preset=ALL
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 12 July 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
"Athena" was the Who's last top 40 hit in the US (#28, 1982), but "Eminence Front" (#68, 1982) is far more streamed/downloaded/well-known.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 12 July 2019 20:01 (four years ago) link
spotify also ended easy last.fm scrobbling within the client, so i imagine that there is a gulf between the stats on each
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 12 July 2019 20:05 (four years ago) link
I know nothing about Pavement, but a word of caution about Last.fm play counts: because as a site it’s dwindled so much in popularity (far less users), those counts are heavily skewed in favour of older material and current real-world popularity is poorly reflected (though with Spotify numbers it’s the other way around to some extent).xp
― breastcrawl, Friday, 12 July 2019 20:11 (four years ago) link
any Apple Music subscribers in the house? what do Pavement's top tracks on that service look like?
― stan by me (morrisp), Friday, 12 July 2019 22:39 (four years ago) link
Pavement on Apple Music:
Cut Your HairGoldsoundzSpit on a StrangerRange LifeShady Lane
― flappy bird, Saturday, 13 July 2019 04:01 (four years ago) link
Thanks, no real surprises there (other than maybe “Spit”; I didn’t know it was that popular).
― stan by me (morrisp), Saturday, 13 July 2019 04:12 (four years ago) link
Spit has added recognition due to the Nickel Creek cover.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 13 July 2019 08:16 (four years ago) link
"I want Candy" ny Bow Wow Wow.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 13 July 2019 10:09 (four years ago) link
The only thing close to a single hit that Jeff Buckley ever had in his lifetime was "Last Goodbye".
That Cohen cover was never even a single, although it was a huge digital downloads hit ages later.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 13 July 2019 10:15 (four years ago) link
No one loves anything from Slanted & Enchanted?:(
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Saturday, 13 July 2019 12:10 (four years ago) link
« Grace » was a hit single, wasn’t it ?That’s the first thing I heard from him anyway.
― AlXTC from Paris, Saturday, 13 July 2019 12:43 (four years ago) link
I think I Want Candy was BWWs only hit in America
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Saturday, 13 July 2019 13:36 (four years ago) link
"Go Wild in the Country" beat "I Want Candy" by two places in the UK chart but otherwise IWC was by far their biggest hit internationally.
― Kim Kimberly, Saturday, 13 July 2019 14:03 (four years ago) link
No one loves anything from /Slanted & Enchanted/?:(
― flappy bird, Saturday, 13 July 2019 15:51 (four years ago) link
A lot of prog acts belong obv. Their best known "song" usually too lomg for single relesse.
For instance, I am pretty sure ELP are better known for "Tarkus" than for "Fanfare Forthe Common Man".
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 13 July 2019 16:07 (four years ago) link
Who can resist the unstoppable cultural juggernaut that is Nickel Creek?
― CumuloNIMBY (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 18 July 2019 23:19 (four years ago) link
The citizens of Lake Wobegon?
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 18 July 2019 23:46 (four years ago) link
reddit tried to figure out this Pavement mystery a while back, but there are no real clues here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/pavement/comments/6qkzgs/harness_your_hopes_is_currently_pavements_top/
i have to say, i do think this is a very strange thing and worth wondering about. can't imagine any way that "Harness" would *organically* be higher than "Cut Your Hair" or "Summer Babe" or "Range Life"
― alpine static, Friday, 19 July 2019 06:17 (four years ago) link
Damon K out of Galaxie 500 noticed this phenomenon in respect of his band, and has a theory on this (via Glenn McDonald of this parish):
https://internationalsadhits.tumblr.com/post/174724188743/the-previous-post-about-galaxie-500-streaming-song
― van dyke parks generator (anagram), Friday, 19 July 2019 11:41 (four years ago) link
That is interesting^
“Play Galaxie 500″ may really come to mean, “Play the song by Galaxie 500 that most resembles songs by others.”
― stan by me (morrisp), Friday, 19 July 2019 13:36 (four years ago) link
It may well be Spotify-related. Your Alexa doesn't have its own music, it's linked to whatever streaming service you've chosen to link it to.
― van dyke parks generator (anagram), Friday, 19 July 2019 14:56 (four years ago) link
I thought it draws from Amazon Music (and prompts you to sign up for Premium to play certain things)?
― stan by me (morrisp), Friday, 19 July 2019 15:18 (four years ago) link
You can choose it to draw from Amazon Music, but you're not obliged to. Mine only draws from Spotify.
― van dyke parks generator (anagram), Friday, 19 July 2019 15:21 (four years ago) link
My conspiracy theory is that it plays the song with the smallest publishing fees (to be rather honest I have no idea how any of this works, just that this is the typical 2010s "disrupt" tech biz-model).
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 19 July 2019 15:54 (four years ago) link
the royalty rate is the same per play for every song
― mott the hoopleheads (voodoo chili), Friday, 19 July 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link
how weird is thishttps://i.imgur.com/ur7EpGU.png
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 10:20 (four years ago) link
When I only knew Dan from the radio those were the songs I knew
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 10:33 (four years ago) link
interesting, surely Aja and Gaucho outsold CBaT many times
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 10:55 (four years ago) link
'Creep' is still BY FAR Radiohead's most played song. Maybe not surprising, but considering their popularity you'd thing there'd be some runners-up.
Not sure why 'Bike' from Incunabula and 'Altibzz' from Quaristice seem to far outlead other tracks by Autechre. Do people get two tracks into Incunabula and then give up? I don't remember Quaristice being a particularly popular album either.
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 10:59 (four years ago) link
OIC, it's a pleasant ambient tune, so it's probs been on tons of playlists
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 11:00 (four years ago) link
Bike is presumably on a load of twinkly curated playlists, same with Avril 14th.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 11:26 (four years ago) link
Take out Dirty Work and put Peg at #5 and that’s a list of Dans top charting songs
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 12:51 (four years ago) link
I was a bit puzzled that the Prodigy’s most popular song was one I’d never heard of, but I guess Breathe was a hit outside the US
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 13:48 (four years ago) link
it was an airplay hit in the US - #18 on the alternative chart plus a lot of MTV play.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 13:52 (four years ago) link
but massive in europe, yeah
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 13:53 (four years ago) link
I only heard Firestarter and SMBU
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 14:55 (four years ago) link
Breathe was the Prodigy track featured on the Big Shiny Tunes 2 compilation here in Canada, which was government mandated that every teenager at the time should own a copy of alongside Our Lady Peace's Clumsy.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 14:58 (four years ago) link
Yeah, "Breathe" was very big here in Europe, tho I dunno if it was bigger than "No Good" from the previous album... Tho I guess that's where the rest of the world steps in, since AFAIK anything they made before "Firestarter" didn't have much of an impact outside Europe?
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 14:59 (four years ago) link