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    iPods - most ridiculous 'genre' allocation

    As I've posted elsewhere, I've got myself a new iPod (not having had one before), and am having masses of fun (not!) in trying to sort it out...

    But, one of the most amusing things I noticed was that it put a Black Sabbath song as 'pop'. HA!

    So - challenge... do you have a better (ie, more ridiculous) mis-genre-ing story???
    When I said "From my research", what I actually meant to say was "Made shit up" - from a thottbot thread
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    Gotan Project, Inspiracion Espiracion, =/= Electronica Dance

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    &

    Star Wars, Main Theme

    Neither of the two above are Electronica/Dance

    La Revancha Del Tango, Gotan Project =/= Electronica Dance

    Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Concert Program =/= Electronica Dance

    I'm getting bored now!
    A PSA, if I may, as well as another.

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    • #3
      OH, I just scrolled and got flabbergasted...

      Under 'blues', I've got: Evanscence, Helloween, Iced Earth, Therion, Iron Maiden (actually Brucey solo), and Jean Michel Jarre....

      Blind Guardian and Led Zeppelin are apparently 'Classical'!

      And Beethoven is Euro-Techno... I'm sure he'd think so... hahahahaha

      (Black Sabbath's 'Heaven and Hell' is also a 'rap' album )
      Last edited by Slytovhand; 06-05-2009, 08:26 PM. Reason: 'rap'
      When I said "From my research", what I actually meant to say was "Made shit up" - from a thottbot thread

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      • #4
        O_o

        This is why I re-categorize almost everything I get my paws on. Also, I think they get their info from Gracenote (when you put in a CD), but yeah, things are still really weird.
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        • #5
          What's as much fun in the lookups is when they miss the titles.

          My cousin's daughter's (Becky Beistline) CD (Proof) has a track 'Toy Box' ... which came up as 'Toy Boy'
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          • #6
            Almost all of my Broadway soundtracks are genred as Alternative.

            Oh, yeah. I'm hardcore.
            "For the love of all that is holy and 4 things that aren’t but feel pretty good anyway" ~ Gravekeeper

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              Quoth HorrorFrogPrincess View Post
              Almost all of my Broadway soundtracks are genred as Alternative.

              Oh, yeah. I'm hardcore.
              That is equal parts and .
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              • #8
                Yup. Now 'scuse me whilst I jam to Gypsy!
                "For the love of all that is holy and 4 things that aren’t but feel pretty good anyway" ~ Gravekeeper

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                • #9
                  WMP is even weirder. My computer has:

                  Ghost in the Shell--blues
                  Glenn Danzig (Black Aria)--pop
                  Myst/Riven/Exile/Uru/Myst V--alternative...the previous version did classify them mostly-correctly as 'ambient'
                  Deadliest Catch--blues
                  Skies of Arcadia/Grandia 2--dance
                  Hell Girl--varies, depending on which album
                  Genesis--alternative
                  Ghostbusters Score--alternative

                  A few track titles on a number of my albums are missed--for some reason I'm not able to correct them (I do, then it seems to revert)
                  "I am quite confident that I do exist."
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                  • #10
                    Nitin Sawhney - London Underground is apparently Unclassifiable, not miscellaneous, nor other, but incredibly cannot be classified!

                    Idiots.
                    A PSA, if I may, as well as another.

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                    • #11
                      Voltaire =/= Dance....
                      Evanescence =/= Pop
                      Angelspit =/= Blues

                      ...idiots...
                      Carpe Jugulum : Go for the throat.

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                      • #12
                        Blues Brothers is not trance/house music <_<

                        Whatever happened to letting a user catalog their own collection?
                        "I am quite confident that I do exist."
                        "Excuse me, I'm making perfect sense. You're just not keeping up." The Doctor

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                        • #13
                          thankfully my creative zen and creative software has so far not misclassified any of the 2000 songs I've purchased.
                          Honestly.... the image of that in my head made me go "AWESOME!"..... and then I remembered I am terribly strange.-Red dazes

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                          • #14
                            Yet another reason why I use Windows Media and a Sanza Fuze.

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                            • #15
                              "And we'd like to thank Jethro Tull for NOT putting out an album this year!"


                              That quote *never* gets old!
                              I'm bringing disdain back...with a vengeance.

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