Unless, of course, your hot friend strolls by to see what you're doing. In that case, prepare to enjoy Bryan Adams, Creed, and Hanson, followed by a Britney Spears classic.

dj_bigbird: I already get Pandora in my car - I can stream tracks with my cellphone and I just plug it into my stereo.

/suck it iphone users

Amen. And it even plays nicely with the turn-by-turn GPS on my Droid. Music cuts out, GPS directions play through the car speakers, music resumes. And even if I streamed it nonstop I'd still stay below Verizon's 5GB cap.

Shostie: Pandora sucks. (new window)

yup. I much prefer Grooveshark.

Stumbled across this (new window) today and fell in love.

Pandora is fantastic, but I think this might just be my new favorite.

I give Pandora One about 2 hours of play each day, typically while I'm smoking up or browsing the web. I farking love it!

Badger: Pocket Ninja: As long as the Led Zeppelin classic is "Stairway to Heaven." Because that's, like, the greatest song EVAR.


image of Wayne's World

A friend of mine plays in a live Karaoke band, he has to know 300+ rock songs perfectly. The funny thing is, nobody sings Stairway to heaven.

/CSB

Pocket Ninja: As long as the Led Zeppelin classic is "Stairway to Heaven." Because that's, like, the greatest song EVAR.

i countertpoint with Tribute by Tenacious D. song even says its the greasted best song in the world.

Dancin_In_Anson: I have to say that I have a love hate relationship with Pandora. Their classic/hard mix has WAY too much AC/DC and the Indie/Alternative WAY too much Death Cab...However, the Texas Blues and Delta Blues are excellent, the Celtic rock is really good (but can get redundant) and I found a Cajun/Zydeco channel that has a damn good mix.

You do realize how Pandora works, right? You tell it what you like, and if it plays WAY too much of something then tell it to cut it the fark out and it will listen. The thumbs up/thumbs down buttons have helped to refine several channels that played too much of the "wrong" stuff. Hell, I think every channel I create suggests Jack Johnson ('60s rock, jam bands, roots rock, alt country, punk) and I just tell Pandora that I don't want him on that station either.

Shostie: HulkHands: DrySocket: Shostie: Pandora sucks. (new window)

yup. I much prefer Grooveshark.

I'd like it if it loaded more often. Maybe it doesn't like Chrome, but I've been using the site for 45 minutes and have had to reload out of perpetual "loading" screens a dozen times already.

Also, there are like 8 variable entries for "LCD Soundsystem"

I generally use it with Firefox. The only problems I have are occasional songs that won't load up.

When I'm listening to a multi-movement piece it can get annoying.

THIS and THAT.

I really like Grooveshark, but the loading issues and their search engine keep it from becoming a perfect relationship.

GoteamVenture: Pocket Ninja: As long as the Led Zeppelin classic is "Stairway to Heaven." Because that's, like, the greatest song EVAR.

i countertpoint with Tribute by Tenacious D. song even says its the greasted best song in the world.

Well, it's a tribute TO the greatest song in the world, which sounds nothing like the song Tribute.

I'd use Pandora more if the music were more varied. I have kind of eclectic tastes(*) and when I whittle down Pandora to what I like I find that it tends to repeat stuff waaaaay too often. Attempts to broaden out always seem to lead me to hitting the "I hate" button over and over. It also doesn't seem to be able to realize that while I like some metal, cookie monster vocal is an instant turn off for me.

Last.fm is better for variety, at least with my stuff, and I've managed to train it to ignore cookie monster bands. Too bad that Last.fm's player is a steaming pile of crap- there's no pause, it's pretty much requires a reload if you hit stop and it won't even load about half the time.

/* Hands up everyone who likes Devin Townsend, Indukti, Shadow Gallery and Fate's Warning

I doubt that there are 60 million hipster nerds out there. Nice try on trolling, subby, but not this time. My grandma uses pandora.

I gotta go with Grooveshark over Pandora. Pandora is a cool idea, but I can't think of a single band it turned me onto over the year or so that I used it. Grooveshark has the advantage allowing me to listen to Devo's Jocko Homo when I choose.

/god made man, but he used a monkey to do it

loooongview1: I gotta go with Grooveshark over Pandora. Pandora is a cool idea, but I can't think of a single band it turned me onto over the year or so that I used it. Grooveshark has the advantage allowing me to listen to Devo's Jocko Homo when I choose.

/god made man, but he used a monkey to do it

pandora turned me onto Ike Rielly, Honey dogs, royal empire music - to name a few

DrySocket: Shostie: Pandora sucks. (new window)

yup. I much prefer Grooveshark.

I use them both depending on my mood.

Grooveshark for playlists if I want a particular artist or album, Pandora for more of a radio feel where I get stuff I haven't heard before, or stuff I have but more randomly.

Come on, man. I had a rough night and I hate the f*ckin' Eagles, man!

toddism: pandora turned me onto Ike Rielly, Honey dogs, royal empire music - to name a few

Holy crap! Another fan of Ike Reilly? The interwebs really are magic!

There would be, like, 60 million and 1 users were it available in Canada.

rillettes: There would be, like, 60 million and 1 users were it available in Canada.

wait, you can't access pandora in canada? that's funny, I can use .ca websites.

DrySocket: Shostie: Pandora sucks. (new window)

yup. I much prefer Grooveshark.

Pandora and Grooveshark suck

GAT_00: Last time I checked, Pandora let you make your own stations and customize what you listened to by removing bands and songs you didn't like from your personal station. They still do that, right? So what's the problem?

People are idiots?

This idiot made 4-5 stations then end up sounding similar because of my thumb up/down clicking.

Anyone know of a way to get it on an xbox?

Pyynk
toddism: pandora turned me onto Ike Rielly, Honey dogs, royal empire music - to name a few

Holy crap! Another fan of Ike Reilly? The interwebs really are magic!

And you think you need some more time in the night...

Like 22 hours of darkness and two of light.

kingoomieiii [TotalFark] Quote 2010-07-28 04:16:24 PM
loooongview1: I gotta go with Grooveshark over Pandora. Pandora is a cool idea, but I can't think of a single band it turned me onto over the year or so that I used it. Grooveshark has the advantage allowing me to listen to Devo's Jocko Homo when I choose.

/god made man, but he used a monkey to do it

If Pandora hasn't turned you on to new music, you're not using it correctly.

It's been a couple of years since I tried using it. It sure played some bands and music I never heard before, but it never showed me anything that I really enjoyed. It seems like a digitized version of my friends turning me onto new stuff without the rate of success. For example, a buddy of mine got me to listen to The Kink's "A Soap Opera" and I fell in love with it, so I then got "Village Green" and a couple of other albums.

CSB

I wonder how many of those users actually have subscriptions. I got mine as my Valentine's Day gift. Abuse it. Love it to pieces.

/also, Pando, love you, but cut the Jack Johnson already

Pyynk: toddism: pandora turned me onto Ike Rielly, Honey dogs, royal empire music - to name a few

Holy crap! Another fan of Ike Reilly? The interwebs really are magic!

my wife comes rolling in the garage with "COMMIE DRIVES A NOVA" at full volume all the time. just bought Hard Luck Stories today.

Pyynk: toddism: pandora turned me onto Ike Rielly, Honey dogs, royal empire music - to name a few

Holy crap! Another fan of Ike Reilly? The interwebs really are magic!

Dude - you're in atlanta too? damn.

love pandora...

Have it set to Depeche Mode radio and listen all day long...
Every once in awhile, it will play Simon and Garfunkel or Van Morrison, but that is fine with me.

paid the whole $36 for the year... totally worth it

oh let me also say due to Sirius screwing up in a big way I just got the next year of service for $16. So i will be abusing that pretty heavily since i was going to cancel but they offered some deal to me then incorrectly charged it but still gave the full year credit.

rillettes: There would be, like, 60 million and 1 users were it available in Canada.

I got hooked on Pandora while I was living in CO, still having withdrawal 3 years later.

/pouts