Any time a new bit of music streaming software arrives, i have 3 simple tests. Here, you can see how Spotify does. These are tests that can be applied to any record collection, download site or ipod. Any device or service failing to fulfil the following criteria are, in essence, fundamentally flawed.
TEST 1: Q. Can i listen to Frank Zappa?
A. No. I can listen to a Jefferson Airplane featuring Zappa in the songwriter credits, but that's as close as spotify can bring me to the finest composer of the last century. As far as my requirements go, Spotify is off to a bad start. SCORE : 1/10
TEST 2: Q. Can i listen to Tool?
A. Not even a little. Tool are pretty picky when it comes to making music available online, and Spotify does nothing to change this. The biog on site is quite good though, and comes with a selection of pretty pictures of 4 funny lookin men, so i'll give it a couple of points for that. SCORE : 2/10
TEST 3: Q. Can i listen to the Baywatch Theme tune with vocals?
A. Here, spotify scores 5 out of 10. There are several version of the Baywatch theme tune available, but all are instrumental, omitting the wonderful vocal delivery in favour of a parps and toots. All in all, the versions available are good, but not great. SCORE : 6/10
FINAL SCORE: 9 / 30
What Zappa would you recommend? I've never really paid much attention to him and I feel I should. Pretty gutted about Tool not being on Spotify :(
ReplyDeleteHaha, awesome. How does your personal record collection do on this test? The full 30?
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