I generally like Pandora. It was a godsend in the hospital as my phone effectively contained several thousand hours of music and good music made the hospital room seem a bit more like home.
But every once in a while it falls down.
I'd created a station that typically plays music that's good for falling asleep to (started with Dead Can Dance and Loreena McKennitt). This worked pretty well until we added the Twin Peaks theme and one or two tracks off the Edward Scissorhands soundtrack. Suddenly, Pandora decided that any movie soundtrack was fair game.
King Kong? Exciting! Thumbs down.
Avatar film score? Not relaxing. Thumbs down.
Lord of the Rings soundtrack? Bombastic! Thumbs down.
(Also, why isn't there a "This song belongs on my other station" button. It's not bad music, just completely wrong for the station)
Regardless of how many we gave a thumbs down to it kept digging up new movie soundtracks.
After Kate was woken up early this morning by the theme to Star Wars I have removed all the soundtrack entries from the station.
Update:
I've been informed that Pandora does now have a Move-To-Another-Station button! Did they add that when I wasn't paying attention or did they always have that?
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