The Cultural Borders of Songs
March 18, 2021 11:54 AM Subscribe
oh my yes.
I am curious about the significance (if any) of the Bandido/BICHOTA split, as also what it signifies for centralized state control that Spain, China, and Turkey can't agree internally on the same song (today, anyway)
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 1:40 PM on March 18, 2021
I am curious about the significance (if any) of the Bandido/BICHOTA split, as also what it signifies for centralized state control that Spain, China, and Turkey can't agree internally on the same song (today, anyway)
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 1:40 PM on March 18, 2021
also what it signifies for centralized state control that Spain, China, and Turkey can't agree internally on the same song
As someone who has built more than one music analytics product, I would treat any location based analytics (especially anything publicly accessible) as more of a "aww, neat" type thing, rather than something from which one could distill grand political truths.
Checking for the usual suspects I've had to deal with in the past, I can see that Monterey Park, CA (pop 68k, just east of Los Angeles) has a disproportionally large name, compared to the actually large cities near by. That's because one of the cellphone providers (pretty sure it's AT&T) connects to the regular internet there for its mobile traffic. Los Angeles gets the bubble thing on this map with the play count, but I would bet that the actual data has significant traffic from the tiny city nearby.
posted by sideshow at 2:17 PM on March 18, 2021 [3 favorites]
As someone who has built more than one music analytics product, I would treat any location based analytics (especially anything publicly accessible) as more of a "aww, neat" type thing, rather than something from which one could distill grand political truths.
Checking for the usual suspects I've had to deal with in the past, I can see that Monterey Park, CA (pop 68k, just east of Los Angeles) has a disproportionally large name, compared to the actually large cities near by. That's because one of the cellphone providers (pretty sure it's AT&T) connects to the regular internet there for its mobile traffic. Los Angeles gets the bubble thing on this map with the play count, but I would bet that the actual data has significant traffic from the tiny city nearby.
posted by sideshow at 2:17 PM on March 18, 2021 [3 favorites]
Website slightly frustrating... Only wants to play a song or two before it quits and have to refresh. Still trying to find out if "driver's license" is a song or some weird error in this service.
posted by GoblinHoney at 5:07 PM on March 18, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by GoblinHoney at 5:07 PM on March 18, 2021 [2 favorites]
Why is the #1 song everywhere in Denmark “the wheels on the bus go round and round”??
posted by moonmilk at 5:30 AM on March 19, 2021
posted by moonmilk at 5:30 AM on March 19, 2021
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