Mine do too, most of the time. I'm trying to make a point about what kind of user behavior spotify UI (and similar apps) encourage and that it's not a good thing, for kids or adults or for music in general.
Well yes, that's not really what I'm talking about here. I play old HC albums around the house all the time, though they don't really like screaming vocals (perhaps that'll change with puberty...). It's more the zeitgeist of just hearing 20-second snippets of songs and skipping around that's problematic to me. It fosters an ADD mindset for everyone, not just kids.
I've been using Spotify since it came out and I'm starting to feel it's time to move on soon. My main gripe is that the UI is getting less user-focused and more interested in pushing content and shitty social media-like features. It's getting bloated and annoying. Plus of course whatever major labels are pushing gets weighted in search results and recommendations. Just a few days ago I got a marketing pop-up ("what QUESTION would you like music to answer for you?!") which feels like the last straw. I paid for premium, I know what I want to listen to, just get out of the way. And if you absolutely must have some shitty "reels/shorts", give me the option to turn them off. (I see my kids wanting to listen to a song, getting distracted by some crappy flashing video, swiping around for a while, then exiting the app out of boredom. Luckily they have parents that can help them understand music from a different perspective than 20-second endorphin flashes.)
I guess I'll just go to Bandcamp full time and piracy if I want to listen to something before I buy a physical copy.
Honestly, considering the genre and the ambition and intent of the song, the lyrics are a notch above the competition at the time. Lynott wrote some really good lyrics at times and while this song is admittedly not the best example of his writing, at least it's got believable characters and setting. I'd rather hear a song about young working class Irish people and their life-affirming ways than what most other hard rock acts were writing about in the 70s and 80s.
When corporations dabble in philosophy, you know they're trying to muddy the waters and skirt an ethical issue. It's not a genuine inquiry going on here; it's a "whatever argument serves the bottom line" situation.
I guess there's no such thing as intellectual property either, when you really think about it. Hence nothing wrong with me making and selling pirated samsung phones.
Mine do too, most of the time. I'm trying to make a point about what kind of user behavior spotify UI (and similar apps) encourage and that it's not a good thing, for kids or adults or for music in general.