OT: Generic Weekend Jukebox

Tgar

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Generic is right and AI is making a mess of it. From the Atlantic: ( AI music is evil )

Late last month, a swarm of songs with near-identical names, lyrics, and melodies started to go viral on streaming platforms across the world. These tracks were not exactly the same—some have a little more guitar than others, some are more dance-oriented—but they’re all named something close to “Angel Above Me” or “Run Run River,” after the song’s first line. They’ve accrued millions of streams on Spotify and TikTok, and versions have hit No. 1 on iTunes in Germany and Austria.

Many of them appear to have been generated by AI. It turns out that they’re based on a human-made song, “Angels Above Me,” which was released in 2019 by the reggae band Stick Figure. That track has enjoyed a streaming bump in recent weeks too—but many of the people listening to the new remixes may not even know about the original, because the song’s actual co-writers aren’t always credited. AI music has gone viral before and charted before, but song generators are now good and fast enough that they can flood the zone, creating tracks that slip past the safeguards of major streaming platforms and distributors. Spam-filtering systems can do only so much to stem the flow; according to data from the analytics firm Luminate, 106,000 songs (both AI-generated and not) were uploaded to streamers and other platforms every day in 2025.

in honor of Stick Figure……

 

DM-Burg Lion

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Heard this for the first time at the end of an episode of Rooster. I've heard of Siouxsie and the Banshees but I don't think I've heard them; at least knowingly. I really like the song, so I might do a bit of digging into their catalog.
 
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Heard this for the first time at the end of an episode of Rooster. I've heard of Siouxsie and the Banshees but I don't think I've heard them; at least knowingly. I really like the song, so I might do a bit of digging into their catalog.

Give The Creatures a shot, I think you'll like them...
 
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