Friday, January 16, 2009

The Annoying XM Dj and "That Song You Love"

I have a theory about those annoying XM Djs and XM devices that allow you to record that favorite song you like.
Those really popular, good songs, always seems to have a voice over in front of them, so if you record it you've got the annoying voiceover in the front (or the end) of the song... I think this is done on purpose, but that's a different theory.
The theory is that the voice over distracts you long enough for you to recognize the song and initiate a recording. Otherwise, without the voice over, you just go in to enjoying the song, enjoying the escapism, relishing in the feeling it evokes — totally not thinking about mudane trivialities like pressing the record button on the XM device.
At that point, why do I even care that it's coming from an XM device — I'm just listening to good music.
Consider the following scenario:
Hey, it's that song I really like (singing)
♪ ... Oh if I were a boy ... ♪ (song ends)
♪ ... Womanizer, womanizer ... ♪
Damn you Britney you don't deservce to follow Beyoncé!
Crap! Why didn't I record that!?
Remember, that's just a dramatization, and the scenario is necessarily reality... but it happens all too often.
If you manage to record the song with the Dj in the front you have to suffer through the Dj's blather everytime you want to enjoy the recorded song. The annoyance is particularly bad on songs with a long non-vocal intro. Dj's classically use this as a license to talk over the song.

Pioneer GEX-XMP3 Portable XM Satellite Radio Receiver w/ Home Kit

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