Pandora, you've hurt me.
That 40-hour listening limit really created a rift in our relationship.
I don't know if I can go back to you. I know you lifted the 40-hour limit at the beginning of September, but things just aren't the same.
How do I know you won't try to take advantage of me again in the future?
Besides, you never knew what kind of mood I was in or what I was up to.
Pandora, I've found someone else.
Her name is Songza.
Songza sets itself apart from Pandora in multiple ways.
First, Songza caters to all with its concierge service.
So, let's say it's Saturday night and you want to pre-game before a party.
The concierge service immediately suggests the "Pre-gaming with Friends" activity. It then shows text saying, "We'll play some fun and up-beat music for you and your friends. Pick a genre."
You pick "Epic Pop Hits." Given an option of three playlists, you pick the "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" playlist because you're a little rebel. BAM! Now we can start rockin' out to Cyndi Lauper.
But what if you want to go out for a late-night run?
The concierge service didn't suggest that. Well, I would suggest two things.
First, stop taking yourself so seriously. Go out and live a little.
Second, open up the menu and a large list of activities will be revealed.
Simply scroll down, find the "Work Out: Cardio" activity, and pick a playlist.
Oh, I see you have found the "Getting High" activity and have decided to do that instead. Well, maybe you shouldn't have that much fun.
Perhaps try the "Barbecuing" activity or the "Pool Party" playlists instead. What? You picked "Cocktail Party?" I'm leaving.
I see that your ex-boyfriend, Chad, crashed your cocktail party and went on a drunken rant. Now you're in a bad mood. Go to the mood section of Songza, and there you will find the right playlist to match how you feel.
You could pick the "Aggressive" mood to pump yourself up and kick Chad out. You could try the "Introspective" mood and reflect on why you dated an alcoholic.
Or maybe, you can just forgo all of your social responsibility, get naked and start rolling around in the mud listening to music from the "Earthy" playlist.
Let me warn you, do not start listening to the "Sexual" mood and start hooking up with Chad again, because we all know you should really be listening to the "Trashy" mood if you do.
Chad is gone and you've washed all that mud off.
Now you and your friend, Susan, are in the car heading to a movie.
Maybe you're not sure what kind of music she likes.
Look in the genre category and you will find tons of different kinds of music.
Songza has seven different types of rock music to listen to, four different types of pop, three types of country and so much more.
Let's not get too crazy, though. Songza doesn't have many of the sub-sub-genres of music. You're not likely to find any Viking metal or Nintendocore.
Hey! There's K-Pop in here! Susan will like this!
Now you're listening to music.
Crap. Nickelback.
You should skip this.
Songza gives you seven skips. After that, it throws up a pay wall.
You can't bear to sit through a song about photographs, but you also really like the playlist that you are on.
Good thing you read my review. By starting another playlist and then going back, the song will automatically change. Free skips.
The songs are not randomly generated. They are picked from a finite playlist.
This means there is a chance to hear the same song over again. I heard Brain Stew by Green Day enough times that I felt like my ears were going to bleed.
The odds for repetition increase if you skip songs a lot.
Luckily, playlists are large and do change after a period of time.
There is a thumbs up and a thumbs down feature.
Pressing thumbs down will consume a skip; however, the song will not be played again.
Pressing thumbs up will allow Songza to recommend other playlists you might enjoy.
However, I doubt this actually does anything since it has yet to recommend anything to me.
Wear headphones? Songza can adjust your high-quality settings to work perfectly with the make and model of your headphones.
Hop into your settings and plug in that Executive headset by Beats and Songza will make the proper adjustments.
Aw, but Chad got you those. You should probably sell them on eBay. Not to fear! Fish out those generic Apple earphones and Songza can still optimize your music for that.
Songza does need advertisements in order to make money. Occasionally, you will find an activity in the concierge service like "Getting Hyped with Taco Bell."
However, this is relatively harmless and doesn't interfere with anything.
It also doesn't take you to a website when tapping on it. It will still play music.
There are advertisement bars at the bottom of the screen when music is played. These are easily ignored. Songza also has video ads.
The good news about this is Songza never plays an ad between songs on a playlist or interrupts a song.
The only times ads are played when switching between playlists.
Pandora, we had some good times, but Songza just gets me.
Songza cares about what I'm doing and asks me how I feel.
You never did that.
Songza is willing to guide me to find new music.
Pandora, you sat there and waited for me to throw something at you before showing me something new.
Songza also gets along with all my friends way better than you did.
I'm sorry Pandora, but we are never ever, ever getting back together.
Like ever...
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