{"id":111,"date":"2005-03-28T22:07:55","date_gmt":"2005-03-29T04:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/archives\/111"},"modified":"2005-03-28T22:07:55","modified_gmt":"2005-03-29T04:07:55","slug":"same-but-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outsidecat.com\/wordvehicle\/archives\/111","title":{"rendered":"Same but different"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was organizing my del.icio.us links, and noticed a site I had neglected to use as I had intended. Musicbrainz<\/a> takes all those unidentified iTunes sitting there, all labelled “Track 04” and figures out what they probably are. Tonight (having ganked interslice from the neighbors) I started figuring out which of the 28 Weakerthans songs were which.<\/p>\n

Here’s the fun part. The program ‘listens’ to the song and uses the sound of each song to match it with the correct information maintained in the MusicBrainz database. So I threw in a bunch of tracks I don’t have metadata for. I have a sweet sweet mixed CD called “Chrisss Mixxx” (it’s legendary, and soon I can post the track list). I spent some quality time a few months ago trying to figure out the artists and track names by listening to the song and googling the lyrics I could catch. Also, I utilized the Mohan brothers. They were better than Google.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I’ve been MusicBraining away, and before the program changes anything, you double check the data. Here’s what’s come up for some things I know I have right:<\/p>\n

Vulture Shark Sculpture Park by MC Paul Barman : Cette chanson-la by Michel Sardou
\nTechnical Difficulties by Dr. Octagon : Live On Tomorrow by Juliana Hatfield
\nTwenty Four Hours by Joy Division : Open Bay by Sharks Keep Moving
\nTravelling without Moving by Jamiriquoi : Mexican Blood by Thin Lizzie
\nYounger Body, Older Soul by Koufax might as well be the Ramones, White Stripes, Specials, Dance Hall Crashers, or the Forgotten.<\/p>\n

Le Piece De Resistance —
\nA still unidentified Ranier Maria song : The Prince by Metallica, or perhaps I am the Sword by Motorhead.<\/p>\n

Overall, not too shabby, and I got a few albums in their entirety fixed without having to go through myself with liner notes. I had to watch Brainz carefully, though. Turn your back for one second and my Doobie Brothers are suddenly the Four Tops. Not kidding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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