leviramsey's Journal: SIRIUS: An analysis of repeats on BuzzSaw

Many of you may recall that I subscribe to Sirius (and have since before Howard Stern was signed). My #1 preset is BuzzSaw. Following is an analysis of BuzzSaw's playlist between midnight ET on Dec. 23 and approximately 2:00 pm ET on Dec. 24. The data is courtesy of The SIRIUS Stream Explorer; a condensed form of the data follows the analysis.

In the 38 hours studied, 469 songs were played (counting examples like "Heartbreaker" straight into "Living Loving Maid" as one song), for a mean of 12.3 songs/hour. 384 distinct songs were played. No song was played more than 3 times in the period, implying that the odds are against hearing a song twice within 12 hours.

• 9 songs were played thrice
• 67 songs were played twice
• 308 songs were played once

All in all, I would say that this is a pretty good balance of repetition versus variety, in my opinion. In listening for 24 hours straight, one could expect to hear at most c. 50 repeats.

• .38 Special - 4 plays, 4 distinct songs
• AC/DC - 27 plays, 16 distinct songs
  • Played thrice: "Highway to Hell"
  • Played twice: "Back in Black", "Big Balls", "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap", "For Those About to Rock...", "Hells Bells", "Shoot to Thrill", "Sin City", "T.N.T.", "You Shook Me All Night Long"
• Accept - 1 play
• Aerosmith - 25 plays, 21 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)", "Rag Doll", "Same Old Song and Dance", "Walk This Way"
• Aldo Nova - 2 plays, 1 distinct song
  • Played twice: "Fantasy"
• Alice Cooper - 8 plays, 4 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Billion Dollar Babies", "I'm Eighteen", "No More Mr. Nice Guy", "School's Out"
• April Wine - 1 play
• Autograph - 1 play
• Axe - 1 play
• Bad Company - 6 plays, 5 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Bad Company"
• Billy Squier - 10 plays, 8 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Christmas Is the Time to Say...", "In the Dark"
• Billy Thorpe - 1 play
• Black Sabbath - 12 plays, 10 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Iron Man", "Paranoid"
• Blackfoot - 3 plays, 3 distinct songs
• Blue - 3 plays, 3 distinct songs
• Blue Oyster Cult - 3 plays, 2 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "(Don't Fear) The Reaper"
• Bob Rivers - 3 plays, 2 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "I Am Santa Claus"
• Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - 1 play
• Boston - 8 plays, 6 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "More Than a Feeling", "Peace of Mind"
• Buckcherry - 1 play
• Cheap Trick - 2 plays, 2 distinct songs
• Cream - 3 plays, 2 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "White Room"
• David Lee Roth - 2 plays, 2 distinct songs
• Deep Purple - 4 plays, 4 distinct songs
• Def Leppard - 13 plays, 10 distinct songs
  • Played thrice: "Bringin' On the Heartbreak"
  • Played twice: "Photograph"
• Derek and the Dominos - 1 play
• Dio - 5 plays, 3 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Holy Diver", "Rainbow in the Dark"
• Dokken - 2 plays, 2 distinct songs
• Eddie Money - 1 play
• Eric Clapton - 1 play
• Faces - 1 play
• Foghat - 3 plays, 3 distinct songs
• Foreigner - 4 plays, 4 distinct songs
• George Thorogood - 6 plays, 5 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Bad to the Bone"
• Golden Earring - 3 plays, 2 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Twilight Zone"
• Grand Funk Railroad - 1 play
• Great White - 3 plays, 3 distinct songs
• Guns 'n' Roses - 9 plays, 7 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Live and Let Die", "Welcome to the Jungle"
• Heart - 4 plays, 3 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Magic Man"
• Humble Pie - 3 plays, 2 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "I Don't Need No Doctor"
• Iron Maiden - 4 plays, 4 distinct songs
• Jefferson Starship - 2 plays, 2 distinct songs
• Jethro Tull - 1 play
• Jimi Hendrix - 16 plays, 12 distinct songs
  • Played thrice: "Purple Haze"
  • Played twice: "Dolly Dagger", "Foxey Lady"
• Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - 2 plays, 2 distinct songs
• Joe Satriani - 2 plays, 2 distinct songs
• Joe Walsh - 3 plays, 3 distinct songs
• Judas Priest - 5 plays, 5 distinct songs
• Kiss - 9 plays, 8 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "I Stole Your Love"
• Krokus - 1 play
• Led Zeppelin - 21 plays, 16 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Black Dog", "Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid", "In the Evening", "Kashmir", "The Ocean"
• Loverboy - 1 play
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - 10 plays, 8 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Sweet Home Alabama", "That Smell"
• Metallica - 10 plays, 9 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Seek and Destroy"
• Molly Hatchet - 2 plays, 2 distinct songs
• Montrose - 1 play
• Motley Crue - 8 plays, 7 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Girls, Girls, Girls"
• Motorhead - 1 play
• Nazareth - 3 plays, 2 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Hair of the Dog"
• Neil Young - 2 plays, 2 distinct songs
• Night Ranger - 1 play
• Ozzy Osbourne - 11 plays, 9 distinct songs
  • Played thrice: "Crazy Train"
• Pat Benatar - 4 plays
• Pat Travers - 1 play
• Queen - 12 plays, 7 distinct songs
  • Played thrice: "Fat Bottomed Girls"
  • Played twice: "Another One Bites the Dust", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Stone Cold Crazy", "We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions"
• Quiet Riot - 2 plays, 1 distinct song
  • Played twice: "Cum On Feel the Noize"
• Rainbow - 3 plays, 3 distinct songs
• Ratt - 5 plays, 3 distinct songs
  • Played thrice: "Round and Round"
• Red Rider - 3 plays, 1 distinct song
  • Played thrice: "Lunatic Fringe"
• Rick Derringer - 1 play
• Robert Plant - 1 play
• Robin Trower - 1 play
• Rolling Stones - 7 plays, 4 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Gimme Shelter", "Honky Tonk Women", "Sympathy for the Devil"
• Rossington Collins... - 1 play
• Rush - 15 plays, 12 distinct songs
  • Played thrice: "The Spirit of Radio"
• Sammy Hagar - 8 plays, 7 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "I Can't Drive 55"
• Saxon - 1 play
• Scorpions - 8 plays, 7 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
• Steppenwolf - 3 plays, 2 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Magic Carpet Ride"
• Stevie Ray Vaughan - 5 plays, 4 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Pride and Joy"
• Styx - 2 plays, 1 distinct song
  • Played twice: "Renegade"
• Sweet - 3 plays, 1 distinct song
  • Played thrice: "Ballroom Blitz"
• T. Rex - 2 plays, 1 distinct song
  • Played twice: "Get it On (Bang a Gong)"
• Ted Nugent - 5 plays, 5 distinct songs
• Tesla - 3 plays, 2 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Modern Day Cowboy"
• The Allman Brothers Band - 1 play
• The Amboy Dukes - 1 play
• The Black Crowes - 4 plays, 4 distinct songs
• The Charlie Daniels Band - 1 play
• The Cult - 6 plays, 5 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Fire Woman"
• The Doors - 2 plays, 1 distinct song
  • Played twice: "Roadhouse Blues"
• The Edgar Winter Group - 3 plays, 2 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Frankenstein"
• The Firm - 1 play
• The Kinks - 1 play
• The Runaways - 1 play
• Thin Lizzy - 5 plays, 4 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "The Boys Are Back in Town"
• Tom Petty - 1 play
• Triumph - 2 plays, 2 distinct songs
• Twisted Sister - 2 plays, 1 distinct song
  • Played twice: "We're Not Gonna Take It"
• UFO - 5 plays, 5 distinct songs
• Van Halen - 19 plays, 12 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "And the Cradle Will Rock...", "Everybody Wants Some!!", "Feel Your Love Tonight", "Hot for Teacher", "Panama", "Runnin' with the Devil", "Unchained"
• WASP - 1 play
• Whitesnake - 4 plays, 4 distinct songs
• Y&T - 1 play
• Zebra - 1 play
• ZZ Top - 14 plays, 10 distinct songs
  • Played twice: "Gimme All Your Lovin'", "La Grange", "Sharp Dressed Man", "Tush"

buzzsaw playlist

[tf23]

That playlist looks as though it has a pretty good variety.

However, I still cannot get over the fact that one has to pay for radio with the satellite radio systems. I guess it's just because of the fact that all my life radio's been taken for granted, and it's well, free.

So needless to say, I don't have a sat radio system. I'm not saying I never will. The sat systems would benefit by putting it in the new cards, at no cost, imho. That would atleast get me tempted to try it out. (Though I do miss Stern, they

Re:buzzsaw playlist

[leviramsey]

To quote from Artie Lange:

"Waaah. I don't want to spend 40 cents a day. Waah."

:o)