Star Wars

Recently I've begun rating all of the songs in my collection with the iTunes staring system. I guess there's no real reason to do it but it's kind of fun so don't judge me. However, in the process I've noticed some interesting quirks about myself and my music likes and dislikes.

Examples: While listening to They Might Be Giants' song "Dead," I thought to myself: "This is an okay song. Not one of my favorites, but definitely not a bad song. This is a solid three." I paused for a moment. "But the backing vocals on the chorus and the vinyl pops through the background make it a four." The song itself didn't improve it's rating, just a particular bridge.

While listening to the Pixies album Doolittle, as a track started I said to myself, "Okay, this is an okay song. I'll start it at three stars. If it gets better I'll bump it up accordingly." On more than a few occasions a good middle eight, or bridge towards the end gives a song an extra star.

I guess I'm just surprised at how easily swayed I can be while ranking my music. And how often I have a tendency to forget if I rated a song, only to give the iPod a thumbs up when I find I still agree with the number of stars I gave it in the past.