Genius and the Beatles
Can anyone get the new Genius smart playlist feature of iTunes to work with the Beatles?! I really like Genius, but why not a Beatles playlist?
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September 15th, 2008 at 3:17 am
I’m pretty sure that the Beatles don’t work because they aren’t on iTunes.
I’ve run into this problem many times with Matisyahu. (Jewish reggae.) If I try to do a genius playlist based on him, there are no results. :(
If Genius works the way they say it does (compares your collection to other people’s collections) then Matisyahu (and definitely the Beatles) should work.
September 15th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Hi MacTipper – Your absolutely right. I can understand when Genius fails with lesser listened to bands (although this should change very shortly) and with mislabeled artists – but The Beatles? That’s a significant omission. Given Apple’s history with The Beatles catalogue, I’m wondering if this isn’t something intentional on Apple’s part, but I can’t see the reasoning behind it if that’s the case.