Like my friend Rob, I never got wildly into David Bowie. His passing, however, made me realise how he was one of those people who are fundamentally a part of my music history, even if they weren’t on regular rotation, or if I never got beyond his singles.
I thought I’d look at when I listened to Bowie over the last 6 years. It’s interesting – he was a real “binge” artists for me. The line shows cumulative listens over time. Look at how the line goes up in steps.
What’s happening? With Bowie, once or twice a year, I’d think “Bowie was amazing. I’ll put on his greatest hits.” And then I’d be listening on rotation for the best part of a day.
Favourite track? Before even looking at the data, my answer was Heroes. The data proves it –
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Add Yours →Was Tin Machine in a different data set?
Ha ha. I just checked: I have apparently not listened to Tin Machine ONCE since recording the music I listen to. Hardly surprising.
What do you use to record your listening? And how long have you been doing it? Would love to be able to do something like this! Thanks!
Hi Brian
I listen to music on Spotify and Google Music. From both of those, I scrobble the listens to last.fm. Lots more details on these posts: https://gravyanecdote.com/tag/lastfm/
Good luck!