I’ve been rating most of my music in iTunes for a few years now. But I’ve never had a specific policy worked out for deciding which song gets five stars, which song deserves only four stars, and so on. But, I think I’ve finally got it worked out:
- One star: A terrible song. I hate it, and never want to listen to it again. I’ll skip to the next track within three seconds of its starting to play on shuffle. I’d delete it, if I weren’t convinced it may serve a role in some nefarious plot in the future.
- Two stars: A bad song. I dislike it, but it might be good to listen to once or twice in the future. I’ll most likely switch the song if it starts to play on shuffle.
- Three stars: A decent song. I don’t dislike it, but I don’t like it enough to want to actively seek it out in order to listen to it. I’ll let it continue if it starts to play on shuffle.
- Four stars: A good or great song. I like it a lot, and I’ll play it a lot.
- Five stars: A great or excellent song… the cream of the crop. I love it, and can’t live without it. I’ll listen to it dozens of times for weeks on end and still won’t be sick of it.
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So give me an example of a five-star song, and a one-star song.
“Your English Is Good” by Tokyo Police Club gets five stars, while “Let’s Read a Book” by A-CLASS gets only one star. I do believe the latter song will one day serve a purpose as part of some nefarious plot.
After checking it out for myself, I might have to disagree with you on “Let’s Read a Book.” I could listen to that for days on end. Seriously, though, how did you come into possession of that, anyway?
Ugh. I don’t remember. I think someone sent it into Wesleying for us to post as a Reading Week theme, or something. It just annoys me, lol.
Yeah, that could give someone an aneurism.