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Re:Finding the most depressing Radiohead song with R by HenryTheHorse on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @09:46AM (#13705847)
> So presumably the purpose of this experiment was to quantify just how bad algorithms can be at inferring meaning?

That's a bit harsh, but I agree.

Words & music are both key to understanding a song's "mood". Only looking at words can completely strip the irony/sarcasm off a song (as can only paying attention to the arrangements and melody/harmony.)

How would such analysis even work on artists like Dylan?

Re:Finding the most depressing Radiohead song with R by beanmunch on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @11:48AM (#13706874)
They use Spotify's valence score as a measure of the mood of the music.