Theory Number 2: The Boys are back in town is the perfect song

Pandora describes this song as featuring "electric rock instrumentation, a subtle use of vocal harmony, mild rhythmic syncopation, repetitive melodic phrasing and extensive vamping."

Now the more and more I think of it, the more and more this means it is the perfect song. This should then make it an easy pick for any genius playlist, since it's an attempt to find other songs you would like. If The Boys Are Back In Town is the perfect song, then everyone would love it. Ergo, it is in every apple playlist... it's not an apple thing it's a larger "music" thing.

And who doesn't love electric rock instrumentation, a subtle use of vocal harmony, mild rhythmic syncopation, repetitive melodic phrasing and extensive vamping? Only shitty people.

Shitty people don't like this song.

Theory Number 1: Steve Jobs was in the band Thin Lizzy

PROOF! I HAVE PROOF!

I FOUND IT ON THE INTERNET!

Which songs does iTunes associate it with?

• "Life on Mars" by David Bowie
• "Mr. Blue Sky" by ELO
• "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves (yes I have this playlist)
• "A.M. Radio" by Everclear
• "Midnight Train to Georgia" by Gladys Knight and the Pips
• "Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
• "Jumper" by Third Eye Blind
• "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who

What this has proved more than anything is that at least 50% of the music I listen to is shitty.

This is true

Every time I make a genius playlist on iTunes it includes the song "The Boys are back in town" by Thin Lizzy. This is a bizarre concept... I can't figure out what it is about this song that somehow defies the music genome project. And I'm not exaggerating... EVERY single genius playlist I make has this song in it.

For those of you who don't have iTunes or know what a Genius playlist (i.e. Mom) a Genius playlist is based on the music genome project... someone with no time took every song they could find and scientifically broke it down to compare it with other songs. It then takes a song you like and finds songs that are similar. Pandora radio uses it, so does apple Genius. But Apple Genius can't seem to wrap it's genius mind around the fact that Thin Lizzy's "The Boys are back in town" has nothing in common with Gladys Knights "Midnight Train to Georgia." That is an apple playlist.

We explore this strange feature in blog format.