Requesting AD/DC Thunderstruck plays a tribute band

fairfax — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 17:40:48 GMT

Want Original Artists and Studio Recordings - Not Cover Bands or Alt Mixes

Pandora you're starting to lose me as a customer after many years. It is obvious that Pandora is trying to substitute pop songs with lower royalty (inferior recordings, cover artists) fee versions. Sometimes it is impossible to find the original recording that I wanted and had come to love over the years. For example (not real request) I might ask for AD/DC Thunderstruck and get some terrible "tribute band" version or maybe a German tuba essemble playing an instrumental version. Or, occassionally I'll get fooled by a terrible immitation for about 10 seconds until I realize it's a scam. The catalog of music has shrunk also, with some songs completely disappearing. This is happening on the Desktop app and iPhone. No reason to "have our engineers try this" because this is a decision made by Pandora/Sirus management to cut costs. It ain't working. I hate it and it's really irritating. Youtube Music or Spotify will soon get my business. And, the sound quality seems inferior to other streaming services on a home theater system. Careful, you are quickly becoming the MySpace of streaming services.

Moderator Edit: Edited title for clarity

Re: Want Original Artists and Studio Recordings - Not Cover Bands or Alt Mixes

MariaPandora — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:22:48 GMT

Hi @fairfax , thanks for posting!

Sorry for the trouble! We'll be happy to look into this for you, but we'll need a bit more information first. Can you write me back with the following?

The name of the station where this occurred.
The name(s) of the artist(s).
The title(s) of the track(s).
Were you able to give the track(s) a Thumbs down?
Were you listening using a Pandora Mode like Crowd Faves, Discovery or Deep Cuts?

Let me know, and we'll take a look.

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Requesting AD/DC Thunderstruck plays a tribute band

Re: Want Original Artists and Studio Recordings - Not Cover Bands or Alt Mixes