Hi, @Eric_L. 👋
Thanks for sharing your thoughts about this! @TannerPandora shared some helpful info as well.
Live Versions:
In the meantime, if you Thumb Down a live or remixed version of a song, you will not hear that version again on the station you're listening to. This will not keep the studio version of that track from playing and doesn't necessarily mean that you will no longer hear other songs by that artist. As always, you should use your Thumb ratings freely to tell Pandora what you want and don't want to hear.
At this time, the way to completely control what you listen to is by listening to content on-demand with Premium.
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Feature Request:
Based on your message, it sounds like you'd want to have more specific options for your Thumb feedback, or to simply refine your station completely (ex. no flutes on a specific station, no ballads, etc...). Basically, a deeper dive of feedback from a listener's perspective so that your listening experience can be much more personalized. I completely understand where you're coming from with this.
If you haven't already, I would recommend creating a feature request for the specific option you're interested in here. Other listeners may want to see something like this implemented too.
To find out how our feature request process works, feel free to check out: "How do requests become features?"
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