Inspired by Tyler Cullen, a student at School of Visual Arts in New York City who went up to random people in Manhattan and asked them what they were listening to on their headphones, Joseph Jenson and Michael Fostiropoulos have applied the concept to London. Now, the natural question: from this random sample, who has better taste in music? London or New York? Here are the respective playlists:
New York City
The Bee Gees: More Than A Woman
Fenix TX: Abba Zabba
Eminem: Not Afraid
Keni Burke: Keep Rising to the Top
Beyonce: Smash Into You
LCD Soundsystem: Dance Yrself Clean
The Black Keys: Too Afraid To Love You
Kanye West: Blame Game
Kinky: Mas
Lil Wayne: Lollipop
Oasis: What’s the Story Morning Glory
Frank Sinatra: The Best Is Yet To Come
Korn: Counting on Me
Britney Spears: How I Roll
Panic! At the Disco: From A Mountain In The Middle Of The Cabins
In my opinion, in this small sample size there were just 7 songs by listeners in both cities that I would not put up an argument to if someone claimed it was good music.
Also, I love the coincidence that the first person in each city was listening to an hilariously awful song. My question is who is worse: ABBA or the Bee Gees?
http://twitter.com/JohnathanIsMe Johnathan
For me it was 5 – 7 to songs I'd nod my head in approval too
http://twitter.com/JohnathanIsMe Johnathan
London, all the way
http://twitter.com/henryevil andrew
Nothing beats the woman in the NYC video listening to Frank Sinatra. Spirit animal!
Tory
Haha the girl listening to Teenage Dream is walking to the beat as she walks away. That's sweet.
Easy
London.
20 GOTO 10
The people in London seemed more likely to know straight away what song they were listening to.
justeunefille
i have a girl crush on the chick listening to jigga that by jay-z.
http://twitter.com/FeHaciente Fernanda Cortes
From NYC I just dig two songs, from London let's say four. I based my decision on tha fact that every city playlist that has BEIRUT in it, has better taste in music :D
Mary Quite-contrary
no.
StyleForGuys
I love how like proper adults also listen to Gaga's latest :-)
Anonymous
ew you're shitty
Mary Quite-contrary
that guy was listening to a song from The Jungle Book soundtrack. I googled the lyrics. “I Wanna Be Like You” THE JUNGLE BOOK
Mary Quite-contrary
oh look they already did that for me. *blush*
Mary Quite-contrary
If you think about it, listening to bad music is the best punishment for listening to bad music.
JEAmaty
“Bad Music (Is Better Than No Music At All)” – John Hartford song title
Did like every person from London have an iPod/iPhone? oh, and there was that lady with an iPad(!?)
liker
Someone do Australia!
Anonymous
whatever happened to britpop and alt rock
yeeaah
3:09 swag, lol
Charles Reinhardt
I want to see a Paris version.
padface
I KNOW THESE PLACES!
My playlist is equal parts great and awful, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Guest
Major props to the guy listening to “I wanna be like you” from The Jungle Book!
http://twitter.com/taylafederer Tayla Dam
it's called the river not “down to the river” how dare you disrespect springsteen
Beth
Loved that someone was listening to a song from the Jungle Book, if I’d got stopped in London I probably would have been listening to an embarassing Disney song too.
Londonders seemed to actually know what they were listening to without looking a lot more than New Yorkers, which I like.
KC
Travis – Love Will Come Through <3
Stephanie Watson
Come to Glasgow! <3
http://www.goodmusicstillexists.com Jacob
The guy listening to Fleet Foxes makes it an automatic win for London!
Kryso
Saw them at Glastonbury this year… Amazing.
http://www.crabgrasscomic.com/ Coffeepillow
They are amazing! James Vincent McMorrow opened for them here in Minneapolis, who is also great. I would have killed for a ticket, but they sold out…
http://www.crabgrasscomic.com/ Coffeepillow
They are amazing! James Vincent McMorrow opened for them here in Minneapolis, who is also great. I would have killed for a ticket, but they sold out…
