The genius goes bonkers

You know, unlike a lot of bloggers, I like iTunes' new genius feature (see post below). But tonight: well, everything's gone a bit Pete Tong.

I chose a bit of an oddity for a seed - "Barriers", the B-side of Soft Cell's "Numbers". 

Yeah. I'm sure you're all whistling it now.

Anyway, this is the (frankly deranged) playlist it gave me: 

I mean: WTF? How do you get Arctic Monkeys, Soul II Soul, Haircut 100 and Laurie Anderson in the same playlist? It's like a party for surrealists. And when we get to "My Sweet Lord", well: words fail me.

I quite like the idea of iTunes taking the piss - now I'm playing them, it seems like the sort of mad playlist I'd put together for a compilation. It just beggars belief how a computer would come up with it. I might even save the playlist for posterity...