** Your All-Time Fave Songs (Top 3) - Chit Chat SPOTIFY Shared Playlists **

cheers lad :-)

ttt

March's list up soon

Spotify Playlist Links

Chit-Chat Spotify Playlists 2010
http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/3lbjFyqYdoNeIUJvK7Pxoc

Chit-Chat No.1 Favourite Tracks
http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/7wZROJ2uh4ahH6u83Qk7IT
Chit-Chat No.2 Favourite Tracks
http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/5uMbpSkqKnQ2mfTl5jtIgL
Chit-Chat No.3 Favourite Tracks
http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/5qlR4oPfyawb28KWb2wqoJ

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A Playlist from the 2000s (not Noughties)
Gone for quality, rather than personal favourites. Songs that should stand the test of time
http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/46AXcZQSY0FHxyKlkoT8yH
Chit-Chat Summer Songs (Collaborative)
http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/6L5ml48TO9VSISUVYXotIV
Chit-Chat Hairs On The Back Of Your Neck Playlist
http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/2KIoZaOcre2cmhtRBeqQxy

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Some other decent Playlists

100 Records That Shook The World
http://open.spotify.com/user/mickeymo/playlist/2rZq7fiUGQ2IGWrW0VBAsj
Pitchfork Website 500
http://open.spotify.com/user/perstn/playlist/0n9fY6g8qywPvR4odLugmI
Telegraph 100 Greatest Songs
http://open.spotify.com/user/nmccormick/playlist/6Gg93RFpaRZEIaJGM4CnE9
Back To The 70s Playlist
http://open.spotify.com/user/woolybully/playlist/69VfGEwYAMp71BaIJe4syJ
The Best 80s Tracks
http://open.spotify.com/user/failedmuso/playlist/6z6qCOjkjqlkWxqSxtZsA7
Alt/Britpop 90s Tracks
http://open.spotify.com/user/parklanestu/playlist/6oYgOohxOhWrHWJdS6u3H9

Might as well bung these Spotify Playlist links at the top of this page

Chit-Chat Spotify Playlists 2010
Chit-Chat Spotify Playlists 2010 - MARCH

Copy'n'Paste Link
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April's list to appear soon and as it's Grand National weekend,
all are horse-related to varying degrees

Chit-Chat Spotify Playlists 2010
Chit-Chat Spotify Playlists 2010 - APRIL

Copy'n'Paste Link
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bumped up

Brilliant thread.

1/Sára-fleetwood mac
2/electricity-Orchestral manoeuvres in the dark
3/Pretty Vacant-The Sex Pistols

Latest posted tracks added:

Chit-Chat No.1 Favourite Tracks
http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/7wZROJ2uh4ahH6u83Qk7IT
Chit-Chat No.2 Favourite Tracks
http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/5uMbpSkqKnQ2mfTl5jtIgL
Chit-Chat No.3 Favourite Tracks
http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/5qlR4oPfyawb28KWb2wqoJ

Bumped in case it's smashed by Betfair in the next few days

May's 20 Tracks to appear in a week or so, if the Forum still works

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up for PD

It seems like to become a new (free) member of Spotify you need to be reccomended by a friend i do believe.

Good work poppydog ,great thread btw

Can someone do me a favour, please?

I did 2010 monthly Playlists and listed the 20 songs and artists on the following posts of mine:

28/1 (22:25)
19/2 (22:00)
29/3 (17:44)
11/4 (20:00)

Can someone confirm that these have been severely shortened with all the info disappearing?

If so, why would this have happened?

Poppydog I tried to set up an account and it says I need to be invited. Could you invite me please.. hopefully one of the quizzers would send you my email address, I don't want to publish it on here.
Thanks :)

Sorry Paulie Walnuts

Spotify gave me a chunk to hand out (not sure why)
After giving most away, I put the last few on this and another forum - they went pretty quick

If I get another batch, I'll remember you first.

^^ Can someone help with my Query above? ^^

Sorry PD, can't help you with that one, but I've noticed over the last few days many people are having difficulty posting links.

Perhaps the new forum just randomly distorts them?

looks truncated to me. Would be just a guess as to why, but long links have been truncated on the new forum.

Could also have been part of the migration. They would "cleanse" the old data of any data that might cause issues on the new forum.

if your quick I can send an invite via here

ttt for May's Selection

For those who don't have a Spotify invite, I believe there's a new basic service free for anyone

Previously all new users had to be sent an invite by an existing Spotify user to sign up to the service. However, now under Spotify Open, new users can create an account without an invite code, but if they intend upon not paying for the service, their listening hours will be capped to 20 hours per month which, according to Spotify, equates to 25 albums or 300 tracks.

These users will still be exposed to advertising and if they want to continue using the service after reaching their cap, they now have two payment options. They can either sign up to Spotify Premium, which costs £9.99 a month, offers offline mode and gives unlimited access to the service either through a mobile or PC without any adverts. This option has been in existence since Spotify launched.

Is free content really the iron law of the internet?Or users can choose a new payment option announced today called: Spotify Unlimited, which costs £4.99 a month and offers an advert-free, all-you-can-listen-to service. However, unlike Spotify Premium, users who sign up for this option cannot access their Spotify music on the move via their mobiles or their library in offline mode.

Existing Spotify users, who do not pay for the service, will not have their time capped. Nor is the company suspending the invitation service. Users who sign up with an invite code will not have their music consumption capped.

The service is continuing to add invitations to premium users’ accounts and free users are still able to issue invites to non-users.

“We’re really excited to offer more choices for users and existing users who are happy with their current plan won’t be affected by these updates,” said Andres Sehr, Spotify’s global community manager on the company’s blog.

The full range of user options has been clearly mapped out by the company on its site.

The new pricing structure resembles that of We7, a British streaming service, which launched a two-tier plan in January 2010.

Last month Spotify upgraded its service with the addition of several significant social features, including a ‘Spotify Music Profile’ and Facebook friend integration tool.

The service has also rolled out in Holland, in addition to the UK, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Finland and France.

^^ The new service above happened in the past week or two ^^
Not sure how long it's going to last?

b) Cheers, Cannyman. Agree totally
Checked for Kathy Kirby - indeed there's nothing -
it's probably dependent on who owns her publishing rights at the moment
and for agreement to be reached. There seems to be many pre-1960s songs on there,
so they should eventually be on


a belated thanks for that

http://open.spotify.com/artist/6F1aMWXFCmQm6ZpRHryMv8

Try this Kenny Mann

May 2010 Chit-Chat Spotify Playlist
is now available:

http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/3lbjFyqYdoNeIUJvK7Pxoc

20 Recommended Tracks
From Darts to ZZ Top
From Blind Willie Johnson to Fuyija & Miyagi
A few (World Cup) Football songs, a splash of Summer songs and many more

Haven't added the brief Write-Ups, as normal, as Betfair crucified them in the Forum change, but I'll re-add them to this thread, when the new Forum or whatever arrives, after I get back from my holidays.

Thanks to the Playlist Subscribers also.
Enjoy and Adios.

http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/3lbjFyqYdoNeIUJvK7Pxoc

ttt

ttt for June's list (coming soon)

In the meantime, here's a World Cup 2010 Spotify Playlist:

http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/5TyC3M4iaJt2CPLE6wEEnJ

A mixture of England and worldwide football songs

June 2010 Chit-Chat Spotify Playlist
is now available:

http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/3lbjFyqYdoNeIUJvK7Pxoc

20 Recommended Tracks
From 1,2,3 to Yeasayer
From World War I to Internet Chess

Haven't added the brief Write-Ups, as normal, as Betfair crucified them in the Forum change,
but they'll be added soon
Thanks to the Playlist Subscribers also.

http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/3lbjFyqYdoNeIUJvK7Pxoc

The Priest 06 Apr 21:48
Go for it Poppy
1) Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing Reprise - Bowie (Diamond Dogs)
2) California Dreaming - Mamas and the Papas
3) Arriving Somewhere But Not Here - Porcupine Tree (Deadwing)


There is hope for music on this forum after all!

I actually prefer 'Lazarus' from that album, but I'm a softie at heart
I started a thread, when the album came out about 5 years ago,
about why aren't Porcupine Tree huge?
They tick all the mega-stadium boxes

ttt for July

Poppydog. Joined: 07 Sep 01
Replies: 3772 27 Jun 10 10:33 
I actually prefer 'Lazarus' from that album, but I'm a softie at heart
I started a thread, when the album came out about 5 years ago,
about why aren't Porcupine Tree huge?
They tick all the mega-stadium boxes

I prefer the older stuff like Voyage 34 and The Sky Moves Sideways. Saw them a couple of years ago in a smallish venue in London where they were excellent. Also went to see Steven Wilson in one of his other incarnations, Blackfield too.

July picks soon

Under My Thumb - The Rolling Stones
Train in Vain - The Clash
The River - Bruce Springsteen

I'll add them to the Playlists, dlarssonf
The links are in 29th Mar and 3rd May posts

Good to see a combined total of over 100 subscribers to the 3 Chit-Chat Favs playlists

thanks

Two added (The Clash already on)

July Playlist up later

Just click on Subscribe (at the top) if you want to save any/all Playlists

Chit-Chat No.1 Favourite Tracks
http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/7wZROJ2uh4ahH6u83Qk7IT
Chit-Chat No.2 Favourite Tracks
http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/5uMbpSkqKnQ2mfTl5jtIgL
Chit-Chat No.3 Favourite Tracks
http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/5qlR4oPfyawb28KWb2wqoJ

July 2010 Chit-Chat Spotify Playlist
is now available:

http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/3lbjFyqYdoNeIUJvK7Pxoc

20 Recommended Tracks for July

1/ ‘Skylarking’ – Horace Andy (Skylarking 1972)

Early 70s Reggae classic from the magical, delicate voice of Horace Andy. Timeless.

2/ ‘Where Do I Begin?’ – The Chemical Brothers (Ft. Beth Orton) (Dig Your Own Hole 1997)

‘Morning after, the night before’ song. Brilliant ‘lost’ track from an excellent album. Mellow vocals from Beth Orton.

3/ ‘The Glockenspiel Song’ – Dog Is Dead (Debut Single 2010)

Hailing from Nottingham, this promising band debut with an interesting, well-crafted song, this past month.
Indie-Pop with a touch of jazz. ‘....We are a mess, we are failures and we love it.....’

4/ ‘Yes We Can’ – Lee Dorsey (Yes We Can 1970)

The sound of New Orleans Funk from the Seventies. Wonderful backing band is The Meters.
He ended his touring days opening for The Clash!

5/ ‘You’re The Best’ – Joe ‘Bean’ Esposito (The Karate Kid OST 1984)

As the 2010 remake hits the cinema screens this summer, here’s the inspirational track, from the ending of the original film.

6/ ‘Calliope House / The Cowboy Jig Melody’ – Alasdair Fraser (The Road North 1989)

Nothing wrong with a trad-Irish jig. Apart from it’s not traditional and it’s not Irish.
Tenuous The Waterboys connection if anyone knows it?

7/ ‘Good Riddance – Time Of Your Life (Live) – Green Day (Bullet In A Bible 2005)

Live concert-closer version of the popular Green Day song. It’s about life moving on, as an episode closes.

8/ ‘The Best Of Jill Hives’ – Guided By Voices (Earthquake Glue 2003)

The last ever single from Guided By Voices and it’s a cracker. Brief, polished guitar pop. Indecipherable lyrics.

9/ ‘Blind’ – Hercules And Love Affair (Hercules And Love Affair 2008)

The lead singer from Antony And The Johnsons lends a touch of class to this brilliant retro-Dance track,
from a couple of years ago. Bizarrely only reached No.40 in the Top 40 here.

10/ ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ – Elton John (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 1973)

Always been intrigued by the meandering lyrics -  http://www.eltonography.com/songs/goodbye_yellow_brick_road.html -
and imagery of Bernie Taupin in this song, the title track of Elton John’s biggest album. Band and arrangement are top class too.

11/ ‘Isn’t Life Strange?’ – The Moody Blues (Seventh Sojourn 1972)

As well as ‘Nights In White Satin’, this Birmingham group were a major albums band, with complex and orchestral songs.
This flute-led single came from their huge US No.1 album.

12/ ‘California (Tchad Blake Remix)’ – Phantom Planet (The Guest 2002)

Theme tune to ‘The O.C.’ apparently, which may or may not be a good thing. It’s about driving to concert in California.

13/ ‘Brass In Pocket’ – The Pretenders (Pretenders 1980)

Indecipherable (again), baffling lyrics didn’t stop this deservedly reaching No.1. (What is ‘Detroit leaning’?)
Fantastic, empowered vocals, as ever, from the so special, Chrissie Hynde

14/ ‘Lean On Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)’ – Red Box (The Circle And The Square 1986)

One of those cr@p 80s songs, that is a bit of an anthem and tends to annoyingly stick in your head, once you’ve heard it.

15/ ‘Love Vibration’ – Josh Rouse (1972 2003)

Josh Rouse wrote this excellent album, in the style of the music, that was around in the year he was born.
Hence the album’s title. Groovy and catchy track.

16/ ‘Days Of Fire (Ft. Natty)’ – Nitin Sawhney (London Undersound 2008)

Understated, well-crafted song describing the 7/7 London Bombings, which were 5 years ago this month

17/ ‘Miss Misery’ – Elliott Smith (Good Will Hunting OST 1997)

From smalltown America to a smash-hit film, to standing (uncomfortably) on the Oscars stage in front of stars and celebrities -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaEh2RKCDPc –
at least this rendition isn’t butchered by an OTT Hollywood orchestra.

18/ ‘Afternoon Delight’ – Starland Vocal Band (Starland Vocal Band 1976)

About sex in the afternoon, of course. Memorably, from ‘Good Will Hunting’ also.
Neat harmonies (as they’d say in 70s wholesome teen-America)

19/ ‘I Wanna Be Adored’ – The Stone Roses (The Stone Roses 1989)

Still possibly one of the best opening tracks to an album,
as each instrument and vocals enters every few bars or so, after the eerie ghost-train feedback

20/ ‘Hooting And Howling’ – Wild Beasts (Two Dancers 2009)

This track from (my choice of) possible Mercury Prize Winner album. Delicate vocals betray the lyrical themes
of gangs, ‘Bovver boots’ and fighting

Just click on Subscribe (at the top) if you want to save the 2010 Chit-Chat Playlist to your Spotify

http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/3lbjFyqYdoNeIUJvK7Pxoc

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They've upgraded the message I get whenever I try to look at Spotify:

"For fck's sake, Spotify is not available in your fcking country. How many fcking times do we have to fcking tell you? Now fck off!"

2,11 and 14 are all great songs.

Man Of Many Moods,
You could try Googling 'Spotify in [your country]' and see if there's any dodgy ways of getting it

Ok. I'll give that a go. Thanks.

yes this is the one. thanks " man of many moods"

Been meaning to bring this up
Will paste the previous ones from 2010 that Betfair messed up in the 'new improved' Forum transfer

can't get spotify in Ireland

1. Always on my mind - Elvis
2. Wonder of you - Elvis
3. Suspicious minds - Elvis

ps I do use spotify

http://open.spotify.com/track/2VX2QRAGKPyqMZU8cFZ3Ib - Monkey gone to Heaven PIXIES
http://open.spotify.com/track/0uwXVXNfzPJtpv3iCBAgDD - Should I Stay... CLASH
http://open.spotify.com/track/4R8yORS2HYbviDdE2Jmkad - The Model KRAFTWERK

oops.
http://open.spotify.com/track/2VX2QRAGKPyqMZU8cFZ3Ib

Try using a proxy server.

August 2010 Chit-Chat Spotify Playlist
is now available:

http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/3lbjFyqYdoNeIUJvK7Pxoc


20 Recommended Tracks
From Kate Bush to Stevie Wonder
From John Lee Hooker to Anais Mitchell

ttt for September's list

Here's a decent Playlist
Q-Mags 1001 Ultimate Songs (some missing of course)

http://open.spotify.com/user/lasse_nordgren/playlist/4gtrzgxRs8tnTsv3RXAsz9

3 months left
ttt for October (in the next day or two)

http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/3lbjFyqYdoNeIUJvK7Pxoc

October's 20 Selections now added

Found some of the write-up's that Betfair detonated in the Forum change earlier this year

Chit-Chat Spotify Playlists 2010 – JANUARY

1/ ‘La Cienega Just Smiled’ – Ryan Adams (Gold 2001)
A sad song, but wonderful song-writing, reminiscent of the 70s singer-songwriters. One of his very best songs.

2/ ‘Dreaming’ – Blondie – (Eat To The Beat 1979)
Hats off to the under-rated Clem Burke – fantastic drumming
......Beep, beep Blondie

3/ ‘Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key’ – Billy Bragg And Wilco (Mermaid Avenue 1998)
Billy does Woody Guthrie, with haunting Natalie Merchant backing vocals

4/ ‘Take The Skinheads Bowling’ – Camper Van Beethoven (Telephone Free Landslide Victory 1985)
Slower version (I’m sure?) of the quirky 80s US cult classic

5/ ‘Love Will Keep Us Together’ – The Captain And Tennille (Love Will Keep Us Together 1975)
Great 70s song-writing return by Neil Sedaka, as the Captain’s wife tells us in the fadeout, ‘Sedaka is back’

6a & 6b/ ‘San Quentin + Reprise’ – Johnny Cash (Live At San Quentin 1969)
Johnny pens a song for the cons. They love it so much; he has to sing it again.
These tough guys turn into a panto crowd, but it’s still fantastic.

7/ ‘Stool Pigeon’ – Kid Creole And The Coconuts (Tropical Gangsters 1982)
Carefree, happy, dance-pop single from the early 80s

8/ ‘Lucid Dreams’ – Franz Ferdinand (Tonight: Franz Ferdinand 2008)
The song is OK, but the highlight is the daring 4-minute Mini-moog electro-jam at the end, which sounds sensational on decent speakers

9/ ‘Summertime’ – Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong (Porgy And Bess 1957)
You can have your Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin and modern day Divas,
Lady Ella’s voice is beyond comparison, ably assisted by Louis Armstrong

10/ ‘Ripples’ – Genesis (A Trick Of The Tail 1976)
8-minute epic, from the newly Gabriel-free Genesis, about seeing the years pass by

11/ ‘The Butterfly Collector’ – The Jam (‘Strange Town’ Single B’side 1979)
One of the best all-time B’sides – Think it’s about a Groupie, but it’s cutting stuff from Paul Weller, nonetheless

12/ ‘Gun Shot’ – Anthony Johnson (Gun Shot 1982)
Jamaican dancehall classic from the early 80s, urging the Jamaican kids to pay no attention to guns and weapons

13/ ‘The Stoop’ – Little Jackie (The Stoop 2008)
Summery NYC retro-soul from a rising star

14/ Danny O’Keefe – Magdalena (Breezy Stories 1973)
Another Seventies Singer-Songwriter. Very much under-rated. Great production.

15/ ‘Showdown’ - Pendulum (In Silico 2008)
Fantastic Drum and Bass, as ever, from the barnstorming Aussies

16/ ‘Breakin’ Up’ – Rilo Kiley (Under The Blacklight 2007)
A happy separation song, showing a new poppier change of direction for LA band Rilo Kiley

17/ ‘The Story Of My Life’ – Marty Robbins (Single From 1957)
Where it all started for Bacharach and David – a simple Country ballad

18/ ‘Let It Loose’ – The Rolling Stones (Exile On Main Street 1972)
Gospel-tinged highlight from a fantastic album, rising to a crescendo.
But there’s always Keith’s organ-sounding guitar riff keeping it on track. Great piano too.

19/ ‘Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) – Nancy Sinatra (How Does That Grab You 1966)
Better cover version of Cher’s song from the same year. Written by Sonny Bono.

20/ ‘Why Don’t You Love Me (Like You Used To Do’ – Hank Williams (Single from 1950)
Another timeless classic from the legendary Hank Williams. Written at the age of 26, he was dead 3 years later.

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Chit-Chat Spotify Playlists 2010 – FEBRUARY

1/ ‘Hello’ – The Beloved (Blissed Out 1990)
Vince Hilaire and Sir Bufton Tufton in the same song. Very odd.

2/ ‘Under The Milky Way’ – The Church (Starfish 1988)
Semi-obscure, mournful classic by Aussie band, The Church. Hit No.90 in the Charts (?!).
The synth-bagpipe solo adds to the melancholy.

3/ ‘Don’t Cry For Me Argentina’ – Julie Covington (Evita 1977)
This is the original that’s rarely heard these days, even though it reached No.1.
She sounds a lot more vulnerable and fragile, than the belting,
over-the-top versions by Paige, Bassey, Dickson and (God-forbid) Madonna.

4/ ‘Amoureuse’ – Kiki Dee (Loving And Free 1973)
Early 70s ballad about a woman losing her virginity, from errr ........ Motown’s finest

5/ ‘At The Chime Of The City Clock’ – Nick Drake (Bryter Layter 1970)
Jazz-tinged masterpiece from the long-lost Nick Drake about the trials of life in the big city,
as a newcomer. Stunning alto-sax solo.

6/ ‘Mr Cop’ – Gregory Isaacs (Extra Classic 1977)
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry influenced track with glorious vocals from the Jamaican reggae legend.

7/ ‘Stuck On Repeat’ – Little Boots (Hands 2009)
Electropop delight from the English rising star. Very Kylie.

8/ ‘Head Home’ – Midlake (The Trials Of Van Occupanther 2006)
70s West-Coast soft rock meets 19th-Century reclusion in a 21st Century classic album

9/ ‘Swing On A Star’ – Maria Muldaur (Songs For The Young At Heart 2006)
Easy-listening recording of the Bing Crosby 40s song for kids.
The ‘Midnight At The Oasis’ lady has a great voice though

10/ ‘So Far Around The Bend’ – The National (Dark Was The Night Compilation 2009)
Their decent offering for the AIDS/HIV Compilation from last year. Sounds a bit like Pavement.

11/ ‘Tubular Bells Pt.1’ – Mike Oldfield (Tubular Bells 1973)
Was this really worth being subjected to Richard Branson’s grin for the next 40 years? Mandolin!

12/ ‘Chase The Sun’ (Edit) – Planet Funk (Non Zero Sumness 2002)
The only thing I know about darts

13/ ‘Don’t Be Cruel’ – Elvis Presley (Single Released 1956)
Stunning rockabilly track from Elvis, recorded in the same session as ‘Hound Dog’. Not a bad day’s work

14/ ‘Carolina Drama’ – The Raconteurs (Consolers Of The Lonely 2008)
Epic folktale balled, which closes their latest album. Jack White on tip-top form

15/ ‘I Love Your Smile’ – Shanice (Inner Child 1991)
The last truly great Motown song?

16/ ‘Graceland’ – Paul Simon (Graceland 1986)
With wonderful backing vocals by the Everly Brothers, he rightly confirms this is the best song he’s ever done

17/ ‘Nelson Mandela’ – The Special AKA (In The Studio 1984)
A Protest Song that truly worked in some way. 6 years till his release 20 years ago this month

18/ ‘Johnny Was’ – Stiff Little Fingers (Hanx! 1980)
Bizarrely, this epic Live track is possibly the best Bob Marley cover version ever done.
Better than Marley’s own, even.

19/ ‘International Players Anthem (I Choose You) (Remix)’ – UGK (ft. Outkast) (UKG Underground Kingz 2007)
Great Southern Hip-Hop song from a couple of years ago. Sadly Pimp C is no longer with us.

20/ ‘My My, Hey Hey (Into The Blue) – Neil Young (Rust Never Sleeps 1979)
A song about Neil Young’s own relevance in the world of Punk music at the time.
More poignant with the passing of Kurt Cobain

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Chit-Chat Spotify Playlists 2010 – MARCH

1/ ‘Walk Like A Panther’ – The All Seeing I (ft. Tony Christie) (Pickled Eggs And Sherbert 1999)
Fine song written by Jarvis Cocker, augmented by the impressive vocals of (pre-Peter Kay hysteria) Tony Christie

2/ ‘Feed The Birds (Tuppence A Bag) – Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins – The Original Soundtrack 1964)
Not only Julie Andrews favourite Disney song, but Walt’s too

3/ ‘Look For Me’ – Chipmunk (ft.Talay Riley) (I Am Chipmunk 2009)
Top 10 single, from this year, for the young hip-hop star from Tottenham

4/ ‘I Want You’ – Elvis Costello And The Attractions (Blood And Chocolate 1986)
Elvis does heartbreak – a dark song about betrayal, beautifully produced by Nick Lowe

5/ ‘Pull The Wires From The Wall’ – The Delgados (Peloton 1998)
Haunting song from one of John Peel’s favourites

6/ ‘Time’ – Easy Star All-Stars (ft. Corey Harris and Ranking Joe) (Dub Side Of The Moon 2003)
A reggae version of the Pink Floyd classic track. Different, but in no way poorer for it. Great duel combination vocals

7/ ‘Green Fields’ – The Good, The Bad And The Queen (The Good, The Bad And The Queen 2007)
Damon Albarn tells the story of a song he wrote for Marianne Faithfull – London-based, but Beatles influenced

8/ ‘Dancing In The City’ – Marshall Hain (Dancing In The City 1978)
Almost one-hit wonders, Marshall Hain were the surnames of a male/female British duo and this is their worldwide smash hit

9/ ‘Digital Suicide (Lullaby) – Heartsrevolution (Hearts Japan EP 2008)
Another boy/girl duo, this time from New York. Still to release their first album, which will be more electro

10/ ‘It Doesn’t Matter Anymore’ – Buddy Holly (Single from 1959)
Buddy Holly moving away from Rock’n’Roll, with more strings.
Two minutes of Pop perfection, that unfortunately became a posthumous hit.

11/ ‘Seattle’ – The Hot Toddies (Smell The Mitten 2007)
Sugar-sweet pop from California girl-band (with naughty, filthy lyrics)

12/ ‘Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)... – Jay-Z (American Gangster 2007)
Glorious street corner hit track from one of Jay-Z’s later albums, featuring Cassie, Beyonce and Kanye West on backing vocals

13/ ‘Drunkship Of Lanterns – The Mars Volta (De-Loused In The Comatorium 2003)
The Mars Volta are totally unique. Their music almost physically smashes you in the face.
Jazz-influenced epic produced by Rick Rubin

14/ ‘Messages (10” Version)’ – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 1980)
Reworked (and much better) faster version of OMD’s first Top 40 hit. Possibly their best song

15/ ‘Telephone And Rubber Band’ – Penguin Cafe Orchestra (Penguin Cafe Orchestra 1981)
Advertisement-friendly tune made from a sampled answering-machine tape loop of telephone noises and a plucked rubber band

16/ ‘Ganapati’ – Susheela Raman (Salt Rain 2001)
Southern-India influenced track from the Mercury Prize nominated album

17/ ‘My Conversation’ – Slim Smith And The Uniques (Absolutely The Uniques 1969)
Rocksteady delight with the amazing voice of the ill-fated Slim Smith, who bled to death,
in his early Twenties, after putting his arm through a window.

18/ ‘Cherry Pie’ – Warrant (Cherry Pie 1990)
Blatant, sexual, over-the-top Pomp Rock from the early 90’s. Nirvana came along a year later and that was that.

19/ ‘5:05 AM (Every Stranger’s Eyes) – Roger Waters (The Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking 1986)
Dark thoughts about relationships from post-Floyd Waters. Some quality guitar parts from Eric Clapton

20/ ‘Keep Me In Your Heart’ – Warren Zevon (The Wind 2002)
Too weak to visit the studio, dying Zevon wrote and recorded his final tender song in his home

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Chit-Chat Spotify Playlists 2010 – APRIL

1/ ‘Up On Cripple Creek’ – The Band (The Band 1969)
5/1 to Show. The odds definitely were in your favour

2/ ‘The Funeral’ – Band Of Horses (Everything All The Time 2006)
Epic anthem portraying social awkwardness from this Seattle band

3/ ‘The Boy With The Arab Strap’ – Belle And Sebastian (The Boy With The Arab Strap 1998)
Title track form their 3rd album. Upbeat tune, down-in-the-dumps lyrics seemingly about London (An Arab Strap some form of tack?)

4/ ‘Useless’ – Depeche Mode (Ultra 1997)
Quality, shimmering Industrial Rock from the Basildon band

5/ ‘Five To One’ – The Doors (Waiting For The Sun 1968)
I’d say it’s pretty long odds that The Lizard King, Jim Morrison, was a fan of horse-racing

6/ ‘Cheltenham’ – The Favourites (Charity Single From 2010)
The less said about this the better

7/ ‘Chips Ahoy! (Live)’ – The Hold Steady (Boys And Girls In America 2006)
Imagine having a girlfriend, who has the gift of predicting the winner of horse-races?

8/ ‘Hope For Us All’ – Nick Lowe (At My Age 2007)
Nick Lowe gently reflects on life, with a touch of class

9/ ‘Long Shot (Kick De Bucket)’ – The Pioneers (Longshot 1969)
‘All we money gone a hell’ sums up a bad day we’ve all had. Classic Jamaican Rocksteady

10/ ‘Bottle Of Smoke’ – The Pogues (If I Should Fall From Grace With God 1988)
‘Fcuk the stewards – A trip to Lourdes – Might give the old fcukers, the power of sight’ -
Elation from Shane, as a big price winner romps home

11/ ‘Wild Horses’ – Prefab Sprout (Jordan: The Comeback 1990)
Slick songwriting, as ever, from Paddy McAloon from a magical album

12/ ‘Little Red Corvette’ – Prince (1999 1982)
When the little Purple one refers to horses and jockeys, he ain’t meaning the racetrack. Filthy little beggar

13/ ‘Dead Flowers’ – The Rolling Stones (Sticky Fingers 1971)
Country-influenced track with reference to the Kentucky Derby

14/ ‘The William Tell Overture’ – Rossini (William Tell Opera 19th Century)
It’s Hi-Yo, Silver! Away! (apparently)

15/ ‘Superstar’ – Sonic Youth (If I Were A Carpenter – Compilation 1994)
Dreamlike stand-out cover, reaffirming Sonic Youth’s obsession with Karen Carpenter –
the 2nd song from this year’s selection to be about a groupie

16/ ‘Wish You Were Here’ – Sparklehorse (Ft. Thom Yorke) (Lords Of Dogtown OST 2005)
A fine cover of an ‘untouchable’ song from Mark Linkous and his band.
Unfortunately shot himself dead in an alleyway last month

17/ ‘Hey Nineteen’ - Steely Dan (Gaucho 1980)
No.19 is Priests Leap who has no chance this year (...finished last)

18/ ‘Not Addicted’ – The Streets (A Grand Don’t Come For Free 2004)
Mike Skinner turns to the bookies to try to raise some cash, but he’s not addicted......he can stop anytime

19/ ‘Black Horse And The Cherry Tree’ – KT Tunstall (Eye To The Telescope 2004)
Grammy-nominated track, with a nod to Bo Diddely

20/ ‘The Eve Of The War’ – Jeff Wayne (The War Of The Worlds 1978)
A Million-to-One shot comes in, during pre-Betfair days, where the limit is now 1000

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Finland
France
Norway
Netherlands
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom

18 months on since I first heard about this site and nothing's changed.

"Rest assured we’re doing everything we can to resolve this, and hope to offer Spotify in many more countries as soon as possible."

I thing they're lying.

It's a shame, MoMM
I remember you posting before

What country are you in?

A tip for getting this Playlist in date order

Click the grey box that says 'Track' at the top of the Playlist a few times
Eventually you'll get 'Rej' at the top and 'Why Don't You Love Me' from January
at the bottom.

This works with any Spotify Playlist, that has become jumbled up

I'm in Cyprus PoppyD.

ttt for the New Forum

November's Playlist will be up in the next day or two

http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/3lbjFyqYdoNeIUJvK7Pxoc

This is an excellent Spotify app page to bookshelf all your favourite albums in one area:

http://www.myspotifyalbums.com/index.html

November's List has been added:

Songs from 1946 to 2010
A spicy mixture of many genres

The Avett Brothers – I And Love And You
Band of Horses – Factory
Bombay Bicycle Club – Always Like This
Billy Bragg – Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
The Drums – Lets Go Surfing
The Fall – Big New Prinz - Live
Gomez – 78 Stone Wobble
Frazier Chorus – Cloud 8
Daryl Hall & John Oates – You Make My Dreams
Billy Joel – Piano Man - Live unreleased version
Louis Jordan – Choo Choo Ch'boogie
Neu! – Hallogallo
Opeth – Dirge For November
Augustus Pablo – King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
Andy Palacio – Wátina (I Called Out)
Lou Rawls – You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
The Roots – The Seed (2.0)
Billy Joe Royal – Down In The Boondocks
Simon & Garfunkel – Bleecker Street
TLC – Unpretty

http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/3lbjFyqYdoNeIUJvK7Pxoc

December's List to be added in the dying embers of the year in an hour or two
A bit late

Keep up the good work Poppy. Have listened to lots of good (and bad)stuff on the playlist i never even heard of.

December's List has been added:

All from 2010. A mixture from the year (some may be 2009, but released this year)

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Round And Round
Erykah Badu – Window Seat
Alexandra Burke (Feat. Laza Morgan) – Start Without You
Coldplay – Christmas Lights
Taio Cruz – Break Your Heart
Danger Mouse  – Little Girl (Feat. Julian Casablancas)
The Fall – Bury Pts. 1 + 3
Frightened Rabbit – Swim Until You Can’t See Land
John Grant – Where The Dreams Go To Die
Cee Lo Green – Fcuk You
Hot Chip – I Feel Better
Kendal Johansson – Blue Moon
Miles Kane – Inhaler
John Legend & The Roots – I Can't Write Left Handed
Janelle Monae (Ft. Big Boi) – Tightrope
Katy Perry (Ft. Snoop Dogg)– California Gurls
Robyn – Cry When You Get Older
Sade – Soldier of Love
Tensnake – Coma Cat
Kanye West – Runaway

http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/3lbjFyqYdoNeIUJvK7Pxoc

Thanks Mad Mad Moon
Happy New Year to all

It's 2011 - A new Spotify Playlist for Chit-Chat

Bung this in before the end of January and the Forum falls apart in the upgrade

A new arrangement for 2011
Have used ShareMyPlaylists.com to publish each month's list

The link for the 12-11-12 Chit Chat Spotify Playlist is:

http://sharemyplaylists.com/121112chitchatspotifyplaylist


Variety is the key to these Playlists, so there's plenty to love and hate in them.
Reduced to 12 tracks from 20 this year, per month

January's tracks range from Louis Armstrong (aptly) Gamblers Anthem from 1928 to
a track from the excellent Iron And Wine's new album, which was released this week:

12 Various Songs For January's List (From 1928 to 2011)

1/ Louis Armstrong – St. James Infirmary (Gambler's Blues)
2/ Belle and Sebastian – I'm A Cuckoo - The Avalanches Mix
3/ Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode - Single Version
4/ Aloe Blacc – I Need A Dollar
5/ Lynsey De Paul – Rock Bottom
6/ Iron & Wine – Tree By The River
7/ Michael Jackson – Ease On Down The Road #1 - The Wiz/Soundtrack Version
8/ Bert Jansch – The January Man
9/ John Lennon – Hold On
10/ Van Morrison – Celtic New Year
11/ Orphaned Land – Sapari
12/ Triángulo de Amor Bizarro – De la monarquía a la criptocracia

http://sharemyplaylists.com/121112chitchatspotifyplaylist

(Also: http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/6AeaKs2ijvcETPC7vL7ijM )

Cheers

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ttt for a (very) late February collection

February's 12 Tracks range from a song from a 1952 film soundtrack to an exquisite guitar instrumentalist,
who released his album a month or two ago.

12 Various Songs For February's List

1/ David Bowie – Up The Hill Backwards
2/ The Dukes Of Stratosphear – Brainiac's Daughter
3/ Jeff Finlin – Sugar Blue
4/ Gorillaz – On Melancholy Hill
5/ I Wayne – Living In Love
6/ Jesus Jackson – Running On Sunshine
7/ Elton John And George Michael – Wrap Her Up
8/ Danny Kaye – Inchworm
9/ Hazel O'Connor – D-days
10/ Pilade Cante Celentano – Storia D'Amore
11/ Rose Of Avalanche – Velveteen
12/ William Tyler – The Cult of the Peacock Angel

http://open.spotify.com/user/jacknpoppy/playlist/6AeaKs2ijvcETPC7vL7ijM

Will bung them on Sharemyplaylists soon

ttt for March's List

http://sharemyplaylists.com/121112chitchatspotifyplaylistjan

Unfortunately, it looks like the Golden age of Spotify is going to come to an end.

It was brilliant while it lasted

The music streaming website Spotify, which offers listeners unlimited free access, is to restrict the amount of songs that users can play without paying. From 1 May the service, which has six million users in Britain and Europe, will reduce the amount of free listening available from 20 hours a month to 10.


Non-subscribers, who use Spotify's free, advert-supported option, will only be able to listen to a particular track a maximum of five times.

The move is designed to encourage more people to pay for subscriptions. At present, a £9.99-a-month fee allows Spotify users to play an unlimited amount of music, without adverts, on a computer or mobile phone.

Subscription music just doesn't work - Janus, Apple, Rhapsody and Napster are either gone or struggling along far in the background

Various links with various levels of seething (comments) outrage:


http://www.spotify.com/se/blog/archives/2011/04/14/upcoming-changes-to-spotify-free-open/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/14/spotify-free-music-streaming

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2011/apr/14/spotify-trying-to-please-music-industry

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bye-Bye-Spotify/196347217067292

ttt

to keep alive and kicking

They only let you have 5 plays now before blocking or asking you to buy the song

http://open.spotify.com/user/eendean/playlist/1LZygQMRN9fMFOkT3bHcrA


Tommib- Squarepusher
Hate My Way- Throwing Muses
Into My Arms- Nick Cave
Yeah! Oh Yeah! - Magnetic Fields
Here- Pavement
Ceremony- Galaxie 500
My Mother The War- 10,000 Maniacs

The money merchants have moved into Spotify and the whole thing is now a shambles.
The clever developers who started it all have jumped ship and we're left with a mediocre product.

Google starts a new service this week, I think.

Like Betfair, it seems to be going to mobiles and tablets, totally ignoring the people who just sit in front of a desktop/laptop screen.

Fairly big moment as Pink Floyd appear on Spotify for the first time:

http://open.spotify.com/track/0myeTJ993kXE4vN0IPchcc

I am probably the only person who does not have a clue as to what all this means but for what it is worth;
Smokestack Lightnin'-Howling Wolf
Muskrat Love  -America
Clouds Across The Moon -RAH Band

Poppy - is this Spotify thing worth me getting involved with?

Aren't Apple introducing 'Apple Radio' or similar to effectively kill off Spotify ?

To tell you the truth, Alun2005, probably not.

Knowing the app inside-out, I can modify it to get rid of the bad things, of which there's been quite a lot lately.
But for £4.99/month I have it connected to Hi-Fi system and FM Transmitter to all rooms in the house and portable music inside and outside.
20 million songs to easily search and presented smartly.

Frankly, what gives me the most pleasure is hearing new stuff released each month and rarely heard 'classics' from yesteryear,
rather than normal personal record collection listening.

Thanks Poppy. Good advice I'm sure. Looks like I missed the product at its best and may wait for this thing I heard about on Radio 4 recently that Apple are doing.

Bucketloads of Pink Floyd on now.

Amazing selection of every album, plus stacks of obscure, live and rare tracks

Currently enjoying the (French Edit) of 'Interstellar Overdrive' whatever that is?
http://open.spotify.com/track/4NifC0LA24kJWdFP6FyEdb

bump.....

Adding Spotify's recently added Oasis catalogue to keep this thread alive:

http://open.spotify.com/artist/2DaxqgrOhkeH0fpeiQq2f4

ttt

plus who was the guy who did the fav song of the decades threads please?

Need to drag them up to do some "research"

That would be me.

thank you anubis, I must seek them out very soon.

Nearly Seven years after the thread starts

The Beatles

After years of boycotting each and every music streaming website on the internet, The Beatles back catalogue will finally become available to stream around the world, and just in time for Christmas.

According to Re/code, the Fabulous Four's music will be available to stream from Christmas Eve onwards, and will be on almost every major platform.

Unlike with many artists, their music will not be exclusive to any one service, therefore streaming from a variety of places, including Spotify

Reading the first post of the thread, seems like another lifetime (technology-wise) - how things have changed.

Anyway, one of the last big artists finally succumbs

Peter Gabriel

While Peter Gabriel’s work in Genesis has long been available on Spotify, his solo albums have always been conspicuously absent from the streaming platform—but all of that is about to change. As CoS points out, Gabriel’s website has announced that his solo catalog is set to come to Spotify on May 18. His first four self-titled albums are coming to the service, as are So (1986), Us (1992), and Up (2002). The best-selling best-of compilation Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats and the 2003 collection Hit will also be available to stream.

Thanks for the info. I have all Peter Gabriel's studio albums but not the live album with an orchestra,'New Blood'. I've been listening to it on Spotify today.

Amazing (to me), I've found me under my previous username

One of the last classic bands to finally relent to streaming today

King Crimson

https://open.spotify.com/artist/7M1FPw29m5FbicYzS2xdpi?si=QNxPA3sNSi2IfGkiPrPNUg


with all their albums in Remastered glory and currently touring I believe