i think this is my favorite
"You listened to Electric Light Orchestra this week. Like to try Dion?"
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Friday, 28 June 2013 21:55 (ten years ago) link
it can be especially miserable to wade through classical composers' pages, plus sometimes there are mulitple pages with different spellings of the composer's name. Seems like it should be easy enough to just get some nerdy interns to clear all that up.
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Friday, 28 June 2013 21:58 (ten years ago) link
Also if you use Soundrop you get bands rooms recommended for you too.http://i.imgur.com/VHYbCNf.png
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 28 June 2013 21:58 (ten years ago) link
1349 the only rec I'm not into.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 28 June 2013 21:59 (ten years ago) link
Some of favorites:
You listened to Fats Domino, you might like this new release by the Moody Blues
Since you listened to Hank Williams, you might like this release by the Allmann Brothers Band
Since you listened to Primal Scream, you might like this new release by Devo
You listened to Otis Redding, you might like this release by America
You listened to DMX, you might like this song: Ice Cube "Get Off My Dick and Tell Yo Bitch to Come Here"
― mimicking regular benevloent (sic) users' names (President Keyes), Friday, 28 June 2013 22:54 (ten years ago) link
some of my favorites
― mimicking regular benevloent (sic) users' names (President Keyes), Friday, 28 June 2013 22:55 (ten years ago) link
where do i access these? i've looked all around! is this a paying subscriber bonus feature? nonstop lols?
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Friday, 28 June 2013 22:58 (ten years ago) link
Right at the top of the left-hand column there should be a "Discover" menu item?
― 10zing blogay (seandalai), Friday, 28 June 2013 22:59 (ten years ago) link
My top rec: You listened to Thelma Houston and Odyssey. Here's a song you might like: "The Pop Group - We Are Time".
― 10zing blogay (seandalai), Friday, 28 June 2013 23:00 (ten years ago) link
I don't see anything that says Discover, but I am not a paying member. It recently told me to listen to this choir called Belpor Chor singing Bésame Mucho. It's pretty good!
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Friday, 28 June 2013 23:06 (ten years ago) link
Or maybe you don't have the latest client? Dunno.
― 10zing blogay (seandalai), Friday, 28 June 2013 23:10 (ten years ago) link
really pushing devo!
― "If you like the Byrds, try Depeche Mode" (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 28 June 2013 23:11 (ten years ago) link
it also thinks i should be eating more mcnuggets
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Friday, 28 June 2013 23:19 (ten years ago) link
ok i updated
"Check out Blake Shelton. Trending near you."
and lolololol"You listened to New Order. Check out Morrissey."
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Friday, 28 June 2013 23:22 (ten years ago) link
apparently the eagles are now on spotify
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 28 June 2013 23:28 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, all this Devo has to have something to do with the spiked number of plays they've gotten this week.
Eagles seem to come and go on this thing.
― pplains, Friday, 28 June 2013 23:30 (ten years ago) link
first time Ive seen ithttp://i.imgur.com/sg6Gxwh.png
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 28 June 2013 23:33 (ten years ago) link
the eagles skull is kinda metal
― "If you like the Byrds, try Depeche Mode" (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 28 June 2013 23:34 (ten years ago) link
btw that lazify app you seen in my sidebar is pretty handy if you dont have time or cant be arsed making a playlist it will do one quickly for you based on any song you want. http://open.spotify.com/app/lazify
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 28 June 2013 23:40 (ten years ago) link
ok here is one based on dragging New Order onto it (you can do artists/songs/albums or even playlists and users apparently)http://open.spotify.com/user/pfunkboy/playlist/11ICXb8ZG6y4d7cIOPaEK5
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 28 June 2013 23:43 (ten years ago) link
damn cant get users to work on it. Was trying to get a playlist based on DJP hehehe
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 28 June 2013 23:46 (ten years ago) link
doesnt work trying it with me either. But it does work with bands/songs/albums - not tried dragging a playlist onto it
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 28 June 2013 23:50 (ten years ago) link
Swear I've seen the Eagles on there before.
I've never been able to comprehend that skull, especially when it was a tiny piece of art on a cassette cover.
― pplains, Friday, 28 June 2013 23:51 (ten years ago) link
IM in UK so maybe the usa had them before?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 28 June 2013 23:55 (ten years ago) link
Gosh, I haven't been this proud to be an American since I got Beatles VI on vinyl.
― pplains, Friday, 28 June 2013 23:57 (ten years ago) link
do you get that *advert like I did? If you dont then I'm guessing you already had them.
*I'm premium so its not really an advert as such
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 28 June 2013 23:59 (ten years ago) link
I haven't seen that ad. I know I listened to The Long Run a few months ago, though it might have been on Grooveshark.
― pplains, Saturday, 29 June 2013 00:02 (ten years ago) link
Apparently I have no reason to listen to Devo.
― 10zing blogay (seandalai), Saturday, 29 June 2013 00:03 (ten years ago) link
"Buzzcocks? Pere Ubu? Ah, this guy doesn't need to be reminded about who Devo is. Let's save it for the Eagles fan."
― pplains, Saturday, 29 June 2013 00:04 (ten years ago) link
hey guys come in here http://open.soundrop.fm/s/W16fTbbsgjzuGhsN
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Saturday, 29 June 2013 00:06 (ten years ago) link
that there are so many cases of multiple bands with the same name sharing a page
Also single bands split up, ie Afghan Whigs and The Afghan Whigs get half the albums each, same for Godspeed You Black Emperor with and without capitalisation
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Saturday, 29 June 2013 00:20 (ten years ago) link
You haven't listened to Parachute by Future in a while. Play now?
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 29 June 2013 00:56 (ten years ago) link
You listened to Yusef Lateef. You might like DJ-Kicks Motor City Drum ENsemble
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 29 June 2013 00:58 (ten years ago) link
I'm on premium in US and spotify sent a special email to let me know the eagles were available. They also recommended devo based on my sly and the family stone listening.
― Sufjan Grafton, Saturday, 29 June 2013 07:51 (ten years ago) link
But talking about your spotify recs is like talking about your grand kids at this point
― Sufjan Grafton, Saturday, 29 June 2013 07:52 (ten years ago) link
eagles have not been on spotify prior cuz i have bizarrely been wishing they were on spotify for awhile (precisely the kind of act i'd like to check out but god no not dl onto my harddrive). man a few months ago i just assumed that the heavy hitter catalog acts - pink floyd, eagles, ac/dc, led zeppelin, beatles - would never end up on there. feels like metallica opened the floodgates.
― balls, Saturday, 29 June 2013 20:55 (ten years ago) link
presumably the belated AOR gods all getting some big upfront checks for this, right? i mean, the royalties are shit and all it could do is cut into their Wal-Mart best-of sales.
― da croupier, Saturday, 29 June 2013 22:06 (ten years ago) link
I mean, while I'm all for getting to leisurely skim through discographies I'd otherwise never experience, I don't see what's in it for them unless someone's giving them a healthy advance
― da croupier, Saturday, 29 June 2013 22:07 (ten years ago) link
How much are the little guys making off of this?
― More Than a Century With the Polaris Emblem (calstars), Saturday, 29 June 2013 22:12 (ten years ago) link
I guess if you've already bought the album it should be an incremental additional paycheck for them, which is nice for those you want to support
― More Than a Century With the Polaris Emblem (calstars), Saturday, 29 June 2013 22:15 (ten years ago) link
Fuck you Spotify, with all your suggestions. You make me want to cancel my subscription, if not stop listening to music altogether.
― Did anybody tell you that your voice is like Abd Al Halim's? (_Rudipherous_), Sunday, 30 June 2013 03:07 (ten years ago) link
This sums up pain-in-the-ass-know-it-all perfectly!
http://imgur.com/NqBP1Ah
― bendy, Sunday, 30 June 2013 19:52 (ten years ago) link
will it work this time....http://i.imgur.com/NqBP1Ah.png?1
― bendy, Sunday, 30 June 2013 19:53 (ten years ago) link
lol at spotify autogenerating ilxor Introduce Yourself posts: "I like Bud Powell AND John Zorn."
― Pastel City Slang (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 30 June 2013 20:14 (ten years ago) link
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS― Spectrum, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 11:43 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Spectrum, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 11:43 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
came here to post this
but this is OTM:
There are a lot of little things about Spotify that suggest "not programmed by people who actually love music," which is a shame since on the whole it's such a great program. E.g. the fact that there are so many cases of multiple bands with the same name sharing a page, the fact that all the offbrand comps crowd out the albums, the bizarre chronological organization, the lack of advanced search capabilities, etc.― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Friday, June 28, 2013 4:34 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― i don't even have an internet (Hurting 2), Friday, June 28, 2013 4:34 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The chronological stuff drives me nuts. How hard could it really be to get the albums in order (and consistently with their actual release dates and note 2009 for something that came out in the 60s)?
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 1 July 2013 02:24 (ten years ago) link
Everything you guys are complaining about sounds like bad metadata which can be really hard to solve.
― eris bueller (lukas), Monday, 1 July 2013 03:02 (ten years ago) link
Using reissue release dates is probably good in some cases. For some artists, you have lots of compilations and whatnot on various labels that would all be on top if they always used original release dates.
― timellison, Monday, 1 July 2013 03:08 (ten years ago) link
Okay, sure, but maybe it could be an option or something. I dunno. Allmusic, despite something like seventeen bad redesigns over the years, is still pretty easy to use when it comes to finding albums, in order, and thus orienting yourself in the career of an artist you're curious about.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 1 July 2013 03:52 (ten years ago) link
these guys don't care about music particularly, they care about making a billion dollar company
― i didn't even give much of a fuck that you were mod (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 July 2013 05:34 (ten years ago) link
another annoying thing is when they put up an album with the main tracks as Spotify interviews and the actual music contained under "additional tracks" so that when you add the album to a playlist all you get all the interviews.
― mimicking regular benevloent (sic) users' names (President Keyes), Monday, 1 July 2013 10:12 (ten years ago) link