My dad's amazing 22-CD compilation of all his favorite songs from 1950 to 1990

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Spotify playlist!

MaresNest, Sunday, 27 March 2016 20:00 (eight years ago) link

have we got rid of the spotify sulkers?

Mark G, Sunday, 27 March 2016 20:26 (eight years ago) link

I should do one of these for the hell of it.

Mark G, Sunday, 27 March 2016 20:27 (eight years ago) link

very tempting...

i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 27 March 2016 21:03 (eight years ago) link

This is like some Dad Rock valhalla, well done

Iago Galdston, Sunday, 27 March 2016 21:21 (eight years ago) link

My young dad (I'm 30s; hes 50s), who has always been an early adopter (esp. for our socioeconomic demo), similarly amassed a huge playlist of meticulously curated tunes back when napster was at its peak. He is a lover of pop and soft rock, so it was a lot of Lionel Richie and Madonna-type stuff with some Til Tuesday-like curveballs. It was days long.

This thread makes me want to ask him for a copy.

dc, Sunday, 27 March 2016 22:04 (eight years ago) link

Also, nerdiness is clearly hereditary; jeez.

dc, Sunday, 27 March 2016 22:12 (eight years ago) link

i love this

adam, Sunday, 27 March 2016 22:20 (eight years ago) link

Also, nerdiness is clearly hereditary; jeez.

Yeah my 11-year-old writes song-by-song reviews of albums and is obsessed with Rotten Tomato rankings. Something in the gene pool.

A nationally known air show announcer/personality (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 27 March 2016 23:15 (eight years ago) link

seven years pass...

this remains utterly fantastic

mookieproof, Sunday, 27 August 2023 04:02 (nine months ago) link

i had never seen this thread! yeah its pretty impressive.

oatly carmichael (m bison), Sunday, 27 August 2023 04:26 (nine months ago) link

This is not only a really cool gift, it strikes me as a very loving one too.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Sunday, 27 August 2023 04:33 (nine months ago) link

We should poll each disc!

Stoned Wheat Thing (morrisp), Sunday, 27 August 2023 04:58 (nine months ago) link

My first time seeing this, what a lovely gift. (And so far removed from anything my dad would ever think if doing.) I would play Disc 2 (1956-58) a lot.

Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable POST (Dan Peterson), Sunday, 27 August 2023 11:55 (nine months ago) link

This set also explains a lot about the first quarter or so of my own 50-album list.


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