Spotify - anyone heard of it?

£5 subs now though!

That £2 subsidy is thanks to the Tories. Do you really wanna go there? ;-)

when spotify spouts tory propaganda pish they get zero money from me.

Suddenly glad this hasn't reached America yet. I couldn't stomach paying for Sarah Palin ads between my songs.

(You don't get the ads if you pay. But if they're getting money from the Conservatives, they dont' need mine.)

This suddenly makes me glad I only ever get adverts where motorcyclists die every 2 songs.

when spotify spouts tory propaganda pish they get zero money from me

Oh, come on. They're the Tories, not the BNP -- which, I accept, would be a very different matter. And it's hardly "spouting propaganda pish": hellfire, if broadcasters/websites/print publications only took ads from companies or organisations they explicitly supported, the world would be a very different place. You might think it'd be a better one, and I'm not going to argue -- but that's advertising-supported business models for you.

Either way, I think it's a little Spartist to have a pop at a business for accepting money from the fucking Conservatives, cock-ends though they might be ;)

otm

Downloading plsylists for offline use on the iPhone is pretty slow. Also you have to be a) using the app, b) connected to wi-fi and c) plugged into the mains (for more than a few downloads). Best solution is to open the app at bedtime and let it run overnight.

Yeah seriously if you're not going to consume any media that has ads for the Tories then you're pretty much going to have to move to another country for the next year.

It might actually drive me to pay for a subscription though.

Also I've found myself mostly using Spotify for classical music and DJ mix albums and ads in general are beyond intrusive in either case.

VLAH. just got Toried again. I turned the sound off until it was done.

AGAIN! two in one album is surely excessive.

OK, it's just started making me reccomendations. I didn't know it was going to do that.

I was expecting them to be totally off (as iTunes ones usually are and last.fm ones often are) but it just suggested me Nitin Sawhney and that is completely OTM.

[freshspotify] new music for you on spotify!

Depeche Mode

* Ohrwürmer (album)

Eh?

Ohrwurm = earworm (ie catchy song) in German, I think? Probably some compilation thing for .de market?

I've just my first ever actually *appropriate* spotify ad!

For Miike Snow, who I don't actually like - but at least they're even remotely in the right sort of ... area.

hey pfunkboy

good news! spotify have added some music by artists you've told us you love.

click on any of the titles to play in spotify (we're afraid some releases may not be available in your country yet though).
Redd Kross

* Third Eye (album)
Scott Walker

* Humble Beginnings - The Early Years (compilation)

Jesu

* Opiate Sun EP (ep)

happy listening :)

from freshspotify

I'm listening to bluegrass. How likely is it that I'm going to be receptive to an ad for GTA: Chinatown Wars? (Rated T for Teen.)

does the take that singstar ad really start w/ "THE GREATEST DAY OF YR LIFE HAS FINALLY ARRIVED". I was lol-ing so hard I wasn't sure if I heard it correctly.

can any premium types tell me just HOW much better the 320 is than the 160. i can't bear the sound quality in Spotify much as i love the service. is it loads better? their own forum has frankly been no help.

I can't hear the difference at all, but I do a terrifying amount of my listening on crappy built-in iMac speakers, so I'm no use. I signed up for premium simply so I could use the iPhone app.

tell me just HOW much better the 320 is than the 160

twice as good ;) roughly the same quality as the m4as you can buy on itunes plus

Okay, I want this now. Where can I get an invite??

(you haven't needed on for about a year... in the uk anyway)

You do again since they started the iPhone thing. Webmail me yr email address DL if you still need.

Those Spotify ads are fascinating...there's one where a guy pronounces the "h" in "Sky HD" as, "haitch," which I find totally baffling. And why do so many ads have announcers speaking in really bad fake American accents?

Pronouncing H as "haitch" is fairly common in England (maybe Britain in general as well).

Okay, I want this now. Where can I get an invite??

I just passed my remaining 13 (! -- they kept giving me more) to http://www.spotipartners.com/ ... they seem to be as good a source as any.

Don’t leave your invites unused. People are dying to get access to Spotify.

Blimey, I had no idea it was so serious.

i haven't tried this out, but theres a deep url that looks like it will let you sign up without an invite
https://www.spotify.com/en/get-started/

got 25 invites

And why do so many ads have announcers speaking in really bad fake American accents?

This is a feature of many adverts on TV in Britain, especially done in that deep film trailer voice.

Yeah, that deep URL still works, so you still don't need an invite. As for premium bitrate, it sounds superb on iPhone + decent headphones - appreciably better than the miserly 192 that I've always used in iTunes. Not full CD quality, but not far off.

can someone send me a spotify invite?

people who say "haitch" are the most disgusting savages imo

wait, how else do you pronounce H?

"aitch"

How do you spell Haitch?

"Haitch"

Yes, Haitch.

"Haitch"

Yes, Haitch.

geeta i'm not sure spotify is available on the orbiting techno spaceship you live in

o, sorry about the H at the start. Yeah, disgusting savages.

invitation sent nonetheless

Wow, that Nandos advert is a tad racist

how does the Nandos advert go? I have premium so ad-free!!

I haven't got that one. I just keep getting the sodding Robbie Williams ads. You know, I *like* Robbie, but those ads are making me hate him. :-(

not sure what it is about my spotify habits (recently, herbie hancock, esma redzepova, nels cline, ersen, evangelista, the open strings comp), but for some reason they keep trying to sell me sodding hard-fi.

that's hard-fi.

My new game is typing two unrelated words into the search box and listening to whatever it comes up with or suggests. Just found this amazing karaoke version of the Cheers theme tune by searching for 'space cheese'.

Hello spotify. Yes, I like Little Boots and I like Douglas Adams but I DO NOT LIKE THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF A PHILIP GLASS OPERA THANK YOU.

Actually, a Philip Glass opera about Douglas Adams starring Little Boots would be just about the best thing in the universe.

would love a douglas adams ad. all i get is the malibu mishmash one. BE ONE OF THEM.

Except it's not really Douglas Adams, it's more like that "And Another Thing..." thing.