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Spotify Infinite Playlist: Day Two
Morning, Spotifiers. The WORD Infinite Playlist is "going like the clappers" and we are up to 1,000+ tracks - so thanks for your help with it.
Teething problems: some people are still posting complete albums by single artists. This isn't really what the IP is about, so if you're doing it, can you cease and desist please? We'll only delete the superfluous tracks.
We're also backing up the playlist periodically in case of "catastrophic failure".
Regarding what we can do with Spotify in future, let's have your thoughts. Should we freeze the IP when it reaches, say, 2,000 songs and start a new one? Would you like playlists from individual WORD writers, or genre-specific ones from our legions of specialists? Let's hear your thoughts.
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Top tip
If you look at any playlist, or any time when browsing, you can select specific songs to play by right clicking and then click on 'queue'.
This then creates a queue (shown on the left hand column). You can then select 'play queue' and you have a playlist within a playlist.
You can select multiple items for queueing by following the above, but holding 'control' as you right click.
The Future
There's obviously going to be a problem with a genuine infinite playlist as it'll be just a buncha songs after a while.
Individual playlists from staff writers AND from bloggers would be excellent - great experiment so far!
I suppose a genuine infinite playlist would contain
the entire Spotify catalogue. I think we might freeze it some time soon, for future generations, like the Blue Peter Time Capsule.
Can you archive playlists?
Or can you place a limit on the number of tracks so that new ones added push older ones off?
You can "freeze" them and stop them from being amended.
I don't think you can put a ceiling on the number of tracks, though. YET.
Initial thoughts
It's great. I think we all agree on that.
I personally think that this playlist should be allowed to roll on as an experiment. More playlists can still be added and no doubt the whole concept will evolve some interesting ideas as time goes by.
Covers
A collaborative covers playlist might be fun?
Yes please
I *heart* covers. Even Word ones.
Originals
'Covers' is good, but how about 'Originals' (of well-known covers)? Harder to do, and plenty of scope for arguments. To get it started, check out 'The Roots of Led Zeppelin'
To infinity and beyond
I agree with Chasandmorph - the current infinite playlist works quite well because you can just dip in and out of it as you see fit, and it'd be nice to see what others are discovering as they trawl through spotify's servers.
But why not go for some themed collaborations, from the simple (e.g. singer songwriters) to more complex (e.g. covers, as above, or b-sides, songs about eating gherkins or whatever).
Readers Picks
What about something along the lines of the Readers Pick on the dowload page. A different reader every day, or every few days, does a playlist of about 20 or 30 songs (i.e. something that’s manageable to actually listen to) compiled along whatever lines s/he wants: their favourites, a particular theme, mood, genre whatever and maybe writes a bit of blurb about it on the blog. Effectively a member of the massive gets control of the 6th form common room record player for an hour.
Infinite playlisting
I reckon keep that one going, or possibly cap it at 1,000 and start a new one as it's a bit unweildy and I'll never get to the end of it.
However how about some more genre or mood specific collaborative Word playlists. Slow and easy, loud and heavy, reggae, folky, jazz, etc.
Whoever
...added Orbital, well done! I would have done but didn't think it fit the 'demographic'!
*Guilty*
(of raving)
I like
Richard Lowe's scheme.
Me 2
Me 2
Me too
Me too
I also like the idea, plus
I also like the idea, plus I'd like to see daily/weekly themed playlists such as best cd track 7's; obscure tracks by famous artists; greatest ever side projects; the best bass riffs in history; songs from albums with the best covers and that sort of thing.
Has anyone
visited the Energy Saving Trust's website?
No?
I was going to,
but I didn't have the energyzzzzzzzzzzzzz
No
But Roberta from Spotify drops in every few hours to see if I wish to 'upgrade'.
I rather miss Moira Stuart telling me to do my tax return.
It's preferable to Growly Voice Trailer Man telling me that Revolutionary Road got four stars from Q and Empire.
Roberta talks to you as well
Gutted. Thought she was singling me out.
Newbie question
Any way of syncing Spotify up with last.fm?
Yes Indeed
Just go to preferences in Spotify and put in your Last FM username and password
Yes
Check "enable scrobbling to last.fm" in options/preferences/settings/whatever.
Hmmm
Can't seem to get it working. I've ticked 'enable scrobbling', put in my user name and password and I'm signed into last.fm.
Do I need to download some extra scrobbling stuff? I only listen to music through iTunes as a rule. Does Spotify use a different platform?
Scratch that
As soon as I posted the above, scrobbling started working.
Thanks for the advice, good citizens of Word.
Should have a randomizer one
First 5 songs on you random list that you can find on Spotify. That could be good. Or maybe limit it to 3 for brevity's sake.
Crikey - Roberta from Spotify
can I have my cake
and eat .....
Yep you can have the cake
The cake
is a lie
Deary me
I appear to have dropped my lunch all over my keyboard.
I am probably being dim. I
I am probably being dim. I have Spotify, but can't get the link on the other thread to work. How do you find other people's playlists....?
Ignore this
I am being a fool...
oh, and
can Roberta come round to mine to show me?
*Straightens tie, ruffles hair a little*
I'd love to join in, especially knowing Roberta is on the team,
but I'm fed up with trying to sign up for Spotify, only to get an error message along the lines of 'Sorry, unhandled error: bad request' every time I fill in the guff at the sign up page.
Any clues to why this is?
no space in username?
I had that, Brer Fox. Eventual reply from support was 'did I have a space in my username'? Answer was yes, and a nice big tick on the screen. Replaced it so became adzethuggery instead and it worked. Worth trying.
Bingo
Thanks for that, adze.
Can we have
an easy listening playlist? I like the playlist, but like to play it on computer when working and find it all a little disturbing when The Cramps come on.
Spotify playlist query
Is it just me, or does it not tell you if you try to add a track to a playlist and it's already in the playlist? ITunes does this, and it would be useful for the infinite playlist not to have duplicates. Not that anyone else would've added Decadence by Pet Shop Boys anyway...Actually, a great B sides playlist would be good.
(I would have added it!)
B-sides is a good idea. May well do that one soon…
Great opening tracks
or closing tracks from albums would be very easy to do too. A dying art thanks to downloading, as well. Or maybe Best Side 2 Track 1's of all time? I'll kick off with Still Ill by The Smiths...
Actually
We can all make any of these suggestions happen. for example, here is a collaborative playlist I've just made called Easy Listening as suggested above.
http://open.spotify.com/user/niks/playlist/4SgxKuq6gLoi2MDdVu7zNC
It only has You Send Me by Sam Cooke on it currently but anyone can add to it.
Can't believe
I'd never heard Tupelo Honey by Dusty Springfield before. Great list.
It's great isn't it
Better than the original?
Where's LOUD?
He's yer man for playlists....
I am off to sell my ipod*
This is sodding fantastic, and I'm only 30 or so tracks in...
I am overjoyed to have managed to install this at work as well as home. One of my more finger on the pulse type colleagues invited me about a month ago, but the wealth of stuff kind of put me off. This playlist has given me some great jumping off points...
Aside from googling, etc how can I find out more about Bobby Hepp?
Thanks to whoever put the Neds on....Just the ticket after today at work...
* I'm not going to really.
Of course...
...Spotify is not available for those of us (just me?) who reside in the USA. Boo.
Well,
It's about time we got something first!
Don't you think?
(no doubt when you do get it, it will be bigger and better and ours will then be shut down...)
:-)
There's an impostor out there
cos when I tried to sign up as my usual Bruised Mike I was told that that name had gone already. Surely there's only one Bruised Mike? One too many some would say.
PS I have literally only just signed up but it looks the bee's knees.
PPS I can't add to the playlist. I am dragging tracks form iTunes to no avail. Is it anti-iTunes or am I just being a bit dim? HELP!
Possibly a little dim
You have to drag from Spotify to the playlist. Can't do it from iTunes.
Thanks Lee
Something Stupid.
What a wonderful toy!
I've added a few and already heard some great stuff that could prove expensive.
Rather enjoyable too to see the collaborative enterprise moving and growing before your eyes.
Fascinating!
Catie
Oh my word
I have just added the first single I bought in 1963?) to the Word Playlist, Island Of Dreams by The Springfields. Little did I know that they also recorded a ditty called I Wanna Fuck Britney Spears! Hey ho.
First single would be a great list as well
great idea!
I've started it :
spotify:user:elhombremalo:playlist:5isYu24qi2qiTDgnDaZAl4
http://open.spotify.com/user/elhombremalo/playlist/5isYu24qi2qiTDgnDaZAl...
Let me know if it is actually available for update!
It's alive!
yup - I've added mine (embarrassing though it is).
me too
guess you're the other Mud boy there?
Slow on the uptake
So let me get this right, if a track is not already ON spotify somewhere, irrespective of in any particular playlist, can you add it from your own comp? Sorry, have yet to do anything other than download Spotify, and initially was very excited, then I realised my personal favourites may be insufficiently popular elsewhere to be on "cloud". But a post above suggest you can add, albeit not direct from i-tunes. So, say I was the only person with, say, "Stitch That" by (not the slightly famous) Redsnapper, would I be able to share its interesting lyrical stance with you guys?
No
It's either on Spotify or it ain't. Hence no Beatles etc...
Jazz List
Okay - love it or hate it; here's a starter for a collaborative playlist for Jazz - the Marmite of Modern Music, daddio.
http://open.spotify.com/user/hubejr/playlist/6naqKpuKQyQLNUTeN6HYxQ
splendid idea
I've added a few jazz faves - I have converted a few friends to Alice Coltrane by not telling them what they are listening to, because she has rather a "fir in a pet shop" reputation. Undeserved, of course.
FIRE in a pet shop
I meant FIRE in a pet shop. A fir in a pet shop would not generate much din.
The Chain
Let's have a playlist where each subsequent track is somehow (however tenuously) linked to the one before - it could be by theme, artist, word association - you get the picture.
So let's start with:
007 by The Skatalites
http://open.spotify.com/user/hubejr/playlist/0FYyMgW2uHkpo9wHMdSCza
The question is where do you go next? A Bond theme? Villains? Spies? Film soundtrack? Cover version? Numbers? Ska? ...
pedantry
it is listed as "James Bond Theme" rather than "007".
I have covered several bases by adding Desmond Dekker's 007.
I'll take points for Ska, and for 007 matching James Bond.
Right - who's up next ?
Ok - Bond connection made by Live and Let Die....
...but the Guns 'n' Roses version!
So where next?
More Bond?
Go with the 'covers' theme?
maybe Grumpy Old Man rock?
or nasty American corn-row cock-rock?
You decide.
Great to see it working.
Great to see it working. I've started a Chain page so you can explain your connection. So far they're straightforward but knowing how our twisted minds work, soon they're gonna be pretty much out there...
http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/the-chain-playlist
Demon Drink
Help me out with this playlist of songs about drink...
http://open.spotify.com/user/hubejr/playlist/0XMJJfY3gEVOEzcR6EExa2
They've got to be in the "spirit" of it all - so hopefully no UB40 Red, Red Wine - the late night stuff only.
Demon Drink
Help me out with this playlist of songs about drink...
http://open.spotify.com/user/hubejr/playlist/0XMJJfY3gEVOEzcR6EExa2
They've got to be in the "spirit" of it all - so hopefully no UB40 Red, Red Wine - the late night stuff only.
Presuming I'm not the kiss of death to this thread again...
My tuppence worth just added: 'If The Sea Was Whiskey' by Willie Dixon. Also like the Chris Thile version but it hasn't been Spotified yet.