Tweet us your best feel-good song, using the #compisfaction hashtag
The winner will be decided based on which song makes us “awwwww yeah” the hardest.
Best of luck everyone, and happy hunting”¦
HEARTS
[David]
PS. you can hear Broken Social Scene”™s latest full-length, “Forgiveness Rock Record” (2010, Arts & Crafts) right here:Â Broken Social Scene ”“ Forgiveness Rock Record
Ticket graciously donated by our friend, Rob Morgan.
Rules:
The song *must* be available on Spotify.
Only 1 entry per person – we want your best choice, not 20 alternatives.
You must be able to collect the ticket from us at the venue (if you live in the Gloucester area we may be able to sort you out with a lift to and fro, but no guarantees).
You must be over 18, otherwise we can”™t buy you a beer.
Hey folks. Quick reminder that Saturday 26th June is the very first Spotisfaction Meetup, and it”™s taking place at Birmingham O2 Academy where we”™ll be watching the fantabulous Broken Social Scene.
If you”™ve not got a ticket, fret ye not!
We”™ve got 1 ticket up for grabs in our competition. Come watch the show, meet the Spotisfaction crew, drink beer with us and generally have a lovely time. Find out how after the break”¦
To be in with a chance of winning this, frankly, priceless wonder of a prize:
Ticket graciously donated by our friend, Rob Morgan. Rules:
The song *must* be available on Spotify.
Only 1 entry per person – we want your best choice, not 20 alternatives.
You must be able to collect the ticket from us at the venue (if you live in the Gloucester area we may be able to sort you out with a lift to and fro, but no guarantees).
You must be over 18, otherwise we can”™t buy you a beer.
Joy Wants Eternity ”“ Above The Clouds Lies Eternal Sun
Moonlit Sailor ”“ The Fog Is Lifting
And So I Watch You From Afar ”“ A Little Bit Of Solidarity Goes A Long Way
Codes In The Clouds ”“ Don”™t Go Awash In This Digital Landscape
Pg.lost ”“ Jura
Caspian ”“ Ghosts Of The Garden City
Exxasens ”“ Sky In Red
Collapse Under The Empire ”“ Conscious Of Thirty-Nine
Signal Hill ”“ Stunning Clarity
Long Distance Calling ”“ Black Paper Planes
Jakob ”“ Malachite
Beware Of Safety ”“ The Difference Between Wind & Rain
Goonies Never Say Die ”“ Everyone Comes To Life
Followed By Ghosts ”“ A Mirthful Experience
Because Of Ghosts ”“ Burn It To The Ground, For Now
The Seven Mile Journey ”“ Theme For The Oddmory Philosophies
Saxon Shore ”“ Replacement Driver
Destroyalldreamers ”“ Souvlaki Space Station
This Is Your Captain Calling ”“ Lullaby
Tristeza ”“ Golden Hill
Mogwai ”“ Hunted By A Freak
Maybeshewill ”“ Seraphim & Cherubim
Ef ”“ Ett
MONO ”“ Follow The Map
Daturah ”“ 9
Post rock. Not everyone”™s favourite genre. By those that are not fans it has been politely described to me as elevator music and impolitely in terms that I will not post here. For those of you that like lyrical genius you wont find much here as this is a genre where lyrics are entirely optional but whose style can range from the truly ambient to the extremely experimental. I meandered into this genre following my shoegaze indie tastes and so tend to prefer the more ambient end of the genre but my playlist was more created by what I was able to find on Spotify rather than being able to choose all my favourites as there were a few missing but I think overall it”™s not a bad representation of the genre.
Catch you all again soon and I hope you enjoy the sing along!
It”™s all go here right now. There are big changes afoot, such as the introduction of deadlines here at Spotisfaction Towers. Working on Spotisfaction is now a bit more like a real job, except I enjoy it and it doesn”™t pay my rent.
Okay, I”™m going to keep it short and sweet today as I”™ve gotta get back to the grindstone. Today”™s playlist has been crafted by Kevin Atkinson, a regular reader/listener who is, quite frankly, our rock. You could say he is our post-rock. But that would probably be taking a joke too far.
Joy Wants Eternity ”“ Above The Clouds Lies Eternal Sun
Moonlit Sailor ”“ The Fog Is Lifting
And So I Watch You From Afar ”“ A Little Bit Of Solidarity Goes A Long Way
Codes In The Clouds ”“ Don”™t Go Awash In This Digital Landscape
Pg.lost ”“ Jura
Caspian ”“ Ghosts Of The Garden City
Exxasens ”“ Sky In Red
Collapse Under The Empire ”“ Conscious Of Thirty-Nine
Signal Hill ”“ Stunning Clarity
Long Distance Calling ”“ Black Paper Planes
Jakob ”“ Malachite
Beware Of Safety ”“ The Difference Between Wind & Rain
Goonies Never Say Die ”“ Everyone Comes To Life
Followed By Ghosts ”“ A Mirthful Experience
Because Of Ghosts ”“ Burn It To The Ground, For Now
The Seven Mile Journey ”“ Theme For The Oddmory Philosophies
Saxon Shore ”“ Replacement Driver
Destroyalldreamers ”“ Souvlaki Space Station
This Is Your Captain Calling ”“ Lullaby
Tristeza ”“ Golden Hill
Mogwai ”“ Hunted By A Freak
Maybeshewill ”“ Seraphim & Cherubim
Ef ”“ Ett
MONO ”“ Follow The Map
Daturah ”“ 9
Post rock. Not everyone”™s favourite genre. By those that are not fans it has been politely described to me as elevator music and impolitely in terms that I will not post here. For those of you that like lyrical genius you wont find much here as this is a genre where lyrics are entirely optional but whose style can range from the truly ambient to the extremely experimental. I meandered into this genre following my shoegaze indie tastes and so tend to prefer the more ambient end of the genre but my playlist was more created by what I was able to find on Spotify rather than being able to choose all my favourites as there were a few missing but I think overall it”™s not a bad representation of the genre.
Catch you all again soon and I hope you enjoy the sing along!
Cardinal Rules – Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Guyamas Sonora – Beirut
Great Lakes – Telekinesis
Loose Lips – Wooden Shjips
Half Asleep – School Of Seven Bells
Riders On The Storm – New Stereo Mix – The Doors
Spotisfaction // The 405 Playlist ”™Morning to Night”™ I (Oliver) decided to create a playlist comprised of ten songs which accurately portray a day in my life. We start with utter confusion, like someone is dragging me out of the water. This soon flows into a more peaceful existence as the birds try and do their best to wake me up.
We then move onto the mad rush of trying to get to where I need to be, which is generally work. Cue an ebb and flow of adrenaline and inevitable tiredness, which soon leads back to the mad rush home and food. Where do we end up? Right we started. Mad confusion and a storm courtesy of The Doors.
Everybody get excited. We”™ve got a bit of a treat for you this afternoon. Today”™s playlist is by our friend Oliver Primus, founder and editor over at http://www.thefourohfive.com/. The 405 is an online Music/Art/Film magazine packed with the latest reviews, interviews, news, mixtapes, features & much more. I don”™t want to sound too mushy, but it”™s genuinely one of our favourite reads and I really encourage you to check them out.
Please take a look at our news post below this article for a couple of Spotisfaction announcements.
Cardinal Rules – Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Guyamas Sonora – Beirut
Great Lakes – Telekinesis
Loose Lips – Wooden Shjips
Half Asleep – School Of Seven Bells
Riders On The Storm – New Stereo Mix – The Doors
Spotisfaction // The 405 Playlist ”™Morning to Night”™ I (Oliver) decided to create a playlist comprised of ten songs which accurately portray a day in my life. We start with utter confusion, like someone is dragging me out of the water. This soon flows into a more peaceful existence as the birds try and do their best to wake me up.
We then move onto the mad rush of trying to get to where I need to be, which is generally work. Cue an ebb and flow of adrenaline and inevitable tiredness, which soon leads back to the mad rush home and food. Where do we end up? Right we started. Mad confusion and a storm courtesy of The Doors.
Some exciting Spotisfaction news for your delectation this afternoon:
Firstly, some housekeeping. As some of our more observant readers may have already noticed, we decided to stop being cheap and have bought ourselves a new domain name! http://spotisfaction.tumblr.com is now officially https://www.spotisfaction.com. Feel free to change your bookmarks, innit. Way to be more professional, Spotisfaction! We”™ve also added a few links underneath our title frame including a new ”˜About Us”™ section, which I encourage you to check out.
Secondly, we will very shortly be expanding our blog section to include music news, reviews and features (among other things we haven”™t thought of yet). These will be in addition to our 3 playlists a week – which aren”™t going anywhere – and will hopefully be community-driven, ie, written by you good folks. Here”™s your chance to release your inner opinionista. If you saw an awesome gig recently, chuck us a review. Think it”™s a travesty that hardly anyone has heard a particular album? Send us a short piece on why you think everyone sucks for not listening to it. More info incoming shortly, but in the meantime consider this your advance warning to get writin”™.
Spotisfaction is constantly growing – get involved and get your voice heard.
To help us drive this forward, we”™ve brought in a couple of brand spanking, shiny new editors. Please give a nice, warm, slightly soggy Spotisfaction welcome to James TAE and Ben Hawling – you”™ll begin to see posts from these lovely chaps very shortly indeed.
Thirdly, we”™re working furiously behind the scenes on getting Spotisfaction out to the masses. No official announcement to make just yet as we”™re still hammering out the details, but expect good things shortly. Sorry for being vague, but these are ridiculously exciting times”¦ plus I wanted to be a bit cryptic and mysterious for once :P
Finally, a thank you. All of these changes were bought about after reading your feedback. We exist because of and thanks to you guys. Thanks for your support. As always, if we can do anything to improve Spotisfaction, please let us know.
[David]
PS. If any of you lovely folks is a whizz with Photoshop and/or webdesign, please get in touch at admin@spotisfaction.com – we may have a job for you. HEARTS AND STUFF.
Some exciting Spotisfaction news for your delectation this afternoon:
Firstly, some housekeeping. As some of our more observant readers may have already noticed, we decided to stop being cheap and have bought ourselves a new domain name! http://spotisfaction.tumblr.com is now officially https://www.spotisfaction.com. Feel free to change your bookmarks, innit. Way to be more professional, Spotisfaction! We”™ve also added a few links underneath our title frame including a new ”˜About Us”™ section, which I encourage you to check out.
Secondly, we will very shortly be expanding our blog section to include music news, reviews and features (among other things we haven”™t thought of yet). These will be in addition to our 3 playlists a week – which aren”™t going anywhere – and will hopefully be community-driven, ie, written by you good folks. Here”™s your chance to release your inner opinionista. If you saw an awesome gig recently, chuck us a review. Think it”™s a travesty that hardly anyone has heard a particular album? Send us a short piece on why you think everyone sucks for not listening to it. More info incoming shortly, but in the meantime consider this your advance warning to get writin”™.
Spotisfaction is constantly growing – get involved and get your voice heard.
To help us drive this forward, we”™ve brought in a couple of brand spanking, shiny new editors. Please give a nice, warm, slightly soggy Spotisfaction welcome to James TAE and Ben Hawling – you”™ll begin to see posts from these lovely chaps very shortly indeed.
Thirdly, we”™re working furiously behind the scenes on getting Spotisfaction out to the masses. No official announcement to make just yet as we”™re still hammering out the details, but expect good things shortly. Sorry for being vague, but these are ridiculously exciting times”¦ plus I wanted to be a bit cryptic and mysterious for once :P
Finally, a thank you. All of these changes were bought about after reading your feedback. We exist because of and thanks to you guys. Thanks for your support. As always, if we can do anything to improve Spotisfaction, please let us know.
PS. If any of you lovely folks is a whizz with Photoshop and/or webdesign, please get in touch at admin@spotisfaction.com – we may have a job for you. HEARTS AND STUFF.
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free – Nina Simone
September – Earth, Wind & Fire
Move On Up – Curtis Mayfield
Ok, so I”™ve always loved Motown, Soul and old R&B music but apart from going to the odd Motown/Northern Soul night back in my home town 5 years ago and the odd night at Komedia in Brighton, I”™ve rarely properly looked up artists from that era so I decided to take it upon myself to educate my ears and to look stuff up for a playlist.
I was mainly inspired by the first song Wade in the Water by Marlena Shaw, which is horribly overlooked, which my flatmate played me (he”™s obsessed with this kind of music but I did not cheat and ask him for suggestions!) and so it kind of went on from there.
I think the biggest revelation for me on the list was Minnie Riperton. I watched a program years ago about her but never remembered who she was. So to dig up some of her tracks was amazing. As was Marlena Shaw. I think when you listen to those songs they speak for themselves in regards to how brilliant they are. I find it surprising they aren”™t as famous as say Nina Simone or Aretha Franklin because they clearly had some major hits in their time.
Song such as ”˜War”™ and ”˜I Just Want To Make Love To You”™ also are stand outs. Not even musically but culturally with obviously those coke (or was it pepsi?) adverts and ”˜War”™ which I suppose, rather regrettably, I knew from the Rush Hour films, both bring back quite funny memories. Also finding out who the artists were that sang all these songs was fascinating.
This time I tried to include some random interludes by artists as well. Mainly inspired by listening to The Score by Fugees the other day. I loved the interludes between songs on that album so I thought I would be cool to hear some on a playlist as well. The bizarre Gill Scott-Heron interlude being my favourite.
All in all, this has been my favourite playlist I have put together. I recommend you don a 60s inspired outfit, do the Watusi and enjoy a Martini for this one! I really hope you like it as much as I do.
Afternoon, kids. World Cup day, wooo! We”™re split at Spotisfaction Towers – personally, I”™m ridiculously excited and am now pretty much resigned to a month of lounging on the sofa to the despair of my ever patient wife (no change there, then). Thom, on the other hand, would rather gouge his eyes out with a rusty spoon than watch a bunch of girly blokes poncing around. Horses for courses, I guess, but I”™m totally the one in the right here”¦ I”™ve managed to luck out in the sweepstakes this time around – in the two I”™m participating in, I”™ve drawn England and Italy. Not the best, but better than Algeria and USA so in your face Pat, HAH!
Anyway, to business.
We”™ve got a few announcements to make next week and, to be honest, we really hope you like them. I don”™t want to give away too much, but we”™ve listened to your feedback and are ready to roll out some pretty cool things for you all. Come back next week for the scoop :)
Today”™s playlist is, quite simply, a pleasure. I always look forward to Woody”™s mixes and this one doesn”™t disappoint. I think it”™ll put a smile on your face. Unless your heart is cold and dead, or you”™re Rorschach from Watchmen. Freaks.
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free – Nina Simone
September – Earth, Wind & Fire
Move On Up – Curtis Mayfield
Ok, so I”™ve always loved Motown, Soul and old R&B music but apart from going to the odd Motown/Northern Soul night back in my home town 5 years ago and the odd night at Komedia in Brighton, I”™ve rarely properly looked up artists from that era so I decided to take it upon myself to educate my ears and to look stuff up for a playlist.
I was mainly inspired by the first song Wade in the Water by Marlena Shaw, which is horribly overlooked, which my flatmate played me (he”™s obsessed with this kind of music but I did not cheat and ask him for suggestions!) and so it kind of went on from there.
I think the biggest revelation for me on the list was Minnie Riperton. I watched a program years ago about her but never remembered who she was. So to dig up some of her tracks was amazing. As was Marlena Shaw. I think when you listen to those songs they speak for themselves in regards to how brilliant they are. I find it surprising they aren”™t as famous as say Nina Simone or Aretha Franklin because they clearly had some major hits in their time.
Song such as ”˜War”™ and ”˜I Just Want To Make Love To You”™ also are stand outs. Not even musically but culturally with obviously those coke (or was it pepsi?) adverts and ”˜War”™ which I suppose, rather regrettably, I knew from the Rush Hour films, both bring back quite funny memories. Also finding out who the artists were that sang all these songs was fascinating.
This time I tried to include some random interludes by artists as well. Mainly inspired by listening to The Score by Fugees the other day. I loved the interludes between songs on that album so I thought I would be cool to hear some on a playlist as well. The bizarre Gill Scott-Heron interlude being my favourite.
All in all, this has been my favourite playlist I have put together. I recommend you don a 60s inspired outfit, do the Watusi and enjoy a Martini for this one! I really hope you like it as much as I do.
Just a quick bit of information I wish to share with you all. Are you new to this Spotisfaction thing? Do you want to listen to a playlist that some bloke with a shaved afro and dangerously long fingernails posted last month but don”™t want to trawl through the entire blog looking for it? Well you”™re in luck, because you can now head over to the Spotisfaction Archives here (or if you”™re prejudice against clicking text links you could click that little clock icon on the top right of this blog). Contained within is every single submission we”™ve published. Woot. Is that still too much effort, then you can head over to either Dave”™s Spotify profile or my Spotify profile, which also feature the entire Spotisfaction back catalogue.
Our playlist today was lovingly crafted by Ben Hawling, and is the second of his “The Soundtrack To My Life”¦” series. It”™s a nostalgic trip through 2007, and is truly an aural treat.
As with 2006 before it, 2007 was full of key life molding moments, all of which were supported by an excellent soundtrack! This year charted my transition from the first year of university to the first half of my second year, and all the friendships and dark times in between.
January – March
The start of the year saw the end of a 3 month long relationship for me, and the gathering of a new set of friends, as I moved into a new house on the uni campus. I was still at the height of my Mansun obsession (still ongoing) at this point, but was also embracing new music from around the time, such as Howling Bells and The Fray. My new room was on the second floor of the house and neatly overlooked the SU bar, which was awesome. As the days got sunnier, and as I watched the sun stretch across the fields, a whole host of sun drenched melodies and tracks entered my ears, including Eels, Frou Frou, Bright Eyes and The Postal Service. Both Eels and Bright Eyes seemed to fit the atmosphere of those lazy days, in completely different ways. Whereas Frou Frou and Postal Service provided the blissful ethereal paint upon the warming canvas. A housemate also got me into Head Automatica at this time, and I remember walking around listening to ”˜Beating Heart Baby”™ non stop.
April – July
Maroon 5”™s second album came out around this time, and despite being full of heartbreak songs, was never out of my ears purely down to its infectious pop hooks. When hanging out in our house one day, a friend claimed that listening to Elliot Smith reminded her of chilling out on the grass and watching the clouds as the sun streamed across everything. I immediately agreed, and quickly got into his ”˜Figure 8”™ album. After hearing some of Mark Ronson”™s ”˜Version”™ album, I bought his more hip hop influenced album and instantly loved it. This coincided with my fascination with 2 many dj”™s, who use Nikka Costa”™s ”˜Like A Feather”™ a lot on their bootleg albums. That summer was fuelled with smiles and dancing, woop!
August – October
I first got into Beastie Boys in the summer of this year, and never looked back. I was given the Fields album by my sister Jo during August, when I was working full time in Moss Bros and had no money. It provided a light in the dark. Also I loved the energy and charm that the band omitted in such a short album. As I was staying at home a lot at this time due to no money, I was watching a lot of television. Thanks to a recent installation of Sky, I had all the music channels, so watched the launching of Scouting For Girls and The Hoosiers, plus loads of R & B tracks. My second year fresher”™s week was good, but I still had no money, and was annoyed at the way some of my new housemates were acting. Anyway, Hard-Fi”™s ”˜Watch Me Fall Apart”™ summed up my feelings here. ”˜Good Life”™ represents the moment I got paid, and got a massive student loan installment, meaning I could buy a shit load of stuff. This track seemed to sum up my attitude towards spending loads of money and generally being rich and happy. What a fool!
November – December
Radiohead released the amazing ”˜In Rainbows”™ in October of this year on the internet, and I paid £5 for it. I went to Swansea to visit a friend that week so listened to that album all the way there and back on the train. I picked up a copy of Paul Oakenfold”™s remix compilation album at this time and the Skunk Anansie track appeared soo haunting, yet beautiful. Keane”™s charity single ”˜The Night Sky”™ came out here and always reminds me of walking through Oxford wearing a green jacket and scarf in the height of Autumn while the leafs fell all around me. One of my favorite memories! For my 20th birthday, me and my housemates went out to a club. At five minutes to midnight, they played ”˜The Way I Are”™, one of my favorite songs of that year, followed by ”˜One More Time”™, my favorite song ever!! Was such a great moment surrounded by close friends hearing the best music! I re-visited Robbie Williams”™ ”˜Sing When Your Winning”™ album in December as it reminded me of my youth. I bought The Spinto Band”™s first album, and Electric Soft Parades”™ ”˜Holes In The Wall”™ for a tenner in a record store and tended to listen to them both as I traveled to work in Oxford from Cheltenham over the Christmas holidays of 2007.
Ok, so overall, not as eventful as my 2006. But 2007 was awesome in soo many other ways. The majority of music that I got into in 2007 remains my favorite songs or band”™s to this day, and it is all down to the memories. You see, even though nothing much happened to me, nothing notably bad happened either, making 2007 great”¦”¦.when compared to 2008!
Hi all. We”™re testing a new ”˜group author”™ feature today, so hopefully you”™ll see a kickass avatar next to this post indicating that it”™s yours truly behind the ol”™ keyboard”¦ Bear with me if it doesn”™t work, as I”™ll be panicking behind the scenes trying to figure out why it”™s knackered”¦
So far this afternoon I”™ve been listening to a playlist by Sean Adams of DrownedinSound.com, and bopping like a loon. I suggest you check it out, as featured on Spotify”™s blog.
Our playlist today was lovingly crafted by Ben Hawling, and is the second of his “The Soundtrack To My Life”¦” series. It”™s a nostalgic trip through 2007, and is truly an aural treat.
As with 2006 before it, 2007 was full of key life molding moments, all of which were supported by an excellent soundtrack! This year charted my transition from the first year of university to the first half of my second year, and all the friendships and dark times in between.
January – March
The start of the year saw the end of a 3 month long relationship for me, and the gathering of a new set of friends, as I moved into a new house on the uni campus. I was still at the height of my Mansun obsession (still ongoing) at this point, but was also embracing new music from around the time, such as Howling Bells and The Fray. My new room was on the second floor of the house and neatly overlooked the SU bar, which was awesome. As the days got sunnier, and as I watched the sun stretch across the fields, a whole host of sun drenched melodies and tracks entered my ears, including Eels, Frou Frou, Bright Eyes and The Postal Service. Both Eels and Bright Eyes seemed to fit the atmosphere of those lazy days, in completely different ways. Whereas Frou Frou and Postal Service provided the blissful ethereal paint upon the warming canvas. A housemate also got me into Head Automatica at this time, and I remember walking around listening to ”˜Beating Heart Baby”™ non stop.
April – July
Maroon 5”™s second album came out around this time, and despite being full of heartbreak songs, was never out of my ears purely down to its infectious pop hooks. When hanging out in our house one day, a friend claimed that listening to Elliot Smith reminded her of chilling out on the grass and watching the clouds as the sun streamed across everything. I immediately agreed, and quickly got into his ”˜Figure 8”™ album. After hearing some of Mark Ronson”™s ”˜Version”™ album, I bought his more hip hop influenced album and instantly loved it. This coincided with my fascination with 2 many dj”™s, who use Nikka Costa”™s ”˜Like A Feather”™ a lot on their bootleg albums. That summer was fuelled with smiles and dancing, woop!
August – October
I first got into Beastie Boys in the summer of this year, and never looked back. I was given the Fields album by my sister Jo during August, when I was working full time in Moss Bros and had no money. It provided a light in the dark. Also I loved the energy and charm that the band omitted in such a short album. As I was staying at home a lot at this time due to no money, I was watching a lot of television. Thanks to a recent installation of Sky, I had all the music channels, so watched the launching of Scouting For Girls and The Hoosiers, plus loads of R & B tracks. My second year fresher”™s week was good, but I still had no money, and was annoyed at the way some of my new housemates were acting. Anyway, Hard-Fi”™s ”˜Watch Me Fall Apart”™ summed up my feelings here. ”˜Good Life”™ represents the moment I got paid, and got a massive student loan installment, meaning I could buy a shit load of stuff. This track seemed to sum up my attitude towards spending loads of money and generally being rich and happy. What a fool!
November – December
Radiohead released the amazing ”˜In Rainbows”™ in October of this year on the internet, and I paid £5 for it. I went to Swansea to visit a friend that week so listened to that album all the way there and back on the train. I picked up a copy of Paul Oakenfold”™s remix compilation album at this time and the Skunk Anansie track appeared soo haunting, yet beautiful. Keane”™s charity single ”˜The Night Sky”™ came out here and always reminds me of walking through Oxford wearing a green jacket and scarf in the height of Autumn while the leafs fell all around me. One of my favorite memories! For my 20th birthday, me and my housemates went out to a club. At five minutes to midnight, they played ”˜The Way I Are”™, one of my favorite songs of that year, followed by ”˜One More Time”™, my favorite song ever!! Was such a great moment surrounded by close friends hearing the best music! I re-visited Robbie Williams”™ ”˜Sing When Your Winning”™ album in December as it reminded me of my youth. I bought The Spinto Band”™s first album, and Electric Soft Parades”™ ”˜Holes In The Wall”™ for a tenner in a record store and tended to listen to them both as I traveled to work in Oxford from Cheltenham over the Christmas holidays of 2007.
Ok, so overall, not as eventful as my 2006. But 2007 was awesome in soo many other ways. The majority of music that I got into in 2007 remains my favorite songs or band”™s to this day, and it is all down to the memories. You see, even though nothing much happened to me, nothing notably bad happened either, making 2007 great”¦”¦.when compared to 2008!
The Presets – This Boy”™s In Love – Lifelike Remix
Holy Ghost! – On Board (feat. The DFA Celestial Choir) (Dub)
Metronomy – Heartbreaker – Diskjokke Remix
Mandy, Booka Shade – Donut – Boy 8 Bit Remix
Booka Shade – Charlotte
Paul Kalkbrenner – The Palisades
The Knife – Silent Shout
Errors – Supertribe
Delphic – This Momentary
Caribou – Odessa
Grizzly Bear – Merge (Dntel Remix)
Bomarr – What Kept Grandpa Up
Cars & Trains – Intimidated By Silence – Blue Sky Black Death Remix
The American Analog Set – Anything Could Happen
Butcher the Bar – Opening Night
School Of Seven Bells – Half Asleep
Grizzly Bear – Colorado
Angus & Julia Stone – Hold On
Beck – Everybody”™s Gotta Learn Sometimes
Quite a few different bits and pieces in here, so hopefully there are a couple of songs that everyone will like. Many thanks to those who dragged tracks into my inbox this week, as I”™ve shamelessly nicked a few for this playlist! If you haven”™t worked up the courage to make your own playlist yet, Thom and I would love for you to drag a few of your favourite tracks into our inboxes in Spotify.
Morning kids. I trust you all had a lovely weekend? I spent 12 and a half hours at a Lord of the Rings marathon, which makes me both nerdy *and* hardcore”¦ result!
I was all set to run a guest mix today, but then I got the bug and had to chuck in one of my own.
The Presets – This Boy”™s In Love – Lifelike Remix
Holy Ghost! – On Board (feat. The DFA Celestial Choir) (Dub)
Metronomy – Heartbreaker – Diskjokke Remix
Mandy, Booka Shade – Donut – Boy 8 Bit Remix
Booka Shade – Charlotte
Paul Kalkbrenner – The Palisades
The Knife – Silent Shout
Errors – Supertribe
Delphic – This Momentary
Caribou – Odessa
Grizzly Bear – Merge (Dntel Remix)
Bomarr – What Kept Grandpa Up
Cars & Trains – Intimidated By Silence – Blue Sky Black Death Remix
The American Analog Set – Anything Could Happen
Butcher the Bar – Opening Night
School Of Seven Bells – Half Asleep
Grizzly Bear – Colorado
Angus & Julia Stone – Hold On
Beck – Everybody”™s Gotta Learn Sometimes
Quite a few different bits and pieces in here, so hopefully there are a couple of songs that everyone will like. Many thanks to those who dragged tracks into my inbox this week, as I”™ve shamelessly nicked a few for this playlist! If you haven”™t worked up the courage to make your own playlist yet, Thom and I would love for you to drag a few of your favourite tracks into our inboxes in Spotify.
Well, I was asked by Thom for a metal playlist so here is a predominantly metal playlist for all you pansies out there. Also a sly bit of Grunge and “Alternative” thrown in for good measure as to not wear you all out.
1. Meshuggah – New Millenium Cyanide Christ
2. Kreator – Betrayer
3. Pantera – Psycho Holiday
4. Hate Eternal – Powers That Be
5. Symphony X – Sea of Lies
6. Strapping Young Lad – Zen
7. Mr Bungle – Slowly Growing Deaf
8. Pantera – Cemetary Gates
9. Opeth – The Leper Affinity
10. Alice in Chains – No Excuses
11. Vital Remains – Dechristianize
12. Obituary – Don”™t Care
13. Deicide – Kill The Christian
14. Faith No More – Surprise You”™re Dead
15. Slayer – Seasons in the Abyss
16. Soundgarden – Holy Water
17. Meshuggah – Bleed
18. Cannibal Corpse – Hammer Smashed Face
19. Morbid Angel – Where the Slime Live
20. Megadeth – Holy Wars”¦ The Punishment Due
21. Dimmu Borgir – Kings of the Carnival Creation
22. Pantera – Revolution is my Name
23. Nile – Kafir
24. Tomahawk – Sir, Yes Sir
25. Slayer – Angel of Death
If you”™re not into thrash/extreme/technical metal then this playlist is not for you, though check out the Alice in Chains track because they are pretty much the best band ever (RIP Layne)
Tried to cover a fair spectrum of metal in this playlist but predominantly it leans towards the extreme side of the scale.
Pantera and Slayer are of particular relevance to my interests as they are effectively the first “proper” metal bands I listened to.
Obviously the vocals in alot of these songs are extreme (what else are you expecting from death metal ?) but if any of you do want to argue that death metal isn”™t music because of the vocals please let me know.
Highlights:
Psycho Holiday (One of my fave guitar solo”™s ever)
Welcome, strangers. Today we have something a bit special. I”™ve been longing to put this up ever since it was submitted and today is the day. It”™s Steve Johnson”™s metal mix. It is also Steve”™s birthday today, so everyone give him a big cheer and if you get the chance, buy the man a drink. Happy birthday, dude. Cheers for the submission.
[Thom]
Well, I was asked by Thom for a metal playlist so here is a predominantly metal playlist for all you pansies out there. Also a sly bit of Grunge and “Alternative” thrown in for good measure as to not wear you all out.
1. Meshuggah – New Millenium Cyanide Christ
2. Kreator – Betrayer
3. Pantera – Psycho Holiday
4. Hate Eternal – Powers That Be
5. Symphony X – Sea of Lies
6. Strapping Young Lad – Zen
7. Mr Bungle – Slowly Growing Deaf
8. Pantera – Cemetary Gates
9. Opeth – The Leper Affinity
10. Alice in Chains – No Excuses
11. Vital Remains – Dechristianize
12. Obituary – Don”™t Care
13. Deicide – Kill The Christian
14. Faith No More – Surprise You”™re Dead
15. Slayer – Seasons in the Abyss
16. Soundgarden – Holy Water
17. Meshuggah – Bleed
18. Cannibal Corpse – Hammer Smashed Face
19. Morbid Angel – Where the Slime Live
20. Megadeth – Holy Wars”¦ The Punishment Due
21. Dimmu Borgir – Kings of the Carnival Creation
22. Pantera – Revolution is my Name
23. Nile – Kafir
24. Tomahawk – Sir, Yes Sir
25. Slayer – Angel of Death
If you”™re not into thrash/extreme/technical metal then this playlist is not for you, though check out the Alice in Chains track because they are pretty much the best band ever (RIP Layne)
Tried to cover a fair spectrum of metal in this playlist but predominantly it leans towards the extreme side of the scale.
Pantera and Slayer are of particular relevance to my interests as they are effectively the first “proper” metal bands I listened to.
Obviously the vocals in alot of these songs are extreme (what else are you expecting from death metal ?) but if any of you do want to argue that death metal isn”™t music because of the vocals please let me know.
Highlights:
Psycho Holiday (One of my fave guitar solo”™s ever)
As you know, here at Spotisfaction Towers we have a huge crush on Spotify. A manly crush, you might say. A deep, meaningful, sweaty and sadly unrequited man crush, but a man crush nonetheless. And so, the following excites us:
Spotify Open is a free version of our favourite music-streaming client. If you”™ve not been listening to Spotisfaction because you didn”™t have an invite, now”™s the time to get involved!
Also this weekend in Cheltenham was the 4th annual Fairview Convention at the Kemble Inn organised for County Air Ambulance by Loz Apperly and Gordy Partridge. Some fantastic bands played including John Madden & Tom Mitchell, Stressechos, Uncle Slacker and The Coronettes. Word on the street is that quite a fair bit of money was raised, well done guys.
The final piece of news is regarding Spotisfaction itself. Dave and I have been talking about what we”™re going to do with this. We”™ve got some ideas, I”™ve been in talks with a few people and we”™re leaning towards making this a musical blog. So let”™s get the ball rolling. If you fancy writing news, features or reviews for us fire an email to spotisfaction@googlemail.com with “Application” in the subject field and a quick piece (minimum 500 words) about your favourite album. We”™ll make it easy for now. I understand that some of you may have already been told that we”™ll run your articles – and we will – so for now get them sent in to the spotisfaction email address and we”™ll start getting them published on here.
Finally, a playlist for today. Entitled “Relaunch”, this is just a handful of tracks to encompass the coming changes of Spotisfaction. In the meantime, please continue to submit your playlists.
Oh No Ono – Internet Warrior (Depreciation Guild Remix)
Erlend Oye has recently become Thom”™s hero, so let”™s kick this off with a very special, almost sacred vocal only track. Peter Bjorn and John are here to remind us were are indeed, Young Folks. LCD Soundsystem inform us that Drunk Girls are watching Sean Ferguson do the Helicopter to Bloc Party. Ending this playlist is a bunch of tracks we stole from Thom”™s “Notisfaction” series because they”™re pretty awesome.
As always, you should be able to find the Spotisfaction archives on either Thom or Dave”™s Spotify profile.
We don”™t know about you good folk, but we got tired of looking at the headache of the previous theme. It was ripe with potential, but I figured we were far too lazy to do anything with it. So we decided to use this theme instead. It”™s called”¦ something”¦ We shelled out $9 for it. Anyway, today we are going to fire off a quick bit of news.
Firstly, Cheltenham Underground”™s Decent Days and Nights Weekend is done and dusted. It is now in the past. Was it fantastic? Well, yes, it was. We”™re rounding up a bunch of reviews of the weekend which will be posted here:
Also this weekend in Cheltenham was the 4th annual Fairview Convention at the Kemble Inn organised for County Air Ambulance by Loz Apperly and Gordy Partridge. Some fantastic bands played including John Madden & Tom Mitchell, Stressechos, Uncle Slacker and The Coronettes. Word on the street is that quite a fair bit of money was raised, well done guys.
The final piece of news is regarding Spotisfaction itself. Dave and I have been talking about what we”™re going to do with this. We”™ve got some ideas, I”™ve been in talks with a few people and we”™re leaning towards making this a musical blog. So let”™s get the ball rolling. If you fancy writing news, features or reviews for us fire an email to spotisfaction@googlemail.com with “Application” in the subject field and a quick piece (minimum 500 words) about your favourite album. We”™ll make it easy for now. I understand that some of you may have already been told that we”™ll run your articles – and we will – so for now get them sent in to the spotisfaction email address and we”™ll start getting them published on here.
Finally, a playlist for today. Entitled “Relaunch”, this is just a handful of tracks to encompass the coming changes of Spotisfaction. In the meantime, please continue to submit your playlists.
Oh No Ono – Internet Warrior (Depreciation Guild Remix)
Erlend Oye has recently become Thom”™s hero, so let”™s kick this off with a very special, almost sacred vocal only track. Peter Bjorn and John are here to remind us were are indeed, Young Folks. LCD Soundsystem inform us that Drunk Girls are watching Sean Ferguson do the Helicopter to Bloc Party. Ending this playlist is a bunch of tracks we stole from Thom”™s “Notisfaction” series because they”™re pretty awesome.
As always, you should be able to find the Spotisfaction archives on either Thom or Dave”™s Spotify profile.
So, Spotify is about sharing, right? Here”™s a playlist with a story for every song; these are all songs that connect my father and I somehow.
Space Oddity – David Bowie
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – Jimi Hendrix
Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones
A Town Called Malice – The Jam
Muscle Museum – Muse
Will You? – Hazel O”™Connor
Avalon – Roxy Music
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
Sunshine Of Your Love – Cream
Brothers In Arms – Dire Straits
Street Spirit (Fade Out) – Radiohead
Ashes In The Fall – Rage Against The Machine
Caramel – Blur
Pyramid Song – Radiohead
Alone Again Or – Love
Stay – Shakespears Sister
Hard Headed Woman – Cat Stevens
Theme From Harry”™s Game – Clannad
Samba Pa Ti – Santana
I Drove All Night – Roy Orbison
Nights In White Satin – The Moody Blues
No Distance Left To Run – Blur
I can credit my parents with giving me a fantastic musical education I think; my Dad especially, whose tapes in his car we used to listen to time and again on the long journeys up to Scotland to spend time with my Mum”™s family at Christmas and the like. The Beatles, Bowie, Hendrix were my upbringing. This is where the playlist starts.
As a child, I remember singing along to Bowie on a trip to the nearest playground. When we got there, I actually decided I”™d much rather listen to Space Oddity and the rest of the Bowie album, rather than play on the swings. It started to rain, and I have this image of sitting in the car singing along to Space Oddity with Dad, looking out at an empty park through rain-swept glass. – “I”™m floating in the most peculiar way, and the stars look very different today.”
Voodoo Child was the first song I ever performed in front of an audience at school. The concert had been the usual choir/orchestra affair and then I walked on stage backed by the best drummer is school, turned up my amp too loud, and hit the parents with a poorly played version of Jimi Hendrix. I think I hit the spirit of the song (if not all the right notes) because we got the best cheer of the night, and Dad was there to see it! – “If I don”™t meet you no more in this world then, uh, I”™ll meet ya on the next one, and don”™t be late.”
Ruby Tuesday was a song me and Dad used to practice, me on the guitar and he singing. I only started playing the guitar because he wanted to learn, but after a few years he put the guitar to one side and just took an interest in my interest in it. – “Catch your dreams before they slip away.”
A Town Called Malice, or, apparently according to Dad, A Town Called Alice. – “I could go on for hours”¦ and I probably will, but I”™d much rather spread joy”¦”
As a teenager, I made a mixtape of my favourite artists for Dad to listen to in the car, in a reversal of my musical upbringing. Muse, Blur, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine are all here, and I remember having conversations about the merits of them compared to the classics. Muse in particular became a band we were both equally enthusiastic about.. he spied the decline in their artistry alot earlier than me, completely unfussed by Stockholm Syndrome and Time Is Running Out before the disappointing Absolution was released. – “And we all went to heaven in a little row boat; there was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt.”
So I can credit Dad with alot about who I am as a person, my passions, my interests, and my taste in music. Sadly, he passed away 2 years ago to the day yesterday, I spent the day making this playlist, and David and Thom have done me the honour of featuring it today. There were only 2 songs that could finish this playlist. Nights In White Satin is a classic from Dad”™s favourite artist, The Moody Blues. The song Go Now was his all-time favourite and it was played at the funeral, though thankfully it isn”™t available on Spotify – a prescient choice I think! No Distance Left To Run by Blur is another one from that mixtape I made Dad, and pair up with Nights In White Satin beautifully. Here”™s to the big man.
So, Spotify is about sharing, right? Here”™s a playlist with a story for every song; these are all songs that connect my father and I somehow.
Space Oddity – David Bowie
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – Jimi Hendrix
Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones
A Town Called Malice – The Jam
Muscle Museum – Muse
Will You? – Hazel O”™Connor
Avalon – Roxy Music
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
Sunshine Of Your Love – Cream
Brothers In Arms – Dire Straits
Street Spirit (Fade Out) – Radiohead
Ashes In The Fall – Rage Against The Machine
Caramel – Blur
Pyramid Song – Radiohead
Alone Again Or – Love
Stay – Shakespears Sister
Hard Headed Woman – Cat Stevens
Theme From Harry”™s Game – Clannad
Samba Pa Ti – Santana
I Drove All Night – Roy Orbison
Nights In White Satin – The Moody Blues
No Distance Left To Run – Blur
I can credit my parents with giving me a fantastic musical education I think; my Dad especially, whose tapes in his car we used to listen to time and again on the long journeys up to Scotland to spend time with my Mum”™s family at Christmas and the like. The Beatles, Bowie, Hendrix were my upbringing. This is where the playlist starts.
As a child, I remember singing along to Bowie on a trip to the nearest playground. When we got there, I actually decided I”™d much rather listen to Space Oddity and the rest of the Bowie album, rather than play on the swings. It started to rain, and I have this image of sitting in the car singing along to Space Oddity with Dad, looking out at an empty park through rain-swept glass. – “I”™m floating in the most peculiar way, and the stars look very different today.”
Voodoo Child was the first song I ever performed in front of an audience at school. The concert had been the usual choir/orchestra affair and then I walked on stage backed by the best drummer is school, turned up my amp too loud, and hit the parents with a poorly played version of Jimi Hendrix. I think I hit the spirit of the song (if not all the right notes) because we got the best cheer of the night, and Dad was there to see it! – “If I don”™t meet you no more in this world then, uh, I”™ll meet ya on the next one, and don”™t be late.”
Ruby Tuesday was a song me and Dad used to practice, me on the guitar and he singing. I only started playing the guitar because he wanted to learn, but after a few years he put the guitar to one side and just took an interest in my interest in it. – “Catch your dreams before they slip away.”
A Town Called Malice, or, apparently according to Dad, A Town Called Alice. – “I could go on for hours”¦ and I probably will, but I”™d much rather spread joy”¦”
As a teenager, I made a mixtape of my favourite artists for Dad to listen to in the car, in a reversal of my musical upbringing. Muse, Blur, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine are all here, and I remember having conversations about the merits of them compared to the classics. Muse in particular became a band we were both equally enthusiastic about.. he spied the decline in their artistry alot earlier than me, completely unfussed by Stockholm Syndrome and Time Is Running Out before the disappointing Absolution was released. – “And we all went to heaven in a little row boat; there was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt.”
So I can credit Dad with alot about who I am as a person, my passions, my interests, and my taste in music. Sadly, he passed away 2 years ago to the day yesterday, I spent the day making this playlist, and David and Thom have done me the honour of featuring it today. There were only 2 songs that could finish this playlist. Nights In White Satin is a classic from Dad”™s favourite artist, The Moody Blues. The song Go Now was his all-time favourite and it was played at the funeral, though thankfully it isn”™t available on Spotify – a prescient choice I think! No Distance Left To Run by Blur is another one from that mixtape I made Dad, and pair up with Nights In White Satin beautifully. Here”™s to the big man.
