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Spotify Playlist: Ultimate Movie Mashup
Posted by matt in film, music, spotify playlists on December 7, 2009
Here’s my personal all-time ultimate movie soundtrack, which runs the gamut from funk to bluegrass, by way of heavy rock and serene folk. With a few notable exceptions, almost every song on the list comes from a film I absolutely love – fellow critics be damned!
1. Duelling Banjos (“Deliverence”)
2. The Soggy Bottom Boys – I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (“O Brother, Where Art Thou”)
3. Iggy Pop – Lust For Life (“Trainspotting”)
4. Tomoyasu Hotei – Battle Without Honor Or Humanity (“Kill Bill, Vol. 1”)
5. Jamiroquai – Canned Heat (“Napoleon Dynamite”)
6. Geto Boys – Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta (“Office Space”)
7. Little Richard – Long Tall Sally (“Predator”)
8. Kenny Rogers – Just Dropped In (“The Big Lebowski”)
9. Guns N’ Roses – You Could Be Mine (“Terminator 2”)
10. Harry Belafonte – Banana Boat (Day-O) (“Beetlejuice”)
11. Seal – Kiss From A Rose (“Batman Forever”)
12. Harry Nilsson – Everybody’s Talkin (“Midnight Cowboy”)
13. Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson (“The Graduate”)
14. Survivor – Eye Of The Tiger (“Rocky III”)
15. Public Enemy – Fight The Power (“Do the Right Thing”)
16. Isaac Hayes – Theme From Shaft (“Shaft”)
17. Huey Lewis & The News – Hip To Be Square (“American Psycho”)
18. Echo And The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon (“Donnie Darko”)
19. Pixies – Where Is My Mind? (“Fight Club”)
20. The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup (“There’s Something about Mary”)
21. The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black (“Full Metal Jacket”)
22. Aimee Mann – Wise Up (“Magnolia”)
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Spotify Playlist: 12 November 2009
Posted by matt in spotify playlists on November 12, 2009
1. The Chemical Brothers – The Salmon Dance
2. Three Trapped Tigers – 6
3. Kerbdog – Sally
4. Madvillain – Strange Ways
5. Memphis Slim – Born With The Blues
6. Modwheelmood – Bellevue Ave
7. Soundgarden – The Day I Tried To Live
8. Company Flow – 8 Steps To Perfection
9. Screaming Trees – No One Knows
10. Metric – Monster Hospital
11. Count Bass D – Antemeridian
12. Jane’s Addiction – True Nature
13. Cannibal Ox – Raspberry fields
14. Halfway to Gone – Turnpike
15. Mew – Introducing Palace Players
16. Stone Gods – Burn The Witch
17. Apocalyptica – Nothing Else Matters (Instrumental Version)
18. Tenacious D – The Metal
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Spotify Playlist: 26 October 2009
Posted by matt in spotify playlists on October 26, 2009
1. Reuben – Let’s Stop Hanging Out
2. Tweaker – Swamp
3. Whale – Hobo Humpin’ Slobo Babe
4. MSTRKRFT – It Aint Love – Feat. Lil’ Mo
5. Kid Cudi – Heart Of A Lion (Kid Cudi Theme Music)
6. ASHES dIVIDE – Defamed
7. Missy Elliott – Work It – Promo LP Version
8. Nirvana – Breed
9. Hermano – Senor Moreno’s Plan
10. Eyedea & Abilities – Now
11. Mindless Self Indulgence – Tom Sawyer
12. PJ Harvey – My Beautiful Leah
13. Does It Offend You, Yeah? – Battle Royale
14. Roc C – Movin
15. Dozer – Born A Legend
16. Million Dead – Breaking the Back
17. Rose Kemp – Little One
18. Filter – Take A Picture
19. Mum – Green Green Grass Of Tunnel
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Spotify Playlist: 28 September 2009
Posted by matt in spotify playlists on September 28, 2009
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On broadening my musical horizons
Posted by matt in me, spotify playlists on September 15, 2009
One of the greatest things about social media, for me at least, is the fact you can know about 3 people in the beginning, then gradually find more and more interesting and entertaining people by word of mouth (or text), until you eventually reach a comfortable critical mass whereby the number of new people you are meeting slows down to match the number of people who are unfriending you because you mentioned off-hand how much you hate Twilight.
Coupled with this, we’ve seen a rapid increase over the past five years or so in the number of ways to link, share and recommend new media. Without needing to buy a music magazine or TV guide, I’ve discovered far more excellent music, film and shows since I joined Facebook and Twitter than I ever did when I was reading hard press.
Now, thanks to a combination of individual recommendation, Last.fm and Spotify, I can connect instantly to music I like. Even better, I can be connected to music that I will probably like, purely based on my listening habits, or by giving me a selection of artists similar to one I specify.
This is brilliant. If things continue in this way, never again will I buy music that I haven’t already listened to, in full, more than once and at my leisure. Every CD and digital download I have bought in the past couple of years has been meticulously vetted, not vaguely recalled from a 2-minute sample fished out from betwixt ten-minute commercial segments and the latest Pussycat Girls ‘joint’.
About two months ago I was inspired by fellow music-lovers (notably Robyn, example here) and decided to start compiling playlists on Spotify. The intention was to have music I already know and love, and mix it in with stuff that I’d learned about in the preceding weeks and months. I didn’t want to restrict it to any one genre, nor did I want to alienate people by ignoring others. Hopefully I’d be finding new music for myself while spreading awareness of lesser-known, yet awesome, acts.
I’m aiming to post these playlists on Mondays, once a fortnight. The most recent one can be found by following the link below, and I’ll be posting backdated links to the previous ones. I hope you find at least something new that you enjoy, and if you think they’re worth sharing, please do so!