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Author: | asfish [ Sat Jun 24, 2017 18:18 ] |
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I got a free year of Premium when I upgraded my wife's mobile deal I really like it, we can choose music on a smartphone and send it to any Amazon Echo in the house as well as my A/V Receiver Just never use it though, we don't really listen to that much music. |
Author: | myp [ Sat Jun 24, 2017 18:36 ] |
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Lol @ someone who uses iTunes on a computer in 2017 |
Author: | DavPaz [ Sat Jun 24, 2017 20:43 ] |
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Author: | Hearthly [ Sun Jun 25, 2017 9:44 ] |
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I did upgrade to Spotify Premium Family, although not without some ballache. Mrs Hearthly was easy as she had an old Spotify account from years ago, so I just upgraded my account to Premium Family, sent her an invite, she got the email, clicked on the link, signed into her account, boom, job done. Hearthly Jnr was the fun part as she had no existing account. So I signed her up for a new account, when you go to the Spotify homepage on the web you actually get this: Attachment: spotto.JPG This is down to shitty IOM IP ranges (the same issue that gimps the Google Play Store unless you VPN your device), but it did allow me to sign up for a new account for Jnr, but then located her in the US, so when I sent her the family invite it said she was in the wrong country, and then refused to let me change her country to the UK. (There are no options to choose your location when you sign up, it decides where you are. Premium Family states that the accounts are only for people who live at the same address, let alone in the same country.) Oddly there was the option to change her country to the UK in the dropdown list (only USA and UK were listed) but the account page errored every time I tried to do it. According to the FAQ you should be able to change the country on a free account for up to 14 days, but it didn't work. On a Premium account you can change the country at will, but of course I couldn't get the account up to Premium because it wouldn't let her accept the family invite..... In the end I couldn't find any way around it, so using one of my other email addresses I VPN-ed my Shield tablet with a UK IP, signed up for another Spotify account which was homed correctly in the UK, sent the Family invite to that, and then logged that account in on Jnr's PC and then she had a Premium Family account too. It's not quite ideal because her account isn't now using her email address but one of mine, but that's no biggy really. With that out of the way it does all work splendidly, and we now have three entirely independent Premium accounts for £14.99 per month. I've installed Spotify on every computer in the house so we can have music on wherever we are. I've already started putting together CHOPLEY'S AWESOME PLAYLIST which will have all the best music ever on it. |
Author: | devilman [ Sun Jun 25, 2017 9:56 ] |
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As Spotify no longer offer their 'Unlimited' plan (£4.99 a month for no ads, but no mobile), I hope they don't force me to switch over to Premium at some point. Given that I use Spotify every day, I'd be certain to upgrade, but I don't need the additional features of higher quality or mobile access. |
Author: | Hearthly [ Sun Jul 16, 2017 20:32 ] |
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OK this is sort of getting into some sort of shape now, but were it a piece of software I'd still call it a 0.1 alpha release. Some basic ordering has been done, and I've got a decent chunk of the artists I want in there (although many are still missing), but it's a looooong way off complete. The basic rule of CHOPLEY'S AWESOME PLAYLIST is that there can only be one entry from any single artist, so it's like, you really like David Bowie? That's nice, but there can only be one David Bowie track on the list. (Note that the same person/people can crop up multiple times, so a track from Pulp and a solo artist track from Jarvis Cocker is fine.) There is also an overarching concept that it's music you'd want on a jukebox in the pub, or when driving in the car, so for example whilst I think 'Disintegration' by The Cure is one of the finest albums ever created, none of the tracks on that album really fit here, so instead it's 'Just Like Heaven' off 'Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me'. There's also some embryonic 'mood shifting' in place, in that it winds down a bit towards the end, but it's crude and horribly imperfect at the moment. Also note that music largely finished in the early 2000s for me, but I have been trying to make the list a bit more contemporary. Anyway, all you have to do is copy and paste this into Spotify's search box. spotify:user:chopleyturnip:playlist:49AbQSmbnKHjvNwj9dyYF7 |
Author: | Findus Fop [ Sun Jul 16, 2017 23:01 ] |
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Nice! Will give it a listen the morrow. Looks like there's a lot I like there. |
Author: | Hearthly [ Thu Aug 03, 2017 13:37 ] |
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This continues to evolve, now up to 142 tracks (so 142 unique artists), with a definite 'wind down' zone at the end, the rest of it is still in a state of flux though, and some artist's entries have changed numerous times already. Anyway, have a scan down the list and see if this is the sort of thing you like, because if it is, you'll probably like this. I'm not sure 'Tame' by The Pixies is the friendliest opener, but fuck it I love that track. I am completely open to suggestions, and am very much aware there are still LOADS of 'must have' artists still missing. Last time I looked it was being 'followed' by 5 people, so international recognition is imminent I feel. LIST BELOW (spoilered so it doesn't take up loads of screen real estate). Playlist link (cope and paste into Spotify's search box) - spotify:user:chopleyturnip:playlist:49AbQSmbnKHjvNwj9dyYF7 Or click: https://open.spotify.com/user/chopleytu ... vNwj9dyYF7 ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! |
Author: | Cavey [ Thu Aug 03, 2017 13:48 ] |
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Awesome I'll have a listen in the car later. |
Author: | krazywookie [ Thu Aug 03, 2017 20:27 ] |
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Is it especially sweary? I'll play it in the shop if not and educate the locals |
Author: | krazywookie [ Thu Aug 03, 2017 20:43 ] |
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Track 3. So far so WHOOOOOOOO??! |
Author: | Cras [ Thu Aug 03, 2017 20:46 ] |
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Weirdly I like the majority of the bands on Hearthly's playlist, but almost none of the songs by them that are on there |
Author: | Hearthly [ Thu Aug 03, 2017 21:08 ] |
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Cras wrote: Weirdly I like the majority of the bands on Hearthly's playlist, but almost none of the songs by them that are on there I have generally made an effort to go for a track that isn't the track that everyone would automatically think of if you gave them the artist's name and screamed in their ear TELL ME A TRACK BY THIS BAND NOW MOTHERFUCKER, but at the same time I've not been deliberately picking tracks that they did in some sort of weird experimental phase whilst living on a canal barge in Utrecht and injecting a kilo of finest heroin every day. I'm open to and welcome suggestions on both (a) Missing artists and (b) Replacement track options. (I've shared the playlist with family and friends and they've made some great suggestions in both departments.) At the end of the day I just want a kick-ass playlist filled to the brim with ace music. |
Author: | Hearthly [ Thu Aug 03, 2017 21:11 ] |
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Cras wrote: Weirdly I like the majority of the bands on Hearthly's playlist, but almost none of the songs by them that are on there Any specific examples you'd highlight? I'm curious. |
Author: | Cras [ Thu Aug 03, 2017 21:40 ] |
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Hearthly wrote: Cras wrote: Weirdly I like the majority of the bands on Hearthly's playlist, but almost none of the songs by them that are on there Any specific examples you'd highlight? I'm curious. Pennyroyal tea, Crystal, Turn You Inside-Out Not saying they're bad tunes, just wouldn't be my choices. I figured you were avoiding the headline hits, I can see that. |
Author: | Bamba [ Thu Aug 03, 2017 22:35 ] |
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Crystal is the only good New Order tune, but it is very good. It's like how the Manic Street Preachers seemed to pour every ounce of their talent into Motorcycle Emptiness and had nothing left so just churned out terrible shite. |
Author: | Hearthly [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 8:55 ] |
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Cras wrote: Pennyroyal tea, Crystal, Turn You Inside-Out Not saying they're bad tunes, just wouldn't be my choices. I figured you were avoiding the headline hits, I can see that. They're all quite tricky artists to pick an individual track from though, I mean, you could go for the three obvious choices, Teen Spirit, Blue Monday (or True Faith) and maybe what, Losing My Religion or Everybody Hurts - but (a) Too obvious and (b) I don't think they're the best of the bands anyway. In Nirvana's case Nevermind hasn't stood the test of time very well IMO, it's just a bit too over-produced and 'shiny' somehow, even though it's still a great album I don't much enjoy listening to it these days. So there's either Bleach or In Utero (if we're picking from studio albums). Bleach I do still enjoy and there are some definite options on there, but In Utero for me is Nirvana's finest album. I remember buying the CD as soon as it was released and listening to the whole album in my shitty student house with a friend, and commenting afterwards words to the effect of 'Well that was brilliant but they're not going to make another album, because Kurt won't be around for it'. Picking a track off it is hard though, I was minded to go with Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (I certainly wouldn't have Heart Shaped Box or All Apologies, which were intended as gentle introductions to the 'noise' of the rest of the album) but settled on Pennyroyal Tea because it's a song I used to listen to over and over on my Walkman whilst walking around some of Manchester's less salubrious neighbourhoods (which probably wasn't very smart), I only found out later that it kind of meant what I'd thought it did. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennyroyal_Tea Quote: When I ask Cobain if 'Penny Royal Tea' is about indigestion, he half-laughs. 'Penny royal tea is a herbal abortive,' he says. 'I threw that in because I have so many friends who have tried to use that, and it never worked. The song is about a person who's beyond depressed; they're in their death bed, pretty much.' Cobain's own bout with serious stomach pain was well documented last year. 'Yeah, it did rub off on the song,' he admits. And I couldn't help noticing the 'Canadian' reference to a Leonard Cohen afterworld. 'That was my therapy, when I was depressed and sick. I'd read things like Malloy Dies [sic] by Beckett, or listen to Leonard Cohen, which would actually make it worse,' he laughs. I'll do Crystal and Turn You Inside Out in separate posts when I get chance. |
Author: | Findus Fop [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 10:58 ] |
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Bamba wrote: Crystal is the only good New Order tune, but it is very good. It's like how the Manic Street Preachers seemed to pour every ounce of their talent into Motorcycle Emptiness and had nothing left so just churned out terrible shite. I glossed over this last night as I got lost in a reverie thinking about how fucking excellent Motorcycle Emptiness is. But you what? Wharrabout Bizarre Love Triangle? Returning to the Manics, Hearthly's inclusion of "If you tolerate this..." appears to be one of his greater crimes. |
Author: | Zardoz [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 11:21 ] |
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I'd have gone for Enjoy the Silence for Depeche Mode. Great idea though, I'm going to do this in iTunes. |
Author: | Bamba [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 11:29 ] |
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Findus Fop wrote: But you what? Wharrabout Bizarre Love Triangle? I really hate that sort of 80s synth style that all older New Order tunes use so none of their 'classic' stuff appeals to me in the slightest. Those fucking shitty 'drum' noises; just yuck. |
Author: | Cavey [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 11:40 ] |
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Not done it justice (at all) yet, but it's all a bit '90s grunge-heavy and gloweringly angry for me, I'd have preferred a rather more eclectic mix for 150-odd choons. Still, some undoubted gems there; Leftfield as awesome as ever; haven't heard one hit wonder Monaco since forever, and Rise remix was borderline amazeballs. |
Author: | Curiosity [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:05 ] |
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I'd have gone: Lithium Regret Fall on Me For the Nirvana - New Order - R.E.M. trifecta, though Turn You Inside Out is a great shout, and the love version from their tour, where he dedicates it to the Exxon corporations and sings it through a megaphone lives long in my memory. EDIT - Also, WTF nothing from The Flaming Lips? |
Author: | Zardoz [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:10 ] |
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Yeah, for me: Lithium Blue Monday (I know it's an obv) Driver 8 |
Author: | Grim... [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:40 ] |
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I would also go Lithium. I think my head knows that Teen Spirit is a better song, but I've heard it so much that I don't care. R.E.M would either be Man on the Moon or Nightswimming. |
Author: | myp [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:45 ] |
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In Bloom World In Motion (just kidding, 1963) Bang and Blame |
Author: | Cavey [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:54 ] |
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Grim... wrote: I would also go Lithium. I think my head knows that Teen Spirit is a better song, but I've heard it so much that I don't care. R.E.M would either be Man on the Moon or Nightswimming. Smells Like Teen Spirit all the way for me, though Lithium is indeed awesome. How anyone can say Nevermind hasn't aged well is utterly beyond me; surely a seminal all-time album that pretty much defined the early to mid 90s. New Order has to be (the original 12" vinyl) Blue Monday (and The Beach instrumental B-side with its much better song ending/spine tingling crescendo). REM - fuck knows, not my bag. |
Author: | Malc [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 13:01 ] |
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Today it would be: Come as you are Temptation Near Wild Heaven Quite possibly a different set of songs if you asked me another day |
Author: | Grim... [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 13:06 ] |
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Cavey wrote: How anyone can say Nevermind hasn't aged well is utterly beyond me Who in the Blue Hell says that? |
Author: | Cavey [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 13:07 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Cavey wrote: How anyone can say Nevermind hasn't aged well is utterly beyond me Who in the Blue Hell says that? Hearthly I think, the poor misguided soul. |
Author: | Findus Fop [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 13:09 ] |
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For nirvana I do feel like I've heard lithium and teen spirit too many times now for them to retain much impact. Perhaps: Territorial Pissings On a Plain Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle Aneurysm Like Malc, pick a different one on a different day of the week. |
Author: | Hearthly [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 14:33 ] |
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Curiosity wrote: R.E.M. trifecta, though Turn You Inside Out is a great shout, and the love version from their tour, where he dedicates it to the Exxon corporations and sings it through a megaphone lives long in my memory. EDIT - Also, WTF nothing from The Flaming Lips? Flaming Lips is a gap that needs to be plugged, for shame though I don't really know any of their stuff particularly well, even though Radcliffe and Maconie play them quite a lot on Radio 6 and have had them as guests a couple of times. Suggestions for the Flaming Lips track are welcome. As for R.E.M. - the track I had on the list until last week for them was the impossibly wonderful live version of Country Feedback with Neil Young's mesmerising performance. But then I was cooking at the weekend and I listened to all of Green whilst I cooked and remembered how awesome it was and with great reluctance replaced Country Feedback with Turn You Inside Out - Stipe does intelligent anger so well. But yeah, I could pick a different R.E.M. track every day of the week for a month or two, quite easily. Incidentally, Stipe has consistently said that Country Feedback is his favourite R.E.M. song. |
Author: | Findus Fop [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 14:54 ] |
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Flaming lips, the pithily titled: Talkin' 'bout the smilin' deathporn immortality blues (everybody wants to live forever) https://open.spotify.com/track/0utaBxvfOf3YJQaKaBZIsg |
Author: | Bamba [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 15:11 ] |
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The best REM song is probably Let Me In. Monster is such a fucking brilliant album. |
Author: | Curiosity [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 17:24 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: In Bloom World In Motion (just kidding, 1963) Bang and Blame I actually meant In Bloom. Doh! I could pick about two dozen R.E.M. tracks to fit. For all the stick they got over the years, they have a crazy amount of good songs. |
Author: | Grim... [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 17:30 ] |
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Maybe I meant In Bloom too. Which one goes "da da da da DAA daa, da da da da DAA daa"? |
Author: | Grim... [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 17:36 ] |
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On no, In Bloom mocks people who like music without spending time to discover the "deep meaning". Fuck that pretentious shit. Turns out I meant "Breed". |
Author: | myp [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 18:49 ] |
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Bamba wrote: Monster is such a fucking brilliant album. I pretty much just listen to this when I'm in an R.E.M. mood. Or Automatic. |
Author: | Findus Fop [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 19:25 ] |
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Grim... wrote: On no, In Bloom mocks people who like music without spending time to discover the "deep meaning". Fuck that pretentious shit. Turns out I meant "Breed". Ooh good one. Epic drum intros for the win. |
Author: | Bamba [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 20:03 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: Bamba wrote: Monster is such a fucking brilliant album. I pretty much just listen to this when I'm in an R.E.M. mood. Or Automatic. Up was really good as well to be fair. In fact that's the last REM album I really listened to. Just one of those bands that fell by the wayside for me over the years for no reason at all. |
Author: | Hearthly [ Fri Aug 04, 2017 21:05 ] |
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There are some real gems on all of their last five albums, but they are quite inconsistent and the weaker tracks on them lurch alarmingly towards being outright 'below average' or even 'poor' at times. That said, a few years ago I listened to their entire canon back-to-back in the car over the course of a couple of weeks' worth of drives to and from work, and their output overall is astonishingly good. In fact, that's something I need to do again at some point, listen to every studio album they've ever put out, but this time assemble a 'Best of R.E.M' Spotify playlist, assuming all their albums are actually on Spotify. One thing I have noticed is that even where an artist is on Spotify and looks to the casual observer to be complete, there can be gaps in the collection. Duran Duran and Chumbawamba spring to mind. (The 'Pop Trash' album by Duran Duran is missing, and both 'Shhh' and 'Anarchy' by Chumbawamba are missing.) |
Author: | Hearthly [ Tue Aug 08, 2017 22:00 ] |
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Bamba wrote: It's like how the Manic Street Preachers seemed to pour every ounce of their talent into Motorcycle Emptiness and had nothing left so just churned out terrible shite. A reappraisal has seen the Manics' entry changed to Motorcycle Emptiness, I'd somehow forgotten how good it is. Now up to 180 tracks, and there's been a bit of a shuffle around at the start. https://open.spotify.com/user/chopleytu ... vNwj9dyYF7 |
Author: | Sir Taxalot [ Wed Aug 09, 2017 3:57 ] |
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Needs more songs about cars |
Author: | Findus Fop [ Wed Aug 09, 2017 15:49 ] |
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Hearthly wrote: Bamba wrote: It's like how the Manic Street Preachers seemed to pour every ounce of their talent into Motorcycle Emptiness and had nothing left so just churned out terrible shite. A reappraisal has seen the Manics' entry changed to Motorcycle Emptiness, I'd somehow forgotten how good it is. Now up to 180 tracks, and there's been a bit of a shuffle around at the start. https://open.spotify.com/user/chopleytu ... vNwj9dyYF7 Inspired by Hearthly and to stick one in Bamba's eye about Motorcycle Emptiness being their only decent song, I made a Spotify playlist of Fopproved Manics Songs. No more Kevin Carter! No more Intense Humming of Evil! Just the good stuff*. Best listened to on shuffle. *It's very light on the last several years' of work, not necessarily because it's bad, but because I kind of stopped listening. It's got a couple from Send Away the Tigers, I think that's as late as the list goes. |
Author: | Hearthly [ Wed Aug 09, 2017 17:52 ] |
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Splendid Mr Fop, once I am jacked into the SPOTIFY BLUETOOTH AUDIO STREAMING MATRIX (Friday onward) I will listen to your playlist in the car. |
Author: | MaliA [ Fri Aug 11, 2017 20:34 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: Bamba wrote: Monster is such a fucking brilliant album. I pretty much just listen to this when I'm in an R.E.M. mood. Or Automatic. Yes, I think Monster got a lukewarm reception as it wasn't Automatic. I look forward tonthoa diacussion with the pair of you tomorrow |
Author: | Hearthly [ Wed Aug 16, 2017 20:45 ] |
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Now up to 200 tracks, the rate of additions has obviously slowed down as every new track has to be a new artist, and replacements for existing tracks are now happening frequently as well. I shall continue to work on it, currently got it on shuffle play in the car, which is helping to identify weak links for changes. https://open.spotify.com/user/chopleytu ... vNwj9dyYF7 ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! |
Author: | DavPaz [ Wed Aug 16, 2017 20:47 ] |
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Hearthly wrote: 7 When Doves Cry - Prince If you ever listen to Heart Radio, you'll hear that song at least 3 times a day. |
Author: | Satsuma [ Wed Aug 16, 2017 20:55 ] |
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Yeah, mix it up with some Sexy MF. |
Author: | Hearthly [ Wed Aug 16, 2017 20:58 ] |
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DavPaz wrote: If you ever listen to Heart Radio, you'll hear that song at least 3 times a day. I never listen to Heart Radio. The only radio station I listen to is Radio 6 and that's 95% the Radcliffe & Maconie show on catchup over the weekend, they play Prince tracks from time to time and I've heard When Doves Cry on there a handful of times over the years, it's quite good I think. It was also the 'collect bank' sample that Maygay used on their fruit machines in the early 90s. Obviously there needs to be a Prince track on there somewhere, I am open to suggestions as to better options |
Author: | myp [ Wed Aug 16, 2017 22:59 ] |
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Satsuma wrote: Yeah, mix it up with some Sexy MF. Purple Rain or GTFO |
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