Spotify 2023 Wrapped

[Josquius]

They've quite a nice setup this year. If you've not seen yours yet its worth watching through the whole presentation with the sound on rather than just looking at the play list.

Here's my wee summary from the year. Spot the bit where my kid went through an obsessive phase with a random autistic Canadian guy doing adult versions of the Thomas the Tank Engine soundtrack...

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Lately I've started saving these for posterity. Its quite interesting to look back and see the subtle taste variations through the years, how without noticing some stuff can drop off and other stuff comes in. This year of course is broken with all the kids music!

See yours: https://www.spotify.com/us/wrapped/
And no. They aren't paying me. Fuckers.


One odd thing I learned is that apparently I like a genre called crank wave that I've never even heard of.

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[garbon]

I think Spotify is constantly making up new genres.

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I continue to get gayer.

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[HVC]

What the hell is permanent wave lol.


Mine is all weird because I mainly listen to history documentaries.

[garbon]

What the hell is permanent wave lol.

Here is their playlist for it:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4EYSGTuqe9cVfSVpX4gtGv?si=Jscu9qpdQDeADs59sAcvuA&pi=e-qYjEaeLpRJ-u

[HVC]

I'm even more confused now. It includes the blur, Patti smith, nirvana, smashing pumpkins, Lou reed, the B-52s, wheezer, foo fighters , and Radiohead amongst many others

[Josquius]

Yeah. Seems to just mean... Timeless popular indie?

[The Minsky Moment]

Spot the bit where my kid went through an obsessive phase with a random autistic Canadian guy doing adult versions of the Thomas the Tank Engine soundtrack...

Your kid and my kid should meet.  Solution - family plan with separate accounts.
Wrap:

Elvin Jones
John Coltrane
Stanley Turrentine
Shirley Scott
Grant Green

Love for Sale (Eddie Harris)
Mas Que Nada (Hugh Masekela)
Bemba y Tablao (Arturo o'Farill)
Return of the Prodigal Son (Freddie Hubbard)
Kala (Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate)

[Syt]

I've not listened to as much music on Spotify as in previous years, but listened a lot to podcasts, mostly during my commute and in the mornings. I mostly listened to music on it for background ambience, and I guess that reflects in my stats - been listening to my Star Wars playlist (in which I just add all Star Wars soundtracks from movies to shows to games; though I have to reconnect the files for the ones not on Spotify on my hard drive again), RPG ambience etc. while doing something else. Interestingly, my most listened to songs are synthwave (which I often default to as "background noise"), but it doesn't show up in my main genres.

OTOH there was a little think you clip from the guys from the percussion section of the London Symphony Orchestra because (soundtracks) I apparently listened to them a lot.

[Josquius]

Spot the bit where my kid went through an obsessive phase with a random autistic Canadian guy doing adult versions of the Thomas the Tank Engine soundtrack...

Your kid and my kid should meet.  Solution - family plan with separate accounts.
Wrap:

Also into weird kid stuff?

Even paying for spotify is a push for me. The family plan just sounds like such a rip off I must say. I don't think having auto generated playlists and the like wrecked hurts that much,

[Grey Fox]

I have a YouTube music family subscription, it's basically the same than Spotify, and it's pretty awesome.

[Gups]

I'm stuck in the past - jazz, trip hop, 80s and 90s hip hop, soul. Also have no idea how to post pictures or files

[The Minsky Moment]

Is that the Henry Threadgill/Fred Hopkins Air or the fusion band with the Brecker brothers?

[Gups]

Is that the Henry Threadgill/Fred Hopkins Air or the fusion band with the Brecker brothers?

Neither - a French duo show started in the late 90s. Chilled electronica I suppose - lots of plays because good focus music. Their debut album Moon Safari is well worth a listen, still not old after 25 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_(French_band)

[Jacob]

I remember Air!

Yeah, good focus music for sure.

[crazy canuck]

57 genres, 1025 different artists, 13227 minutes.  I was all over the place this year.  My top artist remains Wolf Alice - same as last year.