In a (probably hapless) attempt at writing another post on this blog...
This week, Guy and I chatted once again with Greg McNaughten (from Mice Cast and The Hub Podcast) about various topics. One such topic was about different music apps on iOS (for those not hip to the tech lingo, that's the operating system for iThingies... Phone, Pad, etc.)
Spotify came up in convo (as it had when Jim and I spoke of it originally in
Sequence Three.) For those out of the loop, Spotify is a UK-based progam (similar to Pandora) where you can search for certain songs and listen to them. Of course the list is semi-limited... you can find common stuff played on the radio, but don't try to find anything by say The Beatles or Metallica... unless of course you like cover versions of songs, which there seem to be plenty of.
Spotify's available for both PC and Mac as well as on the aforementioned iOS (iPhone only for now... I tried downloading it to my new iPad, but anyone who knows Pads know that iPhone apps stay that size) and of course the non-iThingy programs... Android, et al. The "catch" (if you can call it that) is that the iOS version requires a $9.99 subscription... but personally, I think it's worth it. You can actually place songs into personal playlists AND have them saved magically (probably a cloud or something) offline for listening in non 3G/WiFi areas.
When I first started listening on Spotify last year, I started a personal list of songs that I found would get stuck in my head... aptly named "Stuck In Head." Here's the current list... of which some are probably soon to be (though they should have been ages ago) retired from the playlist...
- Living Color - Cult of Personality (for obvious CM Punk-related reasons)
- David Bowie - Let's Dance
- Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
- Godsmack - Voodoo (Fact: I thought this was Alice in Chains for the longest time.)
- The Human League - Don't You Want Me (Special Extended Mix)
- The Alan Parsons Project - Sirius
- The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
- Fall on Your Sword - Captain Of The Mount
- Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
- Cypress Hill - Insane In The Brain
- Men at Work - Down Under
- Ronnie Hudson - West Coast Poplock
- The Pixies - Where is My Mind?
- Rob Zombie - Sick Bubblegum (Radio Edit)
- The Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane
- Daft Punk - Robot Rock
- Wolfmother - Joker And The Thief
- Blur - Song 2
- Queens of the Stone Age - You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar...
- Nine Inch Nails - The Day The World Went Away (Live)
- Nine Inch Nails - The Day The World Went Away
- Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie
- Pulp - Like a Friend
- Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon
- Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses
- Run DMC - Rock Box
- The Prodigy - Omen
- Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
- Philip Bailey and Phil Collins - Easy Lover
- Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
- Airbourne - Runnin' Wild
- Tenacious D - Tribute
- Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks
- Madonna - Like A Prayer
- Hall & Oates - Private Eyes
- Guns N' Roses - Anything Goes
- Queen - Flash Gordon Theme
- David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
- Queen - Princes of the Universe
- The Aquabats - Lonely Horseman
- Danzig - Twist of Cain
- Nine Inch Nails - The Mark Has Been Made
- Nine Inch Nails - The Mark Has Been Made (Live)
- Finger Eleven - Slow Chemical
- The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
- Duran Duran - The Reflex
- The White Stripes - Blue Orchid
- Nine Inch Nails - Right Where It Belongs
- Nine Inch Nails - We're In This Together
- Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
- Jim Johnston (WWE) - Here To Show The World (Dolph Ziggler's Theme)
- The Touch - Le Night Dominator
- College & Electric Youth - A Real Hero
- Kavinsky - Nightcall
- Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
And there you have it... a look into the serious randomness called my mind... also free promotion for Spotify... YOU'RE WELCOME!
