it's just really slick.. songs start instantly, you can't really tell that they're not on your own hard drive
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah getting the Linux version so I could listen at work was the initial reason I subscribed. Other people have had luck using the Windows version under Wine but it was never stable for me.
― Samantha Mumbahton (seandalai), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
xp obv
I've solidified my monster playlist as "100 songs I think everyone should love":
http://open.spotify.com/user/djperry1973/playlist/2JSosmzA72ClTGzNryqTa8
sadly no ICP, because I really don't think everyone SHOULD love ICP (especially their current stuff)
― a variable (sic) "League of Nations" (DJP), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link
I finally got my account today. I'll be glad when they get more US licenses to fill the holes in the collection.
― Breezy Summer Jam (MintIce), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Hasn't rhapsody been around for a long time, and it uses the browser? I think I tried out out ages ago but it seemed like some really clunky realplayer kind of bullshit. I don't want something running in my browser, I want an actual app.
― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 22:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Just got a free invite so I can check it out, and Damn DJP - love that 100 songs playlist!
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 22:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I admittedly haven't used Rhapsody in forever, but I remember it being so clunky and slow that I can't believe people are recommending it as a viable alternative to Spotify. Must have improved a TON since I played around with it.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 22:46 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm listening to yr songz dan
gus gus became doves right?
― van ingalls wilder (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 22:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Gus Gus stayed Gus Gus, they have a new album out this year that's pretty good.
― a variable (sic) "League of Nations" (DJP), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link
ah yeah that was Sub Sub i was thinking of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC9O32R1BZY&feature=related
― van ingalls wilder (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 23:15 (thirteen years ago) link
I just sprung for the premium Spotify, and have been giving it a whirl. I like the desktop interface slightly better than Rhapsody, but not in any overwhelming way. They had a couple things that Rhapsody didn't, but no major differences during my initial check on a handful of favorite bands (Kim Fowley, lilys, Swell Maps -- Spotify had a better Swell Maps selection -- and the like).
Their iPhone app is buggy and not at all as good as Rhapsody, and crashed a few times. Presumably that'll get fixed. At the moment I'm going to keep both. Rhapsody makes it much easier to download tracks to iPhone to play when I'm on the subway. I'm still not sure which one I'll end up sticking with, but since Spotify will probably improve while Rhapsody has already had time to solidify, I'd guess Spotify at some point.
xpost: I wouldn't ever think of calling the current Rhapsody clunky or slow, so it must in fact be a big improvement over whatever it started off as...
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 23:47 (thirteen years ago) link
I recommend the 'fifties' poll result playlist, it's excellent.
― Mark G, Thursday, 21 July 2011 00:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Thanks to Dan and let's keep posting playlists
― calstars, Thursday, 21 July 2011 01:11 (thirteen years ago) link
ayo can someone hook a dude up w/an invite to this?
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 21 July 2011 01:34 (thirteen years ago) link
finally got my invite. this is rad.
― Peepee Soaked Heckhole (zachlyon), Thursday, 21 July 2011 01:55 (thirteen years ago) link
HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT
― markers, Thursday, 21 July 2011 02:19 (thirteen years ago) link
HOW IS THIS REAL
omg they have isis
cad i don't have invitations :-/
― markers, Thursday, 21 July 2011 02:20 (thirteen years ago) link
well here ends my only listening to 90s music all the time tbrr rip
― markers, Thursday, 21 July 2011 02:21 (thirteen years ago) link
cad, check the Coke link upthread, ppl have had luck with that
― a variable (sic) "League of Nations" (DJP), Thursday, 21 July 2011 02:58 (thirteen years ago) link
sucks you can't change your username. I wanted to share playlists but I stupidly used my real name
― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Thursday, 21 July 2011 04:02 (thirteen years ago) link
how do i shot this? i signed up for an invite but i didn't get it. i r dumm.
― bed bath and beyoncĂ© (The Reverend), Thursday, 21 July 2011 04:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Takes some time, just have to wait it out I'm afraid.
― streetball technician in the flesh (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 21 July 2011 04:05 (thirteen years ago) link
just got in, took about a week to get the invite.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 21 July 2011 04:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah I totally want to pay it forward, but it seems like you don't get any invites if you get in on one sent from a friend. Or maybe theres a way to "earn" them or something, point being I totally want to invite you guys but I still don't have any to give.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 21 July 2011 04:36 (thirteen years ago) link
the desktop player surely looks exactly the same as when you last saw it but it has gotten faster and more stable. very unsexy and totally ill-equipped to be an actual media manager (spotify doesn't quite meet my needs there either, but at least they've put some thought into how it integrates with your music). as just a streaming conveyance it does finethe rhapsody mobile player (android at least) is shockingly well-designed in comparison, and pretty stable since oh 6 months ago. looks and feels totally different than the desktop side
― tremendoid, Thursday, 21 July 2011 06:41 (thirteen years ago) link
i doubt anyone uses the web version, terrible
― tremendoid, Thursday, 21 July 2011 06:42 (thirteen years ago) link
let's keep posting playlists
I put together this list of stuff from Pitchfork's Best New Music, the ILM 2011 indie thread, the ILM 2011 punk underground thread, and part of the "best of 2011 so far" thread.
http://open.spotify.com/user/polyphonique/playlist/2xuruS2QGMSVrfILOGWahp
― polyphonic, Thursday, 21 July 2011 06:52 (thirteen years ago) link
My Spotify playlists, let me show you them
― Asamoah Nyan (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 21 July 2011 07:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Invites from britishers work, right? Anyone needs one webmail me.
― useless chamber, Thursday, 21 July 2011 08:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Here's a few ILM related playlists:
ILM best tracks of 2007ILM best tracks of 2008ILM 77 tracks of 2010ILM best remixes of th 00sILM 20th century tracks poll - This is a monster with over 1000 tracks.
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Thursday, 21 July 2011 09:13 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah anyone needs an invite let me know
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 21 July 2011 09:44 (thirteen years ago) link
ILM all time rap albums 100-51ILM all time rap albums 50-1
― a million anons (onimo), Thursday, 21 July 2011 09:51 (thirteen years ago) link
*cough cough*
― ledge, Thursday, 21 July 2011 09:53 (thirteen years ago) link
ILM Top 100 Tracks of the 1970sILM's 125 Best Tracks of the 20th Century
― a million anons (onimo), Thursday, 21 July 2011 09:55 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry ledge :)
Why? It was already linked upthread anway.
― Mark G, Thursday, 21 July 2011 10:23 (thirteen years ago) link
many thanks to the kind ilxor who sent an invite my way!
this is really cool.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 21 July 2011 13:06 (thirteen years ago) link
That was me. No worries. I've got a few left in anyone wants one.
I'm finding the ads really annoying today.
Does skipping to the next track just before it finishes still work?
― Citizen Smith (Jamie T Smith), Thursday, 21 July 2011 13:10 (thirteen years ago) link
No, but double clicking on the next song does, weirdly.
― hand me the banana of shame (NotEnough), Thursday, 21 July 2011 14:09 (thirteen years ago) link
I think they count how many times you do that tho, and then when you inevitably forget to double click, they play you a bumper crop of adverts that you can't get out of.
― hand me the banana of shame (NotEnough), Thursday, 21 July 2011 14:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I wish it would stop asking me to share what I'm listening to on Facebook.
― skip, Thursday, 21 July 2011 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
digging it so far. looking forward to enjoying some of these ILM lists!
― Vendo Caramelos A Veces Sin Dinero (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 21 July 2011 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
listening to all of marquee moon for the first time in a while
probably won't be posting about alt rock from the 90s and nu-metal from the early aughts so much anymore rip
― markers, Thursday, 21 July 2011 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link
artist radio is showing up now. I can't figure out how to make it actually do anything though. it just shows a list of related artists.
― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Thursday, 21 July 2011 18:43 (thirteen years ago) link
duh never mind. you just click on the album art boxes at the bottom I guess
― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Thursday, 21 July 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
That's not on the mobile app though?
― Cindy Mancini can ride my lawnmower anytime (thebingo), Thursday, 21 July 2011 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't know, I'm using it on the desktop app only.
They should allow you to subscribe to an artist and then have it automatically create a playlist with everything they've done, plus new stuff appearing as it arrives. That would be amazing. And then some kind of running new music playlist that shows you all of the new stuff from artists you've subscribed to.
― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Thursday, 21 July 2011 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link