My spotify id: https://open.spotify.com/user/brogers35
type of instrument
mood
club
covers
loud
eras
other themes
other rock genres
intro
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- 60+ public playlists – mostly rock-oriented, some classical, a reggae one. I’ve been working on these off and on since 2001, starting with Yahoo Music streaming, then Rhapsody, and now Spotify
- Beyond the usual genre- and era-based, have several varieties of ‘loud’, type-of-instrument (e.g., strings / winds / piano) accompanied), mood (e.g., food), covers by genre, etc.
- Most have a description (viewable only from the native desktop app) that states the intent and top 3 faves. top 3 faves also appear at top of each playlist
- “BestOf” are playlists with one song per artist
- Listed below by category, example song for each, and I’ve bolded my current fave lists:
type of instrument
- Rock-
- Acousticish Brett Dennen: Ain’t No Reason
- BassGuitarProminent-BestOf New Order: True Faith
- BrassyAndOrWindsAccompanied-BestOf Chicago: Does Anybody…
- Haunting Guitar RIffs-BestOf Sofi Tukker: Drinkee
- OrchestralStringAccompanied-BestOf Beatles: Eleanor Rigby
- PianoAccompanied-BestOf Coldplay: Clocks
mood
- Rock-
- FoodAndDrink Bow Wow Wow: I Want Candy
- LoveIsABattlefield-BestOf Jonathan Richman: True Love…
- Rain Who: Love Reign O’er Me
- SourTimes-BestOf R.E.M.: Everybody Hurts
- Summer Childish Gambino: Feels like…
club
“club” music (based on my vague, still-evolving understanding):
- Rock-Club-
- -MidTempo-BestOf Santigold: Disparate Youth
- TripHop-
- -BestOf Massive Attack: Teardrop
- -Instrumental La femme d’argent: Moon…
- UntzUntz-
- -BestOf Mr Little Jeans: Good Mistake
- -Instrumental Watermät: Bullit
- Rock-Coversongs-
- Club Shakespears Sister: White Rabbit
covers
- Rock-CoverSongs-
- Club “”
- EasyListening Garbage: Starman
- Instrumental London Symphony: Tommy…
- -OfLoudFastEtc. Kronos Quartet: Purple Haze
- LoudFastEtc Machine Head: Message…
- Classical-
- CoverSongs-ByOtherGenres-Instrumental Jethro Tull: Bourrée
- -Slow Blue Claw…: Fur Elise
- CoverSongs-ByOtherGenres-Instrumental Jethro Tull: Bourrée
- Misc-
- PachelbelCanon-renditions Blue Claw…: Pachel… Trap….
loud
- Rock-
- Feedback and Whitenoise Hüsker Dü: New Day Rising
- Garunk-BestOf (Garage, Punk) X: I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts
- LoudAndSenseless-BestOf Deep Purple: Smoke on the Water
- WomenWhoRock-BestOf Queen Kwong: Bitter Lips
eras
- Rock-
- 50s Johnny Cash: I Walk the Line
- 60s Supremes: You Can’t Hurry…
- 70s Ramones: I Wanna be Sedated
- -BestOf “”
- 80s B-52s: Private Idaho
- 90s Smashing Pumpkins: 1979
- NewMillenium- (2000 and later)
- Eclectic-BestOf Noah and the Whale: 5 Years Time
- LoudFastEtc-BestOf Linkin Park: In the End
- Disco Era Village People: Y.M.C.A.
- MoTown Earth, Wind & Fire: September
- NewWavishBestOf Men WIthout Hats: Safety Dance
other themes
- Rock-
- ChicagoAndMidwestBased-EasyListening-BestOf Andrew Bird: Lull
- ChicagoAndMidwestBased-LoudFastEtc-BestOf Hüsker Dü: Something I…
- ClassicDebutsBestOf Ramones: Blitzkrieg Bop
- Dance (non-club) ABBA: Dancing Queen
- EasyListening Family of the Year: Hero
- -BestOf “”
- Instrumentals-EasyListening-BestOf Boston: The Journey
- Instrumentals-Slow Brian Eno: Deep Blue Day
- Karaoke-gotos Placebo: Running up that Hill
- LoFiOrSoloInstrumention-BestOf Young Marble Giants: Final Day
- SheHeHarmony-BestOf One Eskimo: Kandi
- SpaceOddities Brunettes: If You Were Alien
- TeenageWasteland Buzzcocks: Sixteen Again
- Uptempo Dead Milkmen: Punk Rock Girl
other rock genres
- Other-
- Blues-ALL Buddy Guy: Best in Town
- ClassicalTingedRockOrPopInstrumentals ELO: Eldorado
- ClassicalInspiredRockOrPopVocals Shangri-Las: Past Present…
- ReggaeAndSka-ALL Bob Marley: Running Away
classical
- Classical-
- EasyListening Fauré: Pavane
- Minimalist Glass: Glassworks Opening
- Piano Accompanied Liszt: Totentanz
- Piano pieces Friml: Night in Spain
- Soft Satie: Gymnopedie 3
- String Solo, Quartet features Bach: Concerto for Two Violins
- Symphonies, Overtures Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
- UpTempo Gayane: Sabre Dance
