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[Guidelines] Music Discussion

Welcome to Music Discussion! This is the place for Community members to dig deeper into the music and artists they're passionate or curious about. We want users here to not just share links to songs and playlists (you can use Music Exchange for that)...

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Behind The Record (stories about songs)

With this topic, I would like to start stories about songs. I encourage you to post here all the stories you know behind songs.What it has to be :- Songs being adapted from a song written in the past and not credited to the original author.- Songs ba...

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  • With this topic, I would like to start stories about songs. I encourage you to post here all the stories you know behind songs. What it has to be : - Songs being adapted from a song written in the ...
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Which Song Makes You Want to Sing Out Loud???

It’s Wednesday once again and for today two Frenchmen and one from New York, the first pioneers of the music dances and the second leader of a brilliant band (The Strokes) what a combo, and the song Instant Crush (Daft Punk) of 2013 and that was just...

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  • It’s Wednesday once again and for today two Frenchmen and one from New York, the first pioneers of the music dances and the second leader of a brilliant band (The Strokes) what a combo, and the song ...
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Superuser Contribution Best Album Artwork 2017

Let's get this thread started, post a Spotify Play Button of a track to show the album art: spotify:track:3AuSogI89rld1KqfUpL3Np

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  • Let's get this thread started, post a Spotify Play Button of a track to show the album art:   spotify:track:3AuSogI89rld1KqfUpL3Np    
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Superuser Contribution Which artists should team up and record an album together?

I was listening to James Blake and Bon Iver's collaborative song 'I need a forest fire' (see below) today, leading me to consider how awesome it would be if they would record a whole album together. What other artists do you think should link up to c...

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  • I was listening to James Blake and Bon Iver's collaborative song 'I need a forest fire' (see below) today, leading me to consider how awesome it would be if they would record a whole album together. ...
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Superuser Contribution Community Mixtape

Hey, i want to start a new weekly project. I want to release a Mixtape every Sunday with influence of the community. I have another Mixtape were i randomly choose 5 songs of my rotation and fill it up to a mixtape every Wednesday. With this project i...

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  • Hey,   i want to start a new weekly project. I want to release a Mixtape every Sunday with influence of the community.   I have another Mixtape were i randomly choose 5 songs of my rota...
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Superuser Contribution What's the first album you ever bought?

Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory. I was about 10 when the album came out. Buying a CD as a 10 year old is no laughing matter - this was the most amount of money I’d ever spent on anything. Having absolutely no concept of money, it was hard to hand over £1...

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  • Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory.   I was about 10 when the album came out. Buying a CD as a 10 year old is no laughing matter - this was the most amount of money I’d ever spent on anything. Havi...
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Superuser Contribution Morning music & wake up tunes

Hey all! Happy Wednesday. It's time for some Music Chat. So... I used to think I was a morning person. But as the cold's arrived and the car windows have started to glitter - i'm now not so sure. This got me thinking about Morning Music & tunes to wa...

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  • Hey all!   Happy Wednesday. It's time for some Music Chat. So... I used to think I was a morning person. But as the cold's arrived and the car windows have started to glitter - i'm now n...
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Best album covers for 1914-2014

hello ! Best album covers for 1914-2014 ( A title of the album is welcome ) Television personalities - And don't the kids just love ( 1981 )

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  • hello !   Best album covers for 1914-2014 ( A title of the album is welcome )   Television personalities - And don't the kids just love ( 1981 )    
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The Fender Stratocaster

The most famous electric guitar (besides the Gibson Les Paul) has inspired many guitar-players since Leo Fender invented it in 1954. What makes the Stratocaster special? It was one of the first electric guitars and introduced many new design features...

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  •     The most famous electric guitar (besides the Gibson Les Paul) has inspired many guitar-players since Leo Fender invented it in 1954.   What makes the Stratocaster spec...
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Superuser Contribution Time Of Day Tracks

Hey all!So, I went off on one of those random web search trails the other day. Search Engine: "What time of day are we the most productive?". Not long after, I was sat watching "cute cat videos"... of course. But, it did make me think of one of my cu...

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  • Hey all! So, I went off on one of those random web search trails the other day. Search Engine: "What time of day are we the most productive?". Not long after, I was sat watching "cute cat videos"....
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Frank Zappa

i really would like to have zappas music available is there any reason why hes not on any streaming programs like spotify or deezer or anything. all his albums cost like £25 each new.

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  • i really would like to have zappas music available is there any reason why hes not on any streaming programs like spotify or deezer or anything. all his albums cost like £25 each new.
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One Album for Every Year of Your Life

Hi All, I got this idea from a blog I read recently and thought it could make a good playlist. It's simply about choosing one album for every year you've been alive. The choices don't all have to be different, e.g. I've chosen Black Sabbath a couple ...

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  • Hi All, I got this idea from a blog I read recently and thought it could make a good playlist. It's simply about choosing one album for every year you've been alive. The choices don't all have to be ...
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Best albums of 2015

We've wrapped up the Albums of 2014 thread with the full 2014 playlist here. Now you can start sharing the albums you recommend from 2015 with the Spotify Community below. We recommend posting a Spotify Play Button following these steps: 1. Right cli...

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  • We've wrapped up the Albums of 2014 thread with the full 2014 playlist here.   Now you can start sharing the albums you recommend from 2015 with the Spotify Community bel...
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What is your favourite song by your favourite artists?

I find it hard to choose favourite musicians, but this partiuclar one has captured my attention more than others. What are your favourite songs by your favourite artists? https://open.spotify.com/track/2kP1ujXHn0mNqFbiT3zob8

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  • I find it hard to choose favourite musicians, but this partiuclar one has captured my attention more than others. What are your favourite songs by your favourite artists?   https://open.spotif...
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Question(s) Of The Day: Do you prefer CD's or Vinyl or digital or cassettes or 8-tracks?

I prefer CD's since they are cheap and smaller and easier to store. I like having a physical release but I have bought albums off of iTunes in the past. And I love listening to my iPod while I do cardio. I understand people going with digital but I f...

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  • I prefer CD's since they are cheap and smaller and easier to store. I like having a physical release but I have bought albums off of iTunes in the past. And I love listening to my iPod while I do car...
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Superuser Contribution [CONTEST] Coffeehouse Poetry Playlist

We already know Spotify has loads of great playlist curators. Our users create amazing playlists with 1,000s of followers. What we don't know is how many great poetry writers we've got. Submit your best example of poetry built within a playlist here....

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  • We already know Spotify has loads of great playlist curators. Our users create amazing playlists with 1,000s of followers.    What we don't know is how many great poetry writers we've g...
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Songs with NAMES on it

The other day I was watching a movie I absolutely love: The Boat that Rocked. And then, that marriage scene came up and "Elenore" by The Turtles was playing- it's a song that makes me wanna scream my lungs out! So I decided to create topic where we s...

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  • The other day I was watching a movie I absolutely love: The Boat that Rocked. And then, that marriage scene came up and "Elenore" by The Turtles was playing- it's a song that makes me wanna scream my...
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Superuser Contribution Music and Rain

Hey all! It's Monday again. This morning, I looked out of the window to a hopeful, yet brief soft blue sky. I knew that it would be cold out. But, as I put on my coat and gloves, that flicker of sunshine and colour made the thought of my early mornin...

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  • Hey all!   It's Monday again.   This morning, I looked out of the window to a hopeful, yet brief soft blue sky. I knew that it would be cold out. But, as I put on my coat and gloves...
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Superuser Contribution Best Album Cover Art 2016

I came across this album today and I thought it was worthy of being the first great art cover mention in 2016. spotify:track:33tAx11ZNa2yfepsxws0nw

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  • I came across this album today and I thought it was worthy of being the first great art cover mention in 2016.    spotify:track:33tAx11ZNa2yfepsxws0nw  
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