19XX

January 15, 2022 4:02 AM

A Spotify list with a theme.
posted by otherchaz (16 comments total)

Came for Bowling For Soup. Was not disappointed.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 6:08 AM on January 15, 2022 [3 favorites]

However.
posted by not_that_epiphanius at 6:54 AM on January 15, 2022 [1 favorite]

Or.
posted by chavenet at 7:06 AM on January 15, 2022 [1 favorite]

Mecca Normal's 1922 is vastly superior to the thing on the list.

Also, I love Thalia Zedek's cover of 1926 (included in the playlist) but the nigh ungoogleable V; original is worth seeking out (RIP Susan Anway)
posted by wreckingball at 7:44 AM on January 15, 2022 [1 favorite]

vastly superior to the thing on the list ...

also John Cale's Paris 1919
David Bowie's 1984
Josh Rouse's 1972
Wings' Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five
posted by philip-random at 8:15 AM on January 15, 2022 [3 favorites]

I was expecting Randy Newman’s Dayton, Ohio - 1903
posted by skyscraper at 8:47 AM on January 15, 2022 [4 favorites]

Shameless self link: 100 years of movie quotes.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 8:55 AM on January 15, 2022 [2 favorites]

Needs 19 by Paul Hardcastle
posted by cheshyre at 8:55 AM on January 15, 2022 [3 favorites]

Don't know if there's another option, but Queen's '39 isn't about 1939.
posted by neroli at 10:13 AM on January 15, 2022 [3 favorites]

Fine choices but may I add 1962 by Grass Show? If you ever wanted to hear Swedish power pop that sounds a little bit like Elvis Costello had too much sugar that day, this may be your bag. https://youtu.be/PclYqp7hKOY
posted by aesop at 10:31 AM on January 15, 2022 [2 favorites]

I wonder how hard this was to put together.

I also wonder how difficult it would be to create a completely different, yet theme-compliant list that runs from Annelie to Charli XCX feat. Troye Sivan.
posted by yellowcandy at 10:56 AM on January 15, 2022 [1 favorite]

I see they've gone with only numeric titles starting with 19--, but it's a shame the terrible and yet fascinating In The Year 2525 can't be on there.
posted by artlung at 12:45 PM on January 15, 2022 [1 favorite]

I thought this would be 8-bit video game music from the far-off year Nineteen Eksty Six.
posted by infinitewindow at 1:10 PM on January 15, 2022 [1 favorite]

Is there a version of this list that exists on a platform that doesn’t fund the podcast of an anti-science, anti-vaccine former actor?
posted by MrGuilt at 2:39 PM on January 15, 2022 [4 favorites]

aesop: "If you ever wanted to hear Swedish power pop that sounds a little bit like Elvis Costello had too much sugar that day"

I didn't know I wanted that, but I did. Thanks!

[why does this band only have one album? why?]
posted by chavenet at 2:58 PM on January 15, 2022 [2 favorites]

I was expecting "1996" by The Wombats. The song by Wild Child is fine, but the lyrics aren't as apropos.
posted by jiudlukaz at 8:30 PM on January 16, 2022