Make a playlist with a song from every year you've been alive

Just a song you like from each year right? Not trying to definitively say what your favourite song from each year is. That would be impossible.

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I mean, you can read into it whatever you want. I did the former where I should have done the latter.

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Impressive!

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I won’t, just lamenting the loss of a well tagged digital library to the laziness of spotify because I can’t remember if anything I like was released in 1993

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90 is a bit barren isn’t it. Still there’s Goo, Pod, Fear of a Black Planet, Violator.

Went for Kinky Afro, but totally should have gone for Enjoy the Silence.

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Think this is a great idea, posting in here as some sort of semi-commitment to giving this a go.

I read Bill Drummond’s book 45 recently - he released a single (Maybe an album) to celebrate turning 33 1/3, and wrote a book to mark turning 45. With the plan to read it all back if/when he turns 78.

Not too far off 33 1/3 and it’ll probably take me that long to make this playlist.

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All you 1990 naysayers seem to be forgetting that Bombalerina had a massive hit that year.

Also I just remembered that Daniel Johnston released the conveniently titled ‘1990’ that year which has some absolute classics on it which are difficult to choose between even by themselves.

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1990 is year 1 for me, quite like the idea of starting my list with Funeral Home :grinning:

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Chose based off of favourite songs and memories

1987 - The Fall - Hit The North pt1
1988 - Pixies - River Euphrates
1989 - The Cure - Pictures of You
1990 - Sinead O’Connor - Black Boys on Mopeds
1991 - Nirvana - Lithium
1992 - Pavement - Summer Babe (Winter Version)
1993 - Neil Young - Unknown Legend (from Unplugged)
1994 - Weezer - Undone-The Sweater Song
1995 - Blur - Charmless Man
1996 - The President Of The United States of America - Peaches
1997 - Mogwai - Mogwai Fear Satan
1998 - Neutral Milk Hotel - Two Headed Boy
1999 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Moya
2000 - Yo La Tengo - You Can Have It All
2001 - Low - Whore
2002 - Liars - Loose Nuts On The Velodrome
2003 - British Sea Power - Fear Of Drowning
2004 - Iron & Wine - Sunset Soon Forgotten
2005 - Sleater Kinney - Rollercoaster
2006 - Boris - Woman On The Screen
2007 - Radiohead - Reckoner
2008 - The Walkmen - In The New Year
2009 - Dirty Projectors - Stillness Is The Move
2010 - Janelle Monae - Tightrope
2011 - Tim Hecker - No Drums
2012 - Sharon Van Etten - Serpents
2013 - Haiku Salut - Glockelbar
2014 - Angel Olsen - Stars
2015 - Ought - Beautiful Blue Sky
2016 - Julianna Barwick - See, Know
2017 - Lomelda - Out There
2018 - Jenny Hval - Spells
2019 - Pedro The Lion - Yellow Bike
2020 - Rosie Tucker - Arrow

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Excellent selection, possible I might steal your 2015!

1991 is looking bare for me, all the bands I like from around then seem to have albums from 1992 instead.

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1991, 1995 and 1996 were the worst for me. Quite like Lithium, I used to listen to The Great escape a lot as a kid and I like peaches. But they’re the three that could change on a whim

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I did one of these for my sibling’s birthday which was a good idea till I realised 30 tracks wasn’t going to fit on one CD especially given that I am a wanker who likes super long songs

Might do this (trying not to use the tracks from that comp!)

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Here we go: Spotify

1981: Black Flag – Rise Above
1982: XTC – Senses Working Overtime
1983: The Police – Synchronicity 1
1984: Metallica – Creeping Death
1985: The Smiths – The Headmaster Ritual
1986: One Last Wish – Burning In The Undertow
1987: The Replacements – Alex Chilton
1988: Sonic Youth – Hey Joni
1989: Gorilla Biscuits – Start Today
1990: Ride – Seagull
1991: My Bloody Valentine – Only Shallow
1992: Beastie Boys – So What’cha Want?
1993: Souls Of Mischief – 93 ’til Infinity
1994: Lush – Starlust
1995: Jawbreaker – Sluttering (May 4th)
1996: Texas Is The Reason – Johnny On The Spot
1997: Lifetime – Young, Loud and Scotty
1998: Sunny Day Real Estate – Days Were Golden
1999: Nine Inch Nails – La Mer
2000: Cave In – Big Riff
2001: Rival Schools – Everything Has Its Point
2002: Glassjaw – Ape Dos Mil
2003: The Blood Brothers – Ambulance vs. Ambulance
2004: These Arms Are Snakes – Angela’s Secret
2005: Oceansize – The Charm Offensive
2006: The Bronx – History’s Stranglers
2007: Every Time I Die – No Son Of Mine
2008: Hot Club De Paris – Hey! Housebrick
2009: Converge – Dark Horse
2010: End Of A Year – Marissa Wendolovske
2011: Algernon Cadwallader – Preservatives
2012: Title Fight – Frown
2013: No Joy – Slug Night
2014: Cheatahs – Geographic
2015: Self Defense Family – Prison Ring
2016: Eagulls – Lemontrees
2017: Iron Chic – My Best Friend (Is A Nihilist)
2018: Amusement Parks On Fire – All The New Ends
2019: Drab Majesty – Ellipsis
2020: Hum – Desert Rambler

Tried not to put too much thought into this as I could easily stay awake for several hours swapping songs around. Quite interesting thinking about it though – I found it difficult to remember anything I liked from the late 90s. Then from 2000 onwards it would appear I’ve only really been listening to hardcore and shoegaze.

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Peaches was one or the first singles I bought :blush:

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There’s a lot of stuff here I’d pick if I stuck more strictly to punk :smile:

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This was a very enjoyable exercise. Think I might revisit this from time to time adding a second choice from each year as so many tough decisions to make.

I can’t believe people struggled for 1990, was one of the hardest for me to whittle down. In the end I went with U Can’t Touch This, entirely unironically, think it’s a 5/5 ATD banger.

2001-2009 bit of a fallow period to be honest, though bookended by two of the strongest musical years of my lifetime in 2000 and 2010.

1982 - Yazoo - Don’t Go
1983 - New Order - Blue Monday
1984 - Robert Wyatt - Pigs… (In There)
1985 - Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere
1986 - Berlin - Take My Breath Away
1987 - The Fall - Hit The North pt1
1988 - Pixies - Gigantic
1989 - Madonna - Like a Prayer
1990 - MC Hammer - U Can’t Touch This
1991 - R.E.M. - Country Feedback
1992 - The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode
1993 - Crowded House - Distant Sun
1994 - The Prodigy - No Good (Start the Dance)
1995 - Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
1996 - Aphex Twin - 4
1997 - Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan
1998 - Massive Attack - Teardrop
1999 - Dr Dre - Still D.R.E.
2000 - Radiohead - Everything In It’s Right Place
2001 - System of a Down - Aerials
2002 - Sleater Kinney - One Beat
2003 - The Knife - Heartbeats
2004 - Annie - Heartbeat
2005 - Ciara - Oh
2006 - The Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres
2007 - LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
2008 - Portishead - Machine Gun
2009 - Fever Ray - If I Had a Heart (Fuck Buttons remix)
2010 - Caribou - Odessa
2011 - Azealia Banks - 212
2012 - Death Grips - I’ve Seen Footage
2013 - Earl Sweathshirt - Chum
2014 - Run The Jewels - Oh My Darling Don’t Cry
2015 - Julia Holter - Sea Calls Me Home
2016 - Kanye West - Famous
2017 - Alessandro Cortini - Perdonare
2018 - Sons of Kemet - My Queen is Harriet Tubman
2019 - Self Esteem - In Time
2020 - SAULT - Wildfires

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I like this idea. I’m going to give it a go

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Made myself stick to a one appearance per band rule. 2010 the most difficult year I think. Really wanted to stick Pulled Apart By Horses in there but reckoned it would be dishonest in the end. Was sad to leave out Grimes in 2012 too. Maaybe fudged it a little on '96.

1995 - Pulp - Common People
1996 - Underworld - Born Slippy
1997 - Bjork - Hunter
1998 - Massive Attack - Risingson
1999 - Sigur Rós - Svefn-g-englar
2000 - Radiohead - The National Anthem
2001 - Daft Punk - Digital Love
2002 - QOTSA - Song for the Deaf
2003 - Broken Social Scene - Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl
2004 - The Hacker - Flesh & Bone
2005 - Madonna - Hung Up
2006 - The Knife - Silent Shout
2007 - Battles - Atlas
2008 - Coldplay - Strawberry Swing
2009 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero
2010 - LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean
2011 - ASIWYFA - Gang (Starting Never Stopping)
2012 - Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d City
2013 - 65daysofstatic - Sleepwalk City
2014 - Todd Terje - Delorean Dynamite
2015 - Le Galaxie - Put The Chain On
2016 - Angel Olsen - Not Gonna Kill You
2017 - Bicep - Vale
2018 - Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar (Tale of Us Renaissance Mix)
2019 - Kneecap - H.O.O.D
2020 - Against All Logic - If You Can’t Do It Good, Do It Hard

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