Holy Crap. I just typed my standard query for these things (Eno's Here come the Warm Jets) and it was playing in two seconds. The compression is pretty awful, though. But still... posted by Burhanistan at 12:35 PM on February 8
Tramp + Otis Redding = yes! posted by bjork24 at 12:40 PM on February 8
Actually, the quality isn't so bad (especially since it's free). How long will this last? posted by Burhanistan at 12:43 PM on February 8
Currently listening to "See Emily Play". [This is badass!] posted by Atom Eyes at 12:56 PM on February 8
Stay Alive by Trapt? Nope. Cold and Jaded by Adema? Uh uh.
Looks like they need to load up more songs. posted by survivorman at 1:01 PM on February 8
This will almost certainly be blocked by my workplace inside of a week. But dang. posted by cortex at 1:01 PM on February 8
Would you people stop requesting titles from this site so I can listen without dropped packets? Thx. posted by Burhanistan at 1:03 PM on February 8
Strike one! (Nothing for "Thanks for Chicago, Mr. James" by Scott Walker) posted by Atom Eyes at 1:04 PM on February 8
Apparently this is just a means for interacting with content from Seeqpod.com, so I'm guessing Seeqpod would have to be shut down for this to stop working.
It's pretty cool, though, and saves me from the usual method of searching on YouTube for various songs I've got stuck in my head. posted by camcgee at 1:06 PM on February 8
They don't have Still Alive or That Spells DNA by Jonathan Coulton, but they've got a pretty neat acoustic version of Re: Your Brains. They also have Jason Webley. So I'm reasonably impressed. posted by Caduceus at 1:10 PM on February 8
I'm really getting a kick out of this.
It plays Great Lakes Myth Society! posted by PhatLobley at 1:10 PM on February 8
Dear Prudence by Siouxsie & the Banshees - check. posted by Senator at 1:13 PM on February 8
If you just type in a song name, though, it really needs to tell you the artist of the particular song they decided to play. posted by Caduceus at 1:19 PM on February 8
Stars by Hum - loaded but wouldn't play, ahhhhh. posted by Senator at 1:22 PM on February 8
Apparently this is just a means for interacting with content from Seeqpod.com, so I'm guessing Seeqpod would have to be shut down for this to stop working.
Nah, they could just point it at Google MP3 searches or something else if that happened. It's just playing MP3s found around the the web. None of the audio is hosted by them. So as long as people post MP3s on the web, this or something like it will work. posted by scottreynen at 1:30 PM on February 8
300 Pounds of Heavenly Joy by Howlin' Wolf not there, TEH EPIC FAIL posted by Scoo at 1:31 PM on February 8
It's just playing MP3s found around the the web.
Think so...you can see it contacting all sorts of strange places in the status bar. posted by Burhanistan at 1:31 PM on February 8
I asked it to play me Journey's "Faithfully," and I guess it found a version at a strange sample rate, because it played back at a hilarious speed. Highly recommended. posted by uncleozzy at 1:35 PM on February 8
Played a kickass version of 'Let It Ride'... posted by chuckdarwin at 1:38 PM on February 8
Bring da Ruckus - Wutan Clan = nope
Candy Says - Morphine = Nope
Candy Says - Velvet Underground = Yep! posted by shmegegge at 1:43 PM on February 8
No Steely Dan "King of the World" posted by Miko at 1:46 PM on February 8
No "Heartbeat It's a Love Beat."
No "She Was Waiting For Her Mother At the Station in Torino and You Know I Love You Baby But It's Getting Too Heavy To Laugh."
They've got "Fox On The Run," though.
I'll give it a "C." posted by Floydd at 1:54 PM on February 8
I'm not certain what it plays when you search for artist=Crass, but it's pretty hilariously not what I was expecting. posted by whir at 1:56 PM on February 8
I asked it to play me Journey's "Faithfully," and I guess it found a version at a strange sample rate, because it played back at a hilarious speed. Highly recommended.
Oh god yes. That was fantastic. It dropped off after the first chorus, though, dammit. posted by cortex at 2:01 PM on February 8
Looks like a decent replacement for G2P. But for recent stuff: Hype Machine, hands down. posted by progosk at 2:07 PM on February 8
Bring da Ruckus - Wutan Clan = nope
If you want it to bring the "motherfucking ruckus", you've got to know its "Wu Tang", not "Wutan". Otherwise, its pretty friendly. "Ruckus", "Bring the Ruckus" and "Bring Da Ruckus" all worked, so long as I didn't qualify it out with mispellings. posted by Ogre Lawless at 2:07 PM on February 8
Why must I be like that? Why must I chase the cat?
This could actually be a fairly killer app if there was an easy way to direct link to songs. posted by quin at 2:15 PM on February 8
Vanishing Girl - Dukes of Stratosphear: Yes
The Affiliated - Dukes of Stratosphear: No
Aloysius - Cocteau Twins: Yes
High Monkey-monk - Cocteau Twins: No
Working with Fire and Steel - China Crisis: No
Ideas as Opiates - Tears for Fears: No
I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow: Yes
I Want Candy - The Strangeloves: Yes!
Crazy - Pylon: Yes
Go - Tones on Tail: Yes
Jet Fighter Man - The Three O'Clock: No
Stepping Stone - Untouchables: No
Stepping Stone - The Monkees: No?
A few misses, but I'm impressed. posted by The Tensor at 2:26 PM on February 8
shmegegge The Morphine song is called Candyland, but no go on that either. But I'm Free Now did play, same album so I would assume Candyland should be there.
My Pal by God is on there, I would have never guessed. Cool post. posted by Sailormom at 2:36 PM on February 8
Enjoy it while it lasts. While I'm on their side legally (this is 512c straight up), I am not so happy with the way Seeqpod will pull and serve an mp3 from a blogger who's writing for the love of it with no context, no link back, etc etc. I am sure I'll be loudly shouted down here, because hey, free music, but I'm much more in the Hype Machine campy ideologically. posted by neustile at 2:39 PM on February 8
It's not too hot British novelty records...
It's same booting up youtube for those 'how did that song go?' moments... posted by fearfulsymmetry at 2:42 PM on February 8
I am not so happy with the way Seeqpod will pull and serve an mp3 from a blogger who's writing for the love of it with no context, no link back, etc etc.
Yeah, I tried it out with some fairly obscure 80s Australian Garage Rock ("My Pal" by God), and it played it! Then I was left wondering who the hell was hosting "My Pal" by God so I could check out their blog or site. Alas, no way of knowing (easily). posted by Jimbob at 3:33 PM on February 8
Songza is much better, in terms of finding more music.
I'm listening to (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone by the Untouchables right now. Great song. (I love the Monkees too!) posted by mrgrimm at 3:38 PM on February 8
Songza Wins!
Deciding factor: Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down posted by tehloki at 4:45 PM on February 8
Couldn't find :
Stomach Worm, Stereolab
Bloodless Pharoah, The Bloodless Pharoas
Hey Jill, The Strawberry Zots
However, struck gold with :
Bring on the Dancing Horses, Echo and the Bunnymen
While the City Sleeps, MC 900ft. Jesus
Listening Man, the Bees posted by Afroblanco at 5:09 PM on February 8
Tito Puente! FTW posted by RussHy at 5:18 PM on February 8
Only gave artist name, it played my favorite (obscure) song. I'm always lucky late at night. posted by ersatz at 6:00 PM on February 8
I had the same experience, ersatz, using simply the artist's name.
Songerize, get outta my head! posted by squasha at 6:13 PM on February 8
We oughtta just make a list of everything everybody is looking for (other than that Wu Tang crap) - people know a lotta good music that I haven't heard of, apparently - posted by newdaddy at 8:35 PM on February 8
I am satisfied. I typed "Eddie Murphy" into a text box and pressed play. And lo and behold, I heard "Boogie in your Butt".
THE INTERNET HAS NO BOUNDS! posted by YoBananaBoy at 8:48 PM on February 8
This is a violation of my copyright, and I am... impressed! posted by buriednexttoyou at 10:33 AM on February 9
It looked like it would be awesome! but apparently it's currently not functional. I tried some of the "yes" entries listed here, and nothing works. posted by boymilo at 8:20 AM on February 10
Yeah no longer working for me either :-( posted by Bueller77 at 2:19 PM on February 10
Similar here, nothing working. posted by pumpkin at 2:34 PM on February 10
Appears to be back up. Although, I typed in "People are People" and got an acoustic piece, that, while pleasant, bears no similarity to the Depeche Mode song I was looking for. posted by boymilo at 8:12 AM on February 13
On investigatin, Seeqpod (what Songerize uses to crawl) is much better. You can build playlists and the interface is shinier. posted by Burhanistan at 8:42 AM on February 13
I've been using this to good effect, but I just got a wierd one. I searched for Johnny Cash's version of "Bobby McGee" and got some sort of way bad reggae/DJ thing. posted by MrMoonPie at 11:29 AM on February 26
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