Comments on: Songerize

Songerize

nitsuj — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:28:40 -0800

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:35:40 -0800

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...

By: bjork24

bjork24 — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:40:16 -0800

Tramp + Otis Redding = yes!

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:43:34 -0800

Actually, the quality isn't so bad (especially since it's free). How long will this last?

By: Atom Eyes

Atom Eyes — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:56:55 -0800

Currently listening to "See Emily Play". [This is badass!]

By: survivorman

survivorman — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:01:15 -0800

Stay Alive by Trapt? Nope. Cold and Jaded by Adema? Uh uh. Looks like they need to load up more songs.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:01:32 -0800

This will almost certainly be blocked by my workplace inside of a week. But dang.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:03:31 -0800

Would you people stop requesting titles from this site so I can listen without dropped packets? Thx.

By: Atom Eyes

Atom Eyes — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:04:11 -0800

Strike one! (Nothing for "Thanks for Chicago, Mr. James" by Scott Walker)

By: camcgee

camcgee — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:06:23 -0800

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.

By: Caduceus

Caduceus — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:10:16 -0800

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.

By: PhatLobley

PhatLobley — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:10:42 -0800

I'm really getting a kick out of this. It plays Great Lakes Myth Society!

By: Senator

Senator — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:13:30 -0800

Dear Prudence by Siouxsie & the Banshees - check.

By: Caduceus

Caduceus — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:19:24 -0800

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.

By: Senator

Senator — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:22:03 -0800

Stars by Hum - loaded but wouldn't play, ahhhhh.

By: whahappen?!

whahappen?! — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:24:32 -0800

holy shit. awesome.

By: scottreynen

scottreynen — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:30:45 -0800

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.

By: Scoo

Scoo — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:31:35 -0800

300 Pounds of Heavenly Joy by Howlin' Wolf not there, TEH EPIC FAIL

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:31:41 -0800

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.

By: uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:35:00 -0800

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.

By: chuckdarwin

chuckdarwin — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:38:23 -0800

Played a kickass version of 'Let It Ride'...

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:43:39 -0800

Bring da Ruckus - Wutan Clan = nope Candy Says - Morphine = Nope Candy Says - Velvet Underground = Yep!

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:43:51 -0800

*Wutang

By: Miko

Miko — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:46:54 -0800

No Steely Dan "King of the World"

By: Floydd

Floydd — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:54:42 -0800

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."

By: whir

whir — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:56:43 -0800

I'm not certain what it plays when you search for artist=Crass, but it's pretty hilariously not what I was expecting.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:01:40 -0800

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.

By: progosk

progosk — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:07:00 -0800

Looks like a decent replacement for G2P. But for recent stuff: Hype Machine, hands down.

By: Ogre Lawless

Ogre Lawless — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:07:58 -0800

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.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:13:23 -0800

Very nice!

By: quin

quin — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:15:35 -0800

I tried about a dozen songs, all with no luck. I finally got love with George Clinton. 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.

By: The Tensor

The Tensor — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:26:35 -0800

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.

By: Sailormom

Sailormom — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:36:26 -0800

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.

By: neustile

neustile — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:39:16 -0800

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.

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:42:24 -0800

It's not too hot British novelty records... It's same booting up youtube for those 'how did that song go?' moments...

By: hjo3

hjo3 — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:10:35 -0800

I think Songza's a little better.

By: Jimbob

Jimbob — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:33:50 -0800

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).

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:38:14 -0800

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!)

By: tehloki

tehloki — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:45:07 -0800

Songza Wins! Deciding factor: Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:09:05 -0800

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

By: RussHy

RussHy — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:18:55 -0800

Tito Puente! FTW

By: ersatz

ersatz — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:00:59 -0800

Only gave artist name, it played my favorite (obscure) song. I'm always lucky late at night.

By: squasha

squasha — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:13:36 -0800

I had the same experience, ersatz, using simply the artist's name. Songerize, get outta my head!

By: newdaddy

newdaddy — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:35:55 -0800

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 -

By: YoBananaBoy

YoBananaBoy — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:48:42 -0800

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!

By: fourcheesemac

fourcheesemac — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:22:02 -0800

Whoa, Hound Dog Taylor . . . . OK, I like it.

By: fourcheesemac

fourcheesemac — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:22:58 -0800

But also, what neustile said.

By: buriednexttoyou

buriednexttoyou — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:33:55 -0800

Hey, I'm on here! This is a violation of my copyright, and I am... impressed!

By: boymilo

boymilo — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:20:46 -0800

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.

By: Bueller77

Bueller77 — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:19:01 -0800

Yeah no longer working for me either :-(

By: pumpkin

pumpkin — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:34:07 -0800

Similar here, nothing working.

By: boymilo

boymilo — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:12:03 -0800

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.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:42:47 -0800

On investigatin, Seeqpod (what Songerize uses to crawl) is much better. You can build playlists and the interface is shinier.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:29:34 -0800

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.