I grew up in a time when unlimited online music streaming wasn't yet a thing and, if you wanted to introduce your friends or significant other to your favourite music, you made them mix tapes and later, mix CDs. These provided a bit of a challenge, because they had time restrictions (usually 90 and 70 minutes respectively), so you had to put effort into selecting songs, and if you really cared, you wanted to make them flow together well or even develop a theme or dramaturgy. Nowadays, Spotify and YouTube - the two services I use - are full of non-curated playlists in which huge chunks from artist's albums are copy-pasted into and you are just expected to use the shuffle option for variety's sake.
I felt like re-creating some of that old time's spirit and made some hard rock and heavy metal playlists on these two platforms that I want to share. They all follow common themes and have strict time limits: 50 minutes for audio playlists (to emulate an LP) and 60 minutes for video playlists (to emulate the idea of a TV show without ad breaks - wouldn't that be nice). The playlists are available both on Spotify and YouTube, although I still distinguish the audio and video formats, and obviously the video isn't on Spotify.
They are intended to be serialised, and I will add new episodes (i.e. new playlists) whenever I feel like it. I'm also going to add new series whenever I feel like it, at the first moment everything is very 80's in content.
So watch this space for updates and enjoy listening.
This is not intended to be anything super-original, just to arrange music in a new way for a bit of fun, and maybe make the one or other person discover something new here. I'm always open for suggestions, but ultimately, these really are playlists designed from my own preferences, and I'm just sharing them for the fun of it. If you feel inspired to create and share your own playlists, please do so!
The Gladiators (audio playlist)
The origin of this whole thing goes back to an attempt of mine to re-create a cheesy 80's compilation with a similar title on Spotify, only to find that half the songs weren't actually available, so I filled it in with other material. 80's hard rock (give or take a few years) and more edgy hair metal ranging from the second-tier to the obscure, as far as available on Spotify.
Spotify Playlist:
YouTube Playlist:
Neon Nights (audio playlist)
Best of classic 80's heavy metal, with a slight lean towards an occult atmosphere.
Spotify Playlist:
YouTube Playlist:
Midnight Hour (video playlist)
Metal, glam rock and hard rock music videos, carefully selected for the ultimate 80's overload.
YouTube Playlist (videos):
Spotify Playlist (audio only):
I felt like re-creating some of that old time's spirit and made some hard rock and heavy metal playlists on these two platforms that I want to share. They all follow common themes and have strict time limits: 50 minutes for audio playlists (to emulate an LP) and 60 minutes for video playlists (to emulate the idea of a TV show without ad breaks - wouldn't that be nice). The playlists are available both on Spotify and YouTube, although I still distinguish the audio and video formats, and obviously the video isn't on Spotify.
They are intended to be serialised, and I will add new episodes (i.e. new playlists) whenever I feel like it. I'm also going to add new series whenever I feel like it, at the first moment everything is very 80's in content.
So watch this space for updates and enjoy listening.
This is not intended to be anything super-original, just to arrange music in a new way for a bit of fun, and maybe make the one or other person discover something new here. I'm always open for suggestions, but ultimately, these really are playlists designed from my own preferences, and I'm just sharing them for the fun of it. If you feel inspired to create and share your own playlists, please do so!
The Gladiators (audio playlist)
The origin of this whole thing goes back to an attempt of mine to re-create a cheesy 80's compilation with a similar title on Spotify, only to find that half the songs weren't actually available, so I filled it in with other material. 80's hard rock (give or take a few years) and more edgy hair metal ranging from the second-tier to the obscure, as far as available on Spotify.
Spotify Playlist:
YouTube Playlist:
Neon Nights (audio playlist)
Best of classic 80's heavy metal, with a slight lean towards an occult atmosphere.
Spotify Playlist:
YouTube Playlist:
Midnight Hour (video playlist)
Metal, glam rock and hard rock music videos, carefully selected for the ultimate 80's overload.
YouTube Playlist (videos):
Spotify Playlist (audio only):