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		<title>The PC Pro Spotify playlist: the results</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 16:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Stevenson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know it’s Friday afternoon when a hastily-written blog post asking for inspiration for PC Pro’s Spotify account gets nearly 20 responses before four in the afternoon. The result is a barkingly-mad list of music which takes in artists from The Beastie Boys to Tina Turner, and from Styx to Korn.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/spotify1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-5577" src="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/spotify1.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="113" /></a>You know it’s Friday afternoon when a hastily-written <a href="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/05/15/suggest-songs-for-the-pc-pro-computer-playlist/"><strong>blog post</strong></a> asking for inspiration for PC Pro’s Spotify account gets nearly 20 responses before four in the afternoon. The result is a barkingly-mad list of music which takes in artists from The Beastie Boys to Tina Turner, and from Styx to Korn.</p>
<p>A quick reminder of the rules: all the songs had to have some connection to computers and they had to be found in the Spotify library. </p>
<p>The winners are:</p>
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<p>12.<em> It’s All About the Pentiums</em> by irritating American “comedian” <strong>Weird Al Yankovic</strong>, as suggested by our very own (and now banned from Spotify) <strong>Darien Graham-Smith</strong>.<br />
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<p>11.<em> Electric Worm</em> by rappers <strong>The Beastie Boys</strong>. Many thanks to <strong>Fat Trev</strong>.<br />
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<p>10.<em> Mr. Roboto</em> by electro-rockers <strong>Styx</strong>. Included here partly for its obvious reference to brilliant Japanese robot technology, but also for the line &#8220;<em>My true identity, I’m Kilroy, Kilroy, Kilroy</em>&#8220;, which we can’t hear without thinking of the orange-faced Euro-sceptic dancing the robot. Now <em>there’s</em> an image for you. Suggested by <strong>Greg</strong>.</p>
<p>9. At number nine is <em>Twisted Transistor</em> by <strong>Korn</strong>, suggested by (erm) <strong>Steve Backley</strong>.</p>
<p>8. <em>Technologic</em> by <strong>Daft Punk</strong> follows at number eight, and is a song so incessantly annoying we only included it because if we have to suffer, so do you. Many “thanks” to <strong>Peter</strong>.</p>
<p>7. <em>Naked in Front of the Computer</em> by <strong>Faith No More</strong> is another gem suggested by <strong>Fat Trev</strong>, and gets a mention because it accurately describes the disturbing state of <em>PC Pro</em>’s hyperactive reviews team. This is why we don’t have a live webcam, folks.</p>
<p>6. <em>Go Go Gadget Flow</em> by <strong>Lupe Fiasco</strong> lands at number six, and gets a nod from <strong>Oliver</strong> for including a proper geek reference to the 16-bit Sega Genesis.</p>
<p>5. <em>Steamy Windows</em> by <strong>Tina Turner</strong>. Because the only logical follow-up to Chicago-born rapper Lupe Fiasco is Tina Turner. As suggested by 1980’s Olympian-turned-motivational-speaker <strong>Kriss Akabusi</strong>. Or someone using a fake name.</p>
<p>4. <em>A Scanner Darkly</em> by <strong>Primal Scream</strong>, as suggested by <strong>Richard George</strong>.</p>
<p>3. <em>Left to My Own Devices</em> by the <strong>Pet Shop Boys</strong> neatly describes the <em>PC Pro</em> team’s idea of heaven, and we&#8217;re grateful to <strong>Firewire Fred</strong> for the suggestion.</p>
<p>2. At number 2 is <em>The Proxy</em> by <strong>RJD2</strong>. If you haven’t mentally checked out of your office already this afternoon, this is the song that will be the final straw.</p>
<p>1. And finally, <em>Return of the Mack</em> by <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2006/mar/08/popandrock" target="_blank"><strong>mid-nineties stun-gun enthusiast</strong></a> <strong>Mark Morrison</strong> was also suggested by our speedy new friend <strong>Kriss Akabusi</strong>. The eponymous album was released in 1997, pre-dating Apple’s massive revival by a couple of years. Silly man, funny voice, excellent IT industry prediction skills.</p>
<p>On that note, we’re going to give our new playlist a whirl. Thanks for all your suggestions and we’ll see you next week. If you’d like to inflict – sorry, share – <em>PC Pro</em>’s Spotify playlist with someone special, you can <a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/pcpro/playlist/4H8fe1N7z6MNFz7S8mEvwi" target="_blank"><strong>find it here</strong></a>.</p>
<p><strong>Update: </strong>we&#8217;ve just noticed this <a title="Spotify " href="http://www.spotify.com/en/help/service-status/" target="_blank"><strong>status update on the Spotify site</strong></a> warning of intermittent issues with playlists. Best laid plans and all that&#8230; </p>
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