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OK music fan, here is the plan. Having enjoyed several collaborative Spotify playlists with Twitter types in the past, I want to take the concept a step further. Some time ago, in February I think, Theo Kuchel first introduced me to the notion of what a collaborative playlist was. Anyone using Spotify, is able to suggest tracks that fit in with a specified theme. In this first instance, the theme was simply Scotland. All you had to do was think of a song that was in any way related to Scotland (Scottish artist, song about Scotland, bagpipe solo or fiddles in the middle-eight, you know the sort of thing) and add it to the list. (For what it’s worth, you can still add to this list if you’re a Spotify user.)

I’ve been involved in a few of these now: happy songs, sad songs, songs about school, songs about fruit amongst others.

Last week, after a conversation in the house with Gill we decided to start a list of songs with voiceovers. We got 10 or so in the house, then threw it out to Team Twitter. With the help of a handful of others (with a special mention for the efforts of Kenny O’Donnell) we managed to fill the list out to a whopping great 59 songs.

Anyway, enough rambling:

Here’s the plan!

This morning, being the swell folk that we are, started our own Chain (you might have heard similar on Radcliffe and Maconie’s excellent evening show on BBC Radio 2). The idea is simple.

• You start with a song. Any song.
• Then, you think a song that is in someway linked to it (bonus points for oblique or tenuous reasons!).
• In the comments section of this blogpost, you write what your pick is, and a quick explanation of why they are related.
• You add the track to the playlist
• The next person then thinks of a track that in some way connects with the previous one
• This goes on ad infinitum.

Simple, right?

A couple of examples just in case:

• This morning we managed to link the Happy Days theme tune to Blue Oyster Cult’s ‘Don’t Fear the Reaper’. Reason: Henry Winkler played the Fonz in Happy Days, and also the Head Teacher in Scream, on whose soundtrack Don’t Fear the Reaper appeared.
• My personal favourite: Bob Dylan’s ‘Knocking on Heaven’s Door’ was followed by ‘Cat’s in the Cradle’ by Harry Chapin. Because Knocking on a door and Chapin on it are the same, aren’t they?

The only problem I can see is that everyone might have an idea for every song. I think the rule has to be that the first person to get on the blog gets the pick. That said, if you’ve had a turn recently, it would be sporting to hold off for a bit in case someone else wants a shot.

Be sure to leave your Twitter handle on your post as well!

All that remains for me to do, in that case, is pick the first song (which I can do without explaining it, cos it’s my ba). Enjoy yourselves!

Edit: To help things flow a bit, it would help if you could tweet your pick along with a link to this post , so your followers can add their ideas.

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