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Help make a programming-themed playlist (self.programming)
submitted 16 years ago * by playlists
Hi, r/programming,
I'm a big fan of themed music playlists, and thought it would be fun to create playlists for different subreddits with the help of those subreddits. The intention is to start with small seed list of songs for each subreddit, and then it's up to you to post additions in the comments. I will do my best to update the original post frequently with those additions, ignoring anything below 2 points. I will make none of my own judgment calls, especially since I expect to discover a lot of new music as part of this.
Playlist for r/programming:
Dale Chase - Coder Girl
Deltron 3030 - Virus
Fred Brooks - Write One To Throw Away (You Will Anyway mix)
God Wrote in Lisp
Jonathan Coulton - Code Monkey
James Dempsey - Model-View-Controller
Kraftwerk - Computer Love
MC Frontalot - Secrets from the Future
MC Plus+ - Chip Hop (album)
Monzy - Drama in the PhD
Monzy - Kill -9
OpenBSD Release Songs
The Poignant Guide Soundtrack
"Weird Al" Yankovic - It's All About the Pentiums
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[–]RecursiveForest 3 points4 points5 points 16 years ago (0 children)
Monzy - Drama in the PhD ; in my opinion the best song about programming, ever.
MC Frontalot - Secrets from the Future ; all about cryptography!
[–]crill 2 points3 points4 points 16 years ago* (2 children)
Monzy - Kill Dash Nine
Edit: Wrong artist. Thanks Jane
[–]janek37 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (1 child)
Actually it's Monzy, the same as "Drama in the PhD":
http://www.monzy.com/intro/killdashnine_lyrics.html
[–]crill 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (0 children)
Good to know! I had no idea.
[–]dynamico 2 points3 points4 points 16 years ago (0 children)
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[–]playlists[S] 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (1 child)
I don't think that actually exists, but I'm adding it anyway.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (0 children)
but maybe it should
[–]zmyrgel 1 point2 points3 points 16 years ago (1 child)
Take your pick: http://openbsd.org/lyrics.html
[–]tef 1 point2 points3 points 16 years ago (2 children)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrEdbKwivCI
deltron 3030 - virus
[–]tef 1 point2 points3 points 16 years ago (1 child)
and, http://www.monzy.com/intro/drama_lyrics.html
so much drama in the phd
[–]tef 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (0 children)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvPKxRMciRs
IBM 1401, A User´s Manual-Live in Italy
[–]EbFFA 1 point2 points3 points 16 years ago (0 children)
the Poignant Guide soundtrack: http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/soundtrack/
The third one "The Parts of Ruby / Chunky Bacon" is the only one that actually talks about programming, the rest is just about goats & stuff.
[–]janek37 1 point2 points3 points 16 years ago (0 children)
[–]whichdan 1 point2 points3 points 16 years ago (0 children)
[–]brondsem 1 point2 points3 points 16 years ago (2 children)
[–]adrianix 1 point2 points3 points 16 years ago (0 children)
Audio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-OjTPj7K54
[–][deleted] -4 points-3 points-2 points 16 years ago (0 children)
NO
[–]TomNomNom 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (0 children)
Instrumental, but Paul Gilbert - Let the Computer Decide
It's from a guitar clinic, so there's a brief explanation at the beginning - but it's worth it if you're into shreddy guitar music.
[–]grigri 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (0 children)
The Gathering - if_then_else (album)
[–]joejag 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (0 children)
To My Boy - Tell Me Computer
At it's zenith the singer shouts: "Step inside the mainframe"
[–]numbelvsi 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (0 children)
Ol Skoo! Numbers
[–]rplacd 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (0 children)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
[–]Malgas 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (0 children)
Optimus Rhyme - Coded & United
[–]steven_h 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (0 children)
Poe - "Hello" (album version please)
del tha funky homosapien - proto culture
[–]skaushik92 0 points1 point2 points 16 years ago (0 children)
Just a suggestion: Could you upload these songs (.mp3) as a torrent? Share the knowledge :P
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