I've written a web application that displays random YouTube videos from AcclaimedMusic.net. Would appreciate feedback!

[denialromeo]

http://danielmoore.us/random-acclaimed-song

This web-page randomly chooses a song from the 2018 list of 10,272 songs and displays its YouTube video!

(The extra 272 are songs that were in previous years' lists.)

It's possible to filter the song selection by playing with the URL (details on the page), and each artist's name links to their Wikipedia page. A script I've set to run daily makes sure any removed YouTube videos (YouTube seems to remove at least a few videos a week) are promptly replaced with working versions.

YouTube seems to have Vevo and Topic videos for just about every song out there, so this application should be usable indefinitely, even in the unlikely scenario that every user-submitted YouTube video is axed.

I would really appreciate feedback, bug reports, and feature suggestions! Some of the Wikipedia links are incorrect, and I'm trying to use live music videos instead of "lyric" videos whenever possible. I'm happy to implement any fixes immediately.

Hope you enjoy this!

[Moonbeam]

This seems quite cool! I wonder if it's possible to add a link to the song page? So if, for instance, the random song is "The Payback" by James Brown (which was mine), you could link to its page: http://acclaimedmusic.net/song/S746.htm

Welcome to AMF!

[denialromeo]

Thanks, Moonbeam!

I like the idea. Done! Song titles now link to their relevant page.

Check out http://danielmoore.us/random-acclaimed- ... he.payback

[Henrik]

I love this, denialromeo! So you must have a link to a youtube page for every ranked AM song!? I wonder if I could use that information, at least for songs that aren't on spotify? Also, I'd be happy to link to your random video application from the AM main site, if that's ok with you.

[denialromeo]

Hi Henrik,

I'm very flattered, and would be delighted for you to link the random video application on acclaimedmusic.net. Feel free to mention my name as well if you like (Daniel Moore). Thank you!

Here is the page with the information you're looking for. The fourth column of each line is the YouTube ID of the relevant song, and the fifth is the title of the artist's Wikipedia page.

http://danielmoore.us/js/songs.js

It's updated daily with new video links, so I recommend using the file directly like so -

Code: Select all

<script src="http://danielmoore.us/js/songs.js"></script>

If you'd ever like me to make any changes or would like to discuss any of this stuff in more depth, I can be contacted immediately through http://danielmoore.us/contact.