A Collection Of The Weirdest Junk I’ve Found On Spotify

A Collection Of The Weirdest Junk I’ve Found On Spotify

I have a tendency to fall down what I’ll call “internet research holes”. Recent romps include reading the entire Daenerys Targaryen character page on the Game of Thrones Wikia, the entire post history of a person who supposedly writes for Total Sorority Move and the collected web history of Beyoncé and Jay Z’s marital problems. (I should note here that I do not watch Game of Thrones, read Total Sorority Move, or know Bey and Jay personally.) No matter the subject matter, the process is always the same: open up my computer, follow my heart and sit in bed for the next two hours fixating on whatever I find.

Recently, that internet corner has been occupied by Spotify. Sure, the streaming platform is full of “normal” music. But in March, it came out with a birthing playlist, to which my immediate reaction was, what the hell?

My second reaction was, “there must be more”. I decided to investigate further, which is to say I spent a lot of time parsing Weird Spotify. I invite you to join me on a journey to hear what I found, which includes former US presidents, cat lullabies and Hitler’s remixes.

Lawnmower noises

A Collection Of The Weirdest Junk I’ve Found On Spotify
Spotify

Spotify

This album contains all kinds of bizarre household sound effects, but the lawnmower portion is king. The beauty is in the specificity: “lawnmower starting idling shutting off” (versions one and two), “lawnmower approaching and shutting off” and “lawnmower starting cutting grass shutting off” (versions one, two, three and four).


Orgasm Sounds (Women, Real, Orgasm, Sex, Sound, Girl, Porn, Adult, Fx)

A Collection Of The Weirdest Junk I’ve Found On Spotify
Spotify

Spotify

Yep, it’s exactly what it says it is.


Sound Effects of the Sea

A Collection Of The Weirdest Junk I’ve Found On Spotify
Spotify

Spotify

“Sound effects of the sea,” you might be thinking. “How nice!” This album does not contain relaxing waves or other assorted water noises, however. For reasons unclear to me, it is comprised entirely of sea animal grunts. Dolphins, sea lions, walruses, whales and seals. “Walrus single call with break intake.” “Sea lion straining scream.” It is weird.


CAT DREAMS: Relaxing Music for Cats & Cat Lovers Vol. 1

A Collection Of The Weirdest Junk I’ve Found On Spotify
Spotify

Spotify

This, on the other hand, is beautiful.


Sounds for Spacetime Travellers

A Collection Of The Weirdest Junk I’ve Found On Spotify
Spotify

Spotify

Let me tell you: This album will mess you up. I briefly considered running away to join the Mars One mission after listening to a few tracks.


Animal Growling/Haunted Screams

A Collection Of The Weirdest Junk I’ve Found On Spotify
Spotify

Spotify

This is a track on an album called Halloween Party Noises, which seems appropriate. It’s like Christmas music, except horrifying.


I Got Syphilis for Christmas

A Collection Of The Weirdest Junk I’ve Found On Spotify
Spotify

Spotify

A single by an artist who goes by the name Dr Steve. Sample lyrics: “I got syphilis for Christmas / We started kissing underneath the mistletoe / She gave me VD underneath the Christmas tree / That girl is just a ho.”


The Unique Wit and Wisdom of President George W. Bush

A Collection Of The Weirdest Junk I’ve Found On Spotify
Spotify

Spotify

If you’ve ever wanted to hear the greatest hits of the Oval Office’s very own Walker, Texas Ranger in one place, you can do so right here. I will note that he sounds marginally less horrible if you are drunk.


Hitler’s Remixes

A Collection Of The Weirdest Junk I’ve Found On Spotify
Spotify

Spotify

People are messed up, so there’s an album of weird, Nazi-themed techno remixes on Spotify. There’s even a track called “The Next Holocaust” set to the beat of Dr Dre’s “The Next Episode“, which I would imagine is not Dre’s favourite remix.


Public Transit Sounds

A Collection Of The Weirdest Junk I’ve Found On Spotify
Spotify

Spotify

Public transit is a nightmare and I don’t know why you would want to listen to it while not actively on it, but maybe that’s your thing!


Thank You, Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs Dedication Day Song)

A Collection Of The Weirdest Junk I’ve Found On Spotify
The album art for this was boring, so here’s a photo of Steve Jobs using an iPad instead (image via Getty)

The album art for this was boring, so here’s a photo of Steve Jobs using an iPad instead (image via Getty)

To artist AzR’s credit, this is a fairly sophisticated mashup of Apple product sound effects (the iPod charging noise, for one) and Steve Jobs speech clips. It’s still incredibly weird, though.


Break at Work: Office Music for Busy People, Reduce Stress, Pleasure and Easy Listening in Workplace

A Collection Of The Weirdest Junk I’ve Found On Spotify
Spotify

Spotify

An easy listening instrumental soundtrack for the workplace is more or less my own personal nightmare. I’m not even really sure where you would play this. Over the loudspeaker? That assumes your all employees perform exactly the same duties at exactly the same time, which is all but impossible. Please, make it stop.


Ted Cruz for President Song

A Collection Of The Weirdest Junk I’ve Found On Spotify
Spotify

Spotify

The track, by Liberty Patriot, kind of sounds like mid-aughts Christian pop rock, which seems about right.


The Sims 2: Nightlife

A Collection Of The Weirdest Junk I’ve Found On Spotify
Spotify

Spotify

Did you know that soundtracks for The Sims — including the expansion packs — are on Spotify? I didn’t either, but now I can say I’ve listened to the techno remixes of “Stop and Sim” and “Arch of the Sims”.


For The New Arrival

A Collection Of The Weirdest Junk I’ve Found On Spotify
Spotify

Spotify

Theoretically, this should be relaxing, because it combines soothing nighttime music with womb sounds. However, all I could think about was how incredibly weird it must have been to hang out inside the uterus of my mum for nine months. On the other hand, it is an excellent post-birthing soundtrack option.

Many thanks to Jezebel’s inimitable Joanna Rothkopf for the inspiration.

Illustration: Adam Clark Estes


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