Welcome to the Readers Recommend
Community!
“The complete absence of cooler-than-thou bragging
and slagging of other people’s tastes is one of the main
reasons I love RR and The ‘Spill. Nevertheless, let’s
not pretend that everyone likes everything everyone else
likes. Christ, some of you don’t even like The Beatles.”
- RR regular Barbryn
Readers Recommend has appeared on The Guardian website
since 2005, originally with a top ten published in
Friday’s printed newspaper. Since January 2011, it has
been a website only feature. The premise is simple - explain what
music you love and want others to love too by
recommending songs fitting a
weekly theme.
Over this time, it has been kept going by both its
regular contributors and people new to its delights.
Compiling songs to fit a topic isn’t exactly original to
anyone who likes music in their life, so it’s not a
difficult game to join in, and today’s interested
observer becomes tomorrow’s loyal regular.
It works best when recommenders bring diverse tastes and
new readers keep things fresh. There are no rules other
than ‘The Weeks Theme’ and The Guardian’s community
standards, though it helps if, to paraphrase The Super
Furry Animals, you can “tolerate the music that you
hate”. It’s a game for celebrating what appeals to you and
expressing that passion – not a game for venting dislike
of other people’s taste.
Elsewhere on this site there are practical hints and
tips, and some explanations of some quaint and obscure
practices that seem to have grown up over the years.
These are extremely optional and included as reference
only.
Join in and get Recommending. Below are some links to
useful information for RR newcomers. Thanks to RR
Regular SpottedRichard for putting these pages together
with the help of DaddyPig, SaneShane and other RR
regulars.
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