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cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/5932732

TIL Playboy asked Richard Thompson and other musicians to compile a list of the best songs of the millennium to celebrate the year 2000. Thompson maliciously complied and included songs as old as ...

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/IanGecko on 2025-05-28 05:08:36+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Playboy asked Richard Thompson and other musicians to compile a list of the best songs of the millennium to celebrate the year 2000. Thompson maliciously complied and included songs as old as the 13th century. The list was never published so Thompson released a live album.

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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 15 points 6 days ago

Last track:

"Marry, Ageyn Hic Hev Donne Yt" (traditional, arranged by Thompson) – introduced as a "medieval tune from Brittany", but actually a medieval-style version of Britney Spears' "Oops!... I Did It Again"

Cheeky bastard.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The full concert is on YouTube and is worth watching. I've watched it at least a couple of times. Great show.

Edit: https://youtu.be/DDZdU-snqTs

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

That is a pretty mild take on malicious compliance.

Malicious compliance (also known as malicious obedience) is the behavior of strictly following the orders of a superior despite knowing that compliance with the orders will have an unintended or negative result.

Sure, the request assumed everyone would include more recent music, but that doesn't mean including songs from the earlier part of the listed time frame had an unintended or negative result.

[–] lewdian69@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It had the negative result of the list not being published...

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But Thompson released a live album, which is a better result than a 'best of the millennium' list that only contained songs from the last century.

[–] lewdian69@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[–] ccunning@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago

Agreed - Malicious compliance would typically involve the requestor having some sort of authority through command structure or regulatory enforcement. This just sounds like a miscommunication

…and not particularly malicious.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Turns out Sumer Is Icumen In is an absolute banger.

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Sing CooCoo!!!

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, but mainly the Masters at Work remix.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

I read it for the musical recommendations!

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee -1 points 1 week ago

[off topic?]

A smarter move would have been to provide two lists; one of the ancient songs and one with the modern choices.