It's that time again!! (The Winamp Playlist Thread)

[LukeIsTerrified]

What difference does that make? No song is made better by the song before or after it on it's original album (with some exceptions, such as Green Day's "Brain Stew" and "Jaded"). Obviously, I listen to songs in order on their CDs when I'm driving, or just playing them on my stereo. I don't get any more enjoyment out of listening to them in order than if they we're all jumbled around into a new order. Who would? That doesn't make sense. When I'm at my computer, I have many of my favorite songs right at my fingertips, so why not just press play and enjoy? Digging through multiple playlists like that, while it may be more organized, seems like far too much hassle when you want to hear something in particular.

Both of you have probably never made a custom music CD in your lives if original track order in your music is such a necessity.

I dunno, man. I guess music is all about songs to you which is cool and all, but it just seems weird to me. Other than the ones that are recorded with the intent of being marketed as singles, most songs are placed in a certain spot within the album for a reason. To me, listening to something like the Avalanches' Since I Left You out of order would be like watching the scenes to a movie out of order. Maybe Bad Religion doesn't pay any attention to this sort of thing and so neither do you. But for me, pretty much any album worth a damn is conscious of its progression from song to song and handles it accordingly.

And yeah, I make mix CDs. But hardly ever any for myself. They mostly just act as samplers for friends. If I do burn them for myself, there's usually a specific theme (ie. best of 2004, driving songs, songs to dance to, etc.). Throwing together 15 random songs that I like onto a disc wouldn't do it for me.