shuffle vs. random?

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random vs. shuffle?

― pj (Henry), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

shuffle off with the random question

― the Adversary (but, still, a friend of yours) (Uri Frendimein), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 19:14 (nineteen years ago)

I pick shuffle, because it isn't truly random mind you. Just the other day it had a bunch of Black Sabbath songs all together, like three out of twenty tracks. It was great. It like knows what mood I'm in, as opposed to random, which is like a malevelont and vengeful god who would just as soon never play any Zeppelin ever, instead choosing those boogie-choogie blues songs I accidentally downloaded three Christmases ago. Not that zep isn't a little bluesy.

― pj (Henry), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 19:16 (nineteen years ago)

i hate you pinko

― pj (Henry), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 19:16 (nineteen years ago)

random just played tangerine dream song "grind" of Sorceror
party shuffle played ACDC's "High Voltage"

shuffle wins this one, hands down!

― pj (Henry), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

None. An album is a work of art that is supposed to be played in a particular order.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 31 October 2006 20:43 (nineteen years ago)

not all songs are on albums, y'know?

― sublime frequency (sublime frequency), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 04:08 (nineteen years ago)

really?

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 04:12 (nineteen years ago)

None. An album is a work of art that is supposed to be played in a particular orde

Oh no...

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 04:14 (nineteen years ago)

Neither.

― MRZBW (MRZBW), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 08:55 (nineteen years ago)

UPDATE: Random started off on a good foot this morning with a My Bloody Valentine track followed by a Melvins song...not bad, Random. But then it *had* to go and play a Breaking Benjamin song that a co-worker put on my harddrive. I'm already a little hungover so insult, injury, etc.

I switched to SHUFFLE and was treated to tracks by Red Krayola, Animal Collective (slippi) and Cocteau Twins. SHUFFLE does it again. None of these are by far my favorite songs, but I liked them enough not to get angry. Isn't that what music is all about anyway?

― pj (Henry), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 14:01 (nineteen years ago)

ummm... what players have a random and shuffle function?

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 14:14 (nineteen years ago)

the i-tunes random isn't really random, right? it's chosen the same deerhoof song 15 times and the others a combined 3 times. wtf? explain?

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 21:23 (nineteen years ago)

Does anyone have a spiral play function? I saw it on a 5CD changer in a stereo store back in the 90s; it plays the first track of each CD, then the second etc. An odd idea that somehow appeals to me, more linear than random.

― Daniel Peterson (polkaholic), Wednesday, 1 November 2006 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

three years pass...

Dear iTunes random play,

Thanks for throwing the following songs at me:
Elvis Costello - "Watching The Detectives" (from Live @ Hollywood High 1978)
The Damned - "I Fall"
Spacemen 3 - "Feelin Just Fine"
Steven R. Smith - "To Rise And Move On"
Pylon - "Gyrate"

P.S. "iTunes DJ" is such a shit name.

― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 13 February 2010 03:53 (sixteen years ago)

Pretty good. I've had odd shuffle sequences that put related bands back-to-back.

I smile broadly when a band I was JUST thinking of or talking about the day before shows up on one of my playlists. Serendipitous listening is fun!

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 13 February 2010 04:01 (sixteen years ago)

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