iPod surprises
One of the joys of listening to an iPod on random play is that you occasionally hear a track so surprising that you would be prepared to swear in a court of law had absolutely nothing to do with you, because you have no recollection of putting it on the iPod, and you canât think why you would have done anyway.
As an example, I was happily listening to my iPod this morning, when the intro to a new track began:
[iPod] DUM-da-dum, DUM-da-dumâ¦
[Me, because I already recognise the song] What the�
[iPod] DUM-da-dum, DUM-da-dum, Itâs not unusual to be loved by anyone, DA-da-da-da-da, Itâs not unusual to have fun with anyoneâ¦
[Me] Tom Jones! I swear that Iâm not responsible for putting that on, officerâsomeone must have sneakily synchronised it over while I wasnât looking.
Iâll tell you what thoughânothing gets the hips a-swinging first thing in the morning like a good dose of the âJones the Voiceâ. It did me the world of good. You see, my iPod knows me better than I do. Thereâs lovely.
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apparently, it's not unusual for this to happen...
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My brother gave me a CD called "Help", where several bands did cover versions for a charity looking after child victims of the Bosnia conflict.
I've played it dozens of times, but there always seems to be a previously-unheard track, as if someone's burned an extra song since the last listen? Or I'm ga ga.
by Mr.D. @ 20/02/2004 8:02 am • Permalink •
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I am like SO wanting an iPod. Posts like this just make me want one even more. But the MiniPods don't tempt me.
BSAG, Is the iPod REALLY that good?
by jb @ 20/02/2004 10:02 am • Permalink •
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Two things: 1. I love it when that happens to me on my iPod. I mean, with that many songs on the thing I'm bound to forget 1 or 2 (or 10 or 20). What's really suprising is when the songs that you ahem "borrowed" when you were burning a CD for someone else pop up on there. I'm halfway tempted to write an AppleScript to go out and grab a random song from the iTunes music store when I plug in my iPod. That could get expensive, though.
The doctor says, "Sounds like you have Tom Jones' Syndrome."
"Is it common?", the man asks.
"It's not unusual..."
BA-DUM BUM! Thank you! Thank you!
by bitweeever @ 20/02/2004 5:02 pm • Permalink •
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stacy: Groanâ¦
Mr. D.: I think that this track must be off a similar compilation, but I canât for the life of me think what. I certainly donât own any Tom Jones albums.
jb: In a word, yes. The main thing is the huge amount of storage. You can keep so much music on it that thereâs always something you feel like listening to, and you can get surprised by what comes up. The design is also elegantly simple, battery life is good (despite what the bad publicity says), and the sound quality is very good with decent headphones (bearing in mind the inherent limitations of MP3 or AAC).
bitweever: Your random song from ITMS sounds fun, but I couldnât use it because you still canât use the store from Europe. And thatâs a great joke!
by bsag @ 20/02/2004 7:02 pm • Permalink •
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iPod discoveries But she's a girl discusses one of the surprising joys of iPod random-play: listening to a song you didn't think you even had. A related delight of iPodding is the Incongruous Soundtrack Effect: finding yourself walking through the streets of a rural K...
by Donut Age @ 21/02/2004 9:02 pm • Permalink •
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