More Ipod Musings...

I knew I had a lot of cds stored all over the house, but did not realize how many until I started looking. I am still slowly adding them into iTunes and then transferring them to my ipod. Even though it is a lot of work it also has been a lot of fun. I keep unearthing cds I completely forgot I owned. Some I wonder why the hell ever bought it and others are like an old friend I am reconnecting with. It always amazes me how I can pop a cd in and be transported back to a different time. Some cds I have added recently are:

Rush: Vapor Trails
Pixies: Pixies
The Band: The Last Waltz (all four discs)
Tragically Hip: In Violet Light
Peter Gabriel: Up
Beck: Sea Change
Beta Band: Heroes to Zeroes
Sheryl Crow: Globe Sessions
Vanessa Mae: Choreography
Roomful of Blues: Under One Roof

It makes an interesting mix when you hit shuffle. Which is how I prefer to listen right now. I have been trying to avoid making new playlists right now because I want to listen to as wide a variety as I can. I have not listened to a lot of these cds in years so I want to try and give as many of them a new chance as possible. Sometimes it can be rather jarring the mix of songs, but other times it amazes me how well the different artists blend from one to another. It has been a fun ride...

Ipods, music and why the hell did I buy that?

A couple years back I bought my first ipod. I got a 4 GB mini which I love. I figured 1000 songs would be more than enough and it would take me years to fill it. Little did I know how fast I would hit the limit. So I decided to upgrade. This past Christmas my wife and I both got new ipods—the 80 GB classic. I have been having fun adding my old cd collection into it. As a goal for this year I decided I wanted to listen to more music. In years past I would spend a lot of time listening, but lately not so much. I am nearing the 4000 song mark on my ipod now and still have a large amount of cds to go. It has been an interesting experience as I go through my music collection. I have found numerous cds that I totally forgot I owned. This is a good and bad thing. Good in that I forgot how much I enjoy listening to them. It is great hitting shuffle on my ipod and having some of these lost classics play. It really brings out the memories of past events and times. It is not all good though. I have also unearthed some cds that as I listen to them now I can’t help but wonder what the hell was I thinking about when I bought this. I have always been a fan of all types of music and admit to liking pop music too. The bad thing about that is a lot of pop music does not age very well. I put the cd onto my ipod and then quickly delete it when I realize how much I don’t like it anymore. Or at best I like one or two songs on the cd. Was most music really that bad back then? Like a lot of pop culture this music is disposable. Listen to it for a short time and then delete it from your collection and from your memory. I am trying to decide if this is a good or bad thing? How many artists and cds today will we look back on as disposable art? Things that had their 15 minutes of fame and then disappeared into the ether forever. Or until some oldies station decides it is time for a comeback…