I love my iPod. It is trite and simple but the darn thing just does what I want it to do and it does it well. The use of the device does have some unintended consequences.
For me the biggest of those is that I tend to to get "locked" into the songs on the iPod. I've got the mighty 4 gig type unit so my process has been that each of my 350-ish CD's get 1-2 songs and certain favored discs (London Calling) and some miscellaneous Greatest Hits albums get more than 2. This results in me having a collection on the iPod that is both wide and very shallow.
Baby 81 is BRMC's most recent disc. The album is great and when I listened to it at first I loved "Weapon of Choice", "Berlin" and "Took Out a Loan". I liked the disc enough I tossed 3 songs on the iPod. Thing is that a couple of months later those were still really the only songs on that disc I knew.
I finally took the time to listen to the rest of the excellent CD and I realized that the best song on the disc is "Need Some Air". Great tune but because the iPod sort of defines my "view" of an album now it was off the radar. I similarly revisted the Gourd's Noble Creatures in the same way and realzied that album was also really good all the way through. Anyways, have listen to a live version of "Need Some Air".
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Great post. I have found myself going back to listening to CD's in my car recently after I realized I wasn't giving my newer albums a chance because I would throw them on my mp3 player with a bunch of old favs and they would get lost in the mix. Something more satisfying about listening to a CD in the car over and over again. Still grab the mp3 for long trips as well as some CD's but for day trips and drives to and from work it's CD's all the way. I've been able to get into the new Spoon, Queens of the Stoneage and Stars much easier because of this.