in defense of shuffle mode

This is something I forgot to write about awhile ago. We talked about the shuffle mode on iTunes and just shuffle in general for music. Several people were seemingly appalled by the concept of listening to their music in such a way. That’s ridiculous, what’s wrong with listening to shuffled music? Someone said that the albums were meant to be listened to in that order. No. This is not true, unless the album is a concept album. A concept album, for those of you who don’t know, is an album that follows one story or character and tells that story. Each song is basically a different chapter in the story. Those are some of the few albums that can only be listened to from start to finish to properly enjoy the album. For any other album it doesn’t really matter. Have you ever been to a concert? Do they play an album from start to finish or does the band choose songs that they want to play and you want to listen to? If the album is meant to be listened to from start to finish does that mean the musical group doesn’t understand their own music? That they’re doing a disservice to themselves? Shuffle mode is great because if you have a lot of music, like me, it’s a good way to hear something you may not have heard in awhile or thought about listening to. Plus it’s funny to see how the shuffle mode groups songs. Mine is surprisingly good at capturing a mood or playing somehow playing songs that have the same theme in little blocks. You ever listen to the radio? Think of that as shuffle mode of a library that’s bigger than yours (assuming you listen to KCOU. Network radio stations only have about 250-300 songs in their library at any given time. I have about 44.3 times that much.). So give shuffle mode a shot if you dislike it, you prude.