Music ADD

I have had a couple conversations about my music ADD lately. I see it as a direct result of iTunes and its presence in my life for the last 4 years. Shuffle mentality. It is very rare that I sit and listen to a whole cd anymore, or even listen to one artist. Instead I will just keep my iPod or iTunes on shuffle and skip songs that annoy me. While this is a good way to ensure that I get access to a variety of music, with over 3800 songs in my collection, I think that there are songs out there that have gone missing in action for months that I am missing out on. And there is something to be said for listening to a whole album from start to finish, particularly concept albums and those whose order has some flow or continuity to them.

I saw Pan's Labyrinth today. It was depressing and bleak and scary and horrifying and pretty great. It shook me up a little. I would recommend it, although I must warn you, it is not your run-of-the-mill film. It is part historical war drama, mixed in with strange fantastical fantasy elements. Parts of it just remind me of a nightmare. In a way it sort of hearkens to Spirited Away. But live action.

Here are five random shuffle songs that came up on my iPod (for a glimpse of what I'm randomly listening to right now):

Mama Told Me - Three Dog Night
Foolin' Myself - Billie Holiday & Lester Youn
No One's Leaving - Jane's Addiction
It's Too Late - Otis Redding
Trust - The Cure

Wow, nothing very recent. Ok, I just clicked to see another 10 random songs and still nothing newer than 1995 came up. I think I need to update my collection a little. I swear, I have newer music, I just have a LOT of older music. And yes, the term "older" includes anything before (and including) 1995. That was more than 10 years ago dammit!