I know Apple says they've made shuffle "more random" in iTunes 5.0.1 -- or less random, depending on how you view it -- but I still get separations between Artists as short as four or five songs even with the "Less Likely" slider maxxed to the right. An Option-click on the shuffle button once or five times tidies it up somewhat. I don't really care, actually. I know what "random" means, and if The Faces show up every few songs in a Smart Playlist set to live update songs not played in the last 8 weeks, well, I guess that's how it goes. Fact is, expecting Apple to accommodate our musical tastes is pretty much wishful thinking. Why be picky? iTunes can't network to the "Musical Taste" section of your brain; you can't expect a piece of software to know what you want to listen to; iTunes provides several ways of sculpting a playlist to your taste, but You Gotta Work On It. It Ain't Automatic and can't be.Remember those old record changers? You'd drop five or six vinyl discs onto the changer (a disc from Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" always had to be included for some reason) and after a side played, the next disc dropped down. And I thought THAT was amazing. Ruined a lot of stylii due to the angle of the tonearm, but, MAN. Party music for hours.We've come so far and people still aren't satisfied.
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