What playlists are on you iPod?

[Aerius Zension]

Hopefully this is the correct forum for this.

Just wondering how you organise your iPod? Like, what playlists have you created? I don't mean songs, but what kind of playlists? Something like a "party" mix is a little too general. Do you create genre playlists? Auto-biographical?

How do you do the do?

Cheers

[Fata1ilty]

Well I create genre playlists and list you said party lists or stuff like that.

[Komradz]

i have the default ones and my own :Instrumentals

[frisk291]

I do genres, relaxing music, deep/thoughtful music, exciting/fire up music, and five star rated songs. That's about it.

[Sypher]

Yeah I do all of the standard ones.. favourite songs from certain genres, a couple of artist ones, ambient/relaxing stuff, 5 Star, and so on. I also combine all of my previous On-The-Go playlists into one big list.

[Dougboy]

i'm probably a one-of-a-kind ipod user because i dont play by playlists. I just go into an artist and let it shuffle. And when i get bored of an artist, i just go to another.

[Adam]

I never use playlists in my normal listening. The only time I do, though, is for party's where I'm choosing the music. I handpick each song and it's order :D

[lightintodark]

I don't have very complicated playlists. Just a lot of "Top 25" by artists who have enough songs. Such as my Smashing Pumpkins Top 25 and so forth. I also have a 5 star playlist for my Nano.

[Aerius Zension]

Awesome, thanks for the input.

I like the 5-star and instrumental playlist idea. I think I'm gonna create a one-hit-wonder playlist.

[iMonster]

I have a playlist for all my personalities

slaylist : has all this dark rock and industrial stuff along with a bit of techo

guilty pleasures : has all these embarrassing one hit wonder type songs that I seem to need to listen to every once in awhile!

workout : mostly like crystal method/chemical bros/M.I.A.

lovelove : has all these corny gushy love songs

wahwahwah : has my cry baby music haha... dido, Sarah McLachlan in here..

ZzZzz : My calming music Tosca, Goldfrapp & Sixpence none the richer in here

Baby girl : oops I forgot this one.. this has a lot of Rap R&B in it..

you get the idea :D it's my iPod so eh.. I made it really personal.

yeah the titles are corny :P

[carbonated_h2o]

I basically have a playlist for different moods, months (so I can look back on what I was really into in a particular month), a playlist for my friends, basically songs that remind me of them or songs they really enjoy. Besides the ones that were already there (Top 25..etc) thats about it.

[iMonster]

Originally posted by Dougboy
i'm probably a one-of-a-kind ipod user because i dont play by playlists. I just go into an artist and let it shuffle. And when i get bored of an artist, i just go to another.

hehe I don't think it's as unusual as you think

I have these lists, but nine times out of ten this is what I do too :)

[Lady21]

Mine are almost all arranged by artist, e.g. "Bjork Mix", "Radiohead Mix", "Elvis Costello Mix", "Peaches Mix", "Talking Heads Mix"... you get the idea. I have all the albums I own by these artists (and my other faves) on my iPod to listen to whenever, but more often than not I just listen to these "mix tape" compilations of my fave songs by them.

I also keep other thematic lists, like "Current Collection" which is a bunch of songs I am into right now, and "Space Mix" because I am currently obsessed with Futurama, this mix features sound clips and songs from the show, as well as songs like "Another Satellite" by XTC and "To the Moon and Back" by Savage Garden which fit in thematically with the show. My only autobiographical playlists are one called "Grade 8 Mix" and "My Love's Mix" which are about a memorable year of my life and songs with my partner, respectively.

I also have "Top 25 Most Played", "Recently Added" and "Needs More Attention" lists, for when I want to go by something other than artist or evocation.

[casa~la~rocka]

Surfs up- nothing but Beach Boys.

Break a sweat!- Songs for working out to. Best example: Survivor's Eye of the Tiger.

No good punks!- All Ramones and Clash.

Holy Matrimony!- The songs i intend to play during my wedding reception- Al Green, Peaches and Herb, Barry Manilow and LOTS of The Bee Gees.

Lots more...

[VermiciousKnid]

:bump:

haunted mansions - creepy/scary music/themes

dance to the underground - some not-so-mainstream songs you can dance to

drama queen - songs full of drama (definitely not a bad thing) and/or drama queens (some moz songs in there heh)

dark tales of the south - (includes songs from nick cave, pj harvey, leonard cohen etc)

tearjerker - songs that have gotten me choked up at one time or another

straighjacket - songs that sound like you're listening to someone's mental breakdown

cowbell crazy - emm yeah.. songs w/ cowbell

optimistic - self explanatory

[mjmoonwalker]

Top songs I've listened to within the past 2 weeks

Recently Added

Recently Played

Top songs overall

International songs

Never Played Songs

Refreshable Songs (songs that I haven't listened to for more than 2 months)

[mizzle]

i have full cds arranged in playlists and mixtapes so i can get to them easily...i hardly ever use music->artist-> blah blah

[RockMe]

I've been trying to think of some new ideas for playlists to make listening easier, but until then, everytime I add or import more than a few songs I make a playlist that says (for example) "ADDED 06/29/06". They all list in order on itunes/my ipod. I usually only use this on itunes to go back and listen to the stuff I've kind of forgotten about over time.

[Amelie]

Recently Added. (yeah)
Ben and Blue List. (Ben Folds Five and Blues Traveler. Together why?...Don't ask me)
Candice's Favorites. (My sister's favorites).
Classic Rock 'Hot List'. (self-explanatory)

[toothpaste]

The ever evolving playlists....

bomb albums to chill - albums i like to relax to
blues/jazz - muddy waters, nina simone, etta james etc.
floor crushers - they move the crowd
funk for the junk - funk
latin hotness - latin jazz,, bossa nova
mellow mix - dj kicks series
new stuff to rate - new albums for me to rate
producers - dj premier, j dilla and the likes
turntablists at large - scratch masters
wat time you got there dread? - reggae, dancehall, roots reggae
what ya know bout the wu tang? - collective and individual wu tang stuff, mix tapes as well

[jaypod]

"2004-2006" - Songs released since I started using iTunes.
"Birthday Mix" - Music released in the year I was born.
"California Mix" - Songs that are somehow related to California.
"CBC Mix" - A mix of songs that have been covered by the Black Crowes.
"Cover Me Up" - Songs covered by other artists than the original.
"Dinner Mix" - Mellow music to listen to during dinner.
"RAWK" - Loud metal and hard rock mix.
"American Contradiction" - Mix of country and hip hop tunes.
"Xmas Mix" - Holiday music.
"travelocity" - Music that I listened to when I was traveling far from home.
"*****" - The highest ranked tracks in iTunes.

:cool:

[TwoMSixer]

90's hits - My favorite 90s bands (Third Eye Blind, Goo Goo Dolls, Oasis), and some 90s one hit wonders

Goodnight - Mostly ambient or acoustic stuff, a lot of instrumentals too. This is what I play to lull me to sleep

Rawrghh - My heavy metal/hardcore stuff

Rap - My smallest playlist, has the few rappers that I do listen to (Kanye, Ludacris mostly)

Her's - My playlist for my girlfriend, when we're out. She doesn't like my rap or heavy stuff, so everything else is in here :)

And then the smartlists that were already on there.

[Doc Evils]

Here you go:

[mrdantownsend]

the only playlists I have are CDs that I make

[mistershow1]

I only have one playlist on mine.....SHOWER.....I bought a water and steam proof speaker system when I was in London a few months ago....so I can listen in the shower!