How We Use Words

While words are of primary importance to me and how I take in the world, music also stirs my soul.  My iPod is one of my most favorite things in the world, and I'm constantly analyzing music I hear to determine whether it should be on my iPod or not.  I make new playlists all the time, and as I created my newest playlist, I thought about how I use words to create these playlists. 

Of course, I think in words (really - if someone says "Stacy" to me, I see the letters S - T - A - C - Y; I don't see an image of the woman Stacy in my head), so I pay particular attention to the words I've used for the playlists I've created.  Some playlists are easy (70s - pretty simple to decide what word I should use for that playlist), but it started me wondering how others name their playlists.

If you have an iPod, please share the names of your playlists!  I want to see what words you've used!

Here are my/our (Chris has an iPod, too) playlists:

• 70s
• 80s
• Celtic
• Chris's Monster Playlist
• Chris's Rare Finds
• Christmas
• Country
• Dawn's Mega Playlist
• Halloween
• Healing and Meditation
• Hip Hop
• KMGC (okay, some explanation for this one:  when I was growing up in Irving, Texas, my favorite radio station was KMGC - can't remember the frequency - and it played what I guess we might call easy listening, soft rock, that kind of thing.  Radio stations have all gone corporate, so a radio station like KMGC used to be doesn't exist anymore.  I had to create my own.  This playlist contains songs from Gordon Lightfoot, Bread, Air Supply.... Before you laugh at me, also know that I'm a huge Led Zeppelin, Metallica, and Ozzy fan.)
• Movin' and Groovin'
• Party Party Party
• Rock and Metal
• Songs We Just Don't Hear Enough
• Super 60s
• Witchy Magic and Music
• XL Chris
• Xmas

Comments

[Wordlily]

I'm constantly telling myself I need to rework existing lists and create new ones, but it doesn't happen so quickly.

Here's what I've got now:
90s
Christmas
Classical etc
Folk
Good Christmas
high energy
Jazz
LOTR
Meditation
P Listen — my husband needed his own list! Crazy!
Soothe
Soundtracks
Upbeat

[Stacy]

Here ya go, Ma'am :)

Attitude Mix
Desert Island Mix
Friday Mix
Idols Mix
Jazz Mix
Sleepy (don't ask why I didn't add "Mix" 'cause I don't have a clue)
Stacy Brice's iPod Selections (yeah...I kept the iTunes default for the whole honkin' collection)

Now, this may seem like a short list, but remember, I have a Nano. The number of playlists I have in iTunes is much larger. ;)

[Dawn]

Can I assume that Desert Island mix is filled with songs you would want if you were stranded on a desert island, or it just all Jimmy Buffet?

And go ahead and share your iTunes playlists too!