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Zuning In

Posted by Cindy

May 27, 2009 12:10 p.m. • 7 comments

I can barely figure out my MP3 player, so I think I’ll pass on the Zune: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/may/27/microsoft-adds-touch-screen-web-browser-zune/

What’s on your playlist today?

Seven comments on this post so far. Add yours!

OrangeTV on May 27 at 12:48 p.m.
I love this game. I hit “shuffle” on my “Zen” and these 10 came up randomly:

Sonic Youth “Sacred Trixter”
The Beatles “Wild Honey Pie”
St. Vincent “Laughing With a Mouth of Blood”
Depeche Mode “Corrupt”
The Gossip “Heavy Cross”
Devo “Jerkin’ Back and Forth”
Stevie Wonder “Smile Please”
Plaid “Squance”
Abba “When I Kissed the Teacher”
Peaches “Billionaire”
Digger on May 27 at 12:48 p.m.
The Zune won’t ever be as big as the IPod - but it caters to a specific crowd that already uses the XBox and other Microsoft inventions.

Apple has done a fantastic job of making “mp3 player” an “IPod” in most consumers minds. And they reap the benefits for it - cost controls, price protections, etc… all make being an Apple retailer a necessary evil.
LukeB on May 27 at 12:53 p.m.
Radiohead and Hindemith.
Cindy_H on May 27 at 2:03 p.m.
The Raconteurs: Steady as She Goes
Toni Basil: Mickey
Aaron Neville: Summertime
Beatles: We Can Work it Out, Eleanor Rigby
Billy Joel: You May Be Right
Blondie: Call Me
Bonnie Raitt: Thing Called Love, Lovers Will
Gretchen Wilson: Good Ole Boy
Jimi Hendrix: Hey Joe
John Mayer: Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
Patty Smyth: Sometimes Love Just aint’ Enough
Queen: I Want to Break Free
Talking Heads: Burning Down the House
In Need: Sheryl Crow
Georgia Sattelites: Keep Your Hands to Yourself
Lipps Inc: Funkytown

*Er… I think I need a theme.
Frum Helen Back on May 27 at 3:17 p.m.
I have a difficult enough time using the radio in my car. I just don’t dare getting more hi-tech than that.
inlandempiregirl on May 27 at 6:02 p.m.
I love a summer list:
Cruel Summer Ace of Base
Here Comes the Sun Yo Yo Ma and James Taylor
Our Last Summer from Mamma Mia
A Summer Song by Chad and Jeremy
Summertime Blues James Taylor
Take Me Out to the Ballgame Carly Simon
Hot Fun in the Summertime Sly and the Family Stone
Theme from Summer of ‘42
Walking on Sunshine Katrina and the Waves
Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts
Soak Up the Sun Sheryl Crow
Escapee on May 29 at 8:36 p.m.
I think “Summer Breeze” is one of the best summer songs ever. James Taylor should just stick to doing his own stuff. The cover tunes he does are lifeless.

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