FabSwingers.com forum: Shuffle Play

By *emini Man OP Man
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

I often listen to a large (3000 song) playlist on shuffle play and though I know it's pretty random, it's spooky how often it throws up weird coincidences of either something that reflects my mood or events happening in my life or connected songs.

For example this morning I had The Ballad Of Tom Jones by Space/Cerys Matthews and shuffle play followed it with It's Not Unusual by Tom Jones!!!

Anyone else get similar?

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By *imi_RougeWoman
over a year ago

Portsmouth

I quite often ask spirit to choose the next song, it's nearly always appropriate for the moment!

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By *emini Man OP Man
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"I quite often ask spirit to choose the next song, it's nearly always appropriate for the moment!

Have had similar where I've "thought" of a song and it's then popped up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I often listen to a large (3000 song) playlist on shuffle play and though I know it's pretty random, it's spooky how often it throws up weird coincidences of either something that reflects my mood or events happening in my life or connected songs.

For example this morning I had The Ballad Of Tom Jones by Space/Cerys Matthews and shuffle play followed it with It's Not Unusual by Tom Jones!!!

Anyone else get similar? "

Lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've used shuffle play for years on whatever device I've been using (even had a carousel CD player on a seperates Hi-Fi with shuffle play) and it does seem to throw up the 'right' sequence of songs at times.

I've even had the 'spooky' song tied to what I'm thinking of or even thinking of a particular song and it plays it.

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By *ily WhiteWoman
over a year ago

I get it quite a lot that I'll be thinking about someone, and a song comes on that I associate with them...probably just because I tend to associate songs with a lot of people and occasions/memories.

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By *izzy.miss.lizzyCouple
over a year ago

Pembrokeshire

For example this morning I had The Ballad Of Tom Jones by Space/Cerys Matthews and shuffle play followed it with It's Not Unusual by Tom Jones!!!

Anyone else get similar? "

Yup, happens a lot for me.

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By *emini Man OP Man
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

There certainly doesn't seem to be a rhyme or reason to it most of the time

I can kind of see how an algorithm for shuffle might link Space/Tom Jones I'm this morning's example - but some of the others that have been mentioned here are just spooky....maybe it's the guardian angel that I don't believe in

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By *rincess peachWoman
over a year ago

shits creek

"There certainly doesn't seem to be a rhyme or reason to it most of the time

I coulda kicked fuck out the radio when I got home from having girl dog put to sleep.

I was broken, wondering how the fuck I was gonna a carry on without her, wishing I could have climbed into the hole I'd just buried her in with her.

I turned on the radio to drown out my raging, desperate sobs and collapsed on the floor and the song that was playing?.... Forever Autumn

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By *annaBeStrongMan
over a year ago

wokingham

This is called confirmation bias and its pretty common in everyone in different ways

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