I only listen to shuffle. Almost 1700 songs on shuffle all the time. I've picked the tracks because if I didn't like them they wouldn't be on my iPod.
A sampling of the last ten songs I listened to:
The Unforgiven - Metallica
Brass In Pocket - The Pretenders
Weballergy - Sonata Arctica
Xanadu - Rush
La Villa Strangiato - Rush
Journey from Mariabronn - Kansas
Goodnight Kiss - Dream Theater
Bullet With Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins
Runnel Of Love - Dire Straits
Everything Is Broken - Kenny Wayne Shepherd
It's like listening to the radio, where you never know what's next, but you know you'll like it (unlike radio).
I also have playlists for certain situations, me and my bro-in-law listen to a lot of metal, so I have a Metal playlist just for when we're hangin'. I also have Mixed Company-Mellow and Mixed Company-Rock, depending on which set of family or friends we have over, etc. But for me it's almost the whole library, with some fat trimmed.
Edited by Rushman - May 02 2008 at 15:29