I finally got the Zune software to work properly. I was forced to remove my original installation and reinstall the software on my PC. I have been careful to only run the Zune software and no other programs or downloads and it seems to be running fine now. I’m syncing now with multiple programs and have been running for about 2 hours with no troubles. The problem with that is that when I reinstalled the software it did not recognize MAX and I was forced to replace the content on my Zune. I lost all the preloaded video clips and I think some of the songs are different as well but they are still cool. I’m bummed I lost the Kranked Video and I hope I can find it again. Anyone?

I dug up a rack of CD’s that has been in my closet for a long time. I found 5 or 6 with music files on them from back in the day when music and warez were available spam free courtesy of alt2600 and college ftp servers and P2P sounded more like an illegal drug. I think a couple of them date back to 98 when I got my first DSL account but the files were fine and I loaded about 50 full albums of some classic rock, reggae and more.

I spent most of my time with my new Zune listening to some of my old favorites. It’s been some time since I listened to so much music and it’s been very nice to hear some full albums I have not played through in years. I have now gone through almost everything from alternative and metal like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Guns and Roses, Pantera and Metallica to classic rock like Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, AC/DC, Janis Joplin and the Who to other stuff like Violent Femmes, Green Day, the Beatles and more Reggae then I realized I had.

I have killed and charged my Zune at least once each day since I got it and it’s been on around the clock. I forgot how much I loved certain music like Led Zeppelin and Bob Marley. The original rasta man has been very soothing to me these late evenings working on our Zune site and when I need a pickup there is no one like Jimi Page to crank things up a bit. I’m amazed to this day by the work Led Zeppelin produced. They really were more than a rock band with loud guitars and pretty hair. They put down some great music with so much variety and so many instruments. I forgot how fast a tune like “Whole Lotta Love” or “The Song Remains the Same” can get and still sound like good music. I’m afraid most groups or bands these days don’t deseve to call themselves musicians. They are more like noise makers to be honest and I’ve met pets with more talent.

They can be celebrities and performers but most are not as musically talented as those before them. I think a lot of todays music is about one beat and a hook to play with, slap a trick line or two of lyrics on it and repeat the whole thing over and over again for 3 minutes. I can barely handle the radio any longer and use it to amuse myself with the idiots on morning radio or when I’m driving. I can’t belive those people get paid to be so dumb.

I’ve had MAX for just over a week now and I’ve been using him non stop. I’m not always thumbing through the GUI or testing some feature out but I play lots of music with it and I love the picture shows and videos also. The screen is perfect for photo slideshows and I’ve got lots more pics to add to my Zune but the most fun has been going back through time with music. Listening to so much of my old favorites has brought up lots of memories from lazy days gone by jamming to the latest and greatest tunes.

I was thumbing through the Zune MarketPlace recently and came across a Playlist labeled “What’s Zune MarketPlace” and I downloaded it without even checking it out first. I was surprised to find a cool collection of songs beginning with the phrase “Welcome to the” including hits from GNR, Pink Floyd, Public Enemy and Tanya Stephens. I have not heard of Ms Stephens and was most impressed with her song “Welcome to the Rebelution”. Its a good tune and I suggest you check out the Playlist if you get the chance.

My musical taste is wide and varied. I like almost every kind of music and at some point in my life have considered myself a fan of almost everything. Growing up I listened to lots of R&B type music and I have vivid memories of the beginning of rap and the hip hop movement. I was hunting for something different from what I have here on CD and decided to check out some more Zune Playlists. I found two that I’m really having fun with. The first is labeled “Old School Rap” and it has quite a few decent old school tracks on it from Run DMC and UTFO but the bomb playlist has to be the #1 Playlist on the Zune MarketPlace labeled “B-BOYS AND B-GIRLS”.

This collection of Old School jams took me back to the early 80’s when I listened to classic rap on 12″ vinyl in my bedroom with the boys in my hood. I listened to each of these playlists once and was out hunting for more to add to my collection right away. I grabbed some LL Cool J, Beastie Boys and everything Run DMC I could find on the Zune MaketPlace but came up empty when I looked for stuff like Space Cowboy and Pac Jam from Jonzun Crew. Not many of you may know or remember Jonzun Crew but they were pretty big for a short time in some small places down south I found a YouTube video of their song “We are the Jonzun Crew” that I can’t remember ever seeing. It was funny to see the video as it makes the song sound even sillier than I remember it but it was the funk of its time.

It’s amazing to me how my mind associates so much with music. I can hear a song and tell you so much more about the time and place I was in my life when I was into the music then I can about the song lyrics or the band. I seem to be one of those people that remembers people and places by music and MAX has been taking me down memory lane. It’s been a total blast but I think I’m ready for some new stuff with an old skool twist possibly. So tell me some of your favorite memories with music and suggest some songs or albums I should pick up in the Zune MarketPlace. I have no idea where to look and I’m not interested in just downloading random playlists cause they sound cool. What are you listening to on your Zune?

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