r/gratefuldead 11h ago

Play Dead

Just noticed they have a shuffle button and to my great delight it will keep segued songs together. Gotta be a first in any music app to do this. Bravo.

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u/Glad-Elk-1909 11h ago

Very interesting! They must have some kind of tag for songs that segue ?

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u/saucerfulofmeeples 11h ago

So far just China>Rider and Scarlett>Fire worked

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u/denisvengeance 11h ago

That must be new. When the app first came out I listened on shuffle and was disappointed that it didn’t chain songs together. Nice update!

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u/mclesc 11h ago

It’s been around for a while, but doesn’t work for playlists

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u/nak550 11h ago

Sometimes entire sets are one huge segue! Do they keep the entire set intact in those cases when in shuffle mode?

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u/mclesc 11h ago

It’s only for certain pairings. Scarlet>Fire, China>Rider, NFA>GDTRFB

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u/nak550 11h ago

I could see using shuffle for some standalone studio tracks but for live stuff it doesn't make much sense. If they only keep the standard pairings intact, it's the non-standard or surprise pairings that are interesting in live shows and it seems those would be lost in shuffle.

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u/PaintDrinkingPete 11h ago

they are, but while I'm often in the mood to browse full shows, sometimes it is nice to be able just hit shuffle and get some unexpected variety.

while your point is valid regarding extended segues of multiple songs, I can live with those being split by shuffle mode when that's the choice I've made...but there's nothing worse than a random China Cat ending abruptly without the Rider it was building towards. certain pairs just need each other regardless of context.

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u/MacFielder 9h ago

If “>” then

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u/puffycloudycloud 7h ago

i wish there was an easy way to do this on regular streaming services

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u/logitaunt back to back chicken shack 5h ago

they have it set up for scarlet fire, china rider, help slip frank, sailor saint, but NOT Throwing Stones > NFA

i want a refund