# So 7 minutes ago I finally downloads Winamp-or- Wally still benefits us all **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2002, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-7-minutes-ago-i-finally-downloads-winamp-or-wally-still-benefits-us-all/140792 "2002-12-05T22:30:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-7-minutes-ago-i-finally-downloads-winamp-or-wally-still-benefits-us-all/140792/1 "2002-12-05T22:30:30Z")
Yup. I was reading the [Wally](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/wally.adp) tribute page and Silo’s song gave me the idea to finally get around to getting Winamp. So I clicked the link provided, and at the Winamp site I was asked if I wanted to download it. So I said “okay”, and clicked. And 27 seconds later it was downloaded. And 43 seconds after that it was set up on my harddrive. And five seconds later it loaded with a demo file, proclaiming it to “kick the llama’s ass”. And it does. The quality beats the shit out of Realplayer and even Quicktime (Blackeyes had to use Reaplayer after a mishap involving downloading the latest Quicktime resulted in err um, erasing Quicktime). So I left to get a cookie. _Lemon_ creme kind. When it stayed there on my bright Cloud-background desktop, and a shiny demon (Me. meh) appeared. And so I SAID, “play me the beeesst soonng in the world.” “Or I’ll delete your ASS” And it said, “okay”. So it played the first file that came to it’s window, and it just so happened to be the best song in the world; yes, it was the best song in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-7-minutes-ago-i-finally-downloads-winamp-or-wally-still-benefits-us-all/140792/2 "2002-12-05T23:12:42Z")
Of course, that post is just a tribute 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-7-minutes-ago-i-finally-downloads-winamp-or-wally-still-benefits-us-all/140792/3 "2002-12-05T23:13:50Z")
God DAMN, **Eonwe** , you beat me to it! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-7-minutes-ago-i-finally-downloads-winamp-or-wally-still-benefits-us-all/140792/4 "2002-12-05T23:33:04Z")
Silo deserves credit too 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-7-minutes-ago-i-finally-downloads-winamp-or-wally-still-benefits-us-all/140792/5 "2002-12-06T00:08:34Z")
The jist of the post is Mundane and Pointless all the way, but at the top there was a link to the Wally Tribute page. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-7-minutes-ago-i-finally-downloads-winamp-or-wally-still-benefits-us-all/140792/6 "2002-12-06T01:27:46Z")
Well, you probably got WInamp 3, right? I say uninstall that and download WInamp 2, much better.