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Winamp 2.91 -- It Really Whips the Llama's Ass
About this video
A brief clip of the Winamp 2.91 startup sound, with its famous audio line about whipping the llama's ass, uploaded as a tribute.
Why it appears in the archive
HN commenters post it as a nostalgic joke or pun in Winamp threads, and sometimes for the classic startup audio.
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From the Hacker News discussion
Ahh memories: [VIDEO] Winamp was great because it was lightweight, performant, and did not stand between you and your music.
Read original comment ↗Winamp was a great, music player back in my day that combined features with great, skinnable appearance and visualizations that could leave you in a trance. Plus it had a funnier opening than the competition at the time: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗So nostalgic. In all the example images, the Matrix (1999) soundtrack will play after the Winamp intro sound. [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Man, that audio ( [VIDEO] ) makes me so nostalgic. Apparently it was a Wesley Willis reference, too, which just makes it 1000x better.
Read original comment ↗Sorry this is a bit off topic, but I read OPs username as I_am_a_lama, missed opportunity op :( [1]. [1] [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗This literally is fast enough to really whip the llamas.. well, you know. And for the younger folk, this mp3 player was the precursor to Spotify: [VIDEO]
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