This was my exact thought as well. There was just something special about customizing it and using it as your digital media console.

I feel as if everyone was always excited to show off what skin they were using. https://skins.webamp.org

No joke. This is what I thought of before I clicked the thread.

I’m not sure if it was just a product of it’s time, but it feels like there’s nothing that quite captures the spirit of Winamp.

Blast from the past.

Perhaps if it was open source and there was a Linux version (AFAIK there's no Linux version), then it might have lived on.

Or maybe not; with music streaming platforms such as Spotify, the world has moved on.

No Open Source version per-se, but Audacious[1] is awfully close. It even supports classic Winamp skins AIUI.

Screenshot: https://fogbeam.com/audacious.png

[1]: https://audacious-media-player.org/

It really whips the llamas ass...

It's 2022 and I can't visualize my music like my friend did in 1997.