When you are playing background music on the Kindle 2 (http://www.tipstrs.com/tip/8546/Playing-music-on-a-Kindle-2) you don't get any control over the playback. The songs are played in the order that they were loaded onto the Kindle. But you can skip to the next track. So that makes it a little more bearable. To skip to the next track when you are playing music on the Kindle, hold down the ALT key and then press the F key, this'll move you forward one song.