The Soundtrack to Your Ride

[anomad]

http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?12322-What-commuting-sound-system-should-I-get

[rcannon100]

@ShawnoftheDread 173125 wrote:

Speakers on trails are a scrooge.

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[Judd]

@ShawnoftheDread 173125 wrote:

Speakers on trails are a scourge.

We can’t hear you over our sweet, sweet tunes.

[huskerdont]

@Judd 173130 wrote:

We can’t hear you over our sweet, sweet tunes.

I was skiing last week and some dude came down the trail blasting something that sounded like an auto-tuned boyband. And I thought, what’s wrong with you people? You are out here in the great outdoors when you could be sitting at a desk or in traffic and you need to have that. And I still think that, but some people probably don’t have the voices in their heads like I do.

[LhasaCM]

@huskerdont 173132 wrote:

I was skiing last week and some dude came down the trail blasting something that sounded like an auto-tuned boyband. And I thought, what’s wrong with you people? You are out here in the great outdoors when you could be sitting at a desk or in traffic and you need to have that. And I still think that, but some people probably don’t have the voices in their heads like I do.

Maybe some of us don’t want to hear those voices all the time…

[ShawnoftheDread]

Poor dyslexic Bob.

Poor deluded folks who think they have great taste in music.

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[rcannon100]

@ShawnoftheDread 173136 wrote:

great taste in music.

[huskerdont]

@rcannon100 173137 wrote:

I have no idea who that is, but it sounded just like that looks.

[LhasaCM]

This is more my speed these days, but may not be for everyone.

[ginacico]

@huskerdont 173139 wrote:

I have no idea who that is, but it sounded just like that looks.

French fries for hair….hmm.

@ShawnoftheDread 173125 wrote:

Speakers on trails are a scourge.

In general I agree. I won’t blast mine loud enough to compete with external noise, so usually it’s off when I’m next to traffic or near Gravelly Point, say. But especially those rides home in the dark, on sections where I’m mostly alone, it’s entertaining to have music, volume just enough for my listening radius w/o inflicting it on everyone.

ShawnoftheDread would rather have a long, intense conversation with his riding pals – amIright? :rolleyes:

[TwoWheelsDC]

I don’t wear earbuds on my rides, but mostly because I find them a little cumbersome. But I really think the “dangers” of using them while riding are overstated. I have speakers in my motorcycle helmet though, which are awesome. Although it draws some weird looks at stop lights when I have Slipknot cranked up in my helmet and am singing along with songs like “The Devil in I,” but I’m the only one who can hear the music…

[Birru]

I don’t play music on my rides, but here are some selections from a running playlist to keep the legs churning:

The Arcade Fire = Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
The Chemical Brothers – Dissolve (Bloody Beetroots Remix)
The Chemical Brothers – Loops of Fury
The Clash – Train in Vain
Elastica – Stutter
Hugh Myrone – Exclusive Coupé
Jahan Lennon – Can’t Ruin My Fun
The Jesus and Mary Chain – Head On
Kavinsky – Testarossa Autodrive
Kristin Kontrol – X-Communicate
M|O|O|N – Hydrogen
Moby – Natural Blues
Parquet Courts – Stoned and Starving
Primal Scream – Shoot Speed/Kill Light
Quadrant – Faithless
Queens of the Stone Age – Go with the Flow
Republica – Ready to Go (Original Version)
Roni Size/Reprazent – the entire New Forms album
Run The Jewels – Close Your Eyes and count to F***)
The Soft Pack – Answer to Yourself
Tangerine Dream – Le Parc

[anomad]

I think Judd and others mentioned it already, but Pandora, Spotify, and Google music are all great at finding other songs you might like based on things you thumb up or whatever. Their algorithms are pretty damn good. I would have never found half the dub/reggae bands or metal bands I listen to without the suggestions. Having the worlds musical library at your fingertips changes the experience, not unlike NetFlix etc. changed the way we consume movies and shows.

NOFX’s “I heard they suck live” and “They’ve actually gotten worse live” are fun live albums. Some live albums flow into a nice long soundtrack.

[ChampionTier]

Had this one stuck in my head [La Femme – Sphynx] as I rode through Crystal City yesterday morning.

Had to wait all day to ask my wife who it was since I only caught a few bars of it as it played in the kitchen when I first heard it. The best my mind could reproduce was an unintelligible version of what my brain considered french and it stuck with me for many, many miles.

[dcv]

@ginacico 173141 wrote:

ShawnoftheDread would rather have a long, intense conversation with his riding pals – amIright? :rolleyes:

there is no talking during our rides

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