What Do You Listen To?

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  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    Sewinman wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    Sewinman wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    This morning it was Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins.

    Can we leave the hackneyed - 'oh oh it's sooo dangerous' arguments alone please, it's dull, been done to death, and those of us that ride with music are adults and capable of making reasoned decisions with regards to our own safety on the road...

    :roll:

    A. That presumes that everyone has read the 'hackneyed arguments'.
    B. I dont see anyone telling anyone what to do.
    C. Reasoned decisions can be stupid too.

    a. they have
    b.it's still tedious and annoying though
    c.stupid is subjective

    Weak.
    tedious
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Porgy wrote:
    Sewinman wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    Sewinman wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    This morning it was Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins.

    Can we leave the hackneyed - 'oh oh it's sooo dangerous' arguments alone please, it's dull, been done to death, and those of us that ride with music are adults and capable of making reasoned decisions with regards to our own safety on the road...

    :roll:

    A. That presumes that everyone has read the 'hackneyed arguments'.
    B. I dont see anyone telling anyone what to do.
    C. Reasoned decisions can be stupid too.

    a. they have
    b.it's still tedious and annoying though
    c.stupid is subjective

    Weak.
    tedious

    Is this the 5 minute argument or the full half hour...
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  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    MonkeyMonster wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    Sewinman wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    Sewinman wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    This morning it was Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins.

    Can we leave the hackneyed - 'oh oh it's sooo dangerous' arguments alone please, it's dull, been done to death, and those of us that ride with music are adults and capable of making reasoned decisions with regards to our own safety on the road...

    :roll:

    A. That presumes that everyone has read the 'hackneyed arguments'.
    B. I dont see anyone telling anyone what to do.
    C. Reasoned decisions can be stupid too.

    a. they have
    b.it's still tedious and annoying though
    c.stupid is subjective

    Weak.
    tedious

    Is this the 5 minute argument or the full half hour...
    i'm arguing in my spare time
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    Sewinman wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    Sewinman wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    This morning it was Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins.

    Can we leave the hackneyed - 'oh oh it's sooo dangerous' arguments alone please, it's dull, been done to death, and those of us that ride with music are adults and capable of making reasoned decisions with regards to our own safety on the road...

    :roll:

    A. That presumes that everyone has read the 'hackneyed arguments'.
    B. I dont see anyone telling anyone what to do.
    C. Reasoned decisions can be stupid too.

    a. they have
    b.it's still tedious and annoying though
    c.stupid is subjective

    Weak.

    I'm not sure how you've missed the 'debate' it's nearly as frequent as the helmet thing (You've seen that I take it?)

    It's not the "no you shouldn't" it's the well you wouldn't catch me doing X why a sly accusing look that's " :roll: " hate.that.emoticon

    reasoned decisions can work both ways. Happy to go over this again but not in this thread
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  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    Clever Pun wrote:
    Sewinman wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    Sewinman wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:
    This morning it was Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins.

    Can we leave the hackneyed - 'oh oh it's sooo dangerous' arguments alone please, it's dull, been done to death, and those of us that ride with music are adults and capable of making reasoned decisions with regards to our own safety on the road...

    :roll:

    A. That presumes that everyone has read the 'hackneyed arguments'.
    B. I dont see anyone telling anyone what to do.
    C. Reasoned decisions can be stupid too.

    a. they have
    b.it's still tedious and annoying though
    c.stupid is subjective

    Weak.

    I'm not sure how you've missed the 'debate' it's nearly as frequent as the helmet thing (You've seen that I take it?)

    It's not the "no you shouldn't" it's the well you wouldn't catch me doing X why a sly accusing look that's " :roll: " hate.that.emoticon

    reasoned decisions can work both ways. Happy to go over this again but not in this thread
    the best way to make it go away is to ignore it.
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    *puts on some White Zombie*
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Porgy wrote:
    the best way to make it go away is to ignore it.

    If we ignore you will you go away - damnit I hate catch 22's :lol:
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  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    MonkeyMonster wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    the best way to make it go away is to ignore it.

    If we ignore you will you go away

    usually
  • King Donut
    King Donut Posts: 498
    I like the way Charlie 64 trolled the question then buggered off to leave us all to fight it out.

    I've also been trying to listen to Noah and the Whale this week due to upcoming gig, but it is so soothing it sends me to sleep. So what about sleeping on the commute, is this acceptable?
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    King Donut wrote:
    I've also been trying to listen to Noah and the Whale this week due to upcoming gig,

    I saw that lot back in 2007 - by accident. Not my sort of thing tbh. I told my wife that they were band most likely to be used in a phone ad at some point - I was not wrong.

    King Donut wrote:
    I like the way Charlie 64 trolled the question then buggered off to leave us all to fight it out.
    charlie64 wrote:
    :twisted:

    Yes - looking back I can tell he was up to no good
  • SPOODZILLA
    SPOODZILLA Posts: 128
    I listen to radio 2 or classic FM via my mobile. Doesn't go up loud enough to block out the sound of the traffic.
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  • stuaff
    stuaff Posts: 1,736
    Clever Pun wrote:
    *puts on some White Zombie*

    Nice :)
    I'm one of the 'doesn't listen on the bike' brigade (though I often do have a tune in my head, most recently tends to be Rammstein).
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  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    StuAff wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    *puts on some White Zombie*

    Nice :)
    I'm one of the 'doesn't listen on the bike' brigade (though I often do have a tune in my head, most recently tends to be Rammstein).

    Did you just use the words "tune" and "Rammstein" in the same sentence?
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  • stuaff
    stuaff Posts: 1,736
    linsen wrote:
    StuAff wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    *puts on some White Zombie*

    Nice :)
    I'm one of the 'doesn't listen on the bike' brigade (though I often do have a tune in my head, most recently tends to be Rammstein).

    Did you just use the words "tune" and "Rammstein" in the same sentence?

    How very dare you :)
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  • Eau Rouge
    Eau Rouge Posts: 1,118
    I'm tempted to blame Spotify, but I seem to wake up with some completely random song lodged in my head most mornings, so I'm usually singing what fragments of it I know all the way to work.
    I'd rather not listen to music on the bike, I don't really any reason to.
  • Christophe3967
    Christophe3967 Posts: 1,200
    Mr Shuffle, although he's been getting on my nerves recently.... seems to have Girls Aloud issues.

    :cry:
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  • charlie64
    charlie64 Posts: 10
    Today a bit of Dire Straits......Brothers in Arms...... :oops:
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  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    I listened to the Collings and Herrin 103rd podcast today.
  • charlie64
    charlie64 Posts: 10
    King Donut wrote:
    I like the way Charlie 64 trolled the question then buggered off to leave us all to fight it out.



    Now come on chaps.....some of us do work u know lol.......
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  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    charlie64 wrote:
    Today a bit of Dire Straits......Brothers in Arms...... :oops:

    I'm embarrassed for you :oops:
  • charlie64
    charlie64 Posts: 10
    Porgy wrote:
    charlie64 wrote:
    Today a bit of Dire Straits......Brothers in Arms...... :oops:

    I'm embarrassed for you :oops:


    Thanks :lol:
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    Lovin ma wheels...
  • Leodhasach
    Leodhasach Posts: 59
    I usually use the 'genius' function on the ipod. I'll bung on something loud and see what happens, today it was:

    Soundgarden - Rusty Cage
    Janes Addiction - Just Because
    Pearl Jam - Jeremy (best not to sing along to this one, you get some odd looks!)
    Porno for Pyros - Pets
    Alice in Chains - Check My Brain
    Skid Row - Slave to the Grind (nicely appropriate!)
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  • stuaff
    stuaff Posts: 1,736
    Leodhasach wrote:
    I usually use the 'genius' function on the ipod. I'll bung on something loud and see what happens, today it was:

    Soundgarden - Rusty Cage
    Janes Addiction - Just Because
    Pearl Jam - Jeremy (best not to sing along to this one, you get some odd looks!)
    Porno for Pyros - Pets
    Alice in Chains - Check My Brain
    Skid Row - Slave to the Grind (nicely appropriate!)

    Apart from Skid Row, I've got all of those......
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  • NGale
    NGale Posts: 1,866
    a range of music, anything from a bit of classical (although hearing Zadok the Priest while hurtling down a hill is a scary moment when you think it might be the last thing you hear) right through to stuff by the Fartellies and Franz Ferdinand.

    favs at the moment
    Lady GaGa
    Michael Buble
    Franz Ferdinand
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  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,695
    I've had Vangelis on my MP3 for ages, so my Computer Literate son has stuck some Enigma on now.
    Good sleepy-bye music for an almost insomniac old git...
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Porgy wrote:
    charlie64 wrote:
    Today a bit of Dire Straits......Brothers in Arms...... :oops:

    I'm embarrassed for you :oops:

    Nothing to be embarassed about. Sheer genuis - the song and the album.
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  • bd12mz
    bd12mz Posts: 79
    trance/dance/techno for the most part (dj's mark EG, M Zone, Clarkee, Producer, Scorpio, Sharkey and few others).
    but also on the iPhone is: Hawkwind, Groundhogs and odd tracks that I like both old and new.
  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    charlie64 wrote:
    Today a bit of Dire Straits......Brothers in Arms...... :oops:

    Now, as much as I am against cycling on roads and listening to music... I have occassionaly been hurtling down the West Highland Way on my MTB listening to Mark Knophler and the theme from "Local Hero", it just compliments the scenery and atmosphere perfectly.
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  • King Donut
    King Donut Posts: 498
    bd12mz wrote:
    trance/dance/techno for the most part (dj's mark EG, M Zone, Clarkee, Producer, Scorpio, Sharkey and few others)...

    Are those guys still around? I'd be surprised if any of em made it to 40 (apart from clarkee obviously who was already a bit of a granddad back then)

    Occasionally I dust off the walkman and relive many a great set from the Music Maker, Loftgroover, HMS etc. Been meaning to rip them tapes for years but they might just send me crazy on the commute.
  • King Donut
    King Donut Posts: 498
    Today was a live recording from The Doors which includes a near 20 minute version of The End and a cracking medley of Poontang Blues / Build Me a Woman / Sunday Trucker

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