Preferred Tunes!

My tastes fluctuate depending on mood...
Obscure/mainstream 80's metal,
Progressive rock ala Genesis, Yes, ELP, King Crimson Kansa etc...
90's Dishwalla, Gin Blossoms, Tonic, Alice in Chains etc...
Anything Chris Cornell touchess lol
John Mayer, City and Color..

just a rough idea, never on the bike though, fully agree with Fitz'assessment

And Fitz ..... Stan Rogers? ever make it up this way for the festival?

 

Not yet, but it would be a good destination. Something about his voice and lyrics just strikes a chord with me. Another great talent lost too soon.

 

So very true. It seems like most of these band's best works were their first album or two. Perhaps it was the 80s that destroyed good music

See, you don't have to be "old" to listen to good music.

 

Ah crap. How could i forget about "The Dan?" I'm a bad fan...

Favorite album...?

 

Only ONE?

Volunteers, Jefferson Airplane.

 

I haven't been listening while riding long. Just playing around with the bluetooth functionality of my Scala com system.
At work we have a thing about what kinds of music are acceptable no matter how much we enjoy them. ACDC is about as hard as we rock since when the Metallica and Slipknot get going all the nuts and bolts mysteriously get torqued too tight and parts get clamp marks in them from overtightening vices. I carry this to riding music. Keep it on Airborne Toxic Event, Kings of Leon etc.
Out on some far off hwys I'll cut loose with Tech N9ne, Kottonmouth Kings, Ozzie, Rammstein, Manson though I don't recommend it. The darn speedo needle just keeps sneaking up and up.
Keep the volume down but really, my exhaust is obnoxiously, retardedly loud so I'm not losing an situational awareness due to the noise coming from inside my helmet.
I'm gonna keep at it for another week or two then go back to without and see how I feel about it. Just like any other potentially distracting activity it's paramount to catch yourself if your mind wanders. unacceptable.

 

You mean that you DON'T like the second grade level rhymes?


Pollack's got it right though....it's amazing how much the noise can fatigue you when riding. My ear plugs drown out all the "right" noise without blinding me to the "wrong" noise, and they leave me arriving fresh and awake.

Like others, I'm pretty eclectic with my music and my little mp3 player is mostly loaded with old school rock to keep me fired up but the music only comes on when the road is long and empty....usually with several hundred miles stretching in front of me.

jeff

 

I have to respectfully disagree with such a blanket statement.

If you are listening to music at an obscene volume where you cannot hear anything but the music, I'd have to agree with you... but if the volume is low enough to allow you to hear your surroundings, I don't think it's a safety issue. I can't claim to have the riding experience you have (which is why I respect your opinion on the topic), however I think my 17 years riding experience allows me a pretty decent opinion here (which just so happens to differ in this case).

Cheers

 

I feel the same way. I have never listened to music loud enough where I couldn't hear the vehicles around me. I feel ear plugs would be much more of a hazard

I can understand the reasoning though. But a good sounding motor will typically make me sleepy

 

I'm too new to riding to feel comfortable with tunes in. I'd probably enjoy it for the first minute or so, and then it would make me so nervous that'd I'd have to pull over and turn it off.