In article <54N4b.3675$bC1.2733 (AT) newsfep4-winn (DOT) server.ntli.net>,
Peter (AT) SwerveWeb (DOT) com says...
I do a bit too, but sometimes when I have had a particularly bad day in
the office, or feel like crap, something dull stops me driving like a 3
series owner on the way home. If I was to stick on a Chili's or
Stereophonics album, I would most likely be not so observant when in
that kind of mood, and something like Metallica, or Slipknot would put
me in the frame of driving to kill the car in front (they get saved for
late night empty motorways and A roads, and down the backroads anytime).

When I get that kind of mood on, Dido is actually very good. It's dull,
and soft, but at least it is fairly complex music, so it keeps you
awake.
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MeatballTurbo <carl.robson (AT) bouncing-czechs (DOT) com> wrote

Nope, Ella Fitzgerald or Air is what you want when you're really thrashing
the car. Opera makes me crash when I'm going quick. Ride of the Valkyries is
another dangerous one.

Previously, <MPG.19bea133a0ec2c99989a1d (AT) news (DOT) cis.dfn.de>, MeatballTurbo
<carl.robson (AT) bouncing-czechs (DOT) com> dipped their finger in oil and wrote:
Oh, I don't need music for that

See, I think I look like a hippy with long hair and such.

Apparently I look more like Charles Manson.

Must be the nervous twitch.

Richard
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Well I wouldn't have called Dido's music complex, but what do I know :-)

Songs that I've recently put on the stereo and turned up when I've had a
shit day and feeling pissed off / depressed (delete as appropriate,
sometimes more appropriate not to delete) are tracks 1 and 10 from
Coldplay's latest album ("Politik" and the title track "A rush of blood to
the head"), this song by Minuteman (wave if you've heard of them) that came
on a one track promo I picked up at a gig of theirs, a song called "Speaking
in tongues" by Dodgy (track 2 off the single "Good Enough", or a bit of
Supertramp (anything from the album "Even in the quietest moments",
especially track 6, "From now on"). If I'm in a happy mood I'll put Ben
Folds Five on.

Just in case you were going to ask!

Peter

but doesn't coldplay make you want to slit your wrists?!?!?!?
they sound like Morrissey, only more dull

When I'm feeling shit I quite like listening to music that makes me want to
slit my wrists - something that agrees with my frame of mind if you see what
I mean! Personally I reckon they're a great band, though a lot of their
songs don't do much for me (Yellow, Trouble, Clocks), but IMHO they've
written some really great songs, including "Everything's not lost" (off
their first album) and "Politik", which I particularly love for the
atmospheric ending.

I like some happier stuff too, like the Wannadies, that recent single by the
Libertines (don't look back into the sun), and I must say the new single by
Athlete (that one that bangs on about the true british climate) is
absolutely frikkin' superb.

Peter

AstraVanMan <Peter (AT) SwerveWeb (DOT) com> wrote


Coldplay, Travis and Ben Folds Five! What's wrong with you? :P

Travis?? Where did I mention that dreary boring band? Though their first
album, "Good Feeling" was actually reasonably good IMHO.

Peter

AstraVanMan <Peter (AT) SwerveWeb (DOT) com> wrote


That Carl did, there's something up with him too. TURN TURN TURN TURN etc.

My music in car varies greatly depending on my mood and what i fancy at the
time, Meat Loaf, Dire Straits, Sum 41, Bowling for Soup, Blink 182, Feeder,
Linkin Park, Shania Twain, Amy Studt, Clubland 3 - songs from all of these
have been played in my car in the last week...

Ultimate insanity driving song? Well, no contest, Motorhead - Ace of
Spades, makes you feel invincible and seriously fast....