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Sat Mar 13, 2010 8:12 am

Just been listening to some new music, and I think that Cross Canadian Ragweed is great traveling music, and also Citizen Cope, and I never leave home without Peter Case in the car.
Seems there is a new wave of good music coming out that meets my no hip hop sensibilities. Diggin' it!

Sat Mar 13, 2010 8:38 am

I re-installed my stereo system a few nights ago. After turning it on, I went for a CD to hear it thump.. I first grabbed the old trusty Primus CD from 93.. I turned it up only to find that it did not sound as nice as I wished it would.. I ran back inside and grabbed some Old And In The Way, a bluegrass group with Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, Tony rice, Vaser Clemmons, etc.. I put that in and instantly had a smile, hell, the wife even popped out of the cabin to say it sounded nice, then recommended a test drive.. Drove around the island waking my geriatric neighbors, but they can just be happy it wasn't with Primus..
Funny thing is, I liked metal and punk only when I was a teen, went on dead tour at 17, bought my first bus at 21( after having 2 bugs and a square). Here 15 years later I find that I have spent more money replacing my old metal and punk than buying newer reggae, folk, bluegrass, jam band stuff.. Master of puppets is gret in my Expedition, but not so calming while downshifting to go up a mole hill. Now it looks like I will be making a CD case for the bus full of reggae, bluegrass and jam bands..

Sat Mar 13, 2010 2:12 pm

Doors, Dead, any other good smokin music.

Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:38 am

- The Tragically Hip
- Fred J. Eaglesmith
- Sublime
- Aggrolites
- The Pogues
- Dropkick Murphys

I listen to pretty much everything, but for some reason these seem to be in heavy rotation when I'm behind the wheel in Oscar.

Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:34 pm

14 pages and no mention of the Boss??? Thunder Road.?.. Born in the USA?
Also love the Dead. All those Classic rock and reggae bands mentioned before. John Coltrane. My Favorite Things. Miles Davis and a list of bee bop era jazz too long for me to list.

Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:35 pm

had the cramps on today with the kids in the bus, driving everywhere looking for rainboots...

Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:35 pm

Rock and Roll, beginning with the Beatles and ending just before disco, when around other people. And rock music from the brief era when MTV was good.

Postwar harmonica blues when alone.

Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:13 pm

Call me old (ok, at 38 I guess I AM old...) but I only listen to AM on the factory radio when I'm driving the bus. I don't know why but it's cathartic in some ways.

Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:27 pm

Ohh... the motor on the bu-us goes vroom vroom vroom,
vroom vroom vroom,
vroom chug CLANKCLANKCLANK.
Oh the driver of the bu-us goes curse curse curse,
Aaaall the way to the mecha-nic.

Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:27 pm

Ramones
Reverend Horton Heat
Pistols
Ramones
Squirl Nut Zippers
The Meteors
Ramones
King Kurt
Jerry Lee Lewis
Guana Batz
Ramones
B-52's
Blondie
Stray Cats
Nashville Pussy
999
oh!
did I mention the Ramones?

gonna have to try the Cramps ..

Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:21 am

at least once every trip I have to play my bus's name sake song
Stella Blue (grateful dead) as her name is Stella.

Nick

Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:10 pm

T. Rex

Bang a Gong

My stock horn (and perhaps your horn too) is perfectly tuned to the driving rhythm guitar. I play along (beep-beep) when assured I will not annoy other drivers. It doesn't get any better.

Mon Aug 09, 2010 2:10 pm

Can- Tago Mago
Amon Duul II- Phallus Dei
Pink Floyd- Piper at the gates of Dawn
Buffalo Springfield- Anything
Greatful Dead- Terrapin Station

Mon Aug 09, 2010 2:27 pm

When I have been driving it on permits / working on it at home the selection is very widely varied. I use one of those FM transmitter things with either an SD card, USB stick or my PMP which I only use for an MP3 player connected to it.
I have a few of those tape adapter things kicking around but don't much care for them. Apparently they have higher quality output, but I'd need higher quality ears to take advantage.

What I listen to:

Some of the GTA:VC soundtrack. Good selection of '70s and '80s music.
System of a Down.
Rammstein.
Kraftwerk.
The B-52's sometimes. usually 1st and 2nd albums.
the Eels.
Various electronic/dubstep/chiptune remixes/other miscellanea.
Rob Zombie.
Metallica.
Pink Floyd.
etc.

i help out with discos / karaoke so there are a wide selection of songs that I didn't mind but can no longer stand, so my choices are pretty dynamic.

Thu Aug 12, 2010 12:54 am

Steppenwolf - Sookie Sookie

Pretty much anything with a Leslie organ effect in it, lol

Thu Aug 12, 2010 12:59 pm

How about America - Ventura Highway...

Watch out for alligator lizards in the air!

Thu Aug 12, 2010 8:32 pm

Janes Addiction all day!!!!!

Fri Aug 13, 2010 8:22 am

Late last year before my brother-in-law passed away he loaded up his MP3 with 3,048 songs and gave it to me i still haven't gone through all of it but its a cool ride when you shuffle all of them....lol

Sat Dec 04, 2010 7:35 am

IrnLzrd wrote: How about America - Ventura Highway...

Watch out for alligator lizards in the air!

All day long!!! X2! Also,

Little Dragon
Wendy and Lisa
Kraftwerk (esp. Autobahn and Tone float)
Miles Davis

Sat Dec 04, 2010 7:57 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0 :shock: