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Jack Crosby posted:
Troy Sloan posted:
Robert M posted:
michel posted:

I didn't know you could use head phones while you drive. 

Jack Crosby posted:

I do get an audiophille sound in my Speedster.  I use Bose noise cancelling earphones and an Ipod and listen to music or audio books on long trips.  The clarity is sensational and compares to the sound system in my S class Mercedes when I traveled in that.  This is saying a lot about similar sound in a Speedster with a high revving Type Iv!  To use earphones in cars in some states but in 12 years I have never been stopped because of this.  Remember---they can't see into my Speedster anywhere as well as I can see out.  I see absolutely no danger as sirens and big trucks never sneak up on me and I am as alert about traffic with or without the audio set up.

Something else---when I want a break from music or audio books, the earphones are wonderful to use just as sound reducers.  Super quiet!    I use the same set up traveling internationally on planes ----works the same way.  Heading to Europe First class on Delta very soon and won't fail to carry this set up on the trip---Alice too. 

I learned this from flying a Cessna Cutlass all over the country and that is even a lot noiser form of conveyance than a Speedster!  Had I started this back in the early 80s I wouldn't have tinitus today!

I didn't  know  you could drive with head phones on. Illegal In California I thought.

In California it is illegal to drive with both ears covered, ie, with headphones on or ear buds in both ears. 

It's also illegal to exceed the speed limit.  ;-) 

That's right, Troy.  I never break any rules especially (gasp!) speeding.  And our class won the bible!

If you won a Bible then you probably read "Let he who hath not sped cast the first stone." 

@Jack Crosby

"p.s. ... and for those of you that can hear the music (ha) this is a super cheesy question, but what's your favorite drive jam? I'm making playlists (cuz that's all I got right now) and will review all submissions!"

I recorded my exhaust note and play that when I'm driving.

It's by a group of six, called the 911flatsixers - a really retro sound. 

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@RINY

Sammy Hagar - I can't drive 55

Bob Segar - Against the wind

Journey - Any Way You Want It

Bruce Springsteen - Born to run

George Benson - Breezin

Lynyrd Skynrd - Call me the Breeze

Marshall Tucker - Can't You See

Kansas - Carry on Wayward SonKenny Logins - Danger Zone

Eagles - Life in the Fast Lane

CCR - Looking out my Back Door

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet ride

Sammy Hagar - Red

Talking Heads - road to Nowhere

The Doors - Riders on the Storm

Van Halen - Running with the Devil

Foghat - Slow Ride

Boston - Smokin

Lynrd Skynrd - Sweet Home Alabama

REO Speedwagon - Take it on the Run

Sammy Hagar - There's Only One Way to Rock

Ted Nugent - Wango Tango

AC/DC - You Shook me all Night Long

I have a ver y eclectic mix on my iPhone, probably somewhere over 1,000 songs of all different genres. I do have a 500 wat amp, JBL tweeters, mids, and a 10" JBL woofer installed so I can hear/feel it at any speed. I turn it down in town but I can still hear it.

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Dire Straits is in my top 3 favorite bands.

I can name a dozen great songs that most people have never heard.  I have a playlist that we listen to while boating at night.  Starts with Brothers in Arms, then Follow me Home, then Ride Across the River.

I don't remember the order, but contains Wild West end, Private Investigations, Telegraph Road, Romeo and Juliet, Six Blade Knife, Once Upon a Time in the West and Where Do You Think You're Going to name a few

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Jethro posted:

In the Gallery by Dire Straits... Loud.

Dude. 

There’s 2 of us!  My preferred Dire Straits driving song would be Telegraph Road, but really I’ll take anything from Love Over Gold or Brothers in Arms. The ipod playlist has both albums in their entirety.

Brothers in Arms would be in my top five albums of all time, hands down, and I think Mark Knopfler was/is probably one of the most underrated lead guitarists ever. So sparce. So amazingly lyrical.

Genius. 

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Jethro posted:

He, like David Gilmour, uses the space between notes brilliantly.

That's IT! It's what he doesn't play that makes him brilliant.

I think he was the first guitar player that really made me open my eyes to the fact that genius was more than the sum of its technical parts. He made achingly haunting music, rather than presenting a freight-train of noise (which, make no mistake, can be excellent in its own right).

I was (and really still am, deep down) a hick-town, headstrong punk with a lot of pent up angst and muscle, straining to stake my claim in a complex and nuanced world-- Eddie Van Halen was my spirit animal.

Dire Straights showed me that sometimes less can be a LOT more.

Carlos G posted:

@550 Phil  I had Born To Be Wild blaring from my stereo in my 81 Camaro as I was sliding sideways through someone's front yard only to be stopped by the guide wire to a power pole releasing the power line to land on my hood. The house in front of me went dark, I put it in reverse and headed to a near by friends house to use a hammer to get the fender off of my front tire. Impressions. 

These things happen. Carry on and be brave!

I deal mostly with Pandora, and it usually depends on my mood and time of day. 

Early Mornings: various Jack Johnson albums

Late Mornings / Afternoon: Marshall Tucker [Can’t You See], The Doors [LA Woman], The Animals [House of the Rising Sun], The Rolling Stones [Gimme Shelter], Norman Greenbaum [Spirit in the Sky], Bruce Springsteen [Thunder Road], Stealers Wheel [Stuck in the Middle], George Baker Selection [Little Green Bag], The Who [I Can See for Miles], The Zombies [She’s Not There]....

Early Evening: The Band Phoenix on Pandora

Evening: Ben E. King [Stand By Me], Otis Redding [Dock of the Bay], The Coasters [Sh Boom, Life Could be a Dream], Bobby Darin [Beyond the Sea], The Five Satins [Still of the Night], The Drifters [under the Boardwalk], .......

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Stan Galat posted:
Jethro posted:

He, like David Gilmour, uses the space between notes brilliantly.

That's IT! It's what he doesn't play that makes him brilliant.

I think he was the first guitar player that really made me open my eyes to the fact that genius was more than the sum of its technical parts. He made achingly haunting music, rather than presenting a freight-train of noise (which, make no mistake, can be excellent in its own right).

I was (and really still am, deep down) a hick-town, headstrong punk with a lot of pent up angst and muscle, straining to stake my claim in a complex and nuanced world-- Eddie Van Halen was my spirit animal.

Dire Straights showed me that sometimes less can be a LOT more.

My brother from another mother...

The songs "Brothers in Arms" and "Ride Across the Water" are hauntingly aching.   Imagine listening to them while on a boat at night, traveling up a river...  Freaking awesome!

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I like some of Knopfler's solo stuff like "What It Is" and Speedway at Nazareth" from the "Sailing to Philadelphia album.

And of course it's no secret I'm a big Joe Bonamassa fan.  My current favorite is a rockin' version of "Don't burn Down That Bridge" that he did back in '01.  For your listening enjoyment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjQXeOGrQns

I may not have seen many, but that's gotta be the best bass guitar solo I've ever seen.

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