my roots are showing

[geekchick]

[I'm about to horrify several people with this admission.]

For all the random and varied stuff I listen to, the best music for flying down the highway at 80 with the sunroof open is good ol' southern rock. Put on some Lynyrd Skynyrd (No, not "Freebird", and to the nice folks on Limewire, the Dave Matthews Band track "Sweet Home Alabama" is not an Allman Brothers cover, sheesh! Heathens.), some *actual* Allman Brothers, some James Gang, Steve Earle, a little Black Crowes, crank up "Slow Ride" to 11, and pick a part in "Black Water" to sing at the top of your lungs. Got to indulge in a little bit of that today, it's too bad most of this particularly gorgeous day was spent inside the office.

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Re: ROCK!!

[geekchick]

They're announcing the Beale Street Music Festival lineup on March 20; if it's another good year we should go. Beer, bbq and blues, in some order. ;)

[tommx.livejournal.com]

you may horrify some with this admission, but i doubt that you will find many who will actually disagree with you. the "horrified" ones simply lack the guts to actually come out and say so themselves.

i am not one of them.

[geekchick]

Heh. You should see the look on my boyfriend's face when I turn on the classic rock station in the car. ;) We have a disagreement on the best driving music: he contends that something at around 140 BPM is the best for driving and cringes at the idea of any of my suggestions, while I argue that his suggestion is too monotonous and what we *really* need is some Stevie Ray. Makes those 9 hour drives to Boston "interesting". ;)

[tommx.livejournal.com]

for long distance drives, i tend to break out the wagnerian operas. admittedly, i'm probably the only person for whom this is true, but i get so absorbed in them that the time spent listening to them goes by like that. and, since wagner writes operas that last for days on end....

of course i'm a madman, so that should be taken into account.

[geekchick]

The last time we drove to Boston, the Ring Cycle probably would've been just about long enough for the drive up. Ugh. Connecticut, gotta love it. Or something.

[tommx.livejournal.com]

usually tristan und isolde gets me from here to new jersey (family beach house). i probably wouldn't make it to boston on the ring because i'd probably not be driving alone, and other occupants of the car would riot after the first act of die walkuere if not sooner.

[geekchick]

So long as you have your spear and magic helmet everything should be okay.

[tommx.livejournal.com]

speawandmagichewwmet?

[geekchick]

Spear and magic helmet!

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Hey, I don't think it's shameful. I rather like a lot of country- and blues-inflected rock. Sometimes I even like out-and-out country (not enough to listen to the country music stations, but there's some good stuff out there.) I really dig old-timey and bluegrass, too. Did you see O Brother, Where Art Thou? What a fantastic soundtrack!

[geekchick]

No, haven't seen it yet although I've been meaning to forever. I listen to a bit of country too (I even own some Dixie Chicks - the CDs, I mean), I think probably I've been easing in to it by listening to folk. ;) Not to mention the far more hours of bluegrass than any human needs to listen to on the local NPR station, which is leading to me acquiring a taste for some of it. Heh.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Agreed pretty much... three days ago I burned a "road" CD with some Allman Brothers, sometimes it feels like "Ramblin' Man" should be my themesong (given travel, and being raised in Georgia ;-).

Except... make it 90...

[geekchick]

Well, I have a Protege, so doing 80 is about all I can ask. ;)