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Best/Worst song to buy the farm to
YACC (no, you Unix weenies, it's "yet another close call") today; teen driver at an intersection
Appropriately enough, the song on the iPod at the time was "Highway to Hell" near the end of he song and, after swerving to avoid the impact, I distinctly remember the lyrics:
I'm on my way to the promised land
I'm on the highway to hell
And I'm going down, all the way down
So, this brings up the question - If you had to buy the farm on a ride, which song would be the best/worst to do it to?
*** Note: This is NOT intended to be another should I/shouldn't I iPod-while-riding thread and NO - my encounter today would NOT have been any less dangerous had I been sans iPod. ***
Appropriately enough, the song on the iPod at the time was "Highway to Hell" near the end of he song and, after swerving to avoid the impact, I distinctly remember the lyrics:
I'm on my way to the promised land
I'm on the highway to hell
And I'm going down, all the way down
So, this brings up the question - If you had to buy the farm on a ride, which song would be the best/worst to do it to?
*** Note: This is NOT intended to be another should I/shouldn't I iPod-while-riding thread and NO - my encounter today would NOT have been any less dangerous had I been sans iPod. ***
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What the hell bro.... you were listening to an ipod while riding your bike? Don't you know that makes the baby jesus cry!!!!
About 2 months ago I was rounding a corner onto the one way street that runs infront of my building, while listening to The Smiths' "There is a light that never goes out", at the chorus of "If a 10 ton truck crashes in to us" sure enough there was a D-Bag in a truck driving the wrong way up the street, missed him by about 6 inches.
About 2 months ago I was rounding a corner onto the one way street that runs infront of my building, while listening to The Smiths' "There is a light that never goes out", at the chorus of "If a 10 ton truck crashes in to us" sure enough there was a D-Bag in a truck driving the wrong way up the street, missed him by about 6 inches.
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the bustaguad song.
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the bustaguad song.
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Worst: Dope: Die MF Die ( https://www.lyricsreg.com/lyrics/dope/Die+Mf+Die/ )
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Best: Don't Fear the Reaper
Worst: Kenny G. Any song. I'd just really hate for him to be the last thing I ever heard, pretty sure I'd rather take the buds out and just listen to my own skull cracking.
Worst: Kenny G. Any song. I'd just really hate for him to be the last thing I ever heard, pretty sure I'd rather take the buds out and just listen to my own skull cracking.
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Worst: anything disco
Best: no such thing, but if I had to choose I might take Bloodrock's D.O.A. I haven't heard that song in over 35 years.
Best: no such thing, but if I had to choose I might take Bloodrock's D.O.A. I haven't heard that song in over 35 years.
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Best: On the Transmigration of Souls by John Adams (listening to it makes me want to die)
Worst: I Believe I Can Fly by R Kelly (listening to it also makes me want to die, but the lyrics don't fit)
Worst: I Believe I Can Fly by R Kelly (listening to it also makes me want to die, but the lyrics don't fit)
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I want to die to this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04
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EDIT: OK, that was a bit obtuse. I'm a John Adams fan (did I really just say that?) and once played Harmonium as part of a symphony orchestera, though I can't remember if we did the whole piece or some movements. Yup, pretty surprised I'm talking about this on BF...
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I'd hoped we'd get a Charles Ives reference in this thread, but I had no idea it would be so roundabout. What are you, a music teacher?
EDIT: OK, that was a bit obtuse. I'm a John Adams fan (did I really just say that?) and once played Harmonium as part of a symphony orchestera, though I can't remember if we did the whole piece or some movements. Yup, pretty surprised I'm talking about this on BF...
EDIT: OK, that was a bit obtuse. I'm a John Adams fan (did I really just say that?) and once played Harmonium as part of a symphony orchestera, though I can't remember if we did the whole piece or some movements. Yup, pretty surprised I'm talking about this on BF...
A long time ago I heard "Harmonielehre" performed by the Jacksonville SO in Gainesville, FL. It was one of the greatest performances I have ever heard anywhere by any group. You could see the musicians on the stage getting more and more excited as the piece progressed because what they knew they were part of something very special. To my amazement the entire crowd rose to their feet with thunderous applause at the end. Usually that crowd would complain about anything written after 1900.
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YACC (no, you Unix weenies, it's "yet another close call") today; teen driver at an intersection
Appropriately enough, the song on the iPod at the time was "Highway to Hell" near the end of he song and, after swerving to avoid the impact, I distinctly remember the lyrics:
I'm on my way to the promised land
I'm on the highway to hell
And I'm going down, all the way down
So, this brings up the question - If you had to buy the farm on a ride, which song would be the best/worst to do it to?
*** Note: This is NOT intended to be another should I/shouldn't I iPod-while-riding thread and NO - my encounter today would NOT have been any less dangerous had I been sans iPod. ***
Appropriately enough, the song on the iPod at the time was "Highway to Hell" near the end of he song and, after swerving to avoid the impact, I distinctly remember the lyrics:
I'm on my way to the promised land
I'm on the highway to hell
And I'm going down, all the way down
So, this brings up the question - If you had to buy the farm on a ride, which song would be the best/worst to do it to?
*** Note: This is NOT intended to be another should I/shouldn't I iPod-while-riding thread and NO - my encounter today would NOT have been any less dangerous had I been sans iPod. ***
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the bustaguad song.
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Best: Rancid Last One to Die: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSqStkFtzGQ
Best: Rancid Last One to Die: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSqStkFtzGQ
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OP, almost buying the farm to Highway to Hell is bad karma. You better void that soon!
OP, almost buying the farm to Highway to Hell is bad karma. You better void that soon!
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I'd hoped we'd get a Charles Ives reference in this thread, but I had no idea it would be so roundabout. What are you, a music teacher?
EDIT: OK, that was a bit obtuse. I'm a John Adams fan (did I really just say that?) and once played Harmonium as part of a symphony orchestera, though I can't remember if we did the whole piece or some movements. Yup, pretty surprised I'm talking about this on BF...
EDIT: OK, that was a bit obtuse. I'm a John Adams fan (did I really just say that?) and once played Harmonium as part of a symphony orchestera, though I can't remember if we did the whole piece or some movements. Yup, pretty surprised I'm talking about this on BF...
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Oh, you have to see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04
edit: forcing me to view that didn't help with your karma.
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