fubar5

I usually do my music listening before and after a ride. And the music has to sike me up for whatever kinda riding I plan on doing. Say I'm planning on flying down some trails and sailing off a couple drop-offs,I need some nutty music, something that will put my fears behind me, like the song Cprona, by Minutemen, also the theme song to the MTV show J****ss,or One Fine Day by The Offspring.For speed biking I like stuff with a fast beat, Like Blink 182. And overall, I dislike melencholy music, and heavy metal,way to serious for me. My music has to be lighthearted.

fubar5

Correction to my previous post: Corona, not Cprona.

mike

Wow, Raymond, you have access to so many cool concerts. You are living our dream.

I hope you are actually living the dream.

So many people live in cool places, but never take advantage of it.

pupmm36

i only listen while on the trainer in the basement.it helps pass time.and the 1 cd i usually listen to is RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS,BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK. yes,with a K

RainmanP

Mike,
Yeah, in some ways I have it pretty good, and I don't take advantage of the opportunities as much as I should. HOWEVER, last year, all 3 daughters being away at school, my wife and I started "dating" again and doing more of the stuff that is available. For instance, next Wednesday, April 11, 2001, starts an annual series of weekly free after work concerts in an oak-shaded square downtown. We discovered this series last year toward the end of the series and have been looking forward to it ever since. Next week, Rockin Dopsie (for some reason pronounced Doopsie), Jr. and the Zydeco Twisters. We love zydeco. What a great kick off. Mostly great local artists (as you can imagine, we have plenty) as well as an occasional biggie in town to play House of Blues. We take our chairs and drinks and just chill. Last year we saw G.E. Smith. You remember, G.E. Smith and the Saturday Night Live Band. I was a little disappointed because he basically was playing for a female singer and did not really get to show his own stuff. Only problem this year - how do I get my bike home? Guess I can leave it at work and take the bus in the morning, but the thought of not riding saddens me.
This Friday, tomorrow, 4/6, a local casino starts it's weekly series of Friday and Saturday free concerts. First up Jerry Lee Lewis, whom a lot of people paid pretty good bucks to see at HOB just a few months ago. Next week, Chubby Checker. They get a lot of retooled 70s and 80s bands. Last year, for instance, Peter Noone and the New Herman's Hermits, Gary Puckett of Union Gap fame,the New Rascals, featuring two original members of the original Young Rascals, Little Richard, and a bunch of others whose names you would recognize if my aging brain could remember them.
Not to mention French Quarter Fest in a couple of weeks, followed immediately by the grandaddy, The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, better known as Jazz Fest. Two long weekends of unbelievable music of ever description. We only went one day last year. I expect to go three this year. Decisions, decisions.
Not the least thing I feel lucky about is where I live in relation to my office. An 8.7 mile commute in the early morning on empty main streets and a, now, 13.3 mile commute home on a combination of back streets as well as a nice stretch along Lakeshore Drive by Lake Pontchartrain. A wonderful fast stretch when the wind is low, murder with a headwind, but enjoyable either way. The wind is my friend. It makes me stronger.
Yes, I do feel lucky. But you know, we all are in some way. I envy those of you who live in more interesting cycling places with good trails and rural roads, places where you can ride for extended periods with no stop lights. With mountains to climb and breathtaking descents. As long as we have two wheels, or three, you trike riders, we are all blessed.
Regards,
Raymond

BruceinDC!

I did a ride years ago, um, during the boom box years, and one guy dropped a box in his day pack, and we listened to the Doobie Brothers. It kept out minds on the music, or rather it kept our minds off our hurtin' legs, and we finished the ride in record time. Of course, all I can remember about the ride is the Doobie Brothers, not the scenery or the conversations... so I prefer silence when riding. Now, once I am home and need to relax, I break out the Partidge Family and Brady Bunch records! Did you know there is a seven-minute version of the theme to Sanford and Son? Truth!

mike

Seven minutes of the Sanford and Son Theme?

That would have me hoping to get stopped at a stop light so I could change the radio station.

mike

I said it earlier on this post and, as it turns out, I was right,

"The Partridge Family music is righteous for bicycling!"

It is no wonder, they were bicyclists themselves. They sang for us, baby!

Check out this photo of David Cassidy (lead singer of the Partridge Family) cruising on this muscle bike in 1972.

JonR

I look around apprehensively, and if there's nobody to hear, I start singing a few songs by Poulenc. Or a couple of tunes from Buena Vista Social Club that I memorized. I know it's strange, but I don't seem to know any songs in English. Sometimes I have amused myself by reciting Shakespeare sonnets, though.

LittleBigMan

Shakespeare sonnets, hm? See, cyclists have "culture!"

I think I have one of those stingrays hanging in my garage.

What David Cassidy really needs is a five-speed stick-shift. Hey, remember the chopper?

roadbuzz

He's a serious rider, too. Check the aero grip on the handlebars!

Cambronne

Having never been much of a fan of Madonna or the Backstreet Boys, I instead use my cycle commute time to listen to language cassettes. In France, this is mostly how I learned english... I had twelve hours a week of dedicated listening time. (I wondered, though, if I would be able to speak english if I WAS NOT on my bike.)

I picked up enough spanish to get me by in the same fashion, and presently am working on italian.

I discovered a company called Penton Overseas (https://www.pentonoverseas.com) who sell courses called "Learn in Your Car..." They require very little course manual reference, and the small guide that comes with the cassette tapes will easily fit in a fanny pack or seat bag.

Cycling is not a terribly cerebral activity, and I find that I can easily concentrate on vocabulary and grammar drills and still pay attention to road and traffic conditions.

You folks would be amazed at how fast you can pick up a language this way...

When I'm not conjugating andare, volere, finire.... I like to listen to Beethoven, Mozart, Dvorak, Strauss, Wagner, and Gershwin, along with reggae, raï, latin beat, Cuban Son, and african pop music.

Fatal Mambo is my preferred hill climbing music...

bjlaw

As a change of pace you all should try Romanza by Andrea Bocelli. If you close your eyes this music will transport you to the villages and back roads of northern Italy.

Dirtgrinder

The Who!!!!!
Won't get fooled again, Who are You, Baba O'Riley. If that don't get you pumpin' nothing will!

Dirtgrinder

Warning!!!!
BJ is a professional rider on a closed track, Please do not attempt this yourself.

dirtsqueezer

That's the stuff. Awesome CD.

Getting into some ska as well, the skatellites and buck-o-nine are a lot of fun.

Campag Fetish Boy

Gary Numan or Kraftwerk

www.afenet.com
or
www.garynuman.co.uk
or
www.kraftwerk.com

nebill

Guys, it seems you have forgotten the Eagles!!! Tonight on the way home, Hotel California started playing right before I got home.....so I had to ride all the way through town untill the song was over!! I love listening to music..although I keep the earphones kinda down on my ears so I can still hear the other cars and sounds of my surroundings. I ordered an MP3 player today......150 songs on 1 CD!! Guess I better keep working out so I can ride long enough to reach the end of the CD!!

fubar5

Well, for any of you mp3 sharing fools who are frustrated about what is happening to napster. Try Kazaa.com . It works really well for me, and you can also get music video's. There are not as many Kazaa users, so there is not quite the selection of music Napster has, but it fills the bill.

mrpc

If you mean the best music for cycling WITH then I would say none!

It is dangerous enough out there with all your senses actively scanning let alone with your ears otherwise engaged

JonR

I gotta say I agree totally.

I have found that if I have music going, either in headphones or on speakers, and become concentrated on some task, I completely stop hearing the music as long as my concentration lasts. To me, this means that if I am aware of the music, I'm not totally concentrated.

When I'm on my bike, especially on city streets full of drunken, cell-phone gabbing drivers and drugged, stupefied pedestrians, I want nothing less than all the concentration I can muster, at every second.

Trekn

How about some Cannibal Corpse, Deicide, Napalm Death (Rich you would know them), Mortician, Dismember those bands should get the blood pumping.

Trekn

Myself, I like Deep house. Knuckles, Terrence Parker, Roy Davis Jr. , Raze anything like that. I don't normally ride to music though. I like my music in nightclubs

HillaryRose

I don't listen to music while cycling. I want to hear that car coming up behind me.

On the other hand, while I'm at the gym, in the winter, on the stationary bike, the only music fit to be listened to is John Mellencamp. Preferrably the early to mid '80s stuff like "Cherry Bomb" or "Little Pink Houses" Okay, I admit it. I'm betraying my Indiana hick roots here.

Hunter

No I cannot take that stuff. Way to morbid, and satanic. Hence I guess in that area of Metal I guess that is why there is Morbid Angel. That style of Metal is called Black Metal, or Death Metal. Really hard to listen too, and very taxing on the brain.
Have you seen that commercial yet where this guy is getting a meal ready and the doorbell rings? There is this girl at the door in a fish net garb, she comes in sits down, and he punches the remote. You get this real hardcore tune, "let me call you sweetheart........." Funny commercial but MAN! Could you imagine listening to that all the time? What about that guys throat?