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 :mad:

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. ***

What the hell bro.... you were listening to an ipod while riding your bike? Don't you know that makes the baby jesus cry!!!! :D

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.

Best: Comfortably Numb

Worst: Hell's Bells

the bustaguad song.

Botto,

You are one sick little puppy!

Queen: Another One Bites the Dust

Best: Black Flag - The Process of Weeding Out

Worst: Black Flag - The Process of Weeding Out


Side A and B in both cases.

Brilliant. But it reminds me of this which is the best and worse song to blah, blah, etc, etc.

Worst: Dope: Die MF Die ( http://www.lyricsreg.com/lyrics/dope/Die+Mf+Die/ )

Best: Stairway to Heaven

DG

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.

:lol::lol::lol:

I love you Botto, and I'm not even gay.

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: 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)

I want to die to this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04

(the first true rock video)

It made me want to die as well.:twitchy:

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? :p

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...

I know someone from Austin that fits this musical description, but I don't think that he rides a bike. (It isn't you, is it, Jerry?)

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.

Weasel Stomping Day by Weird Al Yankovic.

so when am i banning you for this?

Worst: (Surprise) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAuV8...ture=topvideos

Best: Rancid Last One to Die: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSqStkFtzGQ

I'm afraid to click any of the YT links for fear of being RickRolled.

OP, almost buying the farm to Highway to Hell is bad karma. You better void that soon!

Yeah, I didn't expect anyone to know who the heck I was referencing. I'll admit, I really liked Short Ride in a Fast Machine, but nothing else by him. I just don't get half of the contemporary and minimalist stuff. Even Salonen admitted that it often has no melody and that few people like it.

Oh, you have to see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04

Disturbing display of the worst of the early 70's.

edit: forcing me to view that didn't help with your karma.

organ donor - DJ shadow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRS8cM4lyKY


Thanks for reminding me Pandora