Take the long way home.

[Excalibur]

> Nods in the direction of Mr Helliwell and friends > :)

In an age where most of us have some form of audio on demand in our motors, and aren't restricted to whatever cack you can find on the radio at two in the morning, what do you listen to on the way home? For years I have had a radio with USB capability, and when I get bored witless by what's on it, I wipe it and start again.

I recently did this, and as I wended my weary way home this morning was listening to the newly filled stick. I have fairly eclectic musical tastes, and with around seven hundred tracks currently on the stick, it's interesting seeing what comes up next. Nothing too left field had come up, until I realised the delicate and haunting fretwork of Ian Fraser Kilmister's guitar. ( Shame on you if you have to Google that. :p )

Yes, a spot of Hawkwind at their trippy best. It doesn't get much more Rock and Roll than driving through the inky black countryside with Sonic Attack, and Silver Machine playing loud, with the dials round to eleven :corabarsteve:

So, what's on your music player as you wind down after a gig? Currently on mine is some Folk, electric and more acoustic, courtesy of Steeleye Span, Richard and Linda Thompson, Joni Mitchell, and Fairport Convention.
Country Rock, Eagles, Outlaws, Poco, Lady Antebellum, and the wonderful Mary-Chapin Carpenter.
Rock? CCR, John Fogerty, Bruce Springsteen, Zeppelin, Heart, Joe Walsh and Bob Seger.
Singer songwriters, Gordon Lightfoot, Clifford T Ward, Kirsty MacColl, and Warren Zevon.

There's usually The Tain by Horslips in there somewhere, Rod Stewart, Dave Edmunds, and whatever takes my fancy at the time.

What's on yours? :confused:

[soundscapes]

Currently a lot of ac/dc as I was looking forward to seeing them again this year but cancelled my tickets when Brian Johnson pulled out. There's also the full set of school disco.com cds in the autochanger for when I'm in a more upbeat mood

[Corabar Steve]

Currently my entire collection of Steampunk, Chap-Hop, Electro-Swing & other Steampunk friendly sounds, as I have a couple of Steampunk weekenders coming up over the next few weeks & I'm for once trying to get my set into some sort of order before the event.

[funkymook]

I tend to put one album on and play it continually for a week or so (sometimes I'll just repeat one track)

At the moment it's Ten Years After, last week the Yardbirds , prior to those Mott The Hoople , Funkadelic and John Mayall.

Good call on Hawkind, will have to go there next.

[Benny Smyth]

Depends on the gig.

If the gig lacked dance music, I need to hear some to balance me out. If it was heavy on dance, I tend to go for some chillout style of tunes.

Other options are talk radio and blissful silence whilst I perform an autopsy if the night's events.

[CRAZY K]

I tend to put one album on and play it continually for a week or so (sometimes I'll just repeat one track)

At the moment it's Ten Years After, last week the Yardbirds , prior to those Mott The Hoople , Funkadelic and John Mayall.

Good call on Hawkind, will have to go there next.

John Mayall--oooooooooh!

Pure class--used to watch him live with Peter Green, Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor---those guys did a bit after their grounding with the British Blues Master :rolleyes:

I usually play non stop Banarama on the way home--good time 80s music to keep me awake at the wheel:beer1:.

[DJColsie]

One the way back from a gig, something reasonably chilled for me.

[Imagine]

Believe it or not after a night of being deafened by the same old chooons, I normally listen to a Jazz program on the radio that's normally on air on the way home (but then I'm weird)

It's either that, or as Benny says the blissful, deafening sound of silence.

[rth_discos]

Usually LBC for some late night conversation.

[Daryll]

It really depends on the sort of gig I have just finished.
Usually Loreena McKennitt , spriguns of tolgus , sandy deny , steeleyed span, get the picture................lol

Cheers

Daryll

[Excalibur]

Other options are talk radio and blissful silence
No they're not! Only if the radio has thrown a wobbler. :(




I usually play non stop Banarama on the way home--good time 80s music to keep me awake at the wheel:beer1:.
I think I preferred Benny's options after all. :eek:
Mr Mayall and his friends have certainly served their musical apprenticeships, not like some of the modern acts. I bet there's a lot of Googling going on though for John Mayall. ;)

Believe it or not after a night of being deafened by the same old chooons, I normally listen to a Jazz program on the radio that's normally on air on the way home (but then I'm weird)
You said it, son. I'm just glad I'm normal. :fp::fp::fp:


It's either that, or as Benny says the blissful, deafening sound of silence.
Yeah, that new version in the charts isn't as easy on the ear as Tom and Jerry*



* Google's going to get a hammering today, I feel. :D

[Nakatomi]

I've not changed my van stereo over yet. So for now I listen to whatever is on Radio 4 or the soothing sounds of rattling along country lanes. When I get round to changing it, I'll likely stick a few podcasts on, or recordings of Annie Mac. I don't think I've been able to disvover new music I actually enjoy other than 'house' for many a year. Quite sad, that. Oh there's a few Pengelly 'tapes' I need to catch up on though.

[Shaun]

Complete silence for me on the way back home. It allows me to completely wind down.

[Excalibur]

Complete silence for me on the way back home. It allows me to completely wind down.

That's my idea of Hell. :(

[theoloyla]

Radio 2

[DeckstarDeluxe]

Well as I'm drive a classic and vintage mode of transport (a rather sporty n rusty '03 ford transit I'll have you know) it's limited to standard radio and audio only cds so it's either talksport (if someone bearable is on), kiss fm (only pick it up near Bristol) otherwise a selection of burnt cds such as britpop, older hed kandi/disco mixes (Mark Doyle era) or some chilled hip hop/rnb.

MOT is due in November so I'll be van shopping this summer hopefully get something with DAB and either a USB or iphone input.

[mattydj50]

Radio 2

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