Ok, let's just get this out of the way: YES, I AM A MUSIC SNOB.

BUT:

People always blast trashy crap from their cars. WHY?!? And it's not even affable, QUALITY trashy crap like disco or Ramones or even Ozzy. No.

It's always like the Shania Twain cover of a Mr. Mister song with guest vocals by D-Thugg and Cialis, remixed by K-Fed, from the "Songs Inspired By but not Appearing in Spiderman III" album. Why can't I be woken up in the middle of the night by someone blasting Mozart's Requiem or Brian Eno's "Discreet Music" from their car stereo as they prowl down the street? A little Stereolab never hurt anyone. Come on now, just humor me. Or Heart! I would even accept "Barracuda" or "Magic Man". Absolutely. GLADLY.

Chicago orgers: just to make me smile, drive past my apartment at 4 a.m. and blast some Kate Bush or Alice Coltrane from your car speakers. I swear, it'll make my week.

I mean, come on, people. STANDARDS.

Thank you, that is all.

I blast the Carmina from my car.

In taberna quando sumus is my jam.

Well, you'd love my husband. He blasts classical music all the time. And he's an old school rap/funk head.

Actually, so do I.
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I do!

For the last month the only 2 CDs in my car have been KC & the Sunshine Band and my homemade "Best of Prince's Proteges" cd so I think I blast quality music....

However, I hate the Nicole Richie look-a-likes that like to come plowing through parking lots blasting 50 Cent whist doing the "phone-text-coffee-hair fix-dance-running over small children combo"

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Anxiety said:

and when they're done cruising past your crib, send them over to my neck of the woods! i'm tired of these young 20 year olds blasting 5 year old gutter rap from the U.S.! so many choices out there, and the car blasters always manage to find the worst stuff

Anxiety said:

lol you sure got alot of rules.

If it's any consolation, I actually felt bad for blasting "So Excited" the other day Can't help it, I'm on a Janet kick - blame RhondaB

lol i always play classic albums in my car like joni or mingus
duke some experimental beatles stuff or some early prince cuts
or stuff like nick cave and weird radiohead bsides etc.

there's this group of like 20 guys hanging out in my street all
day every day in front of a restaurant and when i get home i'm
forced to park my car right next to them and they've always got
some music playing like you described.

everytime one of them pulls up in his car they have to out-do
the others by playing even more generic shit lol.

so when i roll up i'll make sure to have the windows down and
the volume up 20 as i'm playing "the last time i saw richard"



last week i was washing my car in front of my house and they
were all there but they had no music playing so i figured it
would be cool for me to put something on so i decided to go
with Mingus' "The Clown". i played it LOUD. it actually made
them leave after about 10 minutes, lol.

they've never even called me names or nothing, i guess they just
think i'm beyond redemption. lost to bad, horrible music lol.

Anxiety said:

leave Shania out of this! She is a close family friend.

The other day I saw a blinged up car going past and Torture by The Jacksons was booming out of it. I was shocked to say the least.

Militant said:

i'm sure she's a delightful lady. i love her taste in t-shirts.

more corporate bullshit from the home office....

Anxiety said:

I'd blast Heart if I had a car or even drove.

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I would.....if I knew how to drive.

But you're right, Anx. And as a person who lives in the 'hood (Harlem, NY), I can say that there's very little classy sounds blasting out of your average passing SUV.

I have a car and am perfectly capable of doing this, but I don't. Because I want to hear the music and can hear it better when the windows are rolled up. Maybe if I was feeling arrogant and wanted to contribute to the noise pollution of my neighborhood, I would drive around with the windows down so everyone else can hear what I'm playing, but why be part of the problem? That's why you generally don't hear cool music blasting from cars. The people that like cool music are smarter than that. Usually.

Oh God.

Anxiety said:

I knew this guy who'd blast the craziest Drum and Bass from his car or classical.

Nothing beats driving through the dessert blasting Jeff Mills!

Anxiety said:

blasting Eno! Love it

I recently had the raw experience of riding in my friend's convertible, hood down, with the theme tune from "Magnum PI" blasting out at full volume.


Forget bungee jumping, riding the embarrassment of this when the car stops at traffic lights is the ultimate rush

Anxiety said:

I guess all the "clasy" folks have their windows up and the A/C blowing so they can keep cool.

LittleSmedley said:

I like to ride by while churnin' out the themes from "Speed Racer", Henry Mancini's "Peter Gunn", "Johnny Quest", "S.W.A.T.", "I-Spy", "Starsky and Hutch" or "Baretta" ("Hah!!! YYYYahhhh!!! Don't Do It.....")




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I like blasting out Bartok and Brahms in the car. Drum and Bass is great too, especially when bits of the car start buzzing.

NWF said:

Well when WBLS went to shit, when Frankie crocker died NY radio sucks asssss

I mentioned before that
none of my friends like
to ride in the car with me anywhere

I'm a known "headturner" when I
get behind the wheel

just today coming from work I was
KNOCKING "Changes (In Your Life)"
by Patrice Rushen... pulling up
to the corna sto...
all the bums are like LOL
I LOVE IT!

LittleSmedley said:

That reminds me of a time recently when my wife and I were downtown and heard a bunch of young kids blasting the latest thug hits. So, equipped with my iPod, we proceeded to blast MJ's "Heal the World" and Milli Vanilli. It was a blast!

Anxiety said:

Who wants Brian frickin' eno to send them to sleep. Could be dangerous whilst driving.