What are you listening to

[deuces wild]

It's probably only 'noise' because it isn't your type of music B)

That brings back memories.........my Dad tried to stop us from listening to the Beatles and Elvis because of their shaking, rocking and rolling......in addition to the long hair of the Beatles introduced.........OMG, just over the ears!

Sometimes when we get older we become less tolerant of the music our youth enjoys. I will not become my Dad in that regard. B)

[Gandalph]

The reason the Beatles and a lot of other Groups in the sixties and seventies had long hair was so that it would cover up the ear protectors they wore. :lol:

[-pops-]

It's probably only 'noise' because it isn't your type of music B)

No, I'm fairly tolerant of any kind of music provided it's not inflicted on me when I don't want to hear it. By noise I mean the constant playing of music merely to fill in the background silence which, for some reason, many people (and hotel foyer builders and lift manufacturers) think shouldn't exist.

Music should be there to enjoy. To be pondered and appreciated, not as a filler to plaster up the cracks in your being.

[andsome]

It's probably only 'noise' because it isn't your type of music B)

No, I'm fairly tolerant of any kind of music provided it's not inflicted on me when I don't want to hear it. By noise I mean the constant playing of music merely to fill in the background silence which, for some reason, many people (and hotel foyer builders and lift manufacturers) think shouldn't exist.

Music should be there to enjoy. To be pondered and appreciated, not as a filler to plaster up the cracks in your being.

This comes back yet again to so called music assailing us in almost every shop. They cannot possibly cater for all musical tastes, so why not switch the damned noise OFF?

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

Whenever the subject of music comes up in this forum, it will inevitably go off-topic. But I have to agree with the last few posters: the assault of undesired "music" in almost all public spaces is truly a pest! The worst time of the year is of course from about mid-October, where you cannot go anywhere without being assaulted 24 hours by that jingle-bell crap. This is the time of the year when I want to move to the North Pole!

When I'm home, or at the office, I very much enjoy my muted speakers - sooo quiet...

[Irene]

When I was growing up in the 40s there were live dance bands all over. We could go out every Saturday night to at least 4 dance halls in central Bradford where there were good resident live bands composed of excellent musicians. There were also numerous local peripatetic bands all over the area operating both Friday nights and Saturday nights at many church halls, schools etc. This was true not only of Bradford but of most of the country. Up in the dales there was always a band or two to be found in village halls every Saturday night.

I'm with you on this one catgate.

We had all of the things you mention. Lovely memories. I remember seeing 'The Batchelors' singing live in one of our local pubs, before they became really famous. We used to dance between the tables, clad in 3.1/2" stilleto heel shoes and mini skirts (and something on top, of course, before any of you letchers say anything!. :D

[CurlyWhirly]

This comes back yet again to so called music assailing us in almost every shop. They cannot possibly cater for all musical tastes, so why not switch the damned noise OFF?

Because music is supposed to be relaxing and I don't see the need to switch it off as long as it isn't too loud and so it doesn't bother me.

I have yet to go in a shop where the music is overpowering as it wouldn't be in the shops interest as they must realise that it would annoy potential customers who would probably go elsewhere.

[CurlyWhirly]

The worst time of the year is of course from about mid-October, where you cannot go anywhere without being assaulted 24 hours by that jingle-bell crap. This is the time of the year when I want to move to the North Pole!

I entirely agree as the usual Christmas carols do annoy me but as long as they are not too loud then I can live with it.

[andsome]

This comes back yet again to so called music assailing us in almost every shop. They cannot possibly cater for all musical tastes, so why not switch the damned noise OFF?

Because music is supposed to be relaxing and I don't see the need to switch it off as long as it isn't too loud and so it doesn't bother me.

I have yet to go in a shop where the music is overpowering as it wouldn't be in the shops interest as they must realise that it would annoy potential customers who would probably go elsewhere.

The point that I am making is that if it isn't to your taste, whether loud or turned down it can be VERY irritating, so why not turn it off?

The worst time of the year is of course from about mid-October, where you cannot go anywhere without being assaulted 24 hours by that jingle-bell crap. This is the time of the year when I want to move to the North Pole!

I entirely agree as the usual Christmas carols do annoy me but as long as they are not too loud then I can live with it.

There you go, you admit that carols annoy you, but bear in mind that some people actually like them, so in the interests of NOT annoying anyone, switch the noise off.

[CurlyWhirly]

The point that I am making is that if it isn't to your taste, whether loud or turned down it can be VERY irritating, so why not turn it off?

Because some people might want to listen to it and sometimes you have to think of others!

There you go, you admit that carols annoy you, but bear in mind that some people actually like them, so in the interests of NOT annoying anyone, switch the noise off.

They annoy me because we hear the same old carols every time Christmas comes around besides I'm not a religious person although I appreciate at Christmas time some people might want to listen Christmas carols as it is the 'season of goodwill' after all.

[-pops-]

sometimes you have to think of others!

Exactly the point I have been attempting to convey.

[andsome]

The point that I am making is that if it isn't to your taste, whether loud or turned down it can be VERY irritating, so why not turn it off?

Because some people might want to listen to it and sometimes you have to think of others!

There you go, you admit that carols annoy you, but bear in mind that some people actually like them, so in the interests of NOT annoying anyone, switch the noise off.

They annoy me because we hear the same old carols every time Christmas comes around besides I'm not a religious person although I appreciate at Christmas time some people might want to listen Christmas carols as it is the 'season of goodwill' after all.

SO, why not think of those who do not like this continuous noise for a change?

[catgate]

You could just do away with Christmas altogether, in the interest of PC, and replace it with Cacophomus.

[Sakura]

ATM its GATE - IRON EDEN Very good Trance :D

[dadyassa]

Breathe in album .... Lucie Silvas B) wot no thumbs up ;-(

[andsome]

I have Classic FM on at present. :D :D

[catgate]

I have Classic FM on at present. :D :D

Don't worry. They can't touch you for it.

[andsome]

I have Classic FM on at present. :D :D

Don't worry. They can't touch you for it.

That depends on who's doing the touching, and where. :lol:

[Gandalph]

I have Classic FM on at present. :D :D

Is that a bit like cross-dressing then. :lol:

[catgate]

I have Classic FM on at present. :D :D

Is that a bit like cross-dressing then. :lol:

Not really. It's more like salad dressing.

[andsome]

I have Classic FM on at present. :D :D

Is that a bit like cross-dressing then. :lol:

Not really. It's more like salad dressing.

It's a damned sight more listenable than radio 1 or any of the other bang bang stations. :D

[catgate]

It is like all the rest of radio, and TV. To play music or provide any form of entertainment costs money in royalties and/or wages. It is far better to fill as much air time as possible with free, or better still, money making, content. So we get commercial radio and TV, which includes Classic FM, saturated with advertising twaddle talk and pointless quizzes and phone ins, and we get BBC filling in with adverts for its own programmes and merchandise. We have one or two radios in the house that are virtually unused. My TV viewing amounts to no more than a couple of hours per week.

[Tankus]

[catgate]

I have just been listening to Maxine Sullivan...............................who?

She was a lovely singist.

[andsome]

It is like all the rest of radio, and TV. To play music or provide any form of entertainment costs money in royalties and/or wages. It is far better to fill as much air time as possible with free, or better still, money making, content. So we get commercial radio and TV, which includes Classic FM, saturated with advertising twaddle talk and pointless quizzes and phone ins, and we get BBC filling in with adverts for its own programmes and merchandise. We have one or two radios in the house that are virtually unused. My TV viewing amounts to no more than a couple of hours per week.

As a Yorkshire man, you should know that you get 'owt fer nowt'. I fully expect Classic FM to run adverts, otherwise how would the programme be payed for?