What are you listening to in the car these days?

[FinanceDude]

Today was Yaz, the Upstairs at Eric's album

Tomorrow, maybe Depeche Mode...........

 

[haha]

Tangos and Vals by Luis Firpo, When I get tired of this I listen to local classical station.

Ha

 

[Bestwifeever]

Beyonce and Mary Blige. And a book on tape.

 

[freebird5825]

Always classical music, cranked right up in nice weather, medium volume in cold weather.
If the classical station starts playing something wierd , then the tuner is sent right over to either classic rock or jazz.
I will take a collection of CDs of female singers (Aretha, Bonnie Raitt, Barbra Streisand, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Pointer Sisters, Sade, KD Lang) along for longer trips.

 

[bbbamI]

What are you listening to in the car these days?

If I have someone in the car with me....I hear Ya Hooo! If I'm alone, sirens.

 

[TromboneAl]

I often record things from the Internet (e.g. This American Life, Marian McPartland, etc.) on to CD, and listen in the car. Sometimes I just get too bored listening to music. If it's music, it could be Scott Hamilton, Tommy Flanagan, or Hank Jones.

 

[Payin-the-Toll]

My 13-year old minivan has one of those new-fangled high-tech cassette players, but I don't play it much--too much trouble to fish out a tape and shove it in. Usually listen to a radio station out of Bloomington, Indiana. Coming home today they played a song about the Colts going to the Super Bowl, set to the melody of "American Pie"--it was pretty cool.

 

[Walt34]

Usually country radio (Hey, I'm in West Virginia!). My truck also has one of those tape players and a CD player too!

 

[W2R]

My brand new Toyota Venza has the upgraded JBL radio/CD_changer/sat_radio/surround_sound system or whatever. I must admit that it sounds pretty doggone good. Actually better than that.

So far I have just been listening to whatever is on my favorite radio stations and have been entering them into the quick tune buttons. Most of the stations are temporarily devoting most of their air time to the Saints and Superbowl discussion.

 

[Life_is_Good]

Sirius Satellite Radio...

Sirius Hits - 1,

or

Classic Vinyl - 14

 

[audreyh1]

We've been listening to Spanish language (lessons) CDs.

Audrey

 

[DangerMouse]

Mainly classical radio. I find it more relaxing and takes away any urge for an episode of road rage.

 

[CuppaJoe]

Car?

Three quarters of the people I see in one of those vehicles is listening to a cell phone so they don't hear me mutter, "get a horse!"

 

[FIREd]

I occasionally listen to one local radio station for traffic info. But they play way too much Lady Gaga for me to listen full time. So I usually plug in my iPhone into the car's sound system and listen to a custom play list which currently includes a rather eclectic mixture of pop, rock, alternative, foreign and classical music.

 

[audreyh1]

Car?

Three quarters of the people I see in one of those vehicles is listening to a cell phone so they don't hear me mutter, "get a horse!"

"Get a horse!" - good one! I'll try to remember that instead of the foul language that I am usually inspired to when one of those distracted drivers causes me to take evasive action.

Audrey

 

[Orchidflower]

This past week, John Mayer or BB King or Eric Clapton. I have about 4 books of CD's in the car to listen to, and if that gets tiring I turn on either country or classical. Anything that is soothing in traffic.

 

[WhoDaresWins]

Sirius Satellite radio in my newer car...mostly classical and the Jazz Cafe. In my older car, various CDs...Motown, classical, Broadway shows, blues.

 

[kumquat]

The exhaust. None of my 3 toy cars has a radio.

A couple of years ago DD took my car home (about 500 miles) while I did a week's repair job on hers (I work slow). Then I delivered it and took mine home. When she left in mine she offered to show me how the fancy stereo in hers worked. I asked her to show me how to turn it off.

 

[unclemick]

Sirius Satellite.

REDNECK - as in Roadhouse and the Bluegrass channels, 50's/60's rock and roll, and The Bridge 70's Folk Rock.

Also have 6 CD's of Doo Wop and oldies but goodies.



heh heh heh - have yet to put some of my old time gospel and blues guitar tapes in my car carry case. But I will get there.

 

[Leonidas]

I guess I'm on the cutting edge of technology here with an iPod hookup for my radio. Had it on today while running errands and listed to some new downloads:

Eighty Steps Away - The Good Listeners
Sweet Sixteen - BB King
Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
No Te Pido Flores - Fanny Lu
My Funny Valentine - Ella Fitzgerald
Life is Beautiful - Keb' Mo'
Walking the Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb

I'm nothing if not eclectic in my musical taste.

 

[ls99]

The purr of my kitty. The radio's LCD died many moons ago. Have not bothered to fix it. The sound of the Jag is rather pleasant. But than again I do not commute. Retired.

 

[Goonie]

Sirius Satellite.

REDNECK - as in Roadhouse and the Bluegrass channels, 50's/60's rock and roll......

Sirius Satellite here too! (also in the house and workshop and now on my iPhone with Sirius' app)

In addition to those above, I listen to Willie's Place (Willie Nelson and the like), 40's (Big Band/Swing), Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffet and that type), WaterColors ('smooth' jazz), and Real Jazz (classic jazz).

heh heh heh - have yet to put some of my old time gospel and blues guitar tapes in my car carry case.....

And also on Sirius, I like enLighten (Sirius 67)...mostly old time gospel, quartets, old songs.....all the good ol' stuff I grew up hearing at Sunday afternoon "Singings" at our old country church....right after a potluck! The same stuff my Grandad sang and played on his guitar.

On the AM/FM radio in the car, it's one of the local country stations or WBBM-AM out of Chicago (24 hour News and Weather...no editorializing, just plain old news reporting).

Now with the iPhone plugged into the car radio's 'aux' port, I have apps so I can listen to WSM out of Nashville anytime and hear the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday nights....one of my long time faves...(used to tune it in on my little transistor radio when I was a kid), and some others that would be far out of range otherwise. With the Sirius satellite app on the iPhone, I don't need to try to remember to grab the Sirius tuner every time I head to get in the car either.

 

[dessert]

Boy, I'm really glad to see that so many here like to listen to the Blues artists.
In my vehicle it's "Exit 74 on the XM highway....Bluesville". I have always been kinda bored with mainstream music and even though I like a lot of different artists, it is because of their music having a rhythm and blues base. For instance the Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton, Doors, B.B. King, Marsha Ball, the Temptations, Buddy Guy, and on and on.....
I don't care for swing blues from the twenty's and occasionally when that comes on I switch over to Bluegrass. Go figure.

 

[FIREd]

Lots of people here listening to satellite radio! When I bought my Camry the salesman went on and on about the satellite radio and when I told him I didn't care about it, he looked at me like, "you stupid, boy?". I guess I am missing somethin'.

 

[audreyh1]

Satellite radio is really nice when you do a lot of cross country driving as you can listen to what you want and not try to find a local channel out on the middle of nowhere that drops out after a couple of hours. Also, most cable TV news channels are available. There are mile and miles of open country across the good ole US of A that have nothing but country and/or religious radio stations.

Audrey