Comments on: Music in My Head

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 00:28:13 +0000

I’ve never listened to music on two-wheels aside from what plays in my head. And in the car I don’t often listen to music either preferring the noise of talk radio or human voices to help dispel the boredom of driving.

You play a pipe organ? That’s not something you hear every day.

By: Bryce Lee

Bryce Lee — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 10:07:15 +0000

At one point in my life I had three different audio reception devices on my GoldWing: AM-FM-cassette radio, CB radio and amateur radio. All piped into my helmet speakers. Such companies and J&M did not exist then in Canada. Made my own listening and speaking devices. Over time this all changed. Gradually the extra audio devies died or were removed; partly instigated by a new helmet that would not easily accept audio speakers.

Then too was learning to enjoy my own thoughts and yes ruminations of a particular audio track,often one with vocal. ,Even one that i may have been practising for days on the pipe organ for a future concert. . Some melodies stick in your head, and then over and over again they return to haunt you.

Giving your head a shake either imagined or actual physical often did no good; and then suddenly you are unable to recall anything. Time to move on…

By: RichardM

RichardM — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:01:26 +0000

I also don’t listen to music while riding. Sometimes on a long ride, I’ll listen to an audiobook or a podcast but I end up not remembering anything of what I heard. Too many other things to focus on while riding. I really don’t need the distraction.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 21:01:04 +0000

Love reading your blog. Love the video, really cool. Thanks for the post.

By: Bill Leuthold

Bill Leuthold — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 19:37:09 +0000

I listen to nothing while riding…just me, the scooter and my thoughts. Just like you.

But also like you, I have a song in my head the entire way. Often, if I am riding well or doing a good job leading a group ride, the tune will be Carly Simon’s “Nobody does it better.” It can also be Devo’s “Whip It” or Frank Sinatra’s “French Foreign Legion.” I never know but something pops into my head shortly after hitting the road. The constant songs keep me company on the ride.

I have a feeling that Wayfaring Stranger will pop into my head on an upcoming ride.

By: BWB (amateriat)

BWB (amateriat) — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 16:25:57 +0000

Songs? Almost too many. For a while, I was listening to tunes on my little portable while commuting by bicycle to work (yes, figured out how to tune in without tuning-out to everything else around me), but gave that up for the sake of more quiet concentration – yes, even though my commute took me through “old” Times Square for a few years.

And, it’s true…a full-face helmet makes a swell sound booth.

By: Kathy H

Kathy H — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 14:28:57 +0000

I love a Kyrie that I learned in glee club 56 years ago. Sometimes it’s London Bridge. Helmet acoustics are a fine asset.

By: Lowbuckrider

Lowbuckrider — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 13:49:42 +0000

I will start off with that there is always music playing in my head. Sometimes it is the last song I heard, others it is because of something someone said. The people that I work with like the fact that I whistle songs as I walk around because then they know I am coming & can pretend to work. Music is the one way I’m a scoff law. In my state you can only wear one earbud, I wear two. I love my iPod it has 8 gigs of music that I am about to change once again. There are a lot of songs that work for me but it is more situational. The one artist that does not work well is Rickie Lee Jones, if you have the sound so you can hear the quiet parts she will at some point in the song hit a high note the will decalcify you spine. Also I find classical music records much at a much lower level that others. Bonney Bell singing Mozart works quite well for mountain roads. Yesterday The Kinks singing Waterloo Station hit the curves just right for Glendora Mountain Road.