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Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2276 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: Mar. 19 2010, 07:10 At night i love SODE great for freeways and country roads alike Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Mar. 19 2010, 07:14 Incantations. Espceially parts 1 & 3 have a kind of driving "infinity" rhythm. I don't think Tubular Bells would work that well in the car because it's too dynamic. Lars T -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4772 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Mar. 19 2010, 07:33 The ones that don't have too many quiet patches (requiring tinkering with the volume and thus Transgressing the Highway Code) are best. "Runaway Son"... Guitars... Taurus 2 is great for driving. It also depends on environment. Not long ago I was driving through tropical far north Queensland, and Voyager suited the landscape very well (even though far north Queensland is anything but Celtic! Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Mar. 19 2010, 07:57 Quote (nightspore @ Mar. 19 2010, 07:33) Not long ago I was driving through tropical far north Queensland, and Voyager suited the landscape very well (even though far north Queensland is anything but Celtic! Nightspore - Tropical? - what does that look like? I'm going to The Lakes District for easter break - it's known for it fells, pikes and Lake poets (Wordsworth and Coleridge), vast rolling hills, daffodils, rain and mist - it's got to be TBII . -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

New Incantation Group: Members Posts: 85 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Mar. 19 2010, 08:23 Quote (larstangmark @ Mar. 19 2010, 12:14) Incantations. Espceially parts 1 & 3 have a kind of driving "infinity" rhythm. I don't think Tubular Bells would work that well in the car because it's too dynamic. Lars T I don't have a car, but love listening to Incantations, Tres Lunas or Ommadawn on my pod when touring on my motorcycle. Back to top

ex member 892 Group: Members Posts: 827 Joined: July 2008 Posted: Mar. 19 2010, 10:02 I go camping every year, and last year I brought along Tubular Bells. Parts of it worked very well, and other parts were rather annoying (the caveman section and a beautiful landscape do not work very well together). This year I'm bringing Hergest Ridge & Ommadawn. I'm sure they'll be perfect. Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Mar. 19 2010, 10:18 Don't drive but i reckon Incantations would be good.I'd be a nightmare if i did drive cos i like to look at the scenery when i'm on the train and as i've usually had a wee smoke i get really into music on my iPod.In short i'd be death waiting to happen."Wow look at that mountain view......oh hang on.....where did the road go???OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiii" -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Drealm Group: Members Posts: 170 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Mar. 19 2010, 12:19 Funny thread! For me, it's Earth Moving that is best in the car. Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Mar. 19 2010, 12:19 Caveman - I am imagining your routine could be similar to the commuter guy in this song -  The Day Before You Came. -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Mar. 19 2010, 14:24 Guitars is perfect for me while driving! -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

The Thin Man Group: Members Posts: 151 Joined: May 2002 Posted: Mar. 19 2010, 15:47 @wiga Just after MOTS came out I was in the Lake District and it seemed very natural to fit the different sections to the various lakes.  Each piece, and lake, has its own character and it was fun trying to match them up.  I can't remember the full list but these I can: Silhouette = Rydal Water and Grasmere Aurora = Wastwater Harmonia Mundi = Elterwater Empyrean = Derwent Water I'd be interested in your take on this.  You've also made me want to revisit this wonderful part of the world! Back to top

New Incantation Group: Members Posts: 85 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Mar. 19 2010, 16:57 Quote (The Thin Man @ Mar. 19 2010, 20:47) @wiga Just after MOTS came out I was in the Lake District and it seemed very natural to fit the different sections to the various lakes.  Each piece, and lake, has its own character and it was fun trying to match them up.  I can't remember the full list but these I can: Silhouette = Rydal Water and Grasmere Aurora = Wastwater Harmonia Mundi = Elterwater Empyrean = Derwent Water I'd be interested in your take on this.  You've also made me want to revisit this wonderful part of the world! Looks like the Lake Distrinct is a popular place, more so for me as I have in-laws that live in Maryport, and travelling through the LD is a pleasure to behold, especially on a bike listening to Mike, and in particular the haunting Ommadawn. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4772 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Mar. 19 2010, 20:57 Quote (New Incantation @ Mar. 19 2010, 16:57) Looks like the Lake Distrinct is a popular place, I visited the Lake District, and found it pleasant enough - except that the people there seemed to be annoyingly smug, as though to say "ha ha - we live in the Lake District; wouldn't you like to too?" I actually prefer the Scottish lochs. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4772 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Mar. 19 2010, 21:00 Quote (wiga @ Mar. 19 2010, 07:57) Nightspore - Tropical? - what does that look like? We're talking rainforest, Wiga, constant 30 degree Celsius + heat, high humidity, and long winding roads through the mountains where you can see a coastline dotted with mangrove swamps! Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: Mar. 19 2010, 22:58 As a non-driver yet avid roadtrip enthusiast, I can say Tubular Bells, Crises and Amarok (yes!! ) have worked extremely well. Crises seems to be best fitting for a night environment. Also, NEU! '75, by NEU!. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Mar. 20 2010, 04:50 Quote (The Thin Man @ Mar. 19 2010, 15:47) @wiga Just after MOTS came out I was in the Lake District and it seemed very natural to fit the different sections to the various lakes.  Each piece, and lake, has its own character and it was fun trying to match them up.  I can't remember the full list but these I can: Silhouette = Rydal Water and Grasmere Aurora = Wastwater Harmonia Mundi = Elterwater Empyrean = Derwent Water I'd be interested in your take on this.  You've also made me want to revisit this wonderful part of the world! The Thin Man - I like that game - I will try it! I'm going to Ullswater which is 7 miles long, and driving the full lengh of that to "Musica Universalis" might fit. Two easters ago I was playing MoTS on the Northumberland coast, near Holy Island, and it suited the mood there too. New Incantation - great place for bikers . -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Mar. 20 2010, 05:20 Quote (Sir Mustapha @ Mar. 19 2010, 22:58) Also, NEU! '75, by NEU!. Incantations has a little bit of the "motorik" beat! -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Mar. 20 2010, 05:44 Quote (nightspore @ Mar. 19 2010, 21:00) Quote (wiga @ Mar. 19 2010, 07:57) Nightspore - Tropical? - what does that look like? We're talking rainforest, Wiga, constant 30 degree Celsius + heat, high humidity, and long winding roads through the mountains where you can see a coastline dotted with mangrove swamps! Nightspore - so you're talking about the Great Barrier Reef area then, wow, now that's a holiday of a lifetime stuff for us over here - not just a ramble on dale and hill. What's that like, I can't visualise it, do you get high humidity right up to the coast, and is it a combination of beautiful beaches, coral, swamps, tropical forests, high rainfall, and what does that smell like as well...? Talking of the Scottish Highlands I'd go up there more often if it didn't take so long, although it's no distance compared to the Australian journeys. It doesn't surprise me that you might have picked up on some smugness, perhaps from hoteliers, when you holidayed here. You can get some of that. Funnily enough I don't think you get that in Scotland - down to earth, take you at face value, no airs and graces, which kind of reflects the landscape - unpretentious, vast, rugged powerful, wild, stark, naked, unyielding and yielding....( got my Coleridge head on.. ) -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4772 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Mar. 20 2010, 06:41 Quote (wiga @ Mar. 20 2010, 05:44) Nightspore - so you're talking about the Great Barrier Reef area then, wow, now that's a holiday of a lifetime stuff for us over here - not just a ramble on dale and hill. What's that like, I can't visualise it, do you get high humidity right up to the coast, and is it a combination of beautiful beaches, coral, swamps, tropical forests, high rainfall, and what does that smell like as well...? Hi Wiga, yes, that's a pretty accurate description. The Great Barrier Reef is more in the vicinity of Mackay, though, and my holidays have tended to be much farther north: Townsville, Cairns, Cooktown. Northwest Australia is pretty much the same, but harder to get to. A stretch between Derby and Kalumburu is almost untouched by western feet! Somehow when the air has that high humidity everything seems strangely more alive and real - the sort of feeling you get, in fact, when you hear a part of Amarok or (name your favourite MO work) and it's as though he's letting you in on some beautiful but poignantly sad secret of the universe. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4772 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Mar. 20 2010, 08:20 Quote (Sir Mustapha @ Mar. 19 2010, 22:58) As a non-driver yet avid roadtrip enthusiast, I can say Tubular Bells, Crises and Amarok (yes!! ) have worked extremely well. Crises seems to be best fitting for a night environment. Also, NEU! '75, by NEU!. Unfortunately, when you are in the driver's seat too much of Amarok gets lost in background/road noise. Back to top

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