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Posted by loathar on Friday, July 17, 2009 9:54 PM

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There is someone to listen to other than Jimmy Buffet?

Laugh My favorite Jimmy B quote- During the week I'm a big rock star, but come Saturday morning, I'm just Dad makin pancakes for my kids...
(kind of puts it all in perspective.Wink)

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Friday, July 17, 2009 10:12 PM

loathar

BobL609

There is someone to listen to other than Jimmy Buffet?

Laugh My favorite Jimmy B quote- During the week I'm a big rock star, but come Saturday morning, I'm just Dad makin pancakes for my kids...
(kind of puts it all in perspective.Wink)

----while he's-----

--------"-----lookin' for my lost shaker of salt------"Laugh

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Posted by stilson4283 on Friday, July 17, 2009 10:29 PM

XM Satellite Radio

Lithium (54)

Alt Nation (47)

All music, no commercials

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Posted by twhite on Friday, July 17, 2009 11:22 PM

tbdanny
Call it coincidence, but I've recently begun developing a taste for Frank Sinatra as well...

Now there, my friend, is a taste worth developing further.  A Class Act all the way, IMO!

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Posted by twhite on Friday, July 17, 2009 11:25 PM

BobL609

There is someone to listen to other than Jimmy Buffet?

Oh, maybe one or two (like the aforementioned Sinatra), but not too many more.  Love Buffet, the guy just knocks me out!  White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean.  What more would you want, LOL? 

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Posted by tutaenui on Saturday, July 18, 2009 3:46 AM
My choices Neil young, fat freddys drop, portishead, the black seeds, the pogues,
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Posted by trainman6446 on Saturday, July 18, 2009 12:58 PM

I stream jazz from www.kcck.org.  Or I open up my channel in Pandora. Sometimes i put on a cd.

Love Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Miles Davis, Weather Report, David Sanborn, Spyro Gyra, Dave Douglas, Bill Frisell, Al Di Meola, etc.

I need some music on when i work on the rr. NO TV allowed!!!! Get enough of that already.

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Posted by AmanaMedic on Saturday, July 18, 2009 2:01 PM

Good afternoon!

My wife is a graphic designer for Kirkwood Community College, home of KCCK, and has done a lot of projects for them over the years.

Mark in California, THANKS for the CNW tune! Thumbs Up

I'll kick-in my half-a-cent's worth of opinion here. I tend to fire up my iTunes collection on the computer. While I don't have a layout yet, I'm steadily building locomotives and rolling stock towards it. Since I'm modeling the CNW and CCP in the '87-'93 time frame, my iTunes also reflects that. What I mean is, it is loaded up with what I was listening to back then: rock, "oldies" which meant 50s-60s then, some limited country bringing back memories of family in Kansas and time spent with them. Practically every song I have has some memory associated with it, it's more than just "I like it."

A shrink would have a field day with me if I ever had to write down/say just WHAT memory/memories go with each and every selection.Shock

At the same time, it also reflects what I would be listening to on the radio...except I've got a larger "play list" at 700+ vs. the 100 or so the radio stations keep playing over and over. Like someone else said, it's 20 minutes of commercials and a song or two. I also can't stand any of the local DJ's... No commercials, no annoying DJs... bliss!

WHEN the layout is built, and the trains are running, the iTunes will make it sound like I'm trackside again, listening to my "tunes" while watchin' trains.

Timetravel, a neat aspect of our hobby!

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Posted by tangerine-jack on Saturday, July 18, 2009 3:41 PM

I also prefer the rock classics.  I get my modeling on with the smooth sounds from Sex Pistols, Plasmatics, Ramones, Cramps, and Dead Milkmen.  Yes, I like the rock classics, Punk Rock classics that is.  Oi! Oi! Oi!

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Posted by ccaranna on Saturday, July 18, 2009 4:03 PM

Classical for me. 

Usually Beethoven chamber music (piano trios, piano sonatas), but will also listen to the piano concertos and symphonies on occasion.

Also like Brahms and Dvorak.  Rossini overtures are good to model by, too.

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Posted by kcole4001 on Saturday, July 18, 2009 4:15 PM

Nice choices!

I like to throw in Chopin and Rachmaninoff piano pieces as well when in the classical mood. Serene and inspiring.

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Posted by Packer on Saturday, July 18, 2009 5:48 PM

No one listens to "I've been working on the railroad"?

Actually, I haven't really listened to any music when working on train related stuff.

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Posted by Bapou on Saturday, July 18, 2009 5:49 PM

I don't listen to music while I'm working on my layout.

I listen to hard rock, metal and punk mostly.
My favorite band is AFI (the old stuff is better, and they're hardcore punk is awesome)

AFI
The Airborne Toxic Event
Alien Ant Farm
Alkaline Trio
Apocalyptica
A Static Lullaby
Atreyu
The Bakerton Group
Beastie Boys
Blink-182
Blur
Bowling For Soup
The Bravery
Breaking Benjamin
Bushwhack
Busted
Cake
Claymation Horror Show
Crossfire
Dave Matthews Band
Dead Kennedy's
Disturbed
Dropkick Murphys
Drowning Pool
Evanescence
Eve 6
Everlast
Fall Out Boy
Flobots
Fort Minor
Fountains Of Wayne
The Fray
Flyleaf
Good Charlotte
Gorillaz
Green Day
House Of Pain
I Fight Dragons
Incubus
The Killers
Korn
Lamb of God
Lifehouse
Linkin Park
Local H
Maroon 5
Matisyahu
MercyMe
Metallica
Minor Threat
Modest Mouse
Mudvayne
Muse
Nickelback
The Nields
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
The Offspring
One Day As a Lion
Panic! At The Disco
Papa Roach
Paramore
Pearl Jam
Pennywise
Plain White T's
Protest The Hero
Queens Of The Stone Age
The Raconteurs
Rage Against The Machine
Rancid
Randy Newman
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Reel Big Fish
Rise Against
Seether
Senses Fail
Serj Tankian
Silversun Pickups
Simple Plan
Slipknot
Smashing Pumpkins
Son of Sam
Staind
Stone Temple Pilots
Sum 41
Switchfoot
System Of A Down
Tenacious D
Three Days Grace
The Toadies
Trapt
The Used
Weezer
The White Stripes
3 Doors Down
30 Seconds To Mars
311
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Posted by mobilman44 on Saturday, July 18, 2009 5:56 PM

When I was 12/13, the BIG song on Chicago AM radio was "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley.  It was played constantly over many stations, and yet I can't remember hearing it played since those times.  Just goes to show you........................

"It was a one eyed, one horned, flying purple people eater, on eyed, one horned flying purple people eater, one eyed, one horned flying purple people eater, sure looks good to meeeeee"

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ENJOY  !

 

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Posted by AmanaMedic on Saturday, July 18, 2009 6:17 PM

Mobilman44, when I was 12-13, a local station had a "Saturday night oldies show" where they liked to play that song a lot. They also played "Witchdoctor" by the Alvin and the Chipmunks guy...David something. It's been stuck in my head ever since...and I'm 40.

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Posted by aloco on Saturday, July 18, 2009 6:22 PM

mobilman44

When I was 12/13, the BIG song on Chicago AM radio was "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley.  It was played constantly over many stations, and yet I can't remember hearing it played since those times.  Just goes to show you........................

"It was a one eyed, one horned, flying purple people eater, on eyed, one horned flying purple people eater, one eyed, one horned flying purple people eater, sure looks good to meeeeee"

Mobilman44

Any 'oldies' radio station will have Purple People Eater. It's a classic novelty song from the 1960s.  Back in the early 1990s I listened to an oldies station and they played it several times.  


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Posted by AggroJones on Saturday, July 18, 2009 6:23 PM

Deftones, System of a Down, old school Metallica, In Flames, Burst, Dir en Grey, and of course the most talented band in the history of the world RAMMSTIEN.

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Posted by Phoebe Vet on Saturday, July 18, 2009 6:46 PM

I thought this was a train site...  UncBob is the only one who listens to train songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ONBQIj89qU&feature=fvw 

 

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Saturday, July 18, 2009 6:53 PM

Dropkick Murphy's; Ministry, Chambers Brothers, Chemical Brothers, Motorhead, Pixies, Dandy Warhols, David Bowie, Roxy Music, New York Dolls------and Ramones---

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Posted by tangerine-jack on Saturday, July 18, 2009 7:33 PM

blownout cylinder

Dropkick Murphy's; Ministry, Chambers Brothers, Chemical Brothers, Motorhead, Pixies, Dandy Warhols, David Bowie, Roxy Music, New York Dolls------and Ramones---

Excellent choices.  XM53 Fungus.  Don't forget The Damned and early Blondie.  Ziggy and the Stooges, Social Distortion and MP5, The Clash and the aforementioned Sex Pistols.  I knew I liked you for some reason Blownout!

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Posted by superbe on Saturday, July 18, 2009 8:27 PM

tbdanny
I was wondering, do you listen to music

 

Hi tbdanny,

I betcha you never dreamed of what you were starting with such a simple question. You certainly hit a lot of nerve endings.

Now when I hear some weirdo music (music I don't like) I'll know that there are MR's enjoying it and more power to them.

Bob

 

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Posted by steemtrayn on Saturday, July 18, 2009 8:35 PM
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Posted by nik .n on Saturday, July 18, 2009 9:42 PM

 Anytin' bluegrass, or from any of the Railroad Tycoon games.Big Smile

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Posted by miniwyo on Sunday, July 19, 2009 1:45 AM
When I am working at the Depot its usually Country Radio, or more often I put in a Chris LeDoux CD. When I am home, usually a movie on the TV or something on Hulu.com

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Posted by Seamonster on Sunday, July 19, 2009 8:14 AM
mobilman44

Hi!

I prefer the "classic rock" for the most part, but now find what the radio calls "classic rock" is just not all that "classic" - and is more a mix of late '70s and '80s stuff.

Classic rock - to this "war baby" - is mid '50s thru early '70s.  I also like "classic country", but again the radio's definition doesn't quite match with mine.

As an aside, there are tons of classic country & rock songs out there, but the stations here (Houston area) seem to have about 100 song playlist and everything else is verbotten!

For what its worth......

Mobilman44 

I know what you mean about "classic rock" being 70s and 80s now. Like you, I'm a "war baby" and stuck in the 50s and 60s music-wise--and good memories too. But, don't forget, as time marches on, what's old marches forward in time too. My children consider the stuff they listened to in the 80s as "oldies" now. We are fortunate in having an oldies AM station here but they too seem to have a limited play list. So I usually listen to my CD compilations when I'm working downstairs. And there's always Sirius Radio if I could figure out how to get my computer audio into the basement.

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Posted by Medina1128 on Sunday, July 19, 2009 8:19 AM

Ride of the Valkyries!!! With or without chopper and explosions, from Apocalypse Now.

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Posted by Ron_P on Sunday, July 19, 2009 8:53 AM

 I listen to the Vinyl Cafe

It is a Canadian Roadshow of sorts that the host Stuart Mclean travels the Country and tells stories. The stories have a unique Canadian flare and I am betting even some of you americans would get a kick out of the weekly podcast available on their site. www.vinylcafe.com

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Posted by AntonioFP45 on Sunday, July 19, 2009 9:02 PM

trainman6446

I stream jazz from www.kcck.org.  Or I open up my channel in Pandora. Sometimes i put on a cd.

Love Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Miles Davis, Weather Report, David Sanborn, Spyro Gyra, Dave Douglas, Bill Frisell, Al Di Meola, etc.

I need some music on when i work on the rr. NO TV allowed!!!! Get enough of that already.


 

 Wow, at last a fellow cool jazz fan! 

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Posted by AndyManCNR on Sunday, July 19, 2009 9:11 PM

I like to listen to anything that will get me to sing along or dance. I like eurodance, trance, pop and happy hardcore among others. I also LOVE anything Michael Jackson.  Headphones

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Posted by CPD95 on Sunday, July 19, 2009 9:14 PM

Doctor Demento, German Military music, Lady Gaga, occaisional broadway show tune, TV themes.....DOH!!Shock

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