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What do you listen to in your garage?

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  1. Deuces
    Joined: Nov 3, 2009
    Posts: 23,753

    Deuces

    I say "RIGHT ON" to both songs!!!!.....:cool::)

    Thank you Captain!!!!!......;)
     
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  2. Mostly punk/hardcore or alt country.
    Here lately, it’s been podcast.
    The Kustom Couple
    Bomb City Blog
    Wheels of Confusion
     
  3. jnaki
    Joined: Jan 1, 2015
    Posts: 9,291

    jnaki

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    Hello,

    It all started with a cool sound system and speakers for our little apartment. But as we developed an admiration for the rock and roll sounds coming from the cool bands, our LP album collection grew. We started enjoying the sounds of a group called Traffic.

    Traffic was an English rock band formed in April 1967 with Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. Their sounds were perfect for the ideology of the times. The mantra was street smarts, question everything, and doing your own thing, despite what others want you to do with your life.


    It certainly was a time of growing up. Confused at first, but it all began to make sense. The words to most of this groups songs came on like "real life" talking to us through our ears. Those 15 inch bass speakers and 6 inch metal horn tweeters made it real.

    Jnaki

    For the first time since we started listening to rock and roll, the words began to make sense. The sounds coming from our “newish” powered speakers filled up the whole garage. But, our old house had a thin metal garage door that let, heat/cold and any conversation inside, go out through the thin wall door. So, imagine when working on cars or projects allowed great music and that sound traveled all over the neighborhood.

    With the recently insulated door completed, the sound inside was like a concert hall. I went outside to see if I could hear the loud music. The insulated door did its job as the sound of loud music was contained. Not only did the insulated garage door allow sound to stay isolated, but it was rather cool inside temperature wise on a normally hot sunny day.


    Now, I can use my powered drill, rotary saw and air compressor without the sounds going outside like an invasion of giant Sherman tanks rumbling through our normally quiet neighborhood. Music can be turned up if necessary without wearing wireless earphones. All in the name of good music and freedom to be in a "cool" location any time of the year.

    To use another quote: “…It was music for my ears…”
    "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" was one of the best songs from the whole mp3 collection coming out of a new 7th generation Ipod Touch player and it sounded great inside the new insulated garage.

    (written by Jim Capaldi and Steve Winwood. At 11 minutes and 41 seconds, it is the longest track on the album.)

    "It seemed to sum up all the people of that generation who were just rebels. The 'Low Spark', for me, was the spirit, high-spirited. You know, standing on a street corner. The low rider. The 'Low Spark' meaning that strong undercurrent at the street level."

    Traffic-Steve Winwood


     
  4. Deuces
    Joined: Nov 3, 2009
    Posts: 23,753

    Deuces

    I read somewhere that ^^^^^ song was recorded in Ron Wood's basement.... I could be way wrong on that statement.... :rolleyes::oops:
     
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  5. I can't seem to find where it was written, but I did read this.

    "Gimme Shelter" was written and recorded when the Vietnam conflict was in full swing, activists were protesting the war and being met with violence in the streets, "hippies" were spreading the notion of peace instead of war but finding violent responses from conservatives, blacks were actively pursuing equal rights and being dealt with violently by police, and all of this was prevalent in the public eye. It's pretty clear that the song is a statement about these troubled times. One interesting thing to consider, the title isn't "I need shelter" or "Help Me Find Shelter" or anything polite, instead it's "Gimme Shelter," an imperative that the singer might say while pointing a pistol.

    The song starts with the statement that "a storm is threat'ning my very life," and "I'm gonna fade away" if I don't get shelter. As the song progresses, it's clear the storm isn't from the skies, but from other people. The lyrics directly reference rape, murder, fire in the street, and war that is "just a shot away." While the song doesn't directly mention specific incidents, it's undeniably a statement about rising violence and tensions at the end of the decade. While 90% of the song conveys this--as Jagger himself put it in 1995--"apocalyptic" message, the song closes with the overtly positive line, "love, sister, it's just a kiss away," which suggests that love can overcome the impending violence. Whether the love is a global solution to the violence or a simple distraction from the inevitable is up for debate.
     
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  6. Yesterday was The Dead, my wifes favorite
     
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  7. RussK
    Joined: Sep 19, 2010
    Posts: 121

    RussK
    Member
    from Atlanta Ga

  8. Little bit of Don Walser today.

    Ben
     
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  9. PacaRacer50
    Joined: Oct 3, 2010
    Posts: 171

    PacaRacer50
    Member

    I listen to the neighbors bitch that I'm in the garage working on something.... We have a bunch of stuffy bitches in my neighborhood that have nothing better to do that bitch about a guy working on some old pile in his garage driving their property values down.
     
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  10. Deuces
    Joined: Nov 3, 2009
    Posts: 23,753

    Deuces

    I remember that one.... The good old days of listening to "The BIG 8" on AM.....;)
     
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  11. Guthrie1068
    Joined: Sep 15, 2020
    Posts: 81

    Guthrie1068

    Man, you guys are old:D. I listen to hair bands.
     
  12. Deuces
    Joined: Nov 3, 2009
    Posts: 23,753

    Deuces

    .........And damn proud of it!...:D
    So, umm.. Get the hell off my lawn!!!!..:mad:;)
     
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  13. I usually work alone in the garage, so I don't have to listen to "anybody".
     
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  14. "Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough."


     
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  15. carpok
    Joined: Dec 29, 2009
    Posts: 552

    carpok
    Member
    from Indy

    Late 60s early 70 classic country have the tv hooked to direct tv. Even once in a while hook up the turn table and play albums from the days living in the army barrack. This one has been on the speaker’s a lot lately.
     
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  16. timeflies
    Joined: Aug 31, 2009
    Posts: 30

    timeflies
    Member
    from Guthrie OK

  17. JimSibley
    Joined: Jan 21, 2004
    Posts: 3,848

    JimSibley
    Member

    Metallica!!! Motorhead!!! And an occasional megadeth!
     
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  18. Elcohaulic
    Joined: Dec 27, 2017
    Posts: 2,212

    Elcohaulic

    Summer 1967... Pittsburgh... No place like home....

     
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  19. blowby
    Joined: Dec 27, 2012
    Posts: 8,661

    blowby
    Member
    from Nicasio Ca

  20. 49ratfink
    Joined: Feb 8, 2004
    Posts: 18,828

    49ratfink
    Member
    from California

    Taj Farrant. he's 12 or 13 years old.

     
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  21. 49ratfink
    Joined: Feb 8, 2004
    Posts: 18,828

    49ratfink
    Member
    from California

    Taj was 9 here... if you like the blues you need to listen to this kid.

     
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  22. Hank Williams senior, some times junior.
     
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  23. Also Johnny Lang.
     
  24. Aida Cuevas.
     
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  25. krylon32
    Joined: Jan 29, 2006
    Posts: 9,397

    krylon32
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    from Nebraska
    1. Central Nebraska H.A.M.B.

    Static because of my florescent lights
     
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  26. nunattax
    Joined: Jan 10, 2011
    Posts: 3,052

    nunattax
    Member
    from IRELAND

    lately howling wolf ,amy winehouse ,ZZ TOP ,ramones
     
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