Subject: Music - effect on driving and
temperament
From: Mr Devo <steveg@cosmos.net.au>
Date: 1998/03/25
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I recall having heard anectodal evidence that seventies and classical
music is the most appropriate to play when driving. I had been
listening to seventies music for several years prior to this snippet
of
information, and in my experience, seventies music, especially 1976-1979
disco, some soul and funk, has proven to be the most relaxing.
Techno
"drives" me insane. That relentless thumping, racing heart and
adrenalin, ideal for the racecourse, deadly on the public roads.
Subject: Re: Music - effect on driving
and temperament
From: free@mechanical.advice.site
(Jack Stands)
Date: 1998/03/25
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On Wed, 25 Mar 1998 11:32:50 +1000, Mr Devo <steveg@cosmos.net.au>
wrote:
Anecdotal would be right.
It depends on how you feel about the music.
I drive 250km per day around town working.
Commercial radio is out cause it has stupid ads and that drives me
to a frustration that NO music
could acheive no matter how bad.
An aparently good advert could never come close to a shit song let
alone a good one.
You get others who would gladly do hurts harm to a radio playing seventies disco, funk.
I think that perhaps radar love or highway to hell would not have a calming effect on driving.
My point is that this music is that you like.
Do anything that you dont like while driving and I am sure you will
get stressed out.
And the point is listen to whatever you like if you like it.
Subject: Re: Music - effect on driving
and temperament
From: Forg <forg@zip.com.au>
Date: 1998/03/25
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Stephen Haddow wrote:
...
> Try Listening to
Triple J that don't do the Commercial radio junk
> and play good music.
...
They don't have ads, but then they don't generally play good music
either. JJJ is for when you want background music, and don't want the
ads disturbing that mood.
Although, I discovered that if you listen long enough, you will actually
get to hear one good new song every three to four hours or so. Except
it's more repetitive than commercial radio these days.
Subject: Re: Music - effect on driving
and temperament
From: "Tim Archer"
<arche_tr@lab.eng.usyd.edu.au>
Date: 1998/03/25
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Forg <forg@zip.com.au> wrote
> Stephen Haddow wrote:
> > Try Listening to Triple J that don't do the Commercial radio junk
> > and play good music.
> They don't have ads, but then they don't generally play good music
> either. JJJ is for when you want background music, and don't want
the
> ads disturbing that mood.
Err, each to his own, Forg! I'm happy to admit that Triple J is
far, far
from perfect, but if you think
Subject: Re: Music - effect on driving
and temperament
From: Forg <forg@zip.com.au>
Date: 1998/03/26
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Tim Archer wrote:
>
> Forg <forg@zip.com.au> wrote
> > Stephen Haddow wrote:
>
> > > Try Listening to Triple J that don't do the Commercial radio
junk
> > > and play good music.
>
> > They don't have ads, but then they don't generally play good music
> > either. JJJ is for when you want background music, and don't want
the
> > ads disturbing that mood.
>
> Err, each to his own, Forg! I'm happy to admit that Triple
J is far, far
> from perfect, but if you think you can't hear good modern/rock/pop
music on
> Triple J, where *can* you hear it?
...
You can't. There really isn't anywhere that plays good modern/rock/pop;
unless you like Green Day of course (because, for example, about half
of
the JJJ top 100 sounded like Green Day - to impersonate Green Day,
clamp
your fingers over your nose and say "wah wah wah" while strumming
violently on an electric guitar turned up loud).
Subject: Re: Music - effect on driving
and temperament
From: "Dion Mikkelsen"
<dmikkelsen@rocketmail.com>
Date: 1998/03/25
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Tim Archer <arche_tr@lab.eng.usyd.edu.au> wrote in article
<01bd57b2$b81dd540$14e14e81@client-83.stpauls.usyd.edu.au>...
> I agree 100% here. Also, commercial radio stations have pathetic
DJs
that
> just babble on and on and on with advertising crap.
Uhuh. Compounded by the fact that most of them up here at AM <shudder>
> > My point is that this music is that you like.
> > Do anything that you dont like while driving and I am sure you
will
> > get stressed out. And the point is listen to whatever you like
if you
> > like it.
>
> I find that I listen to music according to my mood. Not the
other way
> around. ie the music I listen to doesn't determine my mood.
>
> I can also feel perfectly relaxed listening to loud/fast music.
Yup. I have to confess to enjoying techno/dance with upwards of
150 bpm,
and I can drive just as normally as the guy playing Mariah Carey in
the
lane next to me.
When I'm feeling in the mood though, something like the "Mission
Impossible" theme does wonders in traffic :)
Subject: Re: Music - effect on driving
and temperament
From: Forg <forg@zip.com.au>
Date: 1998/03/26
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Dion Mikkelsen wrote:
...
> Yup. I have to confess to enjoying techno/dance with upwards
of 150 bpm,
> and I can drive just as normally as the guy playing Mariah Carey
in the
> lane next to me.
...
Nobody listening to Mary Carey can drive normally. It is not possible;
your brain is in safety-shutdown mode, blocking out all sensory input,
which makes safe driving impossible.
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