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Music at a stoplight

casualmadness

casualmadness

Man About Town
Dec 15, 2005
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#1
When I was younger (even into my mid 20's) I always had a loud stereo in my car. I love music and music is essential when I'm in the car. I can't not have it playing. And I especially love it loud. The louder the better. And I love getting in my car on a nice spring day and putting the glass down and opening the sun roof and blaring my favorite music. But more and more I find that when I'm approaching a stop light, I turn it down. Not because I'm ashamed and not because I think I might look foolish but rather, because I don't want to annoy anyone else. I hate sitting at a stop light and being force fed someone elses music. So in the past few years I've started turning it down at the stop light. But once the light changes I blast it again. I guess I'm learning to be considerate. Anyone else experiencing this?
 
#4
i've always done this.

i have a pretty good system in my car, all Alpine... head, speakers, amp and sub..
the system kicks when i want it to, but i've always found it annoying when other think i care about what they're listening to. so i know that people don't care what i'm listening to, so i turn it down.
 
#9
Ive found that when I'm driving fast (45mph+) I have the music loud..but whenever I stop at a stoplight or enter a neighborhood or shopping center, I always turn it down...

However...

If I am at a stop light and someone next to me is playing something loud and annoying as hell...I blast some Beatles...case in point...stopped at a stop light during high school...girl next to me from my hs class...blasting jessica simpson...gives me a dirty look during a track change for listening to the beatles...so I process to pump up the volume...

Was I being an a$$ sure...but I would like to think some of the other people around me appreciated my choice over hers
 
#12
Wizardgoleman said:
Ive found that when I'm driving fast (45mph+) I have the music loud..but whenever I stop at a stoplight or enter a neighborhood or shopping center, I always turn it down...

However...

If I am at a stop light and someone next to me is playing something loud and annoying as hell...I blast some Beatles...case in point...stopped at a stop light during high school...girl next to me from my hs class...blasting jessica simpson...gives me a dirty look during a track change for listening to the beatles...so I process to pump up the volume...

Was I being an a$$ sure...but I would like to think some of the other people around me appreciated my choice over hers
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I do that a lot too. I find that it's rap that annoys me more than anything. When I hear rap blasting at a stop light I tend to grab a Slayer disc. I have a nice system but it isn't ridiculously high powered. But it does send a message.
 
#13
Wizardgoleman said:
Ive found that when I'm driving fast (45mph+) I have the music loud..but whenever I stop at a stoplight or enter a neighborhood or shopping center, I always turn it down...

However...

If I am at a stop light and someone next to me is playing something loud and annoying as hell...I blast some Beatles...case in point...stopped at a stop light during high school...girl next to me from my hs class...blasting jessica simpson...gives me a dirty look during a track change for listening to the beatles...so I process to pump up the volume...

Was I being an a$$ sure...but I would like to think some of the other people around me appreciated my choice over hers
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oh yes. absolutely.

my system is more high powered and cleaner than most systems around here. so if someone pulls up blasting 50 cent. i give them a nice dose of slipknot or devildriver.
 
#14
casualmadness said:
But more and more I find that when I'm approaching a stop light, I turn it down. Not because I'm ashamed and not because I think I might look foolish but rather, because I don't want to annoy anyone else. I hate sitting at a stop light and being force fed someone elses music. So in the past few years I've started turning it down at the stop light. But once the light changes I blast it again. I guess I'm learning to be considerate. Anyone else experiencing this?
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Yes, most of us who become mature enough to consider others will experience this kind of change. Congratulations, and thank you for your consideration of others! :D:D

Wizardgoleman said:
Was I being an a$$ sure...but I would like to think some of the other people around me appreciated my choice over hers
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Maybe, but most likely you just added to their annoyance. More noise does not equal better noise.
 
#16
I like to blast my music. Right now I do not have a car, so no nice system. When I did have a car I competed in SPL competitions, never won, but always finished top 5. Costs way too much to win. I loved blasting people that played crappy music. One time in high school we were at my friend's place for a outdoor party and this guy showed up blasting some crappy rap. My friend just said "shut him up", so I backed my car up to his, popped in my competition disc and shook his car. Good times, but I am way more concerned with sound quality now, that is what I will be going for with my next car.

lowsound
 
#17
Bob Clayton said:
oh yes. absolutely.

my system is more high powered and cleaner than most systems around here. so if someone pulls up blasting 50 cent. i give them a nice dose of slipknot or devildriver.
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Nicccccccccccce.


Use something that'll really mess their head up as they try to make sense of it, like Spiral Architect or Scale The Summit. Heh heh. "AGH! Where's the down beat???"
 

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