cross one that had signed off on Friday in preparation for launching a new format on Monday. Just to keep the airwaves occupied, they had set each song to play 10 or 12 times in a row before switching to a new song.I happened to tune in during Patsy Cline's version of the Willie Nelson classic, Crazy.
Don't ask me why, but couldn't stop listening to that thing play over and over as I drove through the forest with my windows down and the aspen breezes blowing through the truck cab. I cranked it up and even sang along a few times, undoubtedly scaring the shit out of any living thing within 200 yards of that gravel road.
These days, I often grab a CD as I head to the car to drive to a trailhead. It doesn't really matter what kind of music it is—Lyle Lovett, the Grateful Dead, A3, or anything else—it just sounds better on the way to a ride. It even sounds a little sweeter than normal on the way home after a ride.
I never listen to music during a ride, but I see other people pedaling along with their iPods cranking. I've heard them say that music helps them ride better.
Whatever.
As far as I'm concerned, it's the riding that makes music sound better.
3 comments:
YES!as i rode to work at 6;20 this morning down the concrete bike trail on my way to work,i thought how cool the knobbies sounded and how loud they seemed,then the crackle of cold grass and twigs snapping in my left ear presented me with a rabbit darting in front of my headlight!why listen to a radio? this is the sound of music!
Amen to that.
I've been known to ride with music in my ears since 1985 when I got my first mountain bike and would ride out on the Arm listening to the '67-'70 Beatles compilation. I enjoy it but I've also noticed the euphoric feeling music gives me in the car after a long, hard ride without music. Just plain sounds better. Thanks for writing consistently (unlike me). See you around.
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