Comments on: 8 Reasons We Love Music On The Journey

By: Cedric Pieterse

Cedric Pieterse — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:27:55 +0000

Kath, I already have a audio scrapbook of my travels! That is what made me write the article in the first place. As I write this, I am listening to The Knack- My Sharona! and it reminds me of a wild party in Kampala, Uganda….
I am so glad I am not sitting with the resultant hangover

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By: kath

kath — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:42:45 +0000

Dick Clark once referred to this (songs that remind you of experiences) as the “soundtrack of our lives.” Maybe you could make an audio scrapbook of your travels!

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By: Grace

Grace — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:06:53 +0000

Whenever I hear American Woman, the Guess Who version, I think of this guy in Florence. I was the last one in line for a Botticelli exhibit and the guy began to sing American Woman. In between “American woman, get away from me. American woman, mama let me be” he would make small talk. I was utterly confused by his behavior (it took a good 5 minutes for him to hand me my ticket) and the lyrics. Being young I took the lyrics quite literally. I can’t help but smile when I hear the song now.

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By: Claire

Claire — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:28:49 +0000

Only yesterday I did a 14 hour bus journey from Shikonville Cambodia through Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam. Thanks to the mp3 invention I managed to listen to my entire teen years (the 80’s) in music on full battery, from Dead Kennedys, early Ultravox, Clash, Depeche Mode (then and now and covers!) This time spent on the road is precious to me and is the only quality music time I have, it also gives me my best ideas. By the time I arrived I had re-lived my entire adolescent life, listening again to all these great bands which has now formed brand new memories of my time travelling. I compare this freedom to 1996 when I went travelling last, I had one chunky walkman that ran out of battery every 3rd tape of six 90 minute tapes which was all I could carry at the time

And how is it the ipod plays the right tune, fitting moods and lyrics at the right moment? It is meant to be random.

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By: shakester

shakester — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:35:43 +0000

I havent travelld with music either. I’m somehow wary of switching off from the sounds of the place I am in; they’re a part of my experience.
I did use to travel a lot for work once, lots of on the road trips,with tape decks in the car (yes, tapes). There are some very fond memories in music from then, for sure.

In ‘06 I was sitting at lunch on Had Rin beach in Ko Phangan, Thailand eating some brilliantly spicy yellow curry with rice. A calming-happy melody played, which I couldnt place, and neither could me wife. I checked with them, went through their CDs, but they were all unmarked mp3 collections.

Many months later I figured out which song it was. Today, almost everytime I listen to Jack Johnson’s ‘Good People’ , i think of the cold beer, hot sun, steaming curry and crystal clear water.
sigh…

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By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:15:17 +0000

Peter GabrielleÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s “In Your Eyes” brings back great memories of Cape Town (my home away from home!) and MandelaÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s first 46664 Concert in November 2003. The Qantas version of “I still call Australia home” pulls at my heart strings and draws out my patriotic side – especially when I am travelling. But, I get the exact same feeling from Johnny Clegg’s “The Crossing – Osiyeza” Ã¢â‚¬â€œ it brings back memories of G&Ts, watching the sunset over the veld and the smell of braai coals. It also reminds me how much I miss and love South Africa (luckily IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m returning shortly!). Now, though, I canÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t seem to get Mika’s “No Happy Ending” out of my head Ã¢â‚¬â€œ it reminds me of a recent planned trip to Cambodia that never eventuated (naturally that had to do with a date and a guy).

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By: Eva

Eva — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:42:03 +0000

Couldn’t agree more, Cedric. Two days ago I drove highway 61 through the Mississippi Delta, accompanied by Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, and the other old Delta bluesmen. Perfect. I’m certainly never going to hear the music the same way again.

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By: Cedric Pieterse

Cedric Pieterse — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:58:26 +0000

Do you sing to yourself Tim? I have the entire Pink Floyd collection as well as Rodger Waters and Dave Gilmor albums. I actually like the early stuff as well. Piper At The Gates of Dawn and Saucer Full of Secrets, with Syd Barret when he was still sort of sane….

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By: Tim Patterson

Tim Patterson — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:27:50 +0000

I’ve never traveled with music before – never owned an ipod – but I do have wonderful memories associated with music on the road – Pink Floyd has a special place in my heart.

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By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:25:01 +0000

We stumbled across an aging hippie at a VW festival in the UK, sitting in the open doors of his tatty Samba bus and playing his songs… we were transfixed… it was perfect in time and place, when he had completed his “gig” we bought a CD off him… and then played it to death whilst we travelled top to bootm and coast to coast in our own VW campervan… the music was perfect for the trip, and listening to the songs now revives memories of that great holiday….

Druids Brew is the name of the artist… and the Song 34 horses is perfect if you are coaxing an underpowered VW up a long hill…

http://www.druidsbrew.com/

Take it easy…

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