What a Great Day
April 29th, 2006
Perfect weather, and just the right temperature for me. Got up early (around 13:30) to submit my final year project. It was the first day this year to really makes you wish you had a convertible… the radio playing, sing up to the eighth floor. I headed into UCC and each driver had the window down and the stereo louder than usual. Everyone has their sunshine songs I think, the ones you like to blast out on a sunny day like today when driving is a pleasure.
Its funny hearing the music as you pass each car… I probably could have guessed before I heard the it that the middle aged guy chilling in a parked car beside Horgans Buildings was listening to “Feeling Groovy”. A white Mondeo cruised past blasting Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” - a classic sunny day driving song. Of course the souped up Civic was blaring Fiddy Cent as usual.
Slightly disappointed in the MP3s I had with me - Tricky, Libertines, Flaming Lips, Mystery Jets, M. Ward… nothing to match the occasion. Thinking of the episode of Braniac I caught the other night, thats probably a good thing. Its not a show I would usually watch - despite their interesting topics, the AntandDec-esque style of presentation does not appeal to me. This time around they were discussing how different types of music affects your driving ability, and I knew exactly what they meant.
For me, as soon as the first few bars of Mr. Brightside kick in, the volume goes up and the boot goes down, and I soon find myself going 100mph on a small country road. Its one of the tracks that I have unfortunately had to remove from the iPod for this very reason. If the government introduced a law forcing us all to listen to Bach while driving, then I think we would see a major reduction in the amount of daytime accidents. Although knowing McDowell, he’d probably prefer Wagner 
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April 29th, 2006 at 12:27 pm
What about Wagner?
April 29th, 2006 at 16:00 pm
Hitler’s favourite composer, often associated with the Third Reich. Thats not to say that it wouldn’t be good driving music… some of it would be ideal I’m sure, but The Ride of the Valkyries would most likely land me in hospital.