Your favorite tunes to listen to on the trail?

[jthue]

When you are on the trail who do you love to listen to and jam to the most? I love to find all types of new tunes so please share.

I enjoy Tesla, Led Zeppelin, Royal Bliss, Eric Clapton, etc. the most. Especially in the mountains! My first appalachian trail experience will be this year and I can't wait to crank them up there

[TallShark]

bieber....

[Kepley]

Beatles, Hot Buttered Rum, Keller Williams, Lotus, Meat Puppets, Phish, Tea Leaf Green, Taubab Krewe, and Yonder Mountain String Band among others

[RevLee]

The Robins, The Finches, The Grouses, The Bears, The Rattlesnakes, but the ones I like least cranked are The Snorers.

[ChinMusic]

I figure Cracker would be good to start off.........

[d.o.c]

the phish, Railroad Earth and much more jerry tunes are nice.

[d.o.c]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJh8C-alWWE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89pb8tBEhwA&feature=related

[mweinstone]

johnney thunder does a wicked "im on a boat"
wakapak has a few screems i like.
once baltimore jacks snoring covered the sounds of a guy pukeing.
sometimes the dudes tent produces a cacougheny of human vocalizations male and female.
but the white noise of bacon sizzeling is the tune i must play apon wakeing in my tent.

[mweinstone]

"bacon, the other white noise"

[mweinstone]

bacon induced thred de evolution combined with the cracking up of egg heads is the jist of what im singin.

[couscous]

I love to find all types of new tunes so please share.


Chap Hop from Professor Elemental (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iRTB-FTMdk) or [/URL][URL="http://www.youtube.com/user/sgtrock70#p/a/u/0/xT2iP5Si-Ho"]Mr. B (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT2iP5Si-Ho) might be new to you.

[fredmugs]

Volbeat......

[kayak karl]

Tull, Bowie, Bruce, Southside, Thorogood; need more....

[Papa D]

Wilco, Son Volt, Old Crow Medicine Shoe, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Tom Waits, Jayhawks, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Greatful Dead, Yonder Mountain String Band, Widespread Panic, Steve Earle, Old 97s, Scud Mountain Boys ..... golly, there's a whole bunch more on my little I-Pod Mini.
There might be nothing better than hiking 20 miles, eating a bowl of mac n cheese, another bowl of something, a shot of rum and my i-pod mini in a tent somewhere cool.

[Northern Lights]

For the first time ever I will be taking my ipod with me in September. I'll be hiking alone the first week until I meet up with a friend for an additional two weeks of hiking. I thought it might be nice to have my run tunes along with me. So when the going gets tough I will be listening to Big Girls don't cry, tighten up, Do it well, run on , move along and seven day fool. Just to get me through the tough times of course. And then my Ipod runs the gammett from classical to eminem

[map man]

I never bring an electronic music device along. I do, though, sing to myself sometimes when I'm hiking alone (I never inflict this on anyone else I might be hiking with -- only alone). I did this spontaneously a couple hours into the very first day on my very first backpacking trip. A Neil Young song, it was. It's hard to generalize, though, about what songs are likely to pop into my head.

Some people use bearbells. I sing to let the wildlife know I'm around.

And it's comforting, somehow.

[jthue]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions, I'll check 'em out!

Papa D and music man, I couldn't agree more with Neil Young. Thats the ultimate mountain music.

Anyone know some real good bluegrass groups? Thats a whole new genre for me, but I'd like to get into the good stuff.

[Trailbender]

I generally listen to black metal, usually most people have never heard of it.

[BradMT]

I never would have thought people go to the mountains to walk then plug in their brains to an ipod.

To each his own but I'm amazed...

[NYKh]

I have all the eclectic music I could ever want to listen to in the comfort of my home. I don’t go on the trail, or in the wilderness for that matter, to listen to music.

[d.o.c]

I have all the eclectic music I could ever want to listen to in the comfort of my home. I don’t go on the trail, or in the wilderness for that matter, to listen to music.
musics good after extended periods of time in the woods i dnt tke music on small tripps but anythng over a week and u can bet the band phish is set up on top of all those rocky mountain tops:)

[fredmugs]

I generally listen to black metal, usually most people have never heard of it.

Now that's something I might be interested in.

[Buffalo Skipper]

"bacon, the other white noise"


bacon induced thred de evolution combined with the cracking up of egg heads is the jist of what im singin.

Why is it that all discussions turn to Bacon? Maybe it really means something....:-?

But all kidding aside, and in spite of naysayers on other threads, the only real answer here is Phish. :cool:

[Monkeywrench]

I never listen to music while hiking. Probably a generational thing, but it just seems out of place to me. That said, I'd suggest the Tobasco Donkeys, and definitely Braid's "The Hiker Song" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW8xOuigsvo).

[88BlueGT]

IF I bring music/radio (which I have only done once) I will just throw on Pandora on my phone and connect it to my Motorola EQ5 portable bluetooth speaker (amazing). Lightweight, don't have to have annoying headphones in your ears, etc. Music selection will vary depending on Pandora station, typically throw on some sort of blues or Ray LaMontage type station and everything turns out well.

[Trailbender]

I don't do it continuously, but I do get in the mood for music at times when I hike. I mainly save it for a few minutes before I go to sleep.

[general]

love that panic when going for big miles. they are like a factory at work. keeps the body moving.

[GracefulRoll]

One trippy song I added to my trail tunes is Many Ghosts by Akron/Family.

[GracefulRoll]

http://listen.grooveshark.com/s/Many+Ghosts/2k55hy?src=5 Just in case anyone was curious.

[jthue]

I'm surprised at how many people don't listen to tunes when they hit the trail. I guess I just grew up with that. I don't listen to tunes 100% of the time but I think that tunes and mountains enhance each other for sure.

[maybe clem]

I never, ever listen to country/western music. Prior to my thru I would have said I despise it. But it grew on me during the southern half of my thru. Now I often listen to it when hiking in the South.

[Entropy2012]

I can easily see myself chilling to Agalloch or Opeth at night. It would just fit the atmosphere so perfectly. :D

[fredmugs]

Hard climbs require hard core music. My top 5 current bands are....

1. Five Finger Death Punch
2. Disturbed
3. Volbeat
4. Cradle of Filth
5. Devildriver

[Trailbender]

I can easily see myself chilling to Agalloch or Opeth at night. It would just fit the atmosphere so perfectly. :D

Yeah, Agalloch is great for hiking, "The Mantle" is probably one of my most listened to albums when I'm out.

[Papa D]

To be clear, I hiked for years without an I-pod or any such thing - heck, when I thru hiked, I think that the walkman was around, but I didn't use one. I too love the sounds of nature and spend 23 1/2 hours a day in the woods enjoying them. Sometimes, before I sleep though, music is wonderful, comforting and just plain fun - I disturb no-one with my tiny headphones in my tent or occasionally in the corner of a shelter.

[Different Socks]

SRV, Alan Parsons, Boston, Kitaro, anything from Narada, all tunes from the Dr. Demento Show, Chicago, Bruce Hornsby, John Hiatt, Pink Floyd, ZZ Top, comedy(Robin Wiliiams/Steve Martin/Sam Kinison), Styx, Talking Heads and lots more.

[Different Socks]

I'm surprised at how many people don't listen to tunes when they hit the trail. I guess I just grew up with that. I don't listen to tunes 100% of the time but I think that tunes and mountains enhance each other for sure.

Agree! Wen on the PCT, I walked over to 1/2 Dome and watched the sun rise. The occasion was much more enhanced by listening to some New Age tunes.

[d.o.c]

evrytime a summit shows up i always get tweezer in my head i like when they throw it out like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddJV1hKMZ7A..

[jthue]

I've got a good list going here, thank you!

If I may suggest one myself, check out Tesla's Five Man Acoustic Jam. Especially if you like bluegrass. Its like hearing the rock and bluegrass worlds come together. The acoustic guitar talent in unreal and Jeffs voice just completes it all.

[kayak karl]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeRa3RtBiIU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm5DPlNCmtk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS9_ipu9GKw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8FtqOzZwIg&feature=related
my favorite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO8aa9PGxvU

[kayak karl]

and this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Ik81plN_Q

[jthue]

Steppin Wolf, Jethro, & Deep Purple...thats what I'm talking about Karl!

[atraildreamer]

Only one song needed:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=369768

"The Appalachian Trail Song"

by: Lonesome Swordfish

Free to download...listen to his other stuff too. :)

[Reid]

Just no Grateful Dead. Played out, we've heard all the songs a thousand times. Don't GD wanna bees like phish or any of the others either. I do like widespread though. I like flatpickers and blues.

[d.o.c]

dont hate on the dead ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiffF15xQ_Q i dig on this to new music from this band is pretty good

[jthue]

Long live the Dead...I just jammed to Tesla's cover of Truckin', it was awesome

[Waterboy]

OCMS, Yonder, Bela Fleck, phish, tGD, the Band, Elephant Revival.

[Spider]

Yung Joc and only Yung Joc.

[oops56]

need no i tunes just birds

[BradMT]

The sound of silence is the best music...

[Del Q]

I have a San Disk MP3 player, the only one I would find that works on a single triple-a battery, and its broken. I can only play songs randomly, so when a good one comes along I need to listen to it a few times............could be weeks before I get to hear it again.

Faster songs help me on the "UPS" - last section hike, U2 singing Helter Skelter, possible new record, like 8x in a row.

[Bear Cables]

Any song that pops into my head. I sing while I hike thus I got a new trail name od "jukebox".

[Collinofstrength]

Last time I used my ipod for a day hike was a giant messed up mix of: Big L, Clipse, 3 6 Mafia, Culture, Breakdown, Leeway, Foundation. I just put it on shuffle and let ir roll.

[Pete Moss]

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM!!!!!

Blew my mind over the weekend on a quick day hike, excellent cardio music with great beats and catchy tunes!:sun

[couscous]

This month it would be "Here Comes the Rain Again (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-o3tMA2bb0)" by the Eurythmics.
Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion
I want to walk in the open wind

[hikerboy57]

99 bottles of beer.

[Bamboo Brian]

I'm with Map Man, no iPod or other electronic device. I was intrigued, however, by one of this year's thru-hikers (Renaissance) I met at Pocosin Cabin, who was enjoying a simple AM/FM radio, in part to hear several sermons on Sundays.

[TallShark]

The Grateful Dead are Not played out. They're classic. But there are many good bands to heighten the outdoors experience, I look at nature as art, and good music can sometimes make it that much more beautiful. Bluegrass is a definite, it's almost like an ideology or state of mind when listening to that picking and harmonizing, that music came from the hills and it fits right in. But the music that really makes what I'm seeing much more beautiful isn't necessarily all of that pickin'. I enjoy mellow electronic music in the woods, something with a lounge feel. Could listen to Radiohead if you were in that state of mind. Listening to the sounds of nature itself is plenty rewarding and what I prefer to do 95% of the time, but when the timing is right, the sun is out, the breeze is grasping your body, and your senses are on overload that moment can be heightened with the right selection of tunes. It's certainly more of a introverted type of action though, I wouldn't necessarily do it when a hiking partner is around, I enjoy my mind but social interaction is the spice of life.

Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Death Cab, The Postal Service, Modest Mouse, The Dead, The Chemical Brothers, Dave, CCR, Bela Fleck, Clapton, Zepplin, Skynard… That covers the mainstream stuff.

[Reid]

Greatful Dead is no Bobby dylan. They did this little simplistic chord progression and lights and trippy stuff but thats about it to me. Not trying to argue with anyone....but I will.

[Reid]

I'll go for Yonder mountian string band though

[d.o.c]

hunter and/or barlow are among the greatest poets of all time equal to or better than dylan hands down

[d.o.c]

yonder is rockn..... hackensaw boys anyone?

[TallShark]

hunter and/or barlow are among the greatest poets of all time equal to or better than dylan hands down
........... +1

[Reid]

I thought the ultimate trail song was "I don't mind" by the Tabasco Donkeys?

[hikerboy57]

98 bottles of beer on the wall.

[mynameisgeorgel]

Greatful Dead is no Bobby dylan. They did this little simplistic chord progression and lights and trippy stuff but thats about it to me. Not trying to argue with anyone....but I will.

are you serious? have you ever watched Jerry play the guitar. The man knew his stuff. Hell of a songwriter too.

Personally I listen to Panic, Phish, Tea Leaf, Mama's Love, YMSB, ABB, etc

[Kepley]

Youtube and listen to:
Yonder Mountain String Band - 40 Miles From Denver

You will be glad you did.

[shwn354]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uANKzbaucU

[Penguin]

techno, cheesy hip-hop, Pink Floyd, Dead, John Denver, Beethoven, Missy Elliott, Dylan, 50 cent, The Who, The Doors.... and so on

[chrisoc]

The birds and the bees and the breeze in the trees.

[hikerboy57]

96 bottles of beer on the wall...

[Land_Shark]

311 has got me thru to this point so far. And if you know who I am then you would understand when I say I have been in the worst of the weather this year. Land Shark has nugs.

[tolkien]

So, Old Crow Medicine Show, Jayhawks, Greatful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and of course the Rolling Stones. With some metal/punk to weird out the elderlies, of course.
Also, this is the song that I think of when I start to daydream about hiking. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8crIHgjG1_I

[WILLIAM HAYES]

ZZ Top, the stones,beatles,all the 60-70 stuff and bluegrass- I like ZZ Top's under pressure when I am having a long climb

[johnnybgood]

So, Old Crow Medicine Show, Jayhawks, Greatful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and of course the Rolling Stones. With some metal/punk to weird out the elderlies, of course.

Not a bad list for a youngin . Sprinkle in some bluegrass and we're set. ;)

[tolkien]

The sound of silence is the best music...
Simon and Garfunkel are pretty good, too.

[tolkien]

Not a bad list for a youngin . Sprinkle in some bluegrass and we're set. ;)
that would be the OCMS

[TallShark]

that would be the OCMS
old crow medicine show doesn't qualify.... srsly

[d.o.c]

railroad earth and hot butterd rum the list can go on but thi will dohttp://delfest.com/

[d.o.c]

http://delfest.com/......

[JDCool1]

John Phillip Souza. The March kings puts a bounce in my step and off I go. Hahaha. I can set a good pace with that banging in my ear.

[strollingalong]

fleet foxes, animal collective, knife etc are what I'm on when walking out n about


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT-dxG4WWf4