Preferred music when working on your truck?

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Sneaking music into a truck site.


I spent well over 200 hours and plenty of $ to collect personal favorite tunes, about 3000 tunes.......................It's sorted by genre and artist. Exception being I have decade playlists since the 1950s, which are one-hit wonders, perhaps an artist with few great songs, and five or so tunes each that are a must for the decade.

At any rate, I seem to prefer the 60s decade playlist. Classical for very detailed work - less 1812 Overture that is. Imagine using a brush when that song bursts.


For what it's worth, I'm Classical to real jazz to Hendrix to Zeppelin/Pink Flyd to old pop guy. Not a big country fan, with the one and only Johnny Cash being the exception.

[leddzepp]

Should be obvious here

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Originally Posted by leddzepp

Should be obvious here

The selection my last time out. Never gets old. First six albums, nothing but good to great songs.

[dfwright]

I have Amazon prime, and tend to listen to the "80's pop" prime music station while working on the truck. Good stuff.

[Hunter67stepside]

I live in Nashville! 103.3 country or pandora on the classic country channel!

[cajun chevy]

Originally Posted by dfwright

I have Amazon prime, and tend to listen to the "80's pop" prime music station while working on the truck. Good stuff.

'70's ROCK ALL THE WAY

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Originally Posted by cajun chevy

'70's ROCK ALL THE WAY

IMO the 70s produced the best music. First look at the number of incredible artists, from Bee Gees to Black Sabbath. Add the pop music was incredible. Speak of, I'll share my 70s decade list. I might be a bit CDO. I can't cite every song from my genre playlists, but do know how many by artist.

This "70s Decade" playlist is made-up of one-hit wonders, songs from artists that "didn't make the cut for genre lists", and a very few (perhaps one this list) from the genre lists that "must be represented". Like "If you Could Read My Mind". That little tune is on three lists actually (Genre, 70s & "favorites of favorites"). If I had to choose an all-time favorite, that would be it..........................Bolded made the cut for favorites of favorites.

70s ARTIST
I'm Not In Love 10CC
How Long Ace
Let's Stay Together Al Green
Year Of The Cat Al Stewart
How Much I Feel* Ambrosia*
Knock On Wood Amii Stewart
Love Is Thicker Than Water Andy Gibb
Day Dreaming Aretha Franklin
So Into You Atlantic Rythm Section
Rain Drops Keep Falling On My Head B.J. Thomas
Let Your Love Flow Bellany Brothers
Take My Breathe Away Berlin
Ain't No Sunshine Bill Withers
Lean On Me Bill Withers
Use Me Bill Withers
Me And Mrs. Jones Billy Paul
Will It Go Around In Circles Billy Preston
The Reaper Blue Oyster Cult
Still The Same Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
We've Got Tonight Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Haven't Got Time For The Pain Carly Simon
Nobody Does It Better Carly Simon
You Belong To Me Carly Simon
It's Too Late Carole King
Moonshadow Cat Stevens
Morning Has Broken Cat Stevens
Have You Seen Her Chi-Lites
Please Come To Boston Dave Loggins
We Just Disagree Dave Mason
Rock On David Essex
Smoke On The Water Deep Purple
Deju Vu Dionne Warwick
Right Place, Wrong Time Dr. John
Baby Hold On Eddie Money
Shakin' Eddie Money
Two Tickets To Paradise Eddie Money
Fooled Around And Fell In Love Elvin Bishop
From The Beginning Emerson Lake & Palmer
Lucky Man Emerson Lake & Palmer
The Only Way Emerson Lake & Palmer
Nights Are Forever Without You England Dan & John Ford Coley
Spill The Wine Eric Burden
All By Myself Eric Carmen
Kiss You All Over Exile
Oh What A Night Four Seasons
Who Loves You Four Seasons
Dream Weaver Gary Wright
Love Is Alive Gary Wright
Baker Street Gerry Rafferty
Alone Again Gilbert O' Sullivan
Clair Gilbert O' Sullivan
Midnight Train To Georgia Gladys Knight & The Pips
I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor
If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot
The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Gordon Lightfoot
Fallin' In Love Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
Always And Forever Heatwave
Rise Herb Alpert
Rock The Boat Hues Corporation
Shaft Isaac Hayes
Never Can Say Goodbye Jackson Five
Miracles Jefferson Starship
With Your Love Jefferson Starship
I Got A Name Jim Croce
I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song Jim Croce
Time In A Bottle Jim Croce
You Don't Mess Around With Jim Jim Croce
I Can See Clearly Now Johnny Nash
I'm Easy Keith Carradine
Danny's Song Kenny Loggins
Do You Know What I Mean Lee Michaels
Ooh Baby Baby Linda Ronstadt
Brandy Looking Glass
Walk On The Wild Side Lou Reed
If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don't Want To Be Right Luther Ingram
Free Bird Lynyrd Skynard
Simple Man Lynyrd Skynard
Midnight At The Oasis Maria Muldaur
Right Back Where We Started From Maxine Nightengale
Midnight Blue Melissa Manchester
Cracklin' Rosie Neil Diamond
Gonna' To Take A Lotta Love Nicolette Larson
Spirit In The Sky Norman Greenbaum
Sam Olivia Newton John
You're The One That I Want Olivia Newton John
Hopelessly Devoted To You Olivia Newton-John
Suddenly Olivia Newton-John
Jackie Blue Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Love Will Find A Way Pablo Cruise
Boom Boom Pat Travers
Crash and Burn Pat Travers
I Go Crazy Paul Davis
It's Impossible Perry Como
Do You Feel Like I Do Peter Frampton
Show Me The Way Peter Frampton
Poetry Man Phoebe Snow
Baby Come Back Player
Conquistador Procol Harum
I Just Want to Celebrate Rare Earth
Sad Eyes Robert John
Feel Like Makin' Love Roberta Flack
Killing Me Softly With His Song Roberta Flack
The Closer I Get To You Roberta Flack
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Roberta Flack
Where Is The Love Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
You Got It Roy Orbison
Escape Rupert Holmes
Diamond Girl Seals and Crofts
It's A Family Affair Sly & The Family Stone
Moonlight Feels Right Starbuck
Stuck In The Middle With You Steelers Wheel
Superstition Stevie Wonder
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life Stevie Wonder
Betcha By Golly Wow Stylistics
You Make Me Feel Brand new Stylistics
Lady Styx
Green-Eyed Lady Sugarloaf
Pillow Talk Sylvia
Ride Captain Ride The Blues Image
Strawberry Letter 23 The Brothers Johnson
Oh Girl The Chi-Lites
Easy Like Sunday Morning The Commodores
It Keeps You Runnin' The Doobie Brothers
Minute By Minute The Doobie Brothers
Takin' It To The Streets The Doobie Brothers
What A Fool Believes The Doobie Brothers
Jesus is Just Alright The Doobie Brothers
For Someone Special The Doobie Brothers
Take Me In Your Arms The Doobie Brothers
Hotel California The Eagles
Lyin' Eyes The Eagles
One Of These Nights The Eagles
Take It To The Limit The Eagles
Bus Stop The Hollies
Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) The Hollies
The Air That I Breathe The Hollies
Shining Star The Manhattans
Nights In White Satin The Moody Blues*
When Will I See You Again The Three Degrees
Smiling Faces Sometimes The Undisputed Truth
No Regrets The Walker Brothers
Shambala Three Dog Night
Mama Told Me Not To Come Three Dog Night*
Hello It's Me Todd Rundgren
Draggin' The Line Tommy James
Moondance Van Morrison
Low Rider War
Play That Funky Music Wild Cherry

[David12460]

Podcasts... haven't listened to music in the shop for a while.

C10 talk
Kibby and Finnegan show
Shift and Steer

[chiefcfd]

XM Radio Channel 16 The Blend, Channel 32 The Bridge.

[davepl]

3500 tracks on random. It's like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get.

[Orange67]

Originally Posted by davepl

3500 tracks on random. It's like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get.

I know what you mean.... My tastes range from classical to modern metal. Its odd when it jumps from Mozart to Five Finger Death Punch to Johnny Cash to the Eagles....

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Originally Posted by davepl

3500 tracks on random. It's like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get.

Relative my description in the OP. I generally set the entire collection on random when I pound my pearls. Pearls being a drum set.

[RenoKeene]

Electric Blues, 70's Rock. I have 7000 songs on a portable hard drive. That's over 400 hours worth on random without a repeat.

[ohboy321]

I am trying to learn the blues harmonica and listen to B. B. Kings Bluesvillle on Sirius/XM for inspiration.

[wshattuck]

80's and 90's...!

[Coatingguy]

Zeppelin, Stones, Beatles, Pink Floyd etc.

[Overdriven]

I tend to go 80's and 90's rock when working on the truck. Just feels right to have something like Motley Crue or Van Halen blasting while wrenching. Then I hop in her and cruise to some modern/pop country. Slowly easing into older country though and some blues too. A far cry from the electronic and 90's alternative rock I formerly enjoyed.

[57taskforce]

old metal, southern rock and old country here. Metallica, maiden, skynyrd,cash,Waylon,hank jr, etc.

[custom10nut]

Classic ROCK n ROLL! Sometimes Classic Country.

[basketcase]

My dog laying on the rug snoring.

[hamjet]

I try not to listen to music while working on the truck, I'm to busy talking to myself the whole time to make sure I don't mess up, like telling myself what size wrench or socket I need so by the time I get to the tool box I don't forget. The golden years.....

[ElKotze]

During the day: 90's Rock- Alice in Chains, Tool, Faith no more, Kyuss
At Night: Blues, Blues and nothin' but the Blues !!

[El Dorado Jim]

101.9 the Wolf mainly...country! plays all the new stuff, wish there was a station that played the old 70's country that I grew up with...I also listen to 96.9 the Eagle old 70's rock which I really like...have to have music playing to get anything done..LOL

[dfwright]

Originally Posted by El Dorado Jim

101.9 the Wolf mainly...country! plays all the new stuff, wish there was a station that played the old 70's country that I grew up with...I also listen to 96.9 the Eagle old 70's rock which I really like...have to have music playing to get anything done..LOL

If you don't mind the commercials, Pandora has some really good classic country stations. I have an old smartphone that I don't use anymore, and have Pandora, Amazon Prime music, and Spotify loaded on it. It just uses the wifi to connect, and doesn't need a cellular connection to play music.

Spotify is another good one. I've created some playlists of all my favorite classic country songs from the 70's and early 80's. This is my "driving the truck" music, as it takes me back in time to drive the truck and listen to the stuff that was popular back then.

There's nothing like cruising in the truck with the windows down, and listening to Charlie Pride. "Is anybody going to San Antone" why, as a matter of fact, I am...

[James the III]

I got a 160 gig I pod.. with all types of music on it, techno, 80-90's dance, 70's rock, 80's hair metal, you name it..
but the ipod random play, well sucks.. it tends to play the same songs..
If I use it today, and shut it down and in 5 days I am in garage with it back on random play shuffle, it will play many of the same songs from the last shuffle play time..
And with 15000+ songs on the thing it's useless as a shuffle play ..As it never plays 80% of the tracks on it.