adventureseeker

When traveling, I love to load up my iPod with local music or songs from my collection which evokes the mood for my trip.

I enjoy discovering new music, so....<b>What's on your Italy playlist?</b>

<b><u>CLASSICS</u></b>
*Andrea Bocelli
*Vivaldi
*Pavarotti
&quot;Gianni Schicchi, O mio babbino caro&quot; (I have the Kiri Te Kenawa version)

<b><u>SOUNDTRACKS</u></b>
*Big Night
*Il Postino
*Life is Beautiful
*Something's Gotta Give (French)

<b><u>MISC.</u></b>
*Nina Simone (Sinnerman-Felix da Housecat)
*Nina Simone (Feeling Good)
*Nina Simone (The Look of Love)
*Thievery Corporation (Facing East)
*Thievery Corporation (2001 Spliff Oddyssey)
*David Byrne featuring Thievery Corp. (The Heart's a Lonely Hunter)
*Zero 7 (Somersault)
*Zero 7 (In the Waiting Line)
*Zero 7 (Futures)
*Zero 7 (Destiny)
*1 Giant Leap (Ma' Africa)
*Shirley Bassey (Where do I Begin)
*Stephane' Pompougnac (Morenito-Bosso Mix)
*Stephane' Pompougnac (Union Square)
*Indie.Arie (Heart of the Matter)
*Ella Fitzgerald (Blue Skies)
*Kaskade (I Like the Way)
*Bliss (Kissing)
*Regina Carter <i>(she did a lot of music for Sex &amp; the City)</i>
*Big Muff (My Funny Valentine)
*S-Tone Inc. (Limbe)
*Si Se' (Karma)
*Quantic (Sound of Everything)
*Slow Train Soul (Naturally)
*Gazzara (It's not over..Belladonaa Remix)
*Pauline London (Fly in the Sky)
*Yonderboi (Padadam)
*Bossa Nostra ffeaturing Bruna Loppez (Jackie)
*Bebel Gilberto (River Song)
*Butti 39 (Kalas)
*Koop (Baby)
*Major Boys featuring Aurelia (Sous le Soleil)
*Fred Clarke featuring Danilo Patz (Aqui Llego)
*Paris Combo (Senor)
*Da Lata (Ponteio)
*Gigi (Gud Fella)
*Jack Costanzo featuring Marilu
(Bembo Colora)
*Oliver Mtukudzi (Rirongere)
*Stefi Akos (Mariguana Cha Cha Cha)
*Francisco Aguabella (Agua Limpia Todo)
*Johanna Grussner (No More Blues)
*Carla Alexander (Volume)

HereInFranklin

I love to sit in or around ancient churches and ruins. I have celtic chants that I listen to--perfect.

www.hereinfranklin.wordpress.com

rjsol

Eros Ramazotti, Andrea Bocelli

afterall

Have to say that I forget about the MP3 player until I'm almost ready to go. So I'm usually frantically loading a few new songs at the last minute.

However, as I don't use it except on holiday the collection I loaded when I first got it comes up fresh and wonderful every time!

I take a little opera (highlights - I'm a learner!); some classics - Schumann, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Mozart, Bruckner, Cesar Franck (Symphonic Variations), Debussy; and pop/rock that will date me big-time ..

Whole albums from Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, the Floyd, Steely Dan, Crowded House. Then some Paul Simon, some Dylan, bit of Bowie, touch of Clapton, Jefferson Starship, Nina Simone, Nick Cave.

What else? well, like I said, I find tracks I'd forgotten putting on there.

Cheers.

Padraig

Superimpose theme music on my travels? No way!

Those who travel with earphones are isolating themselves from the world around them. I hope, at least, that I am not subjected to the leakage of percussive sounds.

Ackislander

Alfred Brendel playing all the Beethoven Piano Sonatas,

More Beethoven: symphonies, piano concertos, string quartets, string trios. I am adding these constantly

Some Chopin, Schumann, Schubert

Operas: Boheme, Madama Butterfly,
Otello, Callas doing Norma and Lucia

Bach Unaccompanied Suites for Cello Yo Yo Ma

A bunch of miscellaneous classical stuff from BBC Magazine discs

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

Jelly Roll Morton Complete
Ken Burns Jazz Complete
A bunch of roots/folk/blues

Bob Marley natty Dread and Greatest Hits
Toots and the Maytals

Will the Circle Be Unbroken Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

afterall

Padraig,

Sort of depends on how many long distance bus/train trips you make.

There's a limit to the conversations you can have over 8-12 hours (or longer), and they are language-dependent, or course. Reading is good, but a little music is good too.

When I'm static that little gadget doesn't see the light of day. But, hey, so much more convenient than an old-style walkman and a handful of tapes (laugh here all you under 35s!).

May one ask how you pass the time on those long, long journeys?

travelme

Padraig said&quot;Superimpose theme music on my travels? No way!

Those who travel with earphones are isolating themselves from the world around them. I hope, at least, that I am not subjected to the leakage of percussive sounds.&quot;

Ok everyone, dont take the bait! He must have had a bad night.


Music is fantastic on train trips especially through the countryside. It only can enhance the experience.

My choices are:
Anything Baroque
Edith Piaf
Aretha Frankin
Cranberries

hetismij

We take my OH's ipod on road trips with us. It is loaded with all his favourite music, which, for the most part, is mine too (luckily) - lots of blues and rock. It is then set to random play in the car.
But also we load it up with podcasts, from the BBC and elsewhere and catch up on programmes we never seem to have time to listen to otherwise. I love spoken word when travelling so these podcasts are great. Since we usually have the laptop with us also we can download the latest podcasts whilst on the road.

hetismij

Oops just saw this was an Italy thread. We don't theme our music - just go for what we like, so I wouldn't add anything especially for a trip to Italy.

Padraig

afterall, I'll give you the long train trips on condition that you use good earphones that don't leak sounds.

I don't make many such trips because I structure my holidays differently: go somewhere; work around the local area. But when actually travelling, I choose to read and/or write.

almcd

I can't believe anybody cares.

afterall

Padraig - I put it to you that you have NEVER taken a long train trip, and would die rather than get on a local long distance bus.

Now tell me I've got you all wrong.

Padraig

afterall wrote: &quot;Padraig ... Now tell me I've got you all wrong.&quot;

You have.

You seem to be blinded by an aspiration to stalk me and try to put me down. Gadfly.

Zeus

I feel like I timewarped back into another era. &quot;Interesting&quot; musical choices.... And what is a &quot;gadfly&quot;?

Padraig

Zeus asked: &quot;And what is a &quot;gadfly&quot;?&quot;

It's another term for a horsefly. See http://mw1.meriam-webster.com/dictionary/gadfly

hpeabody

bookmarking

takemealong

I, too, like to create playlists of music related to my destination. (NOTE: This is not to listen to while walking around but to listen to prior to the trip and on my flights).

For example, my Italy playlist includes:

Themes from the films:

Il Postino
Cinema Paradiso
Malena
O Mio Babbino Caro (used in A Room with a View)

&quot;What If We Went to Italy&quot; sung by Mary Chapin Carpenter


&quot;Caruso&quot; sung by Andrea Bocelli

I have lots of Celtic music for trips to Ireland and Edith Piaf for France.

Lexma90

I love to put together a playlist of theme music, too. I play it mostly while I'm running, before the trip, during and after. It's very evocative for me - nothing better, IMHO, than running along the streets of Venice in the early morning, with Vivaldi in the background! And then I get to replay the trip, to the same music, while running at home.

I've done this for Italy of course, France (mostly jazz), Spain (I love classical guitar), Czech Republic and Hungary (Dvorak and several modern composers who really broadened my listening repertoire). For running a race in San Francisco in the Spring, I put together a S.F. playlist. And for our upcoming trip to New Orleans, I put together a wide-ranging collection, from zydeco, to Pete Fountain, to the Neville Brothers.

adventureseeker

I agree wholeheartedly about not &quot;plugging in&quot; to drown out the REAL sounds of the destination. I use my music merely for train/air travel, exercise or while writing in my journal. Also, I plug into speakers to evoke the mood when I'm in the room.

It's also a great reminder when you're back home and listen to a certain tune that takes you back to a moment in time while you were on your journey....aaaahhh.