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Do you listen to music well you shave. If so what do you jam?
Lately:
Miles Davis- birth of the cool(1950's jazz well shaving with a vintage straight razor and some sandlewood soap... so relaxing)
The Gaslight Anthem-the 59' sound (modern band, but has a old school feel to it.)
I put on a classical music cable channel. I take whatever comes on.
Although I don't have a means of listening to music in my bathroom, I do "think" of Jazz when I shave. That would be my perfect music to shave to. Relaxing and just fits the mood...Miles would be good!
I love Gaslight Anthem and 59 Sound is my favorite of their LP/EP's.Quote:
Originally Posted by losingXSleep
I have been listening to Sun Araw lately when I shave. Pitchfork described their album "On Patrol" as "...like listening to a lava lamp." It is psychedelic electronic droney stuff, but it seems just right to me for shaving.
I do jazz as well Hank Mobly, Coltrane, but mix it up with Louie Prima and Sam Butera.
Good stuff, think I will jam Curtain Call tomorrow morning now hah
Yes I do listen to music, when I str8 shave. It is more convient now, that I have an i-pod classic with all my cd's loaded in it. The Bose sound dock I have, is not only more compact then my portable cd player, the sound quality of the Bose i-pod sound dock blows the cd player away, as well. I play mostly classical, and jazz.
I used to listen to music while shaving, mostly ballads and sometimes power metal. I also listened to jazz, but I noticed that no music at all gives me the best shaves.
Gentlemen:
When I do listen to music while shaving, it is classical.
Since I have great passion for chamber music, for me a Schubert string quartet, for instance, frames the joy of shaving early in the morning. So does chamber music — piano trios, string quartets, piano quintets, and so on — by by Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Schumann, Ravel, Debussy, and many of the other good guys.
I leave the symphonic works for other times of the day, as I do jazz.
Regards,
Obie
If I shave at night I listen to music.. normally something from the ZEN music channel on Directv. Normally though I shave in the morning where SWMBO would use the razor against me if I turned on music that early :tameshigiri:
I like Bach (I love Bach anytime, but its really good shaving music!) or a Rachmaninov piano concerto if I'm in the mood for classical.
Otherwise I might listen to some ZZ Top, Joe Bonnamassa or Walter Trout if I'm in the mood for blues, or something like Black Label Society, Creed or an instrumental guitarist like Satriani or Vai if I'm in the mood for rock.
I find really heavy stuff like Arch Enemy doesnt really work with the relaxing vibe of the shave!
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Originally Posted by Stubear
I once cut myself with my shavette while *cough*singing along with Arch Enemy :roflmao
My sister can sing like Angela Gossow, the vocalist from that band. Its kinda scary in a way, coz she's this little size six thing and comes out with this shouty screamy stuff..!
Small world, The Gaslight Anthem is one of my favorite bands. Just saw them here in Houston last month and my ears were ringing for days.
I usually shave in the morning, with no backing music whatsoever, so as not to wake my fiance, but for evening shaves I really dig on The Black Keys. "Sinister Kid" in particular seems to go well, as both the tune and the shaving are kind of bada$$.
If there is a better song released this year than Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's "Aya", then I certainly haven't heard it.
And anything by The National or The Hold Steady are always on heavy rotation in our place...
I like to switch it up musically, ranging from Beethoven, Mahler, Sibelius, Bach, on to Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, rounded up by some Tuvan throat singing, Buddhist Chants and Ali Ahkbar Khan. But mostly I listen to Billy Holiday radio on Pandora.
These are the two songs I listen to on repeat when i shave, So tranquil and relaxing
YouTube - #03. "SONG FOR JESSE" by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James OST)
YouTube - The Assassination of Jesse James OST - What Must Be Done
The National- Boxer is a great album to shave to.
some days if I am shaving later in the day it's a bit more upbeat and fast. Cro-mags, Black Flag, Youth Of Today etc.
I shave in silence the only music is the world out side my window. So at the moment it's wind and rain, in the summer it maybe the neighbor mowing the lawn.
I like smooth Jazz but thats for when I'm making bow strings.
I have once when I had the house to myself. I put in a Mozart CD. It was quite relaxing.
I don't listen to music while I shave because I like to hear the sounds of shaving. Loading the brush, swirling lather on my face, whiskers being mowed down, stropping, I love it.
I only shave if I can listen to music also. Most times I put on Classical, I like Strauss Jr best. There is something about the waltz and the timing of razor passes. Beethoven's 3rd is a great shave soundtrack too. But sometimes I have Johnny Cash or The Killer Jerry Lee for a background score. James Brown can get on my stereo also. I guess it's whatever mood I'm in. I do avoid Slayer though.
I have an old, but pretty decent cd player (not mp3) that I make up music collections for from my itunes library. I change it out every month or two. I always include Sade, Sting, Dido, and other stuff I haven't heard in a while. I also like to listen to movie soundtrack CD's...English Patient, Out of Africa, etc.
I like some Zappa when I shave. The Grand Wazoo is one of my favorite albums:tu
Lately, Pink Floyd 'Great Gig In the Sky'. The gal singing was told to approximate that she was having an orgasm. I think she pulled it off rather well. And it leads to a great shave!
RT
i've been experimenting with this and johnny cash works for me.
During the weekend I usually listen to classical music while I shave.
Often Bach, Grieg, Mendelssohn or Mozart.
Usually Pandora, "Take Five" Radio if I'm in the mood for jazz, or "Ratatat" radio if I feel like some psychedelic guitars.
Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Johnny Cash
Hate to say it, but, I listen to bagpipes for most of my shaves. On the weekend I do Drop kick Murphys.
I'm on an old school hip-hop kick lately. Del la Sol, things like that. Older I get the more I like things I used to hate. I gotta have a beat.
Yes, I love to shave to Finish Death Metal, IE bands like COB (Children of Bodom).Quote:
Originally Posted by losingXSleep
Shaving is a very sensual experience with the hot towels, pre-shave, the lather, the scent, the steel on you skin, the sound of the hairs being cut, the post shave... So I further add classic rock to the mix and I open the bathroom window even in the winter time to get a feel of the fresh air. This, gentlemen, is hard to beat. :) Can't wait until I shave again.