http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXJIEeKcsqs

totally- Bluegrass....

There's just something about listening to bluegrass in the woods...

http://badlivers.com/video/death-trip-youtube

you can skip the first 33 seconds to get to the song by the Bad Livers

Not for the meek. Warning: song about 'there aint no t**s on the radio.'


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr3wFHs5K-0

Favorites when I needed a little extra push. Conor Oberst and The Weepies.

Zero 7, Brazilian Girls, Radiohead, Coldplay, The Forgotten and any JAZZ! Camping music is definetly different from hiking music.....That's a hole other genre.

miles davis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4TbrgIdm0E

peter frampton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7rFYbMhcG8

skip to 5 min 50 sec

Edited by gmatthews on 09/25/2010 20:16:52 MDT.

Yes! Peter Frampton!

Junior High School........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIU4A_TiGeo
-super amazing song.

Edited by GiganticMermaid on 09/25/2010 23:09:00 MDT.

The sound of silence. :)

Edited by ben2world on 09/26/2010 10:29:51 MDT.

The sound of silence. :)

Ben,

+1

Unless you are talking about Simon & Garfunkel, then -1 (although I like their music).

Nick,

I like Simon & Garfunkel too -- but not at camp; hence, non-capitalized. :)

Okay,

+2

:)

I too go for the sound of silence ... the relative silence of the wild.

A little wind or water sound is also quite nice.

One of those small electronic players with a small pair of speakers with crappy substandard distorted audio does not qualify as "music".

There are others who rush to get such units setup to "help others have a good time" in camp. Evidently, there is such a strong need for music that even miserably reproduced music is better than listening to nature.

If someone setup music near where I was camping, I would pack up and move away, but first I would tell them why I'm moving. Wear your mp3 player if you want music (I don't), but please don't inflict in on others who may a) hate your choice of music or b) just prefer the sounds of non-human nature. (or c) have to turn their mp3 up load to overcome your music).

I ALWAYS listen to music on the trail and in camp--I really enjoy a little background music in camp in the afternoon...Not loud just enough so you can here it..Especially on long hikes it breaks up the monity of doing 15 miles in a day over and over.. On the trail a good tune will definitely inspire me to walk faster!!Rhythm and Beat-Rhythm and Beat..For me music and nature go hand in hand. I also enjoy the sounds of nature and socializing on the trail but some times you need a little inspiration like Incubus, Tool and the Foo Fighters and do not forget Radiohead and Miles Davis in camp around the fire---Sweet!!!!!!!! You peolpe are missing out-I'm telling ya....

Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Megadeth, The Melvins, Midnight Oil, The Church, R.E.M., Sepultura, Slayer, The Sword, Interpol, The Police, The Fixx, Steely Dan, Yes, King Crimson, Testament, The Cars, Beasti Boys, The Afghan Whigs, Santana, Vince Guaraldi, The Beatles, Arch Enemy, AC/DC, Alice in Chains, Deftones, Tool, Fleet Foxes, Foo Fighters, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Marvin Gaye, Minus the Bear, Misfits, Motorhead, Pixies, Primus, Rush, Radiohead, CSN, CSN&Y, JOHNNY CASH, Hank Williams Sr., Genesis, Mars Volta, ZZ Top, Soundgarden, System of a Down, U2, Ice Cube, Body Count, Jane’s Addiction, NIN, Perfect Circle, Nora Jones, Dire Straits, Neil Young, The Who, Miles Davis …… to name a few.

Various bluegrass/new-grass, local WNC/SE music, Grateful Dead, Ryan Adams, Little Feat, Calexico, Drive By Truckers, Dire Straits, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Steve Earl, Justin Townes Earl, Everybody Fields, WPA, Uncle Tupelo, Whiskeytown, Honeycutters, Wilco, Son Volt, etc. Whatever it is, it'll probably have an alt-country lean and killer guitar tones.

There is one song that never leaves the player ever ... Widespread Panic "Travelling Light". My theme song!

I only use headphones in the backcountry; I'm not wanting to inflict my experience on anyone else.

…… Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Bob Marley, Herbie Hancock, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Doves, Twilight Singers, Hayseed Dixie, Soul Coughing, Cake, MC 900 Foot Jesus, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Tone-Loc, Tom Petty, Sea Food, S.O.D., M.O.D., Patsy Cline, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Howlin Wolf, Derek and the Dominoes, Cream, Allman Brothers, Simon and Garfunkel, Fear Factory, Led Zeppelin….. there is more but I’ll stop.

Things get really interesting when you put all that garbage on shuffle. My 20GB MP3 player does not have enough space on it. I want one the size of a postage stamp with 1TB of storage. I’m sure it will be along soon.