Background noise when you play?
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BoSoxFanatic21
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Blues, hands down!!! I have about 400 CD's in my shelf, 350 of them are Blues CD's. I also dig Classic Rock and Hard Rock. When I shoot at home, I always have the XM radio on the Bluesville station.
I also shoot at home about 1/3rd of the time with no music on. I like to be prepared for any conditions I might run into whenever I get to the bar/hall.
Maniac
I also shoot at home about 1/3rd of the time with no music on. I like to be prepared for any conditions I might run into whenever I get to the bar/hall.
Maniac
Room Owners may care...
The problem with choosing more than one with the polls is that the percentages will be skewed, but I think this should turn out to be an interesting thing? This maybe particularly interesting to Pool Room Owners.
I like having the Jukebox there if I want to play something in particular, but I won't frequent a place that has it dead quiet between paying customers at a jukebox. It just changes the comfort zone and atmosphere too drastically for me. Of course, this is just my opinion.
The problem with choosing more than one with the polls is that the percentages will be skewed, but I think this should turn out to be an interesting thing? This maybe particularly interesting to Pool Room Owners.
I like having the Jukebox there if I want to play something in particular, but I won't frequent a place that has it dead quiet between paying customers at a jukebox. It just changes the comfort zone and atmosphere too drastically for me. Of course, this is just my opinion.
Donovan said:
Dude, I ONLY voted Blues!!!
I like the jukebox playing too whenever I shoot. Problem is, the bar I most frequent has a bunch of tight-a$$es that won't let go of a few dollars here and there to play some tunes. I get tired of being the only one (sometimes) putting my bread into the box! Another problem is the owner puts her money in there sometimes and plays "elevator" music. Damn, it's hard to get into a shooting groove listening to Dinah Shore or Barbara Striesand tryin' to put me to sleep!!!
Maniac
I don't pay attention to background music at all so nothing hurts/helps me.
Stevie Ray is an added plus when available.
I voted for current music, but as long as it's not death-metal or something and the volume is normal it's ok by me. When I'm playing I don't notice it anyway. I do prefer it to no-music, whenever somebody starts having a conversation near me, it's nice if the music drowns it out.
gr. Dave
gr. Dave
Hind sight is always 20/20...I forgot about Jazz and Rap! SORRY EVERYONE! With only 10 choices aloud, it was tough to narrow this down. Now after seeing some early results, maybe they should have been in there instead of Talk Radio and Classical, but heck until you do a poll, how could you know?
I love jazz, bebop type, most anytime.. anywhere.. any conditons but I really prefer no music w/my pool.
Perhaps it was a Freudian slip in the title of the thread... but background "noise" says it for me.
It's all noise unless it's just the sounds of pool being played. I do get a big grin when, from the depths of the room, the familiar cry "F**k!!!!!!!!!" is heard... or in the case of extreme exasperation the ultimate cry... "f**k the f**king f**k!!!!!!!!!"
Perhaps it was a Freudian slip in the title of the thread... but background "noise" says it for me.
It's all noise unless it's just the sounds of pool being played. I do get a big grin when, from the depths of the room, the familiar cry "F**k!!!!!!!!!" is heard... or in the case of extreme exasperation the ultimate cry... "f**k the f**king f**k!!!!!!!!!"
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BillyKoda said:
BK,
Are you sure it's not "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd???? It definitely starts that way; but most would call it southern rock rather than country. DEFINITELY a kick-a$$ pool-playing song.
Oh crap, I missed the blues option! Jonny Lang, "Rack 'em Up"!!!!!!!!
Sound track to TCOM.
Pink Floyd: Echoes (Always played that on the internet jukebox. Like to get my money's worth, and I love Floyd.)
Lately I hear Korean music. I don't have any idea what they're saying, but I'm gaining the ability to sing along just because I hear so much of it. No jukeboxes in Korea, so they always play the same set of songs every day. One day they played a bunch of Awerican music. I heard sk8r boi literally 20 times (due in part to what some [no one on this forum] would call an excessive number of consecutive hours spent in the poolhall). If I never hear it again, it'll be too soon. I just let it back into my head... I haven't heard the relative silence of just balls clacking in too long. I miss that.
Sound track to TCOM.
Pink Floyd: Echoes (Always played that on the internet jukebox. Like to get my money's worth, and I love Floyd.)
Lately I hear Korean music. I don't have any idea what they're saying, but I'm gaining the ability to sing along just because I hear so much of it. No jukeboxes in Korea, so they always play the same set of songs every day. One day they played a bunch of Awerican music. I heard sk8r boi literally 20 times (due in part to what some [no one on this forum] would call an excessive number of consecutive hours spent in the poolhall). If I never hear it again, it'll be too soon. I just let it back into my head... I haven't heard the relative silence of just balls clacking in too long. I miss that.
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BK, I believe you are referring to "Honky tonk badonkadonk". I only know that cause I also have heard it 100 times in some redneck hole while shooting pool. Me I like it loud and obnoxious...slipknot, saliva, disturbed, godsmack......that way I can zone out, concentrate on the table with no distractions.
This works good for APA....I hate when someone on the team waste my timeout on something stupid.....this way they have to really yell and scream.
This works good for APA....I hate when someone on the team waste my timeout on something stupid.....this way they have to really yell and scream.