"Listening" to music

The verse of 2010 thread got me thinking about how everyone else on the forum listens to music. Usually since I multitask while listening to music I don't really get most of the song I'm listening to. Whether I'm surfing the web while on Itunes or doing shit around the house with the stereo, I find it hard to grasp the subject of the song unless I pay CLOSE attention. So my question is, how do you guys get the most out of your music. Do you sit and listen to music without doing something else (feels a bit awkward)?. Just trying to get even more out of something I enjoy.

I'm usually always listening to music. Whether driving, mowing, playing with my son, playing wii, whatever it is. On a rare occasian I will sit and listen to music if I'm having a bad day or whatever.

I get my best listens of music in the car - real talk... otherwise I am just like you esco - doing something else so I don't get a real straight listen. When I am cleaning up or working out I also get good listens, but the car is where it's at and this is the current song I play on repeat:

I'm usually listening to something as well. I just find myself dozing of into whatever I'm doing, and the music just blends into the background, where I only grasp some details of the song. Eh, maybe I just have shitty attention span.

Nah, I can either vibe to music or do what I am doing... if I am working, the music is in the background, but all my attention is on my work so I don't really hear lyrics and shit, so to me its one or the other.

When I first get a cd I usually just sit around and listen to it. From then on its just in the car, on the bus, just walking with headphones. I always listen, but try to always pay attention the first time at least

I listen to music practically everyday, whether in the whip or in the house. If I'm not listening to it, I'm talking about it. If I'm not talking about it, I'm reading about it. If I'm not reading about it, I'm thinking about it. If I'm not.......... well, you get the picture, lol.

im usually always listening but in the car is where i take in most of the subject matter more so when im on the internet/computer. Also, when im at the gym listening i can surpirisingly focus on the song and what im doing

I listen to most of my music at work, and i'm able to concentrate more on the music there. When i'm in the car or at home, The music has a tendency of being background noise because there can be so many distractions.

I miss music. I only get to listen on my way to work and at night when I go to bed I throw my headphones on. I don't listen to it around my kids and my wife doesn't like it either so I never get the time I used to have to listen. I envy you people.

E. Taylor wrote:

I miss music. I only get to listen on my way to work and at night when I go to bed I throw my headphones on. I don't listen to it around my kids and my wife doesn't like it either so I never get the time I used to have to listen. I envy you people.

Damn homie you need to man up or something...lol. I respect my wife and kids but i'll be damn if they make that happen.

Anyway most of my true listening album wise happens in the ride. I rarely listen to full albums in the house. That is when I just listen to random songs on the ipod for the most part. When i'm clening up I tend to listen to that option especially or ole school R&B and reggae.

KRob86 wrote:

E. Taylor wrote:

I miss music. I only get to listen on my way to work and at night when I go to bed I throw my headphones on. I don't listen to it around my kids and my wife doesn't like it either so I never get the time I used to have to listen. I envy you people.

Damn homie you need to man up or something...lol. I respect my wife and kids but i'll be damn if they make that happen.

Anyway most of my true listening album wise happens in the ride. I rarely listen to full albums in the house. That is when I just listen to random songs on the ipod for the most part. When i'm clening up I tend to listen to that option especially or ole school R&B and reggae.

Nah, it's not really about manning up. I don't feel like I should let my kids hear the explicit lyrics so I don't listen to it around them. And since there out of school for the summer they are always around. Not much I can do about that. With my wife being 8 months pregnant i'm pretty much doing it all right now so time is not something I have alot of. When were alone my wife doesn't hate all hip hop, she just doesn't get the conscious stuff i listen too. If she can dance to it she's down. If I let her pick she usually picks Bone Thugs "Strength & Loyalty" because she likes "In The Trunk". But if I throw a "Liquid Swords" in then she doesn't understand why i like it.

T. Myers wrote:

I listen to most of my music at work, and i'm able to concentrate more on the music there. When i'm in the car or at home, The music has a tendency of being background noise because there can be so many distractions.

No one else finds this funny?

Shaun wrote:

T. Myers wrote:

I listen to most of my music at work, and i'm able to concentrate more on the music there. When i'm in the car or at home, The music has a tendency of being background noise because there can be so many distractions.

No one else finds this funny?

What is funny about it?

That you concentrate more on music than your job.

I don't exactly concentrate more. I just have less distractions at work.

Wayne wrote:

I listen to music practically everyday, whether in the whip or in the house. If I'm not listening to it, I'm talking about it. If I'm not talking about it, I'm reading about it. If I'm not reading about it, I'm thinking about it. If I'm not.......... well, you get the picture, lol.

I'm the exact same way

I listen while driving, or walking. I also have music going while I'm surfing the web (not all the time, but probably around 90%). I used to listen to music when playing video games too. Mainly Madden football, but also the old Final Fantasy games, and anything that doesn't require you to actually hear the game. But, I don't play games as much as I used to, so that's getting less and less.

Also, I talk more about music (hip hop specifically) now because I have want to enter the business.

Myestro wrote:

I listen while driving, or walking. I also have music going while I'm surfing the web (not all the time, but probably around 90%). I used to listen to music when playing video games too. Mainly Madden football, but also the old Final Fantasy games, and anything that doesn't require you to actually hear the game. But, I don't play games as much as I used to, so that's getting less and less.

Final Fantasy II for SNES is my favorite.....then I again I only played 3 out of the 100 they have now lol

Half wrote:

Myestro wrote:

I listen while driving, or walking. I also have music going while I'm surfing the web (not all the time, but probably around 90%). I used to listen to music when playing video games too. Mainly Madden football, but also the old Final Fantasy games, and anything that doesn't require you to actually hear the game. But, I don't play games as much as I used to, so that's getting less and less.

Final Fantasy II for SNES is my favorite.....then I again I only played 3 out of the 100 they have now lol

I just read wiki and it says the english final fantasy 2 was actually final fantasy 4.....whoa

Half wrote:

Half wrote:

Myestro wrote:

I listen while driving, or walking. I also have music going while I'm surfing the web (not all the time, but probably around 90%). I used to listen to music when playing video games too. Mainly Madden football, but also the old Final Fantasy games, and anything that doesn't require you to actually hear the game. But, I don't play games as much as I used to, so that's getting less and less.

Final Fantasy II for SNES is my favorite.....then I again I only played 3 out of the 100 they have now lol

I just read wiki and it says the english final fantasy 2 was actually final fantasy 4.....whoa

Yeah. And Final Fantasy III for SNES was actually Final Fantasy 6. I've played 1 through 10, and 12. Also played Final Fantasy II: The After Years (was a download for the Wii), and Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. And, of course, Final Fantasy Tactics. 2 was dope, but I like 3 (or 6) better. My FF Top 5 would look like:

VI (III on SNES)
XII
VIII
VII
Tactics

Myestro wrote:

Half wrote:

Half wrote:

Myestro wrote:

I listen while driving, or walking. I also have music going while I'm surfing the web (not all the time, but probably around 90%). I used to listen to music when playing video games too. Mainly Madden football, but also the old Final Fantasy games, and anything that doesn't require you to actually hear the game. But, I don't play games as much as I used to, so that's getting less and less.

Final Fantasy II for SNES is my favorite.....then I again I only played 3 out of the 100 they have now lol

I just read wiki and it says the english final fantasy 2 was actually final fantasy 4.....whoa

Yeah. And Final Fantasy III for SNES was actually Final Fantasy 6. I've played 1 through 10, and 12. Also played Final Fantasy II: The After Years (was a download for the Wii), and Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. And, of course, Final Fantasy Tactics. 2 was dope, but I like 3 (or 6) better. My FF Top 5 would look like:

VI (III on SNES)
XII
VIII
VII
Tactics

I played II (IV)
III (VI)
And I think I played X on the ps2, didn't really like that though

when i play music in the pick up i normally stick to shit i know. the best tinme for me to play music is when i cant fall asleep so i put the head phones on and listen to whatever new cd i just [picked up

Cory wrote:

when i play music in the pick up i normally stick to shit i know. the best tinme for me to play music is when i cant fall asleep so i put the head phones on and listen to whatever new cd i just [picked up

Yeah I do that too. I also listen to ambient stuff to knock me out if I need the sleep really badly.

Well I don't have a tv, or the internet, or a lawn to mow, I have a maid that cleans, I live two mins from work. And I manage a grocery store, and I live on my ace, so I'm kinda forced to come home every night, sit down at my computer, put that shit on random, an listen closely to whatever is playing. I just wish I had a more comfortable chair. Music is really my only form of entertainment, I just moved towns so I don't really know anyone but my uncle. I feel that sitting down an JUST listening is, to me, both calming and enchanting. Getting lost in wordplay an storylines. Love it. 90 percent o the time I am pretty goofed so maybe it does make the sit easier?

Nothing like smoking a doobet, drinking a savanna (apple cider drink) and sitting down to awesome music, an if I'm lucky, I find a song that's so infectious, I immeadiately fall in love widit. I really have gotten closer to my music over the last couple o months, something I've always held dear to me.

Well I don't have a tv, or the internet, or a lawn to mow, I have a maid that cleans, I live two mins from work. And I manage a grocery store, and I live on my ace, so I'm kinda forced to come home every night, sit down at my computer, put that shit on random, an listen closely to whatever is playing. I just wish I had a more comfortable chair. Music is really my only form of entertainment, I just moved towns so I don't really know anyone but my uncle. I feel that sitting down an JUST listening is, to me, both calming and enchanting. Getting lost in wordplay an storylines. Love it. 90 percent o the time I am pretty goofed so maybe it does make the sit easier?

Nothing like smoking a doobet, drinking a savanna (apple cider drink) and sitting down to awesome music, an if I'm lucky, I find a song that's so infectious, I immeadiately fall in love widit. I really have gotten closer to my music over the last couple o months, something I've always held dear to me.

Coincidentally, I notice there is a tv program over here recently that is covering this topic (from what I gathered when I saw an advert)... I will try and find out what it was

Esco wrote:

The verse of 2010 thread got me thinking about how everyone else on the forum listens to music. Usually since I multitask while listening to music I don't really get most of the song I'm listening to. Whether I'm surfing the web while on Itunes or doing shit around the house with the stereo, I find it hard to grasp the subject of the song unless I pay CLOSE attention. So my question is, how do you guys get the most out of your music. Do you sit and listen to music without doing something else (feels a bit awkward)?. Just trying to get even more out of something I enjoy.

If by that you mean, do I hit bongs, blunts, joints and bowls while I listen to my music....then yes. Otherwise, no....I'm usually doing something. This may be the most attention I pay to music...to the point where the music enhances my high.

I get the most out of my music in the car though. 45+ minute commute to and from work gives me plenty of close listening time.

Alan wrote:

Esco wrote:

The verse of 2010 thread got me thinking about how everyone else on the forum listens to music. Usually since I multitask while listening to music I don't really get most of the song I'm listening to. Whether I'm surfing the web while on Itunes or doing shit around the house with the stereo, I find it hard to grasp the subject of the song unless I pay CLOSE attention. So my question is, how do you guys get the most out of your music. Do you sit and listen to music without doing something else (feels a bit awkward)?. Just trying to get even more out of something I enjoy.

If by that you mean, do I hit bongs, blunts, joints and bowls while I listen to my music....then yes. Otherwise, no....I'm usually doing something.

I get the most out of my music in the car though. 45+ minute commute to and from work gives me plenty of close listening time.

Lol your rank is so fitting

Half wrote:

Alan wrote:

Esco wrote:

The verse of 2010 thread got me thinking about how everyone else on the forum listens to music. Usually since I multitask while listening to music I don't really get most of the song I'm listening to. Whether I'm surfing the web while on Itunes or doing shit around the house with the stereo, I find it hard to grasp the subject of the song unless I pay CLOSE attention. So my question is, how do you guys get the most out of your music. Do you sit and listen to music without doing something else (feels a bit awkward)?. Just trying to get even more out of something I enjoy.

If by that you mean, do I hit bongs, blunts, joints and bowls while I listen to my music....then yes. Otherwise, no....I'm usually doing something.

I get the most out of my music in the car though. 45+ minute commute to and from work gives me plenty of close listening time.

Lol your rank is so fitting

LOL...

I mean, how can music not be more entertaining when you're high? My music taste changed drastically when I met mary jane in 2002.

You all didn't know this but Alan is Cheech's long lost cousin.

I listen to music when I jack off... nothing like q-tip yelling "one love, one love"

haha i usually listen to 2pac's Keep Ya Head Up