What are your favourite/least favourite non-musical sounds?

porkmarras · 06.22.2006, 09:45 AM

Favourite:
the sound of bricklayers at work
water
night bickering between cats
long distance boats

Least favourite:
boiling kettle
creaking doors
people having orgasms

Glice · 06.22.2006, 09:54 AM

Favourite:
The sound of the motorway late at night from a distance.
The Silence of the streets when England are playing (eerily beautiful round here - everyone's in the pub)
Bus sounds
Ladies whispering in my ear.
Thunderstorms (I have hours of recordings)
Birdsong (especially around 5-6AM)

Least favourite:
People's conversations in pubs (Either my hearing is overly sensitive, or everyone shouts these days)
Mobile phones.
Mobile phone conversations.
Polystyrene.

Tokolosh · 06.22.2006, 09:56 AM

Fav's:
Birds chirping
sex next door
wind
rain
Breaking glass

Least favs:
road works
cars screeching/hooting
cats moaning
children crying
Drunk football hooligans trying to sing

Pookie · 06.22.2006, 10:04 AM

Good:

Birdsong
The sea
The wind
dry leaves

Not good:

Talk radio played loud in cars
Loud TV next door

alyasa · 06.22.2006, 10:06 AM

Not good: The noise inside the cabins of trains at rush hour...

sonicl · 06.22.2006, 10:14 AM

Good:
Happy babies
Jet engines close up
Waves gently lapping on a beach
When birdsong is the only sound around
Village cricket matches
The pop of a cork and the 'glug glug glug' of the first glass of wine being poured from a bottle

Bad:
Screaming babies
Jet engines at a distance
Gardening power tools
Starlings
Those car exhausts that are made so they blow really loudly

toxic johnny · 06.22.2006, 10:27 AM

Good
The Ocean
Lawn Sprinklers
Silence in the desert
My dog when he sighs with contentment
Bad
The sound of my upstairs neighbour's footfalls
Fireworks

Alex's Trip · 06.22.2006, 10:32 AM

Bad: The sound the washing machine makes when all of the clothes get lumped to one side and the momentum makes it crash into the sides. That noise just gets louder and louder and is really scary.

hat and bread · 06.22.2006, 10:56 AM

good: diesel engine

sonicl · 06.22.2006, 11:02 AM

Probably the worst: Vomiting

porkmarras · 06.22.2006, 11:03 AM

Good:dolphins singing

fishmonkey · 06.22.2006, 11:04 AM

favorite.
Rain on the window when your in bed.

Least Favorite
The fuckin dog next door when i'm getting out of bed.

jon boy · 06.22.2006, 11:05 AM

good:

water
sex
when someone whispers in my ear very close
a low drone from a guitar
sitar
cymbals

least favourite:

crying
slamming doors
someone shouting 'morning'
noisy neighbours
shouting

Danny Himself · 06.22.2006, 11:20 AM

Crows make great noises.

h8kurdt · 06.22.2006, 11:33 AM

Best:Laughter from my friends
Worst:Mopeds, it's made even worse when a chav is trying to look hard on one
Music played through a mobile phone. IT SOUNDS SHIT PEOPLE.
Actually make that all mobile phones.
Screaming babies for sure.
Crisp packets being rustled.

h8kurdt · 06.22.2006, 11:41 AM

Yeah we know you don't like it now get over it.

finding nobody · 06.22.2006, 11:43 AM

bad- go carts- i listen to them all day
good- swish sound that basketball makes

Hip Priest · 06.22.2006, 12:37 PM

Favourites:
Water (waves, rivers, rain)
Thunder and Lightning
WHen I'm stir-frying with the wok
Wild animals (esp birds)
Ship's foghorns

Least favourites:
Powertools
Narky people
Squealing brakes
Crying
Vomiting

Style · 06.23.2006, 04:44 AM

good:

whispering in the ear
slight moans

chuck norris · 06.23.2006, 05:43 AM

good:
birds singing along to the cd's I play (they really enjoy my music usually)
mobile telephone interference with my TV or computer.
bicycle wheels
wind shaking trees

bad:
the humming sound that a television makes, even with the sound turned of.
cars and loud motorcycles
girls with high ugly voices

06.22.2006, 09:45 AM	#1
porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	Favourite: the sound of bricklayers at work water night bickering between cats long distance boats Least favourite: boiling kettle creaking doors people having orgasms __________________
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06.22.2006, 09:56 AM	#3
Tokolosh invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Plaza de Toros Posts: 6,731	Fav's: Birds chirping sex next door wind rain Breaking glass Least favs: road works cars screeching/hooting cats moaning children crying Drunk football hooligans trying to sing __________________ Anything you can /imagine is real
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06.22.2006, 10:04 AM	#4
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	Good: Birdsong The sea The wind dry leaves Not good: Talk radio played loud in cars Loud TV next door
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06.22.2006, 10:06 AM	#5
alyasa invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,791	Not good: The noise inside the cabins of trains at rush hour... __________________ Sab Kuch Tick Tock Hai
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06.22.2006, 10:14 AM	#6
sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	Good: Happy babies Jet engines close up Waves gently lapping on a beach When birdsong is the only sound around Village cricket matches The pop of a cork and the 'glug glug glug' of the first glass of wine being poured from a bottle Bad: Screaming babies Jet engines at a distance Gardening power tools Starlings Those car exhausts that are made so they blow really loudly
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06.22.2006, 10:27 AM	#7
toxic johnny expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London Posts: 1,657	Good The Ocean Lawn Sprinklers Silence in the desert My dog when he sighs with contentment Bad The sound of my upstairs neighbour's footfalls Fireworks __________________ Built Toxic J Tough Optic Disc
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06.22.2006, 10:32 AM	#8
Alex's Trip invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,608	Bad: The sound the washing machine makes when all of the clothes get lumped to one side and the momentum makes it crash into the sides. That noise just gets louder and louder and is really scary. __________________ KALOPSIA
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06.22.2006, 10:56 AM	#9
hat and bread children of satan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tokyo Posts: 351	good: diesel engine
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06.22.2006, 11:02 AM	#10
sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	Probably the worst: Vomiting
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06.22.2006, 11:03 AM	#11
porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	Good:dolphins singing __________________
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06.22.2006, 11:04 AM	#12
fishmonkey invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 2,670	favorite. Rain on the window when your in bed. Least Favorite The fuckin dog next door when i'm getting out of bed. __________________ "Pescescimmia ha grandi bulbi oculari blu, ognuno attaccato su un lato della sua testa, in modo tale da risucire a guardare indietro senza girare la sua testa pesciosa"
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06.22.2006, 11:05 AM	#13
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	good: water sex when someone whispers in my ear very close a low drone from a guitar sitar cymbals least favourite: crying slamming doors someone shouting 'morning' noisy neighbours shouting
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06.22.2006, 11:20 AM	#14
Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	Crows make great noises.
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06.22.2006, 11:33 AM	#15
h8kurdt invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In Mulder's Basement room Posts: 5,459	Best:Laughter from my friends Worst:Mopeds, it's made even worse when a chav is trying to look hard on one Music played through a mobile phone. IT SOUNDS SHIT PEOPLE. Actually make that all mobile phones. Screaming babies for sure. Crisp packets being rustled. __________________ Down with this sort of thing.
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06.22.2006, 11:41 AM	#16
h8kurdt invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In Mulder's Basement room Posts: 5,459	Yeah we know you don't like it now get over it. __________________ Down with this sort of thing.
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06.22.2006, 11:43 AM	#17
finding nobody invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 7,275	bad- go carts- i listen to them all day good- swish sound that basketball makes
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06.22.2006, 12:37 PM	#18
Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	Favourites: Water (waves, rivers, rain) Thunder and Lightning WHen I'm stir-frying with the wok Wild animals (esp birds) Ship's foghorns Least favourites: Powertools Narky people Squealing brakes Crying Vomiting __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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06.23.2006, 04:44 AM	#19
Style stalker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Califronia Posts: 418	good: whispering in the ear slight moans
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06.23.2006, 05:43 AM	#20
chuck norris bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 141	good: birds singing along to the cd's I play (they really enjoy my music usually) mobile telephone interference with my TV or computer. bicycle wheels wind shaking trees bad: the humming sound that a television makes, even with the sound turned of. cars and loud motorcycles girls with high ugly voices
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