Worst day...ever!!!

[prowla]

1 hour ago, SimonK said:

I don't whether it's about being a musician, but I automatically notice any background music, and indeed if it is irritating I really struggle to concentrate - my wife can't understand why the wrong background music is strong grounds to leave a shop/shopping centre ASAP!

 

I think the same sensitivity accounts for being unable to listen to music when I am working. I have one playlist of really soothing classical music that I can sometimes put on in the background, but even with that I frequently turn it off as being too distracting!

I'm like that - I can zone out of conversations if the music gets in the way.

[Crusoe]

I used to work in an office above a large shopping centre in Belfast. At various times of the year there was a guy who played the tin whistle. I say played; in actuality he just played a series of random notes - no tune, no rhythm. He was really a beggar but did this so he could call himself a busker and not get moved on by the police. Then there was the guy who played bagpipes and the guys who played the pan pipes - at least they could all play, bu ti did get on your wick after a while. Lastly, there was a guy who would dress up as Santa in the run up to Christmas and sell wrapped up parcels for a quid from a sack. He would ring a hand bell that went "Klaa-dank, klaa-dank, klaa-dank". A "klaa-dang" would have been ok, but we got "klaa-dank".

[JellyKnees]

On 09/10/2024 at 08:17, Leonard Smalls said:

 

I made my own playlist to avoid the obvious ones... Some are quite well known like Christmas Rapping, others are classics any time of year, like this:

 

 

 

Finally, a Christmas song I can really get behind!