Vaguely in the interests of very political correct balance >yawn<, as the yin to the Loud Music in Cars thread's yang >yaaaaawn<, I thought it might be interesting to find out what people reckon are effective (or otherwise) walkman/MD/general personal stereo music for a pedestrian.
My favourite for the past year has been Mr Bungle's 'California': The huge range of styles and manic collage eclecticism and faux exoticism of it works brilliantly as a soundtrack to getting somewhere fast on foot round the city, you end up feeling bomarded with the weird multiculturalism in your ears as well as your eyes.
Weirdest walkman experience was years ago after a night of mental clubbing at Turnmills I was standing on a tube listening to Yello's 'One Second', as the E wore off and I was in raw full-on LSD trip. The track 'La Habanera' came on and suddenly the whole tube became a hazily lit tropical boat, and woah, were the commuters some weird exotic space mutants. I was supposed to be on the way to work myself (stupidly thought I could do it), but never made it. I sailed back home to bed truly truly freaked out. Still brings back freeky feelings all these years later.
best personal stereo music for a hungover trawl in to work the day anfter the night before: Japanese psych-folksters Ghost really really do it for me. Uplifting and beautiful with a slight undertow of intangible menace. Mmmmm.
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