Poll: Does People Playing Music Loud In Public Annoy You?

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Uberjoe19

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Terramax said:
Inspired by this recent thread [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.180583-AU-Teen-Arrested-for-Playing-Offensive-Music-in-Public#comment_form] I was wondering if anyone else here gets annoyed when they have to listen to others playing music loud in public?

Why do they insist on playing (what is usually) rap, drum and bass, or metal music loudly, either in their cars or via their mobile phone speakers?

I don't ever hear anyone playing easy-listening or pop music, which gives me the impression people who do this are a bunch of attention seekers who're desperate for everyone to know what music they listen to like some sort of pride festival.

Am I the only one frustrated by this?
Some music just sounds better loud, because you can pick out all the various layers of the songs. Stuff like hard rock and metal.
 

Sleekgiant

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I'm one of those jerks that plays my music loud, but its the only way to enjoy it on my system(no subs just awesome aftermarket speakers)
 

SmartIdiot

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No I do it quite often. Only I play hardcore punk or grind to counter the dance music and rap bullshit permeated by racerboys.
 

SenseOfTumour

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You know, that's something some prank show should do, pull into a popular car park that's a hang out for these types with your tricked out, jacked up motor, be careful tho, the object is to spend at least £5,000 making a £1000 car look like it's worth £50.

Then pop the trunk, expose the massive bass bins and speakers, and pump Classic FM out hard enough to drown out all the chav audio pollution drifting thru the night air :)

I'm not even particularly a classical fan, I just sense it would be like kryptonite to anyone wearing two baseball caps at once, and wearing sports gear, even tho the only running they do is from store security guards.

Ok, I know you asked a question, and I pretty much answered it with 'I hate chavs', but I feel better anyway.

Oh also, it's not the type of music that's so much the problem, its the sheer level of disrespect shown to music, that they choose to either play it thru a 25 cent tinny speaker on a mobile phone, or distort it to the point where it becomes a transgression of the Geneva convention, by the fact of it being bass and only bass. BRRRR BRRR BRR BRRRRRRR BRR. That could be Lady Gaga or it could be Beethoven or Slipknot, who can tell?

Honestly, if you have any love for music at all, and I don't have a premium sound system, basic PC speakers mainly, but don't destroy the music you love by playing it thru a mobile phone, unless you're using headphones.
 

Mozared

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It depends on the situation. Sometimes it's a bunch of punk ass kids playing the latest rap shit because they want to show off how awesomely cool they are. Whenever I see people do that I just feel like strangling them. Sometimes it's just a music-lover who'se bought speakers instead of earphones. Then again, in those cases the music usually isn't played 'loudly'.
 

ethaninja

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Gah I can't even sit in my room without hearing some boom box on wheels go past my window every 10 mins. Friggen hell. I like playing loud music... but only if its GOOD. Not thumpy thump thump bullshit.
 

Terramax

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Uberjoe19 said:
Some music just sounds better loud, because you can pick out all the various layers of the songs. Stuff like hard rock and metal.
Yeah, but why should I have to listen to it? It's got nothing to do with whether it sounds good or not, although it is more annoying when it doesn't.
 

zen5887

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I have no problem with loud music, but if its on the fucking train coming from your phone or headphones then turn it down. No one wants to listen to your shitty music.
 

TehCookie

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I find it mildly amusing when people think I'm psychic because I can guess what song their playing on their mp3 player. I get mildly annoyed that they don't turn it down after that. It's even worse when people are doing ti to be annoying, and most are, for when you ask them to turn ti down they only play ti louder. I usually retaliate with my Japanese pop, Rammstien, or yodeling.
 

ZephrC

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Really, loud music can be taken too far. Cars with bass so loud it shakes houses as it goes by, or idiots taking boomboxes into small enclosed spaces like a bus or such, but honestly those things are extremely rare, and all the people in this thread whining that they can hear normal car stereos or loud headphones need to get over themselves. The world isn't and shouldn't be arranged around your obsessive need for isolation. It's not rude to make other people aware of your existence. People seriously need to come out of their bubbles more, and people only get pissed about this because it forces them out of their bubble. So I say blast the music more!