Favourite Sailing Music?

[Wahoo]

If you are sitting at your desk and want a little 'Island Time' try this out. It's an online island music radio station...

Online Travel Mix Radio Station - Live365 Internet Radio - Island Time

Oh, and don't forget Jack Johnson when you're adding music to your MP3 payer.

Wahoo

[Starbuck]

Wagner's "The Flight of the Valkries," of course.

[stevensc]

Load up Buffet, Marley, Grateful Dead, S. Stills, and Kassav, set to random play and carry on.
Actually there are so many it is hard to choose
Steve

[pjbsailing]

I luv the Mighty Sparrow!

[pjbsailing]

I have to go with anything that isn't disco, (c)rap, Kenny Gee I'm annoying, jurassic rock. Basically anything on radio margaritaville is kewl, but sometimes I rock out with the Underground Garage.

[markje4]

Any Cafe del Mar 'chill-out lounge' fans out there?

[David M]

I have been getting away from Rock and Pop the past few years and getting more into Jazz and Classical. I still love Rock and Pop though. I was playing some music from StarWars in classic SF Bay square-wave chop last week...and boy did it fit the situation.

I also like (try not to laugh too hard) Christopher Cross when I am feeling mellow. Listening to his song "Sailing" while I am motoring around in a stink-pot makes me want to be there.

Interestingly, a friend of mine who has cruised all over the Pacific for years let me copy his music collection of about 50,000 songs. No, thats not a typo. And yes, I am guilty of piracy, so shoot me! I still own about 300 CD's that I purchased if that is any consolation. Anyways, my friend got most of his music from other cruisers..and let me tell ya, cruisers music is ALL over the spectrum. I have some home recorded dance music from Tonga, Fiji and a few small islands which is really cool.

[irwinsailor]

Imagine2frolic you did me a great favor posting IZ and his somewhere over the rainbow. I have watched several clips on youtube and he was great. What a wonderfully talented man.

[imagine2frolic]

irwinsailor,

The first time I heard Over the Rainbow, by Iz. I was pleasantly surprised how he slipped in one of my all time favorite by Sachmo. Wonderful World was my wake up song for years. I always woke before the alarm, but then that song would glide into my day giving me a great start.....P.S. You're welcome

[slomotion]

We're pretty ecclectic and don't have any night sailing musical traditions. But, everytime the mainsail first goes up we play Beethoven's Ode to Joy:

http://www.ddripandelli.it/ourworld/hymn/corale1.mp3

[Pelagic]

If it is a dark moonless night and we are quietly ghosting along I often put on a compilation of early Leonard Cohen music. http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/

Suzanne, Story of Isaac, Sisters of Mercy, Chelsea Hotel, Famous Blue Raincoat, Avalanche, Bird on the Wire etc… When I listen to his music and words the times seems to fly by.

This might sound strange in terms of lifting my spirit but for years when on a black night his brilliant words on a dark palate somehow inspire me and I always finished with K.D. Lang’s wonderful version of his Hallelujah!

YouTube - HALLELUJAH , (shrek song)

[TX Sailor]

Buffett, Larry Joe Taylor, Eric Stone are our favorite sailing artists but we also listen to lots of 60's and 70's rock & roll. Clapton and Seager are pretty popular with our gang too.

[Factor]

Originally Posted by markje4

Any Cafe del Mar 'chill-out lounge' fans out there?

Yep - got a few hours of cafe del mar on the ipod - great stuff at sea.

[captden]

Id have to go with Santana, Eric Clapton, Dire Strates, James Taylor just to name a few

[Squeaks]

This might be a slight thread tangent, but what's the prefered digital music format by cruisers? I tried keeping both MP3 and iTunes but that got akward, now mostly iTunes as there seems more accessories & stuff (I run the iPod thru a small dock with infrared remote).
Thanks, John
PS - Southern Cross by CSNY is hard to beat.