Name that Tune

[timothycdavis]

I like the loud rock music, anything upbeat. I cannot cook as well with some classical on in the background -- I just can't.

for some reason, I can put up with talk radio.

(Apologies if posted before).

[MatthewB]

There was a thread with the same theme started about three weeks ago.

The consensus was that one should listen to Leonard Cohen whilst cooking. And then only after a pint of bourbon.

[hollywood]

The consensus was that one should listen to Leonard Cohen whilst cooking.  And then only after a pint of bourbon.

That was no consensus. That was you smirking.

[timothycdavis]

That must be a passionate, yet unrequited meal. Hell, Cohen's a bit like lyrical bourbon anyway.

sorry about the repost re: the repast.

[MatthewB]

That must be a passionate, yet unrequited meal. Hell, Cohen's a bit like lyrical bourbon anyway.

sorry about the repost re: the repast.

Don't apologize.

You gave me an opportunity to run with my lame Cohen/bourbon joke again.

[MatthewB]

And here's the previous thread.

[Savour Chef]

Although I'm by far a real opera fan, my current obsession when cooking is Mario Frangoulis. What a voice on that guy.

(Plus, he's from the homeland, so I like supporting my peeps....)

www.mariofrangoulis.com

Edited August 22, 2003 by Savour Chef (log)

[tommy]

here's another thread about music at home/restaurants...err, or maybe it's about what's good and what's bad. i got confused halfway through.

[s'kat]

I am particularly fond of Soul Coughing or Beta Band when I am cooking, but Fat Boy has been known to do in a pinch. As is Modest Mouse.

Classical is only when certain guests come over.

[suzilightning]

talk radio - 101.5 here in new jersey

or

neil(young that is) or warren though i haven't gotten his latest so transverse city will have to do

now eating is a whole nother story...

[Pumpkin Lover]

//Soul Coughing//

Hey now, that's awesome! Great band.

Once I get a portable boom-box, I'll be listening to music in my (dorm) kitchen. I can imagine it being the radio, though, probably WFUV or WFMU...

[elyse]

WFUV or WFMU...

Me too. When I can get it.

[jsolomon]

I always liked the Cowboy Junkies or Bimbetta whilst cooking.

[NHCountryGirl]

In a busy restaurant kitchen there's already more than enough noise hindering effective communication without introducing more. OK, I'll relent a little, you can listen to anything except heavy metal or opera during prep and clean-up - but nothing during service!

[elyse]

I've always liked music when I've worked, but I've always had high volume, low precision jobs. Not fussy, I mean. But I can not STAND when someone is talking to me. That's when I start burning myself and making mistakes.

[NHCountryGirl]

Have you ever worked on a line with 4 or 5 guys - the chef calling for more eggs or oysters or whatever, the middleman calling out orders (yes, even with computerized ordering, there is still need for a lot of verbal communication in a full service restaurant), the expediter calling for tables, the busser asking the dish people for more whatever, a server or manager bringing back a complaint, and on it goes. Add to that, the noise of the ice machine, the dishwasher running, the clatter of stacking plates, hanging pans, and so it goes...

Oh, but the rush of the activity and the rare perfect synchronization of the performance is its own kind of music!

[Sweet Willie]

I don't really have a preference, but this past weekend I did a lot of cooking to the sounds of "Mosquitos" the band not the bug.

The CD made good hangover music in the morning as 7 of us went through 8 cases of beer, 3 bottles of Jagermeister, 1 bottle tequila, 4 bottles of wine and numerous other shots/alcohol. I'm very sure I drank more this Labor Day weekend than I have in 5 years put together before it.

[NeroW]

The CD made good hangover music in the morning as 7 of us went through 8 cases of beer, 3 bottles of Jagermeister, 1 bottle tequila, 4 bottles of wine and numerous other shots/alcohol.  I'm very sure I drank more this Labor Day weekend than I have in 5 years put together before it.

Holy shit!

[Sweet Willie]

The CD made good hangover music in the morning as 7 of us went through 8 cases of beer, 3 bottles of Jagermeister, 1 bottle tequila, 4 bottles of wine and numerous other shots/alcohol.  I'm very sure I drank more this Labor Day weekend than I have in 5 years put together before it.

Holy shit!

pretty much what most of us said each morning as we got up!

The drink of the weekend were Jager bombs. 1 shot Jager w/2 shots red bull. There must be some weird cancelling out effect from the red bull as I think we should not have been able to function w/that much alcohol.

I'm also very sure on the amounts as recycling is a must in N WI and I crushed all the cans and took the cans/bottles to the recycling center before we left.

[Bicycle Lee]

DEATH METAL!

haha...

Nah, I like jazz....but I agree, during service is time for the music of the kitchen....I have this great pair of headphones that I rock during prep and cleanup though....hmmm they are highly advisable.

[shelora]

Straight ahead rock and heavy metal is the norm in most restaurant kitchens, but when I'm cooking at home, I cook to a different drummer.

These days it's Thievery Corporation, tunes with a Latin flavour, jazz or a bit of Steve Reich depending on the day.

What is your favourite tune or tunes to cook by, at home or at the restaurant?

[Badiane]

I cook in silence. I loathe the radio, or any other distraction to what I am doing. Used to drive me mental at work. We took turns picking the tunes. I was not a popular girl on 'Silent Saturdays' as I used to call them

[ellencho]

Lately I've been listening to audio books while cooking. I don't have time to fast forward through the songs I don't like on my CDs and I don't like listening to commercials on radio stations.

[Ben Hong]

"You Can't Always get What You Want" The Stones.

or "Spoonful" by Howlin' Wolf

[Daniel Rogov]

When cooking for pleasure (most of the time) - any piano piece by Mozart. When cooking as an obligatio - The Cry of the Valkyries