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skippercollector

(214 posts) Wed Apr 25, 2012, 07:22 PM Apr 2012

What is your favorite sound? [View all]

This is a question I seldom if ever hear asked, or read in a questionnaire, or mentioned in a poll.
You get asked all the time about your choices in music. And there are all sorts of quasi-scientific studies out there asking about color, weather, TV shows and movies, etc. But not this one. It's not for a study, and I'm not asking about your favorite songs or performers. I just wonder if others had ever thought about this simple question.
What is your favorite sound, or series of sounds? Something you hear occasionally that instantly relaxes you, or brings back pleasant memories, or even makes you smile.
These are some of mine, in no particular order:
1. Jet cruising at 30,000 feet overhead
2. Bobwhite quail on a hot summer afternoon
3. Cat purring

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What is your favorite sound? [View all] skippercollector Apr 2012 OP

Fans, rain, and people fleeing in fear from a zombie attack. nt ZombieHorde Apr 2012 #1

what a cool question NJCher Apr 2012 #2

I sorta like that "dunk-dunk" thing they do on "Law & Order" tularetom Apr 2012 #3

Tree frogs on a summer evening n/t doc03 Apr 2012 #4

Frogs in spring! lastlib Apr 2012 #30

Mourning doves and rain on the roof at bedtime. virgogal Apr 2012 #5

Xylophone BlueJazz Apr 2012 #6

some of my very favorites are: PearliePoo2 Apr 2012 #7

I like crows too. This is probably weird but the crows on the sound track doc03 Apr 2012 #9

The wind singing through Australian Pines. mia Apr 2012 #8

nice question LASlibinSC Apr 2012 #10

This: ret5hd Apr 2012 #11

Ouch. Scuba Apr 2012 #34

Loon calls always stop me in my tracks. canoeist52 Apr 2012 #12

Crickets on a summer evening Curmudgeoness Apr 2012 #13

A Fender as played through a Marshall stack rocktivity Apr 2012 #14

A few of mine: laconicsax Apr 2012 #15

Ooo! Janet Baker's voice! longship Apr 2012 #24

incredibly cute cat coos&chirps undergroundpanther Apr 2012 #16

Oh, I have several Warpy Apr 2012 #17

A saxaphone EC Apr 2012 #18

*saxophone laconicsax Apr 2012 #23

All sounds are boring, eventually. The process of getting there is fascinating. saras Apr 2012 #19

wind chimes larkrake Apr 2012 #20

mig welding, metal grinder, jet engine, guitar feedback, ocean waves, babbling brook, rain forest limpyhobbler Apr 2012 #21

Bach, or Mozart longship Apr 2012 #22

1. Train whistle in the distance. BlueIris Apr 2012 #25

A train whistle of course! PearliePoo2 Apr 2012 #28

"Quad Damage" Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #26

I have two... Javaman Apr 2012 #27

Helicopter blades. Orsino Apr 2012 #29

Good one!! PearliePoo2 Apr 2012 #38

One hand clapping. RagAss Apr 2012 #31

My car starting at -25 F. otherwise Bobolink song or Sandhill Crane trumpeting HereSince1628 Apr 2012 #32

Yeah, the engine firing on a cold day is a sure winner! Scuba Apr 2012 #36

purring skippercollector Apr 2012 #33

In no particular order: Laughter, spoken foreign language.... Scuba Apr 2012 #35

My Mother singing softly or humming while preparing dinner. PearliePoo2 Apr 2012 #37

The sound of rotary-engine airplanes. Codeine Apr 2012 #39

Red-winged Blackbirds n/t ThingsGottaChange Apr 2012 #40

great question fizzgig Apr 2012 #41

regarding the cat purring skippercollector Apr 2012 #42