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Music on the MOVE
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This week, Pop Scene reviews an album ideal for listening in the car
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A HIGH-END mobile phone, credit card, a personal computer with an always-on Internet account: this sums up the can't-do-without personal assets of the new-age technobrat. Add to this, a car sporting a Blaupunkt, Sony or Pioneer stereo, and there is nothing more you can ask for in life!
Researches around the world have revealed that the ideal sort of music to listen to while driving is instrumental music low on tempo and high on melody. Besides reducing the risk of high stress levels while stuck in a traffic jam, car music, according to these studies, must act as `coolants' to the brain.
Though most car owners generally prefer listening to reggae or jazz while driving, it's not uncommon these days to see that sports car zipping past with high-tempo music blaring from the stereo. According to scientists and sound experts, this is a strict no-no. Amidst all this speculation and increasing traffic comes an album that seems to provide an ideal set of instrumental songs to listen while on the move.
All Hits No Words (Sony Music, cassette Rs. 99) is a collection of 16 tracks, all of which have been popular hits at various times. One must not confuse these songs with classical music tracks. They are mainstream pop songs minus the vocals. "Children" by Robert Miles is a typical example. A breezy number that has beats like any other pop song, and the absence of vocals makes it smooth and wavy. "Swamp Thing" by The Grid has been a discotheque favourite for a long time, but the trance accomplishments are not too hard on the ears. The theme song by Clock called "Axel F" which was featured in the Beverly Hills Cop movie series, is another example of the smooth instrumental tracks featured in the album.
The theme from the movie Top Gun, a song by Deep Forest called "Bohemian Ballet" and Darude's dancefloor hit "Sandstorm" are a few other tracks that feature in the album.
Pop Scene recommends this album as an ideal one to play on your car stereo while you are meandering through that unending sea of vehicles or stuck in that red signal for ages.
A. VISHNU
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