Records that will clear a room.

This brilliant record has probably cleared more rooms than any other in history...

Thanks Steve ... you have excellent taste .. lots of very fine vinyl records 

Kevin definitely has some of my favourite records too ... TMR is a classic for sure, which I love, but I prefer Lick My Decals Off Baby. 

This album possible could ... Variations For A Door And A Sigh - well it did when I played it at Wedding Reception 

Here is an excerpt that I think BigH will love 

I borrowed a copy from Chelmsford Public Library when I was in my youth thinking Pierre was a member of Spooky Tooth. 

Anything by Coldplay should do the trick.

Guy that is brilliant!

Well that was 5 seconds of my life I'll not get back. WAWOS, marginally more entertaining than 4:27 of silence though.

Marilyn Manson's version of 'Tainted Love'

Or anything by Stiff Little Fingers (I was subjected to them live last week)....

Can't agree there. The earlier version is much more to my taste.

steve

It's certainly shifted a few from my house..........I love it

Judging by an hilarious experience at the Bristol Show a couple of years ago

Oasis - What's the Story Morning Glory

Within the first few bars, audiophiles there were none 

Olly

Mike, I know that harpist, and to me she sounds like a duck being squashed by a steamroller.

I agree that insipid music is more likely to annoy (me, anyway) than "noisy" music.

If someone put this on, I would definitely flee:

Any Irish folk music also, plus anything by The Pogues, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Dexys and Spandau Ballet. 

This thread seems to be about records people don't like ... if the host started playing New Order, Depeche Mode, Spandau Ballet and its ilk or Rumours, Brothers in Arms, PC solo albums then yes I would definitely want to be somewhere else, but some folk would stay ....  indeed some dudes would rather listen it than an evening of Sandy Denny (though how anybody can fail love Sandy's music is beyond me).

It goes without saying that if a hi-fi vendor wants me to listen to its kit in a show then put on some Sandy, Shirley, HMHB, Beatles, Kinks, They Might Be Giants. Thomas Tallis, Jon Dowland, EL, ELO or Leoš Janáček ... put on some audiophile recording of AOR or a jazz trio and I'll probably follow the Strangler's advice and Walk On By.     

Still at least there is a way to keep everybody happy ... just reach for the first Bauhaus album is the rack and it works every time ... perhaps we should have a music that would fill a room thread of which  Peter Murphy, Daniel Ash and friends would undoubtedly romp home in first place. 

For the record Astral Weeks is a superb record in my view and I love Irish folk music ... so I guess some forum members would desert my party rather quickly  Here is some great music of that genre 

Experimental load of garbage

Anything produced, mixed, mastered or in any way influenced by Phil Spector should do the trick.

Sounds experimental - I'll look it up.

If you are lucky you have never worked in hifi retail. Otherwise you WILL have listened to certain tracks n billion times.

Despite this, I can still listen to Sade, Joan Armatrading and Tracy Chapman.

What I loathed from day one was the Blue Nile's 'A Walk Across the Rooftops' and would loathe it today if anyone were foolish enough to play it in my presence.

So - "A Walk Across the Rooftops" - if all the people in the room were me - and I were John Malkovich(s)

To reinforce what Adam said about working in a hi-fi shop, when I was on such a gig, the owner was doing a demo with a guy in one of the rooms, playing his music of course.  It was all I could do to not go running out into the street screaming...the sonic displeasure was akin to using a wire brush in my ears. As brutal as music gets for me. 

After the customer left, I had to ask what was being played, because I wanted to be damn sure I never would hear it again...even accidentally.  It was:

now that's scary...

I'm not sure if it's the Colgate smile, the presidential hair or the Jay Leno chin? Maybe all three.

Howard Stern used to call him "the blonde Frankenstein" in reference to his forehead.  He also added (back when Tesh was an entertainment news reader on Entertainment Tonight) that he had the easiest life ever; "all he does is read a teleprompter and then go home and bang Connie Sellecca".

Jan-Erik, if you think he looks scary, you should have heard the music...but I wouldn't really wish that on you or anyone!

Unfortunately "seen on Public Television" and not on my Christmas list.

We had one customer who had Isobariks and may have gone active - his entire LP collection consisted of records from Big Tom and the Mainliners. He did like them immensely.

I had a customer come in for a demonstration of a Rega 3. He travel a great deal to France and much of his music was from Africa and other 'world' sources. (No - not French music)

He was adamant he didn't want to compare with an LP12 but I persuaded him to try.

With music I would like to own the differences, for both of us, were as clear as I had found at home and we worked out a deal with old Basik arm, no lid and cheap cartridge.

Conversely, I would often sit through demonstrations with a customer's classical records and be surprised when they were bowled over by differences I could not recognise.

To be scary even after a picture of Malkovich with breasts. Shudder.

I can think of a track that should clear a room but I witnessed exactly the opposite.

Many years ago at a Hifi show (Heathrow I believe), Linn had quite a large room.  This was in the days of Linn/Naim systems, Chrome Bumper era. I don't think Naim were there, but didn't need to as their products were well represented by Linn as the products were showcased together at that time.

All around there was the noise of plinky plonky music, so the chaps from Linn decided to have some fun with their 6 pack Isobarik system.

On went the 45rpm adaptor onto the LP12, followed by Whams "Wake Me Up before you Go Go", a track loathed by many I am sure!

The room rapidly filled to capacity, standing room only, I think people just got what Linn and Naim were about, the fun of the track, however naff and the ability to get the feet tapping was infectious.

Richard

I'm immunized to the cognitive dissonance :