So, he takes the MP3 and plays it in his cab while carting people to and from places in town.

While playing The Thing, one rider said, "What the hell is this sh/it?" My housemate replied, "It's music from Carpenter's The Thing, it's a horror film." "Yeah, it sounds like a horror."

Later while playing Vertigo, another rider said, "This sure is weird, what is this?" "It's from a 50s Hitchcock movie." "Why would you listen to that?"

LOL.

I've had cabbies playing funk, soul, jazz, oldies, heavy metal, what have you, I even heard a George W. Bush voice over to music from Glory (I wanted the cabbie to turn that off--it's bad enough to listen to Horner, but two-of-a-kind, Bush and Horner, that's too much--but he turned it louder, so I knew he was into it).

I just think it's interesting to see the kind of responses people have when suddenly confronted with film music. These two were negative.

I play film music at work. One of the guys I work with is a classical snob--I've posted about this before--but most people just walk past without making a remark of any kind. Who knows what they're thinking.....

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Originally posted by Camillu:
Imagine installing a camcorder in a taxi while carting people around with The Thing on the stereo. That would be real fun.

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Or better yet..... play Herrmann's TAXI DRIVER....

How true. They must truly have heard nearly all there is to hear...

I agree with PeterK - on a 'people' level, few jobs are as intruiging as a cab driver. Plus you get to listen to whatever music you want all day

What would do if you got into a cab and heard THAT playing. I don't know about you, but I'd be asking to be let off at the next corner before getting into a discussion on the merits of Herrmann scores.

Although, it would be pretty funny to see what would actually happen.

But chances are, people wouldn't get it one way or the other.

PS--Sorry Camillu, George Burns never met my housemate, if he had, he'd never had said what he did. It's a good thing he's too busy to run for office or we'd all be in deep deep sh-it. He makes good money and he's a chatterbox besides so it's a good job for him. Keeps him off the streets too (sort of).

I think this will interest you...

Rob Gill, Malcolm Arnold Society member from Valencia, had an encouter with a Spanish cab driver about two years ago. The spanish radio was playing the "Bridge on the River Kwai suite", they got into a conversiation and the cab driver asked if Rob knew about Arnold. Of course he did. The taxi driver said he prefered "Whistle Down the Wind". Rob then started to whistle it, but hit a wrong note. The cab driver immediatly stopped the taxi, said "No!" and whistled the tune correctly.

Never happens to me