I think I could take most of those (some definitely.) Not sure about Meat Loaf, and no idea about Rhianna. I have to put up with whatever the seasonally temporemental German radio offers me, as our car is very old, and the CASSETTTE player has been broken for years... (sometimes I do vocal warm-ups... sad!)
I'm a bit worried about the Killers around Llandrindod Wells, my sister lives near there! ;-)
5 February 2013 at 21:38
Anonymous said...
talking about cassettes - i wouldn't mind driving to a Zipcodes cd??????????
10 February 2013 at 19:42
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Info-graphic from research carried out by the Tesco Insurance Comparison website, click image to zoom in... Tesco Compare users respond: UK’s most popular
Driving Music
February 5th,
2013
What do Brits listen to most
while driving? The results of a recent competition held by Tesco Compare showed that,
from postcode to postcode, Queen are the champions – and by some distance,
too.
In September 2012, the
comparison website launched a competition that questioned motorists on their
choice of in-car music. 30,000 responded to the question, "What is your
favourite song to drive to?" The results are published today in the infographic
Queen of the Road. Over 75% of the country’s postal districts returned a
decisive Mercury as Motor Monarch vote, almost exactly 50% more than Adele,
their nearest competitor. Queen’s Greatest Hits, originally released in
1981, was recently confirmed by the Official Chart Company as the UK’s biggest
selling album, with sales approaching 6 million.
The London-based rockers did not top the charts
in every district, however, and the pockets of resistance make for interesting
analysis in themselves. The survey showed that Adele keeps the motorists on
track in Bromley, Truro, Wigan, Crewe and Southall, while she shares equal
stereo time with other artists in Ilford (with ABBA and Michael Jackson),
Worcester (Coldplay and Take That) and Sunderland (George Michael).
Perhaps the most unusual
findings showed a small outcrop of passionate Louis Armstrong supporters at the
wheel in Slough, and a loose but significant scattering of Killers and Gerry
Rafferty fans populating the roads around Llandrindod Wells.
The Drivers’ UK Top 10 came in as
follows:
1. Queen 2.
Adele 3. Madness
4. Coldplay 5. ABBA 6.
Take That 7. The
Beatles 8. Meat Loaf 9.
Bon Jovi 10. Rihanna
Individual songs that scored very highly included Don’t Stop Me Now and
Bohemian
Rhapsody
by Queen, Someone Like
You by Adele and Driving in My Car by
Madness.
“Despite the
abundance of modern pop music, it turns out that Queen retain the audio
affections of the UK’s road users,” said Gemma Whitton, spokesperson for Tesco
Compare. “Personally, I find listening to music while driving is quite
therapeutic and helps me concentrate on my journey. I remember that when I
bought my first car, the most important feature was the stereo. These days, I
have a playlist of Driving Music on my iPod."
So we prefer the anthemic stuff then? Happy to reveal my in transit listening habits are a tad different ;-)
"Driving in My Car..."
3 Comments -
I think I could take most of those (some definitely.) Not sure about Meat Loaf, and no idea about Rhianna. I have to put up with whatever the seasonally temporemental German radio offers me, as our car is very old, and the CASSETTTE player has been broken for years...
(sometimes I do vocal warm-ups... sad!)
5 February 2013 at 20:41
I'm a bit worried about the Killers around Llandrindod Wells, my sister lives near there! ;-)
5 February 2013 at 21:38
talking about cassettes - i wouldn't mind driving to a Zipcodes cd??????????
10 February 2013 at 19:42