Henry Manney III once described a V-12 Ferrari as sounding like a woman being raped, And Enjoying It.

Try a bass boat approaching at about 80 on a 6 inch chop or a Fountain with 3 blown big blocks at about 120.

Better still, go to a large church with a large pipe organ. AWESOME.

definitely earthly, natural sounds
rain falling
creek flowing
birds chirping
etc
freethetree's list is just about perfect

gaineso - youre right, the ferrari mobile symphony is amazing. i should say that although i prefer the sound a small screamer to a large rumbler, theres nothing quite like a large screamer . I was thinking in terms of cars I could afford in the near future though . (if I was still getting a car, that is. since im moving to the city soon I dont really see that as practical now. I wont hardly use it except on the weekends and all the while ill be paying insurance and garage fees, a good $4000 a year)

I third the nature sounds list.

Let me also add the little acknowledgement sound lots of arcade machines make after you put in your quarters or tokens.

What I really can't stand are those lowered Hondas with no muffler(or weird muffler).

My friend has one and I don't have the guts to tell him it sounds lo-fi

All those Jap mini-cars sound that way. Somehow, people have gotten the idea that these little rice burners make good hot rods. They pump huge quantities of money into them, including fancy exhausts that sound like a bunch of anemic bees, and K-buck audio systems that are even lower-fi. Spring bouncing bass, but not much more.

I get a real kick out of it when they pull up beside my stock 2000 Durango, with 800 lbs of test equipment in the back, and I drive away. The only substitute for Cubic Inches is Cubic Money. Even then Cubic Inches will win with small cubes of money. And big bent 8's sound so nice.

I am a big fan of wind chimes, but big ones that are lower in tone.
The wind whistling through chairlifts (particularly the quad on Mt. Mansfield) -- makes a wonderful chime like sound.
Surf on a windy day.
Going from silence to a biting open C-string on a nice cello (you can feel your whole body shake).
The sound a trout makes swallowing a dry fly in a small stream.
Also what freethetree said...the sounds of contentment and satisfaction in a lover or a friend. What people emit when they have lost all sense of self-consciousness and have dropped all defenses. No, not what Gloco was talking about....heh.

Its nice to see machines no longer rule.
Regarding surf and crashing ocean waves that low frequency
power make you feel awfull small.

its interesting the emotional responses elicited by these examples,people thinking of lovers/friends etc.

I have a bench grinder not large 7inch dia but with slightly worn
bearings and it somtimes resonates in such a way and frequency
that it makes me feel fear a real gut reaction I know its safe and
wear saftey gear so it can,t actualy hurt me but never the less
I react in the same way every time,I even do it deliberatly just for
fun sometimes,
pherhaps I need to see a shrink!

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Pick up the CD "Heresy" by Lustmord. Brian Lustmord did live sound recordings in caves, crypts, catacombs and the like to get their natural ambience. Very dark sounding record.

My choice for favorite sounds:

A belt slipping on any kind of motor
Deep bass feedback at a live concert (rrrRRRUMMMMMMBBBLe)

cajunchrist

I like the sound my mouse button makes.

In the mid '70's, MoFi did some live recordings of steam locomotives useing top notche equipment and their typical quality.

There was one track where the Freedom Train, this was 1976, came by where they were set up at about 110 MPH. Fantastic sound. The engine crew got in a little trouble for being way ahead of schedule. Fortunately, the officials didn't know what they'd actually done. They would probably have been executed on the spot.

The ORIGINAL Declaration of Independence and Constitution were on board.

There were also some echoing train whistles through the valleys in the Blue Ridge.

I wish I could get another copy. The one I had went with the XW and she dumped most of a 600 LP collection. Oh well. spilt milk

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I agree wholeheartedly cajunchrist - I suggested this CD a little earlier in the thread Have you checked out "Night Passage" and "Night Passage Demixed" by Alan Lamb? Very good live location recording in the same vein as Heresy, however Lamb uses contact mics on some abandoned telegraph wires found in the middle of the Nullaboor Desert (Australia). The result is absolutely haunting. B.Lustmord contributes to the Demixed version.

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Gotta agree with you there too my man...

I noticed you nominated Godflesh's Selfless EP as one of your faves...have you had a chance to pick up Hymns? I have yet to hear it myself. I haven't had a good listen to Selfless, but Love and Hate in Dub was my fave Godflesh moment - I would have killed to see the Godflesh Soundsystem in action for this one!

Back to the thread at hand, some of my favourite sounds:

Cat purring
Driving rain on a tin roof
Howling wind
Water under a pier or jetty
The 'chachoock chachook' of train wheels

The whoosh sound of a large meteor that's made it trough the atmosphere.

Stymie:

In fact, it was the Merciless E.P. that I gave the thumbs up to. Their later work doesn't have the emotional impact for me that Streetcleaner and Pure have. Selfless is an o.k. listen, and many Godflesh fans feel that Love and Hate in Dub is their finest moment. For my taste, I had heard about all I needed to hear from Godflesh, and I moved on to experimental/ambient recordings like Final, Mick Harris's solo work, dead voices on air, Masonna, Merzbow, etc.

Funny that you would bring that CD back in to the discussion. I just got in a pair of Monster Cable interconnects for my DVD player, and the first CD I audtioned them with was Merciless. Their is a fine thread of high frequency guitar feedback in one portion of the 'Flowers" re-mix that I have never heard before, and thanks to my new cables, the overall treble response from my music is FAR more detailed, especially in the details of the upper harmonics in Broadricks guitar.

Unfortunately, the DCM CX-17's I own reveal no additional details in the midrange, and produce virtually no bass punch to speak of. I'm going to invest in a new pair of headphones, and I think I will choose the Grado 125's, and maybe get one of the kind DIY'ers here to build a headphone amp that can pull double duty for portable and home use. I'll just leave the DCM's for playing sleeping music.

P.S. I often post replies to postings before reading the whole board. I complained in a mailing list when other people did this because they repeated previously posted information!

cajunchrist

'Streetcleaner', 'Pure' and 'Love and Hate in Dub' are the only Godflesh albums I have. I did own 'Selfless' and 'Us and Them', but they didn't really appeal to me for the reasons you mentioned. I haven't listened to the Merciless EP (sorry about the mix-up in my previous post! ) so I might go and seek that this weekend if I get a chance. Justin's work with Techno Animal and Ice has been much more interesting for me lately.

You will find kindred spirits here with respect to Mick Harris's solo work. Myself and Dusty Chalk are big fans. I have tried pretty hard to keep up to date with Scorn, Lull, Quoit and the HedNod stuff - but the guy just puts out so much on so many little labels that it is quite difficult for me to get hold of it all. The only Final I have heard has been on compilations, but it sounded good to my ears