# Sounds you love. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 13, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474 "2005-01-13T01:33:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474/21 "2005-01-13T10:17:32Z")
I also love the sound of wind in a Pine forest Also the soft crunching sound when walking on the fallen needles Frogs at night Crows calling The woosh sound when you begin opening a coffee tin a fire crackling ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474/22 "2005-01-13T10:22:11Z")
Hard rainfall on a tin roof.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz The somehow 'lazy" drone of a small plane tootling through a bright summer sky. The “talk-y, groan-y, growl-y” whine my dog uses to try to tell me something. (I need some water talky groany growly growl and hit the cupboard below the sink repeatedly with front paws. and so on). Crackling fire. The bus engine as it rounds the corner when I’ve been waiting for it for 15 minutes in minus 5 degree weather ;D ---
**Author:** ![Zonyx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zonyx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zonyx)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474/23 "2005-01-13T10:57:36Z")
That guy in Streetfighter saying “Sonic Boom” ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474/24 "2005-01-13T11:56:54Z")
A sudden breath of wind in an autumn forest… the exultation of the pungent leaves, like a potpourri of angels’ wings… then the calming… then again silence. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474/25 "2005-01-13T12:59:43Z")
The Adaware ‘nasty found’ splat…not a sound I want to hear but perfect for what it is. The Protoss Observer in StarCraft…a just barely unintelligible voice The tone at the end of a Motorola Securenet encrypted transmission…ok, that’s geeky. Airliner engines reversing upon landing…finally arrived and safely. Stepping on a dried ice puddle with nothing under it…a sort of hollow, glassy breaking sound. 1968 superstock Hemi Dart starting…hard to believe those were factory equipped. The bassy, descending tone when Obi-Wan powers down the tractor beam in Star Wars. An interception in Tecmo Bowl for NES. The organ rhythm intro in Green Onions. The opening choral ‘Ahhhh…’ in the Simpsons theme. The little, wet plop when Ferris’s sister tosses Mr. Rooney’s wallet at the end of Ferris Beuller’s Day Off. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474/26 "2005-01-13T14:38:19Z")
The clicking and banging sounds old radiators make… The ring of an old bicycle/tricycle bell… The hum of a distant lawnmower on a spring day… The cacaphony of trains rolling across the tracks…even model trains… The "thhh’ thound my two-year old daughter makes when she puts her tongue between her teeth and says “thome” (some) or “juithe” (juice). A burbly wet exhaust growl on a power boat… The racheting sound of ratchet tools… ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474/27 "2005-01-13T14:53:50Z")
The ‘diving into water’ sound from old Heckle & Jeckle cartoons. The perfect ‘dead air’ silence of deeply fallen snow and the squeeky scrunch of footsteps in it. Baby’s gurgling laughter. ---
**Author:** ![Mini-Thud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Mini-Thud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mini-Thud)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474/28 "2005-01-13T15:31:17Z")
> [@Arien](#): > > The sound effect used for the Hypnotoad from Futurama. All glory to the Hypnotoad. me too! I also like the sound of the sand giants in EverQuest being hit… sounded something like “Bllawwwuuaarg” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474/29 "2005-01-13T15:48:32Z")
Cows mooing in the distance. Horses whinnying in the distance. Coyotes coyote-ing in the distance. Popping packing material bubbles (so long as I’m the one doing the popping.) Distant trains very late at night. The “ya-reeep” sound labradors make when yawning. And, of course, the Hypno-toad sound effect. As far as smells, nothing beats the fragrance of sagebrush after a heavy rain (and, on the opposite end of the scale, I have a thing for the aroma of tire stores — ahh, petroleum.) ---
**Author:** ![Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kansas_Beekeeper)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474/30 "2005-01-13T15:52:51Z")
Tree frogs at night. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474/31 "2005-01-13T16:50:57Z")
The soft click of Mah-Jong tiles. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474/32 "2005-01-13T17:17:29Z")
The hint of a soft Southern accent in her voice (she has the _best_ voice) The pop of a wine cork The soft burbling of a creek Wind in the leaves The sizzle of frying bacon The hiss of steam in a steam room ---
**Author:** ![Mini-Thud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Mini-Thud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mini-Thud)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474/33 "2005-01-13T17:39:59Z")
Oh, forgot to add that odd noise Hippo’s make sometimes. I don’t know if its them being angry or anything. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474/34 "2005-01-13T17:52:14Z")
The whine my bicycle tires make when I’m riding hard. Women’s lingerie hitting the floor of my bedroom 😃 My kid laughing. Diesel locomotives accelerating under load. Ocean surf. Falling wet snow. Ordinary (not severe or close strike) thunderstorms. Bird song. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474/35 "2005-01-13T17:54:22Z")
Maybe I’m dating myself here, but… “krshhhhhhhKSHHHHHHHHH!” The sound of a modem connecting. Man, I love that sound. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474/36 "2005-01-13T17:56:04Z")
My Stratocaster. The 1930s Steinway concert grand piano in the studio 20 feet away from me now. Every other piano I know of pales in comparison. Ringo’s drums on _Abbey Road_ - a sound not achieved before or since. My wife’s voice. The “maow” our kitty Phoebe makes when she announces her presence in the room. The sound of a summer afternoon’s brief but torrential rainfall in Florida. It rains harder here than anywhere I’ve lived. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474/37 "2005-01-13T18:18:24Z")
> [@dangermom](#): > > My toddler’s latest sentence. > > “_In the not too distant future…_” For a moment there I thought you were saying your toddler’s latest sentence was “_In the not too distant future…_” ---
**Author:** ![trupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trupa)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474/38 "2005-01-13T18:35:20Z")
My 2 yr old sons’s delighted laughter. Nothing comes close. The soprano in Mozart’s Solemn Vespers, although I suspect music is a little off topic in this thread. The sound of turbine engines spooling up. A low altitude pass by a flight of two F-4 Phantoms just below Mach 1 on full afterburners. Now that’s the sound of power. Hydraulics / servo-motors that open doors and ship hatches on Sci-Fi shows. The crunch of feet on dry snow when it’s really cold. A door closing softly on a Mercedes. My reserve chute crisply snapping open. ---
**Author:** ![TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoneyKingofNowhere)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474/39 "2005-01-13T18:42:38Z")
The cracking sound you hear right before the BOOM of thunder claps (especially after a close lightning strike). ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474/40 "2005-01-13T19:27:59Z")
The whirrthud of my C64’s 1581 disk drive loading up a game. I played some games so much I could almost mimic the “load sounds” for each one. Anybody laughing hysterically. There used to be a commercial for Whose Line that consisted solely of Drew Carey laughing. By the end of the commercial, I was laughing, too. There’s also the America’s Funniest Home Videos where the guy makes his quintuplets laugh. Funniest clip, ever. The sound of laying on the grass in late June; lawnmowers, airplanes, kids playing, dogs barking, birds chirping; all commingled into one great symphony of summertime bliss. The sound of a man two nanoseconds before climax. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-you-love/284474.md?page=3)