# What is your car internet go-to for fast and easy cheering up? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179 "2026-10-26T21:27:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179/1 "2026-10-26T21:27:58Z")
The day is crappy, people have been irritating and/or useless, your favorite coffee cup broke and you have to go in to work. You get in the car and say “Oh, great God of Music, please play…?” You are looking for something not too complicated that will cheer you up and maybe even invoke a bit of singing along. What do you ask Marvin the Marvelous Magical Music Machine to play? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179/2 "2026-10-26T21:32:10Z")
SiriusXM Jam Band. There’s sometimes way more noodling than singing but that does the trick ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179/3 "2026-10-26T21:48:15Z")
“Closer to Home (I’m Your Captain)” by Grand Funk [Railroad] I dare you to not sing along with that repeating phrase at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179/4 "2026-10-26T21:53:10Z")
It would be funny to have that refrain on a loop, and play it for an unsuspecting passenger, just to see how long it takes to notice. Same with the refrain of Hey Jude. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179/5 "2026-10-26T21:54:02Z")
Brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179/6 "2026-10-26T22:12:31Z")
Cognitive Shift channel on YouTube [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Zahuxg6B6kg/maxresdefault.jpg "Yesterday’s Future | 1950s Jet-Age Cocktail Jazz") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zahuxg6B6kg) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179/7 "2026-10-26T22:20:27Z")
Verrrrrrrrrrry nice! I love the graphics. Makes you want to holler: “Jane, stop this crazy thing!” ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179/8 "2026-10-27T00:05:58Z")
It is impossible not to smile while listening to Fats Domino. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179/9 "2026-10-27T00:35:36Z")
Dungeon Crawler Carl, or The Bobiverse. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179/10 "2026-10-27T00:43:51Z")
For music? ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179/11 "2026-10-27T01:29:41Z")
I don’t listen to music, but sometimes I need cheering up. That’s how I do it. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179/12 "2026-10-27T01:31:01Z")
Probably one of the WFMU live streams. I’m partial do Sheena’s Jungle Room, but I’ll also listen to Give the Drummer Radio or the main WFMU live stream. Even if it’s music I’m not particularly crazy about, it will almost always be something that is new to me, so that makes me happy. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179/13 "2026-10-27T04:10:46Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I dare you to not sing along with that repeating phrase at the end. If by sing you mean stab myself repeatedly until it stops, yes. I won’t even listen to the beginning. It makes Hey Jude seem like Dylan. > [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > It would be funny to have that refrain on a loop, and play it for an unsuspecting passenger, just to see how long it takes to notice. Now that I can laugh at. After I killed you! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179/14 "2026-10-27T04:15:43Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Verrrrrrrrrrry nice! I love the graphics. It’s like jet age ambient. But the graphics should do more. The sun should set by the end and that damn ct should move, ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179/15 "2026-10-27T05:32:10Z")
I really hope that nobody that might be driving to or from work is enjoying those graphics. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179/16 "2026-10-27T05:35:23Z")
SiriusXM Yacht Rock Radio. Big bonus cheering-up points if one of the first songs played is Toto’s “Hold the Line,” and/or Bobby Caldwell’s “What You Won’t Do For Love.” ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179/17 "2026-10-27T05:38:21Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I really hope that nobody that might be driving to or from work is enjoying those graphics. Maybe… But someone made the video. They could have made it a bit more better. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179/18 "2026-10-27T07:26:19Z")
Amazon Music has more or less decided on my behalf that, no matter what song I select to start my stream, it will inevitably be followed by “Roots Radical” by Rancid. Since I usually listen to music while riding the bus home from work, this feels oddly appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179/19 "2026-10-27T08:50:29Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Since I usually listen to music while riding the bus home from work, this feels oddly appropriate. Do you take the 60, out of Downtown Campbell? And is Ben Zanotto riding with you? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-car-internet-go-to-for-fast-and-easy-cheering-up/1034179/20 "2026-10-27T08:58:45Z")
No, I take the 50 bus _into_ downtown Olympia, WA (but that’s a whole other can of worms).