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  • View Poll Results: What music do you like to listen to when revising?
    Classical
    53 25.48%
    Rock
    56 26.92%
    Pop
    28 13.46%
    Hip Hop/Rap
    31 14.90%
    Jazz
    14 6.73%
    Alternative
    43 20.67%
    Dubstep
    21 10.10%
    I don't listen to music when revising
    48 23.08%
    Other (let us know!)
    38 18.27%

  1. CJ's Avatar
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    What music do you listen to when revising? Share your playlist
    Classical music, rock or dubstep?

    Some people revise in silence others find music helps them concentrate - Complete the poll to see what the nation thinks.

    Share your revision playlists below, post up Youtube music videos, share your Spotify playlists or just list the track names and artists.
  2. c7.'s Avatar
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    The Strokes
  3. OverTheRainbow...'s Avatar
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    I need complete silence to concentrate, ear plugs and all...wish i could concentrate with music, my ipods just sitting there grrr
  4. Linweth's Avatar
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    Sometimes I need complete silence but that is a rarity so I mostly listen to music that has minimal lyrics. I am constantly listening to classical music but I also listen to film/video game soundtracks or ambient music. I quite like spacescape music.
  5. SonOfASubmariner's Avatar
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    If its something like Maths, then mainly Rock and Metal. If its a subject where I have to write essays or learn important facts (History, English etc.) then silence.
  6. Danny_Craven's Avatar
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    Eye of the tiger...ON REPEAT
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    Re: What music do you listen to when revising? Share your playlist
    I can't work in silence so I just put my iPod on shuffle in my speakers and do my work. If a song annoys me at the time I just change it - like if I get stuck or something songs can do my head in lol.
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    I have an uplifting Indie playlist, with Phoenix, Noah and the Whale, Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, etc.

    A Hip-Hop playlist.

    Then a playlist devoted to Joanna Newsom and Bill Callahan <3
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    Re: What music do you listen to when revising? Share your playlist
    A lot of acoustic stuff, relaxes me. (I put other)
    Things where I like to sing along aren't good though, I can't multi-task D:
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    Chapel Club
    Smiths
    Housemartins
    Fats Waller
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    Re: What music do you listen to when revising? Share your playlist
    At the moment...

    http://open.spotify.com/user/pilkies...S69g0AISYWDpnb

    For those without Spotify it's Hugh Laurie's current album.. Although now I know the words it's becoming more distracting than relaxing...
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    Ludovico Einaudi. The most soothing music you'll ever listen to.
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    Re: What music do you listen to when revising? Share your playlist
    (Original post by Circadian_Rhythm)
    At the moment...

    http://open.spotify.com/user/pilkies...S69g0AISYWDpnb

    For those without Spotify it's Hugh Laurie's current album.. Although now I know the words it's becoming more distracting than relaxing...
    Thank you for introducing me to that... I didn't even realise he was a musician. It's lovely!
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    Muse - Absolution
    Lupe Fiasco - Lasers
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    Re: What music do you listen to when revising? Share your playlist
    I like to listen to slow rock, progressive, psychadelic, stoner etc., stuff like Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Tool, Jimi Hendrix - music that is too fast paced, or with too much singing can be really distracting.
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    Re: What music do you listen to when revising? Share your playlist
    (Original post by Circadian_Rhythm)
    At the moment...

    http://open.spotify.com/user/pilkies...S69g0AISYWDpnb

    For those without Spotify it's Hugh Laurie's current album.. Although now I know the words it's becoming more distracting than relaxing...
    Ah, I didn't know Hugh Laurie stuff was on Spotify.

    Haven't actually heard any of it yet, what do you make of it?
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    Re: What music do you listen to when revising? Share your playlist
    Other!
    I'm good at playing the piano, so I play songs and use my notes as the lyrics. Actually makes revising fun for me, I have set theories of child language acquisition to Adele - Someone Like You, for example.
  18. ArtGoblin's Avatar
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    Scott Walker works really well for me.
  19. Bienibon's Avatar
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    Re: What music do you listen to when revising? Share your playlist
    there should be an 'i don't revise' option :P
  20. doubled99's Avatar
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    noel gallaghers live acoustic album :] or generally any acoustic songs i find tend to help me relax while working
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