Is there anything more awful that next door's constant music playing on outdoors speakers?

I agree it's very selfish to play loud music outside.

The absolute worst,

there is absolutely no excuse for playing music outside unless you’re wearing headphones.

Music is particularly antisocial because it's so intrusive and tastes vary so much and modern sound systems mean that from a distance all you can hear is a thumping base. I wouldn't mind a bit of tinny radio coming from next door but I can't stand the thump thump thump. It's deeply antisocial to play music outside imo. Every now and then maybe if you're having a party and you warn your neighbours, ok.

Yes. Next door neighbours fucking insane King Charles cavalier spaniel which barks dementedly and endlessly and which they make no attempt to control.

actually, it’s the neighbours not the dog which is the issue same as you. I really do sympathise. The selfish fuckers.

Are you in fact Julia in Motherland and is your friend called Meg?

My neighbour used to play the exact same album on repeat really loudly every time the sun came out, it used to drive me mad. Thankfully they've moved now but you have my sympathy.

Suspect I'm only one of a few who knows what you're talking about;)

I have got that today from neighbours on both sides 🫣🤣😱 That’s how they express their happiness. It happens roughly 8-10 days out of 365. And they are too thick to exercise self control so we don’t even attempt to talk to them.

If she needs constant music does she wear headphones so her neighbours aren't subjected to it too?

I hate hate hate it. We had one particularly noisy neighbour who played music in his garden constantly. I wanted to commit murder during covid. Then he moved out and a lovely couple moved in who were very quiet. They moved last summer and you guessed it, the new people play music in their garden constantly.
It makes sitting out impossible.
I would love to live in the middle of my own 5 acres but sadly I can’t afford it. I’ll keep playing the lottery.

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One of the downsides of nice weather.. music, loud talking, chavs, inconsiderate people. Cold weather brings peace

Yes, the neighbour screaming aggressively at his children while playing Savage Garden. Social services have been informed numerous times and don't give a shit (about the children, not his shit taste in music).

Also, there are places you can go if you want silence on holiday. Mainstream resorts in popular destinations aren’t it. If you know you really want to switch off completely pick somewhere very remote or very posh where there isn’t communal music or people broadcasting YouTube. I’m poor so second isn’t an option but first always is and is often much, much cheaper then more popular places.

It’s all subjective though. I often enjoy the gentle thrum of distant music and also love the sound of kids playing by the pool or on the beach. I like hearing people enjoying themselves. Obviously not if it’s relentlessly pounding shit euro pop for 24 hours a day but in moderation …. Different strokes and all that.

I had a noisy fucker neighbour who used to play his music really loud. He was so noisy, we could hear our own TV in the same room as us. It was drowned out by the noise he made through the wall.

The times I fantasised about going away for a week, borrowing some fuck off speakers and playing the Barney song on repeat just to piss him off and give him an earworm he'd never forget.

The previous tenants warned us on the day we moved in and said their requests to quieten.it down fell.on deaf ears. We asked nicely after an hour of thumping music so loud, the walls shook but he just didn't give a shit.

Didn't feel bad when he got seriously ill and had to go into care (he wasn't old). We just relished the silence.

Incidentally, we never heard the neighbours on the other side. 3 different neighbours came a d went and we never heard them. That's how bad this guy was! Inconsiderate prick!

As long as it’s not regular and very predictable in duration and intensity… I don’t mind this stuff so much. it’s part and parcel of urban or suburban life.

I want to be comfy being myself at home and that means occasionally playing music in the garden, having a BBQ, and about once every six weeks firing up the pizza oven. I’m sure that’s annoying if every day you are counting on quiet, listening only to radio 2 on your Alexa (😂) or are drying your washing at the time but you do stuff that’s annoying to me, too, even though you might not realise.

live and let live. It’s a much nicer way to exist providing no-one takes the absolute piss.

Radio for plants? Is this a thing

Barky dog

We used to have a neighbour whose kid used to whack a sliotar off the garden wall for hours on end! And they also had a little Barry dog that never shut up either. Especially when we were studying for our inter cert and leaving cert exams. When we moved house his mother apologised to our mother!

I see your music and I raise you a neighbour who shouts ‘Alexa’ ‘Alexa’ (who seems to be ignoring her) play Adele- then cater whales for half a track before we get back to ‘Alexa’ ‘Alexa’. If alcohol is involve we soon get to ‘ lexa’ lexxxa’ argh

i honestly thought her kiddie was called Alexa when we first moved in

My god ! when did everyone become so grouchy ?

Or the thump, thump, thump of a trampoline.

@Throwaway909 ruining your complete beach chill time . I’d be so upset, sorry for you, maybe get a hire car and a map and find a beach with NO F**er on it

Could be argued that other people are intolerant cunts though too. Let people live man ✌🏻

I have no skin in the game either way because don’t play music outside and don’t have neighbours that do either. But for every argument there’s an equally strong counter argument isn’t there.