Do your cats like music? What kinds?

[Missy Vixen]

We have three cats: A beautiful tuxedo girl from the local humane society, and two Maine Coon boys. Since there's lots of music in our home, we've noticed that the feline friends seem to like some more than others. Here's the lineup:

Mojo: Likes Garbage, Natalie MacMaster, and Stevie Wonder.

Oscar: His current fave seems to be Elvis Costello.

Holly: Likes classical music.

All three cats, interestingly enough, go NUTS when we play our friend's self-produced flute CD.

What music do your cats like? DU must know!

Julie

[blondeatlast]

1. Mariah Carey, Celine Dion . . .

They sing in her key . . . :evilgrin:

Sorry, don't even have cats, just couldn't let the opportunity slip by!

[Missy Vixen]

2. LMAO

>They sing in her key . . . :evilgrin:<

blondeatlast, our dear departed kitty Merlin used to really hate the Kliban kitty song, too...

"Love to eat them mousies
Mousies what I love to eat
Bite they little heads off
Chew on they little feet..."

He was also quite weary of my playing the "Stray Cat Strut" for him as well.

Julie

[leftist_rebel1569]

3. Unfortunately,

one of my cats likes the band "Disturbed"...:scared:

but my other cat likes bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Seether, which is pretty cool...

[blondeatlast]

4. Another plug for Concrete Blonde, LR!

Check 'em out.

[susanna]

5. I love Concrete Blonde...

:-)

A little OT but my dog will watch hockey and/or figure skating, absolutely mesmerized. Of course she'll watch animals on the screen as well.

If I wanna freak her out, though, I just play my "wilderness" CD of wolves...howling. That sends her into fits.

Am I evil? ;-)

[Missy Vixen]

8. What? The kitty doesn't like the howling wolf CD?

>Am I evil?<

Nawwww.

If you REALLY want to see your cat freak out, get a Gideon Freudmann CD. Gideon is a cello player that can make one cello sound like an orchestra full. He can be found at www.cellobop.com. (He also jokes that he's the "scary music guy" on NPR; they play his music before a breaking-news type alert.)

Julie

[newyawker99]

13. Congrats susanna!! 200 posts

:toast:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

6. My Eclectus parrot...

Likes Reggae and Ambient.

She's my little love. ;-)

[Shanty Oilish]

7. Guitar

I play, they pay attention. Can't say they look pleased; more like leery. As if to say, "Exactly how does this feed us?"

[grasswire]

9. I sing to my cat.....

...to make the pilling experience go better. He hates and has always hated the theme from "Green Acres." The old vaudeville tune "Side by Side" seems to amuse him, as does "Camptown Ladies."

[Zuni]

10. My Cat likes Soul Music

Seems to like Otis Redding, Aretha, Booker T and the MGs, Wilson Pickett.

My moms cat likes Reggae. One time I was listening to 'Downpressor Man' by Peter Tosh when I lived with her, and her cat sat by the speaker and listened intently. I tried the test again and again for friends and my brother, and she seemed fascinated.

[FireHeart]

11. All of my cats like...

Enya.

[jumptheshadow]

12. My cat positions herself between the stereo speakers

We've noticed this several times when we started playing music. Her eyes become dreamy. She blinks ~ v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y ~ like she's enjoying herself.

My cat prefers female voices and is a very big Bonnie Raitt and Melissa Etheridge fan.

Oh, and on a nice Sunday afternoon, we will give her a little bit of catnip to enhance her listening pleasure.

[mitchum]

14. Only one of them does...

Nicky Loves jazz (except for Albert Ayler)

[Fridays Child]

15. The ringer music on my mobile phone makes her practically try to...

...mate with the phone. Strange kitty.

[ironflange]

16. My wife's cat

My wife is a very accomplished pianist, let's call her Carol. When a teen, she had a calico with quite an attitude. This cat loved to sleep under the piano whenever Carol practised, and she practised by the hour. The kitty loved everything she played, with the exception of Bach. Whenever Bach started up, the cat would get up and stomp out of the room. When Bach was finished, kitty would return to her old spot.

Sounds like a good story, but I witnessed this myself.

[WWW]

17. They like all music...

Except my Siamese hates the Grateful Dead. When OAITW puts it on the stereo, she goes up stairs and screams at him..She loves it though when my daughter plays the violin.

[xJlM]

18. No! They both hate it

Pearl hates any kind of noise. If you want her to leave, all you have to do is raise your voice. Her daughter (Petuka) isn't near as shy, but when I play music she crouches near the door, waiting to get out. Of course, the kind of music I listen to may have something to do with that.