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| 3 favorite running songs? (Read 3603 times) |
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posted: 3/23/2007 at 1:07 AM |
| Quote from jEfFgObLuE on 3/21/2007 at 3:42 AM: I imagine RHCP have a lot of good running tunes,
I've got to dig out some of my old school RHCP...like "Higher Ground."
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Kirsten
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• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k
• 1st trail race |
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posted: 3/23/2007 at 2:47 PM |
Dirt Off Your Shoulder - Jay Z
For You - Staind
Here It Goes Again - OK GO |
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posted: 3/30/2007 at 1:06 PM |
2 new downloads of old faves that were remiss from my iTunes library...
Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm
Big Pimpin' - Jay-Z
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Kirsten
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.: 2008 Goals :.
• Run 1500 miles
• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k
• 1st trail race |
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muse_runner keep running. |
posted: 3/30/2007 at 1:52 PM |
let's see here...
Red--Junkie XL
Star69-- The Prodigy
Dangerous Power--Gabriel and Dresden |
running until I hit 1900 miles for the year.
whether fast or slow I will just run. |
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muse_runner keep running. |
posted: 3/30/2007 at 1:53 PM |
Oh and the song "Bitch" by Dave McCullen is great.
I play it for my fiancee and he thinks it is rather.... flamboiant  |
running until I hit 1900 miles for the year.
whether fast or slow I will just run. |
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posted: 3/30/2007 at 3:17 PM
modified: 3/30/2007 at 5:32 PM |
A few recent additions to my "Dope Runnin' Groovz" playlist:
1) "Just Like Heaven" by The Cure. Signature song by one of the most influential, yet underrated bands of the '80s. Very runnable tempo.
2) "Hollywood Nights (live version)" by Bob Seger. You can't be from Michigan and not have some Seger on your iPod. I also identify with the story of a Midwestern boy in California...
3) "Road to Nowhere" by Talking Heads. I love the driving bass and marching-style snare drum pattern on this one. But I did have to cheat a little bit -- the first time it popped up on my Shuffle while running, it felt a little too slow. So I trimmed off the choral intro and sped up the rest of the tune -- it's a keeper now! 
4) "Mr. Blue Sky" by ELO. Anyone who thinks that ELO is a bunch of over-produced nonsense that takes everything that made the Beatles so fun and way overdoes it has a point. But buried beneath the layers of unnecessary, bizarrely compressed background vocals are some really well-crafted songs, and this is one of them. Besides, Jeff Lynne must have been onto something if Messrs. Harrison, McCartney, and Starr all chose to work with him at various points in their solo careers. Whereas most tunes are too slow to run to the beat with, this song cooks along at ~200BPM and may produce injury if you attempt to keep your feet up with the beat. |
20th Century: 800m: 2:04 |1600m: 4:37 |3200m: 10:06 |5k: 16:23 |10k: 35:38 |15k: 54:20
25k: 1:35:59
21st Century: 5k: 19:42 |10k: 43:00
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posted: 4/3/2007 at 1:30 AM |
1) I want it all - Queen
2) Shine - Newsboys
3) Ride Like the Wind - Christopher Cross
What a combination! |
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posted: 4/3/2007 at 2:06 AM |
| Sadly, I listen to a bunch of crappy boy band songs. I am not sure I should have admitted that... |
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posted: 4/3/2007 at 3:44 AM |
| Quote from jEfFgObLuE on 3/30/2007 at 3:17 PM: A few recent additions to my "Dope Runnin' Groovz" playlist:
2) "Hollywood Nights (live version)" by Bob Seger. You can't be from Michigan and not have some Seger on your iPod. I also identify with the story of a Midwestern boy in California...
AMEN! did you catch him on his latest tour? Such a fun show...well worth the ticket price! ::heart::
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I've been busy loading up the new ipod from my library of cds, mixed tape cds, etc...found a few more gems that always make me feel pumped/giddy...
1) Lucky Boys Confusion- Fred Astaire...love this song! even when i am sitting, i find myself doing the "heel toe side to side" bit every single time!
2) Pat Benatar- Heartbreaker. loooooove her so much! only, when i hear this song, invariably, i go back in my mind to the days of listening to the song on my record player...except the artist in this case was the Chipmunks. 
3) Genesis- land of confusion (was this one already covered elsewhere in the thread?). Genesis!! (while i was loading the ipod, i was kinda bummed that i couldn't find The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway...gotta sift through the mess to find that bad boy!)
4) any of Roxette's uptempo stuff (listening to Joyride right now)..../weird taste
and K's already heard me rave on about my newest love....Mika. I can't get enough of his song "Lollipop"! The rest of his album is equally great...he has a very Scissor Sister vibe....I hope he explodes here in the States!
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posted: 4/3/2007 at 4:17 AM
modified: 4/3/2007 at 4:17 AM |
Quote from shyrunner07 on 4/3/2007 at 3:44 AM:AMEN! did you catch him on his latest tour? Such a fun show...well worth the ticket price! ::heart:: 3) Genesis- land of confusion
Sadly, never seen Seger in concert. It's one of the few things that I'll concede my parents have an edge on me in coolness -- they've seen him like 5 times.
Genesis: Check out "Any thing She does", off the same album as LOC. |
20th Century: 800m: 2:04 |1600m: 4:37 |3200m: 10:06 |5k: 16:23 |10k: 35:38 |15k: 54:20
25k: 1:35:59
21st Century: 5k: 19:42 |10k: 43:00
"Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly, and they use too much vermouth."
Steve Allen |
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posted: 4/3/2007 at 8:50 PM |
If I had an iPod, or even if I were to listen to music when I ran, these would be my three:
Lose Yourself (as mentioned before)
Given to Fly by Pearl Jam
Move from the Nike commercial. |
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runninggal30 |
posted: 4/4/2007 at 1:21 AM |
Well, I have more than three but here are some of my faves ....
Unbelievable - EMF
Pump It - Black Eyed Peas
Holiday - Greenday
I Don't Feel Like Dancing - Scissor Sisters
I Want You In My Room - Venga Boys
Fergalicious - Fergie
Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
Sexyback - Justin Timberlake |
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posted: 4/4/2007 at 1:47 AM |
| Just one that I've listened to a lot, a 45-minute live version of "Truckin" by the Grateful Dead. That takes me about 5 miles. |
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posted: 4/4/2007 at 2:26 PM
modified: 4/4/2007 at 3:07 PM |
-------------------GUILTY PLEASURES EDITION ------------
Okay, now it's time to reveal a few tunes from the Dope Runnin' Groovz playlist that aren't normally the kind of stuff you'd brag about...
1) "Beautiful (Valentin Club Mix)" by Christina Aguiliera. The wifey bought it, and I hijacked it into heavy running rotation.
2) "Afternoon Delight" by Starland Vocal Band. Thank you to Will Ferrell and the rest of the cast of "Anchorman" for making it okay to publicly admit that I love this song...
3) "Magnet and Steel" by Walter Egan. Has there ever been a dumber lyric than "You are a magnet and I am steel"? Probably not. The backing vocals are done Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac.
4)-5) YMCA and "Macho Man" by the Village People. Bonus points if you do the letters while running.
6) "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond. Momgoblue and Dadgoblue were in their 20's during the 1970's, but that didn't make them cool. And it rubbed off.
BTW, there's a secret to doing a good Neil Diamond imitation. In addition to the obvious overly dramatic singing, the key is....constipation. At certain points in the song, you gotta sing like you're pushing, but nothing's coming out. Examples (words in all caps are the "pushes")
Sweet Caroline...Good TIMES never been so good
Turn on your HEARTLIGHT in the middle of a young boy's dream
And his cover of the Beach Boy's "God Only Knows"
I may not always love you, but as long as there are STARS above you
Cheers,
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20th Century: 800m: 2:04 |1600m: 4:37 |3200m: 10:06 |5k: 16:23 |10k: 35:38 |15k: 54:20
25k: 1:35:59
21st Century: 5k: 19:42 |10k: 43:00
"Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly, and they use too much vermouth."
Steve Allen |
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