Here is what I have in my playlist for my running. Ideally these songs should have a strong beat, be angry in both style and in the verse, and emphasize overcoming obstacles.
| Just Like You Imagined | Nine Inch Nails | I got this from the trailers for 300, just super bad ass. |
| Lose Yourself | Eminem | Good beat, great message |
| Relax | Frankie Goes To Hollywood | Great driving beat, I used to bike to this as a kid. Good running song |
| Smells Like Teen Spirit | Nirvana | Super angry with solid beats |
| Fall Behind Me | The Donnas | Great angry song. Perfect concept and execution for running |
| Dani California | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Strong beats. Perhaps there is a better Red Hots song for running? |
| Battle Without Honor Or Humanity | Tomoyasu Hotel | One of the themes from Kill Bill. Really strong. Not good at the start though. |
| Freedom | George Michael | Better anger than beats. Possibly going to fall off the list. |
| He's a Pirate | Klaus Badelt | From Pirates of the Carribean. Awesome, but way way too short. |
| Skull andCrossbones | Klaus Badelt | Probably better biking than running. |
| The Black Pearl | Klaus Badelt | More Pirates, again probably better for biking. |
| Right Here, Right Now | Fatboy Slim | Great message, bad at the end |
| Life Is A Highway | Rascal Flatts | Good beats, great message... Too cutesy and clean |
| More Than A Feeling | Boston | A classic with oddly good beats. Slow beginning |
| Ready, Steady, Go | Paul Oakenfeld | An instant running classic |
| Panama | Van Halen | Good beats, more silly than angry. Probably a better biking than running song |
| Let's Get Retarded | Black Eyed Peas | Yeah, I prefer the non-PC version. Excellent for running. I should move this up. |
I'll probably end up spliting running and biking into two seperate playlists. Saving the most intense stuff for the running. To me, running is much tougher than biking, on the bike you can drift and still be moving. With running, if you don't get that foot of the ground then you are at a full stop right there, right then, so every mile is the same effort, nothing is free.
Any comments or suggestions you have are welcome. I'd love to know what other people listen to when they are running, biking, whatever.
Posted by jherr at March 10, 2007 09:39 AMBack when I was having to run to play volleyball, here were some of my favorites to get me moving:
Danger Zone (from Top Gun)
Enter the Sandman (Metallica)
Walk this Way (the Run DMC w/ Aerosmith version)
Head like a hole (Nine Inch Nails)
Be Yourself(the Untouchables)
Another One Bites the Dust, Fat Bottom Girls and Bicycle Race (queen)
Blister in the Sun (Violent Femmes)
Crocodile Rock (elton John)
Thanks! I'll definitely try some of these.
I'm sure Lori will enjoy the Nine Inch Nails and Violent Femmese references. You guys share musical tastes
Posted by: jherr at March 12, 2007 07:47 AMHow could I have forgotten? The greatest cool-down song ever--theme from Rocky! Also another good warm-up song is the Devil Went Down to Georgia by Charlie Daniels...it's got a good, not too fast beat that is a good warm-up song. But Rocky--after the end of a hard work-out and you need to do that walk around the block to cool down...hearing that familiar refrain..good for the soul.:)
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