General Cycling Discussion - Songs in the night

In the darkness of the night, when you're alone and tired, sing.

:)

I often sing while walking or cycling, but I need to learn some new songs. I only know about seven or eight of them.

Originally posted by JonR
I often sing while walking or cycling, but I need to learn some new songs. I only know about seven or eight of them.
It's funny how I'll get a song from somewhere inside.

(Where do those commercials come from, though? :D )

Originally posted by LittleBigMan
In the darkness of the night, when you're alone and tired, sing.

:)
This might sound weird, but you've hit on something I do a lot.
When I'm trying to get to sleep, often I'll sing a song, (to myself in my head,) and it almost always puts me right to sleep. Trying to think of the words I think has a lot to do with it. I use an old Eagles song a lot, "The Last Resort." It's kind of long and tells a story.

To my horror, I realised that as I was cycling home a few weeks ago I was singing "Farewell, Adieu, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodnight".

I HATE THE SOUND OF MUSIC!

I usually sing to myself while riding.

Unfortunatley it is usually the same verse over and over and over...:(

I don't sing while riding,
but I do sing Jimmy Buffet while
diving.
strange sounding thru the regulator
and bubbles...

Marty

Probably my son's first sentence was "Moma, please don't sing me lullaby's anymore." So I refrain from singing on my bike. However, I do sing in the rental car when I'm on the 3 hour drive from the airport to my mother's, and it's late, and I'm tired. It helps me keep awake. Probably blows off C02.

Sometimes I'll do it when I don't have too much to think about on the bike (in my head when I'm with other people!). As far as sleeping goes, I listen to some soft music from my radio to help me fall asleep.

For some reason, one song I sing to myself when cycling is "Quinn the Eskimo". I have no idea why.

I should point out that it's supposed to be bad luck to sing in bed- out loud that is.

I fancy myself as a budding opera singer!

But after the first line of "Nessum Dorma" . "Oh Mia Bambino Charo" etc , the language defeats me.

I just talk to myself.

Does anyone sing during bikemaintenance? i think its great! :cool:

Love songs such as "You are the bearings in my bottom bracket" etc ?

Originally posted by wabbit
I should point out that it's supposed to be bad luck to sing in bed- out loud that is.
:eek: I hope that's only in Canada, or else I'm in trouble....

Originally posted by toolfreak
Does anyone sing during bikemaintenance? i think its great! :cool:

I usually turn on the radio...which means I'm usually singing along, too...

Next time you get a riding partner, try to see who can whistle the longest going up a long/steep climb. It can have interesting results and get you to laughing pretty quick so watch it.
Another thing I do is talk to strange dogs that sprint out to meet me. Sometimes you can read their body language when they respond to a calm voice and get clues as to what their intentions are.
It's a wonder I haven't gotten shot for a loonie before now.

Sometimes on a tough hill I'll say "C'mon baby light my fire", or on a downhill I'll say ," yeee-haaawww!!", or when I can't stop, "Oh cr@p!!".

"Old Dan and I with throats burned dry, and souls that cry for water, cool clear water.

Keep them moving Dan, don't you understand Dan, he's a devil and not a man and he spreads the burning sands with water, cool, clear water"

kinda hard not to have a song in your heart when out on the bike

Hey, who did that song anyways? I can never remember.

Originally posted by wabbit
Hey, who did that song anyways? I can never remember.
Probably a lot of people, but Tom Jones is who I remember singing it.

There's a song by Aussie band Divinyls called Pleasure and Pain which I sing on long days in the saddle.

The chorus goes - "It's a fine line between pleasure and pain - you've done it once you can do it again - whatever you've done don't try to explain - it's a fine fine line between pleasure and pain."

It really sums up the feeling when you're searching for the motivation to finish a tough day.

How about a few bars of "Sunshine on My Paved Shoulder Makes me Happy!"

Originally posted by wellshorton
How about a few bars of "Sunshine on My Paved Shoulder Makes me Happy!"
John Denver may have hit the news in a bad way (nothing seems to "hit the news" otherwise...) but he ranked right up there with
Ann Murray.

:D :D

One of the songs I sing during my early morning rides is, "The Devil went down to Georgia"

You know the one, yeah you're humming it right now! "He was looking for a soul to steal, he was way behind and willing to make a deal, when he came across .....":beer: :o

Originally posted by wabbit
I should point out that it's supposed to be bad luck to sing in bed- out loud that is.

I once woke myself up (and my boyfriend, too) by singing the alphabet song. Don't know what I was dreaming...

singing is one of my favourite things in the whole world, so of course I sing on my bike, especially when it's night and there aren't many cars and I'm zooming along the streets in the dark.

Singing is a great stress-reliever, at least for me. Done right, it's like a massage from the inside.

I don't sing so much when I'm riding as much as I have songs stuck in my head. People who know me well know that there's rarely a time when I don't have one song or another playing in my head. A few songs that would appear on my bicycling soundtrack would be "Who Made Who" by ACDC and "Satisfaction" by the Stones. From time to time I'll look back over my shoulder on the road and see a large semi gearing up behind me and the Terminator 2 soundtrack will go off in my head.

As far as music in the shop goes, I once brought my Trek in to the shop because my fork was in some seriously messed up shape. The mechanic took my ride into the back. I was seriously worried. It was then that I heard the Blade Runner soundtrack by Vangelis on their stereo. Blade Runner is easily one of my top three favorite movies ever. I knew then that everything was going to be ok.

Other music while cycling includes anything from Pink Floyd: The Wall and any number of Tragically Hip tunes and of course Ride Of The Valkyries by Wagner.