Best song to push on through
Originally Posted by
KCC74
What's that one song that ALWAYS picks you up & gets the pedals spinning. I have mine, but am open to more - y'see I often tire easily.
Originally Posted by
Sapperc
You are out riding in nature. Why contaminate the experience with urban noise? Get in tune with yourself, your bike, and whatever is happening all around you.
Cycling affords a chance to breath, think, recharge and get in touch with your environment. Happy 50th Earth Day!
On these incipient popcorn threads, there’s always a subscriber who goes off-topic to
futilely dissusade those who listen to music. As an urban cyclist, to me urban noise is cars, trucks, sirens, horns, etc.
In reply to the OP. I have in the past listed my playlist on my profile page.
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
There have been two recent contrarian threads on the Road Form, “How can you ride with music” and “How can you ride without music.”
So IMO, the arguments have been well-debated.
I recently got an I-pod and have been voraciously seeking tunes with cycling in mind. My criteria are listed in this post...:
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
I use my cadence meter faithfully when I ride, but I only synch my cadence to the beat when going up hills if I want to raise my cadence. On stiff hills then, even a low cadence, say 50-60, can be beneficial.
I select my playlist not only by tempo but by the melody and harmony. So on the flats or downhills, the music is a pleasant accompaniment.
My main criterion to put a tune on my playlist is "Do I want to hear this while struggling up a hill (and do I want to hear it more than once, since it is on my playlist)?".
BTW, don't knock Lawrence Welk; he had good musicianship.
If you object to his tunes, IMO, Big Band standards (and Classic Rock) are great for cycling.
In particular there was a similar thread to the current one:
Originally Posted by
guadzilla
No, not what music you listen to on your ipod - plenty of threads there already.
More specifically - when you are in a world of serious hurt while riding, what are your favorite songs that help you keep pushing through the pain? Please post just a few favorites.
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
OK vk,
Though this is like choosing who is my favorite child, I made an arbitrary limit of ten songs and selected my ten top "push songs" out of 250. It could change at any time.
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Andrews Sisters
Stars and Stripes Forever John Phillip Sousa
Gonna Fly Now (Theme from "Rocky") Bill Conti
Stumblin' In Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro
Feelin' Stronger Every Day Chicago
Hold On Tight Electric Light Orchestra Part II
You're the One That I Want Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
Gimme Shelter Rolling Stones
My Old School Steely Dan
Eye of the Tiger Survivor
...IMO push songs are effective performance-enhancers and leave no tell-tale residues in the blood stream.
Indeed I have a subset of my playlist entitled "Hill Country" for that purpose, with continuous up-tempo tunes.
Apropos of a subscriber to the Fifty-Plus Forum, my playlist has Big Band tunes, and Rock and Roll Golden Oldies, rare songs after 1980.
PS: Since that thread in 2009, some additional favorite push songs on the Hill country list are:
At the Hop Danny and the Juniors
Eye of the Tiger Survivor
Free Bid Lynard Skinner
Going Up the Country Canned Heat
I'm So Excited Pointer Sisters
Let's Dance Benny Goodman
Love Train OJays
Rescue Me Fontella Bass
Runnin' Back to Saskatoon Guess Who...
Originally Posted by
skidder
Since you're already familiar with Golden Earring, I'll throw in 'Radar Love'....
That too. I remember well a difficult hill climb when
Radar Love was in perfect synch with my effort, and the crescendo coincided with cresting the hill.