Now, I just can't stay quiet here! I found many of Oilman's playlist selections that I like and will add to my own. I am interesting in checking out the song that he considers to be "the best riding song". However, the inclusion of a John Philip Sousa song in that list surprises, nay, astonishes me! Not so much that it is there, but that a JPS song is found in both forum posted playlists!!!!!
I am no stranger to unusual riding music. For example, I have Carl Orb's "Oh Fortuna" on my own Ipod. Moreover, as I have told Mr. Boston previously, I find the music of Mr. Sousa uplifting and stirring. When my children were in marching band, I used to pray they would play a Sousa set instead of the intolerable "Salute to Billy Joel" we were forced to withstand. But I cannot imagine listening to Sousa while riding unless I had first woven red, white and blue crepe paper through the spokes of my wheels and attached miniature flags to my handlebars! We all have our own taste in music, but Sousa on the bike? Is their a sect of cycling fife enthusiasts that I am not aware of?