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too many to count (and it's not always about uptempo) but a smattering nonetheless:
train kept a rollin-yardbirds version tho bootleg flyer-mudcrutch debra-beck get back (single version)-beatles you're only lonely-jd souther sweet head (take 4)-david bowie panic in detroit-david bowie breakdown dead ahead-boz scaggs lowdown-boz scaggs walk on by (single version)-isaac hayes in a gadda da vida-iron butterfly these eyes-guess who american woman-guess who long cool woman-hollies the air that i breathe-hollies dream weaver-gary wright love is alive-gary wright wyndlesham bay (jodie)-faces plastic fantastic lover-jefferson airplane it's a long way to the top-ac/dc squealer-ac/dc gloria-patti smith wooden ships-crosby, stills & nash down to the waterline-dire straits hung up-paul weller 5:15-who the seeker-who rock on-david essex hot child in the city-nick gilder space truckin-deep purple girl u want-devo i feel love-donna summer hurdy gurdy man-donovan doolin-dalton-eagles telephone line-elo captain fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy-sir elton lucky man-elp luxury liner-emmylou harris ooh las vegas-emmylou harris she's going-english beat boom boom-eric burdon & the animals billy bones & the white bird-sir elton hitchcock railway-joe cocker rock island line-johnny cash shakin' all over-johnny kidd & the pirates david watts-kinks 20th century man-kinks i'm not like everybody else-kinks strutter-kiss weekend-ladytron willing-linda ronstadt how do you think it feels-lou reed pennies from heaven-louis prima maybe the people would be the times or between clark and hilldale-love beautiful stranger-madonna el paso-marty robbins inner city blues-marvin gaye electric feel-mgmt saeta-miles davis cinnamon girl-neil young hold on to yourself-nick cave and the bad seeds prototype-outkast miss sarajevo-passengers every night-paul mccartney downtown-petula clark pure morning-placebo good fortune-pj harvey a million miles away-plimsouls lunatic fringe-red rider brave new world-richard ashcroft running scared-roy orbison plundered my soul-rolling stones primrose green-ryley walker venus-shocking blue strawberry letter 23-shuggie otis star witness-neko case in france they kiss on main street-joni mitchell america-simon & garfunkel everybody is a star-sly & the family stone crusin'-smokey robinson maracatu too-stan getz & laurindo almeida samba de duas notas-stan getz & luiz bonfa find your way back-jefferson starship institutionalized-suicidal tendencies the slider-t rex mystic eyes-them satyam shivam sundaram-thievery corporation she blinded me with science-thomas dolby surfin' bird-trashmen in god's country-u2 mean streets-van halen lucky man-verve linus & lucy-vince guaraldi trio are you sure hank done it this way-waylon jennings |
I don't bring music on rides but almost invariably on long rides I get some song stuck in my head. On rainy or hilly rides, the song that pops up always seems to be "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse, with the lyrics transmogrified to something like:
"They wanted me to climb the Haviland Mill Hill My legs said no, no, no I wanted to stay dry The rain said no, no, no" |
Originally Posted by KCC74
(Post 20896001)
What's that one song that ALWAYS picks you up & gets the pedals spinning...
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
(Post 20896623)
...Indeed I have a subset of my playlist entitled "Hill Country" for that purpose, with continuous up-tempo tunes.
Originally Posted by Sapperc
(Post 20896255)
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!
Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
(Post 20897818)
It also affords an opportunity to listern to audiobooks, podcasts, music, etc. for those who prefer it.
I am one who prefers audiobooks and have listened to hundreds while cycling. When I want a change in pace for spinning my pedals, wy recent short playlist is:...
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
(Post 20223284)
Popcorn thread. :popcornBut since you asked, I mostly listen to talk radio on my usual commute. It’s free-flowing and doesn’t require much focus.My mind would wander with audiobooks. When I listened to them in the car. I found I often had to rewind.
I listen to music most often on weekend long rides. FYA my playlist is on page 2 of my BF profile; about half the tunes are Golden Oldies before 1980, and the others before 1950, with many Big Band numbers. :50: I have a selected playlist of up tempo songs with interesting chord changes that I call “Hill Country,” including for example "Gimme Shelter" by the Rolling Stones….
Originally Posted by BobbyG
(Post 20886820)
I also listen to spoken word podcasts at a low volume in my curbside ear. I can hear traffic fine. On the rides I don't listen, or if I don't like the podcast and pull the earbud out I don't feel I gain any extra situational awareness.
My guess would be that picking one horn out of the Manhattan cacophony of horns, and echoes off the buildings, would be daunting in and of its self. Whats more, I feel that when listening to spoken word podcasts in my curbside ear at a low volume, I can hear traffic better than when I'm in my car with the windows up with no music or podcasts. However, it's been my experience that when a music clip is played, even in one ear, I start to loose my situational awareness. I think it has something to do with the way the human brain works....
Originally Posted by PaulRivers
(Post 18235775)
...I feel safer wearing headphones than not, because my brain sometimes it can rely on my hearing to hear cars behind me, when the only thing that's actually affective is to actually look.
Wearing headphones makes my brain realize that I'd better look - which is far far safer than hoping a car passing me is making enough noise to hear it. You can't rely on your ears for knowing what's behind you, you have to look.
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
(Post 18239547)
Well said, [MENTION=131376]PaulRivers[/MENTION]. I agree that a controllable external auditory source can help to focus on the task at hand, rather than distract.
For myself, I work at preparing reports depending on careful detailed analyses, and I always have a talk show on. It definitely focuses me, even though I don't pay much attention; it's more a background awareness. It seems to fill in my mind in addition to the current purposeful activity so my concentration has no other place to wander. In fact, if there is no ambient “distraction,” the silence is deafening (and I don't have to worry about a car plowing into my desk). |
NPR aka National Public Radio :twitchy:
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Great - Reality
This, I believe is Reality. Get a beat in my head & put it on repeat.
Originally Posted by jpescatore
(Post 20898303)
I don't bring music on rides but almost invariably on long rides I get some song stuck in my head. On rainy or hilly rides, the song that pops up always seems to be "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse, with the lyrics transmogrified to something like:
"They wanted me to climb the Haviland Mill Hill My legs said no, no, no I wanted to stay dry The rain said no, no, no" |
Sir mix a lot/I like big butts
jessie j Arian grande/Bang Bang Meagan Trainer/ All About that Bass. |
Running Wild by Judas Priest
I move as fast as I can I like to get around I'm crazy like a madman My feet don't touch the ground I take on all comers, they back down before they fall They raise their hands to stop me, I laugh and I defy I never stumble, never fall, never stop for rest... -Tim- |
I have a few but the most used is the Stones,
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in my head , not my phone ..
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Originally Posted by iowa mark
(Post 20897876)
Nobody picked REO speedwagen and "Keep push'in on"?
following the motorcycle theme : |
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Thanks - I'd forgotten about "Bad Motor Scooter."
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A couple more that when things get tough on a climb, I listen to these as well:
this one too: |
Thunderstruck
Ballroom Blitz |
Roll with the changes
Give it to me baby Too much time on my hands Hair of the dog 2nd half of Freebird |
Mr. Blue Sky
Roll me away |
I feel like I'm the only one out there not listening to the oldies station. 90% of the songs listed in this thread make me want to kick up my feet and watch a sunset. So I'll deviate.
The Paradox - Excision Bloodlust - Killsonik Absolute Fire - Downlink Just Saiyan - Datsik Machine Gun (16-Bit Remix) - Noisia |
I got 'Snake Farm' (Ray Wyle Hubbard) stuck in my head the other day Don't even know how I know that song, but there it was, rattling around & keeping perfect tempo during a long endurance ride.
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Originally Posted by DrIsotope
(Post 20913273)
I feel like I'm the only one out there not listening to the oldies station. . So I'll deviate.
The Paradox - Excision Bloodlust - Killsonik Absolute Fire - Downlink Just Saiyan - Datsik Machine Gun (16-Bit Remix) - Noisia
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
(Post 20896623)
Best song to push on through
...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. :50: PS: Since that thread in 2009, some additional favorite push songs on the Hill country list are:... |
Another Deep Purple suggestion....
"LAZY". A first few minutes of warm up, then, when they get rolling (pun?) your legs can't not do the same.
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Surprised that no mentioned, "Break On Through" by the Doors
You know the day destroys the night Night divides the day Tried to run, tried to hide Break on through to the other side. ... |
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