Monday, February 7th, 2011

Wanted: New Music Suggestions

Ask anyone who has ever taken a road trip with me, and they'll tell you that my musical tastes amount to playing MY FAVORITE SONG RIGHT NOW! on repeat until that song becomes more unpleasant to hear than a pack of feral cats in heat.

So I'm looking for new music to hate someday. I desperately need a fresh infusion of tunes for my running playlist. It doesn't have to be recent, or especially good, just something to help keep me motivated when I want to lay down in the road and take a nap somewhere around mile 8.

For workouts I tend to prefer what the kids these days call "rap" or "hip-hop" and the talentless abyss of pop music. Although Andrew and my brother Dave have gotten me to like some of that whiny emo stuff (Mystic seaport is that way). Basically I'll give anything a shot if it means being able to get Justin Timberlake circa 2002 out of rotation (I'm so ashamed).

I'd love some suggestions of song titles (Mom, please no Perry Como) to get me through my workouts. Thanks!

20 Comments

If I take a long road trip by myself (which I have done an 8 hour drive to Minnesota alone before) I love to have my favorite musicals all on one playlist.
All the songs I love to sing to during the movie are right there for me to belt out as I go down the road. I even have Phantom of the Opera! It is the only time I can sing along with that stuff and not be glared at for ruining the show!

K8Day Monday, February 7, 2011

Oh, man, Perry Como is the best!

pegi Monday, February 7, 2011

Aretha's Pink Cadillac always gets me off my .......

dannie Monday, February 7, 2011

Fefe Dobson
Dum Dum Girls
Paramore
Jennifer Knapp
Ke$ha
Kina Grannis
KT Tunstall
Lady Gaga
Michael Jackson
Presidents of the United States of America
The Ting Tings

soundchick Monday, February 7, 2011

OK, if you don't like Perry Como, then how about Barry Manilow???!!!

! Monday, February 7, 2011

Indeed - Anyone that can write a jingle that State Farm has been using pretty much as long as I can remember has serious musical chops. Also, Copacabana.

+1 for BM (heh)

EyePulp Monday, February 7, 2011

Ask your southern cousins about various beach music songs. One song that you might enjoy is May I by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs.

BeanCounter37 Monday, February 7, 2011

MJ... best running music and old Police.
My last running playlist included: Beastie Boys, Citizen Cope, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Greyboy Allstars, James Brown, Jill Scott, Pixies, Regina Spektor, Talking Heads, A Tribe Called Quest, Violent Femmes and The Ramones.

Spike Monday, February 7, 2011

Pink
Gaga
Katy Perry
Adele
Fatboy Slim
Duffy

Angi Monday, February 7, 2011

Manilow wrote the State Farm jingle? I'm adding that to my playlist.

Thanks for the recommendations. I'm off to Amazon to download some music...

SallyPants Monday, February 7, 2011

Pretty different but stuff i listen to a lot....

the wood brothers, levon helm, soulive, old crow medicine show, parliament and/or funkadelic, meshell ndegeocello, zappa, stevie wonder, etc, etc. No beach music. No JT poppy garbage.

mattpike Monday, February 7, 2011

On my "workout" playlist

One, two step--ciara
Glavanize--chemical brothers
move ya body--nina sky
sos-rihanna
hot in herre--nelly
tipsy-j kwon
pon de replay--rihanna
lose control--missy elliott
shake--ying yang twins
scorpio--grandmaster flash
got a love for you--jomanda
tik tok--kesha
tootsie roll--69 boyz
don't stop the music--rihanna
jam the house--felix and jarvis
another night--real mccoy
i like to move it--reel 2 real
rhythm is a dancer-snap
move this--technotronic
remember what you like--jenny burton
I'm gonna get you--bizarre inc
givin it to you--c&c music factory
mr vain--culture beat
come baby come--k7
twilight zone--2 unlimited
wiggle it--2 in a room
be my lover--la bouche

Jules Monday, February 7, 2011

These are in my "running" playlist to keep me going. And if you want, I'd be happy to send you a CD.

Respect - Aretha Franklin
Private Idaho - B-52s
Mambo No5 - Bad Manners
Fight for your Right - Beastie Boys
Helter Skelter - Beatles
I'm Goin' Down - Bruce Springsteen
The Distance - Cake
Exit Planet Dust album - Chemical Brothers
Brimful of Asha - Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook Remix Extended Version) [Brighton]
Been Around the World - Cracker
Jumping Someone Else's Train - The Cure
Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
A Little More Action Less Conversation (remix) - Elvis Presley
Twist and Crawl - The English Beat
AM Radio - Everclear
Faith - George Michael
2000 Light Years Away - Green Day
Welcome to Paradise - Green Day
Little L - Jamiroquai
Jane Says - Jane's Addiction
5 O'Clock World - Julian Cope
Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz
El Matador - Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
This Love - Maroon 5
Nowhere to Run - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Just a Girl - No Doubt
Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo
Crackity Jones - The Pixies
I've Been Tired - The Pixies
Baby I'm a Star - Prince
Common People (Full Length Version) - Pulp
Take A Letter Maria - RB Greaves
It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - REM
I Wanna Be Sedated - Ramones
Steve McQueen - Sheryl Crow
Soak Up the Sun - Sheryl Crow
You're An Original - Sheryl Crow
Motivation - Sheryl Crow
Pressure Drop - The Specials
Santeria - Sublime
Istanbul - They Might Be Giants
Counting Backwards - Throwing Muses
Him Dancing - Throwing Muses
Bright Yellow Gun - Throwing Muses
Just Like Home - Tim Easton
You Wreck Me - Tom Petty
Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes

girlcarew Monday, February 7, 2011

I am a dirth of info but here's my try:
Handlebars- Flobots
Oil and Water- Incubus
Viva la Vida- Coldplay
um... er... I carpool so I don't listen music anymore?

Lionheart Monday, February 7, 2011

This is super helpful. I've got a bunch of new music on my iPod. Thanks everyone for the help!

SallyPants Tuesday, February 8, 2011

girl talk

jean Tuesday, February 8, 2011

A little late to respond here but my #1 motivating band to work out to is Blink 182. I've always been a big fan, and love punk, but Travis Barker is hands down the best drummer of our generation. His beats help me climb hills and keep me from crying.

Denny Deaton Wednesday, March 23, 2011

I'm always updating my playlist so it's never too late. I don't have any Blink 182 now and I don't know why, it's a good suggestion. My #1 favorite workout song now is one Lionheart suggested above - Handlebars by Flobots. Check it out if you haven't already, it may help you finish that triathlon in 20 minutes flat.

SallyPants Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Sally - check out Pizza Hut & Taco Bell by Das Racist ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ8ViYIeH04). It was stuck in my head for much of my run this past weekend. Thankfully, it knocked "It's So Cold in the D" by T-Baby ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aktLRiWXfqg) out of my mental jukebox.

Mark Wednesday, March 23, 2011

First you introduced me to Keyboard Cat, and now you've shared those cultural treasures with me. Thanks cuz, I will somehow find a way to repay you. Count on it.

SallyPants Wednesday, March 23, 2011