Give Me Music to Run To!
November 13th, 2008 by Evil BeetSo, my pal Lacy Kemp over at the RealNetworks blog called together her legions of loyal Twitter followers to do what she called a “Social Music Experiment.” She asked people all over the world to send her their favorite song, and she compiled a bunch of them into a single Rhapsody playlist. You can check it out here. It’s certainly one way to be exposed to a wide variety of new artists, although poor Lacy promised to listen to every song that was submitted, so she was stuck in her office for days alternating between Christmas tunes and GWAR.
It gave me an idea. I’m always looking for new songs to run to and/or work out to. Especially now that I’m training for a half-marathon, I’m spending a lot of time running and for some reason it’s always hard to come up with good tracks for my jogs. And I have a new Rhapsody mp3 player, so I have to load a bunch of new music on it anyway. Sooooo …
I was hoping you guys could help me come up with a new playlist. An Evil Beet Work Out playlist. It would be awesome if you could leave in the comments some of your favorite songs to work out to. I’ll put them all on a single Rhapsody playlist so you guys can check it out, too.
Thanks!!!
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mudshovel and please by staind
and i hate to say it but britney’s good to exercise to lol
Theme to Andy Griffith
Let’s make out- Does it offend you, yeah
The Party- Justice ft Uffie
Anything by DAFT PUNK!
Great DJ- The Ting Tings
Electric Feel- MGMT
set me off - the saturday’s
that’s not my name - the ting ting’s
until i stay- jully black
don’t call me baby - kreesha turner
….
those are some of my favourite pump-up songs
Peaches- Boys Wanna Be Her
Belle and Sebastien- Electronic Renaissance
Stars- Your Ex Lover is Dead
Tegan and Sara- Speak Slow
No playlist would be complete without some old school Nine Inch Nails. There, I said it. The song “That’s What I Get” has a perfect tempo for running, especially right at the end. I feel so naked revealing this factoid. Geebers. Oh, and the newer song called “Only” has a good running beat, too.
push it - salt n pepper
da funk - daft punk
this is for my people - missy elliot
brain stew - green day
folsom prison - johnny cash
also any good drum and bass songs
Rachael Yamagata - Faster
The best song ever to workout to is “What is Love” by Haddaway. I usually end up stopping to dance half way thru.
seriously, daft punk. songs like high life are fantastic. justice’s cross album is really great too.
@ Dinosaurs:
“Stars- Your Ex Lover is Dead”? seriously? sad, sad workouts you must have.
Muse - Time is Running Out
Aly & AJ - Potential Breakup Song
Kevin Federline - Popozao (I’m not even kidding Beet!)
Gunther - Ding Dong Song (its amazing for workouts, haha)
Evanescence - Sweet Sacrifice
I know theres a zillion more, but I’m at work now and I wish I had my iPod with me to share my workout list!
And Cannibal Corpse- Make them suffer
song to the Super Mario Bros. video game…
I run to that one all the time.
No need to thank me.
“we are the ones” by the Coup
the album “You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby” by FatBoy Slim
“shut up and let me go” the ting tings
p.s. your site is waaaaay cooler than perez hilton. but i think maybe you and the guy from theSuperficial.com should make blog babies, they would be terribly funny writers.
sometimes i prefer a whole album to a mixed playlist.
belle & sebastian — if you’re feeling sinister
wyclef jean — the carnival
smashing pumpkins — siamese dream
sublime — sublime
depeche mode — music for the masses, violator, oh, i guess any depeche mode album. . .
“she is beautiful” andrew wk
“devil went down to georgia” charlie daniels band (my personal power song on the treadmill)
“putting on the ritz” taco
“sex on fire” kings of leon
arcade fire’s album “neon bible”
Bands/artists I like to run to:
Alkaline Trio
Andrew WK (esp. She is Beautiful)
OK Go
Minus the Bear
pop-punk like Simple Plan and Good Charlotte, haha
No no, not sad, bsm. I just really liked running on a treadmill to that song. It’s got a good beat with which you can match your steps.
D.A.N.C.E. - Justice
I just finished my first half marathon a few weeks ago, and this tune helped get me up that hill at mile 10. It was rough. Good luck on your race!
O and Behemoth- At the Left Hand ov god
“Hearts That bleed” or “Money Honey” by State of Shock
“All These Things That I’ve Done” by The Killers
“Feedback” - Janet Jackson
“Figure you out” - Nickelback
“Get Naked” - Britney Spears
“4 My People” - Missy Elliot
“Dirt Off Your Shoulder” - Jay-Z
“Tonight” - Addictiv
“What You Waiting For?” - Gwen Stefani
Oh and I almost forgot Rilo Kiley. Especially the album ‘The Execution of All Things’
anything by Dragon Force..not because I love them or anything but everytime you hear there songs they make you want to run a marathon! I swear
Oldies, but then…
You Get What You Give - New Radicals
Outside - George Michael
and one I’m really loving at the moment:
Gunpowder and Lead - Miranda Lambert
devo’s freedom of choice lp
I think the Libertines can’t be beat when it comes to workout tracks. Or just music to listen to when walking miles and miles and miles alone in a foreign city when traveling. My fave workout tracksare:
The Delaney
I Get Along
Death on the Stairs
Time for Heroes
What a waster
Oh, wait, also The Kills:
“Sour Cherry”