music for working out...

[VeloVT]

I got an Ipod shuffle for Christmas and it makes running on the treadmill tolerable, and makes running on the small 1/8 mile indoor track at my gym actually fun. (I'm old enough that the idea of running OUTSIDE with an ipod is strange... also I enjoy running outside and don't need the extra motivation).

But I need more music. What do you listen to to get motivated for exercise? My playlist is pretty varied, ranging from classic rock (Stones, Kinks, Janis Joplin) to disco ("I Will Survive" gets me working it every time), to Sex Pistols & Ramones to Blondie to Aerosmith & Jane's Addiction... I even managed to find a few high RPM Velvet Underground songs (my favorite band of all time...).

Basically looking for high RPM music... any suggestions welcome .

Thanks!

[ATL Laura]

Classic Van Halen really gets me moving (Van Halen, not Van Hagar)..."Hot For Teacher" is great for interval sprinting!

And having grown up in New Jersey, I can't resist Bon Jovi .

[Starfish]

John Digweed
Moby
Enigma
Emerson Lake & Palmer

Some of my current favorites...

[Zen]

This is not high rpm but check out Daft Punk -Harder Better Faster Stronger

[crazycanuck]

Off the top of me head...

Led Zep-Whole lotta love
Queen-Headlong, Princes of the UNiverse, Gimme the Prize
Brian May-Driven by You
Nazareth-This flight tonight
The Tragically Hip (mm the hip..mmm) New Orleans is Sinking, The 100th meridian, little bones
The Who-Baba O'reilly
Springsteen-Born in the USA
Kiss-Rock N roll All night, I was born for lovin you
BOn JOvi-Bad Medicine, Blaze of Glory

[Melalvai]

I was just thinking about music the other day, and that I should dig up some thread about music that goes through your head while riding. This might be a bit silly for some but we love Crazy Frog. There's one song in particular:

The wheels of steel are turning/and traffic lights are burning...
Hey now, hey now, here's what I say now/ Happiness is just around the corner.

I think of that as I approach the first stop light of my commute, because just up a bit is a roundabout (the corner). I have no idea if my wheels are steel though!

[kelownagirl]

Here's my workout playlist....

Hotel Yorba The White Stripes
What I Like About You The Romantics
You Really Got Me The Kinks
500 Miles Proclaimers
Get Out of My Dreams, Get into My Car Billy Ocean
Hurts So Good John Cougar Mellencamp
Then I Met You Proclaimers
Saw Her Standing There Beatles
I've Got My Mind Set On You George Harrison
I Want To Hold Your Hand Beatles
Fell In Love With A Girl The White Stripes
Crazy Little Thing Called Love Elvis Presley
Footloose Kenny Loggins
Do You Love Me The Contours
Can't You Hear My Heart Beat Herman's Hermits
Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
I Want You To Want Me Cheap Trick

[Zen]

500 Miles Proclaimers
That's on my (creative labs)Zen player too!

[kelownagirl]

I love the Proclaimers...

[boy in a kilt]

Here's one of my playlists:

Seven Deadly Sins (Flogging Molly)
Ring of Fire (Social Distortion)
Kryptonite (3 Doors Down)
Bad Moon Rising (The Meteors)
Texas Rockabilly Rebel (The Reverend Horton Heat)
Rocky Road to Dublin (Dropkick Murphys)
Copperhead Road (Steve Earle)
Plowed (Sponge)
Lust for Life (Iggy Pop)
Why Do You Love Me (Garbage)
Rebels of the Sacred Heart (Flogging Molly)
English Civil War (The Clash)
Stutter (Elastica)
Working in the Coal Mine (Devo)
Far Behind (Social Distortion)
Good Rats (Dropkick Murphys)
The Rascal King (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones)
Out The Window (Violent Femmes)

[lph]

I play ...

a LOT of Blondie, some Elvis, the odd Abba song, Basement Jaxx, Billy Idol, (yes, I'm going through my music alphabetically now ) Grease, Iggy Pop, INXS, Jerry Lee Lewis, a little Johnny Cash, Kaizers Orchestra (Norwegian band), Macy Gray, Melissa Etheridges "Somebody bring me some water", tried Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan but it didn't quite work, Nick Cave (ooh, love Nick Cave), Pointer Sisters, Postgirobygget, current favourite Raga Rockers and Røyksopp (3 N. bands), Steppenwolfs "Born to be Wild", Ike+Tina Turners "River deep, mountain high", a lot of U2 aaaaaand... Weather Girls "It's raining men" (THE song to play when it's raining).

[SouthernBelle]

http://www.djsteveboy.com/mixes.html

[kelownagirl]

Can you check that link for us? it doesn't seem to work....

[F8th637]

Check out Podrunner: http://www.djsteveboy.com/podrunner.html

All the BPMs you could ever want and for free! He also has new Interval stuff which I love for interval work.

[Zen]

Too techno for my tastes.