What's Your Favorite Hill Song?

[maillotpois]

Lyle Lovett: Long Tall Texan. It has the perfect cadence for me.

[snapdragen]

Fair Exchange by Be Bob Deluxe

Now Venus De Milo a statue of note
She lays in the gutter, with a knife in her throat
Naked as sin no, not even a coat
She gave you a thrill so you gave her a grope
It's a fair exchange

[OakLeaf]

Snap, yikes!

[snapdragen]

Snap, yikes!

I have no idea why, but that is the song that gets into my head when I'm working hard --

[maillotpois]

Snap may be a little dark.

Just a little.

[Catrin]

Snap may be a little dark.

Just a little.

I can't say anything about that. Occasionally when I am working hard I start thinking about the song "Saint James Infirmary Blues"...

Generally, however, I am just focusing on the top of that hill. Or the next stick, bump in the road, whatever I choose to focus on. Occasionally accompanied with the refrain "youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit" (just like that. I like the idea of a song though...

[7rider]

If that don't make your booty move, your booty must be dead!

Love the climb.
Embrace the climb.
The climb is your friend!

[snapdragen]

Snap may be a little dark.

Just a little.

Maybe a little....but it's really a catchy tune..

http://youtu.be/6bbIInzpf6Y



//saw Be Bop at Winterland a million years ago, they will always have a place in my playlist.

[marni]

I sing my sisters song to the tune of frer Jacques

I am climbing,
I am climbing,
Yes I am,
Yes I am,
This is not a real hill,
This not a real hill,
Not it's not
No it's not.

The tempo is adjustable.

marni

[missjean]

I don't know what the name is, but it goes "bring me little water Sylvie, bring me little water now...bring it in a bucket Sylvie, bring it in a bucket now...every little once and a while"

It's on an old movie soundtrack CD that I have -zydeco music - movie with Dennis Quaid, New Orleans detective, beautiful blond DA, corrupt cops, can't remember the name.

[Ann G]

I'm not familiar with that song, but the movie is The Big Easy, with Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin. Great zydeco music.

[missjean]

I'm not familiar with that song, but the movie is The Big Easy, with Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin. Great zydeco music.

That's it! Thanks.
Dennis Quais was so cute with that big ol' smile.

[Norse]

Driving My Life Away by Eddie Rabbit; it's an old trucker song with some good lyrics and the right tempo:

Well the midnight headlight find you on a rainy night
steep grade up ahead slow me down makin no time
gotta keep rollin
those windshield wipers slappin out a tempo
keepin perfect rhythm with the song on the radio
gotta keep rolling

Ooh I'm driving my life away, looking for a better way, for me
ooh I'm driving my life away, looking for a sunny day

Well the truck stop cutie comin' on to me
tried to talk me into a ride said I wouldn't be sorry
but she was just a baby
Hey waitress pour me another cup of coffee
pop me down jack me up shoot me out flyin' down the highway
lookin for the morning

Ooh I'm driving my life away, looking for a better way, for me
ooh I'm driving my life away, looking for a sunny day

[spokewench]

I don't usually find a song that I sing when I climb; but quite a few years ago, I was doing a very long, epic, very technical mountain bike ride in the mountains near Show Low Arizona. We had gone about 15-20 miles - just the beginning and I crashed and took off half of one of my elbows in the crash on a rock. I did not want to stop and go back or get sagged back in so I kept riding.

At one point towards this last 1/4 of the ride, we were riding through this beautiful meadow with long grass, flowers and a small pretty stream. I was starting to lag a bit and feeling kinda low and my girlfriend behind me started singing that song that gos I'll be going round the mountain when she comes, etc. Yikes, she knew all the choruses.

I'm not sure if it was her singing or what, but I got going faster after that!