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[VenusdeVelo]

Annie...I love to do the music part of my class -- my husband and I are music-philes with hundreds of CDs. I either use those, or I also download from buymusic.com if it is only 1 song I need, and not the entire CD. Some of my favorites...

*Moodswings (O Happy Day is a great cooldown plus others)
*Safri Duo has some great songs with great percussion for hard spins (Baya Baya is *great* for warmup into a faster pace to start out with, Bongo Song)
*Professor Trance (some great warmups, long, will take you into the full 5-6 minutes, like the song Calling the Animal Spirits)
*Enigma (the CD The Screen Behind the Mirror is practicall a great hill spin workout by itself! I mixed some Mission Impossible II songs with it)
*Blue Man Group (esp their 1st CD, checkout the song Rods and Cones)
*Santana (songs like Migra are great for running intervals)
*Nicole Mullen (Freedom)

Other specific songs in parentheses below:
Climb favorites:
*The Verve (Bittersweet Symphony)
*The Who (Eminence Front)
*Paula Cole (Feelin' Love, long slow climb)

Sprints:
*Chili Peppers (Higher Ground)
*Moodswings (Sugarbush)
*Foo Fighters (Everlong) My FAVORITE sprint song

Jumps:
*Ricky Martin (both Maria and She Bangs) perfect jump rhythym
*The song Iko Iko (diff artists)
*Jennifer Lopez (Let's Get Loud)

Cooldown/Last song to get heartrate down:
*David Gray (Please Forgive Me)
*Moodswings (Together as One)
*Santana (El Farol)

Check out MaddDogg (spinning.com) music as well -- listen to the clips and get ideas -- things you have never heard of, some of which you can buy 1 by 1 as well on music.com).

I love the music!!! Send me the songs you like -- we can swap ideas, i am always looking for new ideas.

Renee

[annie]

We had a great Halloween Spin tonight! Even some of the guys got into the spirit. Now I have to do it all again tomorrow morning at 5:30 a.m. It's a little easier to be enthused in the early evening than that early morning, but I'll do my best.

[VenusdeVelo]

Last time I taught at 5:30am I had my scary face mask on ... Not a morning person...have fun again tomorrow and let me know which songs were favorites...

[annie]

Some other Halloween songs for spinning:
"Ghostbusters theme" - techno mix
"Spiders and Snakes" - don't remember who sings it
"Time Warp" - Rocky Mountain Horror Show
"Spiders and Snakes" - a fun song, also don't know the artist
"Dead Man's Party" - a good, long climb - The class really like this one.

Venus,
I agree with you about Blue Man group and Santana and Safri Duo. Also Darude has some fast-paced stuff out there, good for sprints. Nightwish has some songs that work well for climbs, most people haven't heard them before so its not just same old, same old. I also like Transiberian Orchestra. (sp?) By the way, where are you in WI? I'm in Iowa, on the border with Wisconsin, so we are neighbors, maybe.

"Sky" - Sonique, good for sprints
"Objection" - Shakira, sprints
"Mrs. Potter's Lullaby" - Counting Crows, climb, over 7 minutes
"Korperbewegung" - Schiller, climb
"The Final Countdown" - Europe, climb
"We won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who, long version for a climb
"La Isla Bonita" - Madonna, warm-up
"Mandinka" Sinead O'Connor, warm-up
"Hero" - Bonnie Tyler, interval
"Tangerine" - Led Zepplin, cool-down
"Ride the Wind" Poison ( I think) , hill
"Annie Waits" - Ben Folds Five, flat road
"No Leaf Clover" - Metallica w/ London Symphony Orchestra, climb
"Disease: - Matchbox 20, another climb ( I like climbs!)
"Smile" - Vitamin C, warm-up

There's so much music out there. I had no idea until I started looking. it's a whole new world to enjoy. I think the music is such an important part of spinning. You can't please everyone but you need to like your own music and pass that enthusiasm on to the class.

[VenusdeVelo]

So funny, I love No Leaf Clover for climbs too but Metallica does not always appeal to everyone so I left it off! I also use Hero of the Day for a longer slow climb.

Thanks for the list -- there are quite a few I am going to listen to...I am in the Milwaukee area, not quite border neighbrs but close enough...

Thanks again!

Renee

[VenusdeVelo]

Annie,
If you like hills and you like No Leaf Clover, try "Higher" by Creed. I think you'll like it.

[annie]

Renee,

I DO like "Higher." And "Arms Wide Open, " also Creed. The first time I ever did a spin class (as a participant) "Higher" was the last climb of the ride. It was great, I got into it, and decided that spinning would work for me. So I have especially good memories of that song and had to use it immediately when I started looking for my own music. Isn't it interesting how a song can have such strong associations with it?