ZZTop - "Sleeping Bag"

Oldies!!!

What did you listen to as a kid?  Which artists do you like now?

Right now I'm getting ready to ride my exercise bike.  I've got my little
mp3 player on (not my iPod) and I'm listening to old stuff by Michael
Jackson, Madonna, Tina Marie, Tu Pac, etc.  Fast tunes with a nice beat.  I
ride to the beat.  I like stuff that I can double the beat on, too.

We just picked up a 2-CD pack at Costco (Canada):   "Fitness Mix"
(basically, all the 80's-esque dare I say...ok, I won't..."dance" music)
"Pumped Up Cardio Grooves and "Pumped Up Retro Grooves".
I think the 2-CD pack went for around 15.00 Cdn (12 US)

Dixie Chicks -- Fly
Vengaboys CD

These are my only 2 that I own that have a good walking pace.  They rarely
leave my CD player.

I made an exercise CD with the following songs:

Da Da Da (aka the Volkswagon Song)
Good Rockin' Tonight (Wynonnie Harris -- BEST version!)
I Like Big Butt (Sir Mix A Lot)  
Marie Laveau (The Flying Neutrinos)
A Fool In Love (Tina Turner)
Mr. Zoot Suit (the Flying Neutrinos (Blast From the Past swing dance number)
Mr. Bombastic (Shaba Ranks)
I'm Gonna Be (The Proclaimers - theme from Benny & Joon)
In the Summertime (Mungo Jerry)
5 O'clock World (former Drew Carey theme)
Do Wah Diddy (Manfred Mann, I think)
YMCA (The Village People)
Big Girls Don't Cry (The Four Seasons)
Living On Tulsa Time (Eric Clapton)
3 Cool Cats (3 Cool Cats)
Dr. Demento version of the Witchdoctor song (ting, tang, walla, walla bing, bang)
Movin' On Up (Janet DuBois)
Trickle, Trickle (manahattan transfer)
Twist & Shout (Beatles)
Coconut (Nilsson)
Roll Mr. Jelly (Saffire, The Uppity Blues Women (inspired my screenname))
Mony, Mony (Tommy James & The Shondells)
I Think We're Alone Now (Tommy James & The Shondells)
You Never Can Tell (Pulp Fiction dance number)
Hanky Panky (Tommy James & The Shondells)
Volkswagon ambiance music (everyone on the street moving to the rhythm)  
Montego Bay (Bobbie Bloom)
Stay (The Four Seasons) (for cool-down) (I have this as #10 so I can know exactly
where it is when I'm ready to do a cool-down)

If you use a peer-to-peer program, just enter "workout" and should have
many selections to choose from.

Myway

Depends on what type of music gets your imagination going...for me, it's
classic rock or current rock and roll music, i.e. Beatles, Jimi Hendrix,
the Rolling Stones, Metallica, Disturbed, etc.

I alternate days, too, with 70s pop or current dance music, like old
school R&B, ABBA, Madonna, Justin Timberlake, or Kylie Minogue. Diversity
is key. :)

Have fun!

JBA

I get these 30 minute casettes because when I do my cardio I do a 5 minute
warm up, 20 minutes of sustained cardio at or near my target heart rate, and
then a 5 minute cool down.

Anyway, on the 30 minute casettes I record 5 minutes of mellow music, to get
me started, and then 20 minutes of driving rock music and then I repeat the
intro so I know its time to cool dowm. My selection varies but it is
primarily guitar oriented classic rock. For example on one tape I have
Hendrix Voodoo Chile Slight return and the Jeff Beck Group, Goin down. Thats
15 minutes of driving hard rock right there. Gets my heart going.

-Ray-

A lot of 70's and 80's music and one of my fav songs to listen to
while I am working  out (when I go for a walk) is' Dreams' by the
Cranberries.

The Blasters. If that doesn't get your heart pumping, you're dead anyway.

<g>

Martha

My favorite exercise CD is "Motorcade of Generosity" by Cake, but I don't
think I could just walk to it because it always makes me dance.  Everyone's
music taste is different though, what do you like?

Black Label Society, Iced Earth, Disturbed for me. I'm a rocker by nature.

Theme from "Rocky".
Eye of the Tiger

My MP3 player is heavily loaded with Rammstein, Disturbed, Korn, Rob
Zombie, and some of the more bombastic techno out there. But then, my
tastes are more geared towards lifting weights than long low-intensity
cardio, so YMMV.

Mostly whichever new CD I've got. I really like Moonsorrow's
Rivenkantaja, or Loreena McKennit's Book of Shadows or Live in Paris and
Toronto, or the soundtrack for Return of the King at the moment.

Wow!  Thanks bunches for all the suggestions.  I love just about all kinds
of music (except RAP), and especially the oldies.  I'll check out some of
the newer stuff, too.

Linda

I have a dell digital jukebox, it is a hard drive based little mp3 player,
about the same size as an ipod to give you an idea.

I have a bunch of Henry Rollins music that I have put on it.
It is hard rock, but when I am lifting I find that it works well... It has a
fast tempo, and is extremely "energized" sort of music.

That as well as some fatboy slim, and daft punk for doing cardio (running,
etc).

Military cadences. I haven't tried these, but a friend loves them. I think
he's got the chants and songs that the soldiers use when they are marching,
not just a drum beat or a band.\

Would certainly keep a steady beat for you...

Personally, I go for Van Halen, Yes and Pat Methany.

Regards,

Joe

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