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What's on your workout music playlist? (Healthy Habits-related)

Kari

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My playlist is pretty eclectic and basically just consists of different songs that I like and are energetic enough to get me moving. Lately I've been working out to:
Coldplay (various)
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Great Big Sea (various)
Brand New Day from the Dr. Horrible soundtrack
Jamiroquai (various)
The Beatles (various)
several tracks from the Princess and the Frog soundtrack
Cake - Short Skirt Long Jacket
REM - It's the End of the World As We Know It
Lily Allen - Smile
KT Tunstall - Black Horse and Cherry Tree
Paul Simon - Graceland CD (the faster songs)
Bride and Prejudice soundtrack
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
Hall & Oates - You Make My Dreams Come True
Beck - Think I'm In Love
Nellie McKay - David
Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack
Ray Charles - Messaround (which ALWAYS makes me think of this)

What are you grooving to?

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Latest reply was from Mellllls

Mo

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I've been saving the best to my Go List lately as I run along listening to everything on shuffle from jazz to zydeco. The latest on the list:

Galvanize: Chemical Bros
Always on The Run: Lenny Kravitz
Smack my Bitch Up: Prodigy
Take Five: Dave Brubeck
Bulls on Parade: Rage Against the Machine
Boom Boom Pow: Black Eyed Peas
Music: Madonna
pretty much any AC/DC song
Snap: The Power

Kari

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It's funny you mention the Black Eyed Peas. I find them kind of irritating if they are just on a normal music mix, but I always include some Black Eyed Peas tracks on my mp3 player when I'm running - I tend to move faster.

Melissa

Oh, Kari, I love exercise music recommends! I listen to all kinds of stuff when exercising that I normally don't listen to. Right now, I cannot recommend Girl Talk's album "All Day" highly enough. I've been loving it at the gym, and it is a free download.

Kari

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Melissa, I have actually never listened to Girl Talk. Thanks for the recommendation!

Hope that others chime in. I'm always looking for new music.

Jenava

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Gnarl's Barkley "Storm Coming" is also good. So is U2 "Beautiful Day". Also Mary J. Blige "Work That" and of course Bruce Springsteen "Born to Run"

I my "power" songs are:
Eminem "Till I Collapse"
Eminem "Lose Yourself"
Rihanna "Disturbia"
Oh, and Tina Turner "Better Be Good to Me"

Elly

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Sadly, I believe I have plateaued back in high school in this area of my life. I am still listening to the same stuff that the boys used to blast in the weight room and during wrestling practice--- Alice in Chains, Rob Zombie, Metallica, AC/DC, Sabbath, and a little Charlie Daniels or Waylon Jennings thrown in. Everyone mistakenly though I was conservative back then, but it sure was fun to see them freak when the realized I could head bang with the best of them!

HelloKitty

Hi Kari,
Though I’m not working out regularly right now (sigh…it’s perpetually on the list!), here are some tracks that get me going. Some are Canadian artists you may not have heard of, but are worth a listen:

The Killers – Bling (Confessions of a King)
The Joel Plaskett Emergency – Nowhere With You
Christina Aguilera – Dirrty
Modest Mouse – Float On
Hello Goodbye – Here in Your Arms
John Mayer – Heartbreak Warfare, Belief, Crossroads
Shaggy – Hope
Janet Jackson – If
KLF – Last Train to Transcentral
George Nozuka – Last Time (remix)
Misstress Barbara ft. Sam Roberts – I’m Running
B.O.B. - Airplanes Part 2
Eminem – Lose Yourself, Without Me
LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
La Roux – Bulletproof
Timbaland– Carryout, The Way I Are
Kardinal Offishall – Dangerous
Kesha – she’s so annoying but all her songs are so catchy!

And my 80s-90’s stuff:
The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again
New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle
Depeche Mode – Everything Counts, Personal Jesus
Pet Shop Boys – Always on my Mind, It’s a Sin

Angie

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Oh how fun, ladies! I think you can tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to.

Kari, I don't "work out" as such, but can I play too? I always listen to music (and sing) in the car.

At the moment:

Duran Duran (of course)
The Police
Sound Garden
Peal Jam
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Spandau Ballet
Depeche Mode

And I'm one of those people who look ridiculous singing in the car. Not bothered. It makes me happy.

Lisa

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I use the Podrunner podcast, it's free.

Kari

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Of course, I'd be happy to hear about everyone's non-workout music too! How fun.

Angie, I ALWAYS sing in the car. Actually, sometimes I'm not too much of a far cry from that video of John Candy that I linked to, minus the swerving off the road part. I really like to belt it out when I'm listening to Amy Winehouse.

Angie

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High five, Kari! I can hear you belt out Amy Winehouse. Can you hear me belt out Simon le Bon?

taylor

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I don't work out either , but i always sing in the car!! There is joy in singing and I love to sing! I don't care who looks at me either") I like all music from Rock, Jazz, contemporary country and Motown , a little of everything

I talk in the car too...to myself..I work things out.
One day my granddaughter strapped securely in her car seat in the back said to me "Nana...who are you talking to?" Ha...busted!...crazy old lady:)

Jonesy

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Yesss to the Amy Winehouse in the car! I hope she puts out another album. Currently on my iPod:

Bjork
Ida Maria
Black Keys
Foo Fighters
Amy Winehouse
Beck
Cake
Kings of Leon (old stuff, when they were good
P. J. Harvey
Heartless Bastards
Martha Wainwright
Free Energy

Mo

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I should have stipulated the songs were a specific beat for running fast = like 160 to 170 bpm average. Or in the case of the jazzy Take Five, I run to the half beat.
I listen to other stuff as well for pure enjoyment. I do like myself a good beat I can groove to but I have my headbanger mosh moments too.

Mellllls

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U2 sounds generally motivate me to run faster. For some reason so does Kelly Clarkson although she is not someone I would listen to otherwise.

annagybe

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Lady Gaga and Robyn.

Jenava

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I have a Lady Gaga album on my workout rotation, too!

Mo, 170 is FAST! I think most of my stuff is 160 or 150.

Lena

Taylor, I talk to myself in the car as well. I constantly have to stop myself. Heh, now so many people use hands-free cell phones, I guess I can pretend I'm actually talking on the phone

Lena

Kari, to answer your question, I rarely use playlists to work out. I usually use this time to listen to whole albums from whatever genre phase I'm going through at the moment (not slow classical stuff though).

Auburn

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I have a Workout playlist on my ipod that I love (and will paste it when I'm at home with itunes accessible), but in the meantime, I am obssessed with Ambling Alp by Yeasayer. It's a weird song but has this deep almost throbbing beat that just gets me moving! Check it out!

Mellllls

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Lady Gaga is a good one. For the most part I find DMB to NOT be good workout music. I'm also planning to download some Dropkick Murphy's to my IPOD in anticipation of St. Pat's. I think the Dropkick's could be a good motivator.