Do you find that music can add a positive or negative effect to your workouts? It makes a tremendous difference for me. I like all kinds of music! My selection is a hodge-podge of pop, alternative, rock, dance and disco. In fact, a half-way intelligent introduction for this bizarre list totally eludes me! I just put it all on my iPod shuffle and let it do its thing. I do find that I like fast, upbeat music for circuits, timed sets, intervals, etc. and lean toward rock for heavy lifting. Some of these songs just make me laugh (you'll know which ones), sometimes I just want to stop lifting and start dancing, and others are so classic. Who could hear the theme from Rocky and not want to bust it? Here's some of what you might find on my iPod in no particular order:
I Know You Want Me(Calle Ocho) - Pitbull
Boom Boom Pow - Black-eyed Peas
If Today Was Your Last Day - Nickelback
That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings
Pon de Replay - Rhianna
Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin
Give It To Me - Timbaland (Timberlake/Furtado)
What is Love - Haddaway
Hips Don't Lie - Shakira
Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
Burn Rubber - The Gap Band
Call Me When You're Sober - Evanescence
Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky) - Bill Conti
Check on It - Beyonce & Slim Thug
Feedback - Janet Jackson
Legs - ZZ Top
Pump It - Black-eyed Peas
Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses
Free Your Mind - En Vogue
Enter Sandman - Metallica
When I Grow Up - The Pussycat Dolls
Poker Face - Lady GaGa
Fight for Your Right - Beastie Boys
You Dropped a Bomb on Me - The Gap Band
I Feel Love - Blue Man Group
Love in an Elevator - Aerosmith
Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) - C+C Music Factory
SexyBack - Justin Timberlake
In the Ayer - Flo Rida
I'm Your Boogie Man - K.C. & The Sunshine Band
I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
Know Your Enemy - Green Day
Livin' on the Edge - Aerosmith
The Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
Whip It - Devo
Lose My Breath - Destiny's Child
Mony, Mony - Billy Idol
Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) - The Offspring
Love Shack - The B-52's
Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet
Shake It - Metro Station
Boogie Shoes - K.C. & The Sunshine Band
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Authority Song - John Mellencamp
U Got the Look - Prince
Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen
Bad Case of Lovin' You - Robert Palmer
Train, Train - Blackfoot
Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Put Your Hands Up in the Air! (Radio Edit) - Danzel
Pump Up the Jam - Technotronic
Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy) - Sugar Ray
Slow Ride - Foghat
Right Round - Flo Rida
Kickstart My Heart - Motley Crue
So What - Pink
Groove is in the Heart - Deee-Lite
American Woman - The Guess Who
What I Like About You - The Romantics
Give it to Me Baby - Rick James
What are some of the songs you listen to while you're working out, and what am I missing that is good? Would love to hear about your favorites.
4 comments:
As much as I love Led Zep, I'd have to drop them. Great group, great songs, but they just don't fill my workout the blue aura I so desire.
Shakin' - Eddie Money
We are the Body - Casting Crowns (?...yeah, a religious-type tune)
Back in Black, Shook Me (all night long), Shoot to Thrill, TNT - AC/DC
Panama, Good Enough - Van Halen/Van Hagar
Shakin Hands, Something in your mouth - Nickelback (actually I listen to 90% the Darkhorse CD during some sessions)
That's just some of what I listen to...but never KC and the Sunshine Band...EVER. Lady Caca is also banned from within 100m of my ears. Poker Face? how 'bout Huge Shnozzola
My big nose, my my my big nose
I wanna small nose just like on Michael Jackson
It's too big, gets in the way and like the Stones I want some Satifaction
I get down and low every time I catch the flu
This thing's so huge that when I'm sick I need a bucket for all the goo
Muh muh muh my big nose, muh muh muh my big nose
Sorry...digressed into impromptu parody again
later, MikeZ
Great list, Kelley!!! Saw a few on your list I need to add to mine...
Groups on my ipod at the moment that I like to sweat to:
3 Doors Down, Third Eye Blind, Disturbed, Paramore, Metallica, Nickelback, Jimmy Eat World, Green Day, Eve 6, Fuel, Dirty Vegas, Blink-182, Benassi Bros, AFI, Breaking Benjamin, Sugarcult, Seether, Metro Station, Live, Creed, Linkin Park, Foo Fighters to name a few...
(I think MikeZ also has a few cuts of Mike Ditka's tribute to AC/DC)
Thanks for the post, Kelley!!!
Fred
Great list Kelley! I like that Pitbull song too! :) I have it on my run and lifting playlists right now. Thanks for sharing.
MikeZ, as always you crack me up! Thanks for sharing what you like too. C'mon though, NEVER K.C. & The Sunshine Band?
Fred, what a great list of groups. Some of these I don't know and will have to check out. But, I'm also really bad about liking songs but not knowing the artist!
GreenTeaGirl, when I hear that PitBull song I can't get it out of my head for quite a while. Be sure to let me know if I'm missing a good one that you like and think I should add!
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