What music do you row to?

[Rownan]

Searched the archives but couldn't find a thread on this. No doubt we all like diff stuff.

I'm quite into electronic music, house and techno and the like go well with rowing but sometimes the tempo is a bit quick for a beginner.

I like some older more experimental stuff too, today I rowed with this on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys0HyevZpQg - great repetitive rhythm!

I listen to the occasional podcast too but music is better if possible.

[Citroen]

You must be new here.

These "what music do you row to" threads are tedious in the extreme. Pick what you like. What does it matter what I do or don't like?

[Rownan]

**** man, don't read it if you don't like it, it's a big internet

[edinborogh]

when i use to go to the gym, i had a sony waterproof headset and had some 80's rock music.
when i returned from an injury my wife bought me a model D and i row at home in front of my laptop while watching youtube things.

[blues_]

As I mentioned in our recent PM, I don't listen to music when I row. (Or lift weights.)

Must be the curmudgeonliness of incipient old age.

[jimmyshand]

I have what most people would consider to be strange/bad taste in music so I'm always interested to see what people recommend.

I have a couple of 2k playlists which are more Rocky Balboa style but for longer rows it's a mix of stuff, including John Denver (Country Roads, Rocky Mountain High), Jim Croce (Time in a Bottle), Gordon Lightfoot (If You Could Read My Mind), the Eagles, Arcade Fire, Tracy Chapman, Vangelis, Elton John, Cat Stevens...

Okay I've already done enough harm to any reputation I had. Also possibly a bit of Dixie Chicks, Bastille and Frankie Miller. I will listen to anything from bagpipe music to electronica but I'm not crazy about jazz or hip hop.

[Dangerscouse]

Always house and techno for me. Nothing else gets me going enough and I listen to A LOT of music. I have probably got over 3000 albums of most genres you can think of.

@Jimmyshand, nothing wrong with those selections mate, I just can't row to them

[hjs]

The sound of the roring fan....

[jackarabit]

Weird! I would swear Doug locked this thread earlier this morning immediately after the Irish fellow’s second post. Must have had second thoughts.

[Cyclist2]

Music (or other stuff) is a personal choice, my preferences don't matter, but...

I use noise cancelling headphones with my music to eliminate the erg noise and cooling fan noise to try to preserve my rapidly dwindling hearing.

What???!

[jackarabit]

I have tinnitus. I hear crickets. I don’t listen to them.

[Dangerscouse]

Weird! I would swear Doug locked this thread earlier this morning immediately after the Irish fellow’s second post. Must have had second thoughts.

Hahaha, he did and yeah he must have

[Rownan]

Yep, he locked it then deleted the post he made saying he locked it. What happened, besides the several other threads/posts he deleted, of his own and others, and the private messages, is detailed here, to an extent: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=179698

Glad some people dignified this thread with a response

[Rownan]

I have a couple of 2k playlists which are more Rocky Balboa style but for longer rows it's a mix of stuff, including John Denver (Country Roads, Rocky Mountain High), Jim Croce (Time in a Bottle), Gordon Lightfoot (If You Could Read My Mind), the Eagles, Arcade Fire, Tracy Chapman, Vangelis, Elton John, Cat Stevens...

really like gordon lightfoot and dunno if i've ever heard a vangelis record i didn't like.

[JerekKruger]

Tool and Led Zeppelin are my two go-tos.