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Hi Everyone

I find I row better to music, and I know I've read other posts here about what kind of music people row to---I was hoping we could share some of our favorite rowing music, because I know I like to change what I'm listening to pretty often....

Please share your favorite song lists! And happy rowing!

Laurie

This also doubles as a great dance list---a little odd around the edges, but it seems to work!


It's Raining Men The Weather Girls
What I Like About You The Romantics
Rockaway Beach The Ramones
I Melt with You Modern English
The Sword of Damocles Original Cast Recording
Karma Chameleon Culture Club
I Woke Up In Love This Morning The Partridge Family
Freeze-Frame The J. Geils Band
I Think I Love You The Partridge Family
I Wanna Be Sedated The Ramones
Tainted Love Soft Cell
Psycho Killer Talking Heads The Best of Talking Heads
What I Like About You The Romantics
I Don't Like Mondays The Boomtown Rats
Get a Haircut George Thorogood & The Destroyers
I Fought the Law The Clash
Should I Stay or Should I Go The Clash
Back Door Love Graham Parker
Cruel to Be Kind Nick Lowe
If You Leave OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
Alright Guy Todd Snider
Life During Wartime Talking Heads
Train In Vain The Clash
You Can't Be Too Strong Graham Parker
I Can Feel Your Heartbeat The Partridge Family
Go All the Way Raspberries
Dancing With Myself Billy Idol
White Punks on Dope The Tubes
Marie Marie The Blasters
Overnight Sensation (Hit Record) The Raspberries
Reet Petite Jackie Wilson

Oooh, good list there, voodoo girl!

I have a "workout" playlist on my iPod, and here are some of the things I have on that:

I have some songs on there from "Greatest Hits of the 1968," one of those Time-Life CD things:

Love Child by Diana Ross
Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf
Midnight Confessions by The Grass Roots
Valleri by the Monkees
Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay--Otis Redding
Sunshine of Your Live--Cream
Crimson and Clover
Think--Aretha Franklin

Theme song from Xena: Warrior Princess (yeah, yeah, I know ) by Joe LoDuca. It's great for a quick interval pull.

Then I have all of the songs on a CD called "Yoga Trance Dance," which has lots of driving drums and a faster rhythm.

I also have some traditional Celtic and Irish music songs that I like, all of which have a good beat for rowing.

After that, have a CD of Egyptian Drum music. Like the guy who reviewed it said, "my steering wheel hates me," because I beat the rhythms out on the steering wheel when I drive.

And then I have podcasts I listen to when I just want to do a regular workout, not a lot of intervals, etc.

I also tried to space the music out so I have a slower song in there every so often, just to gimme a break.

--Jen in Wi

Bond (3 or 4 women only band)
indigo girls..

and ?

-minna

my current list:

500 miles - the Proclaimers (possibly the most motivating song ever written!)
I'm Still Standing - Elton John
I'm Free - Jon Secada
Bennie and the Jets - Elton John
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
Made in England - Elton John
Livin La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin (for the sprint to the finish line)
Where my Heart will Take me - Russell Watson (for cool down and stretching)

I have only rowed six times so far (37,013 meters) as I just got my rower a week ago; so I am not tired of the playlist yet. I am looking for additional "peppy" songs to rotate in. I mostly listen to classical music, which isn't all that great for workouts of any kind.

woolsmith wrote:I have a "workout" playlist on my iPod

Yup, me too. Here's a partial list I posted to the old Forum last December—sorry for the repeat if you caught it back then. I like to row to the meter of the music, so songs from 100 beats per minute (25spm) to 120bpm (30spm) are candidates for my Rowing list. I rotate songs in and out, set the iPod on shuffle, and go.

BPM / SONG / ARTIST
120 / Hey Nineteen / Steely Dan
120 / Maria Moita / Carlos Lyra
120 / Crash / Propellerheads
120 / Cominagetcha / Propellerheads
120 / Take California / Propellerheads
120 / Dance With You / Groove Collective
120 / Ay Mi Cuba / Celia Cruz
120 / Race Car Ya-Yas / Cake
120 / Tres Amigos / Bossa Brava
120 / Little Brother (Mo' Horizons Rmx) / Bossa Brava
120 / Working Class Glamour / Bossa Brava
120 / Livin' On A Prayer / Bon Jovi
119 / Fully Retractable / Soul Coughing
119 / Caramel / Suzanne Vega
119 / The Boy With The Thorn In His Side / The Smiths
119 / Cosmic Girl / Jamiroquai
119 / The Power of Love / Huey Lewis & The News
119 / Los Canos De Meca / Bossa Brava
119 / Bad Medicine / Bon Jovi
119 / Broken Train / Beck
118 / Chick a Boom / Joe Bataan
118 / Basmati / Dzihan & Kamien
118 / Mango Mondo / Bossa Brava
118 / Your Silent Face / New Order
117 / Night and Day / Ella Fitzgerald
117 / Samba Dees Days / Stan Getz
117 / DDR (Freedom Satellite Mix) / Orbital Experience
117 / Peg / Steely Dan
117 / Big Tall Man / Liz Phair
117 / Urgent / Foreigner
116 / Return To Paradise / Shirley Horn/Verve Remix
116 / Frankly Mr Shankly / The Smiths
116 / We'll Be Together / Sting
116 / Boogie Shoes / K.C. & The Sunshine Band
116 / In My Bones / Groove Armada
116 / If Everybody Looked The Same / Groove Armada
116 / Samba For Dais / Bossa Brava
115 / Balanco No Samba / Stan Getz
115 / Forgive Me / DJ Tonk
115 / Savoir Faire / Ursula 1000
115 / Cuban Pete / Tito Puente
115 / Guantanamera / Celia Cruz
115 / Absolute / Scritti Politti
115 / Tidepools / Afro-Mystic
115 / What's Your Number? / Ian Pooley
115 / Deacon Blues / Steely Dan
115 / Frank Sinatra / Cake
115 / Guanabara / Bossacucanova
114 / Don't Work That Hard / Scritti Politti
114 / Pousada Do Amor / Les Hommes
114 / Do You Believe In Love / Huey Lewis & The News
114 / Say It Isn't So / Hall & Oates
114 / A Little Respect / Erasure
114 / Lint Of Love / Cibo Matto
113 / Miss Modular / Stereolab
113 / Guiro Electro - Rainer Truby Trio Remix / Bobby Matos
113 / La Cosa Mas Chunga / Modaji
113 / Second Feature / Diffusion
113 / Do I Do / Stevie Wonder
113 / Wood Beez / Scritti Politti
113 / High Times / Jamiroquai
113 / Old School / Bran Van 3000
112 / Houston / Soul Coughing
112 / Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps / Cake
112 / Black Shine / Chari Chari
112 / Happiness Brakes / Bossa Brava
111 / Stone / Cibo Matto
111 / A Different Feeling / Avalanches
110 / La Dicha Mia / Celia Cruz
110 / Small Talk / Scritti Politti
110 / Didn't I / k.d. lang and The Reclines
110 / I Want A New Drug / Huey Lewis & The News
110 / I Can't Go For That / Hall & Oates
110 / I Scare Myself / Thomas Dolby
109 / Misinformed / Soul Coughing
109 / FM / Steely Dan
109 / Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours / Stevie Wonder
109 / The Twilight Hour / The The
109 / Head Games / Foreigner
109 / Le Baron / Big Sir
109 / Night Fever / Bee Gees
108 / Bodhisattva / Steely Dan
108 / Shoulder Holster / Morcheeba
108 / Club Dandy Goldrush / Bartholomaus + Raabenstein
108 / Clang / Propellerheads
108 / Jet Sounds / Nicola Conte
107 / Maracatu Too / Stan Getz
107 / Boogie On Reggae Woman / Stevie Wonder
107 / That Girl / Stevie Wonder
107 / A Bailer La Plena / Celia Cruz
107 / Latin Racer / Bossa Brava
107 / Jack-Ass / Beck
106 / Early To Bed / Morphine
106 / Let Me See / Morcheeba
106 / Bala Com Bala / O Elis Regina
106 / The Incumbent / Soul Coughing
106 / Full Movie Coma / Sugarfixx
106 / I Wish / Stevie Wonder
106 / Cemetry Gates / The Smiths
106 / Go Faster / Propellerheads
106 / Alright / Jamiroquai
106 / Spoon / Cibo Matto
106 / Jive Talkin' / Bee Gees
106 / More Than A Woman / Bee Gees
105 / Manteca (Funky Lowlives Remix) / Dizzie Gillespie
105 / Zum Zum / Izuru Utsumi
105 / Put Yourself in My Shoes / Clint Black
105 / Girlfriend In A Coma / The Smiths
105 / Perfect Way / Scritti Politti
105 / Headache / Liz Phair
104 / Mambo Gozon / Tito Puente
104 / Menina Moca / Stan Getz
103 / Circles / Soul Coughing
103 / Miss Chatelaine / k.d. lang
103 / Nothing Can Pull Us Apart / Pilgrims of the Mind
103 / Shadowrun / Bossa Brava
103 / Stayin' Alive / Bee Gees
102 / Stiff Jazz / Dzihan & Kamien
102 / So Far I Have Not Found The Science / Soul Coughing
102 / Englishman in New York / Sting
102 / Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago / Soul Coughing
102 / Still Thrives This Love / k.d. lang
100 / Shining Star / Earth, Wind & Fire
100 / Hey! / Tipsy

I am so glad to have found these posts. The only way I have made it through many rows (over 2 million meters of them) is due to the music. And, I needed some to update some of my playlists.

My favorite music for the over 26 spm rows is Britney Spears. Madonna is for the 24 spm rows and U2 for the 22 SPM rows.

For the 2K I have some music that was suggested last year on the forum ---Revenga is the song that pumped me through it, simply because I knew another rower was listening to it too.
Anne
At one point I was trying to learn Spanish while I rowed, but it was too hard to concentrate on the lesson.

Great topic, VooDooGirl! For me anything Aretha is very motivating, especially "Think", "Who's Zoomin' Who", "Freeway of Love" and "Jimmy Lee". The B-52's hits "Love Shack" and "Roam" are excellent too...but my all time favorite wake-me-from-the-dead song is "You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals.

I think the theme song for Ducks In A Row (If we don't already have one; I'm a new duck so I don't know) should be "Shake Your Tail Feathers" by Ray Charles.

I went in the opposite direction last week, and created a playlist of mellow music, mostly Eluvium and Jim Brickman. I rowed for 45 minutes with my eyes closed, visualizing myself out on the water alone. It was great, I felt good afterwards and I actually rowed faster when I wasn't looking at the monitor. I added a couple of Nestor Torres (latin jazz flute player) for the last ten minutes when my energy was flagging though.

How do you get the beats per minute? I think someone posted about this on the old forum and I remember glancing at it but I didn't get a chance to really read it.

mischa wrote:How do you get the beats per minute?

I use the freeware ltjBPM on my Mac. It's manual, but quick and easy: I fire up a song in iTunes, then tap a key to the beat in ltjBPM. When I'm satisfied my count is fairly accurate, ltjBPM feeds it directly into iTunes.

I'm sure there are lots of freeware and shareware options for the PC—try Googling "bpm counter." There are even a few automated counters, but last I heard the consumer-level options were somewhat limited in application (they might measure techno accurately, but get confused by genres that tend to be more rhythmically subtle or complex).

On Itunes, Nike has pre-arranged playlists at a variety of beats per minute. Obviously, you can't choose your own songs though.

I usuallly like a very heavy "grind", typical of Stone Temple Pilots and Soundgarden, although my private, at home, taste runs toward classical and piano jazz. Also, the older British stuff makes rowing refererences, and I often wonder if they are deliberate. Anyway, my list, which in various forms has served me well for 5 to 10 years:

Come Together, The Beatles
Back In The U.S.S.R., The Beatles
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey, The Beatles
Pure Love, Crystal Waters
Love Removal Machine, The Cult
Wild Flower, The Cult
Dirty White Boy, Foreigner
I'll Get Even With You, Foreigner
Rev On The Red Line, Foreigner
Party Train, The Gap Band
Birth, School, Work, Death, The Godfathers
Thirty Days In The Hole, Humble Pie
Skating Away (On The Thin Ice Of The New Day), Jethro Tull
Crosstown Traffic, Jimi Hendrix
Dolly Dagger, Jimi Hendrix
Ezy Ryder, Jimi Hendrix
Words, Missing Persons
Mental Hopscotch, Missing Persons
Walking In L.A., Missing Persons
Ten Seconds to Love, Mˆtley Cr¸e
Girls, Girls, Girls, Mˆtley Cr¸e
Wild Side, Mˆtley Cr¸e
Kickstart My Heart, Mˆtley Cr¸e
Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.), Mˆtley Cr¸e
Dr Feelgood, Mˆtley Cr¸e
Hell On High Heels, Mˆtley Cr¸e
Head Like a Hole, Nine Inch Nails
Brain Of J., Pearl Jam
Do The Evolution, Pearl Jam
Push Me, Pull Me, Pearl Jam
C'mon N Ride It (The Train) Lyrics, Quad City DJ's
Sweet Lady, Queen
Sheer Heart Attack, Queen
Headlong, Queen
Hammer to Fall (Single Version), Queen
Californication, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Hand of Fate, The Rolling Stones
Street Fighting Man, The Rolling Stones
If You Can't Rock Me, The Rolling Stones
Rusty Cage, Soundgarden
Outshined, Soundgarden
Face Pollution, Soundgarden
Room A Thousand Years Wide, Soundgarden
Rhinosaur, Soundgarden
Spoonman, Soundgarden
Kickstand, Soundgarden
Fresh Tendrils, Soundgarden
Meatplow, Stone Temple Pilots
Silvergun Superman, Stone Temple Pilots
20th Century Boy, T. Rex
Discotheque, U2
Unchained, Van Halen
Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love, Van Halen
Everybody Wants Some!!, Van Halen

Since this is the women's forum and people are looking for music, I have been getting into Sleater-Kinney. At the time, I thought a lot of 90s music was derivative, but now looking back, I have better perspective. Sleater-Kinney grew out of the riot grrl movement of the early 90s; sort of feminist-lesbian post punk. Cranking guitars, great beat, and unbridled, wailing vocals (ok, she is over the top in a good way a lot of the time). Here is a rave review of their last album:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/r ... _The_Woods

Pity they just broke up.

michaelb wrote:Since this is the women's forum and people are looking for music, I have been getting into Sleater-Kinney.