what is your favorite music to play while you're rowing

johnlvs2run · Post by **johnlvs2run** » March 23rd, 2006, 6:16 pm

I love the music by Eva Cassidy. Her music is the most beautiful I've heard anywhere.

Here are the 19 songs on the cd that I made of her music.

imagine
at last
blue skies
you take my breath away
natural woman
heaven
bridge over trouble water
say goodbye
danny boy
songbird
autumn leaves
i know you by heart
ain't no sunshine
what a wonderful world
fields of gold
time after time
true colors
kathy's song
over the rainbow

Here are some web sites about her:
http://www.evacassidy.org/eva/
http://www.oaksite.co.uk/bioblue.html
http://evacassidy.org/eva/q&a.htm

Eva Cassidy passed away in 1996 at the age of 33.

Ben Rea · Post by **Ben Rea** » March 23rd, 2006, 8:56 pm

sounds like some girly music, does it actually make you row better or do you just like her as a singer?

Sasha · Post by **Sasha** » March 23rd, 2006, 9:05 pm

And the problem with girly music is ??? Does boyly music make you row better?

I listen to Eva Cassidy when stressed out. *ENVY ALERT* I used to go see her at Blues Alley (Washington DC) quite often. She was wonderful in person, and died much too young.

Ben Rea · Post by **Ben Rea** » March 23rd, 2006, 10:12 pm

boy music makes me row better

. girly music is a no-no!

MOKO · Post by **MOKO** » March 24th, 2006, 12:56 am

I made a few playlists for the 'ol Ipod, just the artists, let's see...

Jimi Hendrix
Soundgarden
Neil Diamond
The Doors
Muddy Waters
AC/DC
Beastie Boys
Grand Funk
John Lee Hooker
Rare Earth
Montrose
etc.

Mix 'em up and add 1 erg, gets the blood flowin'.

Ben Rea · Post by **Ben Rea** » March 24th, 2006, 9:48 am

now thats more like it!!!

TabbRows · Post by **TabbRows** » March 24th, 2006, 11:24 am

For a driving beat for intervals listen to the John Mayer Trio's cover of "I Got A Woman" Pino Palladino's bass will add watts to your pull.

Usually I take out my "ears" and get a "softer" ambient WHOOSH of the fly wheel and "naturally" tune out the gym racket .

BobD · Post by **BobD** » March 24th, 2006, 12:13 pm

Bob Seeger and the Siver Bullet Band

csabour · Post by **csabour** » March 24th, 2006, 5:34 pm

hmm lets see,

long pieces
Radiohead, Sasha, BradSucks, Pink Floyd, Bjork, Tiesto, Broken Social Scene

shorter more intense stuff
System of a down, Sasha, Darude, Blank and Jones, Armin Van Burren, black Label Society, Zeromancer, Digweed

The Hague Dragon · Post by **The Hague Dragon** » March 24th, 2006, 7:29 pm

I play on my IPod while rowing:

Audioslave
Auf der Mauer
Bloc Party
Hope of the States
Hoobastank
The Muse
Queens of the Stone Age
Rammstein
The Stone Roses
Velvet Revolver

That's what keep me roiing on......

paul s · Post by **paul s** » March 26th, 2006, 10:51 am

I must agree with John Rupp on this one. Eva Cassidy was one of, if not the best interpreter of music that I ever heard. When she died in 1996 she was not known outside of the Washington DC area. Since then there have been 2,500,00 of her albums sold in the US and 3,500,00 others, mostly in Europe. I can think of no other musician who has done this.
She was phenomenal. Listen to her before you call her "girly"

Paul Salata

Brendo · Post by **Brendo** » March 27th, 2006, 9:35 pm

I tend to go to the CD cupboard and grab something I haven't listend to in ages. Then rip the best (my favourite) tracks to the PC in the garage nest to the C2.

Then the best bit is to run media player through on random

recently added
a couple of Dido tracks (i've only ever found 2 that I like)
Bach - Cello concerto
Lots of Queen
Simply Red
Everything but the girl
Manfred Manns Earthband
Frankie goes to Hollywood
various Maria Callas Opera
Frank Sinatra
Van Morrison

and Michael Buble for my wife

I also love listening to sport on the radio (mainly cricket)

I also have an Eva Cassidy album, I'll take your advice and add some of those

Brendin

ancho · Post by **ancho** » March 28th, 2006, 5:03 am

Brendo wrote: ..
recently added
a couple of Dido tracks (i've only ever found 2 that I like)
Bach - Cello concerto
Lots of Queen
Simply Red
Everything but the girl
Manfred Manns Earthband
Frankie goes to Hollywood
various Maria Callas Opera
Frank Sinatra
Van Morrison

and Michael Buble for my wife

I also love listening to sport on the radio (mainly cricket)

I also have an Eva Cassidy album, I'll take your advice and add some of those

Brendin

Brendo: I agree with many of your musical likes, not that much on opera.

But: cricket on the radio??
I think I could fall asleep even while erging!

Neb154 · Post by **Neb154** » March 28th, 2006, 6:06 pm

Hmm lots of things...

Mos Def
ACDC
RJD2 (One of the best by far IMO)
Led Zeplin
Journey
Cake
Bach
Mozart
Classical (in general)
Rage Against the Machine

Just depends on the piece and how i'm feeling that day.

johnlvs2run · Post by **johnlvs2run** » July 18th, 2006, 11:15 pm

Eva Cassidy singing on youtube:

What A Wonderful World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_MaoqaC ... cassidy%22