Rowing Music

[old] Byron Drachman · Post by **[old] Byron Drachman** » January 5th, 2005, 5:23 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE </td></tr><tr><td class='quote'> no-one will (or has) agreed with me on this, but classical music for longer rows is great. </td></tr></table> Hi Xav, I did agree with you. In fact, I thought I might have started a flame war. I was expecting people to bawl me out for just mentioning Rossini when there are some nice Mozart, Verdi, Donizetti, etc. operas. Any work by Vivaldi is good for longer rows. Stay away from Wagner. You want something happier. If any Taffians are reading this, check out any recordings with Bryn Terfel. Back to Rossini, you can't go wrong with La Cenerentola, especially the one with Cecelia Bartoli. Byron

[old] Xavier · Post by **[old] Xavier** » January 5th, 2005, 6:33 pm

oops sorry Byron - genuine mistake. Must have been thinking of the UK board. The Adiemus (Karl Jenkins) album is pretty good. Plus the big classical music radio station over here (Classic FM) has very little chatter and lots of music, unlike most of the others, so that's always a bonus. Xav

[old] NavigationHazard · Post by **[old] NavigationHazard** » January 5th, 2005, 8:35 pm

Actually, the third post in this thread (mine) mentioned: <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE </td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>...depending on the workout, various bits of Orff's Carmina Burana, some of the Wagnerian overtures, Dvorak's 9th, Shostakovich's 10th, even Chaikovskii's 6th Symphony...  </td></tr></table> I respectfully disagree re some Wagner: the Handley/Royal Phil versions of the overture to Fligende Hollander (Flying Dutchman) plus their Ride of the Valkryies track make a nearly perfect background for a fast 5k: a collective 16:36 worth of fairly sublime music that -- to quote Mark Twain -- is even better than it sounds.... True, right now I'd spend the last 35 seconds of that 5k rowing in silence, but I can always dream.....

[old] Byron Drachman · Post by **[old] Byron Drachman** » January 6th, 2005, 2:03 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE </td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>overture to Fligende Hollander (Flying Dutchman) plus their Ride of the Valkryies track make a nearly perfect background for a fast 5k </td></tr></table> Oops. I forgot about that. Yes, you're right. I stand corrected. I like Wagner's music better than any other music. It is so loud that one can talk the whole time without people hearing what one says. That is a great advantage. — Oscar Wilde Byron

[old] LeonCrewDewd · Post by **[old] LeonCrewDewd** » January 14th, 2005, 11:43 pm

Heh, we pretty much listen to whatever crappy music our coach puts on for us.

[old] jschmidt63 · Post by **[old] jschmidt63** » January 15th, 2005, 1:17 am

Mixed good hard rythm Steely Dan - Two Against Nature- Many songs from this one Blues Traveler - Carolina Blues Cake-The Distance Cake - Short Skirt, Long Jacket B-52's - Quiche Lorraine Talking Heads - Crosseyed And Painless Jethro Tull - Fat Man James Brown - brick house Frank Zappa - Dirty Love Frank Zappa - Keep It Greasy Jeff Beck Blow By Blow- Freeway Jam Rusted Root - Cat Turned Blue Steppenwolkf - Magic Carpet Ride and if you need to pull the &#@* out of the erg Uncle Kracker - (I'm Gonna) Split This Room In Half Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever Rage Against The Machine - Pocket Full of Shells Rage Against The Machine - Guerilla Radio War - Low Rider Nirvana - In Utero - Tourette's Devo - Whip It Led Zeppelin - Traveling Riverside Blues

[old] Xavier · Post by **[old] Xavier** » January 15th, 2005, 5:19 am

Glad someone else likes Cake. Xav

[old] Bayko · Post by **[old] Bayko** » January 15th, 2005, 8:42 am

Finding something long enough to last for a full 2km (about 7 minutes for me) is hard enough, let alone finding the right tempo. The best I've come up with so far is a live version of Vamos by the Pixies. After a slowish start, about 30 to 40 seconds into the song, the drummer begins playing at 144 beats per minute and keeps it up for about 7:30 or 8:00 as the guitarists and singers do their thing. For someone erging at 36spm race pace this would be 2 beats per drive and 2 beats per recovery. Rick

[old] Ikabob · Post by **[old] Ikabob** » January 15th, 2005, 10:09 am

How bout a little bit of Country and Western for setting the beat? That gits me goin! And where is Tschaikowsky spelled chaikovskii ...just curious...I like his music though and could be good for erging.

[old] NavigationHazard · Post by **[old] NavigationHazard** » January 15th, 2005, 11:21 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE </td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>And where is Tschaikowsky spelled chaikovskii ...just curious...I like his music though and could be good for erging. </td></tr></table> There are several different systems of transliteration for Russian that are used in US English. Three of the most common are the one used by the US Board of Geographic Names, which comes close to popular/newspaper usage; the Library of Congress system and modifications thereof, which is used in cataloging as well as by many scholarly journals; an international system which appears mostly in scholarly publications dealing with literary studies and linguistics. Chaikovskii is a rendering of Чайковский in a modified Library of Congress style without diacritical marks. If you want to see the full LC transliteration table see <a href='http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/romanization/russian.pdf' target='_blank'>ALA/LC Transliteration Table--Russian</a> I don't know whether Chaikovskii erged, or if he did, what he may have listened to. Borodin maybe

[old] Ikabob · Post by **[old] Ikabob** » January 15th, 2005, 12:06 pm

Very good . Thank you.

[old] MarkPayton · Post by **[old] MarkPayton** » January 16th, 2005, 1:22 am

Notes from today's half marathon: Stereo MC's "Connected" can be good and bad for rowing depending on which track you are listening to. #9 "Pressure" is perfect for mid-way through the piece - "gotta keep it up, keep up the pressure". And for close to the end, #12 "Don't Let Up" is just about perfect. A word of warning, you do NOT want to hear track #8 "Playing with Fire" when you're tired in the middle of a long row. The words "You're playing with fire - don't end up on the funeral pyre" just don't inspire when you're wondering how long you can hold the pace. More random thoughts: It's a bit mindless, but for some good beats to accompany a fast row, the Crystal Method's "Legion of Boom" provides a great distraction. For the more classically inclined, I heartily recommend Vivaldi's Four Seasons. The von Karajan recording with Anne Sophie Mutter as first violin is timeless. In particular, track #6 "Presto (Summer)" is very inspiring when you want to dig deep.

[old] grams · Post by **[old] grams** » February 8th, 2005, 12:54 pm

Classic-rock-folk-golden oldies I burn 65 minute cds of each venue for my long rows. Then I don't have to watch the clock; I know I've done my hour when the cd stops. Or 2 hours for 2 cds. Just the cuts with the right rythm. Classics: Ravel's Bolero (my warmup) Fast tracks from Carmina Burana Powerful pieces from Wagner's Ring Tchaikowski's piano concertos Magena by Christopher Parkening Folk: I collected some of these while traveling Greek village dancing Arabic belly-dancing type stuff Bollywood Mexican mariachi Didgeri (for the middle of really long rows when I'm on automatic) Kodo drumming 50-60's: Platters Drifters Coasters Beach Boys Doors The Who Moody Blues Paul Revere Wailers Classic rock: Bruce Bob Segar Blondie Tina Pink Floyd Kinks Meat Loaf ZZ Top Styx AC/DC Aerosmith Robert Plant

[old] susan · Post by **[old] susan** » February 13th, 2005, 1:13 am

Alright, I'm rather new to this, so I haven't tried a lot of different music, but so far the best CD for me is Moby's Play. Boy was I surprised when I played the Crash-B video: they use the same music!

[old] Ged Musto · Post by **[old] Ged Musto** » February 13th, 2005, 8:22 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(susan @ Feb 13 2005, 12:13 AM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Alright, I'm rather new to this, so I haven't tried a lot of different music, but so far the best CD for me is Moby's Play. Boy was I surprised when I played the Crash-B video: they use the same music! </td></tr></table> Great Debate this!!! For me personally 3 of my 4 PB's came from listening to rock albums/anthems and each one still brings a big smile to my face. My 2.5K back in 1994 when I

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