Best song to push on through
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too many to count (and it's not always about uptempo) but a smattering nonetheless:
train kept a rollin-yardbirds version tho
bootleg flyer-mudcrutch
debra-beck
get back (single version)-beatles
you're only lonely-jd souther
sweet head (take 4)-david bowie
panic in detroit-david bowie
breakdown dead ahead-boz scaggs
lowdown-boz scaggs
walk on by (single version)-isaac hayes
in a gadda da vida-iron butterfly
these eyes-guess who
american woman-guess who
long cool woman-hollies
the air that i breathe-hollies
dream weaver-gary wright
love is alive-gary wright
wyndlesham bay (jodie)-faces
plastic fantastic lover-jefferson airplane
it's a long way to the top-ac/dc
squealer-ac/dc
gloria-patti smith
wooden ships-crosby, stills & nash
down to the waterline-dire straits
hung up-paul weller
5:15-who
the seeker-who
rock on-david essex
hot child in the city-nick gilder
space truckin-deep purple
girl u want-devo
i feel love-donna summer
hurdy gurdy man-donovan
doolin-dalton-eagles
telephone line-elo
captain fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy-sir elton
lucky man-elp
luxury liner-emmylou harris
ooh las vegas-emmylou harris
she's going-english beat
boom boom-eric burdon & the animals
billy bones & the white bird-sir elton
hitchcock railway-joe cocker
rock island line-johnny cash
shakin' all over-johnny kidd & the pirates
david watts-kinks
20th century man-kinks
i'm not like everybody else-kinks
strutter-kiss
weekend-ladytron
willing-linda ronstadt
how do you think it feels-lou reed
pennies from heaven-louis prima
maybe the people would be the times or between clark and hilldale-love
beautiful stranger-madonna
el paso-marty robbins
inner city blues-marvin gaye
electric feel-mgmt
saeta-miles davis
cinnamon girl-neil young
hold on to yourself-nick cave and the bad seeds
prototype-outkast
miss sarajevo-passengers
every night-paul mccartney
downtown-petula clark
pure morning-placebo
good fortune-pj harvey
a million miles away-plimsouls
lunatic fringe-red rider
brave new world-richard ashcroft
running scared-roy orbison
plundered my soul-rolling stones
primrose green-ryley walker
venus-shocking blue
strawberry letter 23-shuggie otis
star witness-neko case
in france they kiss on main street-joni mitchell
america-simon & garfunkel
everybody is a star-sly & the family stone
crusin'-smokey robinson
maracatu too-stan getz & laurindo almeida
samba de duas notas-stan getz & luiz bonfa
find your way back-jefferson starship
institutionalized-suicidal tendencies
the slider-t rex
mystic eyes-them
satyam shivam sundaram-thievery corporation
she blinded me with science-thomas dolby
surfin' bird-trashmen
in god's country-u2
mean streets-van halen
lucky man-verve
linus & lucy-vince guaraldi trio
are you sure hank done it this way-waylon jennings
train kept a rollin-yardbirds version tho
bootleg flyer-mudcrutch
debra-beck
get back (single version)-beatles
you're only lonely-jd souther
sweet head (take 4)-david bowie
panic in detroit-david bowie
breakdown dead ahead-boz scaggs
lowdown-boz scaggs
walk on by (single version)-isaac hayes
in a gadda da vida-iron butterfly
these eyes-guess who
american woman-guess who
long cool woman-hollies
the air that i breathe-hollies
dream weaver-gary wright
love is alive-gary wright
wyndlesham bay (jodie)-faces
plastic fantastic lover-jefferson airplane
it's a long way to the top-ac/dc
squealer-ac/dc
gloria-patti smith
wooden ships-crosby, stills & nash
down to the waterline-dire straits
hung up-paul weller
5:15-who
the seeker-who
rock on-david essex
hot child in the city-nick gilder
space truckin-deep purple
girl u want-devo
i feel love-donna summer
hurdy gurdy man-donovan
doolin-dalton-eagles
telephone line-elo
captain fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy-sir elton
lucky man-elp
luxury liner-emmylou harris
ooh las vegas-emmylou harris
she's going-english beat
boom boom-eric burdon & the animals
billy bones & the white bird-sir elton
hitchcock railway-joe cocker
rock island line-johnny cash
shakin' all over-johnny kidd & the pirates
david watts-kinks
20th century man-kinks
i'm not like everybody else-kinks
strutter-kiss
weekend-ladytron
willing-linda ronstadt
how do you think it feels-lou reed
pennies from heaven-louis prima
maybe the people would be the times or between clark and hilldale-love
beautiful stranger-madonna
el paso-marty robbins
inner city blues-marvin gaye
electric feel-mgmt
saeta-miles davis
cinnamon girl-neil young
hold on to yourself-nick cave and the bad seeds
prototype-outkast
miss sarajevo-passengers
every night-paul mccartney
downtown-petula clark
pure morning-placebo
good fortune-pj harvey
a million miles away-plimsouls
lunatic fringe-red rider
brave new world-richard ashcroft
running scared-roy orbison
plundered my soul-rolling stones
primrose green-ryley walker
venus-shocking blue
strawberry letter 23-shuggie otis
star witness-neko case
in france they kiss on main street-joni mitchell
america-simon & garfunkel
everybody is a star-sly & the family stone
crusin'-smokey robinson
maracatu too-stan getz & laurindo almeida
samba de duas notas-stan getz & luiz bonfa
find your way back-jefferson starship
institutionalized-suicidal tendencies
the slider-t rex
mystic eyes-them
satyam shivam sundaram-thievery corporation
she blinded me with science-thomas dolby
surfin' bird-trashmen
in god's country-u2
mean streets-van halen
lucky man-verve
linus & lucy-vince guaraldi trio
are you sure hank done it this way-waylon jennings
04-24-19, 04:54 AM
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I don't bring music on rides but almost invariably on long rides I get some song stuck in my head. On rainy or hilly rides, the song that pops up always seems to be "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse, with the lyrics transmogrified to something like:
"They wanted me to climb the Haviland Mill Hill
My legs said no, no, no
I wanted to stay dry
The rain said no, no, no"
"They wanted me to climb the Haviland Mill Hill
My legs said no, no, no
I wanted to stay dry
The rain said no, no, no"
04-26-19, 05:50 PM
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What's that one song that ALWAYS picks you up & gets the pedals spinning...
...Indeed I have a subset of my playlist entitled "Hill Country" for that purpose, with continuous up-tempo tunes.
You are out riding in nature. Why contaminate the experience with urban noise? Get in tune with yourself, your bike, and whatever is happening all around you
Cycling affords a chance to breath, think, recharge and get in touch with your environment. Happy 50th Earth Day!
Cycling affords a chance to breath, think, recharge and get in touch with your environment. Happy 50th Earth Day!
It also affords an opportunity to listern to audiobooks, podcasts, music, etc. for those who prefer it.
I am one who prefers audiobooks and have listened to hundreds while cycling. When I want a change in pace for spinning my pedals, wy recent short playlist is:...
I am one who prefers audiobooks and have listened to hundreds while cycling. When I want a change in pace for spinning my pedals, wy recent short playlist is:...
Popcorn thread. 
But since you asked, I mostly listen to talk radio on my usual commute. It’s free-flowing and doesn’t require much focus.My mind would wander with audiobooks. When I listened to them in the car. I found I often had to rewind.
I listen to music most often on weekend long rides. FYA my playlist is on page 2 of my BF profile; about half the tunes are Golden Oldies before 1980, and the others before 1950, with many Big Band numbers.
I have a selected playlist of up tempo songs with interesting chord changes that I call “Hill Country,” including for example "Gimme Shelter" by the Rolling Stones….
But since you asked, I mostly listen to talk radio on my usual commute. It’s free-flowing and doesn’t require much focus.My mind would wander with audiobooks. When I listened to them in the car. I found I often had to rewind.I listen to music most often on weekend long rides. FYA my playlist is on page 2 of my BF profile; about half the tunes are Golden Oldies before 1980, and the others before 1950, with many Big Band numbers.
I have a selected playlist of up tempo songs with interesting chord changes that I call “Hill Country,” including for example "Gimme Shelter" by the Rolling Stones….
I also listen to spoken word podcasts at a low volume in my curbside ear. I can hear traffic fine. On the rides I don't listen, or if I don't like the podcast and pull the earbud out I don't feel I gain any extra situational awareness.
My guess would be that picking one horn out of the Manhattan cacophony of horns, and echoes off the buildings, would be daunting in and of its self.
Whats more, I feel that when listening to spoken word podcasts in my curbside ear at a low volume, I can hear traffic better than when I'm in my car with the windows up with no music or podcasts.
However, it's been my experience that when a music clip is played, even in one ear, I start to loose my situational awareness. I think it has something to do with the way the human brain works....
My guess would be that picking one horn out of the Manhattan cacophony of horns, and echoes off the buildings, would be daunting in and of its self.
Whats more, I feel that when listening to spoken word podcasts in my curbside ear at a low volume, I can hear traffic better than when I'm in my car with the windows up with no music or podcasts.
However, it's been my experience that when a music clip is played, even in one ear, I start to loose my situational awareness. I think it has something to do with the way the human brain works....
...I feel safer wearing headphones than not, because my brain sometimes it can rely on my hearing to hear cars behind me, when the only thing that's actually affective is to actually look.
Wearing headphones makes my brain realize that I'd better look - which is far far safer than hoping a car passing me is making enough noise to hear it.
You can't rely on your ears for knowing what's behind you, you have to look.
Wearing headphones makes my brain realize that I'd better look - which is far far safer than hoping a car passing me is making enough noise to hear it.
You can't rely on your ears for knowing what's behind you, you have to look.
Well said, @PaulRivers. I agree that a controllable external auditory source can help to focus on the task at hand, rather than distract.
For myself, I work at preparing reports depending on careful detailed analyses, and I always have a talk show on. It definitely focuses me, even though I don't pay much attention; it's more a background awareness.
It seems to fill in my mind in addition to the current purposeful activity so my concentration has no other place to wander.
In fact, if there is no ambient “distraction,” the silence is deafening (and I don't have to worry about a car plowing into my desk).
For myself, I work at preparing reports depending on careful detailed analyses, and I always have a talk show on. It definitely focuses me, even though I don't pay much attention; it's more a background awareness.
It seems to fill in my mind in addition to the current purposeful activity so my concentration has no other place to wander.
In fact, if there is no ambient “distraction,” the silence is deafening (and I don't have to worry about a car plowing into my desk).
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Great - Reality
This, I believe is Reality. Get a beat in my head & put it on repeat.
I don't bring music on rides but almost invariably on long rides I get some song stuck in my head. On rainy or hilly rides, the song that pops up always seems to be "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse, with the lyrics transmogrified to something like:
"They wanted me to climb the Haviland Mill Hill
My legs said no, no, no
I wanted to stay dry
The rain said no, no, no"
"They wanted me to climb the Haviland Mill Hill
My legs said no, no, no
I wanted to stay dry
The rain said no, no, no"
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Running Wild by Judas Priest
I move as fast as I can
I like to get around
I'm crazy like a madman
My feet don't touch the ground
I take on all comers, they back down before they fall
They raise their hands to stop me, I laugh and I defy
I never stumble, never fall, never stop for rest...
-Tim-
I move as fast as I can
I like to get around
I'm crazy like a madman
My feet don't touch the ground
I take on all comers, they back down before they fall
They raise their hands to stop me, I laugh and I defy
I never stumble, never fall, never stop for rest...
-Tim-
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Good answer ! You can really tell this is the over 50 crowd with some the soft rock & NPR as suggestions 
My idea of a push-on-through song implies it has to be kind of a jam. Last Friday's 80's day music thread had a couple that could work from @TCR Rider and @caffein8ed
following the motorcycle theme :
My idea of a push-on-through song implies it has to be kind of a jam. Last Friday's 80's day music thread had a couple that could work from @TCR Rider and @caffein8edfollowing the motorcycle theme :
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Thanks - I'd forgotten about "Bad Motor Scooter."
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A couple more that when things get tough on a climb, I listen to these as well:
this one too:
this one too:
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Roll with the changes
Give it to me baby
Too much time on my hands
Hair of the dog
2nd half of Freebird
Give it to me baby
Too much time on my hands
Hair of the dog
2nd half of Freebird
05-03-19, 07:38 PM
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I feel like I'm the only one out there not listening to the oldies station. 90% of the songs listed in this thread make me want to kick up my feet and watch a sunset. So I'll deviate.
The Paradox - Excision
Bloodlust - Killsonik
Absolute Fire - Downlink
Just Saiyan - Datsik
Machine Gun (16-Bit Remix) - Noisia
The Paradox - Excision
Bloodlust - Killsonik
Absolute Fire - Downlink
Just Saiyan - Datsik
Machine Gun (16-Bit Remix) - Noisia
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I got 'Snake Farm' (Ray Wyle Hubbard) stuck in my head the other day Don't even know how I know that song, but there it was, rattling around & keeping perfect tempo during a long endurance ride.
05-06-19, 03:02 AM
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Best song to push on through
...Apropos of a subscriber to the Fifty-Plus Forum, my playlist has Big Band tunes, and Rock and Roll Golden Oldies, rare songs after 1980.
PS: Since that thread in 2009, some additional favorite push songs on the Hill country list are:...
...Apropos of a subscriber to the Fifty-Plus Forum, my playlist has Big Band tunes, and Rock and Roll Golden Oldies, rare songs after 1980.
PS: Since that thread in 2009, some additional favorite push songs on the Hill country list are:...
05-09-19, 12:32 PM
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Another Deep Purple suggestion....
"LAZY". A first few minutes of warm up, then, when they get rolling (pun?) your legs can't not do the same.
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Surprised that no mentioned, "Break On Through" by the Doors
You know the day destroys the night
Night divides the day
Tried to run, tried to hide
Break on through to the other side. ...
You know the day destroys the night
Night divides the day
Tried to run, tried to hide
Break on through to the other side. ...
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