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I need some new rockin tunes for the gym

11 Apr 2007 Simeon  

6 Responses to “I need some new rockin tunes for the gym”

1. on 11 Apr 2007 at 8:36 am 1Bryan Zug

   The new LCD Soundsystem album rocks — I can’ tell what they’re syaing hal the time, but I always play it really loud.

2. on 11 Apr 2007 at 9:56 am 2PaulH

   cambodian psychedelic rock: http://denguefevermusic.com/

3. on 11 Apr 2007 at 10:32 am 3lars

   for coding, I have mostly old stuff (from home CDs) in iTunes when I need to block out the world, or just want a boost and dare drink no more coffee. Examples in no particular order:

   loudest: Soundgarden, Nirvana, Ramones, Foo Fighters, Beastie Boys, some hiphop / rap, Jane’s Addiction, Audioslave, Zep, Hendrix, Allman Bros, AC/DC, Queens of the Stone Age

   british / ska-influenced: The (English) Beat, Ian Dury, ‘Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels’ soundtrack

   alt rock: King Crimson, Bozzio/Levin/Stevens, XTC, B52’s, Weezer (are they alt?)

   change of pace: James Brown / r&b, Radiohead, Adrian Belew outside King Crimson, Beck, Sigur Ros, Chemical Bros, Frank Zappa

   The main thing is that the easily-distracted part of my mind is fully engaged in music I know well (so it ‘backgrounds’), leaving the analytical part free. I don’t work well to new stuff on the radio, jazz, most classical, etc. because I find myself *listening* to it.

   None of my exercise these days allows for headphones (e.g. commuting via bike in traffic demands attention!) but when I used to go to the gym, classic rawk’s beat was good.

4. on 11 Apr 2007 at 1:59 pm 4Mike

   Find some new tunes that you like…..download KEXP.org’s "Music That Matters" podcast for free and explore. Or, download one of their archived shows, right off the website — I recommend "Shake the Shack" and "Wo’ Pop".

5. on 12 Apr 2007 at 2:52 am 5duncan

   what’s weird is that the link to this post from your homepage is:
   http://www.simb.net/client/index.cfm/2007/4/10/I-need-some-new-rockin-tunes-for-the-gym

   which doesn’t work, as the post is from the 11th, and the correct url is:
   http://www.simb.net/client/index.cfm/2007/4/11/I-need-some-new-rockin-tunes-for-the-gym

6. on 12 Apr 2007 at 9:02 am 6Sean M.

   Here is a pretty decent finetune playlist I created. Let me know what you think.

   http://www.finetune.com/playlist/1438669

   For coding though, any good electronic tunes without vocals, dub music is great too for coding….