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3Sport
May 7, 03 14:02
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I've seen many threads of what songs to include on a pre-race, or exercise mix tape. But which songs should be avoided at all costs?

I'll start with a couple contenders:

Mr. Tambourine Man -- William Shatner version

Turn on Your Heart Light -- Neil Diamond

Muskrat Love - Captain and Tenille
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bub
May 7, 03 14:12
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* Leonard Nimoy's take of "Proud Mary"

* "Three's Company" theme song

* "Tiny Bubbles"

* Anything by Culture Club

* or Pat Boone

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baldguy
May 7, 03 14:27
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Hee hee, that reminds me of someone's previous post about rowing practice in college where they'd put on Wilson Phillips' "Hold On" as motivation to get the set over with so they could turn it the hell off! LMAO!

I would say anything by Wham! would be a no-no, as well...(although, if you can picture the gas-station fight in "Zoolander" while listening, "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" might work)
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Chris A
May 7, 03 15:25
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Off the top of my head…

Anything by Low

Anything by the Red House Painters

Anything by Bedhead

Anything by Galaxy 500

All great bands but I don’t think slowcore is meant to exercise to.
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E-Z
May 7, 03 15:35
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I find it difficult to exercise to anything by John Denver... but that's just me.

E-Z

--It ain't a good idea to swim near MY bubbles! Tongue
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Trirunner
May 7, 03 16:14
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Yanni (but I can't listen to him even in an elevator!)
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Mr. Tibbs
May 7, 03 21:54
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oh my god chris a! your musical tates are unearthly and brilliant. you are a scholar and a gentlemen.



in da club by fifty cent. got it stuck in my head on a 30 minute shuffle last night. almost jumped into traffic to stop it.
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bunnyman
May 8, 03 5:09
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"She's a Lady" by Tom Jones

"When a Man Loves a Woman" Michael Bolton version; okay ANYTHING by Michael Bolton

Anything by Billy Joel

Anything by Englebert Humperdink

Anything by B.J. Thomas

Any country and Western

I jam to Barry White, KISS, Kylie Minogue and Lou Rawls while training indoors.
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trichatt
May 8, 03 5:30
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At a spin class at our gym, one of the instructors plays:

Eagles "take it to the limit"

Journey "open arms" (not sure if that's the title)

Makes for a very difficult SPIN class.
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martytram
May 8, 03 5:47
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I learned many years ago that Pink Floyd does not work when you are trying to get pumped up for a race.
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burgerdp
May 8, 03 6:05
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I find it difficult to exercise to anything by John Denver... but that's just me.
That's funny you say that, as my age group was getting ready to start at Blackwater this past weekend, guess what came blaring over the PA system, I it was Take Me Home Country Roads, by John Denver. You should have heard the groans from all of us. They quickly fixed the selection and played something more up tempo, but I can't remember what they used to replace it.
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Zaphod
May 8, 03 11:59
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I had to respond to this one. Our coach and beloved leader "Satan " burned a CD for our weekly trainer session. The tracks alternated between "GimmieGimmie and the Wannabees" and Barry Manilow show tunes. When GG+W played we went hard, we rested for as long as we could handle Barry ! At the end of the session Satan informed us that our average rest was 28secs before someone screamed for mercy and please let us "go hard".
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3Sport
May 8, 03 13:06
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Is Satan the same guy who composes the organ music on those Spinnervals tapes? I was reminded again of how excrutiating that music is when I did "Spinnervals 3.6: Music at the gates of Hell" this morning.
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Ashburn
May 8, 03 16:18
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"Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks.

Anything by Journey.
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