I get bored sometimes and need fresh tunes, maybe you do too.  If so, this is the thread for you.  Post your favorite playlist(s) if you’d like to share.

  Ya’All Join In Now!

Most of my workout tunes are fast, for obvious reasons: Cardio.  The right music really keeps me going.  (I use my PocketPC phone with Windows Media Player instead of an iPod, iTunes is really a pain for those of who don’t use Apple and m4A DRM, but it’s all the same music. End of rant.)

Sometimes I add in Podrunner/DJSteveBoy tracks.  Check it out at http://www.djsteveboy.com/mixes.html. He usually gives the bpm of each mix so that helps.  You can get them as a podcast mp3 with any feedcatcher.  My trainer swears by DJ Tiesto.  You can also get free workout music downloads at http://www.fitpod.com/

Tonight my playlist was as follows:

Donna Summer - Upside Down
Everything But the Girl - Missing
Billy Ocean - When the Going Gets Tough the Tough Get Going
ACDC - You Shook Me All Night Long
Earth Wind & Fire - Got to Get You Into My Life
Justin Timberlake - Sexyback
Ciara - 1,2 Step
Prince - Rasberry Beret, Little Red Corvette
Rihanna - SOS
PDiddy/Nicole Scherzinger - Come to Me
Sylvester - Do You Wanna Funk
Chaka Khan - I Feel For You
Ami Stewart - Knock On Wood
Kelly Clarkson - Miss Independent
Space Remix- Rhythm of the Night

Suzanne

Tuesday’s List

Nat King Cole - It’s Only a Paper Moon
Prince - Purple Rain
Ciara/Chamillionaire - Get Up
Pussycat Dolls - Buttonz
Earth Wind Fire - Boogie Wonderland
Charlotte Church - Call My Name
Sarah McLachlan - Silence Delirium Mix
Natasha Bedingfield - If You’re Gonna
Paris Hilton - Screwed
Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
Haddaway - What is Love?
Christina Aguilera - Candyman

Hi Suzanne:

Here’s Tuesday’s Workout Playlist:

‘When it Kicks In’ - Iain Archer

‘Resplendent’ - Vigilantes of Love

‘Suave Suave’ - B-Tribe

‘Solar System’ - Vigilantes of Love

‘All These Things That I’ve Done’ - The Killers

‘Amazing’ - Madonna

‘Bad’ - Luka Bloom

‘Diferente’ - Gotan Project

‘Interlude’ - B-Tribe

‘This is Us’ - Martyn Joseph

Have a great day!!   

I’m in an 80s kick right now, here’s the list for my run/walk today.

couch to 5k podcast
white and nerdy—weird al
whip it—devo
you spin me round—dead or alive
sweet dreams—eurythmics
walking on sunshine—katrina and the waves
here it goes again—ok go
wake me up before you go-go—wham
who can it be now—men at work

I mainly listen to podcasts from DJSteveboy (Podrunner), Groovelectric, and fitpod.

All from i-tunes and FREE!!!

Okay...here it goes.

Closing In - Imogen Heap
Cotton Candy - Curve
Out of Control - The Chemical Brothers
Pilot - The Notwist
Nothing Better - The Postal Service
Black Swan - Thom Yorke
King of Snake - Underworld
One Word Extinguisher - Prefuse 73
Sexy Results (MSTR KRFT remix) - Death From Above 1979

This was a random shuffle from my Chad At The Gym playlist.
Sexy Results (MSTR KRFT remix) is the best to end on!!!!  “Let me show you how I work...work...work”

I’ve started a special folder in my iTunes just for workout playlists! I’ve organized them by BPM (Beats Per Minute), starting around 100, peaking in the 130’s or 140’s, and then cooling back down to around 100. Here’s my first two:

40 Minute Workout Playlist 1
1. Too Funky - George Michael - 98 BPM
2. Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ - Scissor Sisters - 108 BPM
3. Toop Toop Groove - Mashuptown.com - 126 BPM
4. Let’s Get Loud - Jennifer Lopez - 131 BPM
5. She Bop (Dance Mix) - Cyndi Lauper - 137 BPM
6. Dreamweaver (Mix) - Erin Hamilton - 135 BPM
7. Come Clean (Remix 2005) - Hilary Duff - 131 BPM
8. Mundian To Bach Ke - Panjabi MC - 128 BPM
9. Iko Iko - Cyndi Lauper - 100 BPM

40 Minute Workout Playlist 2
1. Magalenha - Sergio Mendes - 117 BPM
2. Rendez-Vous - Basement Jaxx - 126 BPM
3. Be My World - Milky - 131 BPM
4. Numa Numa Iei - O-Zone - 131 BPM
5. All The Small Things - Blink182 - 148 BPM
6. Forca (FM3 Remix) - Nelly Furtado - 134
7. I Will Always Love You (Remix) - Whitney Houston - 131 BPM
8. Dancing Queen (Millenium Mix) - Abbacadabra - 126 BPM
9. Manic Monday - The Bangles - 122 BPM
10. Holla Back Girl - Gwen Stefani - 111 BPM
11. Happy Feet (High Heels Mix) - Baz Luhrmann - 110 BPM

As you can see, remixes figurely highly in my playlists...that’s how even a ballad (I Will Always Love You) can become a heart-pumping cardio driver!

Here’s my playlist for 1-10-07

Let’s Get It Started: Blackeyed Peas
Lean Back: Fat Joe
Goodies: Ceara
I Like That: Houston
Ch-Check It Out: Beastie Boys
My Place: Nelly
Sunshine: Lil Flip
Losing My Religion: REM
Since You Been Gone: Kelly Clarkson
Come Away with Me: Norah Jones
Because of You: Kelly Clarkson
Smooth: Santana

Most of these were on NOW 17

Oooh I like this.  I change it around a bit but right now this is my workout playlist.

Bicycle Race - Queen
Love Shack - The B-52’s
La Bomba - Ricky Martin
Changes - Yes
Let’s Get it Started - Black Eyed Peas
I Like to Move It - Madagascar 5
Wonderful Night - Fatboy Slim
Pump It - Black Eyed Peas
Hard to Handle - Black Crows
Too Much - Dave Matthews Band
Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall
Humor of the Situation - Barenaked Ladies
Extraordinary - Liz Phair
Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing - John Legend
Brick House - The Commodores

This is so awesome you guys!  Can’t wait to check some of your tunes out. Thanks--it will really help me! 

Hope to hear more from you as the days go by.

I agree, this is fun, and you guys are already giving me ideas for putting together my next playlist. Some of my favorites:

Everything But the Girl - Missing - One of the best remixes of a pop song I’ve ever known. The remix gave the song itself a new life on the charts.
Justin Timberlake - Sexyback - THE party song of 2006, it’s a good warmup song at 117 BPM
Pussycat Dolls - Buttonz - Irresistible, especially if you picture the video while you’re listening to it. Hot!
Haddaway - What is Love? - I can’t hear this song without thinking of the “Night at the Roxbury” sketch on SNL...you know, the three guys bobbing their heads to the music in their car, ha! Let the beat control your body.
sweet dreams - eurythmics - Such a good song, with that steady dramatic beat
Since You Been Gone: Kelly Clarkson - Kelly is defiant! When she lets loose on that chorus you can’t help but kick up your workout to match it.
Love Shack - The B-52’s - Just pure joy.

I’m all over the board with my music...sometimes I go with a certain ‘playlist’, sometimes I just ‘shuffle’

I’ve been going to spin class, and gotten a taste of music that I don’t normally listen too, but like.

Show (Hey Ho) Red Hot chili peppers
I Run for Life - Melissa Estherigde
Dani California - yes, Red Hot chili peppers again!
Bad Day, Daniel Powter
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Better Now - Collective Soul (pumps me up)
Beautiful Day - U2
Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson
From San Diego to L.A.  - A Midday Atlantic....rather obscure...(my son’s old band)
Cool Down-
How to Save a Life - the Fray
Overkill - Colin Hay
Superman - Five for Fighting (acoustic version)
100 Years - Five for Fighting

It’s really great hearing all the music choices.....I’m amazed how much music energizes me when I work out.......

Thanks everyone...Keep ‘em comin!

I especially like the ones that keep up with my heartbeat......very cool.....thanks Jonathan!

I’m off to down load a few tunes!!!
I’d forgotten a few of them....."Sweet Dreams"- just great and YES a great beat!

Just downloaded, Sweet Dreams, Let’s get it Started, Under the Bridge, Tell me Baby .....

Off to the gym

Current playlist as of the 8th of Jan

1. Vocal - Interlude Cue Music (0:04)
2. The Spooky Men’s Chorale - Mraval Jamier (2:59)
3. Hunter Nolen - One Season More - Special Edition (4:15)
4. Men at Work - Overkill (3:43)
5. Insurge - I Hate Stupid People (3:37)
6. Theory of a Dead Man - No Way Out (3:26)
7. The Cat Empire - Days Like These (3:38)
8. Chimaira - Down Again (4:20)
9. NOFX - Dinosaurs Will Die (3:00)
10. Area 7 - Nobody Likes A Bogan (2:42)
11. Frank Klepacki - Hell March 2 (3:44)
12. Yoko Kanno/Time Jensen - Lithium Flower (3:25)
13. Gregorian - Engel (5:59)
14. Deep Forest And Peter Gabriel - While The Earth Sleeps (4:24)
15. Era - The Mass (3:41)
16. Nightwish - Wish I Had An Angel (4:02)
17. Cobra Starship - Snakes On A Plane (Bring It) (3:19)
18. Three Dog Night - In My Heart (4:24)
19. Press Play On Tape - Comic Bakery (3:36)
20. Christopher Tin - Baba Yet (3:30)
21. John Tartaglia & Company - Purpose (2:31)
22. Scott Smith - The Motivation To Move (0:58)
23. Martin O’donnell & Michael Salvatori - Halo Theme Mjolnir Mix (4:11)
24. Theory of a Dead Man - Say Goodbye (3:01)
25. Screaming Jets - Better (4:38)
26. Juno Reactor - Pistolero (3:22)
27. Spectre General - Nothin’s Gonna Stand In Our Way (3:38)
28. Shenzo’s Electric Stunt Orchestra - Toccata (3:37)
29. John Petrucci - Glasgow Kiss (7:48)
30. Joe Satriani - Summer Song (5:00)
31. Hans Petter Kaggerud - Dont Matter Where You Go (5:05)
32. Ok Go - Here It Goes Again (2:59)
33. Tripod - King of the Video Arcade (2:27)
34. Barenaked Ladies - Wind It Up (4:26)
35. William Shatner - Real (featuring Brad Paisley) (3:08)
36. Tom Smith - SJ Amadeus (The Mind Boggles) (1:09)

its a weird one - but then im a aussie weird is in our blood

Oz-- New, Different Music?  I’m all for it.  Thanks for contributing!

Lately I have been listing to padcast when I work out.
The ones that I like are geared towards dads and families.
Dancing with elephants
Daddy Cast
Kidswifeworklife
Jamesb
101usesfor babywipes
ManicMommies
Drfitness and the Fatguy
then a couple of adult ones
Sex is fun
Bathtalkweekly

Will
Have to try the differnat tunes listed in this thread
There are also several podcast that promot indie labels.
One that I like is Love house radio

Bob