Thursday, August 25, 2011

Sweaty beats.

Key to good workout music?  Be your own DJ.  If it’s got a good tempo, if it makes you happy, if it makes you want to dance, add it.  If it just makes you incredibly happy, add it!  I mean, who’d think that “Stuck in the Middle with You” by Steelers Wheel would make it into a workout mix?  Well, it makes me happy, and it’s a great warmup pace.  So I use it.  There’s no wrong or right.  Just do it.

I’ve got a somewhat regular mix I use, but my roommate, Caity, and I thought it would be fun to give you our top 10 workout songs each month.  So for the month of August, here you go!

Sarah's top picks...  Listen here!
Chicago - Old Days
ELO - Boy Blue
Steelers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle With You
George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag
T. Rex - 20th Century Boy
David Bowie - Sufragette City
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
Crystal Castles - Vanished
Joy Division - Isolation
XTC - Helicopter

Caity's top picks...  Listen here!  
White Stripes - Hotel Yorba
The Knack - My Sharona
Tori Amos - Big Wheel
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date with the Night
Talking Heads - Lifetime Piling Up
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
Lady Gaga - Just Dance
Modest Mouse - Dashboard
James - Laid
Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop




It was so hard to pick just 10.
What would you have in your mix?  Do tell!

6 comments:

  1. Steelers Wheel, T. Rex, Yeah Yeahs, and Modest Mouse have all been staples on my workout mix!
    ~Lindsey

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  2. We've gotta swapsies our playlists some night!

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  3. Awesome, Lindsey! And, yes - O'Leary... I will be stealing some of your top 10. I don't know how Date with the Night hasn't made it into my workout playlist. It pumps me up like crazy.

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  4. I used to work out to rap music. All the big booty references take the pressure off, while the beat keeps my feet moving. The last time I worked out I was listening to kan-to-the-eay! (kanye) that shows you how long it has been since i have worked out...

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  5. these songs are rad!!love bowie..he's such an icon!

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  6. Thanks, lady! Maybe we'll start having a guest top 10, and I can hit you up one of these months. :)

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