What Songs / Anthems get you Pumped for the big race?

potsy11

What are your top 5/10 Songs that you listen to to get psyched up before a race or event? Be as cheesy as you want!

10. David Bowie - Major Tom
9. Europe - The Final Countdown
8. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
7. Welcome to the Jungle - Guns and Roses
6. Thunderstruck - ACDC
5. Where The Streets Have No Name - U2
4. I'll See your heart and Raise you mine- Bell x1
3. You’re The Best - Joe Esposito (Kirate Kid song)
2. The Black Eyed Peas – Let’s Get It Started
1. Not really a song but that speech that Al Pichino does in Every Given Sunday. Inches...

So lets have them then.......I have shown my cards!! :cool::cool::cool::D:D:D

osnola ibax

potsy11 wrote: »

What are your top 5/10 Songs that you listen to to get psyched up before a race or event? Be as cheesy as you want!

10. David Bowie - Major Tom
9. Europe - The Final Countdown
8. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
7. Welcome to the Jungle - Guns and Roses
6. Thunderstruck - ACDC
5. Where The Streets Have No Name - U2
4. I'll See your heart and Raise you mine- Bell x1
3. You’re The Best - Joe Esposito (Kirate Kid song)
2. The Black Eyed Peas – Let’s Get It Started
1. Not really a song but that speech that Al Pichino does in Every Given Sunday. Inches...

So lets have them then.......I have shown my cards!! :cool::cool::cool::D:D:D

That's pretty cheesy alright mate.

I was driving to a race on Saturday listening to.......

Fools Gold by the Stone Roses.........

And was getting fierce rowdy in the car, good thing I was on my own.

rainbow kirby

Arch Enemy - Blood On Your Hands
Dream Theater - The Root Of All Evil
Mastodon - Blood And Thunder
Slipknot - Duality
Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
Sonata Arctica - The Cage
Blind Guardian - Fly
Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills
Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah
Apocalyptica & Corey Taylor - I'm Not Jesus
Lamb of God - Redneck
System of a Down - Chop Suey

ultraman1

chesney hawks really gets me goin.....

thirtyfoot

Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

I base my race strategy on the lyrics.

--amadeus--

Tingle wrote: »

Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

I base my race strategy on the lyrics.

Drinking down teh last swallow of whiskey and bumming cigs?

gerard65

Beethoven - symphony no. 5 first movement.
Bach - Toccata in D minor.
Wagner - the ride of the valkyries.
Verdi - chorus of hebrew slaves
Handel - Largo from xerscs
Debussy - La fille aux cheveux.
Chopin - Waltz in D flat major.
Ravel - Bolero.
Tchaikovsky - 1812 overture.

Coralgirl

Chesney Hawks - Wow ultraman1 I don't believe it, I love working out to that song too-all my friends slag me off for it, but I love it!!

rainbow kirby

gerard65 wrote: »

Beethoven - symphony no. 5 first movement.
Bach - Toccata in D minor.
Wagner - the ride of the valkyries.
Verdi - chorus of hebrew slaves
Handel - Largo from xerscs
Debussy - La fille aux cheveux.
Chopin - Waltz in D flat major.
Ravel - Bolero.
Tchaikovsky - 1812 overture.

Epic

thirtyfoot

--amadeus-- wrote: »

Drinking down teh last swallow of whiskey

Yes, at my age these days every race is like one last swallow of whiskey. I focus more on this verse

You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count your money when youre sittin at the table.
Therell be time enough for countin when the dealins done.

rovers_runner

Don't use the shuffle so much now, only on long runs for a spell.

Mostly listen to -
Steel Panther (80's parody, like the Darkness only filthy, legends)
QOTSA
Faith No More
EODM
Pearl Jam
AC/DC
Foo Fighters

MrCreosote

What about songs that get stuck in your head during an event, especially ones you don't want there.

I had "shout" by Tears for Fears all through the cycle in the last tri I did. Headwrecking.

potsy11

MrCreosote wrote: »

What about songs that get stuck in your head during an event, especially ones you don't want there.

I had "shout" by Tears for Fears all through the cycle in the last tri I did. Headwrecking.

I hate it when that happens. I did an Ironman last year and for the entire run I had Boney M 'Brown Girl in the Ring' in myhead.

The DJ was playing it in transition and I just could not get rid of it....

"show me a motion la la la, come on
Show me a motion la lal alalalalalallamfdja skljfnshdfweiafu shdfglnd

Stop!!!!

Aimman

haha, yeah, the broken down record syndrome can be a bit of a nightmare if the wrong one gets into your head.

I have a pre race playlist on my ipod with the following

AC/DC - Thunderstruck
Suvivor - Eye of the Tiger
Jean Michel Jarre - Industrial Revolution
Jean Michel Jarre - Chronologie Part 1
Jean Michel Jarre - Chronologie Part 8

but I've gotten into the habit of not wearing my ipod to races now, so I have to just play them on a kazoo about 20 mins before the race to get the adrenaline going. :eek:

Pisco Sour

My running playlist is:

1) Welcome to the Jungle - Guns n Roses
2) Sweet Child of Mine - Guns n Roses
3) Paradise City - Guns n Roses
4) To Win Just Once - Saw Doctors
5) You Only Get What You Give - The New Radicals
6) The Boys are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy
7) You Shook me All Night Long - AC/DC
8) Right Now - Van Halen
9) Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
10) Chariots of Fire - Vangelis
11) Proud - Heather Small
12) The Best - Tina Turner

I find songs 4, 5, 10 and 11 particularly motivating!

Jenfer

+1 for the guns and roses and ACDC
although i love the sawdoctors to win just once- it gets a play at some stage in every run! and as for the rocky soundtrack...:D anything to keep the legs ticking over!

lukeeman

1. RUNNING MAN - LINDISFARNE
2. THEME FROM ROCKY
3.TO WIN JUST ONCE - SAWDOCTORS
4. THEME FROM CHARIOTS OF FIRE
5. YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE - UP THE POOL

geoff29

If you need to take a couple of mins off that pb, just stick on the soundtrack to any of the Bourne films. Everything becomes dramatic. And fast.

Aimman

geoff29 wrote: »

If you need to take a couple of mins off that pb, just stick on the soundtrack to any of the Bourne films. Everything becomes dramatic. And fast.

I did that, but I found myself diving into bushes to avoid the official photographs, snapping the necks off runners that came too close to me, and when I finished I hacked into the results and deleted all reference to me.

christeb

#1 has to be Shipping Up to Boston by The Dropkick Murphys, especially for anyone with Boston Marathon qualifying dreams!

tisnotover

1. U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
2. Metallica - One
3. Prodigy - No Good (start the dance)
4. Bjork - Delcare Independence
5. Portishead - We Carry On

BornToRun88

U2-Pride
U2-Beautiful Day
Blur-Song 2
Oasis-The Hindu Times
Tears For Fears-Shout
Stone Roses-This Is The One
The Jam-Going Underground

Iron Enthusiast

It's gotta include:

• Numb- Encoure - Jay Z
• Lose yourself - Eminem

Few more suggestions here! http://newtotri.com/?page_id=107

Nothing like hearing some tunes blaring on speakers before a race!:)

Nwm2

'I got a feeling' by the Black Eyed Peas gets my adrenaline flowing because it seemed to be played at some of the first triathlons I did. When I hear it now the Pavlovian response kicks in.

ThePiedPiper

Sinatra's New York New York blasting over the speakers on the Verrazano bridge with 40,000 other athletes ready for the off.. It'd raise the hairs on the back of your neck

Gunnersonny

If you're lookin for songs with a fast beat. Songs 2 - 5 really pick me up when you're getting sluggish.

1- Empire State - Jay Z and Alicia Keys - a nice warm up one first to get ya goin for NYC!!
2- Acapella - Kellis
3- Stay to Long - Plan B
4- I Predict a Riot - Kaiser Chiefs
5- Paper Planes - MIA

napathy

Stem/Long stem – dj shadow
Atlas – battles
Banquet – Bloc Party
Alone Again or – Calexico
Grounds for Divorce – Elbow
Over and Over – hot chip
Mistaken for strangers – the national
Black Tongue – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Land – Patti Smith
I wanna be your dog – the stooges
Although I defy anyone to control their pacing with the first one but for that nervous feeling just before the start it is the best!

ger664

AC/DC Thunderstruck in loop mode

Bugsy2000

There has to be a bit of Muse in there. The riffs on New Born, Plug In Baby, Hysteria or Knights of Cydonia can't help but get you moving. I find Florence & the Machine good on the ipod too. You can't beat The Doors for a long lazy run though - finished off with a cold pint bottle of cider.;)

bluestone

holdiing out for a hero :cool:
poison
drove all night
because of you
hazard
eternal flame
its all coming back to me

madon

I used to sing
Pearl Jam 'Even Flow' and Snaps 'Rhythm is a dancer'
But just certain lines of them over and over again but that was in the 90's when I was carefree.
Now I just make lists in my head
Put on a black wash- Iron the shirts- peel the potatoes-Football at 8 etc etc