Hey, each to their own, though, eh?

(Right now - Sandy Shaw)

Lovin' the others, tho'... well, Muse are a bit lame, but lovin' the others!

You may be wondering what I'm listening to (OK maybe you're not, but I'm telling you anyway!) - at this precise moment it's 'She's 19 Years Old' (Muddy Waters) and next up is 'My Baby' (Little Walter), but lately I've been listening a whole lot to Villagers, Asian Dub Foundation, Fairport Convention, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and Tunng. Now tell me I'm not open-minded! :)

Here's a suggestion Fi - get rid of the Ricky Martin!

Hi Guys, I have run with music for ages,and yes I can hear my ragged breathing & sloppy footfall! I ran the VLM last year, my first marathon, and for the last 6 miles Kasabian Fast Fuse was the only thing to keep me going, and I still love the track. 

fave tracks include

Running Down A dream- Tom Petty

homage to patagonia- Lemon Jelly

Inertia creeps- Massive Attack

Tome is running Out - Muse

Pencil full of lead- Paolo nutini

Livin LA vida loca- Ricky martin

Anything with a good beat- and I do love a bit of Ac/Dc

I will try some of your suggestions

great thread

Fi

Love the Placebo, not so sure about the other bloke.

OOOhh- like the Placebo one- will dig out my CDs - have the Kanye one already on my iPod. Wierd how I would never listen to that in 'real' life, but when running your head moves in different ways too!

Something bizarre happened to me earlier. My music was on 'random', and Lady Gaga came on! I certainly wasn't aware that I owned any such music. However, the really bizarre thing was that I actually quite liked it! Perhaps the combination of entring Mitcham and passing the 12-mile mark does strange things to a man's musical appreciation...

That sounds like good motivation to me...

So I suppose The Specials and Madness are out for you Adrian, it might end up being a ghost town.....You could even do the sax movements whilst running.....one step beyondddddd.

Instead you're on the highway to hell.

I'll get me coat!!!

Hi Folks! I've had quite a chuckle reading these posts. When I started running just last July, I had a running buddy who helped me train for my first 10k, so we chatted and didn't need music. He required surgery in November, and as I had become addicted and had a 10 mile race planned for December, I decided I needed some accompaniment. I donned my ipod nano and off I went...

Now since I was about 9 years old I have alwways considered myself a mod of the highest order, so 60s and rare soul music has always been my bag, however I soon discovered it's useless to run too! I've developed a more eclectic taste over the years and last fathers day I was bought the ac/dc ironman 2 soundtrack. I put this on my ipod and wowsers!!! Instant  running music! It was so helpful,, I have downloaded almost all their back catalogue, some 284 tracks.. Why is it helpful? (as an old drummer) it has a very simple 4/4 timing for the most part so is very easy to pace to, its not TOO fast but very beefy, and rarely gets TOO slow. The songs have a very consistent timing also, so very handy if planning long runs.

I encourage you all to try ac/dc, if you can stand the cheesy song titles and some sexual innuendo laden lyrics it really is great company to run to,, just don't tell my mod friends i told ya! Let me know if you try it!

God Bless Adrian