A Sample Of My Running Tunes

At the risk of exposing just how weirdly eclectic my music collection is to everyone, here is a small sample of the music I tune into while I’m running. Entering a scene with your own personal soundtrack really makes a difference. I sub-categorized things some things here for songs that suit my mood/need for different kinds of motivation. I’ll limit them to about 5 to 10 per category. To pace myself, I tune into mostly the beat of either the bass drums, or the high hat cymbals, but if given the chance to, in the words of Christopher Walken, “I gotta have more COWBELL!” (just kidding) . Anyway, here are some random picks, listed in order of song title, artist, and album. If you want to have a better idea of which lyrics drive me, consult with http://www.azlyrics.com.

Pure Defiance

·         One Man Army – Our Lady Peace, Happiness...Is Not a Fish

·         Hair of the Dog – Nazareth, Hair of the Dog*

·         One – Creed , Greatest Hits

·         Animal I’ve Become – Three Days Grace, One-X

·         Subdivisions – Rush, Signals

·         Be Yourself – Audioslave, Out of Exile

·         Du Hast – Rammstein, Sehnsucht

·         In A Big Country – Big Country

·         A Boy and His Machine Gun – Matthew Good Band, Beautiful Midnight

Pleading to My Higher Power

·         Higher Power – Boston, Greatest Hits

·         Meant To Live – Switchfoot, The Beautiful Letdown

·         Precious – Depeche Mode, Playing The Angel

·         Counting Blue Cars – Dishwalla, Pet Your Friends

·         Personal Jesus – Depeche Mode, Violator

·         Heaven - Live, Album

Just To Be Happy

·         Sweet Disposition- The Temper Trap, Conditions

·         Stupidly Happy – XTC, Homegrown

·         Beautiful Day – U2 , All That You Can’t Leave Behind

·         I’m Free – The Soup Dragons, Lovegod

·         This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) – The Talking Heads, Greatest Hits

·         This Is The Day – The The, Soul Mining

·         Here Comes Your Man – The Pixies, Doolittle

·         Steal My Sunshine – Len, Go OST

·         The River – Live, Songs From Black Mountain

·         Senses Working Overtime – XTC, English Settlement

·         Alive – Edwin McCain, Honor Among Thieves

Indie/Alternative Faves

·         Work – Jimmy Eat World, Futures

·         Dead Disco – Metric, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?

·         Hello Time Bomb – Matthew Good Band, Beautiful Midnight*

·         Gold Lion – Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Show Your Bones

·         Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors – The Editors, An End Has A Start

·         Where Is My Mind? – The Pixies, Surfer Rosa

·         Start Choppin’  - Dinosaur Jr., Where You Been

·         Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels) – Arcade Fire, Funeral

·         A Forest – The Cure, Disintegration

·         Half Way To Crazy – The Jesus and Mary Chain, Automatic

·         High – The House of Love, Babe Rainbow

Fade Into the Trance

·         Everything In It’s Right Place – Radiohead, I Might Be Wrong: Live Recorded Concert

·         Enjoy The Silence (Techno Trance Mix) – DJ Sasha & John Digweed

·         Madras – Global Experience (Tiesto), In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza

·         While The Earth Sleeps – Peter Gabriel & Deep Forest

·         Shivers – Armin Van Buuren, 10 Years

·         Immense Velocity(Essential Mix)- Paul Oakenfold

·         I Think I’m Paranoid (Crystal Method Crystalized Mix) – Garbage

·         Blue Monday (Mega Throb Mix) – New Order**

For Red-Lining the Gauges

·         The Fly- U2, Achtung Baby

·         Speed of Sound – Coldplay, X &Y

·         Vertigo – U2, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

·         The Best Things – Filter, Title of Record

·         On The Scene – Big Sugar

·         Scratching The Surface – Saga, Heads or Tales

·         Confusion (Blade Soundtrack Mix)- New Order

Be A Very Disciplined Machine

·         Wind Him Up – Saga, Worlds Apart

·         New World Man – Rush, Signals

·         Machinehead – Bush, Sixteen Stone

·         Warm Machine – Bush, The Science of Things

·         Radar Love – Golden Earring

·         Stripped(live version), Depeche Mode

Strength and Power

·         Load Me Up - Matthew Good, Beautiful Midnight

·         Strength – The Alarm, Strength

·         Fearless – The Bravery, The Bravery

·         Magic Power –Triumph, Allied Forces

·         One Little Victory – Rush, Vapour Trails

·         Run – Spiritualized, Laser Guided Melodies

Get Ready For War/Work Through the Pain

·         Working Man – Rush, Rush

·         Everyday Is Exactly The Same – Nine Inch Nails, Everyday Is Exactly The Same

·         The Trick Is To Keep Breathing – Garbage, Version 2.0

·         Fevered – The Stills, Logic Will Break Your Heart

·         Cuts You Up – Peter Murphy, Deep

·         Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider, As Far As Siam

·         Marathon – Rush, Power Windows

·         War Pigs – Black Sabbath, Speak Of The Devil

·         Locomotive Breath – Jethro Tull, Aqualung

·         Jesus Christ Pose – Soundgarden, Badmotorfinger

Porno Throb Grooviness (Shake That Sexy Junk Baby)

·         Still In Love Song- The Stills, Logic Will Break Your Heart

·         Who’s Your Daddy – Benny Benassi

·         Professional Widow(Armand’s Star Trunk Funk Mix)- Tori Amos, Classic House Mix

·         I Feel It In My Bones – DJ Tiesto (featuring Tegan and Sara)

·         I Love My Sex – Benny Benassi

·         Gia – Despina Vandi, Buddha Bar V

·         Always (Psychedelic Martini Mix) – DJ Sasha

·         Do Ya Think I’m Sexy – Rod Stewart, Blonds Have More Fun

·         Do You Feel Me – Tiesto (featuring Julie Thompson), Elements of Life

·         Push The Feeling On – The Nightcrawlers, Classic House Mix

·         Your Loving Arms – Karen Overton with Tiesto, In Search Of Sunrise 5

Time To Get Grungy Baby

·         Spoonman – Soundgarden, Superunknown*

·         Gone Away – The Offspring

·         Even Flow – Pearl Jam, Ten

·         Alive – Pearl Jam, Ten

·         Never Let You – Third Eye Blind, Greatest Hits

·         Swallowed – Bush, Razorblade Suitcase

·         Sweetness – Jimmy Eat World

·         Stay Away – Nirvana, Nevermind

·         Everything Zen – Bush, Sixteen Stone

For a Confident Stride

·         Made of Steel – Our Lady Peace, Gravity

·         Downtime – The Gandharvas, Sold For A Smile

·         Not Enough Time – INXS, Greatest Hits

·         Starlight – Muse, Black Holes and Revelations

·         The Pass – Rush, Presto

·         Time Stand Still – Rush, Hold Your Fire

·         Love Is Strong – The Rolling Stones, Voodoo Lounge

From the Old Cool Smoothies

·         Golden Years – David Bowie, Station To Station

·         Rebel Rebel – David Bowie, Diamond Dogs

·         Slow Burn – David Bowie, Heathen

·         This Beat Goes On/Switching To Glide – The Kings

·         I Don’t Care Anymore – Phil Collins, Hello, I Must Be Going!

·         Big Mouth Strikes Again – The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead

·         Deathwish – The Police, Regatta de Blanc

·         Driven To Tears – The Police, Zenyetta Mondetta

·         Same Old Scene – Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music, Greatest Hits

·         Games Without Frontiers – Peter Gabriel, Shaking The Tree

·         Tall Cool One – Robert Plant, Now and Zen

*- Also counts as one of those “I gotta have more Cowbell!” songs

**- I don’t have the right track title, It’s the name I gave it