Work out/Running songs

Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 62
edited December 2013 in The Porch
Need some new recommendations for a new playlist. Anyone have any favorites?

Also, live or studio?

I usually go with songs like SOLT, RVM, and Cordoroy (live) to get me through the middle of a long run. Usually start out with a slower song like Release or Of the Girl to get me warmed up. Starting to like lightning bolt! It is a very consistent and up-beat song.
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  • Posts: 769
    Some suggestions:

    Unthought Known - happens to be a great running tempo (at least for me)
    Not For You
    Why Go
    Comatose
    Animal
    Gonna See My Friend
    The Fixer
    Green Disease
    Breakerfall
    Brain of J
    Do the Evolution
    Life Wasted

    Happy running!
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  • Posts: 64
    I like to warm up to Outta My Mind...
    Leash
    Blood
    Brain of J
    State of Love and Trust
    Not for You
    Lightning Bolt
    My Father's Son
    Cool down: Hard to Imagine
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me...
  • Posts: 15,956
    Non-State Actor off the last Soundgarden album.

    Not a PJ song but I dare you to listen and not keep moving :)
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  • Posts: 735
    RUSH
    Marathon
    suitable lyrics
  • Posts: 1,924
    Evenflow
    Animal
    Spin the black circle
    Hail Hail
    Satan's Bed
    No way
    Faithful
    God's dice
    Ghost
    Severed Hand
    Supersonic
    Force of Nature
    Sad
    Solat
    Lightning Bolt
    Save you

    And for the winding down, Release/Master-slave
    Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
  • Chicago Posts: 14,910
    Try some older versions of Sonic Reducer with Dave A on drums….good shit. Always gets me goin'
  • Posts: 366
    on2legs wrote:
    Non-State Actor off the last Soundgarden album.

    Not a PJ song but I dare you to listen and not keep moving :)

    I second that. In fact, except for Black Saturday and Halfway There, I like that entire album during a run.

    I listened to No Code and Avocado during a half-marathon and were it not for the oppressive heat grinding me down at the end, I would've hardly noticed the miles going by with those playing.

    For more non-PJ, I also really like LP1 of Physical Graffiti.

    Happy running :)
  • Posts: 15
    Is this limited to PJ songs? There have been great suggestions already, but I recently picked up KMFDM's greatest hits album (Wurst I believe it's called) and it's AWESOME to run to. As long as you like running fast anyway.
  • Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,214
    Animal is my
    Power song
  • NJ Posts: 1,668
    pdalowsky wrote:
    Animal is my
    Power song

    Good one. In fact I'd just go with Vs. Rearrange it so Small Town is first and then that and Indifference are the warm up/cool down bookends with sweet (mostly) face melting in between.
  • Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,130
    Hmm....

    I usually have my iPod on shuffle. The element of surprise really helps me. :lol:

    I like a broad variety of music on my runs. Bach's Suites for Solo Cello are perfect for running outdoors in winter. Beethoven's 7th, my favorite piece of music, makes me feel like dancing while I run. :) But y'all won't want any of that, I suppose.

    Rage Against the Machine is great running music. Foo Fighters -- Learn to Fly and Everlong both have picked me up at key moments in races (ran my best marathon with Learn to Fly playing during that last mile!).

    But back to PJ. I can tell you what NOT to include: I removed Just Breathe, Speed of Sound and The End from my iPod, because they were killing my workouts. The End came on in the middle of a half-marathon and I just wanted to lie down by the side of the road and give up. So, skip those.

    Beyond that, I'd say go with the songs that really speak to you. I mean, I am psyched when Love Boat Captain or Push Me Pull Me pop up mid-run, but they're not going to be right for everyone.

    Betterman can be great during a run. In many ways, the Vitamin String Quartet arrangement of Betterman is even better, no kidding. Alive is great, obviously, and there are some days when I would benefit from a soundtrack of nothing but every known recording of Rearviewmirror. It's Okay can be a great mood lifter. :D

    I'd also suggest a lot of the Into the Wild soundtrack -- and Better Days.
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    last exit
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    kyuss - freedom run
    qotsa - song for the dead
    did you see me? i saw you.
  • Posts: 1,913
    Force Of Nature ALWAYS gets me pumped doing cardio.

    Oh, and the version of Porch from Osaka, Japan. That version will energize you. If it doesn't, you might as well be dead.
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  • Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 62
    Thanks everyone for the suggestions..,used a few of them recently, great new playlist to work with right now
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    5.12.2006 Albany
    6.23.2006 Pittsburgh
    6.12.2008 Tampa
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    10.3.2014 St. Louis
    8.20.2016 Chicago
    6.24.2018 Padova, Italy
  • Posts: 154
    Montreal 2005
    After the opener (Release), there are no 'slow' songs for the remainder of the main set.
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  • Amsterdam Posts: 255
    edited January 2014
    Nobody mentioned WHIPPING yet?
    I completely agree with the comments on Non-State Actor and Sonic Reducer with Dave. They have been on my list as well. SR is from the 1992 end of the year show in NY

    And don't forget ALIVE and PORCH
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