Motivating Music...What gets you going?

I need some new ideas for my playlist!  It keeps me motivated even when I'm not working out.  I thought maybe some of you could share some of your favorites - the ones that really get you going! 

Here's a sampling from my playlist:

The Cliks - Oh yeah
The Hush Sound - We Intertwined
Kings of Leon - Wasted Time
Ben Kweller - Penny on the Train Track
The Format - Inches and Falling
Goldfrapp - Strict Machine
Chemical Brothers - The Salmon Dance (hehe)
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass

As you can see, I'm mostly rock and don't think I could convince myself to go the techno route!  But any suggestions would be awesome!

lol the salmon dance is my new favorite song as of today haha

Yay!  It's so fun!  (I won't claim to have actually DONE the salmon dance, but working out to it is fun, because no matter how hard you're going, you can't help but laugh).

This one : http://youtube.com/watch?v=E_0aQOxkLZI

Sigur Rós - Svefn-g-englar

U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name/I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Morningwood - Nth Degree

Collective Soul - Run

Nada Surf - Always Love

Boston - More Than A Feeling

This Will Destroy You - The World Is Our ___

Samuel Jackson Five - If You Show Off The Milk, Who's Gonna Buy The Cow?

Keane - The Frog Prince

Our Lady Peace - Innocent

Caspian - Some Are White Light

Daniel Lanois - Sonho Dourado

Explosions In The Sky - Your Hand In Mine

Guster - Amsterdam

My Morning Jacket - Off The Record

Oasis - Champagne Supernova

Incubus - Aqueous Transmission

Hammock - Birds Flying In Sequence

Dredg - Spitshine

God Is An Astronaut - Remembrance Day

The Postal Service - Clark Gable

Alright, getting a bit carried away. I love music -- especially the motivational type.

Here's my race day mix:

Rollins Band, "Low Self Opinion" Velvet Revolver, "Slither" Rollins Band, "Your Number Is One" Clutch, "A Shogun Named Marcus" Propellerheads, "Bang On!" Turbonegro, "Ride With Us"

And the post-race track is one more from Rollins and company, "Shine":

"If I listened to everything that they said to me, I wouldn't be here, And if I took the time to bleed from all the tiny little arrows show my way, I wouldn't be here, The ones who don't do anything are always the ones who put you down, And you could spend your entire life walking around in the nowhere land of self-doubt..."

Girl Talk (aka DJ Greg Gillis) "Night Ripper" is hands down the BEST work out CD ever!

Girl talk mixes music from today's top 40 w/Elton John, old school rock, indie rock - the result is so much fun and totally gets you ready to go! Sometimes I just have to drag myself to the gym and this entire CD has me good to go for a good 40 mins on the eliptical, treadmill, whatever! :)  

 Katie

http://www.amazon.com/Night-Ripper-Girl-Talk/ dp/B000F9RLXA

 

 

Oh my Gosh, Cava!  This is really good!  Thanks for the link!

haha! I'm officially another fan of the Salmon Dance! You should YouTube the video too. It's funny!

Ha!  I think that I like the video even more than the song, now!  I like the seahorses!  Thanks bell!

I am a very hard rock kinda girl (not screaming hard rock) so I really get motivated when I listen to rock groups like marilyn manson, korn, coheed and cambria, avenged sevenfold, music like that.  I do go the techno route, but it depends, I prefer the stuff that has a rock edge, like gothic techno, and I like the remixed linkin park album reanimation. I also like listening to Reggae a lot too, but it has to be the upbeat in tempo, not the slower stuff like Bob Marley's Redemption song, and no woman no cry, they're more like cool down music to me.

welcome home- coheed and cambria..very high energy gets me goin

Try "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor and Aretha Franklin's "Respect" - they'll get you moving!  Mental and emotional health is just as important and these 2 tunes are very empowering!

I run to a lot of 70's Disco-type music - the beat keeps me motivated and it's a load of fun.  I guess I'm dating myself by admitting this but "oh, well!"

I could not go a day without my christian techno...  Nitro Praise.. and  christian rock like David Crowder  , Newsboys , you can dance  and  praise and loose weight all at the same time!

It might sound like a strange song, but its a very fast paced beat. The song is "Paralyzer" by Finger Eleven. Not sure if its something you'd like or not. Just thought I'd throw it out there for you. Hope you like it. Kathleen

Generally, it depends on how motivated I am that day to work out. Usually though, these are the staples.

 

If I'm eager to work out as is, and just want something to hum along to, I usually listen to these. 

Kings of leon - Woo Hoo, My third house, Velvet Snow, Pistol of fire and Four kicks. [i really do like them, haha].
Animal Collective -  Banshee Beat, We Tigers, For Reverend Green.
The Cure - Why Can't I be You?
Polyphonic Spree - Anything really, haha. They just inspire a fun mood.
Arctic Monkeys - Again, anything usually.
Metric - Combat Baby, Monster Hospital
Girl Talk - ANYTHING. So amazingly fun, ahha.

If I'm feeling overly depressed and I need the endorphines that working out provides, but I'm just in a lazy mood, these get me going because of the lyrics.

 

Rilo Kiley - Silver Lining.
Joy Division -  She's  lost control.
The Smiths- The Queen is Dead.
The Cure - Disintegration
 

It's all house music for me!  More uplifting and motivating than anything else I could listen to, excellent for jogging and weight lifting! :)

Back up to the 60s and 70s:

Sam and Dave- Thank you

Aretha Franklin- Respect

Edwin Starr- 25 Miles to Go

Ram Jam- Black Betty

Rod Stewart- Hot legs

LOL.  I could go on and on and on and on....

Almost anything by Be Bop Deluxe!

I get hyped by lots of different music...

"Don't Stop" by ATB

"Forever Today" Tiesto

"Honky Tonk Woman" The Rolling Stones

"I Don't Need Love I've Got My Band" The Radio Dept.

"LDN" Lily Allen

"Don't Stop Me Now" Queen

"This Fire" Franz Ferdinand

"Dancing With Myself" Billy Idol

"All my Loving" The Beatles!

"Suddenly I See" KT Tunstall

... just a few examples 

chromeo!