Road Cycling Music

big.gear said:

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When wearing skin tight clothing with other males you don't want to be listening to Robbie Williams. Manlier music is required. 😄

Eclectic. Sometimes I even listen to classical music (works well for sunrise rides).

Whatever suits my mood that particular day.

Good question. 90% of the time, at least in the last few years, my music has mostly been punk, and for the most part it's been 70's, 80's punk.....when punk had a real edge. I'd began to think that punk, in it's current state, might be dead, especially when something like Good Charlotte is considered punk. Alas, my worries were laid to rest when I introduced myself to the Horrors, a fun band from England that seems to have been born with that classic punk spirit: they don't take themselves too seriously; their sound is all their own, a wild mix of so many sounds. An NZed friend said they sounded to him like a mix of "The Cramps, The Birthday Party, Wire, The Buzzcocks...."

My punk choices run a wide range: Iggy Pop (with and without the Stooges); the Dead Kennedys; the Adverts; the Fall; the Adicts; Anti-Pasti; X; Black Flag; the Clash; the Circle Jerks; the Damned; the Cramps; the Dickies; the Poison Girls; Fluffy; the Exploited; the Gang of Four; the Germs; Television and Richard Hell; the Jam; the Jim Carroll Band; Joy Division; Ministry; the Oblivians; the New York Dolls; Patti Smith; Patrik Fitzgerald; Pere Ubu; the Ramons; Reverand Horton Heat; Sham 69; Social Distortion; Sonic Youth; the Stranglers; the Varukers; the Vibrators; the Weirdos....also the Hives (one of the few modern punk bands that are good)....and lots more.

Not all is punk though. I love Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Jonathan Richman,(with or without the Modern Lovers), Cat Power, TV on the Radio, Soul Coughing, Psychadelic Furs, Morphine, MC 900 Ft. Jesus, Lou Reed, Love and Rockets, Adam Ant (old stuff, with the Ants is much better), Johnny Cash, Holly Golightly, Nine Inch Nails, Eagles of Death Metal.......

The Doors were genius, and it was, IMHO, the Rolling Stones who were the real rockers, not the Beatles. Early Rolling Stones were what rock 'n' roll was all about. Pink Floyd--until Roger Waters left the band--were gods (Meddle was one of their greatest albums.). Jimi Hendrix just brought the house down. Janice Joplin was and will forever be the funkiest white woman to ever walk the Earth. Man she could belt out a tune and do it with soul.

Muddy Waters is good anytime, as is most any Chicago blues. David Bowie, Archers of Loaf, and the Butthole Surfers are always at the ready. The Flaming Lips are sublime and defy categorization. I'm equally happy listen to Killing Joke, Leonard Cohen (If I had his voice, I'd be rich and my bed would never be empty of womynz), L7, and the B-52's. Joan Osborne can drain me emotionally, while Warren Zevon makes me sing, think, and tap my foot. I'll listen to any classical music but have always had a soft spot for Vivaldi and Dvorak.

I'm not a country and western fan--and no, I don't consider Johnny Cash to be a CW artist. He's much bigger than that. Bluegrass ain't for me, and I still don't understand what was going on with that whole disco thing. Very little pop music interests me.

What I play at any given time is driven by my mood. For me, music is a feral or primal experience....IOW, good music to me reaches inside me. Now what it does when it reaches in varies: it could gut me, soothe me, or overclock my adrenal chip and get me all wound up.

Bro Deal said:

When wearing skin tight clothing with other males you don't want to be listening to Robbie Williams. Manlier music is required. 😄

Yea, what Bro Deal said. 😄

I'll party with Alienator ANY day. I'll even bring some Misfits, Beasts of Bourbon, Sydney City Trash, Gun Club, Scientists, Hard On's, Mark of Cain, Screaming Trees and maybe even some Kyuss for sunrise.

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OK, excellent feedback. So, here's what I'd say:

Beck
Cake
The Decemberists
Gomez
Radiohead
The Shins
Spoon
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
The Thermals
White Stripes

Plus:

Horrors
Iggy Pop (with and without the Stooges)
Dead Kennedys
X
Black Flag
the Clash
the Circle Jerks
the Damned
the Cramps
Television
Ministry
the New York Dolls
Patti Smith
the Ramones
Reverend Horton Heat
Social Distortion
the Hives

and
Nick Cave
PJ Harvey
Cat Power
TV on the Radio
Lou Reed
Love and Rockets
Johnny Cash
Nine Inch Nails
Muddy Waters
Archers of Loaf
Flaming Lips

Oh, and the Misfits. Good call there.

Beck
Cake
The Decemberists
Gomez
Radiohead
The Shins
Spoon
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
The Thermals
White Stripes

Plus:

Horrors
Iggy Pop (with and without the Stooges)
Dead Kennedys
X
Black Flag
the Clash
the Circle Jerks
the Damned
the Cramps
Television
Ministry
the New York Dolls
Patti Smith
the Ramones
Reverend Horton Heat
Social Distortion
the Hives

and
Nick Cave
PJ Harvey
Cat Power
TV on the Radio
Lou Reed
Love and Rockets
Johnny Cash
Nine Inch Nails
Muddy Waters
Archers of Loaf
Flaming Lips[/QUOTE]

That 80s rock music. I find the songs from the Power Ballads collections are great for maintaining pace on the trainer.

Coltrane, Bird, Miles, Dizzy, and Theloneus. Be Bop Baby!

Rage,Korn, Metallica, Steve Morse & Dregs, Rollins Band...

By the way- check out this vid, whenever I hear this Metallica tune it reminds of it ...

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