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You're probably right. I was thinking about that too, but I guess I'll never know until I try. I listen to some songs that I would never listen to otherwise while I run. I just need fast heavy drumming and someone shouting at me to get me moving.

I don't think I can approve of Kid's Bop...

FTFY.

Collective Soul has a song called Run. Ironically, it makes me feel like taking a nap.

I really don't run much, and have barely broken in my new mp3 player at all, but I can probably pick things I'd be likely to use during a jog or other exercise:

3 Doors Down - Better Life; Smack
AC/DC - Shoot to Thrill; TNT
Aerosmith - Mama Kin; Back in the Saddle
Alice in Chains - Again; Them Bones; We Die Young; Man in the Box; Put You Down; I Know Somethin'; Real Thing (I'm a fan of them, if you can't tell)
Alter Bridge - Isolation; One Day Remains; Metalingus
Buckcherry - Broken Glass; Recovery; Dead; Tired of You; Fallout; Imminent Bail Out
Bullets and Octane - ...well, pretty much all of it

Shit, this is getting too long already. I'm actually thinking of using this list now, though, so I guess I'll keep going.

Bush - Everything Zen; Machinehead; Monkey
Disturbed - Warrior (it does get me pumped, I'll admit)
Drowning Pool - Let the Sin Begin; Regret; Children of the Gun; Horns Up
Faith No More - Epic
Five Finger Death Punch* - Dying Breed; Bulletproof; No One Gets Left Behind; pretty much anything off Way of the Fist
Foo Fighters - All My Life; The Pretender; Monkey Wrench
George Thorogood - Gear Jammer
Godsmack - Devil's Swing; Forever Shamed
Guns N' Roses - You Could Be Mine (I'd include Welcome to the Jungle if I wasn't so sick of hearing it everywhere)
Jet - Cold Hard Bitch; Take It Or Leave It; Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is; That's All Lies; Rip It Up
Masafumi Takada (God Hand and No More Heroes soundtracks) - Yet... Oh See Mind; Devil May Sly; Handsome Dynamite; Be Ready For It; Steel Python; Mach 13 Elephant Explosion**; Dynamite Rider
Methods of Mayhem - Fight Song
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil; Kickstart My Heart; White Trash Circus
Motorhead - Line in the Sand
Nickelback (fuck you) - Side of a Bullet; Burn It to the Ground; Flat on the Floor; Because of You
The Offspring - Come Out and Play; The Kids Aren't Alright
Papa Roach - Kick in the Teeth
Quiet Riot - Come On Feel The Noise (don't care how they spell it)
Shinedown - Devour; Sound of Madness; Cry for Help; Sin with a Grin; Yer Majesty; Begin Again; Atmosphere
Sick Puppies - War; You're Going Down; Survive;
Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
ZZ Top - Got Me Under Pressure

*: You might like these guys, Pseudo, if you like being yelled at
**: God dammit, I keep forgetting how much I love this song

So much angry music. I don't get it.

I don't think I can approve of "Edge of Glory" being on Kid's Bop...

Jesus Christ that is awful. Nothing like having children sing a song about the moment before you die. Horrible choice.

It's no better than Discovery playing Teeth during it's promos for Swamp Brothers or Shark Week. I get it Discovery, you like to show animals and their teeth while playing it, but the song is kinda about oral sex dawg.

Collective Soul has a song called Run. Ironically, it makes me feel like taking a nap.

I really don't run much, and have barely broken in my new mp3 player at all, but I can probably pick things I'd be likely to use during a jog or other exercise:

3 Doors Down - Better Life; Smack
AC/DC - Shoot to Thrill; TNT
Aerosmith - Mama Kin; Back in the Saddle
Alice in Chains - Again; Them Bones; We Die Young; Man in the Box; Put You Down; I Know Somethin'; Real Thing (I'm a fan of them, if you can't tell)
Alter Bridge - Isolation; One Day Remains; Metalingus
Buckcherry - Broken Glass; Recovery; Dead; Tired of You; Fallout; Imminent Bail Out
Bullets and Octane - ...well, pretty much all of it

Shit, this is getting too long already. I'm actually thinking of using this list now, though, so I guess I'll keep going.

Bush - Everything Zen; Machinehead; Monkey
Disturbed - Warrior (it does get me pumped, I'll admit)
Drowning Pool - Let the Sin Begin; Regret; Children of the Gun; Horns Up
Faith No More - Epic
Five Finger Death Punch* - Dying Breed; Bulletproof; No One Gets Left Behind; pretty much anything off Way of the Fist
Foo Fighters - All My Life; The Pretender; Monkey Wrench
George Thorogood - Gear Jammer
Godsmack - Devil's Swing; Forever Shamed
Guns N' Roses - You Could Be Mine (I'd include Welcome to the Jungle if I wasn't so sick of hearing it everywhere)
Jet - Cold Hard Bitch; Take It Or Leave It; Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is; That's All Lies; Rip It Up
Masafumi Takada (God Hand and No More Heroes soundtracks) - Yet... Oh See Mind; Devil May Sly; Handsome Dynamite; Be Ready For It; Steel Python; Mach 13 Elephant Explosion**; Dynamite Rider
Methods of Mayhem - Fight Song
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil; Kickstart My Heart; White Trash Circus
Motorhead - Line in the Sand
Nickelback (fuck you) - Side of a Bullet; Burn It to the Ground; Flat on the Floor; Because of You
The Offspring - Come Out and Play; The Kids Aren't Alright
Papa Roach - Kick in the Teeth
Quiet Riot - Come On Feel The Noise (don't care how they spell it)
Shinedown - Devour; Sound of Madness; Cry for Help; Sin with a Grin; Yer Majesty; Begin Again; Atmosphere
Sick Puppies - War; You're Going Down; Survive;
Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
ZZ Top - Got Me Under Pressure

*: You might like these guys, Pseudo, if you like being yelled at
**: God dammit, I keep forgetting how much I love this song

From all the artists you named I like 3 Doors Down, Bush, Disturbed, Drowning Pool, Faith No More, Godsmack, Guns 'N Roses, Nickelback (rad absolutely abhors these guys and I find it hilarious), The Offspring, and Papa Roach. However I wouldn't use the majority of these for my list.

I'm building a new playlist and this is what I got so far for a workout:

Mudvayne - Fucking Determined
DevilDriver - Meet the Wretched
Coal Chamber - Fiend
The Used - Blood on My Hands
Diabolic - Frontlines
Immortal Technique - Rebel Arms
Slipknot - The Heretic Anthem
Rage Against the Machine - Pistol Grip Pump
Metallica - Fuel
Godsmack - I Fucking Hate You
Fuel - Won't Back Down (Give You Hell)
Powerman 5000 - Bombshell

... and fuse it with the old list I have, but eliminate tons of songs so I have only one song per artist on the entire thing. Running with playlists on shuffle is interesting, because you never know what's coming next and it actually keeps your mind distracted from the run while you try to guess what's coming next.

So much angry music. I don't get it.

It's for a pump, to get us in the mood. It's there for when I need it (like a good workout). I didn't say this is my regular music. Most of the time I'm listening to something from like the infinite amounts of Gundam 00 soundtracks, the two OSTs of Gundam Unicorn, something classical like Beethoven, or spanish music that isn't angry at all. When I drive, its usually rap or metal, whatever happens to be in my cd player.

This post has been edited by Pseudoshy: Jan 6 2012, 02:41

I just don't understand, I guess...

Not your cup of tea, I guess.

So much angry music. I don't get it.

I don't have much in the way of uplifting/energizing, so I mainly settled on angry. It's energetic, anyway.

Really, how would you picture me working out in a gym?

I'm walkin' on sunshine! Oh~ I'm walkin' on sunshine. Oh~ And don't it feel good?!

This post has been edited by FourThirteen: Jan 6 2012, 02:49

I don't have much in the way of uplifting/energizing, so I mainly settled on angry. It's energetic, anyway.

Really, how would you picture me working out in a gym?

I'm walkin' on sunshine! Oh~ I'm walkin' on sunshine. Oh~ And don't it feel good?!

Actually... I did use to have an alternate playlist that I used from time to time back when I was going to the gym 5 times a week. It was full of happy or at least mellow music. Depeche Mode, I had some Beethoven in there (excerpts from the 5th and 7th), Blink 182, some Spanish artists I'm not gonna bother naming because no one will know them (more than likely), The Cranberries, Coldplay, Goo Goo Dolls, and other slow stuff. Sometimes I was in a smiling mood, you know?

some Spanish artists I'm not gonna bother naming because no one will know them (more than likely),

Vicente Fernandez?

Jesus Christ that is awful. Nothing like having children sing a song about the moment before you die. Horrible choice.

I wonder how many people who listen to Gaga actually understand what her songs are about. I don't, but I don't listen to her much (at all), so fair game.

Actually... I did use to have an alternate playlist that I used from time to time back when I was going to the gym 5 times a week. It was full of happy or at least mellow music.

I haven't worked out lately, but when I do it's always motivating stuff. Nothing aggressive or harsh sounding though. Rob Dougan, Ludovico Einaudi, some bits and pieces from old video games, and some liquid drum and bass.

This post has been edited by GrazedCat: Jan 6 2012, 03:18

Vicente Fernandez?

I do have him somewhere on my iTunes, but I was talking about more contemporary artists like Juanes, Ricardo Arjona, and Mana. I don't think I could workout to Vicente Fernandez, unless the workout was improving my alcohol tolerance.

I wonder how many people who listen to Gaga actually understand what her songs are about. I don't, but I don't listen to her much (at all), so fair game.
I haven't worked out lately, but when I do it's always motivating stuff. Nothing aggressive or harsh sounding though. Rob Dougan, Ludovico Einaudi, some bits and pieces from old video games, and some liquid drum and bass.

The Gaga question would be one to ask cappy. Matter of fact, he will more than likely respond next time he sees this.

I do have some purely instrumental tracks. My favorite are drums that have great beats. I really like Latin Percussion when used in metal and other genres of rock. If I'm listening to video game music I don't feel like working out anymore, but hey, to each his gnome. I mean own.

I would love to see arabic music be more implemented in modern music like electrical and rock stu...
OK, let me rephrase that:
I bet that there's a ton of such music, thing is I just don't get what I should type into the search machine..... something like "Arabic Drum'n'Bass"? (Example)
Unlikely....

Also: Pseudo, it's not exactly pinpoint Latin, since it has many origins from Africa (Arican percussion rules anyway (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)) But you might wanna listen into Candomble music(Dunno if correct but surely close enough). If you wanna know more about Candomble/Yourba cultures themselves, then you do it on your own, but I can tell that Candomble music was extremly influenntial for Latin music and percussion, mainly around Ccuba and, IIRC, Brazil....

Eddy: Ugh, nevermind.... Most o the examples suck..... I didn't dig in very deeply, but I really expected to stumble across the complex and still powerul rhythms that i have been taught while going through events that i don't want to explain further....

This post has been edited by Benjiro: Jan 6 2012, 04:31

I would love to see arabic music be more implemented in modern music like electrical and rock stu...
OK, let me rephrase that:
I bet that there's a ton of such music, thing is I just don't get what I should type into the search machine..... something like "Arabic Drum'n'Bass"? (Example)
Unlikely....

Also: Pseudo, it's not exactly pinpoint Latin, since it has many origins from Africa (Arican percussion rules anyway (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)) But you might wanna listen into Candomble music(Dunno if correct but surely close enough). If you wanna know more about Candomble/Yourba cultures themselves, then you do it on your own, but I can tell that Candomble music was extremly influenntial for Latin music and percussion, mainly around Ccuba and, IIRC, Brazil....

Eddy: Ugh, nevermind.... Most o the examples suck..... I didn't dig in very deeply, but I really expected to stumble across the complex and still powerul rhythms that i have been taught while going through events that i don't want to explain further....

I'll look it up myself later. When I was in Iraq I was actually listening to Iraqi radio stations and I was thinking the same thing (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Great minds think alike? Ok, maybe retarded minds instead, but we still think alike!

This, while its composed in Japan, sort of reminds me of arabic music in the drumming beat and whatever wind instrument they're using:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kztha3EuUQ

I wish I had asked someone what the names of the artists on the radio were because some stuff sounded pretty good. Maybe one day I'll google some arabic artists and find their music.

Also, this is kinda off topic but how come I never see you on skype dude? And awesome avy.

This post has been edited by Pseudoshy: Jan 6 2012, 04:42

I wonder how many people who listen to Gaga actually understand what her songs are about. I don't, but I don't listen to her much (at all), so fair game.

In truth? Very few. I don't entirely blame casual listeners though as her meanings can be convoluted, arguably unnecessarily convoluted. Some are very easy (You and I, Born This Way), others a tiny bit cryptic (Poker Face, Judas) and others require the artist explaining it or a trip to the interbuttz (Telephone, Alejandro). Her music has success because you can almost compare to old school cartoons. An easy appeal on the surface with little thought but much more detail to those who understand it.

Still, Edge of Glory doesn't exactly hide it's meaning so the Kids Bop people had to know.

Great minds think alike? Ok, maybe retarded minds instead, but we still think alike!

Well, take a look around..... it's not hard to become retarded in this shitplace of your home planet.
At least you're able to admit it instead of being severly mentally ill while being called and percieved as normal, as it is with the biggest part of, if not the entire of the population.
Also, better don't dabble too much with that post, what I just said, while having notions of what I think to be true, was meant rather jokingly....

This, while its composed in Japan, sort of reminds me of arabic music in the drumming beat and whatever wind instrument they're using:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kztha3EuUQ

YES OH MY GOD!!!
But you CAN hear the japanese hue out of it....

That also reminded me why I used Drum'n'bass as example.... Those typical quad beats that are underlined with backgrounding triple beats that are the key part in the high-paced drive of DnB music originated in the arab (I don't know wheter I use the correct terms and I also don't care. He who knows a bit about music will get what I mean, he who doesn't probably wouldn't care anyway).

Geez, these arabs have brought quite a lot of good stuff. (They really did- despite islam)

Also, this is kinda off topic but how come I never see you on skype dude? And awesome avy.

Yeah, I am hardly in skype because hardly anyone else is, additionally I forget often.
And you don't forget that we live about ten hours apart.
Anyways, if you really have anything interesting to discuss (We could again compare my naive thoughts on the military with your experiences (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)) then I'll try to think of it more often. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

This post has been edited by Benjiro: Jan 6 2012, 05:13

You guys Skype each other? What does Benji sound like?

Well, take a look around..... it's not hard to become retarded in this shitplace of your home planet.
At least you're able to admit it instead of being severly mentally ill while being called and percieved as normal, as it is with the biggest part of, if not the entire of the population.
Also, better don't dabble too much with that post, what I just said, while having notions of what I think to be true, was meant rather jokingly....

I think I do fine understanding what you mean. I think. Anyways I don't ever dabble too much on your posts unless it was really confusing (in which case I would let you know).

YES OH MY GOD!!!
But you CAN hear the japanese hue out of it....

This is another one, from the same soundtrack. If you haven't figured out from the album cover or haven't seen the anime, the main character is from some middle eastern country. He grows up as a child guerrilla fighter and was brainwashed by some Muslim dude into fighting in their losing holy war. His country gets taken over and he somehow (its explained in the anime but I don't want to spoil it) ends up piloting a Gundam years later. That's why there's some Arabic sounding music in that show and soundtracks. It's a great show if you ever want to get into Gundam. I highly recommend it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lbmuP2bonk

Geez, these arabs have brought quite a lot of good stuff. (They really did- despite islam)

I really loved their hookah. I can find some good stuff here but it just felt more authentic smoking it over there... There was a traveling Jordanian salesman wandering the desert roads that we came across on a patrol and after checking his ID and all sorts of stuff he and his partner invited our squad to sit down and smoke hookah with them. Turned out they used to be Jordanian infantrymen. Anyways, this isn't the time or place for a story, but yeah hookah is one of the great things Arabs have brought to the world.

And you don't forget that we live about ten hours apart.
Anyways, if you really have anything interesting to discuss (We could again compare my naive thoughts on the military with your experiences (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)) then I'll try to think of it more often. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

Honestly, I don't get on it much either but I got on it this morning because a friend texted me to go online. That's when I started remembering our interesting Skype convos from the past. Don't worry about it, I was just curious.

I do have him somewhere on my iTunes, but I was talking about more contemporary artists like Juanes, Ricardo Arjona, and Mana. I don't think I could workout to Vicente Fernandez, unless the workout was improving my alcohol tolerance.

I may have heard the names of those groups. I am part of a Mexican family now, after all. But I've not heard them at all.

Also, Vicente is a fucking beast.