This thread just makes me smile SO much. Music is the BEST motivator when you're excercising, I love it! This also reminds me that I need to head into iTunes and make myself a workout playlist... I put my whole library on shuffle the last couple of nights and there's just too many songs that don't do the trick!
My very favorite band for workout songs is Mindless Self Indulgence, at least so long as you don't mind obscenity. Sort of an electrical sound and a really strong beat, and generally a pretty good pace for jogging.
My favorite MSI songs:
Never Wanted to Dance
Shut Me Up
Stupid MF
B*****s (well, the uncensored version of that title)
On a much cleaner note, Peacemaker by Sonata Arctica also has a really good slow jogging pace and strong beat, as well as a pretty epic guitar solo which always distracts me from the jogging pain.
As far as bouncy, peppy songs I'm a fan of 500 Miles by The Proclaimers as well as some Mika songs- favorites being:
Grace Kelly
Billy Brown
Lollipop
Love Today
Rochester: Thanks for dredging this up. I love music threads. I'm always looking for new things to add to my workout playlist.
Wow. I posted in here over a year ago! I can actually add some suggestions though:
Harder to Breathe - Maroon 5
Can't Stop - Maroon 5
Shut Up - Simple Plan (Love thinking about anyone that may doubt my ability to reach my goals when this one comes on... )
Suddenly I See - KT Tunstal
Lucky (Short Stuff Remix) - Lucky Twice
Any of Mika's upbeat songs
Glory87 I am super impressed that you include We the Kings, Metro Station, and +44 in your list--all songs of theirs that I include in mine too!
This is a fun thread. Here are a few of mine:
All-American Rejects: Gives You ****, Dirty Little Secret
Akon: Beautiful
Foo Fighters: The Best of You
Jimmy Eat World: Pain, The Middle
The Killers: When You Were Young
The White Tie Affair: Candle (Sick and Tired)
3OH!3: Don't Trust Me, My First Kiss
Chris Brown: Forever
Coldplay: Viva la Vida
Metro Station: Control
Boys Like Girls: Great Escape
Scorpions: Rock You Like a Hurricane
Heart: Alone, What About Love
Daughtry: Over You
Being a child of the 80's, all my workout songs are 80's tunes! I'm a dork, what can I say!
Some of my favorites are:
Footloose (Gets me moving even if I'm not working out!)
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Hey Mickey
We Got The Beat
Our Lips Are Sealed
Lets Hear It For The Boy
I like this thread, even if its old LOL. Good songs never die I am not "up" on music so I have a hard time finding songs sometimes. They have to have a cerain beat to get me going. Threads like this are helpful. I just check out the songs on youtube to see if I can get into them I don't have my play list handy but a few of my favorites are:
Lady Gaga: bad romance, poker face
Lots of Black Eyed Peas including, I got a feeling, Im A Be, My Humps
Sweet Child Of Mine
Salt n Peppa: Push It, Shoop
Eminem: Just Lose It, Lose Yourself
Miley Cyrus: The Climb (good cool down, motivational)
OMG. okay one of them HAS to be Fighter by Christina Aguilera. It will make you wanna be skinny and kick peoples butts.
then i listen to like dance party club songs (like lady gaga) because it motivates me when im running, that one day ill be one of those hot girls in the club with a slinky black dress. hahahah!
Anything with a HARD beat! -
KISS, AC/DC, Poison, Guns'n'Roses, Def Leppard, Van Halen,
Hip hopish or dance style...Prince, Michael Jackson, Black Eye Peas, Outkast, Bloodhound Gang, Salt'n'Pepa, Sugarhill Gang, etc
Some of my favorite songs:
Bust a Move ~Young MC
Billie Jean ~Michael Jackson
YMCA ~Village People
Calling Dr. Love ~KISS
Can't Touch This ~MC Hammer
Pretty Woman ~Van Halen
Groove is in the Heart ~DeeLite
Tubthumping ~Chumbawumba
Pour Some Sugar On Me ~Def Leppard
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap ~AC/DC
Whomp! There It Is ~Tag Team
Hard to Handle ~Black Crowes
Crazy B**** ~BuckCherry
White Wedding ~Billy Idol
Superman ~The Kinks
Talk Dirty to Me ~Poison
Slow Ride ~Foghat
Cat Scratch Fever ~Ted Nugent
Still Unbroken ~Lynyrd Skynyrd
Cherry Pie ~Warrant
Epic ~Faith No More
Express Yourself ~Madonna
Carry On Wayward Son ~Kansas
Wheel in the Sky ~Journey
Are You Gonna Be My Girl ~Jet
The Way You Move ~Outkast
Girls, Girls, Girls ~Motley Crue
Just Push Play ~Aerosmith
Push It ~Salt'n'Pepa
My Lovin' (never gonna get it) ~En Vogue
The Bad Touch ~Bloodhound Gang
Gonna Make You Sweat ~CC & the Music Factory
Hey Baby ~No Doubt
.....oh good goddess! I could go on forever with this!!!
I listen to Beatles radio on Pandora (actually 'Love Me Do Radio' 'cos I found just plain "Beatles" is too wide a spectrum for what they throw out).... I walk for my exercise, and I only have to skip a few slow ones...
I'm a little schizophrenic in my music tastes, but here is my current jogging playlist (songs are around 4 minutes each):
Cold Play: Viva la Vida
Paul Simon: Late in the Evening
Beyonce: Crazy in Love
Michael Franti & Spearhead: I Say Hey (I love you)
Outkast: Hey Ya
Eric Hutchinson: Rock & Roll
Mary J. Blige: Family Affair
I was thinking I should add a little Gloria Gaynor (I Will Survive), TobyMac (Get Back Up), and Brandon Heath (Wait and See). Inspirational lyrics!!
Great thread! I'm definitely updating my IPod tonight .
Now I feel much older then I am! I prefer Swing/Big Band music for moving. I find it impossible to sit still with The Andrew Sisters playing (so I play this when I need to do housework too!).
I can actually add some suggestions though:
I'm a dork, what can I say! 
I am not "up" on music so I have a hard time finding songs sometimes. They have to have a cerain beat to get me going. Threads like this are helpful. I just check out the songs on youtube to see if I can get into them 
