Running Music!

Up until recently I’ve used Pandora every time I workout or run. And it got SUPER annoying. Mostly the commercials. I haaaaaaaate commercials! Which is also why I DVR everything I want to watch on TV (but that’s a-whole-nother story). At any rate… besides the excessive commercials, it also stops and asks if “I’m still listening”. the music cutting off in the middle of a run is also SUPER annoying. Then I have to stop, pause my watch, take my armband off, turn the music back on, put the arm band back on, unpause my watch, THEN get back into my “groove”. NOT COOL.

Um, that turned into more of a rant than I intended. The whole point of this post was to share my new running playlist! I upgraded my phone, and used it as an excuse to finally download iTunes, and start working on my music library again!

I’ve got an eclectic mix of running tunes. I like to mix it up a bit. I tried to leave off music I hear a lot on the radio (or Sirius, or Pandora). Some of these came from a “top 100 running songs” search I did on Yahoo!, I’ll post some of the lists at the end.

The total playlist is 45 songs and about 3 hours long. ENJOY.

1. Hands- The Ting Tings
2. Bubbles- Biffy Clyro (I love this guy’s voice, but not his name.)
3. Like a G6- Far East Movement
4. I bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor- Arctic Monkeys
5. Should I Stay or Should I Go- The Clash
6. Kickstart My Heart- Motley Crue
7. I Believe in a Thing Called Love- The Darkness
8. Breathe, Stretch, Shake- Mase
9. Lose yourself- Eminem
10. Hey Ya!- Outkast
11. Sex Type Thing- Stone Temple Pilots
12. Wolf Like Me- TV On the Radio
13. Closer- Nine Inch Nails
14. The State of Massachusetts- Dropkick Murphys (I’d probably have a doz more DKM songs, but I didn’t want to crowd my playlist with a ton of stuff from the same band)
15. Never Miss a Beat- Kaiser Chiefs
16. Smells Like Teen Spirit- Nirvana
17. We Didn’t Start the Fire- Billy Joel
18. Dog Days Are Over- Florence + the Machine
19. London Calling- The Clash
20. Daft Punk Is Playing At My House- LCD Soundsystem
21. Chelsea Dagger- The Fratellis
22. We Got the Beat- The Go-Go’s
23. Epic- Faith No More
24. Atlas- Battles
25. Immigrant Song- Led Zeppelin
26. Head Like a Hole- Nine Inch Nails
27. Rebel Yell- Billy Idol
28. Crazy Bitch- Buckcherry
29. Baba O’Riley- The Who
30. Come Out and Play- The Offspring
31. Kashmir- Led Zepplin
32. Sabotage- Beastie Boys (again… I’d fill my playlist with these guys. But only the old school stuff)
33. Double Vision- 3oh!3 (again… full playlist)
34. The Distance- Cake
35. I Just Wanna Run- The Downtown Fction
36. Tik Tok- Ke$ha
37. Keep Your Head- The Ting Tings
38. Higher Ground- Red Hot Chili Peppers
39. Lasso- Phoenix
40. Banditos- The Refreshments
41. Toxic- Britney Spears
42. My Body- Young the Giant
43. Joker & the Thief- Wolfmother
44. Another One Bites the Dust- Queen
45. Uprising- Muse

Not too shabby right? There are a few songs that I’m kind of embarrassed to admit are on there (Tik Tok, and Toxic), but I just couldn’t help myself. There are also a few band/ groups/ artists that I’ll def be adding more songs from (Beasties, 3oh!3).

 

Happy Workouts & Happy Running!

-Hey Waitress!!

2012 Summah Muzak!!

First off… my humblest apologies for not posting anything besides baked goods for the past month or so. Unless that’s all you really want, then you’re welcome. I’ve been super distracted by the wonderful sunshine and the pool. Basically, I’ve spent as much time laying out poolside as possible! Oh, and I’ve started “training” for a 5k. HA! I hate it, I mean, dislike it very much. I’m forever chasing the Runner’s High, and never find it. Not to mention I’m still not 100% in the health department. But I’ve convinced myself that I want to run a half marathon by the time I turn 30! EEEK! So, I figured I’d start “easy”. 😉 I’m on week 5 of the CouchTo5K program, and it’s been pretty good. Google it! Oh and the other distraction… THE OLYMPICS have been on  for a little over a week… GO USA!!

 

But back to the point… While I’ve been running, and laying out poolside I’ve had plenty of time for some tunes. Check out my Fav Summah Muzak, in no particular order.

1. Laid- James
2. Walk- Pantera
3. HarderBetter- DeadMau5
4. Teanage Bottle Rocket… that’s a band, not a song. I know, cheating.
5. Bully- Shinedown
6. Girls Girls Girls- Motley Crue
7. Irresistible Forces- Janes Addiction
8. Blaze of Glory- Bon Jovi
9. Come Together- Aerosmith
10. City Lights- Strung Out
11. Old Man- Redlight Kings
12. My Body- Young the Giant
13. Gasoline- Seether
14. Monkey Wrench- Foo Fighters
15. Touch It- Monifa (90’s rap flashback anyone?)
16. We Are Young- fun. (altho… I am sick of it by now)
17. Bottom of a Bottle- Smile Empty Soul
18. Lepers, Theives, Whores- Swinging Utters
19. How Bizarre- OMC
20. Story of My Life- Social Distortion
21. Rock N Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution- AC/DC
22. Like a Rolling Stone- Bob Dylan
23. Voodoo- Godsmack
24. Bullet w/ Butterfly Wings- Smashing Pumpkins
25. When You Where Young- the Killers
26. Quarter to Three- Gary “U.S.” Bonds
27. Sex Type Thing- Stone Temple Pilots
28. Magic of Youth- Might Mighty Bosstones
29. All or Nothing- Pennywise
30. Someday- Sugar Ray
31. America- Deuce
32. Hit Me Like a Man- the Pretty Reckless
33. Selling the Drama- Live
34. Far Away- MxPx
35. Good Things- The Menzingers
36. Revolution- Terrible Things
37. Get Ready 4 This- 2unlimited
38. Freak Like Me- Halestorm
39. Rock Candy- Montrose
40. Voices- Mat Skiba
41. Yesterday- Street Dogs
42. Into the Groove- Madonna
43. Seven Minutes in Heaven- FallOutBoy
44. Renegade- Styx
45. Breed- Nirvana
46. Gimme the Sweet and Lowdown- Social Distortion
47. Hell on Heels- Pistol Annies
48. Love Like Crazy- Lee Brice
49. Heart Attack- Low Vs. Diamond
50. Good Intentions- Toad the Wet Sprocket
51. Plowed- Sponge
52. Sick, Sick, Sick- Bayside
53. Your Girlfriend Sucks- Reel Big Fish
54. 45- Gaslight Anthem
55. Oh Love- Greenday
56. Get It Daddy- Sleeper Agent
57. Mountain Sound- Of Monsters & Men
58. The Fortunate- Cartel
59. American Scream- Alkaline Trio
60. Let’s Go- Travis Barker & Busta Rymes

Take a listen, and enjoy the rest of the Summah!

-Hey Waitress!!

Songs From an Old IPod

My husband and I are taking a trip to Texas next month, and it involves 4 airports and 3 airplanes. This much air travel REQUIRES music. Especially because I can’t stand airplane sounds (coughing, kids, other people’s conversations), small spaces, large crowds, heights… I’m a terrible air traveller, but that’s a post for a different time.

Back to the point… Music. I need music to travel.  Because I don’t want to KILL KILL KILL my phone’s battery, I dug through all our boxes of crap, and found my old Ipod. I haven’t used it since 2009(ish). I’m not sure why. It probably had something to do with being too cheap to buy new music, the fact we subscribe to Sirus/XM, or the invention of Pandora…

What I’m getting at here is that I installed ITunes, hooked up my 2nd generation Nano, and was THRILLED by all the awesome music I haven’t heard in a long time. In celebration of the great music I like I figured I’d share a random sampling of Songs From an Old IPod…

1. I’d Sure Hate To Break Down Here- Trace Adkins
2. Renegades Of Funk- RATM
3. 99 Red Balloons- Reel Big Fish
4. (sic)- Slipknot
5. Ch-Check It Out- Beastie Boys
6. Four Dead Cheerleaders- Dropkick Murphy’s
7. Kiss My Irish Ass- Flogging Molly
8. Little Respect- Wheatus
9. Wrong Way- Sublime
10. Girls Girls Girls- Motley Crue
11. Too Close- Next
12. You’ll Think of Me- Keith Urban
13. Here It Goes Again- OK Go
14. Sheena Is a Punk Rocker- Rancid
15. Click Click Boom- Saliva
16. Mrs. Robinson- Simon & GArfunkel
17. You Don’t Mean Anything- Simple Plan
18. Don’t be Cruel- Bobby Brown
19. Maneater- Hall & Oates
20. Spiderwebs- No Doubt
21. Lady Picture Show- STP
22. LAst Dance With Maryjane- Tom Petty
23. Stuck in the Middle With You- Steve Miller Band
24. I Wanna Be Sedated- The Ramones
25. After Hours- We Are Scientists
26. Harlem Shuffle- The Rolling Stones
27. Electricity- 311
28. Whiskey Girl- Toby Keith
29. Cowboy Coffee- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
30. Down With The Sickness- Disturbed
31. Wonderwall- Oasis
32. Cute Without The E- Taking Back Sunday
33. Metal Militia- Metallica
34. Youth Of The Nation- POD
35. Homewrecker- Grethchen Wilson
36. Coming To Your City- Big & Rich
37. Clothes Off- Gym Class Heroes
38. Blister In The Sun- Violent Femmes
39. Heart Attack- Low Vs. Diamond
40. Way Away- Yellowcard
41. Open Arms- Journey
42. Rape Me- Nirvana
43. You Don’t Know Me- Ben Folds (fet Regina Spektor)
44. Blind- Korn
45. Black- Pearl Jam
46. It’s My Life- Bon Jovi
47. The Day I Die- Benjy Davis Project
48. If I Had A Million Dollars- BNL
49. Fuck Me Pumps- Amy Winehouse
50. Louisiana Saturday Night- Alabama
51. Sweet Tea- Cravin Melon
52. Tainted Love- The Cure
53. Beautiful Oblivion- Eve 6
54. Handlebars- Flobots
55. Silver and Cold- AFI
56. Hey Bartender- hed pe
57. Where The Blacktop Ends- Kenny Chesney
58. If You Steal My Sunshine- Len
59. Hella Good- No Doubt
60. Sex Type Thing- STP
61. Beat It- Michael Jackson
62. PunkBitch- 3oh!3
63. Morning Glory- Oasis
64. One- Korn
65. Just A Girl- No Doubt
66. Watermelon Crawl- Trace Adkins
67. Never Alone- Dropkick Murphy’s
68. Come As You Are- Nirvana
69. I Like To Cuss- Rehab
70. Welcome to Paradise- Greenday
71. Do It For Me Now- Angles & Airwaves
72. Empty Apartment- Yellowcard
73. Black Friday Rule- Flogging Molly
74. Vietnam War Song- CCR
75. Short Skirt, Long Jacket- Cake
76. Won’t Back Down- Tom Petty
77. The Dope Show- Marilyn Manson
78. Baby You Save Me- Kenny Chesney
79. Nookie- Lomp Bizkit
80. Head Like A Hole- NIN
81. Why Don’t You GetiA Job- The Offspring
82. Wait and Bleed- Slipknot
83. Starstrukk- 3oh!3
84. By The Way- RHCP
85. Plush- STP
86. Heaven Is A Halfpipe- OPM
87. The chemicals Between Us- Bush
88. Yellow Ledbetter- Pearl Jam
89. About An Hour Ago- O.A.R.
90. MakeDamnSure- Taking Back Sunday
91. I Woke Up In A Car- Something Corporate
92. Summertime- Lost Boyz
93. Drop The Bombshell- Powerman 5000
94. Brackish- Kittie
95. Beast of Burden- The Rolling Stones
96. Hemorrhage- Fuel
97. Chairlift- Bruises
98. Sandpaper & Silk- Hawthorn Heights
99. Sex Is Violent- Janes Addiction
100. Love Me Dead- Ludo
101. Hey Girl- O.A.R.

. <3,

-Hey Waitress!!

Fav Fall/ Wintah Muzak!

These are my favorite fall and winter tunes. Most of them aren’t new songs. Deal with it. 😉 Along with these songs I have a standard list of 70’s & 80’s punk, 80’s pop, Metal, Grunge… and a random splattering of the occasional Country song. I used Pandora, up until my phone kept randomly dialling people while i was listening to music. Now I use SiriusXm.

• I Feel Like Dancing- All Time Low
• Weightless- All Time Low
• Curse of Curves- Cute is What We Aim For
• Catastrophe- Foreever The Sickest Kids
• For the First Time- the Script … I know this isn’t a “running song” but I heard it, and stopped in the middle of a run to listen to it. I can’t lie, I teared up.
• I Just Wanna Run- the Downtown Fiction
• My Friends Over You- NewFound Glory
• Swing Life Away- Rise Against … soooo pretty, and not what I expect from Rise Against.
• Stuttering- Friday Night Boys
• Rolling in the Deep- Adele … I just “discovered” her a few months ago. WOW.
• No Rain- Blind Melon
• Memory- Sugarcult
• 1983- Neon Trees
• Loser- Beck
• First of the Year (equinox)- Skrillex
• Short Skirt/ Long Jacket- Cake
• Rock and Roll Lifestyle- Cake
• Calling All Cars- Senses Fail
• Punk Rock Princess- Something Corporate
• 1901- Phoenix
• Boston- Augustana
• MakeDamnSure- Taking Back Sunday
• If You Could Only See- Tonic
• My Hero- FooFighters
• How Far We’ve Come- Matchbox 20
• Low- Cracker
• Rock On- Generation X
• Chasing the Night- the Ramones
• If I Ever Leave This World Alive- Flogging Molly
• Suburban Home- Descendants
• Fall Back Down- Rancid
• Wishlist- PearlJam
• Straight to the Bottom- Weaving the Fate
• Muzzle- Smashing Pumpkins
• Kids- MGMT
• You Get What You Give- Free Radicals
• Stupid Girl- Garbage
• Soldier- Otherwise
• Fever- Bullet For My Valentine
• Pepper- Buttholesurfers
• Bully- Shinedown
• Girls Not Grey- AFI
• Kick Ass- Egypt Central
• Still Frame- Trapt
• Too Much Time- Styx
• Use Somebody- Kings of Leon
• Hooch- Everything
• Breed- Nirvana
• Like a G6 (Heros rmx)- FEM & Cataracts
• Decadence Dance- Extreme
• Roots Radicals- Ramone
• Til I Collapse- Eminem

Ahhh… good times.

-Hey Waitress!!