(cont.) What do you listen to/watch whilst you are rowing?

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(cont.) What do you listen to/watch whilst you are rowing?

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I just bought a 3-CD compilation of Ella Fitzgerald. It's lovely to listen to but I really don't feel like rowing whilst its on. HELP! Think I need to put The Pixies on next for motivation.
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The gym I go to usually has mtv so I just listen/watch whatever is on that. Should get an MP3 player I suppose.
I remember somebody putting Hearts on Fire (From Rocky) on the cd player once and that definitely seemed to inspire me.
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Is it possible to to upload tracks to this site?

I'm thinking that we all contribute a favourite rowing song and compile them into one 60 min (or HM length) downloadable CD.

Does this breach all sorts of copyright? :cry:

Will we get sued by the music giants? :?:
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webberg wrote:Does this breach all sorts of copyright? :cry:

Will we get sued by the music giants? :?:
It might not be a problem, If the site [portion] is password protected and one person emails the password around.
Make everone that asks for the password sign a thing that says they do not work for a record company and will not give there password to a record company.
That might work, any lawyers around ?
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Can't help with the legal advice.

Listen to iPod with small travel speakers rather than earphones.

Currently Muse new album or Muse compilation

Compiled 2 half- marathon mixes which start chilled and then gradually get quicker in keeping with negative split strategy

Includes Pink Floyd, Air, All Saints, Gnarls Barkley, Texas, Madonna, Pet Shops, Franz Ferdinand, The Jam, Hard-Fi, Killers, Chilis, New Order, RadioheadBon Jovi, Guns'n'Roses and thats beofre the classical stuff.

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van halen 5159, jump, sets the tempo and the best of all is Black Betty by the ram jam, set it to repeat and you get 16k+ in an hour. Could listen to these forever.
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Hey, Dudes!

Hi from a virgin poster... liked this topic as I'm always searching for inspiration.

For blasts I get on well with Queens of the Stone Age - they have a sort of painful loud edge which works well with the less pleasant aspects of lactate build-up. Also the latest loud and crazy bunch - Wolfmother - check'em out if you like Led Zep/Black Sabbath.

For long aerobic pieces, I've got into podcasts (nerdy science stuff) - it takes your mind off the boredome but not that distracting.

All done at the gymn, no ergo at home :cry: .

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Fatt Matt wrote:Hey, Dudes!

For long aerobic pieces, I've got into podcasts (nerdy science stuff) - it takes your mind off the boredome but not that distracting.
Nice thought! - any in particular?
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How out of it can you be !!

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Bloody Hell, I feel old on this thread :(

Any of you like Lonnie Donegan singing 'Rock Island Line' on the new Peugeot advert, with the surfin' car - now I can remember when that was a number 1!!

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ReducingFB wrote:Bloody Hell, I feel old on this thread :(

Any of you like Lonnie Donegan singing 'Rock Island Line' on the new Peugeot advert, with the surfin' car - now I can remember when that was a number 1!!

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Gregor Andrews wrote: I prefer the Johnny Cash version to be honest.
Touche :D :D
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According to John Peel if it wasn't for Lonnie Donegan the music we (some of us) enjoy today would never had happened. I have no reason to argue with JP who is the greatest human being ever. I wonder if JP has access to a model E in heaven?
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Post by Thomas W-P »

Sorry folks. Realised the forum had had a wobler and stuck some replies to another thread in this one. Clicked wrong button after celebratory beers following 30 mins PB.

Please continue the "what do you listen to" discussion here.

Today for me, it was TMS - Test Match Special...
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For JanetS & others...

As I said, pretty nerdy stuff:

Quirks and Quarks from the CBC (Canada)
The Science Show from the ABC (Australia)
Science Friday from NPR (US)
Start the Week & In Our Time from Radio 4
Philosopher's Zone & Occam's Razor from ABC
Science Talk from Scientific American
New Scientist Podcast
The Now Show from Radio 4
French for Beginners from the French Ecole (mais, oui)
Britpod from a bunch of drunk lads in Cornwall

I got all these via iTunes but they can be gotten directly from the source websites, I believe, and they're all free, which is clearly cool, and they're updated frequently (no boredom issues).

I haven't checked for anything new for a while but there's shed loads out there (oh, I forgot a Runner's World episode which has James Cracknell talking about motivation & training for the marathon) so happy rowing!
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:shock: I never knew you could download all that stuff!

I shall potter off now & lay down some New Scientist for tomorrow....
Et aussi un peu de Francaise - well it is holidays soon :wink:
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Ummm, at the gym, the rowers are located directly behind the elliptical machines. At certain times of the day, the spandex is is small. doesn't matter what you're listening to then...
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