Pounding the pavement, as it were
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Sometimes, it just takes a good bicycle ride to remind you how epic a song can be.
For my exercise routine, I try to mix up running with long rides on the bicycle. It keeps me a bit more motivated, not doing the same thing over and over. However, they each need different musical accompaniment, IMHO. When I run, I need to keep my spirits up, since it's harder, so I keep the 2GB Nano stuffed full of high-energy (as opposed to Hi-NRG) tunes to keep my legs moving. I suffer no such motivation when I ride the bike, unless it's at the tail end of a long ride, but I need something that will keep playing and have enough variety that I can deal with the peaks and valleys. So, I grab the 40GB Gigabeat for those monster rides and let it shuffle away.
So, thus it was one fine Saturday afternoon, as I was on another trip halfway around Wichita when this song popped up. As my legs did their best impressions of pistons, I marveled at how much I had forgotten this album. Around 2002, when it first came out, I listened to it all the time. The songs were so huge, it felt like they filled our basement."There Goes The Fear", "Words", "Caught By The River" ... all big, big BIG songs.
There's just something marvelously direct about this one, though. It must be that utterly simple drumbeat. Then again, it's the wide array of guitar effects and styles, starting off simply enough, but then coaxing some weird yet delightful strums on the bridge.
Here, now you can sample it, with appropriately grandiose video accompaniment.
Comments (10)
Haven't been able to get into them. Not that they don't create good music, they just aren't unusual enough for me I guess. That drumbeat is getting on my nerves as I type this. Gah! Must go now!
Dale, I can't get into overly repetitive exercising, which I think is what keeps me out of the gym. I keep the soundz brisk for walking -- one of my favorite EMCDs from you ever, another "dove" as in Cruel Black Dove, fits so perfectly. (And so does the above song ... oh, the marching beats!) Epic shoegazey, psych rockey, and proggey music work for my half-baked Yoga stretches (yeah, okay, I'm not much of an exerciser).
I should really start exercising again. My knees were a bit dodgy, did some physiotherapy and it started to get better with the main message being I should run a lot and keep up with my exercises. Okay, I was intentending to do that, then life took over and I'm back to square one, darn it! Seems that between my busy schedule and my ineffective sleeping I can't find the time to take out a piece of my day to run. Really should take your example and do it though.
i'm always needing good bike riding tunes!! thanks for sharing.
Tis a great tune.
(2GB Nano stuffed full of high-energy, as opposed to Hi-NRG)
Shame really - Dale in Pink Hot Pants....
August: I can understand that, no hard feelings.
Ilay, I need to figure out something for yoga as well ... maybe Neu! Hmmm...
Stef, if you have bad knees I wouldn't recommend running, it's brutal on knees. Ride a bicycle, much easier on the knees and good exercise on its own. Trust me, I delt with balky knees for years.
Neill: oh man, that WOULD be a sight to see ... not.
Great post. A fun read.
I do try.
very good. ive liked all the doves ive come across, but havent heard this one before. cheers
I don't think I could exercise without my music. In fact, careful selection goes into each playlist/exercise session. Hey - these are two of my favorite things. Well, actually there are three favorite things, but no need to mention the obvious ;-)