I'm in charge of providing music for a HS XC meet in Oct. & am looking for songs that pump up runners & crowd. Not looking for lame "ballpark / stadium" tunes. List top 5-10 songs you want to hear during meet. Also, aren't there songs that provide rhythm for fast 5k times?
I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but ideally if I were running a 5k to music, I would want to hear Carouselambra by Led Zeppelin - it has a pretty loud, fast-paced tempo that is persistent throughout its 10+ minuts
In any case, I bet any song you play would be better than the Shania Twain songs that were playing last time I ran a 5k with music in the background.
new radicals--you get what you give
i've always wanted to hear this song during an xc race
RAMMSTEIN
Lose Yourself -- Eminem
Believe it or not, but at a HS meet hosted by Berry College in GA they were played Mr. Roboto by Styx. Very inspirational, and I believe it psyched up all runners that day.
No "Rocky," "Eye of the Tiger," or "Chariots of Fire." How about "Whipping Post" by the Allman Brothers?
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No "Rocky," "Eye of the Tiger," or "Chariots of Fire." How about "Whipping Post" by the Allman Brothers?
Have to agree don't play the same off lame "Rocky," "Eye of the Tiger," or "Chariots of Fire." - play sond that are popular today up tempo songs - have fun with it and add in some classic rock for the parents.
Blitzkrieg Bop.
The 'hey-ho, let's go' is a quite motivational.
"Song #2 (Blur)" by the Plain White T's. Just a bunch of 'woohoos.' Check it out.
Song 2 is by Blur. Rumor has it they created it to show how easy it was to get Nirvana-like success simply by repeating the same riff over and over and yelling incomprehensible and nonsense lyrics. Seriously...read them.
Oh, and listen to All Nereids Beware by Chiodos. Or Act Appalled by Circa Survive.
Chariots of Fire is a running song, but the tempo is so slow- at a meet I went to they played it as runners came to the finish and everyone just seemed to slow down because of the song. at the beginning, you should play the william tell overture
wrong. song 2 is about pavement's second drummer, bobby nastanovich.
wrong part two. don't listen to chiodos or circa survive.
May be a bad idea, but the Rocky soundtrack NEVER fails!
Another is some Phil Collins...can't remember the song the NFL uses a lot, but I know it put chills on my arms everytime I hear (the one with the big drum solo).
Also...Evanescence (the 2nd CD they came out with) is nasty and will have you feeling like you just did coke lines (not that I know how that feels, but I can imagine it's about that high!!)
Good choices. I've downloaded most. Any others?
"Hangin' Around" by the Counting Crowes
The Eminem song is probably a good choice too.
run by ben kweller, the song that the flotrack euro-thank you video uses.
headstrong by trapt and numb encore
Hell yeah man, get some Chiodos, that stuff is f***ing AMAZING.
Bruce Springsteen
Although "Born to run" is cliche it actually is a good song to run to
as a high school runner, i would definetley be pumped up after listening to some Rammstein
The music that plays during the stampede in the Lion King is awesome for an XC race.