Does music ever make you feel like this?

It does for me, which is great because music happens to be a huge part of my life.  My day job involves producing floating music festivals on cruise ships (watch a spur-the-moment commercial I made on one of our cruises last week), I go to a few concerts a month, I play both guitar and piano, and I have a playlist in my iTunes for practically every occasion: for work, while studying or reading, when at a party, while falling asleep, and most importantly for working out.

I’m convinced that I can lift five to ten pounds more when listening to the right song. Unfortunately, because my gym loves to play Taylor Swift techno remixes all the time (don’t ask), I’ve resorted to bringing my own iPod and loading up my own workout playlist.  Put in the headphones, keep my head down, and take care of business.  I figured today would be a good day for me to highlight what’s on that playlist and ask you what I should add to it.

Steve’s Nerd Fitness Workout Playlist

This is what I listen to when lifting weights.  Feel free to make fun of anything in here you don’t like, as that’s what’s music is all about: making fun of others who listen to things different than you .

• AC/DC – Thunderstruck
• Against Me! – Thrash Unreal
• Brand New – Seventy Times 7
• Brand New – The Quiet Things that No One Ever Knows
• Breaking Benjamin – Simple Design
• Bush – The Chemicals Between Us
• Coheed & Cambria – A Favor House Atlantic
  
• Chemical Bros. – Block Rockin’ Beats
  
• Darude – Sandstorm
  
• Disturbed – Down With the Sickness
  
• Disturbed – Stricken
  
• DMX – What’s My Name
  
• DMX – Ruff Ryders Anthem (DJ Clue Remix)
  
• Drake – Forever (Travis Barker Remix)
  
• Dropkick Murphys – Shipping Up To Boston
  
• Eminem – Til I Collapse
  
• Flogging Molly – Drunken Lullabies
  
• Foo Fighters – Everlong
  
• Foo Fighters – Monkey Wrench
  
• Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound
  
• Goldfinger – Superman
  
• Guns N’ Roses – Welcome to the Jungle
  
• Jay-Z – 99 Problems
  
• Jay-Z – Run this Town
  
• Kanye West – Stronger
  
• Kanye West – Diamonds From Sierra Leone
  
• Led Zeppelin – Immigrant Song
  
• Legend of Zelda 64 – Gerudo Valley Remix
  
• Linkin Park – Breaking the Habit
  
• Lonely Island – I’m on a Boat
  
• Metallica – Enter Sandman
• Mega Man 2 – Bubble Man Remix
• Moby – Extreme Ways (wooo Bourne Identity)
• Mortal Kombat – Mortal Kombat Final Techno
  
• My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade
  
• My Chemical Romance – Famous Last Words
  
• Nas – Hate Me Now
  
• Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
  
• Offspring – The Kids Aren’t Alright
  
• Our Lady Peace – Innocent
  
• Outkast – Bombs Over Bagdad
  
• Puff Daddy – Victory
• Rammstein – Du Hast
• Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock
  
• Stone Temple Pilots – Vasoline
  
• Story of the Year – Until the Day I Die
  
• System of a Down – Chop Suey
  
• T.I. – Live Your Life
  
• Survivor – Eye of the Tiger
  
• Weezer – Everybody Get Dangerous

There you have it – Steve’s proven formula to get pissed off and pumped up: some generic angst-y alt rock and hip hop.  What songs did I leave out?  What am I missing?  Let’s help create a cool list of songs for all readers.  Maybe when I have time I can turn it into an iMix on iTunes or something.  Only time will tell…

Now it’s your turn. What do you listen to when you work out?  Do you need happy music or angry music?

Let’s hear it!

-Steve

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