I ran a marathon last year. I know that most of you either know that already or could care less but … you might care about what I listened to for 4 hours and 50 minutes. The idea for this post comes from NPRs recent Fresh Air about workout music which in turn caused my cube neighbor to ask me if there was a band or song that I would consider motivating. I was also motivated to put this up because I just today found the home of said playlist – my 2nd Gen iPod Nano.
And before you get too critical or threaten to burn any credit I may have as a music recommending friend – all I ask is that you remember the good times. Know that some of the selections were made out of desperation and only to fill time. I know I broke mixtape rules but … this is workout playlist. Cut me some slack. And please, if you can – try and forgive my undying adoration for Jackson Browne.
I’ve also created a playlist of all of the tracks that are available on Spotify.
Here goes:
Arms Like Boulders – The War on Drugs
Texico Bitches – Broken Social Scene
Doctor My Eyes – Jackson Browne
Is This Love? Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Digital Love – Daft Punk
Can You Discover? – Discovery
All I Want – LCD Soundsystem
Black Night – The Dodos
My Old Ways – Dr. Dog
3 Dimes Down – Drive-By Truckers
List For Life – GIRLS
Rock Me on the Water – Jackson Browne
G.O.O.D. Friday – Kanye West
Gone – Kanye West
Shadow People – Dr. Dog
Home – LCD Soundsystem
Your Time is Gonna Come – Led Zepplin
The Righteous Path – Drive-By Truckers
P.Y.T. – Michael Jackson
Death on the Stairs – The Libertines
Fat Man in the Bathtub – Little Feat
The Breeze – Dr. Dog
Crazy Feeling – Lou Reed
What are you Willing to Lose – Lucero
Cameras – Matt & Kim
Fade Away – Oasis
Tine to Pretend – MGMT
Roscoe – Midlake
Holland, 1945 – Neutral Milk Hotel
Hey, Hey What Can I Do? – Led Zepplin
Broke – Modest Mouse
X- Mas Curtain – My Morning Jacket
All of the Lights – Kanye West
The Breakup – The Rural Alberta Advantage
Where to Begin – My Morning Jacket
Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes – Paul Simon
Kill Devil Falls – Phish
Secret Meeting – The National
This Tornado Loves You – Neko Case
Ghost – Neutral Milk Hotel
RIngfinger – Nine Inch Nails
Juicy – Notorious B.I.G.
Stay Young – Oasis
Lost Coastlines – Okkervil River
ATLiens – Outkast
Southernplayaslisticadillacmuzik – Outkast
Little Secrets – Passion Pit
Mahgeeta – My Morning Jacket
I know What I Know – Paul Simon
Stereo – Pavement
Summer Babe (Winter Version) – Pavement
Passing Me By – The Pharcyde
Hallelujah – Ryan Adams
Backwards Down the Number Line – Phish
1901 – Phoenix
Brothers Gonna Work it Out – Public Enemy
12:51 – The Strokes
Imitation of Life – R.E.M.
Everything In Its Right Place – Radiohead
Rock ‘n’ Roll Star – Oasis
Wasting Time – Reading Rainbow
I will Dare – The Replacements
Handshake Drugs – Wilco
Taking the Farm – The War on Drugs
Two Lovers – The Rural Alberta Advantage
New York, New York – Ryan Adams
The Wall – Yuck
The Comeback – Shout Out Louds
Rill Rill – Sleigh Bells
Two Kinds of Happiness – The Strokes
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground – The White Stripes
Everybody Knows – Ryan Adams
Company in my Back – Wilco
Get Away – Yuck
BLONDE ON BLONDE 