Help Me Make It Through The Night
Its my rest day today but I'm still dedicating some time to running by working on my 'race strategy' for Caboolture, starting with the music. I'm gonna break it up into hour or half hour long segments of different genres or themes.
I thought one of them could be requests. If you have a minute and don't mind indulging me, please let me know a song and I'll play it for you. If I don't have it already I'll try to get a hold of it.
I know you don't get to hear your request, but I do :-)
I thought one of them could be requests. If you have a minute and don't mind indulging me, please let me know a song and I'll play it for you. If I don't have it already I'll try to get a hold of it.
I know you don't get to hear your request, but I do :-)
posted by Tesso at 12:25 PM
30 Comments:
What sort of music do you want?
Anything!
Well, anything except for maybe Barry Manilow or Mariah Carey. Or that guy with the hair, Michael Bolten.
OK, well I'm a big fan of Daft Punk, so how about 'One more time' to get you pumped for just one more lap, or 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger' to get you feeling, well er... harder, better, faster and stronger.
90k last week was big Tesso - for reasons stated in my blog I have that Lee Kernigan song "The Outback Club" - I'm not normally a C & W fan but it seems appropriate.
"We're all members of the outback club, we don't back down and we don't give up. We're all livin in the land we love, born and raised we're members of the outback club".
Hehe could substitute outback club for team j club ;-)
I'll have to give you my Cher song..it sounds corny but it is quite good and very relevant to the lonely running that you will be doing (ie out there on your own for 12hours).
"....When you’re standing on the edge of no where, There’s only one way up....."
oooh I am getting excited!!
For something recent I suggest ....
Dance Me In ... Sons and Daughters
The Triple J Hottest 100 is on Thursday ... have you voted?
Changed my mind ....
Dare - Gorillaz
thought this was more Tesso
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Sorry - that deleted one was me.
I hope this one helps, Tesso:
Legs - by ZZ Top
"She’s got legs, she knows how to use them.
She never begs, she knows how to choose them.
.........
Stays out at night, movin’ through time.
........
the girl is alright, she's alright."
Ohhh definately "don't stop me now" by Queen I always pick up the pace with this one!
Why not Poisons' "unskinny bop"
for a laugh?
"Long Time Gone" by Crosby, Stills, Nash from their first album.
Should go down well at 3:00am in the morning!
It's been a long time comin',
It's going to be a long time gone.
But you know, the darkest hour,
Is always, always just before the dawn.
And it appears to be a long,
Appears to be a long,
Appears to be a long time,
Such a long, long, long, long time before the dawn
Well its gotta be 'Wish You Well' by my good mate Bernard Fanning :) Only joking! One of my favourites is 'Lift Me Up' by Moby - a good song to get you going when you're struggling (not that you will)
By the way, Which disc of the Daniel Johnston do you prefer? Covered or Uncovered.
Hey Pat Caroller groupie of the year, I just read the RFYL article, nice one.
Songs hmmm, I like U2's "Where the streets have no name"
I want to run....I want to hide...
Thanks for the birthday wishes Tesso.
I don't think I could help with any music unless it is something like Mozart's Concerto for Harp and Flute.
Rammstein- "Du Hast".
"Advance Australia Fair" :)
What a brilliant idea, Tess! That way we all get to share the time with you! I'm afraid I go too far back for a youngster like yourself to know songs from my era! But I thought we could all join hands with you when the going gets tough & sing "Auld Lang Syne"!
'Songbird' by Bernard Fanning
Honestly I have no idea what it is about and I cant even write any of the lyrics, but it sounds good and that's the main thing :)
Great idea Tess. Gee, where to start?
Patrick Fernandez - Born To Be alive
When I have used a mp3 player I just have the Rocky Theme on a loop. Works for me.
And I would run 500 miles and I would run 500 more just to be the Tess who runs 1000 miles 'cos walking's such a bore La-di-da-da...
Guess I'm with you on Daniel Johnston. His versions will be the ones I remember most.
I must confess I am a sucker for "All Night Long", ACDC. It always get's me pumped up.... even works with the housework ;-)
Great idea Tess - would love to be along for the ride with you.
Seeing as Mister G's already taken the token Rammstein selection (although I would have recommended "Links 2-3-4"), I'd love you to try and get "Bug Powder Dust" by Bomb the Bass to listen for me - that should take you a week to track down ;)
But if you really get stuck, how about "Wish you were Here" by Pink Floyd? That running track would resemble a fishbowl after a while ... "running over the same old ground, year after year ..."
Hmmmm - how about "Turn up the radio" by Masters Apprentices (particularly when you're feeling tired) or "Minority" by Green Day.
Good luck! Will be thinking of you :-)
Nice request CJ (Turn up your radio).
Tesso, can I have another request?
A mid-70s reggae number very upbeat and bubbly, "All Night Till Daylight" by Jacob Miller and Inner Circle, although the nocturnal activity he is singing about isn't exactly running.
Speedway at Nazareth - Mark Knopfler.
Time to Say Goodbye - Sarah Brightman, Andrea Bocelli.
Teardrop - Massive Attack.
Wind Cries Mary - Caron Wheeler.
Alive & Kicking - Simple Minds.
Go for a Warren Zevon set. Not that it has much to do with running, but it should take your mind off the pain for a while. Well, I am just thinking of songs that you know well and that can transport you away from the here and now. Another candidate for me would be Richard Clapton:
"Sittin' out on the Palm Beach Road,
Feel so drunk and the car won't go,
Crazy eyes keep slippin' out to sea..."
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