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post #1 of 155
10/6/05 at 7:58pm
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Okay with just about everyone having an ipod or other mp3 player nowadays and myself expecting a nano relatively soon. I would like to know what some good songs are to listen to while you ski. I like all types of music with perhaps Coldplay being my favorite band but I mean I'll listen to anything from classic all the way down to some rap and hip/hop. Please post some favorites!
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post #2 of 155
10/6/05 at 8:10pm
Nothing by The Catheters

It was the opening song on Warren Miller's Journey. I can't even listen to it anymore because it gives me ski fever so bad. The soundtrack has a few good ones on it.

Here We Go by GRITS.
Jusjus by Mr. Scruff
Good Time Roll Pt 2 by RJD2 (a lot of this may just have been Plake ripping Gun Barrel on those downhill racing skis)
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post #3 of 155
10/6/05 at 8:37pm
Well this is a sample of what I have on my ipod ski list...

Slow & Low - Beasties
$300 - Soul Couphing
Wildlife Analysis - Boards Of Canada
Communication Breakdown - Zep
Minor Threat - Minor Threat
Slip Kid - The Who
It's not my cross to bear - Allman Brothers
An album of hiphop remixs of Steve Reich and other Minimalist stuff

it is all good..it is amazing how different music really fits the mood, but generally a good solid riff seems key.
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post #4 of 155
10/6/05 at 8:38pm
Of course, it depends entirely on your age. I used to listen to The Rolling Stones "Street Fighting Man" on a portable cassette while hurling down the back bowls of Whistler in the early 70's. A transcendental experience!!
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post #5 of 155
10/6/05 at 8:38pm
Well I really don't know your taste in music, but the first song to come to mind was "Creeping Death" by Metallica, heavy and percussive, gets the blood and adrenaline pumping. Along these lines how about "Calm Like a Bomb" by Rage Against The Machine, or "Chic 'n' Stu" by System Of A Down. I suppose these would be good choices for mogul skiing.:

But, sometimes when in an etherial mood some Grateful Dead is nice. "Dark Star" like the one on "Live Dead" would be good, maybe for a deep floaty powder day.
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post #6 of 155
10/6/05 at 9:45pm
Holy Ghost-Bar Kays
Pepper-Butthole Surfers
Boogie on Reggae woman-Stevie Wonder
The Victor-Dick Dale and the Del Tones
Cover of the Rolling Stone-Dr Hook and the Medicine Show
Country Grammar-Nelly
Get Rhythm-Johnny Cash
Let me blow ya mind-Eve&Gwenn Stefani
Spoonman-Soundgarden
Jesus just left Chicago-ZZTOP
The Distance-Cake
Luv Me Baby-Murphy Lee
Ramble on-Zepplin
Cisco Kid-War
Serpentine Fire-Earth Wind and Fire
All Falls Down-Kayne West
Araogon-Roy Ayers
May this be love-Jimi
Blue Monday-Flunk
Live with me/Jumpin' Jack Flash-Rolling Stones


Just a few...that are fun for the slope or the chair..
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post #7 of 155
10/6/05 at 11:07pm
Santana- Victory Is Won - One of the best tunes to play in the car while driving up to the lifts.
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post #8 of 155
10/7/05 at 12:46am
Oh yea, my up on the mountain THEME song is Tom Petty's "Room At The Top".

"I got a room at the top of the world tonight, and I ain't...comin'...down....."
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post #9 of 155
10/7/05 at 2:44am
Song 2 by Blur;
Mars Volta: De-loused in the Comatorium;
Sonic Youth: Sonic Nurse;
Sleater-Kinney; The Woods;
Gabin: Mr. Freeeedom;
Wishbone Ash: Argus;
The Coral: Invisible Invasion;
Jeff Beck Wired.


Load on Nano, hit Shuffle and go!
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post #10 of 155
10/7/05 at 2:48am
I'll listen to Punk on the lifts, NOFX, Rancid, Green Day etc. But on the slopes I love the sound of the snow and the wind.
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post #11 of 155
10/7/05 at 4:03am
1776 - RJD2
The Oaf - Big Wreck
Heavy - Collective Soul
Bohemian LIke you - The Dandy Warhols(Actually pretty much any pre new Cd stuff from them)
Ecstacy - Rusted Root
Rock THe nation - Spearhead
Babylon - David Gray(great on a powder day)
The entire Mar Volta Francis the Mute CD
Understanding in a car crash - Thursday
Welcome to Paradise - Green Day
Island in the Sun - Weezer
Cult of Personality - Living Color
Ride - The Vines
City of angels - The Distillers


there is tons more but it slip my mind right now, basically anything from MSP or Warren Miller Films, becuase IMO those sounds tracks normally rock,
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post #12 of 155
10/7/05 at 5:02am
favorite for on the way to the area
"Kyle's Mom is a *****"." Eric Cartman
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post #13 of 155
10/7/05 at 5:08am
Top 5 only:
Outlaws: Green Grass and High Tides
Jeff Beck: Freeway Jam
Grateful Dead: Mostly All (Bertha, Franklin's Tower, Wharf Rat, Sugaree, Cumberland Blues, Stella Blue......)
Allman Bros.: Jessica
Patty Smith: Horses
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post #14 of 155
10/7/05 at 5:11am
I may be the last guy on earth who enjoys listening to albums (and uses the word "albums") in their entirety as opposed to iTune cd mixes so..

1. Double Nickles on the Dime- The Minutemen (almost an hour of Bliss!)
2. Stevie Wonder-Innervisions (still the soul standard!)
3. RadioHead-OK, Computer (you know, it's Coldplay for people who like music)

though, not necessarily back to back to back!

Oh, and for a single I'm with the guy who picked Minor Threat's eponymous 1 minute anthem "Minor Threat".

Liam
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post #15 of 155
10/7/05 at 5:31am
Locomotive Breath by Jethro Tull
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post #16 of 155
10/7/05 at 6:07am
Anything thats Rock and Roll. Alternative stuff as well.

Smashing Pumpkins
Cold Play
Bon Jovi
AC/DC
Led Zepplin
and anything that inspires speed and thrills.

I like the big shinny tunes series that comes out by MuchMusic in Canada as well.
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post #17 of 155
10/7/05 at 6:21am
Yeah, Bushwacker, that's the spirit . . Those guys at MSP know how to put a movie together.

Remember in Sick Sense when Seth Morrison is on top of that Peak in Alaska talking in a walkie talkie over Prodigy's "Smack my Bitch Up"? Has to be the greatest opening to a ski movie ever.

Last Year's MSP movie (Yearbook) intro was cool too when they used "Tom Sawyer" by Rush.

- Matt
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post #18 of 155
10/7/05 at 6:41am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Blizzboy283
I would like to know what some good songs are to listen to while you ski.
Every time I've tried to listen to music on ski (that was the time of tapes...) I've eventualy crashed... And I actualy love to hear my skis on the snow.
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post #19 of 155
10/7/05 at 6:48am
Volantaddict,

I like how you think, ROCK!
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post #20 of 155
10/7/05 at 6:59am
Anything punk/rock some great bands to check out would be:

Taking Back Sunday ("Tell all your friends" is one of the best albums I’ve ever heard)
Fall Out Boy
My Chemical Romance
Brand New
Green Day

Anything that’ll get the adrenaline pumping.
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post #21 of 155
10/7/05 at 7:04am
Pat Metheny
John Scofield
Kurt Rosenwinkel
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post #22 of 155
10/7/05 at 7:18am
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Originally Posted by mattchuck2
Yeah, Bushwacker, that's the spirit . . Those guys at MSP know how to put a movie together.

Remember in Sick Sense when Seth Morrison is on top of that Peak in Alaska talking in a walkie talkie over Prodigy's "Smack my Bitch Up"? Has to be the greatest opening to a ski movie ever.

Last Year's MSP movie (Yearbook) intro was cool too when they used "Tom Sawyer" by Rush.

- Matt
The group that covered Tom Sayer was called Deadsy
Also some other great tracks on Yearbook
Slayed - Overseer(Mark Abma's part)
Sitting in the waiting Room - Fugazi
The Mob goes Wild - Clutch(I love this one)
In to the Darkness - The Von Bondies

MSP makes some of the best movies IMO coupled with great soundtracks
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post #23 of 155
10/7/05 at 7:43am
Ashlee Simpson
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post #24 of 155
10/7/05 at 7:56am
My personal favorite is the Alston version of "More, more, more" It's how I feel at the end of a great run/day - wanting more. check 'em out at www.alstonmusic.com
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post #25 of 155
10/7/05 at 8:02am
No music. I need to get away from the noise of everyday life for awhile.
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post #26 of 155
10/7/05 at 8:22am
DOes anyone know anything about "String Cheese Incident"?
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post #27 of 155
10/7/05 at 9:40am
Quote:
Originally Posted by lennyblake
favorite for on the way to the area
"Kyle's Mom is a *****"." Eric Cartman
Maybe in the afternoon! In the a.m., my drive to the mountain theme song never changes: The Sopranos theme song . Why, I'm not really sure...but one night while watching the show, someone said, "This is a perfect song for rolling into the parking lot in the morning, coffee in hand, heads nodding!" It's been that way ever since.
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post #28 of 155
10/7/05 at 9:49am
soulive. can't beat making turns to it it.
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post #29 of 155
10/7/05 at 9:53am
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Originally Posted by Liam
3. RadioHead-OK, Computer (you know, it's Coldplay for people who like music)
LMAO! OK, that may be the best description I've heard. But we all have guilty pleasures I guess. Mine is a set of remixes of Madonna's Die another Day. OK, now that I have lost *all* credibility...

But I have to say kids, if "Green Day" is punk, Phish can actually jam (in the sense of Allman Brothers have their s** together jam) and I say not to both.

Anyway.....It sounds like some really excellent taste out there. Definetly some new things it sounds worth checking out.
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post #30 of 155
10/7/05 at 10:06am
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Originally Posted by pheft
No music. I need to get away from the noise of everyday life for awhile.

I completely agree.

But on the way up to the mountain its all about The Grateful Dead.
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