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For those that may include tunes to start their day of hiking what do you listen to? I get it, birds chirping, winds blowing, wildlife rustling, rain drops pattering on leaves and the tent, pre dawn light shading the landscape is great. It's not excluded from morning start ups but for those that may include man made music what do you like?
Depending on my vibe here are some that I like:
Here Comes the Sun - George Harrison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGKPHFrHVVY
Get on Your feet - Gloria Estefan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPOSGVUYgVQ
One Perfect Sunrise - Orbital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGXgCuTCrj8
Lovely Day - Donovan Frankenreiter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rLbFOmurCY&list=RD9rLbFOmurCY&index=1
I Can See Clearly Now - Bob Marley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qbvXNgVbzk Also Jimmy Cliff's or Johnny Nash's version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTHYHW-eWRo
The Walker - Fitz and The Tantrums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGBLlFMn9Xc
Surface to Air - Chemical Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epCPoQchswE
Beautiful Day - U2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co6WMzDOh1o
Up Around the Bend - Credence Clearwater Revival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnRsaHXHznQ
On the Road Again - Willie Nelson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBN86y30Ufc
Highwayman - Nelson, Cash, Kristofferson, Jennings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPHuQFN7L70
End of the Line - Traveling Wilburys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwqhdRs4jyA
Walking on Sunshine - Kristina and The Waves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCf2AkMEmyQ
On the Road Again - Canned heat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QexOuH8GS-Y
Going Up Country - Canned Heat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0PjECSyJ7w
On the Road Again - Canned Heat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVwC0EryTDk
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole https://www.youtube.com/profile?annotation_id=annotation_578920&feature=iv&src_vid=V1bFr2SWP1I&user=mountainapplecompany
Ki:Theory - Young Islands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkkx2SclM2I
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkTLIO2zanM
Light Between the Trees- Opus Orange(from the movie Mile ...Mile and a Half, check it out, it's about hiking) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoOxevcTIAk&index=12&list=PL8jb-nSEqDPFpHMu4x8-LTv_iDjTAFwUy
Momentum - Opus Orange https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRsBvq0qnaE&index=19&list=PL8jb-nSEqDPFpHMu4x8-LTv_iDjTAFwUy
Morning - Opus Orange https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7P0f4f2ORE&index=20&list=PL8jb-nSEqDPFpHMu4x8-LTv_iDjTAFwUy
Studlintsean
11-18-2016, 23:44
Back in college my roommate and I listened to Float On by Modest Mouse most days to get moving after a long night out. This past weekend I listened to the Allman Brothers most mornings to get moving. One Way Out is always a good one. I normally don't listen to music once I get moving but while packing up and drinking my morning coffee, always.
saltysack
11-18-2016, 23:55
Nice variety....usually go quiet in morning but by late afternoon into pulling a late night gotta have some good tunes....
Check out
Railroad Earth....Elko album...lots of good tracks i.e. Hunting song, Mighty River etc...other favorite bands Inc
Galactic, Stick figure, Rebelution, JJ Grey and Mofro, Mishka, Eddie Vedder, CSNY to name a few.........love Spotify well worth the $9.99 per month.....
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johnnybgood
11-19-2016, 00:09
I like some of your choices Dogwood. Canned Heat: On the Road Again -- great psychedelic groove on. ... I'll add- White Room - Cream to bookend this music genre.
Kristina and the Waves : Walking on Sunshine--Bubble Gum Pop .... I'll add- Steal my Sunshine - Len
U2 : Beautiful Day -- Rock ... I'll add -Gold on the Ceiling --Black Keys
George Harrison :Here comes the Sun -- Classic ....I'll add - If you needed someone - George Harrison of course.
Traveling Wilburys : End of the Line --- Rock .... I'll add - Climb that Hill - Tom Petty ( one of the Wilburys )
other choices are Sausalito Summernight , Calabria , New Speedway Boogie , You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Bring it on. You're offering some new tunes to check out.
So far you've added 6 per so to my morning playlists' keep em coming.
When not quite bright eyed and bush tailed slow to come around with the rain coming down or I'm still snuggled warm in the bag on a cold day Steve Winwood reminds me to put on my Dancing Shoes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4VLwcZIX00
Studlintsean I prefer Jessica by Allman Brothers basically at any time but in the morn when I'm not up too Warp 7 out of the gate. I like Jessica 3 or 4th tune in the line up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRDivUb5EeA
Perhaps Bob Seger's Travelin Man or Roll Ne Away first.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzGhc9XRv9Q Live Bullet Album version I like best. Great morning song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXhxVjlJyQE
Puddlefish
11-19-2016, 10:56
Some days I like the peace and quiet, other days I'll pass a buttercup on the trail and get that Foundations song stuck in my head for hours. These are some of the head sticky songs I'll listen to to replace whatever song is stuck in my head at the moment.
Painting by Chagall - The Weepies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASbWIyCAsbg)
Rill Rill - Sleigh Bells (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2agk_5mT5L8)
Up To The Mountain - Patty Griffin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA6Q5-Ap3o8)
La Frontera - Lhasa De Sela (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUi2YwnJ5v8)
Who Will Sing Me Lullabies - Kate Rusby (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jjPfNk4_-Q)
Shadow Stabbing - Cake (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6cb4Q0-nGY)
Harder Better Faster Stronger - Daft Punk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDpmVUEjagg)
People Aint No Good - Nick Cave (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn-wrPf5Ls0)
Sull Aria - Mozart (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ8ZHilxdm8)
Never Ending Math Equation - Modest Mouse (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R38Pe-8l9M)
Providence - Lisa Mitchell (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqjPZXC5uY8)
It's Amazing - Jem (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XDxhDbtDak)
Mr. Brightside (Lu Cont remix) - The Killers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6meL-TaiP30)
Everyday - Buddy Holly (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLBWkM0jzK0)
The Story - Brandi Carlisle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8pQLtHTPaI)
1812 Overature - Tchaikovsky (a Boston Pops version) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlbCakDfXfE)
Ode to Joy - Beethoven (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kcOpyM9cBg)
Born Slippy - Underworld (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iKFn8dlxX8)
I have about 3,000 downloaded songs, I could go on for hours.
DuneElliot
11-19-2016, 11:35
Not so much for getting going in the morning but I tend to listen to New Age or celtic/Irish music...it just seems to blend with the world around me a little more than country, rock or anything else. Instrumental-type stuff from soundtracks are a good listen too, especially Two Steps From Hell (no, not a metal or rock band)
Hikingjim
11-19-2016, 11:54
Great big sea - excursion around the bay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0q3Pm2rFVQ
braveheart track, main theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBneQwzTRuU
Checkin out your tunes. Like some. Thx all
Melody of Life - M People https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22SF7rZlJmE&index=24&list=PL9ZARQSn9S0oGTJIS6TnzAR_CpKiNWHa6
Tipi Walter
11-19-2016, 12:10
Dogwood---Cash's Highwayman is one of my faves. All about reincarnation which is a fave subject of mine. Traveling Wilbury's of course, esp like Tweeter and the Monkey Man. All of Canned Heat of course. Iz's Rainbow is a perennial favorite.
Some of my choices---
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6SIzpEcxfM
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6SIzpEcxfM)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn8-4tjPxD8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-CRgbOteRk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRxhwrvaTcA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUw1OJcjZ68
Tipi Walter
11-19-2016, 12:16
Almost forgot--a deep track from Blue Cheer---
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5UE5DDI09w
Not so much for getting going in the morning but I tend to listen to New Age or celtic/Irish music...it just seems to blend with the world around me a little more than country, rock or anything else. Instrumental-type stuff from soundtracks are a good listen too, especially Two Steps From Hell (no, not a metal or rock band)
So, what Enya tracks do you listen to in the morn?
Orinoco Flow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTrk4X9ACtw&index=5&list=PL6n_XTD5fjYG0AtyQXK8HMtNN90EbMIbH
River is nice somewhere in the mix before ramping it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziKwCU7FJYU
I like Storms in Africa in the rain but that's another thread.
Tipi, is mama coming home about mama being Nature or is it played at the end of your trips with mama being the wife/GF?, etc
As much as I like Blind Faith's Can't Find My Way Home this acoustical guitar Winwood solo version speaks just as clearly if not more so. Masterful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoSn2Y-b6wI
When struggling in the morning possibly faced with an immediate ascent I just added this by TNF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayv41ZmNWtk
Puddlefish
11-19-2016, 13:38
So, what Enya tracks do you listen to in the morn?
Orinoco Flow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTrk4X9ACtw&index=5&list=PL6n_XTD5fjYG0AtyQXK8HMtNN90EbMIbH
River is nice somewhere in the mix before ramping it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziKwCU7FJYU
I like Storms in Africa in the rain but that's another thread.
I kind of overdid Orinoco Flow when it first came out and I was into sailing, I've relegated it to the once every decade category for the nostalgia. Same thing with a lot of old favorites including a lot of the songs people have listed above.
rocketsocks
11-19-2016, 14:26
Much as I like tunes, I reserve them for a little later in the day after the cob webs clear.
C'mon, you're Rocketsocks not snot rocket socks. What tunes get you going? Wake up Little Susie, Wake Up.
One of my favorite genres to listen to while hiking is Blues. Muddy Waters, SRV, Howlin' Wolf, etc.
C,mon Sleepy Head wake up. We are going where we belong.
Wake Me up - Avicii https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcrbM1l_BoI
Lovely Day - Bill Withers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYi7uEvEEmk
Dawning is the day - Moody Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce3ym7PnXRs "in this misty meadow, you will find your way.."
This Morning - Blue Jays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-eoBFH4Q7s&list=PL4qgULCZHCwI3C39IGo3ZAFW7TCpLa1MM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-eoBFH4Q7s&list=PL4qgULCZHCwI3C39IGo3ZAFW7TCpLa1MM)
then once you get warmed up you can cook with
Running Hard - Renaissance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ5aGmSE3_E
Rave On - Buddy Holly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IUV-QxwlRM
DuneElliot
11-19-2016, 16:16
So, what Enya tracks do you listen to in the morn?
Orinoco Flow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTrk4X9ACtw&index=5&list=PL6n_XTD5fjYG0AtyQXK8HMtNN90EbMIbH
River is nice somewhere in the mix before ramping it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziKwCU7FJYU
I like Storms in Africa in the rain but that's another thread.
Pretty much any of them. Again, not so much for the morning, but I like that the music blends with the environment more. I listen to the LotR and Hobbit soundtracks too.
DuneElliot
11-19-2016, 16:18
Pretty much any of them. Again, not so much for the morning, but I like that the music blends with the environment more. I listen to the LotR and Hobbit soundtracks too.
Since I can't edit. Listening to the LotR and Hobbit soundtracks while backpacking makes me feel like I am "off on another adventure" and heading to Morder. Sad I know :rolleyes:
Puddlefish
11-19-2016, 16:39
Since I can't edit. Listening to the LotR and Hobbit soundtracks while backpacking makes me feel like I am "off on another adventure" and heading to Morder. Sad I know :rolleyes:
When I was climbing up Big Firescald Knob, I initially felt like I was on an Indiana Jones movie set, with all the jungle, the mist that day and the rock formations. By the time I got to the top ridge, it had cleared up, and I felt like I was hiking along in the LOTR scene on top of that ridge in New Zealand. I'd hiked a long wet slog of a day previously, but I completely perked up when I hit that area.
rocketsocks
11-19-2016, 20:55
C'mon, you're Rocketsocks not snot rocket socks. What tunes get you going? Wake up Little Susie, Wake Up.
Anything by Buddy Holly, the Dead, Zappa, Dylan and if I really wanna step lively, Makem and Clancey...anything but them Maddog Drive by Truckers...a preemptive strike! :D
rocketsocks
11-19-2016, 20:58
Space truckin' by Deep Purple also gets the blood pumpkin' and like you "Goin Home" the Woodstock version!
ccartertn
11-19-2016, 22:15
Summer - John Denver
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dudeijuststarted
11-19-2016, 22:47
I'd guess that 70% of my thru hike started off daily with "2 Minutes To Midnight" from Iron Maiden. When I walk and hear that song now my body sort of goes "ok we're doing this now, here we go!" In contrast, the first few months had plenty of "Mamas and the Papas" going on.
dudeijuststarted
11-19-2016, 22:47
Space truckin' by Deep Purple also gets the blood pumpkin' and like you "Goin Home" the Woodstock version!
I need to hike with this guy!
scrabbler
11-19-2016, 22:59
Or if you're in the Southeast USA, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAhEi7W1ib0
jjozgrunt
11-19-2016, 23:03
I usually don't listen to music first up in the morning, I reserve it for later in the day when I need a change. I have catagories, my favorites which I shuffle and play at anytime, quick pace music, and music for a climb. I also have some slow peaceful music for when I'm relaxing, often just prior to a combat nap, in the middle of the day. I also like to listen to audio books for a change. For those, like me, who hate having their ears and hearing blocked by earbuds, my kids bought me a pair of bone conduction headphones, which are great as you can still hear everything around you.
https://aftershokz.com/products/trekz-titanium?variant=7698365569
rocketsocks
11-19-2016, 23:19
I usually don't listen to music first up in the morning, I reserve it for later in the day when I need a change. I have catagories, my favorites which I shuffle and play at anytime, quick pace music, and music for a climb. I also have some slow peaceful music for when I'm relaxing, often just prior to a combat nap, in the middle of the day. I also like to listen to audio books for a change. For those, like me, who hate having their ears and hearing blocked by earbuds, my kids bought me a pair of bone conduction headphones, which are great as you can still hear everything around you.
https://aftershokz.com/products/trekz-titanium?variant=7698365569thats pretty slick, never heard of it before, does it come in a 36 waist?
Old Hiker
11-20-2016, 15:26
Found out after 3 weeks into my hike I could download music (AND BOOKS !) to my phone.
Saw a LOT of old favorites here - had to turn up (LOUD) Orinoco Flow - forgot about that one.
Entire Good, Bad, Ugly soundtrack, but esp. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOr0na6mKJQ
Two Steps from Hell - GREAT epic music, esp. uphills
Meat Loaf - Bat Outta Hell and Back to Hell 2 - some of you probably heard me yelling (singing) tracks from these
Lindsey Stirling - 1st 2 or 3 albums
BTO
Conan the Barbarian soundtrack
Final Countdown - Europe
GnR
Heavy Metal Soundtrack - another favorite to bellow along to
Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' With Disaster - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K_-D5B7DIg
Nantucket Sleighride Album - Mountain
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Wolfstone - Celtic rock - Pick of the Litter for the best of, but: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWhOWCjo93A
OldHiker doesn't get up and go like an old hiker with that morning set. :cool: There me with the like of Orinoco Flow.
Free - Zac Brown Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAuwqm0IjlA
Send Me on My Way - Rusted Root https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGMabBGydC0
Don't Look Back - Boston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VPLOVJ0u94 Forgot about this good morning song!
Don't Look Back lyrics - boston don't look back lyrics (https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=boston+don't+look+back+lyrics&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8)
More Than a Feeling - Boston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSR6ZzjDZ94
Life is a Highway - Tom Cochrane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3sMjm9Eloo
Search for the Hero - M People https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntuqTuc6HxM
Thx folks for the suggestions. I'm getting to all of them. Not discounting any suggestions.
I think it's time. Paraphrasing Kevin Klein in the Big Chill.
"There's no music after the 60s."
I will concede that there have been a few notable exceptions.
The Eagles, The Corrs, a bunch of country artists. The occasional GNR tune. Donna Summer, Bonnie Tyler.
I draw the line at one name bands.
Rock and roll Y'all!
Wayne
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H I T C H
11-21-2016, 11:59
If you want to convert any of the above YouTube videos to an MP3 audio file, you can use the YouTube Listen website which is free.
Here is a good video that shows you how easy it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb1pMDxZ8H4
Hitch
How could I overlook these...
Radar Love/Twilight Zone.
One More Saturday Night.
Hot Rocks, the whole thing.
Wayne
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H I T C H
11-21-2016, 12:13
Here are a few of my favorites.
These first 2 are more of an early morning coffee / sunrise genre for me.
Pachelbel's Cannon in D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOA-2hl1Vbc
Beethoven Ode to Joy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wod-MudLNPA
Then this is one of my favorites to listen to when first hitting the trail in the morning.
Grateful Dead Here Comes Sunshine 11/14/73 San Diego https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUYi_XSvA5o
Lastly I wanted to share a cut off of Bob Weir's new album Blue Mountain that I have really been enjoying. The whole album is great but I think that this song fits very well into the morning playlist. :)
Bob Weir Only a River https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVoFniQnYQ4
Hitch
saltysack
11-21-2016, 12:21
https://youtu.be/Bw9gLjEGJrw
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Here are a few of my favorites.
These first 2 are more of an early morning coffee / sunrise genre for me.
Pachelbel's Cannon in D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOA-2hl1Vbc
Beethoven Ode to Joy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wod-MudLNPA
Then this is one of my favorites to listen to when first hitting the trail in the morning.
Grateful Dead Here Comes Sunshine 11/14/73 San Diego https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUYi_XSvA5o
Lastly I wanted to share a cut off of Bob Weir's new album Blue Mountain that I have really been enjoying. The whole album is great but I think that this song fits very well into the morning playlist. :)
Bob Weir Only a River https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVoFniQnYQ4
Hitch
Easy to note the transitioning in music which is in accord with the morning regimen.
Good offerings Hitch. Two beats added I was not aware, THX. Like the GD and Weir tracks. Prefer when the downloads are included in the post or when specific tracks are mentioned rather than an entire album. It becomes laborious to sort through all the suggestions.
Saltysack like that Crosby, Stills & Nash track followed up by SummerBreeze by Seals & Croft. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsW8rXPcnM0 It's more of a meandering combo rather than appropriate for an immediate Warp 7 hit it hard and go Metallica/Iron Maiden blast off to the races scenario.
Voices - Dario G(The Beaches soundtrack) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqKKJNy8x_o
dario g voices lyrics (https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=dario+g+voices+lyrics&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8)
Saltysack, continue the mood with CCR's Old Black Water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km4-eKvv3EM and Allman Brothers Blue Sky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYYwzmVz3Ng And, lead up to Travelin Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQOSfqPknP8 by Bob Seger, Ramblin Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VxoXn-0Ezs or Jessica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRDivUb5EeA by Allman Brothers.
Try it.
saltysack
11-21-2016, 14:00
Gotta love the Bros......seen them many times live. Derek Trucks lives close by....
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chknfngrs
11-21-2016, 14:19
I love music, and I've tried many many times to listen to it while hiking and I just can't pull it off. I find I get super annoyed with the earbuds in my ears and the cord jangling around while I walk. Don't even try it anymore for fear of hurling my gear into the woods + weight savings and solves potential field repairs. hYOH to TEHO
rocketsocks
11-21-2016, 14:39
I love music, and I've tried many many times to listen to it while hiking and I just can't pull it off. I find I get super annoyed with the earbuds in my ears and the cord jangling around while I walk. Don't even try it anymore for fear of hurling my gear into the woods + weight savings and solves potential field repairs. hYOH to TEHO
Try wireless Bluetooth headphones, a bit pricey, but worth it for me.
Traffic Jam
11-21-2016, 16:08
There's Gonna be Some Rockin', AC/DC
Show Me How to Live, Audioslave
Movin' On, Bad Company
Bring Me to Life, Evanescence
Slow Ride, Foghat
Foot Stompin' Music, Grand Funk Railroad
Ramble On, Led Zeppelin
anything by Bob Marley
anything by Jeremy Loops (has been known to cause dancing on the trail) :)
rocketsocks
11-21-2016, 17:01
Dogwood you'll like this one.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IKkw8IgkoqM
cneill13
11-21-2016, 17:12
I thought hiking was about the flora, fauna, geology, and Natural History of the Appalachian Mountains.
Why would you want to listen to music?
Carl
I thought hiking was about the flora, fauna, geology, and Natural History of the Appalachian Mountains.
Why would you want to listen to music?
Carl
That focus is too narrow. There's a whole other world beyond the Apple Chains.
And then there's Vivaldi. The 4 Seasons. Holst. The Planets. Wagner. Alpine Symphony.
Allman Brothers. Mountain Jam. Which leads to Derek and the Dominos. Layla. Which brings us to Eric Clapton's catalog.
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I love music, and I've tried many many times to listen to it while hiking and I just can't pull it off. I find I get super annoyed with the earbuds in my ears and the cord jangling around while I walk. Don't even try it anymore for fear of hurling my gear into the woods + weight savings and solves potential field repairs. hYOH to TEHO
Slim lighter wt iPod can actually save wt over having individual camera, mP3 player/music device, compass, GPS, hard maps, phone, watch/alarm clock, altitude watch, task lists, calculator, language translator, measurement conversions, etc et etc. Shoot the cordless phones and get ones that still allow outer environment noise to filter in. Protect this valuable piece though!
Another Kevin
11-22-2016, 11:49
I rather like the choir of the birds, accompanied by the winds, and the drumming of grouse.
Puddlefish
11-22-2016, 11:57
I rather like the choir of the birds, accompanied by the winds, and the drumming of grouse. What do you do when you get "I Write the Songs" stuck in your head for three hours straight?
Kerosene
11-22-2016, 12:54
My 20-something daughter disparages this as an '80s song, but I like to wake up to it: Beautiful Morning (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY-DY6dUDuA) by Ace of Base.
I see a number of inspirational and classical songs geared to get you up the next climb. Orff's Carmina Burana gets my blood flowing (and it is even more fun to perform it in front of thousands of people!). Here is a good recording of the first piece, O Fortuna (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdIpoE2LEps), that is recognizable to most people.
DuneElliot
11-22-2016, 14:36
I thought hiking was about the flora, fauna, geology, and Natural History of the Appalachian Mountains.
Why would you want to listen to music?
Carl
I rather like the choir of the birds, accompanied by the winds, and the drumming of grouse.
I don't use ear buds when I hike. For me I play music when I am hiking alone, and not likely to run into others, out of my phone speaker in areas where I want to make bears aware of my presence before I surprise them. And occasionally in camp when I'm bored
Tipi Walter
11-22-2016, 14:38
I don't use ear buds when I hike.
Especially during rattlesnake season.
Greenlight
11-22-2016, 14:45
Anything by Nickel Creek, specifically Chris Thile (rhymes with feely), he's the most gifted soul ever to pick up a mandolin. He does impossible things with the instrument and can pull any feeling out of you he desires. He's that good. He has solo albums, collaborates with another bluegrass band called Punch Brothers, and has done jazz gigs with the virtuoso pianist Brad Mehldau...Stuff your MP3 player full of his stuff, it'll get you down the trail.
Smacks his head hard! Duh!
Ravel. Bolero. (http://whiteblaze.net/Users/lisatorry/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/Thumbnails/2016/10/12/20161012-203305/IrEHES%4QiqCL8JMqyIsIg/thumb_IMG_1878_1024.jpg) Crank it up!
Wayne
Not so much for getting going in the morning but I tend to listen to New Age or celtic/Irish music...it just seems to blend with the world around me a little more than country, rock or anything else. Instrumental-type stuff from soundtracks are a good listen too, especially Two Steps From Hell (no, not a metal or rock band)
Good stuff!
Lately, I've been on a Stevie Ray Vaughn and Govt. Mule kick...great for a long run.
Traffic Jam
11-22-2016, 18:08
...a few more
Sunshine of Your Love, Cream
We Walk, R.E.M
Get Up, R.E.M.
Finding My Way, Rush
Wake Me Up, Dirty Loops
Today, Smashing Pumpkins
Hump De Bump, Red Hot Chili Peppers...I can interpret it how I want, Dogwood :)
Smacks his head hard! Duh!
Ravel. Bolero. (http://whiteblaze.net/Users/lisatorry/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/Thumbnails/2016/10/12/20161012-203305/IrEHES%4QiqCL8JMqyIsIg/thumb_IMG_1878_1024.jpg) Crank it up!
Wayne
Funny, I was going to suggest the same! Think it's our age where we start out a little slow but eventually get up to speed?
Funny, I was going to suggest the same! Think it's our age where we start out a little slow but eventually get up to speed?
Perhaps. I just know that I find the mounting energy very stimulating.
It puts in the proper frame of mind for In A Gadda Da Vida. I'm going to have to get a second battery for my MP3 player.
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Iron Butterfly. I saw them and they opened for The Jefferson Airplane.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVe-rZBcm4
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl89g2SwMh4
"If you remember the 60s you weren't there."
Wayne
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I remember the 60's and can't believe I was there.
I remember the 60's and can't believe I was there.
I remember the 60s too. I guess we weren't having enough fun.
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braveheart track, main theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBneQwzTRuU
Awesome! Back before Napster/LimeWire (which are dead now), YouTube Downloader (highly suggest getting that one!) and SiriusXM Recorder (you need to be a hardware geek but it records everything) I used to buy music. I've got two CDs of the braveheart stuff somewhere. I REALLY miss Cinemagic, it was an XM channel where they just played movie music scores. I've got a lot of stuff recorded off that channel.
Dances with wolves is a good one - any of the theme-type music works crossing balds. I kept thinking of it and the original Conan the Barbarian themes passing over the balds from Roan Highlands.
Mostly I like EDM, however. Anything Trance with flowing highs and a deep foot-stomping bass line.
Dash Berlin
Axwell/Ingrosso
Marcus Schultz
Above and Beyond
Armin Van Buuren
I generally record XM channels 52/53 and they have some great 60-90 minute radio shows. A State of Trance is sort of a louder, harder sound, and a State of Sundays has more easygoing down tempo stuff. Sunday nights they do slow easy stuff which works better for night time.
I have a decent amount of classic rock and death metal, but that's not so good for the trail.
In fact, most of the time I listen to nothing. I sort of like the peaceful quiet of my breath and the crunching leaves. But I'm also usually with a group hiking friends... and people like to talk before we spread out too much. If I were out there completely alone, I'd probably listen to more music.
rocketsocks
11-26-2016, 11:56
I like books on tape too
rocketsocks
11-26-2016, 11:57
In fact one you recommended Dogwood.
"one second after"
For those inclined to Ambient, chill out, EDM, Deep House, Electronica, Trance, New Age, Instrumental, dance, etc might try
Chemical Brothers, Orbital, Opus Orange(many good ones on the Mile, Mile and a Half Soundtrack), Dario G, and Chicane.
Chicane Offshore - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5wdFk2x3f8&list=PL5gx1dMiYN6vnRtAiP3JObZPrB26Yjkbz Very Nice!
Saltwater - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET1-6Bef9xU
Overlap - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UabXDZsO08A&index=38&list=PL5gx1dMiYN6vnRtAiP3JObZPrB26Yjkbz
Windbreaks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOJEN_A8dXM It gets going about 1/3 the way in.
The Drive Home - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCXCZ17Pzt0 Very nice!
Thousand Mile Stare - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5FQBDAxLRk&index=30&list=PL5gx1dMiYN6vnRtAiP3JObZPrB26Yjkbz
Pete Tong - I Will Rise Again (feat. Frankie Wilde remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_3rb9fZMhw
Armin van Buuren's cuts are too numerous to list.
Secondmouse
12-02-2016, 12:06
Do you want to touch me - Joan Jett
Deer Hunter
12-02-2016, 14:58
Good stuff!
Lately, I've been on a Stevie Ray Vaughn and Govt. Mule kick...great for a long run.
Great music imho. :)
chknfngrs
12-02-2016, 15:54
Also saw mile mile and a half and discovered opus orange. Great band. That guy "transient" posted his music here on another thread. Recorded in the Appalachian Trail, and not acoustic folk.
dudeijuststarted
12-02-2016, 15:59
Chemical Brothers - Loops Of Fury (on perpetual repeat)
Slipped my mind. Reminded of it earlier.
Free Bird
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D0W1v0kOELA
Audio Book
Matterhorn
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chknfngrs
12-03-2016, 15:03
Anybody else into stereolab while hikin
Chemical Brothers - Loops Of Fury (on perpetual repeat)
Puts me into a Jason Bourne car chase scene mood. Right up there with some of Moby's stuff. I'm adding it. THX Gotta go go now since ...for a 20 mile run before dinner.
The Dady Brothers "A Little Road and a Stone to Roll"
While I don't often listen to music while walking, I often listen in the AM while packing and eating breakfast. I am a great fan of Walkin' Jim and two songs I find particularly fitting to get me in the proper, grateful mood each day, a mood that reminds me of how blessed I am, are the following:
Morning In The Mountains:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgz096C30EE
I Walk In Beauty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHwEbmAbMKg
TU Lyle for reminding us of Jin Walkin Stoltz. What an honor.
Walk in Beauty is one of my favorites. Love at about 55 secs in where he says "I realized I wasn't walking through beauty, I was walking in beauty...."
Some people miss that. I know I miss that at times.
Great way to start the day.
Jim Stolz connected rather than just walked through.
Yes he did.
I was honored to see him in person on several occasions over the years. The last time I was one of the volunteers who took the tickets and sold his CD's at the concert. Got to chat with him for about a half hour or so, after the concert. Truly an inspiring man.
All of the photography was his own - very talented.
At 35 secs in Walk in Beauty he says something that is so key that can resonate us to a higher level concerning a realization of his 450 mile ID/MT border walk "it truly was a walk of thanksgiving."
That's so apt for the song title and the way he hiked.
When you talked to him did you get the sense that you were in the presence of a knowing, wise, loving, joyful, and humble being that transcended so much that is common?
Oh, for certain. I realized that the first time I met him at an American Hiking Society Conference in 1985. He performed for us one evening. Ever since that conference, I was a fan.
Great advice for am tunes!!!! Thanks!
August W.
02-18-2017, 09:45
The Mountain Song - Crosby, Slick, Garcia, Kantner - Perro Sessions
The Mountain Song - Hard Working Americans
Traveler - Chris Stapleton
Michael Franti & Spearhead - That's the Sound of Sunshine(coming down) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhTvifGShw4&list=RD9rLbFOmurCY&index=27
Kalaallit
02-19-2017, 23:03
Depending on the weather, it can change a whole lot.
If it's rainy/overcast, I'll listen to some spacey, slow music like The Hics or Milk and Bone.
If it's sunny out or I'm tired and need to wake up, I'll listen to some alternative indie stuff like Of Monsters And Men or Seafret. If I really need to get going, some nice trap music does the trick (Injury Reserve is pretty good, as is Desiigner)