What songs do you listen to while hiking?

[Carbo]

The music I take with me is in my head (lightens the load).

When setting up camp, "Papa was a rollin' stone" seems to be the current loop.

Then Loreena McKennitt kicks in with bits of "The Mummer's Dance"... the wise owls call the breathless moon in the blue veil of the night."

Hiking up the kick-ass hills has been bringing on "Eye of the Tiger".

"Axel F" (Beverly Hills Cop) and "Sailing" - Chris Cross have been randomly playing.

Every couple of weeks the songs seem to change.

[Luddite]

Raw Power by Iggy Pop

[garlic08]

Where I hike, it's extremely important to be able to listen to the music of the rattlesnake, so nothing goes in my ears.

[ZeroLozen]

Anything from Incubus > Phish > Paul Oakenfold > Willie Nelson

[Dogwood]

Allman Brothers - Ramblin Man, Blue Skys,Jessica
Angels and Airwaves
Beatles - Here Comes the Sun(wake up and get going music)
Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow(play as you hike along a river or creek)
Bob Marley - Three Little Birds, Redemption Song
Bob Seeger - Travelin Man, Roll Me Away
Boston - Don't Look Back, Peace of Mind
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
Cheryl Crowe - Everyday is a Winding Road
Chuck Mangione
David Grey
Eagles - Already Gone, Take it to the Limit, Take It Easy
Enya
Gloria Estefan - Get On you Feet(wake up and get going music)
Guns and Roses - Take Me Down to Paradise City, Patience
Jack Johson
Jesus Jones - Right Here Right Now There is No other Placxe I'd Rather Be(climbing music)
Jimmy Cliff - You Can Get It If You really Want(climbing music), I Can See Clearly Now That the Rain is Gone
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
Joe Cocker - I Get High With A Little Help From My Friends
Kenny Loggins - Conviction of the Heart(toughing it out music)
Michael Buble - Feeling Good
Moby
Natalie Merchant - These are the Days(appreciation music)
Newsboys - Can't Keep a Good Man Down
Peter Frampton Dream Weaver
Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking(get going music), Sanctify Yourself
Steve Winwood - Back in the High Life, Roll With It, The Finer Things
Sting - Desert Rose(good for desert hikes)
Switchfoot
The Alarm - Rain In The Summertime(play when it's raining)
The New Radicals - You Get What you Give
The Verve Pipe - Bittersweet Syphony
Tim McGraw - Live Like You Were Dieing
Van Morrison - Days Like These
Whitesnake - Here I Go again

Asst Jazz, New Age, Contemporary Christion, Hip Hop(Eminem), Classic Rock, Pop, Hawaiian

Even though I bring an MP3 player you have to learn to turn the man-made music off and tune into the musical sounds of nature beating in rhthym with your hike just as so many posters have stated! Sometimes I enjoy a rest from the Mp3 player for a few days and tune into nature's sounds. They really are the sweetest sounds of all!

[Tonus]

I like to listen about an hour a day, usually at or near the end of the hiking day, especially if my feet are getting a little sore. My Pod is usually filled with a mixture of guitar heavy rock (Black Crowes, Cream, Los Lobos, Chickenfoot) and 1920's jazz, blues, and old timey country, especially stuff from the Appalachians.

[Prettywoman0172]

Ahhh, yes...metal. My favorite. Love all the bands you listed...but...

I have to admit I am an 80s hair metal wh*re

I always bring my MP3 player and crank up some Whardcore metal for the tough climbs.

Bands I listen to: Five Finger Death Punch, Disturbed, Metallica, Cradle of Filth, Devildriver, Slipnot, Killswitch Engage, Godsmack, and Avenged Sevenfold among others.

[Prettywoman0172]

Oh, wait...you have mentioned my favorite band of all time in herre...The Black Crowes. I love them so much I have their artwork tattooed on my flesh...

I love my iPod and do think it could enhance the experience of hiking ... i cant exercise without it. If the battery dies before I am done my running pace slows considerably

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I like to listen about an hour a day, usually at or near the end of the hiking day, especially if my feet are getting a little sore. My Pod is usually filled with a mixture of guitar heavy rock (Black Crowes, Cream, Los Lobos, Chickenfoot) and 1920's jazz, blues, and old timey country, especially stuff from the Appalachians.

[Jonnycat]

The music I take with me is in my head (lightens the load).

..."Sailing" - Chris Cross ....

How funny, I had that one in my head on my last section hike!

[Dogwood]

I have to admit I am an 80s hair metal wh*re - PrettyWoman0172

Oh my gosh! Best stuff I heard all day!

[Dogwood]

In tribute to "Walking" Jim Stoltz I have to download some of his fine hiking music onto my MP3 player. Anyone no where I can get free downloads?

[Luddite]

No punks on Whiteblaze??

Bad Brains
Dead Kennedys
Iggy Pop and the Stooges
Reagan Youth
Minor Threat
Stiff Little Fingers
Ramones
?

Actually mostly when I hike I listen to early Bob Dylan

[Torch09]

Sometimes i feel the need to motivate those around me by bustin' out the small speaker i carry and jammin to some Dragonforce in the morning before the hiking begins. Generally while hiking i try to select music to fit my mood (or the mood i want to be in if its a bad day).

Augustana
Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
Cheap Trick
Coldplay
CCR
Green Day
Journey
Kansas
Linkin Park
MGMT
Nirvana
Oasis
Queen
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rush
Simon and Garfunkel
Social Distortion
Sublime
The Cure
The Eagles
The Gaslight Anthem
The Killers
The Who
Third Eye Blind
Vampire Weekend

...just to name a few

[-SEEKER-]

Lifehouse, Blondie, The Stones, The Who, Nickelback, Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Imbruglia, Linkin Park, Natalie Merchant, Collective Soul, Jefferson Airplane, Coldplay, Third Eye Blind, Train, Pink Floyd , Alanis Morissette , etc.
I keep the volume low enough that I have heard Timber Rattlers rattle at me.
My MP3 player uses a single AAA battery that only lasts about 6 hours of continuous play, so to lighten my load I probably won't take it with me from MA to ME next year.

[perrito]

It can sometimes be annoying to have a song stuck in your head while hiking, but sometimes you get lucky and have one that at least has a hiking pace to the rhythm.

There she was just a-walkin' down the street, singin'
"Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
Snappin' her fingers and shufflin' her feet, singin'
"Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
She looked good (looked good), she looked fine (looked fine)
She looked good, she looked fine and I nearly lost my mind

Before I knew it she was walkin' next to me, singin'
"Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
Holdin' my hand just as natural as can be, singin'
"Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
We walked on (walked on) to my door (my door)
We walked on to my door, then we kissed a little more
......

[Carbo]

How funny, I had that one in my head on my last section hike!

I changed the lyrics around a bit "... and if the wind is right you can hike away, and find tranquility. The trail can do miracles, just you wait and see, believe me..."

Now, if I could only carry a tune!

[johnnybgood]

While hiking I pretty much tend to take in everything around me.

When I'm relaxing in my tent after dinner and before bedtime then it's whatever I'm in the mood for.
I have every imaginable genre of music on by nano . I'm a sophisicated listener you know .

Seriously though ... it's my daughters gift to me. I didn't really add much to an already diverse music library.

[ChinMusic]

Too many artists to list. I'll mention a few of the more obscure ones:

Adam Ant
Aliota-Haynes Jeremiah
Blue Oyster Cult
The Boomtown Rats
Bow Wow Wow
Buzz Poets
Cycle ****s from Hell
EBN-OZN
Falco
The Flying Lizards
Freedy Johnson
Harvey Danger
Kraftwerk
Missing Persons
Oingo Boingo
Romeo Void
'Til Tuesday
Violent Femmes
The Waitresses

[Luddite]

Violent Femmes

Come on dad, gimme the car tonight...

I love Violent Femmes

[Sierra Echo]

No punks on Whiteblaze??

Bad Brains
Dead Kennedys
Iggy Pop and the Stooges
Reagan Youth
Minor Threat
Stiff Little Fingers
Ramones
?

Actually mostly when I hike I listen to early Bob Dylan

I'm a closet GG Allin fan. But don't tell anyone! Shhhhhhhhh