I am organizing all my music on my new computer. I love iTunes and have been using it for a year and a half w/ my Nano. So tonight I've been redoing all my playlists. So fun! I've got 5 playlists right now. They are: Classical, Running 1, Running 2, Running 3, Race Day. The classical one is for around the house b/c I don't play my exercise music w/ the children around. (I have an iLive that I play it on in the living room.) The 3 running playlists are for runs or the elliptical. I also put them on the iLive while I lift weights after the kiddos are in bed. And the last one is for racing. If I ever get to run a road race again! I try to keep the same pattern on each of the running lists. A slow song to start for when I am walking- like Alicia Keys "
No One" or Dave Matthews "
Busted Stuff". Then a great pick me up song for when I start running. Like Rusted Root's "
Send Me on My Way" or Amy Winehouse's "
Rehab". (Don't ask me why "
Rehab" picks me up... it just does.) Then I go into a wide variety of tunes that keep my heart rate and adrenaline pumping. I try to have some mix of the following on each playlist:Beyonce
Sean Paul
U2
Justin Timberlake
Maroon 5 or The Killers
LL Cool J or House of Pain or Fat Boy Slim
Pat Benatar
Kanye West
Timberland (obviously)
Fergie
Avril Lavigne
And some nice man called T-Pain
All running playlists end w/ U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday" as is my preference. My race day playlist is a little more demanding. To make this list songs must be super-upbeat... no down time. And of course, I add "Chariots of Fire" on here right about the time I want to be finishing. I have back-up songs after CoF just in case I don't finish when I planned to. These have to be especially happy so I don't cry. This playlist is so super-charged I can't even listen to it on a regular day w/o hyperventilating... just kidding... kinda.
I put a lot of thought into these playlists. I wonder if I could copyright the song order? What is everyone else listening to these days? Do you have a great workout song I am missing? Let me know. Peace out!