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gunkyjon
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Hi,
I was just wondering if any of you listen to music when u boulder(indoors) and if so, what are your favorite songs that help u pull through the problem?
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irockclimb
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lol techno is always on in the gym and in bouldering videos
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Tool is my preferred plastic pulling music.
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2x
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Whatever is pumping in my veins that day...
Gunīs īn roses, Greenday, Metallica, Bizkit, Mago...
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Lord, I was born a ramblin man.... usually the allman brothers do it for me. Nothin like a soft guitar to get you pumped to pull plastic and smear on painted wood.
Gay smiley: :lol:
ROCK OUT!!!!1111!!!!! :roll:
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hip hop, reggae, rock, whatever....if its got a beat and is good...
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At my wall we always have music playing, it's one of the first things we do- we plug in the speakers and an Ipod then roll out the mats... As far as content, anything goes, except for country and excessive rap, but that goes without saying. Big fan of some Incubus to get going, with a bit more intense stuff for the actual bouldering and then a cool down lap of Marley and finally some sitting time with Jack Johnson. You really can't argue with that lineup, try it sometime.
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At the gym I go to they play alot of electronic indie stuff. "Boards of Canada" is the name of the band, I think. Whatever it is, it is good for climbing, makes even warmups feel like you have the spotlight on you in some super cool bouldering video
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Lately, I've been stuck on a group call 10 miles... 8^) ... jinx
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Green Day and U2 help get the blood flowing. Sometimes I'll tune into some hip-hop, depending on my mood.
At the gym, this reggae version of John Denvers' "Country Roads" was playing. Now THAT was strange.
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Motorhead, Peaches, Monkey Mafia, No means No, Primal Scream, Mogwai, old Ice Cube, N.W.A., Clutch, Black Sabbath, Zombie Nation, The Ramones, Steel Pulse, Gregory Isaacs, Doctor Octagon,and the Pixies are some of the bands that get me stoked about bouldering indoors. There are many more, but these are what I have been playing in our gym lately (depending on the crowd of course).
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In reply to: At the gym, this reggae version of John Denvers' "Country Roads" was playing. Now THAT was strange.
LMAO!
That's by Toots and the Maytals, a ska band from the '60s and '70s. They wrote the song, then John Denver just covered it and changed some of the lyrics from "West Jamaica" to "West Virginia"
the more you know...
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Slayer.
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something like some HIM is good for easier days and something alot heavier and faster for hard send days like slayer, himsa, arch enemy, metallica, pantera. or sometimes just some fun stuff like bloc party, cky, THE VINES. yes the vines. they get you in the mood with Ride.
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Anything but rap, but then again pulling plastic is :boring:
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Pump it up, by Joe Budden is good starter fluid.
Rock it, don't talk it. :x <-asian smiley lol
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lvclimbingbum
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BYOB, SYSTEM OF A DOWN :twisted:
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Oops, I voted before I saw the indoor part.
I was out at Big Bend today jammin' out to the Chemical Bros. Push the Button on my boom box.
It works.
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right now it's Blackalicious's new album "The Craft"
super good
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In reply to: Hi, I was just wondering if any of you listen to music when u boulder(indoors) and if so, what are your favorite songs that help u pull through the problem?
climb on
chris
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Only retards boulder indoors. Duh. :wink:
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Turbonegro is nice for bouldering! Hereby recommended!
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curt: lol
10ft ganja plant, Capleton, Israel Vibration, Sizzla, Slow Train, Asian Dub Foundation, Method Man, Lee Perry...
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In reply to: In reply to: At the gym, this reggae version of John Denvers' "Country Roads" was playing. Now THAT was strange. LMAO! That's by Toots and the Maytals, a ska band from the '60s and '70s. They wrote the song, then John Denver just covered it and changed some of the lyrics from "West Jamaica" to "West Virginia" the more you know... |
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always have some techno or rock on when bouldering in the gym, but not outdoors. Just doesnt fit.
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thereīs always music in the gym where i go, reggae , rock or techno, and every Thursday after we are done bouldering like at 10 pm we stay and drink some beer and have fun.
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In reply to: LMAO! That's by Toots and the Maytals, a ska band from the '60s and '70s. They wrote the song, then John Denver just covered it and changed some of the lyrics from "West Jamaica" to "West Virginia" the more you know...
...Which is precisely why I'm glad my muslcal tastes don't include songs covered by artists who butcher them.
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In reply to: In reply to: At the gym, this reggae version of John Denvers' "Country Roads" was playing. Now THAT was strange. LMAO! That's by Toots and the Maytals, a ska band from the '60s and '70s. They wrote the song, then John Denver just covered it and changed some of the lyrics from "West Jamaica" to "West Virginia" the more you know... |
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In reply to: Actually you are incorrect, although the Maytals version is far better the song was written by John Denver in 1971.
Thanks for the info, I stand corrected! I had my dates a little off...Toots first covered it in '72. I thought Denver didn't do that one until the late '70s, so I guess I made an assumption about which came first.
This thread is officially jacked. :D
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Any old punk. Pantera, Black Label Society, Megadeth. Any thing that isn't rap!!!!!!!!
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Asian Dub Foundation (especially Fly Over)
Drum īn Bass
Psytrance (SUB6, GMS, Infected Mushrooms ...)
and reggae of course for the chill-out session
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In reply to: Thanks for the info, I stand corrected! I had my dates a little off...Toots first covered it in '72. I thought Denver didn't do that one until the late '70s, so I guess I made an assumption about which came first. This thread is officially jacked. :D
haHA!!! I knew I wasn't that crazy to get my music trivia mixed up!
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Modest Mouse, Rage Against the Machine, Offspring.....................................listen to what you want as long as you like it, then it doesn't matter
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theres nothing like some jack johnson (esp september sessions) for me. maybe some marley and donovan frankenreiter. Basically anything putting out a good vibe.
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the faint is definitely good bouldering music. or something hard so you dont realize what you are doing
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nada surf, the shins, the thrills, arcade fire, flaming lips, to name a few. music you won't hear on crappy top 40 radio stations.
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I listen to music bouldering when ever i can it really pumps me up. Some songs do more than others though. I have found that Regga and rap/hiphop are the best songs for making that hard send. :D
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death threat, throwdown, bury your dead, zao, terror
thats how i rock
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shuffle.
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Anything I can pull hard to. Something that gets me pumped up and excited. These guys in my gym think that Weezer's "Hash Pipe" makes you pull harder, but after hearing it played repeatedly 8 times, I got a little sick of it.
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Nightwish, Opeth, Cult of Luna. If im going for a full on work out then ususaly some Ackercock
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DJ Cam, DJ Shadow, any acid jazz, incubus (S.C.I.E.N.C.E)
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In reply to: , incubus (S.C.I.E.N.C.E)
Best incubus album ever!! I choose, Steve Kimock band, String Cheese, Sublime, anything that puts me in a good mood and relaxed and, calm.
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There is usually music playing when I'm in the gym, but the kind of music that gets me pumped is stuff like: It dies today, senses fail, hawethorne hieghts, etc....
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I dig stuff like plastikman, crystal method, or any type of jungle / dnb. I tend to not like getting too rev'd up when climbing.. puts me in an agressive mindset and makes it hard for me to evaluate options.. but i do enjoy blood has been shed, red chord, acacia strain, unearth, etc..
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Gorillaz
Guano Apes - Open Your Eyes
Breaking Benjamin - Peril
Daurde
Jon Digweed
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Lately I've been listening to Anberlin
But if I could pick, I'd listen to some good old Ned's Atomic DustBin or maybe Eve 6.
The group my younger brother hangs with would probably say Tool wich sits well with me too.
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Huey 'Fucking' Lewis and the News.
Rock and roll at its best. :lol: :lol:
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Odub...
but seriously Bad Religion, OAR, Dead Kennedies, Black Sabbath, Stratovarius, Guns and Roses, Flogging Molly, Gorrillas, lots of other random crap, Simon and Garfunkle... no wait...
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ANYTHING ROCK......... no pun intended... :D
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its all about the Zeppelin
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Music and climbing go hand in hand... as do most things with music. I love listening to up beat Ben Harper, i.e. Glory and Consequence, or Faded. Also Moe, String Cheese Incident, and anything with a good jazzy hip-hop beat... Soulive for example. Good Bluegrass too. There are soo many! Boulder Problem? MUSIC IS THE ANSWER! :D
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Common Market, Blue Scholars, A tribe called quest, lightheaded, four tet, two gallants, people under the stairs, Jurassic 5, some rage against the machine, RJD2, sage francis, heiruspecs...those are some of the mellow, beat oriented things I listen plus a little to just get me going.
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Its all about Muse.... And for some reason I swear I send a grade harder when Micheal Jackson is playing... Is that weird or what?
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Boards of Canada
Sublime
Tool
Jurrasic 5
Pretty much any smooth hip hop.
Psytrance (1200 micrograms is a favorite)
Lots more depending on my mood, ben harper is never bad.
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How are y'all doing? Well for a first post what easier than this subject?
I normally tend to listen to Misfits or Against All Authority which is some pretty fast skapunk from Miami, FL. Also Los Hermanos from brazil has a good rithm and tends to be calm so it helps me concentrate on the problems that make me feel like an old lady in a wheelchair staring up the stairs. :?
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How are y'all doing? Well for a first post what easier than this subject?
I normally tend to listen to Misfits or Against All Authority which is some pretty fast skapunk from Miami, FL. Also Los Hermanos from brazil has a good rithm and tends to be calm so it helps me concentrate on the problems that make me feel like an old lady in a wheelchair staring up the stairs. :?
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the sound bombing mix with evil dee helps me to "get my send on"
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i love dropping names of obscure bands on rc to look cool. i also have a beanie that changes colors when my i-pod changes playlists.
leomoon man - hands down!!
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Just got an ipod nano and love using it while climbing indoors. . .
My fav's are the ol' "shuffle" feature - anything from Paul Simon to Bonnie Raitt to MIA and Belly.
how about listening to the music of a fellow climber? Check out my tunes (i'm an alt-country/folk-rock indie artist. . .)
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http://www.tanyapluth.com
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Oh, there ARE climbing photos on the site too! Here -
http://www.tanyapluth.com/photos-group-17.html
so much for anonymity. . .
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In reply to: i love dropping names of obscure bands on rc to look cool. i also have a beanie that changes colors when my i-pod changes playlists. leomoon man - hands down!!
Was that flame really needed?
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In reply to: I also have a beanie that changes colors when my i-pod changes playlists.
I want a beanie that changes colors when my i-pod changes playlists. . .
8^)
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How about some Windham Hell! That keeps me going! Lots of crazy guitar solo's!
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In reply to: In reply to: I also have a beanie that changes colors when my i-pod changes playlists. I want a beanie that changes colors when my i-pod changes playlists. . . 8^)
leds and some sort of way to pull information out of your ipod (usb interface, could run power to the LEDS too). If you make it, they will buy it. Sell with a 40 pack of ramen and a can of krylon. I think you are on to something.
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Drive-By Truckers when pulling hard stuff. Yonder Mountatin for lounging around on the mats.
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ALEX SCHEIN!!! Gypsy, Beats and Breath etc... all of its good!!
Stephen
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Sometimes I do indoors, I mostly listen to:
Jurrasic 5
Ben Harper
Augustana
Jack Johnson
Phidh
Bedouin Soundclash
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why isn't there an option for "always"
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maybe i'm way off here, but i like to get outside by myself and work on a problem with just the music of nature around me. beats are all good in the gym, but isn't nature half the point of climbing?
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In reply to: maybe i'm way off here, but i like to get outside by myself and work on a problem with just the music of nature around me. beats are all good in the gym, but isn't nature half the point of climbing?
Thank you!
Last thanksgiving I was in Bishop sitting in front of the iron man traverse. Up walks this kid with neo-Bon Jovi hair cut, big shield sunglasses, and runway cargos with an i-pod attached to his hips with wires running straight into his brain. He promptly walks in front of people waiting to give it a go and hikes the problem (totally floated it) and then walked off to wage war with something more difficult.
Don't get me wrong, he was an impressive climber, but there was so much attitude it reeked. On top of that, the i-pod just served to cut the guy off from the environment - both social and natural. Obviously I disagree with that mostly because those are the things I love about bouldering. So, when I see this thread degenerate into a list of who's who among unknown bands it makes me a bit cynical.
But I really do love leomoon (and organica - Mike Call sure did a good job on the High Life).
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