I’ve just reviewed all of the songs that have made the “cut” on my recent fitness walks. All of them were picked randomly. Hmmm…maybe now that I’ve seen what all of these songs are, I would be able to make an actual  “walking playlist!” But that whole idea just seems so…offensive to me. I love the randomness of the “shuffle” button too much! I kind of like being surprised.

Some artists that have been played more than twice since I started doing regular walks in early January include New Order (6X), nine inch nails (6X), Cat Stevens (4X), Guns ‘n Roses (4X), Fleetwood Mac (4X), Beastie Boys (3X), Faith No More (3X) and Blondie (3X). The Chain by Fleetwood Mac appears to be the only song that appears twice on this list. The driving guitar toward the end of the song is great for keeping my steps going (here’s to you, Lindsay Buckingham – one of most underrated guitarists in rock ‘n roll, IMHO)!

WORD!

As for “genres?” Rock and pop seem to be the predominant ones in this list, though there are some “harder” songs on this list, too Worlock by Skinny Puppy is an industrial track, just about everything by nine inch nails is on the “harder” side, Van Halen and Guns ‘n Roses songs are listed and Rage Against The Machine is essentially “musical caffeine.” On the lighter side of things, disco tracks do kind of have a tendency to…not get skipped by me. NO APOLOGIES! Disco really helps keep me steppin’!

What does the word “shuffle” make me think of?

The Jump ‘n the Saddle Band had a #15 Billboard Hot 100 hit with The Curly Shuffle, which was an homage to the Three Stooges.  When I was in high school jazz ensemble, we had to PLAY this song! What the HELL was band director Mr. Kot thinking? No, I do not own a mp3 of this song, though as far as “novelty” songs go, I do have a German techno version of the Sesame Street “Rubber Ducky” song (both German people I’ve played it for have gotten smiles on their faces). I downloaded that one from Napster many, many moons ago. Another “novelty” song I own is Steve Martin’s King Tut. I skip this one when it comes up during my walks…it’s just TOO silly! My brother used to have the 45 single of that song.

 

1. Subculture, New Order
2. Spooky, New Order
3. We Are Family, Sly and the Family Stone
4. Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1), Pink Floyd
5. Rainy Day Women #12 and #35, Bob Dylan
6. Head Over Heels, The Go-Gos
7. Wild World, Cat Stevens
8. It’s So Easy, Guns ‘n Roses
9. To Live and Die In L.A., Wang Chung
10. Echoplex, nine inch nails
11. Somewhat Damaged, nine inch nails
12. Hey Ladies, Beastie Boys
13. Daylight, Coldplay
14. Katmandu, Cat Stevens
15. The Perfect Kiss, New Order
16. Something About You, Level 42
17. Gimme Three Steps, Lynyrd Skynyrd
18. Ceremony, New Order
19. I Ran, Flock of Seagulls
20. You Make Loving Fun, Fleetwood Mac
21. Tuesday’s Dead, Cat Stevens
22. Afternoon Delight, Starland Vocal Band
23. King of Pain, the Police
24. Catch My Fall, Billy Idol
25. Sing, Sing, Sing, Glenn Miller Orchestra
26. Mr. Brownstone, Guns ‘n Roses
27. Say It Isn’t So, Hall & Oates
28. I Move On, Chicago movie soundtrack
29. The Man Who Sold The World, Nirvana (Unplugged in New York)
30. Psycho Killer, Talking Heads
31. Get Down Tonight, KC and the Sunshine Band
32. Plush, Stone Temple Pilots
33. Don’t Look Back in Anger, Oasis
34. The Chain, Fleetwood Mac
35. Call Me, Blondie
36. Mid Life Crisis, Faith No More
37. Addicted To Love, Robert Palmer
38. Kinda I Want To, nine inch nails
39. Dead Man’s Party, Oingo Boingo
40. True Faith (extended mix), New Order
41. Crunchy Granola Suite, Neil Diamond
42. Manifest Destiny, Ravenous Motion Picture Soundtrack
43. Woodstock, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
44. Sweet Child ‘O Mine, Guns ‘n Roses
45. Sabotage, Beastie Boys
46. A Little Respect, Erasure
47. Already Gone, The Eagles
48. Simply Irresistible, Robert Palmer
49. I Have The Touch, Peter Gabriel
50. Drop Dead Legs, Van Halen
51. Annabelle, Paul’s Big Radio
52. Girlfriend, Matthew Sweet
53. Rag and Bone, White Stripes
54. Cocaine, Eric Clapton
55. Dance Hall Days, Wang Chung
56. World in My Eyes, Depeche Mode
57. Master and Servant, Depeche Mode
58. You Could Be Mine, Guns ‘n Roses
59. Freedom, Rage Against the Machine
60. F—in in the Bushes, Oasis
61. Young Americans, David Bowie
62. Always Something There To Remind Me, Naked Eyes
63. Life in the Fast Lane, The Eagles
64. Slide Away, Michael Hutchence/Bono (duet)
65. Angelsea, Cat Stevens
66. One Way Or Another, Blondie
67. Worlock, Skinny  Puppy
68. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, The Beatles
69. Dancing in Heaven, Q Feel
70. A Small Victory, Faith No More
71. Violet, Hole
72. You Sexy Thing, Hot Chocolate
73. Don’t Stop, Fleetwood Mac
74. Should I Stay Or Should I Go, The Clash
75. The Perfect Drug, nine inch nails (Meat Beat Manifesto remix)
76. Rape Me, Nirvana
77. Night Fever, The Bee Gees
78. God Part II, U2
79. Duel, Propaganda
80. China Girl, David Bowie
81. Unbelievable, EMF
82. National Anthem, Radiohead
83. You Really Got Me, Van Halen
84. Letting You, nine inch nails
85. It’s My Life, Talk Talk
86. Computer Blue, Prince and the Revolution
87. Night on Disco Mountain, David Shire (Saturday Night Fever soundtrack)
88. The Chain, Fleetwood Mac
89. She’s Crafty, Beastie Boys
90. All Along the Watchtower, Jimi Hendrix
91. Very Ape, Nirvana
92. Turning Japanese, The Vapors
93. Ready, Cat Stevens
94. Land of Sunshine, Faith No More
95. Atomic, Blondie
96. Things Can Only Get Better, Howard Jones
97. Witchy Woman, The Eagles
98. A Fifth of Beethoven, David Shire (Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack)
99. Fallen Angel, Poison
100. Mambo No. 5, Lou Bega
101. Killer Queen, Queen
102. Der Kommissar, Falco (in German)
103. Allentown, Billy Joel
104. Don’t You Want Me, The Human League
105. The Globe, Big Audio Dynamite II
106. Shellshock, New Order
107. Hot Stuff, Donna Summer
108. All Apologies, Nirvana
109. Disco Inferno, The Trammps
110. Wish, nine inch nails
111. Bitterblue, Cat Stevens
112. Heart of Glass, Blondie