The Music Argument

by Andy Shen

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The Music Argument

If indeed I were to actually listen to an ipod while riding my bike (which may or may not be illegal – I’m too lazy to look it up), there would be a few bands I would never leave off my playlist.

That list being:

Fugazi

Hüsker Dü

The Replacements (and Paul Westerberg)

The Rolling Stones

The Beatles

Jawbreaker

Naked Raygun

Rancid

The Transplants

Judas Priest

and NPR podcasts (Nina f-in Totenberg, baby!)

Feel free to mock my music, not that I care what you think anyway.

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Littlefield

In my ears:

Motorhead

Minor Threat

The Selecter

The Misfits

The Dead Boys

The Clash

Butthole Surfers

The Damned

Metallica

Chili Peppers

System of a Down

Sex Pistols

Gang of Four

Early Elvis Costello

Rage Against the Machine

Kid Rock (a guilty pleasure)

Bad Brains

Nelly

Siouxsie and the Banshees

The Cult

The Jam (but not the Style Council, EVER)

The New York Dolls

And lately, The Killers and Wolfmother

(And uh, Ozzy)

(I also have quite a few Beatles tracks and most of New Day Rising by Husker Du, but those were already mentioned above, so I left them out.)

Chris M

I think Patrick wears leather underwear too! Nice list man.

When I hear the Beatles now, I just switch stations immediately. Overplayed for 40 years and I just cant hear it anymore. Ozzy 4-ever though!

I dont ever listen to music on the bike myself. Dont like the sweat in the ears, the cords, the lack of traffic hearing, and dont need the distraction. Like Schmalz, head music is good enough for me… Indoors in winter, Id rather watch TV than listen to an ipod.

LED ZEPPELIN

WHOLE LOTTA LOVE is great for keeping the cadence up and consistent

IMMIGRANT SONG for when you want to get fired up

BLACK DOG for when you really want to be transported to wonderful musical age of the early 70’s…helps the time go by on the trainer

it's probably really bad hip-hop

so bad you’ve never heard of it.

Which demonstrates I’m more "street" than yall.

You’d best be down wit Big Baby J, Remington CRANE$, Circulateoo, etc.

lee3

Hills: (Definitely) Melvins, Dillinger Escape Plan, Big Chief, Mule and the Soundtrack to "Gummo", The Cherubs

Flats: Aphex Twin, Wutang, Destroy all Monsters, Archers of Loaf, Rocket From the Crypt!

Cooldown: Deathcab…., Grandaddy, She wants revenge

trip hop & foreign rap

massive attack

mc solaar

die fantastischen fier

qurashi

etc…

now if I could get my damn headphones to stay in while i’m riding…

NYPD

The law states that you are allowed to ride with one earphone in, but not both. This applies to rollerbladers as well. Roller-skaters are allowed to have music in both ears provided they are wearing large earmuff-style headphones and sparkly short-shorts

– Bad Lieutenant

ML team 2007

I hear the Merrill boys will be rocking sparkly short shorts as part of their 2007 kits. No word about the big earmuffs yet.

You heard it here first.

shaw

mule? lee, i didn’t know there was another mule fan out there.

i think 60 second intervals require some bad HC like youth of today, bold or 7 seconds. climbing i think would be spiritualized, maybe explosions in the sky.

early blood brothers is good for trainer work i have found.

7 Seconds!!

Call me ugly, I don’t care, I feel good in the clothes I wear

Call me dumb, I’ve gotta brain, when I’m hurt, I feel the pain

SKINHEADS, BRAINS, GUTS!!! SKINHEADS, BRAINS, GUTS!!!

I haven’t heard that record since I moved outta my parents house in 1992. (Last time I owned a turntable.)

Nice pick Shaw.

I’m not familiar with Youth of Today, but it does remind me of Reagan Youth, another group I’ve gotta search Limewire for.

And then some MDC, then some SS Decontrol….

lee3

Shaw,

yea..Jim and Kevin used to play in Brannon’s band (L.Hyenas)

Preston is blood related to Brannon as well. Kevin and his brother ran Zoots (coffee shop) I was in band with Kevin’s brother Dave –

we sorta sounded like Superchunk meets Jesus Lizard.

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