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Cafe Society
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I’ve been walking home from work the last couple months. It’s about 1.6 miles and takes me roughly 40-50 minutes, so I’ve set up a playlist of fairly up-tempo music, for the most part, to keep me groovin’ while I’m walkin’. I don’t really like repetition though, so what do you think I should add, based on my current tastes?

On my playlist now are the following songs:

Dracula’s Wedding (ft Kelis) 2:33 André 3000
Tangled Up In Blue 5:43 Bob Dylan
The Real Folk Blues 6:17 Cowboy BeBop
Tank 3:30 Cowboy BeBop
Trip Like I Do 7:34 The Crystal Method
Busy Child 7:25 The Crystal Method
Cherry Twist 4:26 The Crystal Method Vegas
High Roller 5:30 The Crystal Method Vegas
Comin’ Back 5:39 The Crystal Method Vegas
Keep Hope Alive 6:13 The Crystal Method
Vapor Trail 6:31 The Crystal Method
She’s My Pusher 5:41 The Crystal Method
Jaded 7:06 The Crystal Method Vegas
Bad Stone 5:10 The Crystal Method Vegas
No Talking Just Head 4:34 Debbie Harry/The Heads
Take The Time 15:15 Deep Banana Blackout
Days Go By 5:02 Dirty Vegas
Who Is Tyler Durden 5:02 Fight Club
What Is Fight Club 4:44 Fight Club Soundtrack
Stealing Fat 2:22 Fight Club Soundtrack
This is your life (featuring Tyler Durden) Fight Club Soundtrack
Hey Man, Nice Shot 5:14 Filter
Take Me Out 3:57 Franz Ferdinand
This Fire 4:15 Franz Ferdinand
Closer To Fine 4:02 Indigo Girls
Hallelujah 6:53 Jeff Buckley
All Along the Watchtower 4:00 Jimi Hendrix
Gypsy Eyes 3:42 Jimi Hendrix
Taxicab Messiah 4:19 Kidneythieves
S+M (A Love Song) 3:33 Kidneythieves
Beg 3:38 Kidneythieves
Freeky People 3:42 Kidneythieves
Velveteeen 4:06 Kidneythieves
Dead Girl Walking 4:05 Kidneythieves
Comets + Violins 3:35 Kidneythieves
Lick U Clean 3:43 Kidneythieves
before i’m dead 4:36 Kidneythieves
zerospace 3:50 Kidneythieves
dyskrasia 4:22 Kidneythieves
Freak on a Leash 4:15 Korn
Falling Away From Me 4:31 Korn
Communication Breakdown 2:30 Led Zeppelin
Whole Lotta Love 5:34 Led Zeppelin
Immigrant Song 2:25 Led Zeppelin
Friends 3:54 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III
Gallows Pole 4:56 Led Zeppelin
Black Dog 4:57 Led Zeppelin
The Battle of Evermore 5:52 Led Zeppelin
Kashmir 8:28 Led Zeppelin
Achilles Last Stand 10:25
Honey 3:29 Moby
Machete 3:38 Moby
Comin’ Home 3:36 Murder By Death
Rum Brave 3:06 Murder By Death
Fuego! 4:11 Murder By Death
Come Out Swinging 2:47 The Offspring
Come Out and Play 3:18 The Offspring
Self-Esteem 4:18 The Offspring
Smack My Bitch Up 4:48 The Prodigy
Send Your Love (feat. Vicente Amigo) 4:38 Sting
Psycho Killer 4:20 Talking Heads
Once in a Lifetime 4:20 Talking Heads
Stinkfist 5:11 Tool
Forty Six & 2 6:04 Tool
Ænema 6:40 Tool
Parabola 6:03 Tool
Ticks & Leeches 8:10 Tool
Jerk-Off 4:25 Tool
Part Of Me 3:17 Tool
Intolerance 4:53 Tool
Prison Sex 4:56 Tool
Sober 5:07 Tool
Bottom 7:14 Tool
Undertow 5:22 Tool
Vicarious 7:07 Tool
Tweeter And The Monkey Man 5:28 Traveling Wilburys
Seven Nation Army 3:52 The White Stripes
American Girl 3:29 Tom Petty
I Need To Know 2:25 Tom Petty
Runnin’ Down A Dream 4:22 Tom Petty
Mary Jane’s Last Dance 4:32 Tom Petty

Suggestions?

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Bumping once for suggestions. My musical knowledge pretty much stops at the early 21st century, and I’ve been feeling old. Is there any rockin’ new music out there?

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I don’t have any specific suggestions for you but have you tried Pandora?

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“Bright Future in Sales” - Fountains of Wayne
“Steady As She Goes” - Raconteurs
“Johnny Feelgood” - Liz Phair
Maybe some Indigo Girls that was recorded this decade? – How about “Become You”

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Well, I’ll avoid adding any more Seatbelts music suggestions, since I’m assuming you have more than just the two Cowboy Bebop songs in your repetoire. If you don’t, then I suggest checking out more of them. The Egg and I is nice and peppy, and always makes me think of Oy bouncing around. :stuck_out_tongue:

Bolding this next part because it is, in my opinion, one of the best ways to find/get new music ever.
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One GREAT way to get new music, one song at a time <which I prefer as I don’t listen to albums as a whole, generally> is to use Youtube to check out new stuff, and then use zamzar to have it parse the Youtube link, convert it to mp3, and send it to your email. Download and blam; new music! <just google zamzar for the link; the link is just a .com after it but I don’t know the rules for posting direct links here> **

One of my favorite walking/activity songs, which you might like 'cause I see Prodigy on there, is from the Hacker’s soundtrack. It’s called Cowgirl. Youtube ‘hackers sound track cowgirl’ and it’ll be right there; browse from there and enjoy!

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I haven’t, to be honest. I’ve heard of it but never gone there. What’s it all about?

Thanks, I’ll check some of that stuff out asap.

I actually don’t have most of their stuff, just a few Bebop tracks I snagged. I’ll check some more of 'em out.

Also, never heard of zamzar but I’ll check it out.
I’ll check out Cowgirl too.

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I’ve never listened to a lot of the stuff you have there, and some of what I’ve heard isn’t my cup of tea, so I can only give recommendations based on part of the list and the post-early-21st century instruction, but:

The White Stripes are really good, and there’s a lot there that covers kind of a lot of ground; Black Math, Icky Thump, Fell in Love With a Girl, and The Hardest Button to Button are all a good loud walking-tempo or better. Jack White’s also part of the Raconteurs. And the Dead Weather, for that matter, so maybe check out Treat Me Like Your Mother.

Ever tried the Yeah Yeah Yeahs? The Strokes? M.I.A. ? Modest Mouse?

Oh, and as long as you’ve got Andre 3000, might as well have Hey Ya, especially if you missed it the first time around.