I like the Cowboy Junkies, but sorry the Stones sing it better. 
Yeah, nobody could touch the Stones original version … including the Stones today!
I did a little digging and found that Moonlight Mile is the Cowboy Junkies contribution to a new album [Paint</a> It Black – An Alt-Country Tribute to the Rolling Stones](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Moonlight-Mile/dp/B004WJNFSE]Paint”>http://www.amazon.com/Moonlight-Mile/dp/B004WJNFSE)
I had to buy the album, figuring I might discover some more new artists I really like. That’s how I first discovered the Cowboy Junkies, on a tribute album to the Grateful Dead, where they did the Jerry Garcia song [To</a> Lay Me Down](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLUM5NHXmW8]To”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLUM5NHXmW8). I also discovered Dwight Yoakam, who contributed an awesome hard rockin’ country rockabilly version of [Truckin[/url</a>]. Not to mention Lyle Lovett’s [url=<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDgPZScj5Ak]Friend”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDgPZScj5Ak]Friend</a> of the Devil](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oarb3Na0u8Q]Truckin[/url”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oarb3Na0u8Q) which is about as perfect a song as has ever been recorded.
The Cowboy Junkies also popped up on a tribute album to Gram Parsons that Emmylou Harris put together. They did a rippin’ version of [Ooh</a> Las Vegas](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cp0Tr1jmxE]Ooh”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cp0Tr1jmxE). I discovered Ryan Adams on that album. His first band Whiskeytown contributed [A</a> Song For You](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9hNExzwlhA]A”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9hNExzwlhA).
Anyway, the album version of Moonlight Mile is really good. The fuzztone electric mandolin is crazy good. I hope they play it live when I see them. Now, back to exercise. Time for Airdyne intervals, then haddock poached in butter and white wine sauce and brocolli for dinner.
<p>Wow. That hurt. I did the same Airdyne intervals as Tuesday, but I cut the recovery between sets so that my heart rate only fell to 65% instead of 60%. And, i didn’t leave anything on the table this time. I did all 18 intervals as hard as I could go for 10, 15 or 20 seconds. Yeow. Gasping for air. Lungs burning. Legs on fire. 29 minutes of all the Airdyne turture I can handle.</p>
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<p>At least the music was good, listening to this new Alternative Country tribute to the Rolling Stones album. Good stuff!</p>
<p>And my workouts get deemed hard? ;)</p>
<p>That graph looked killer.</p>
<p>Intervals of intervals.</p>
<p>Kept down some soup this evening so maybe can exercise tomorrow. I miss it. Nothing worse than nausea, nothing. I’ll take pain any day over nausea.</p>
<p>Sewhappy – I hope you’re really feeling a lot better by tomorrow; at least up for a short walk.</p>
<p>Cool music, iDad.</p>
<p>sewhappy, I hope you feel better soon.</p>
<p>Day off for me (if one does not count 10 min of core stuff). Our big news of the week: DH lost 4 lb since September!</p>
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<p>I just started a new thread and posted links to full versions of most of the alt-country Rolling Stones songs for free listening on the internets. Some are just good solid covers. Some are very, very creative. I really enjoy hearing bands cover the classics like this.</p>
<p>I had a look at a few songs and I think that we have different tastes in music.</p>
<p>That said, music is a huge part of my running - I don’t know if I’d run if I didn’t have my iPod and music. At the moment, I have enough music so that I wouldn’t hear repeats in songs for about half a year (assuming that I run for four hours per week). I know that there are lots of other songs out there that I like but it’s a matter of discovery which I find is a slow process. I listen to the radio and to Pandora - the problem with the radio (in the car) is remembering a tune that I like and writing it down when I get home.</p>
<p>One other thing on running - I no longer need to use the BodyGlide product. I stopped using it a few months ago - it appears that my legs are thinner (or maybe my skin is tougher). I took it out of my gym bag last night. It’s a great product but I’m glad to not have to use it anymore.</p>
<p>I’m thinking I should get an iPod and create my own music mix. </p>
<p>What turns me off about most exercise classes is that the music never changes. Well, maybe once a year. :rolleyes: Many people attend a class several times a week, hearing the same music, in the same order, and do they not notice? It drives me crazy! :D</p>
<p>I think that music is more important in a class than it is in running as you have to cue the music to the exercise and tempo. I imagine that doing a good job in choreography is a moderate amount of work which may be a motivation for just using the same music again because you only have to do the work once.</p>
<p>I run to the Beatles’ “Helter Skelter.” It keeps me super motivated!</p>
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<p>Probably! I have pretty weird tastes in music. </p>
<p>I would go stark raving mad if I had to exercise to the radio or to standard exercise class music. There is no format in radio that I can stand, although I could handle “classic rock” in a pinch. I love country music, but I can’t stand the stuff that is played on country stations, so that’s out. The current pop scene is a complete wasteland. I break out in hives in seconds from any rap song.</p>
<p>My wife does a lot of exercise classes (aerobics, zhumba, etc.) and says the music and the beat is the key. I think it might be a “chick” thing instead of a “guy” thing. I tend to prefer music as mindless distraction/entertainment while I’m exericsing and it really doesn’t much matter if the beat is fast or slow.</p>
<p>For live music, about the only thing I’ll spend money to see these days is bands that fall broadly into the “alternative country” sort of vein (well, I did go see Adam Lambert’s tour, but he’s a pretty unique vocal talent). I prefer concerts where you go, sit in a seat, everyone shuts up, and you listen to the music. So that paints me into a pretty small corner. The three shows I’m going to see in the near future all fit that bill: Gillian Welch/David Rawlings acoustic guitars, Ryan Adams solo acoustic, Cowboy Junkies (which range from VERY quiet to loud disorted rock, often in the same song – but you can hear a pin drop during their shows).</p>
I’d say that most of the stuff that I listen too is from the 70s and 80s with a little less from the 60s. There is some stuff from later but it’s a small percentage. The beat is important and I like something around my pace but I’ll list to slow stuff too or go through the words in my mind. I prefer slower stuff for my stretching routine and take my headset off on bench exercises (the downside of the bar-style) but leave them on for standing or 3-point exercises.
<p>bunsenburner - congrats on your h’s 4 lb. loss</p>
<p>Hey- I’ve lost 5 pounds! (go me!) I’ve cut back tremendously on carbs, been really mindful as to whether I’m really hungry or just satisfying a craving, and have been disciplined on the exercise. I have an event in December I want to look good for. I can feel my pants looser so that’s great - in fact I’m wearing skinny jeans today, comfortably!</p>
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<p>My favorite exercise song from The White Album is Revolution. I have both the Beatles version and a 12 minute live jam version from Phill Lesh & Friends on my iPod.</p>
<p>[Phil</a> Lesh and Friends Live at Nokia Theatre Times Square on 2007-11-06 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive](<a href=“http://www.archive.org/details/paf2007-11-06.sbd.phillesh.net.89183.flac16]Phil”>Phil Lesh and Friends Live at Nokia Theatre Times Square on 2007-11-06 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive)</p>
<p>Clothing progress always feels great. That’s about the most objective measure there is.</p>