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Best song to get you pumped up!


Watched Rocky 2 yesterday, and this song is a classic for a reason.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPhqU--Mq1A

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Rocky 3 had one of those also

https://youtu.be/ERT_7u5L0dc

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This is the first track of my workout mix. I always play this when I enter the gym. It totally works.

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Completely agree! It's the first song that instantly came to mind when I saw the thread header. I worked at a huge, university sports complex when it became popular and one of my perks was free use of the facilities, e.g., the weight room, the lane pool in the natatorium, the quarter mile track encircling the football field. It always kept me psyched up, motivated.

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I always train in complete silence as far as music goes. The only exception is if I'm doing a long stint on the rower. But for weights or bodyweight circuits, silence.

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That is a great song.
I don’t know much about Survivor but this must be their biggest hit.

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It was (Chartastic Andy).

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You're probably right. They did have some others that did ok, including one that was on the soundtrack of a later Rocky movie.

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That would be Burning Heart (Chartographer Andy).

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Or maybe Survivor Loremaster Andy?

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I just seem to know a lot about the UK and US charts, lol.

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#1 & #3 are my favorite Rocky movies.

My favorite line of dialogue in #3 is where Mick tells Rocky, trying to dissuade him from fighting Clubber Lang, "He ain't a fighter...he's a wreckin' machine!"

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Great line! I think 3 was my favorite. They probably should have stopped there.

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I agree. I never cared for the rest.

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Anything by The Ramones, The Sex Pistols or The Misfits pumps me up for yard work. Iron Maiden and Guns And Roses also.

Right now I’m chilling with some classic Motown…A lazy Sunday afternoon and no place to dash off to😎

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Yeah November rain is a real blood pumper

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For sure👍

I’m listening to a lot of Willie Nelson and Kenny Rogers this week.

These boys sure can swing!

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September - Earth, Wind & Fire

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https://youtu.be/2H5uWRjFsGc

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Thats a good one.

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Oh…Danny Boy!
This is a fine song to wreck stuff to!

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I'd completely forgotten that one - thanks.

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Pain by jimmy eat world or you’re going down by the sick puppies.

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I Really Like Music !

And I don't think I'm Jaded and Cynical !

But I guess I'm not a Pumped Up !

Kind of Guy !

(must be a real drag, man ....)

Okay, how about Mayor Of Simpleton?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Da9sc6YDBo

Or this one -- Nelson Mandela !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgcTvoWjZJU

While the videos are sorta fun to watch, I often think it detracts from the sublimity of the song itself.

So stand up, turn up the volume, close your eyes, and ... dance! That's pretty pumped up !

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XTC in da house! That's a great song.

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“My Ding-a-Ling” by Chuck Berry.


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