Summer Workout Music Playlist!
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If you're looking for the ultimate summer workout music playlist to kick your fitness routine into high gear, you've found it!
Just over an hour of heart-pumping workout songs to keep you fired up at the gym or at home. Specially designed to the beat picks up even more just when you typically need a little extra boost to get through your routine, this workout music mix will keep you pumped up for an entire hour!
Have any songs of your own you love to work out to? Suggest them by commenting below! and maybe we'll use them in our next eDiets workout music playlist!
Bonus: Check out our other playlist, eDiets Ultimate Workout Mix for more great workout songs!
Do You Hear What I Hear? Misheard Lyrics!
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By Garry Messick
eDiets Contributor
One of the things that distinguishes the pop music of our grandparents from the post-rock and roll pop music we grew up with is the fact that all the Sinatras, Bing Crosbys, Andrews Sisters and the like used to E-NUN-CI-ATE when they sang. There was no mistaking the words to "My Funny Valentine" when Tony Bennett performed it. But for better or worse, with the transition to rock, the emphasis shifted to raw emotion over nuanced crooning, and pretty soon whatever the heck people were singing on the radio was anybody's guess.
The classic early example is 1963's "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen. A few words are discernible, but in terms of what the ear hears, the first verse can be rendered as follows:
Louie, Louie, oh baby
Get a way da low.
Yah yah yah yah yah
Louie, Louie, woah baby
me gonna bo
Ah yah yah yah yah
After that, much of the tune is sung so mush-mouthed that it can barely be represented phonetically. Some say it's a result of releasing what was meant as a rehearsal run-through and braces on the lead singer's teeth. The best I can do is:
A fah, a fonah, a bah foh ba ga
But that's an extreme case. Much more common are tunes that are largely understandable, but with key phrases that can be easily misconstrued, sometimes in very amusing ways. Let's take a look at some of the best examples...
"Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix
Real lyric: 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky
Commonly misheard as: 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy
(This is the classic misheard lyric, so I got it out of the way first. The list wouldn't be complete
without it.)
"Beast of Burden" by the Rolling Stones
Real lyric: I'll never be your beast of burden
Misheard as: I'll never leave your pizza burning
(Mick's heartfelt promise to Jerry Hall, a frozen pizza aficionado, no doubt. Moving, to be sure.
Unfortunately, he didn't promise not to toss her aside eventually like a worn-out toothbrush, though.)
"Born a Rebel" by Tom Petty
Real Lyric: Hey, hey, hey, I was born a rebel
Misheard as: Hey, hey, hey, I was Barney Rubble
(Barney Rubble was Fred Flintstone's sidekick, in case you need reminding.)
"Like a Virgin" by Madonna
Real lyric: Like a virgin, touched for the very first time
Misheard as: Like a virgin, touched for the 31st time
(Doesn't the misheard version seem more appropriate? This is Madonna we're talking about, after all.)
"Little Red Corvette" by Prince
Real lyric: Little red Corvette
Misheard as: Pay the rent, Claudette
(Prince hasn't needed anyone else to pay his rent from at least since this song came out. More's the irony.)
"Mrs. Robinson" by Simon and Garfunkel
Real lyric: Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes/put it in the pantry with your cupcakes
Misheard as: Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes/put it in your pants between your cupcakes
(It's good to know I'm not the only one who stores snacks in his trousers to keep them handy, not to mention warm and moist!)
"Lady Marmalade" by Christina Aguilera (or the Pointer Sisters)
Real lyric: Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir?
Misheard as: Woolly bear could share a Big Mac, for sure!
(French and pop music just don't mix.)
"You're the One that I Want" by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
Real lyric: I've got chills, they're multiplyin'/And I'm losing control
Misheard as: I've got shoes, they're made of plywood/And I'm losing my soles
(Grease may be the word, but apparently that's the only one we can be sure of.)
"Losing My Religion" by R.E.M.
Real lyric: That's me in the corner/That's me in the spotlight, losing my religion
Misheard as: That's me in the corner/That's me in the spotlight, losing my erection
(Why hasn't Cialis or Viagra picked up on this one for a commercial jingle yet?)
"Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Real lyric: Don't go out tonight, it's bound to take your life/There's a bad moon on the rise
Misheard as: Don't go out tonight, it's bound to take your life/There's a bathroom on the right
(You're laughing at the idea of a lethal lavatory? Check out any service station or convenience store restroom if you doubt such a thing is possible.)
"Bennie and the Jets" by Elton John
Real Lyric: She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
Misheard as: She's got electric boobs, her mom has, too
Have any other "sing-along wrong" lyrics to add to the list? Join in on the fun and fess up!
What’s a 47-Year-Old Guy Doing at a 20-Something Music Festival?
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Jim Gilbert
eDiets Director of Marketing
What on earth is a 47-year-old, 300+ pound guy doing going to a 20-something, four-day camping and music festival?
The short answer – LOVING IT!
Ok, I’m old. I admit it. And frankly if one more long-haired hippie kid called me “Sir,” I probably would have lost my mind. But when I went to the Langerado Music Festival (www.langerado.com) here in
So why is it, that when people grow up and become adults, they must continue to listen to the music of their childhood? To me that doesn’t even make sense. It’s like there is an unwritten rule stating that after the age of 25 you are banished from listening to anything new.
Face it pal. You’re just too old to listen to anything cool!
Or is it the fact that people will look at you like your immature if you still like rock concerts in your 40s (except for the seniors tours like The Rolling Stones… sponsored by Depends of course). I have friends who will spend a couple of hundred bucks to go see the Eagles sing Hotel California. Me, I love the song, but the reality is, the Hotel California was knocked down long ago and a condo development now resides in its location!
There is SO much incredible music out today that my friends stuck in classic rock radio hell, will never listen to.
I can’t even turn on so-called classic rock stations. I mean how many times in my life can I listen to "Stairway to flippin’ Heaven" over and over. Every time I turn on the radio, no matter where I am, I hear the same songs. "Comfortably Numb" has put me into a coma I’ve heard it so many times! "Highway to Hell" indeed!) Enough already.
So yeah! Call me immature, but Langerado was awesome. Great music! I got to listen to some bands I love like Gov’t Mule, Umphreys Mcgee, Medeski, Martin, Scofield and Wood, the Funky Meters and more.
There was something for everyone there, too (from roots rock to jazz to electronica). People from the '80s got REM, The Beastie Boys and Arrested Development. From the '70s there was Phil Lesh and Friends (the bass player from the Grateful Dead).
And I got to find some new and future favorites. Citizen Cope, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Jonah Smith, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals!
So here’s my point: I could easily have NOT gone. I could stick with the "classics" and be bored out of my mind -- or I can get out and check out something new. I got a lot of fresh air, absorbed some vitamin D from the sun’s rays. My wife and I got to spend 3 hours in the dark bonding while trying to set up our tent with 20-mph winds (priceless!).
And I got PLENTY of exercise. The camping area was a quarter-mile away from the venue. Each stage (there were 5) was about a quarter-mile apart, so we walked a lot. And as far as food goes, yes it was plentiful, and a lot of it was bad for you, but if you looked you could find enough healthy items to get you through the weekend and not be tempted to eat the wrong stuff.
If you are the adventurous sort, there are plenty of music festivals coming up this summer. For more information check out http://www.jambase.com/Festivals/.
So do you still go to concerts and festivals? What guilty pleasures from your youth do you STILL do? (I promise not to tell...)
My name is Jim Gilbert, and I approve this message!
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We were THRILLED at all the responses when we asked you to tell us your favorite workout songs! Thank you so much for all your input!
In fact, you all had such great ideas that we created our very own eDiets Ultimate Workout Mix playlist on iTunes! It's a heart-pumping hour of the top get-you-pumped songs... that you chose!
Click here to get the playlist!
(Note: You will need iTunes to download the songs.)
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The Ultimate Workout Music
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Nothing gets your feet moving and your heart pumping like a good beat. Whether it's rock, rap, pop or country that gets you in your workout groove, there's no doubt that music makes a difference.I have a few different playlists that I listen to when I'm working up a sweat. Depends on my mood that day, I guess. One day Britney Spears might get me motivated, and the next day, it might be Jimi Hendrix that does the trick.
Either way, it's my list, my ears and my headphones -- so no one else has to know about my occasional (and potentially embarrassing) Village People days.
So we want to know: What are your favorite workout songs?
Share them with us by commenting below, and we'll compile the Ultimate Workout Music playlist and share it with you later!
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