miker Posted November 26, 2001 Share Posted November 26, 2001 OK, folks It is Monday, most of us are back at work. Here is something for you to waste some time on. What music directly or indirectly makes you think of climbing? Not what music do you like while climbing, we had that discussion, this is actual themed/related songs. The song I will throw out that made me think climbing even though it is not exactly about that is BNL's "When I Fall". Here are the lyrics. Oh and I guess John Denver's Rocky Mountain High would fit in this category too. When I Fall (words by Steven Page & Ed Robertson, music by Ed Robertson) I look straight in the window, try not to look belowPretend I'm not up here, try counting sheepBut the sheep seem to shower off this office towerNine-point-eight straight down I can't stop my knees I wish I could flyFrom this buildingAnd if I should tryWould you catch me If I fall? My hands clench the squeegee, my secular rosaryhang on to your wallet, hang on to your ringsCan't look below me, or something might throw meCurse at the windstorms that October bringsI look in the boardroom; a modern pharaoh's tombI'd gladly swap places, if they care to dive They're lined up at the window, peer down into limboThey're frightened of jumping, in case they survive I wish I could step from this scaffoldOnto soft green pastures, shopping malls, or bedWith my family and my pastor and my grandfather who'sDead (chorus) Look straight in the mirror, watch it come clearerI look like a painter, behind all the greaseBut painting's creating, and I'm just erasingA crystal-clear canvas is my masterpiece (chorus) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted November 26, 2001 Share Posted November 26, 2001 Pantera - Fucking Hostile - for ice climbing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik Posted November 26, 2001 Share Posted November 26, 2001 04Bottom My compassion is broken now. My will is eroded,and my desire stolen and it makes me feel ugly.I'm on my knees and burning.My piss and moans are the fuel that set my head on fire.So smell my soul burning.I'm broken, looking up to see the enemy.I have swallowed the poison you feed me ...but I survive on it,and it leaves me guilt fed, hatred fed, weakness fed..and I feel ugly, and dead inside. Shit adds up at the bottom. You've left me no choice but to go inside and rebuildwhat's broken.Too much, too far, too late to lie down now.I must arm myself to fight youby making weapons out of my imperfections.It's all I have left.There's no other choice.I'm shameless, nameless, nothing, and noone now.But my soul must be iron for my fear is naked.I'm naked and fearless.But I'm dead inside.You see.. shit adds up, now I'm dead inside.Hatred, weakness, and guilt keep me aliveat the bottom. this song is like my biggest motivator period. i can recall all the times in my head when i have recieted the lyics and then exploded into a raging animal to succed. i really think i have read too much mark twight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glacier_dup1 Posted November 26, 2001 Share Posted November 26, 2001 'Lunatic Fringe' - Red Rider 'Ah Via Musicom' - Eric Johnson 'If I only had a Brain' - the scarecrow from Wizard of Oz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted November 26, 2001 Share Posted November 26, 2001 Free Fallin' - Tom Petty (for craggin with me) Last Dance with Mary Jane - Tom Petty (for all you potheads out there) Country Boy Can Survive - Hank Williams Jr. (for those "4th class gullies" on the approach) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted November 26, 2001 Share Posted November 26, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Bronco: Free Fallin' - Tom Petty (for craggin with me) Last Dance with Mary Jane - Tom Petty (for all you potheads out there) Country Boy Can Survive - Hank Williams Jr. (for those "4th class gullies" on the approach) You sure you weren't born in the Chumstick dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted November 26, 2001 Share Posted November 26, 2001 "climbin Up The Walls" Radiohead. fittingly its a song about some psycho stalker or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelle Posted November 26, 2001 Share Posted November 26, 2001 Ants Marching by Dave Matthews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayner Posted November 26, 2001 Share Posted November 26, 2001 Anything by Andy Williams or The New Christie Minstrels. Also, any tune by Karen Carpenter during which she plays the drums. That really gets me up those ferocious trails! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hikerwa Posted November 26, 2001 Share Posted November 26, 2001 I'm currently in a soft rock 70's kinda thing, Seals and Crofts, Jim Croce, Gordon Lightfoot (a canadien by the way), Dan Fogelberg, blah, blah... although the old standby is RATT "out of the cellar", it's almost too butt rockin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texplorer Posted November 26, 2001 Share Posted November 26, 2001 Well, I don't think you guys actually read the first post. Anyway I think of climbing when I hear the "last of the mohicans" soundtrack. Songs I like to have while climbing either real or in my head are:The Prince, Metallica(not the formerly-known-as-guy)Highway to the danger zoneHighway to hellFuneral March of the Marionettesand of course Danzig's Mother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted November 26, 2001 Share Posted November 26, 2001 How about- "The mountain wins again" by the Blues Travelers? I often hear "we're in this together now" BY Nine Inch Nails, playing inside my head while I'm doing something that involves large amounts of suffering. Also, I like to sing Bob Marley songs while I'm very gripped on a climb- everyone who climbs with me knows that when I start singing, I'm usually scared shitless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayner Posted November 26, 2001 Share Posted November 26, 2001 Danzig's Mother? Is she friends with Stiffler's mother? But seriously folks, you wanna "get down", I mean really "get down" and "pumped up" for clippin', hangin', combin', dippin' and clippin' again? CAPTAIN AND TENNILLE! Crank up "Muskrat Love" when you're getting stoked for that dyno to the mono-doight or workin' on your hype in "iso".Check 'em out:Craggin' Motivators [ 11-26-2001: Message edited by: Dwayner ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted November 26, 2001 Share Posted November 26, 2001 I can dig some Misfits for sure. Green Hell, Hollywood Babylon and Last Caress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Antagonizer Posted November 26, 2001 Share Posted November 26, 2001 Jonathan a Kennedy will rise and be shot down! My tongue gonna be your lasso... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordo Posted November 27, 2001 Share Posted November 27, 2001 Any Kanuccck who denies the presence of the Hip's "Phantom Power" or "Day for Nights" among their most important climbing/road trip memories be lyin. I have a profound association with "thompson girl" and the Valley. "this lattitude weakens my knees . . " [ 11-26-2001: Message edited by: jordo ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haireball Posted November 27, 2001 Share Posted November 27, 2001 Frank Zappa's unforgettable "Billy the Mountain" - "a mountain is something you don't want to fuck with! don't fuck with Billy, don't fuck around! don't fuck with Billy and don't fuck with Ethel you saw what just happened to the guy on the ground. don't fuck around! " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pope Posted November 27, 2001 Share Posted November 27, 2001 Maybe one of our Oprah fans could help me understand why the following lyrics inspire me to climb (Peter? Sexy Cocoa?). "Get out of that bed, wash your face and hands. Get out of that bed, wash your face and hands. Get in the kithcen and make some noise with the pots and pans. I believe to my soul you're the devil in nylon hose. I believe to my soul you're the devil in nylon hose. The harder I work, the faster my money goes. Shake, rattle and roll." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak Posted November 27, 2001 Share Posted November 27, 2001 comin down the mountain Janes Addiction,,, I used to toss the tape in my walkman go to Peshastin and cruise around near orchard rock it was nice, just me, some choss, and a little snow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruddersbox Posted November 27, 2001 Share Posted November 27, 2001 The best song(s) that make me think of climbing are Kenny Rogers' "Gambler," and Simon and Gar"funk"el's " Me and Julio... Me and julio cause the guitar is fast paced and they are singing about getting away I think, or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted November 27, 2001 Share Posted November 27, 2001 Jeez I am waiting for someone to say they listen to Julian Iglesias or yuck! something like Jimmy Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted November 27, 2001 Share Posted November 27, 2001 Oops I meant Enrique Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Clarke Posted November 27, 2001 Share Posted November 27, 2001 Lenny Kravitz - "I've got to get away""I'm going to fly away." Makes me think of sending a hard project - it's either make it or fly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texplorer Posted November 27, 2001 Share Posted November 27, 2001 Oh yea, when I start sloggin up a mountain I like to whistle the imperial march from star wars. Sometimes when I get up high I even wheeze like Vader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvs Posted November 27, 2001 Share Posted November 27, 2001 quote: Originally posted by texplorer: Oh yea, when I start sloggin up a mountain I like to whistle the imperial march from star wars. Sometimes when I get up high I even wheeze like Vader. Holy cow, I do the exact same thing. The Imperial March has stuck with me since the third grade, and gets airtime during boring slogs, dicey frozen mud climbing, and everything in between. Any cheesy song from "The Sound of Music" is good too: "climb every mountain", "the hills are alive, etc." Oh I'm real fun. --Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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