Mental Soundtrack

I'm not sure about the universiality of the phenomenon, but almost everywhere I
go I am running some song or other through my head. The recent death of Warren
Zevon made me realise that "Lawyers, Guns and Money" was one of the songs that I
often replayed mentally while skiing. When we ski with our kids "Freight Train
Blues" is almost always sung by one or all of us. Since our sport is very
rhythmic I was wondering what music people sing to themselves or listen to on a
portable music device while they're skiing.


g.c.

I had one of my lifetime favorite ski outings at Stokely while listening to Crowded
House...and...and...AC/DC maybe. I forget, but I do recall the CH. Maybe also Jane
Siberry's first album. It was a spring skiing day, warm, slushy, fast, perfect,
perfect. I don't often ski with walkman but that was one good one. A little
bota-bag of white wine with some bread'n'cheese is a very smart idea, too. Laguiole
knife, to make things really right.

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Probably showing my age, but here's a couple recurrent themes:
Carry On - Crosby Stills Nash & Young
Low Rider - War

George Cleveland wrote:

I'm not sure about the universiality of the phenomenon, but almost everywhere I
go I am running some song or other through my head. The recent death of Warren
Zevon made me realise that "Lawyers, Guns and Money" was one of the songs that I
often replayed mentally while skiing. When we ski with our kids "Freight Train
Blues" is almost always sung by one or all of us. Since our sport is very
rhythmic I was wondering what music people sing to themselves or listen to on a
portable music device while they're skiing.


g.c.

"Run Like Hell" by Pink Floyd from The Wall. I get this in my noggin all the
time on the trails.


Eric "Shmo" Chandler
Duluth, MN

Oh, you were asking BOTH about songs that run thru your head AND music we listen to.

I think that songs don't go thru my head unless I'm going real hard then it's BACK IN
BLACK.

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Jeff Potter
****
*Out Your Backdoor * http://www.outyourbackdoor.com
for modern folkways and culture revival...
...offering "small world" views on bikes, bows, books, movies...
...new books featuring: XC ski culture, a Gulf Coast thriller
folding bicycles ... with radical novels coming up!
...original downloadable music ... and articles galore!
plus national "Off the Beaten Path" travel forums! HOLY SMOKES!