PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 66: Tracy and Holly’s Running Playlists

Several listeners have asked for music podcasts, and here’s our first one! We took a giant risk with this episode by doing a thing we’ve never done before: putting in clips of things.

Here’s what we talked about, including links to where you can find the artists behind all the clips we played.

My audiobook series of choice, which I cannot listen to while running: James Marsters reading “The Dresden Files”
Whether music making our workouts easier is psychological or physiological
They Might Be Giants, MC Frontalot and Vampire Weekend as frequent performers in our running playlists
MixMeister and Cadence
Using services like Spotify to get music you wouldn’t normally listen to into your workout mix
A friend’s
MC Frontalot’s “Tongue-clucking Grammarian” from the album “Final Boss“
“Hasa Diga Ebowai” from the original cast recording from “Book of Mormon“
Along the same theme, “I Just Had Sex” by The Lonely Island and “W’s Duty” by Jonathan Coulton
“Sammy Davis Jr.” by Movits! (The chorus of this song is the part that’s in English, and that’s the clip in the episode.)
OK Go‘s “Get Over It,” from the album “OK Go“
Along those lines, OK Go’s “Do What You Want”
Plastic Bertrand‘s “Ca Plane Pour Moi”
Similarly, ABBA‘s “Take a Chance On Me,” Amii Stewart’s “Knock on Wood,” and Three Dog Night’s “Joy to the World,” Norman Greenbaum’s “Spirit in the Sky,” and ELO.
Me First & the Gimmie Gimmies‘ “Goodbye, Earl,” originally by Sons of the Desert and made famous by The Dixie Chicks, from the album “Love Their Country”
“Je Veux te Voir” by Yelle
Encino Morricone’s “L’arena,” from the “Kill Bill: Vol. 2″ soundtrack
Following that theme, the music from the bit where they light the beacons in “Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” the theme song from “Doctor Who,” and the theme song from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
From the “Tron: Legacy” soundtrack, Daft Punk‘s “Derezzed”
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra‘s “Left With the Dog”
They Might Be Giants‘ cover of Chumbawumba’s “Tub Thumping,” with The Onion AV Club Choir, available on their album “Album Raises New and Troubling Questions“
The Ting Tings‘ “Keep Your Head”
“Cubicle” by Rinocerose, which really does sound like a Jack White song
Listener mail from listener Caitlin, who wrote about our swearing episode. Also, our thanks to nurses everywhere.
Episode link: Tracy and Holly’s Running Playlists

My research:

Dyrlund, Allison K et al. “The Effects of Music Preference and Exercise Intensity on Psychological Variables.” Journal of Music Therapy. Summer 2008
Karageorghis, Costas I. et al. “Relationship Between Exercise Heart Rate and Music Tempo Preference.” Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. June 2006.
Priest, D.L. et al. “The characteristics and effects of motivational music in exercise settings: the possible influence of gender, age, frequency of attendance, and time of attendance.” Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. March 2004
Yamashita, S. “Effects of music during exercise on RPE, heart rate and the autonomic nervous system.” Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. September 2006.

Holly’s research:

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