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"Where the Streets Have No Name" by U2

Posted by Darrell | January 4, 2008 11:34 AM

"Til I Collapse", fuuck yeah. That song makes me wanna start picking up cars and throwing them.

I'm also just plum amazed to see the words "Styles Of Beyond" on here!

Posted by lar | January 4, 2008 11:35 AM

"Candy's Room" - Bruce Springsteen

Posted by KEN | January 4, 2008 11:38 AM

oh yeah...

"Rise Above" Black Flag
"Gimme The Loot" Biggie
"Cop Killer" Body Count
"No Vaseline" Ice Cube
"Half-Cocked Concepts" P.O.S.

Posted by lar | January 4, 2008 11:40 AM

How did I not even think of "Rise Above"? Thanks, lar!

Posted by Megan Seling | January 4, 2008 11:44 AM

"Kill The Music" by Every Time I Die. Their music is mostly boring to me, but that song gets me amped.

Posted by T | January 4, 2008 11:44 AM

This is interesting; glad you posted this. Punk and hard rock songs don't work for me because they're usually too short and have no build or expectation of a climax--and the expectation is half of the "power," really. And I refuse to delve into prog territory while jogging, so I like "Yeah (Crass Version)" from the bonus disc on LCD Soundsystem's self-titled LP, though that disc's "Losing My Edge" also works.

Posted by Sam M. | January 4, 2008 11:59 AM

Some ideas:
Jawbox - Mirrorful
Shellac - Wingwalker ("Look at me! I'm a plane!")

But really who am I kidding? If I had Eye of the Tiger and the theme from Rocky I would probably stick to those two.

Posted by Levislade | January 4, 2008 12:02 PM

Erasure- Love to Hate You. Every time.

Posted by Abby | January 4, 2008 12:16 PM

Also, I've never actually jogged, so I don't really know what I'm talking about.

Posted by Levislade | January 4, 2008 12:19 PM

Erasure! Of course! Abby, you're a genius. Although, I'm going to give "A Little Respect" a shot. The way the beat bounces in the chorus around the 2:!5 mark corresponds perfectly with my pace, usually. (I'm a running newbie, mind you. I'm still a little slow).

Posted by Megan Seling | January 4, 2008 12:22 PM

"Hallowed Be Thy Name" by Iron Maiden.

Posted by Kim Hayden | January 4, 2008 12:22 PM

my great devastator - converge.
it will crush your fucking face.
DING DONG!

Posted by skribbles | January 4, 2008 12:25 PM

Boredoms - Seadrum for the build

Posted by PGC | January 4, 2008 12:48 PM

"Chalkdust Torture" from A Live One by Phish. The guitar solo is magnificently wanking and energetic. Although, admittedly it is difficult to run thru spiderwebs and twirl at once, bro.

Posted by California | January 4, 2008 12:54 PM

my great devastator by converge is indeed the most amazing pump up song of all time.

Posted by Jeff Kirby | January 4, 2008 1:02 PM

Nice one @ 12!

"The sands of time / for me / are running lowwwww..."

Posted by pablocjr | January 4, 2008 1:14 PM

WTF! Did I mistakenly log onto the Rolling Stone blog or what?????? Or maybe Blender's?????

It's threads like this that make me proclaim: PLEASE! Get a new Music editor...

Thanx!

Posted by Jethro | January 4, 2008 1:34 PM

"99 Problems".

Posted by molly hamilton | January 4, 2008 1:43 PM

"Run Runaway" by Slade of course.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHoPYLQvnQM

For working out LCD Soundsystem is actually pretty great, Nike knew what they were doing when they got em to do that workout CD

Indeed though, this is a very "Rolling Stone" or "Spin" question.

Posted by Ross | January 4, 2008 2:30 PM

Power Song? - Jesus Christ Pose, Jesus Christ.

Posted by Router | January 4, 2008 2:33 PM

What's with all this running around? I thought you were sick!

Posted by rk | January 4, 2008 2:53 PM

Pretty much anything by Minor Threat, but I suppose Salad Days if I had to choose one.

Posted by gillsans | January 6, 2008 2:04 PM

panther 'tigers touch'

Posted by billz | January 6, 2008 2:07 PM

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