Cycling soundtrack
I started my training this week. This was week one of a 10 week cycling plan. I did a long 40 mile ride yesterday, and 103 miles for the week.
What’s the event? I’m still working on it. Remember that it is the 5-Year Diagnosis celebration on 5-17-09.
While out riding Saturday, I plugged in one ear-bud on my iPod and set it to shuffle. You get all kinds of oddities mixed in when you do this. I started with Dude (Looks Like a Lady ) from Aerosmith and finished with Iko Iko by the Dixie Cups. In between I had Shakespeare Sonnets 119 and 126 recited to me, two Lightnin’ Hopkins tracks, a couple of the Philadelphia Brass recordings of christmas carols, Django Reinhardt, Rush, Count Basie, Mozart, Rhonda Vincent, Montrose, Prince, The Rascals, Sly & the Family Stone, Three Dog Night, Eek-a-mouse, Dan Tyminski, Sting, Biréli Lagrène, and Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
One song that particularly resonated with me was The Sun is Shining Down, by JJ Grey and Mofro. It starts with a nice saxophone/trumpet trio, the vocals reminds me of a very soulful R&B lament, and the entire lyrical content just says something to me. I especially like the chorus where he sings, “Hallelujah – I’m alive and I’m feeling, feeling fine.”
Add this to the fact that it was a glorious Colorado Saturday afternoon and, well …
Yeah, I dig that.
paul wrote:
I dig it, too.
Posted on 15-Mar-09 at 4:00 pm | Permalink