I think this is one of my favorite playlists so far. I’m a huge fan of the Judas remix and was pleasantly surprised to hear it being played at the boathouse the other day when people were doing their workouts. Clement Marfo’s “Champion” should be on everybody’s playlist because it’s just good. I can definitely see this one getting a lot of air time in the spring when we start doing 2ks.

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The Ataris cover of “Boys of Summer” is one of my all-time favorite covers and one of my favorite songs to work out to. It’s one of those songs that I think is perfect for a 2k or a 5k. HOCR prep is probably in full swing for most teams so as always, turn the volume up, hop on the erg, and get those meters in.

When I was a freshman in college, people started making a lot of Syracuse Basketball montage videos with “Remember the Name” as the background music. That song was everywhere and was constantly being played in the Dome, at Manley Field House, and practically anywhere else that athletes would congregate. I remember it being played a lot in the erg room so it’s always been one of my favorite songs to work out to.

“This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill, fifteen percent concentrated power of will. Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain, and a hundred percent reason to remember the name.”

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In addition to being accompanied by one of the most badass sequences of cinematography like, ever, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s version of “In the Hall of the Mountain King” practically made that Henley scene from The Social Network. Not bad considering the song was originally composed in 1876.

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Lots of good steady state songs this week, especially the Bassnectar remix of “Lights”, “Doom & Gloom” by the Stones, and the Benny Benassi remix of “Shake It Out” by Florence and the Machine. If you’re a football fan you’ll like Joan Jett’s song “I Hate Myself For Loving You”. Hopefully I’m not the only one that didn’t know until a few years ago that that was the SNF song…

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Young the Giant’s song “My Body” is a great song because not only is the tempo, rhythm, and intensity perfect for erging but the chorus has a line that practically defines rowers (and most other athletes) to a tee: “My body tells me no but I won’t quit ’cause I want more…”.

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Normally I consider Pink Floyd to be sacred and un-coverable but I’m making an exception for Scissor Sister’s cover of Comfortably Numb. It’s just that good.

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Back-to-school season is in full swing and you know what that means? 6ks! You know the best way to drop seconds from your time … other than, you know, actually training? Sick beats.

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This week’s playlist is a pop-heavy mish-mash of some of the songs the guys were listening to this summer at Penn AC.

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Tom Petty, Coldplay, and Three 6 Mafia in one playlist – crazier things have happened. Muse’s cover of Nina Simone’s “I’m Feelin’ Good” is a little slow for the first 30 seconds or so but once the hook starts it’s actually pretty good. Definitely a good song for those really low rates at full pressure.