Help me, Obi-Flist-Kenobi, you're my only hope

[holdouttrout]

I need fast-paced songs to walk to that have no lyrics, have fairly incomprehensible lyrics, or have lyrics in a foreign language that I will not be tempted to start singing to as I walk in the early morning. (Humming, unfortunately, will continue to be a risk, but that's my problem.) Preferably songs that evoke some kind of bad-assery, as in "Why yes, I DO know how to use this," or "Are you sure you want to try to take over the world while I'm still alive?" or "In fact, I AM the sexiest person in the universe."

I have a few songs like this in a playlist already, but I find myself needing more... any suggestions?

Comments

[ziparumpazoo]

Preferably songs that evoke some kind of bad-assery, as in "Why yes, I DO know how to use this," or "Are you sure you want to try to take over the world while I'm still alive?" or "In fact, I AM the sexiest person in the universe."

Hahaha.
All my suggestions at the moment are something like "you know that song there that they play one that movie?". I shall consult my workout playlist on my ipod this evening and give you a list. Something like Darude or Gypsy Kings would be a good place to start.

have lyrics in a foreign language that I will not be tempted to start singing to as I walk in the early morning.

This has never stopped me from making up words and singing anyhow. ;)

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

Hee. It won't stop me in my car, but it might work in the gym... *grins*

Thanks for checking! (My iTunes is not here, either, so I'm unable to think of any specific example to help other people. *sighs*)

[supplyship.livejournal.com]

The soundtrack to Run Lola Run fits the bill, because it's in German! But very bad-assery and techno. :D

Um, Chemical Brothers might be another good choice. Or about half of the songs on The Saint soundtrack would work (the other half are kind of slow).

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

Oh! Yes--I do have Wish. I don't know if that's on my playlist, although I admit to making up horrendous nonsense words while singing it in my car to nothing.

Thank you--I'll check into the others.

[supplyship.livejournal.com]

I lied; the RLR soundtrack is mostly in English :( But! The original Matrix soundtrack has some good techno-y songs, though they are a little more metal/techno (i.e. Rammstein).

*now has Du Hast stuck in her head - hey, that one's in German!*

Also, when I work out, I sometimes like to listen to fast-paced Bollywood/Bellydance music, which is usually techno-y and not in English ("Beware of the Boys" by Panjabi Mc, or there's some good ones on the Bend it like Beckham soundtrack - Darshan, Hot Hot Hot, Punjabian)

[pcrackenhead.livejournal.com]

I listen to the Run Lola Run soundtrack all the time, it's pretty amazing. Though, as with most techno-esque stuff, it tends to have very short lines, that are repeated a lot, which can pretty easily get stuck in my head.

Maybe that's just me, though. :)

[pepper-field.livejournal.com]

Have you got 'Bawitdaba' by Kid Rock? I find it hard to stop exercising, when that appears on my mp3 player. Other than that, I have no recs that aren't pretty singable. :)

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

Ooooh. That's EXACTLY what I meant by bad-assery. YES. *marks for immediate download*

[pepper-field.livejournal.com]

Or the Matrix soundtrack might be good. I used to have it, but I lost it at some point, but from what I recall it'd probably work.

[supplyship.livejournal.com]

I swear to God we share a brain, Pepper! :D *points up to my comment where I recommend The Matrix soundtrack*

[pepper-field.livejournal.com]

Haha! This is getting freaky. *g*

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

Weirdness... I was about to post the link to Paul Oakenfold's "Dread Rock" from Matrix Reloaded, which I'll do anyway because it's kickin'!

[just-a-theory.livejournal.com]

How about Ramstein... I have no idea what they sing about but it sounds very bad ass. :)

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

sounds like a good one to me! *grins*

[ultranos-fic.livejournal.com]

Machinae Supremacy (webography for free here)
Orbital
Chemical Brothers
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Fuji Fabric
Black Mages (Final Fantasy music as done by the composer's rock band)
Altom
VNV Nation

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

Yay! thank you.

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

Hello, cool person.

[pellucid.livejournal.com]

I've got a workout playlist comprised entirely of Bond, which is sort of a techno-classical electric string quartet. Pretty awesome, and a lot of their stuff is nicely fast-paced.

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

Oooh. Good call. I like them a lot, but wouldn't necessarily have thought about them.

[rihansu.livejournal.com]

Lo Fidelity Allstars - some of their songs have lyrics, but they tend to get lost in all the electronica. I got some of their songs free from Amazon and they may still be available.

Belanova and Kinky - totally awesome Mexican dance pop.

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

totally awesome Mexican dance pop

Okay, I'm really curious about that now.

[jaelte.livejournal.com]

One must-have song comes to mind: "Hocus Pocus" by Focus. No lyrics, just guitars and yodeling. ;)

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

yodeling! Awesomesauce.

[phdelicious.livejournal.com]

I suggest the soundtrack to Slumdog Millionaire. :)

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

Nice! I haven't seen that movie, but I heard the soundtrack was awesome.

[phdelicious.livejournal.com]

I also recommend the movie, but it's not really for the faint of heart/stomach in place.

[julioinka.livejournal.com]

all this exercise talk makes me think i better get off my bum. i have the matrix soundtrack. i think i inherited it from a vande or some other nerd via tracy ;)

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

Hee. I'll tell you, today was by far the hardest day thus far (out of the three I've gone). I was up way too late last night, and I definitely felt it this morning.

[campylobacter.livejournal.com]

{Sorry for the linkfail.}

An oldie (you may already have it), but a bad-asserie:

Prodigy/Crystal Method "Sidewinder"

Makes me wanna frag zombies.

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

nice! Thank you.

[anr]

I like the Trans-Siberian Orchestra -- technically it's christmas music, but some of their pieces (notably, A Mad Russian's Christmas, and Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24) are awesomely energetic.

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

That is an awesome idea, too! (Especially for after Thanksgiving...)