Sometimes I wonder if I'm alone in this, but I really need my
tunes to get me through that early morning hour at the gym. It baffles me to
see folks just watching TV or reading while on the machines. How can they step
it up without "Cat Scratch Fever" or "Pump It" blasting
through their ear buds? Is CNN that motivating? How about that New York Times
magazine? I like to read as much as the next guy, but printed words generally
don't make me move any faster.
Today happened to be my first day back at the gym after a two week
hiatus.When I plugged that iPod in, I was eager to get back at it and make up
for the time I lost. Of course, you have to love the Shuffle feature. Some of
the songs that came up this morning really hit
home. Remember "Hurt So Good" by John Cougar? Oh, wait, I
mean John Cougar Mellencamp. Or was it just John Mellencamp? Well, no matter which
name our singer-songwriter used then, it's from 1982. It has a great beat and
it's easy to move to. But, it wasn't the best choice for me today because the
chorus goes like this:
Hurt so good.
Come on, Baby, make it hurt so good.
Sometimes love don't feel like it should.
You make it hurt so good.
You lie, John. You lie. Yes, it hurts, but there's nothing good about that at the moment. Maybe I can't do this. Maybe Couch to 5K won't work for me. Oh, and maybe I ought not listen to a guy who smokes as much as I used to.
Should I mention that later on we got to "I Want Candy"? Probably not since that's one of the reasons I got so out of shape in the first place. But then during my cool down from right out of the 70's the Bee Gees sang "Stayin' Alive" to me. Oh yeah, I am but just barely at the moment.
Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother,
you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin',
and we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive.
Life's goin' nowhere. Somebody help me.
Somebody help me, yeah.
Life's goin' nowhere. Somebody help me.
Somebody help me yeah. Stayin' alive.
Let's not go into
detail about the shakin' part. I'm going somewhere because the gauge says 3.10 miles. Stayin' alive is definitely hard work. Somebody help me get this playlist in order because I have to do this all over again tomorrow morning.
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