Fraser's Blog

MARIN vs. FRASER

PART 1

Straight down from down under...so you better check yourself before you wrack yourself.

I picked all the Australian and New Zealand artist (besides the last song), something that could be new but I know you will all like.  Jump on I Tunes and listen to previews.  I guarantee you will love them.

I will test the waters and if you guys want PART 2 I will bring it.

Enjoy

SONG                              ARTIST ALBUM

My People                              Presets Apocalypso

This Boy's in Love          Presets Apocalypso

Are you the One          Presets Beams

Lights and Music          Cut Copy Lights and Music Single

Flaunt it                               TV Rock     Sunshine City

Not Many                               Scribe Crusader

Chase that Feeling           Hilltop Hoods State of the Art

Joker & the Thief            Wolfmother Wolfmother

White Unicorn           Wolfmother Wolfmother

Are you Ready           AC DC

Stronger                                Kanye West Graduation

One of my all time favorite workout songs is “Ladies and Gentleman”, which I actually stole from you a few years ago, but you took that one.

My second favorite is “What I’ve Done” – very good for imagry while working out.  Here are a few of my favorites:

1. Kill Bill by Hotei Tomoasu

I love the “I’m about to kick your ass” (or in this case, “I’m about to kick my own ass”) intensity of this song.  The buildup in the beginning is familiar and powerful.

2. Whirl-y-Reel 2 by Afrocelt

This song was described as sounding “like a party at some global crossroads” and I think that pretty much sums it up.  It took me a few listens to warm up to it, but now it really helps me dig deep.  My favorite part is the percussion and heavy synthesized beats in the middle.

3. Crawling by Linkin Park

As a log roller, I can never go wrong with lyrics like, “Keep rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, rollin” but I don’t see why that cannot motivate others as well.  I also love how these bad ass lyrics remind you to “Breathe in now breathe out.”  It’s a bummer when my class participants forget to breathe, they can always use a reminder.

But WARNING- the F-bomb is dropped a few too many times to make this one “health club” class appropriate.  I forgot to take it off my playlist for one of my 6am TRX boot camps and I had some less than thrilled participants.  Well, at least the old boring people…

4. Everybody by the Backstreet Boys

Hey, at least I limited my BSB and Britney obsession to only one song on this list.  “Everybody” is a classic and the build up and explosion in the middle is GREAT for intervals.  Plus it brings back childhood (okay, okay, AND CURRENT) memories of my BSB hysteria.

Love this playlist! Thank you!

I must add one of my favorite driving tempo songs: Indestructible by Disturbed.  I think it is just all around hard to beat!