This week's Music Monday is "Working Man" by Rush.
This is one of my favorite running songs. It is a song that found it's way to me in that weird way that a lot of other music has.
Ever since I can remember I always HATED Rush. I think it was always Geddy Lee's voice. So if Rush came on the radio I would change the station. I may have heard this song at some point in my life but never gave it a listen because I HATE Rush.
We don't get very many radio stations in our office at work but for a short while we could pick up a classic rock station so I would leave the radio on all night. One night, probably about a year ago, I walked into the office and I heard this amazing guitar solo playing. As I was rocking out at my desk I thought "damn this is sweet! Who is this?"
Then it happened.......Geddy Lee's voice.
SHIT!
But I HATE Rush!
If I would have walked in at any other point in the song I would have turned it down or walked out of the office. But I guess the only way for this song to find me was through this amazing guitar solo. Over the next couple weeks I heard it again a few times and thought it would be a great running song. So I went to iTunes and bought it. Dammit! But I HATE Rush!
But much like U2, who I also HATE, I now have a copy of their greatest hits.
Moral of the story: If I HATE something and swear I'll never do it, chances are I will end up liking and doing it.
Kinda like I said I would never use Facebook, Twitter, blog, use a cell phone, run a marathon, do yoga......................
This song is great for running because I love the guitars in it. I get a nice steady pace with the song through the first half of the song. The solo is KILLER! The first time I listened to it while running I was at the end of a ten miler. I got to the ten mile mark and had to keep going. I just couldn't stop with that solo and just the way the song picks up toward the end. I kept running until the song was over! (probably another half mile) This song is just an absolute energy boost for me!
Enjoy!
This is one of my favorite running songs. It is a song that found it's way to me in that weird way that a lot of other music has.
Ever since I can remember I always HATED Rush. I think it was always Geddy Lee's voice. So if Rush came on the radio I would change the station. I may have heard this song at some point in my life but never gave it a listen because I HATE Rush.
We don't get very many radio stations in our office at work but for a short while we could pick up a classic rock station so I would leave the radio on all night. One night, probably about a year ago, I walked into the office and I heard this amazing guitar solo playing. As I was rocking out at my desk I thought "damn this is sweet! Who is this?"
Then it happened.......Geddy Lee's voice.
SHIT!
But I HATE Rush!
If I would have walked in at any other point in the song I would have turned it down or walked out of the office. But I guess the only way for this song to find me was through this amazing guitar solo. Over the next couple weeks I heard it again a few times and thought it would be a great running song. So I went to iTunes and bought it. Dammit! But I HATE Rush!
But much like U2, who I also HATE, I now have a copy of their greatest hits.
Moral of the story: If I HATE something and swear I'll never do it, chances are I will end up liking and doing it.
Kinda like I said I would never use Facebook, Twitter, blog, use a cell phone, run a marathon, do yoga......................
This song is great for running because I love the guitars in it. I get a nice steady pace with the song through the first half of the song. The solo is KILLER! The first time I listened to it while running I was at the end of a ten miler. I got to the ten mile mark and had to keep going. I just couldn't stop with that solo and just the way the song picks up toward the end. I kept running until the song was over! (probably another half mile) This song is just an absolute energy boost for me!
Enjoy!
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