UKC

what is good music to climb to?
I think for routes that require aggression and power go for the Cranberries "Zombie"
and for routes that require delicacy and balance go for Brian Eno "an ending (ascent)"

What is others opinions?
I would burn CD's to play in my local centre and I am looking to make a few new ones.

Listen to them on youtube if you dont know them

In reply to paulhigginsonNI:
hard fast techno

Carl Orff's O Fortuna always seems to be playing when I crush another 7c+.

In reply to j_duds:
Spot on. Hardcore-techno is similar to shirts of for power, it adds 3% to your maximum power level. I credit Scott Brown with half of my hard problems

In reply to paulhigginsonNI:
drum and bass: high contrast & london electricity are good

In reply to paulhigginsonNI: The Drum and Bass which is figuring heavily over the speakers at the Climbingworks at the moment is working for me. Just missing a few glow sticks!

In reply to paulhigginsonNI:


mmmmmm...that'd make me want to plunge to the floor!...awful...perhaps obvious choices such as:

The Ace of Spades-Motorhead
Can I kick it- A Tribe Called Quest
Thunderstruck- AC/DC


would be better aggressive stuff....but there's no accounting for the whine of an irish miserablist

In reply to paulhigginsonNI:

Indoors it would have to be Elastica, but outside nothing beats natural birdsong.

In reply to paulhigginsonNI:

Spinal Tap because they go up to 11.

In reply to paulhigginsonNI:
Yazz - The Only Way is Up

In reply to paulhigginsonNI:

Atari Teenage Riot all the way!

In reply to paulhigginsonNI:

barbers adadigo for strings - amzing and fantastic track, always sets my mind up ready to tackle the next problem!!

In reply to paulhigginsonNI: the theme from the "A team" and it has the advantage that you can sing ANY words you like and they'll still fit.

I am great,
I am great,
I am Great.
I I I am Great.



See told you!

In reply to glasto_mudd:

the original, classical one?
that wouldnt psyche me up really :p

In reply to paulhigginsonNI:

Smashing Pumpkins - Try, Try, Try

Especially as it keeps repeating the lyric, "Try to hold on..."
(Though, the video may not inspire you..?)

In reply to paulhigginsonNI:

Anything from 'The fat of the land' By Prodigy.

In reply to jcharles:


I remember soloing Jacob's Ladder in Coire an t-Sneachda, with 'The Ladder' by the Waterboys going round and round in my head all the way up.

youtube.com/watch?v=-krgyghesCQ&

Perfect.

In reply to Tim Chappell:

Tightrope..... stevie ray vaughan

:oD

Another vote for drum & bass. There's someone at Craggy who plays decent D&B on saturday mornings and it's great, but quite often he's followed by someone who likes to put a bit of EMO on. Somewhat less than optimal, that...

In reply to paulhigginsonNI:

How about

G-Unit - Terminate On Sight

or anything by Funk On Sight



(Never heard em myself.) :-0

In reply to tommyzero:

Rock On Tommy Zero!

I'd have to suggest an alternative would be 'Broken Hearts are for Arse'oles' by Zappa

In reply to paulhigginsonNI: the best music to climb to has to be funk. at the Aberystwyth climbing club its all we listen to on the way to, back from and during climing trips and events

In reply to paulhigginsonNI: Drum and Bass

In reply to paulhigginsonNI:
Aye, drum and bass. Or nothing, just a Zen-like quiet.

In reply to paulhigginsonNI:


Not exactly Drumm bass, more like BreakBeats, much better. Other than that it would be proper chillout or long desert rock tunes.

Another vote for drum and bass!!

In reply to paulhigginsonNI: Big bang - to the mountains

In reply to paulhigginsonNI:

I use MusicStation on my N95 phone (but then again I do work for the company!), it's exclusively available on Vodafone and for £1.99 per week you can get access to 2million of the most popular full length music tracks:

http://www.vodafonemusic.co.uk/products/musicstation.cfm

Enough shameless plugging here's my climbing list. Some of these have an obvious climbing link, some are for the pump, some are for the memories so may seem a bit obscure (adult lyrics may feature):

We Made It – Busta Rhymes feat Linkin Park
Woop! Woop! – KRSOne
Hang On Girl – Favourite Sons
Big Guns – Skid Row
You Can Get It If You Really Want – Jimmy Cliff
Get a Grip – SkaDaddyz
Climbing Up The Walls – Radiohead
Arms Like Boulders – The War on Drugs
Hang Tough – Wild Magnolias
Finger Mash – Lee Perry
Crank It Up – Hardouken
Open Your Arms – Editors
Over and Over – Hot Chip
Lets Get It Started – Black Eyed Peas
Burn Burn – Lost Prophets
Harder Better Faster Stronger – Daft Punk
This Aint a Scene, Its An Arms Race – Fall Out Boy
Heavyweight Champion of the World – Reverend and the Makers
Give It – Helmet
Hang On – Fu Manchu
Smile Like You Mean It – The Killers
Bad Ass – Mickey Finn
Kung Fu - Ash