Best Cycling Song Ever ! (Nominations)

Back on the Chain Gang -Pretenders

 

Where the streets have no name...U2
Marathon...Rush
Italian Symphony...Mendelsohn(the music from "Breaking Away")
I've been everywhere...Johnny Cash

and one of my faves "Ghost Rider" from Rush.


Ghost Rider

Pack up all those phantoms
Shoulder that invisible load
Keep on riding North and West
Haunting that wilderness road
Like a ghost rider

Carry all those phantoms
Through bitter wind and stormy skies
From the desert to the mountain
From the lowest low to the highest high
Like a ghost rider

Keep on riding North and West
Then circle South and East
Show me beauty but there is no peace
For the ghost rider

Shadows on the road behind
Shadows on the road ahead
Nothing can stop you now

There's a shadow on the road behind
There's a shadow on the road ahead
Nothing can stop you now

Sunrise in the mirror
Lightens that invisible load
Riding on a nameless quest
Haunting that wilderness road
Like a ghost rider

Just an escape artist
Racing against the night
A wandering hermit
Racing toward the light

From the white sands
To the canyonlands
To the redwood stands
To the barren lands

Sunrise on the road behind
Sunset on the road ahead
There's nothing to stop you now
Nothing can stop you now

 

Since there are lyrics being posted i stoped being lazy
Here Is the lyrics for my nomination of
Ironman by Die Krupps

Go shed the old skin -for the new skin
transgression
let the old flesh -rotten to trash
resurrection
seize the old laws
riddled by flaws
perfection
open your mind
don't stay behind
progression
weakness - these days are over
old flesh - replaced by shiny armour
new thoughts - the mind expanding
real tasks - that are demanding

this body is invincible
perfection is the principle

feel the clockwork
of the new heart
precision
feed the engine
of your bloodstream
recondition
move your muscles
like a machine
direction
give your life
a new dimension
extension

But i am agreeing with most of the other nominations,
Licence it and press it.
Then make one for the poser crew in USPS colours all thyl need is some silly techno/dance remixes of top 40 songs...

 

Windfall- Son Volt

Then, as you may have realized by the handle and the Avatar...there is a lot of TREX in my MP3 player

 

I second this for the same reasons.

 

I think there is some thing wrong with the tracks. The sound of the shifters should in the right track but the left.

 

im a young guy im 17 and i love hard rock but when it comes to a bike song im going to haev to go with queens bicycle race

 

I've two more that I think would be good songs to ride to...

How about Clocks by Coldplay

and Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones

 

Here's a couple more, I don't know if they'll make the list but I'll just throw them out:

Hanging by a moment by Lifehouse

Free Falling by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (maybe some other songs from them)

Blurry by Puddle of Mud

California by Phantom Planet

Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel

Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne....

 

Anyone who can show the download addresses for the sond? It's Very difficult to get free-charge.

 

Queen - Headlong, Innuendo
Queen - Ride the Wild Wind, Innuendo

I never rode listening to this, but in the car they sure make me 'step on it'!

And like someone said, Bicycle Race always should always go in the top 10!

 

I gotta download some of those to my iPod before tomorrows 50 miles...here are my picks:

Rock Star by N*E*R*D
Speed by Alpha Team

Just Can't Get Enough by Depeche Mode

 

No real Aussie stuff here so I thought I might add a bit. Haven't tried riding to any of this cos I think its just too dangerous. Some are probably a bit too slow for what you want. Here goes:

Some assembly required: One dollar short
The nosebleed section: Hilltop hoods (might be offensive to some)
Hello and Days like these: Cat empire
All the same: Antiskeptic (religious but half alright)
Anything by bodyjar or jebediah, after the fall will be alright in a couple of years when they really make it.

These bands probably mean nothing to you guys but arent bad.

 

"Lunatic Fringe" by Red Rider from the Visionquest soundtrack. There is no way that you can watch that movie and not be motivated - even 19 years after its release.

 

I remembered one of my alltime favourites the other day whilst riding.

Let the night roll on by The Angels.
I've even refurbished the lyrics:

(chorus)
Let the bike roll on
I'm lookin for hills...
Let the bike roll on
Lookin for thrills

It's Saturday morning I got legs o steel
I can ride all day in the big chain wheel...

 

MY BIKE by Ghoti Hook...

 

okay this get the vote for the most bizzare suggestion of the day..my nomination is Somewhere in Time by Iron Maiden. Songs like Stragnger in a Strange Land and The Lonliness of the Long Distance runner (cyclist) always put me in the mood to get on my bike and up into the hills...

havent listened to the album in years though, i have to buy the CD

 

"Leonardo's Bicycle" - The Uncle Devil Show

 

Oh, there are just so many! Greenday excluded, here's my two favorite for this week: "Breakdown" by Tantric and "Not Enough" by Our Lady Peace.

 

How about "Name of the game" by The Crystal Method. I saw about a 30sec montage of Lance's 4 (or 5, not sure when it was made) TdF wins, using that song. If you're looking for motivation on a ride, it should do the trick.