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I have an announcement to make:
I can now squat down and stand back up without touching anything or using my arms. You maybe can't see my muscles...but they are there and they're getting strong!
ICYMI: You can read about my strength-training journey here.
So I thought I would share my playlist, "Pumping Iron: Workout 2024." (In no particular order...I listen on shuffle.)
Stronger - Kelly Clarkson
Rebel Girl - Bikini Kill
Dani California - Chili Peppers
Black bandana, sweet Louisiana, robbing on a bank in the state of Indiana
Learn to Fly - Foo Fighters
American Idiot - Green Day
Brave - Sarah Bareilles
It's My Life - No Doubt
This song has the swingiest bass line I've ever heard. Was the bassist the guy in the band that Gwen dated? Because if I was singing onstage and someone came up behind me with that bass line, I'd be all, MARRY ME. Turn it up.
crushcrushcrush - Paramore
Days are Forgotten - Kasabian
Times Like These - Foos
Juice - Lizzo
Immigrant Song - Trent Reznor & Karen O
Not Your Fault - Awolnation
Honeybee - Tom Petty
I like remembering when Dave Grohl played this with them on SNL after Cobain died.
Fighter - Christina Aguilera
Somebody Told Me - The Killers
Got a good beat you can dance to. I give it an 85.
Bad Reputation - Joan Jett
Jesus of Suburbia - Green Day
I once had a New Year's Resolution to learn all the words to this iconic rock opera number.
Monkey Wrench - Foos
Demons - Imagine Dragons
When you feel my heat, look into my eyes...it's where my demons hide
Fight Song - Rachel Platten
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Uprising - Muse
This song makes me think of the election. I know it's about rising up against the machines or whatever, but it works against the old white men trying to control our lives, too. They will not control us...We will be victorious. (And we will not go back.)
Bitch - Meredith Brooks
Good As Hell - Lizzo
Mr. Brightside - The Killers
Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
I Want to Break Free - Queen
Simply The Best - Tina Turner
Stronger - Kanye
It's A Sin - Pet Shop Boys
If you like 80s music and big explosive show tunes, this is the song for you.
So What - P!nk
Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson
Longview - Green Day
Run the World (Girls) - Beyonce
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Rudie Can't Fail - The Clash
This song sounds like a bunch of blokes in a pub scream-singing their football club's fight song. It's practically "He's here...he's there...he's every-f**king-where..."
Cold Hard Bitch - Jet
I used to talk music & books with my long-time hairdresser in Memphis, Grant (RIP). He once told me if I liked the song "Look What You've Done" that I should check out Jet's other song. LOL. That man...
DOA - Foos
I'm Not Okay - My Chemical Romance
I suspect that, had I been born 10 years later, I would've been a total emo girl.
London Calling - The Clash
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
Running Down a Dream - Tom Petty
I dare you to listen to this without playing air guitar. Can't be done.
Born This Way - Lady Gaga
Wherein Gaga cements her place in gay clubs and Pride parades for eternity.
Stone in Love - Journey
Girl On Fire - Alicia Keys
Titanium - David Guetta
Synchronicity - The Police
Synchronicity II - The Police
Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes
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