Tuesday, December 7, 2010

A New Leaf

Podwogging.com is...not dead, exactly, just full. I've got hundreds of walking and jogging lists on there, and I think to put up any more would require an unjustified retooling of the site and, quite rankly, I've got better things to do. However, I will continue to create woglists, and commencing today will begin posting them here directly on this blog. How this will shake out is a mystery to me, as I experiment with different ways of doing this.

The Pöet
(47 minutes, Vigorous)
Überwog Mix

Pace Breakdown

Slow Walk: 12:04

Mod Walk: 7:12

Brisk Walk: 2:56

Slow Jog: 11:59

Mod Jog: 9:53

Brisk Jog

Run: 2:46

Total : 46:50

Distance: 2.2 to 3.2 miles

Speed: 2.8 to 4.1 MPH

Ave BPM: 121 (slower 117)

Jog Beats: 67% (slower 62%)

Pace Variability: High


Back in the day—like, WAY back in the day—all poems were sung. Poetry has since evolved into a number of different word beasts, but many of the best songs still reflect their poetic roots. Here’s a dozen songs with evocative lyrics to match their musical arrangements. You won’t find any rockers here, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any good jogging numbers in this list. So why not transport yourself why burning off a bit of flab?

Title Artist BPM Time PC Comment Genre Album/Source
Steve’s Song The Blues Project 109 4:58 3 Project at its flutey progiest Psychedelic Rock Projections
Secret Journey The Police 131 3:34 4 Spiritual and spooky. 80s Rock Ghost in the Machine
Very long intro
Staring at the Sun U2 141 4:37 5 Bono goes blind 90s Rock Pop
Jersey Thursday Donovan 103 2:14 4 Short but quite lovely Singer-Songwriter Fairytale
Sixty Years On Elton John 132 4:35 3 Gorgeous strings. Singer-Songwriter Elton John
Long intro
Because The Beatles 161 2:46 5 Psychedeliclassical. British Pop Abbey Road
Two-Timer
Suzanne Leonard Cohen 135 3:50 4 Perhaps most poetic song like, ever Singer-Songwriter The Best of Leonard Cohen
Late for the Sky Jackson Browne 83 5:38 5 Rarely has angst been this expressive Singer-Songwriter Late for the Sky
Carpet Crawlers Genesis 145 5:16 4 Quirky rockers at most intriguing Prog Rock The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Parasite Fields 121 2:56 5 Quite poetic, considering the subject matter. Alternative Rock Everything Last Winter
3/4 time, short outro
Summer’s Cauldron XTC 99 3:20 5 Dreamy, organic and magical. Alternative Rock Skylarking
Long intro, segues into Grass
Grass XTC 99 3:06 5 Wink, wink. Alternative Rock Skylarking
Long outro