100 Workout Songs for Your iPod. I went running today (just a little… mixed in with my morning walk) for the first time in a long time. It felt great. Here are the songs on my high impact cardio playlist… either for running, or elliptical or bike or walking anything else cardio. You may or may not have my taste in music. I like quite the variety. I’m an 80′s band- freak so there’s a little of that in there. I have a 10 year old, so there are a few current hits that I happen to enjoy. Starting with my current favorite song… and then in no particular order after that, here are 100 workout songs for your iPod. If you’ve got a favorite workout song that did not make my list, please share! George Frederic Handel. Foreign English Sounds. We’ve all heard examples of fake Chinese or German from speakers who lack familiarity with either language.
While typically cringe-worthy, these examples do raise interesting questions regarding our own language. What does English sound like to non-English speakers? After more than 40 years, Adriano Celentano’s “Prisencolinensinainciusol” remains one of the most illuminating examples. Prepare to rock out and sorta kinda rap with an Italian comedian: I think I love it. The entire song is nonsense verse, neither English nor Italian, but the sounds are meant to resemble English. “Just for the story, in France, when we don’t speak English and we want to imitate the sound, we call it “yaourter”(to yoghourt), the imitation sounds like a very nasal language, kind of like a baby crying.
Along similar lines, onomatopoeia (words that imitate or suggest the words they describe) provide amusing insight into the differences between different languages. Debussy, Arabesque #1, Piano Solo (animation ver. 2) Epsilon (Ambient) Music for the reluctant studier.