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| # Posted 2006-03-04 10:02:55 | |
| jjcote: | Related to the orienteernig quotes thread, I've occasionally mused on what songs would be appropriate for an orienteering mix tape. "Stand" by REM is the most obvious to me, because the entire song seems to be about orienteering. I also know of several that mention compasses. What would your pick be for a good orienteering related song? (I'm expecting a good SRV or Jimi suggestion from Swampfox.)
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| # Posted 2006-03-04 18:31:59 | |
| tonyf: | What about various as yet unrecorded O songs sung by NEOCers in earlier years. I have words to If You Miss Control Point One, We Three Kings of Orienteer, Sunday's Woods are Full of Holly, and The Quabbin Hill Map. I know there were more. |
| # Posted 2006-03-04 18:38:21 | |
| jjcote: | I've also seen lyrics to Show Me The Way To The Control, and from other sources, The Allamuchy Chorus and Rootstock. But that's not what I had in mind. |
| # Posted 2006-03-04 18:44:21 | |
| lizk: | How about Coldplay's "Square One"?
Under the surface trying to break through Deciphering the codes in you I need a compass, draw me a map I'm on the top, I can't get back Fyi, "Stand" lyrics are at www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/rem/stand.html. |
| # Posted 2006-03-04 19:44:13 | |
| Hammer: | "I will follow" U2
which links nicely to "Still haven't found what I'm looking for" U2 |
| # Posted 2006-03-04 20:00:11 | |
| Boojums: | The NIelds sing "Keys to the Kingdom" which starts with:
"I was making my way through the desert I was making my way to the sea" And the last verse starts with: "I picked up my map and my compass" And I had never thought of Stand as an orienteering song, but now that explains why it was my favorite song in 4th grade... |
| # Posted 2006-03-04 20:01:28 | |
| Boojums: | Oh, and then there's "Get Out the Map" by the Indigo Girls, which needs no explanation. |
| # Posted 2006-03-04 20:37:20 | |
| EricW: | Cristina just named the prime song I was waiting for.
The first song striking me as an "O" song was "The Battle of New Orleans" perhaps by fiddler Doug Kershaw, including the refrain- "We ran through the briars and we ran through the brambles, ran back where the horses wouldn't go, ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch us, down the Missippi to the Gulf of Mexicoooo", or something like that. For a US O celebrity reference, there's Chuck Berry's "Promised Land" mention of Mikell Platt's home town "... bypassed Rock Hill(SC) and we never was a minute late..." which fits the rest of the geography in the song. There's a bunch of loose and insider references in Grateful Dead songs, some of which JJ has in mind, but the closest song is probably "Fire on the Mountain"- "Long distance runner, what you standing there for, get up, get off, get out of the door..." which is good advice for getting away from the computer on a nice Saturday morning. |
| # Posted 2006-03-04 20:54:09 | |
| jeffw: | Another U2 song that makes me think of orienteering or rather urban orienteering is "Where the Streets Have No Name". The rest of the lyrics breakdown on the orienteering theme, but the first line fits, "I want to run...blah blah blah blah blah...where the streets have no name"
I think it would be cool to start a relay off with Led Zeppelin's "The Immigrant Song". I like the wail and driving beat. I have no idea what the words are. |
| # Posted 2006-03-04 22:54:21 | |
| jjcote: | Immigrant Song is kind of Nordic, I guess. An obscure Grateful Dead reference is Uncle John's Band, simply because it mentions Silvermine. |
| # Posted 2006-03-04 23:38:19 | |
| jeffw: | Paula came up behind me while I was reading this thread and started singing, "I Will Follow You", as done by Whoopie Goldberg in Sister Act. So of course it was stuck in my head the whole time we were running today. |
| # Posted 2006-03-04 23:40:43 | |
| BorisGr: | The Immigrant Song is very Nordic, and is commonly used by OK Linne as one of the tracks played during the strength training circuits. |
| # Posted 2006-03-06 00:22:47 | |
| ebuckley: | "Roam" by the B-52's. |
| # Posted 2006-03-06 02:00:38 | |
| JHen: | "I musta got lost" J. Geils |
| # Posted 2006-03-06 03:19:06 | |
| randy: | "No Control" -- Bad Religion
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| # Posted 2006-03-06 16:44:58 | |
| ndobbs: | You come home late and you come home early
You come on big when you're feeling small You come home straight and you come home curly Sometimes you don't come home at all Chorus: So what in the world's come over you And what in heaven's name have you done You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness You're out there running just to be on the run Well I got a heart that burns with a fever And I got a worried and a jealous mind How can a love that'll last forever Get left so far behind Repeat Chorus: It's a mighty mean and a dreadful sorrow It's crossed the evil line today Well, how can you ask about tomorrow We ain't got one word to say Repeat Chorus: Ending: You're out there running just to be on the run You're out there running just to be on the run You're out there running just to be on the run |
| # Posted 2006-03-06 22:46:48 | |
| jjcote: | John Prine is great, and that one even has a fine cover version by Nanci Griffith. |
| # Posted 2006-03-08 06:48:48 | |
| SteveN: | Supertramp's lament on a lifetime of bad route choices:
"Oh, calamity, is there no way out? Does it feel that your lifes become a catastrophe? Oh, it has to be for you to grow, boy. When you look through the years and see what you could have been oh, what might have been, If youd had more time. So, when the day comes to settle down, Whos to blame if youre not around? You took the long way home You took the long way home..........." |
| # Posted 2006-03-08 07:53:24 | |
| charm: | Check out the Barebones 2006 song contest here.
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| # Posted 2006-03-09 01:04:09 | |
| jwolff: | "Budapest" by Jethro Tull
I think she was a middle-distance runner... (the translation wasn't clear). Could be a budding stately hero. International competition in a year. She was a good enough reason for a party... (well, you couldn't keep up on a hard track mile) while she ran a perfect circle. And she wore a perfect smile in Budapest... hot night in Budapest. |
| # Posted 2006-03-09 04:21:49 | |
| khall: | Following My Compass by Kristen Hall (not quite the same spelling, but she has a great name....)
If you listen to the lyrics, you'll find it is actually a Night-O song: "Following my compass in the dark ..." |
| # Posted 2007-07-10 14:16:51 | |
| Jagge: | "Running" by Stefano Zarfati.
EDIT: Stefano Zarfati (Corsa Orientamento Club Roma) performing his O song live at Folgaria: |
| # Posted 2007-07-10 17:53:08 | |
| kwilliams: | And we could venture into all the "made for the World Championships or what ever else event" songs that are out there - like everyone's favorite "Spring Cup". I think Hammer started a collection of them? At least he has the WOC04 soundtrack.
Then there is one part of Jewel's song "Cleveland" From the air things look so ridiculous Our fears so small, our fights so vain I want to pilot a plane with you So all our problems look small too It's just an inch from me to you Depending on what map you use And of course, "Go West" by the Pet Shop Boys "Wide open spaces" - Dixie Chicks |
| # Posted 2007-07-10 18:39:39 | |
| Eoin: | "I'm lost in a forest All alone" - The Cure "A Forest" |
| # Posted 2007-07-10 21:32:02 | |
| jeffw: | I made it through the wilderness
Somehow I made it through Didn't know how lost I was Until I found you "Like a Virgin" - Madonna |
| # Posted 2007-07-11 00:32:05 | |
| mal11: | the Cure song (especially the Mixed Up version) is the best....
but I'll add "There's no map And a compass Wouldn't help at all" Bjork - Human Behavior classic Gondry video can be seen on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOepheinkCM tasty moths... |
| # Posted 2007-07-11 00:34:54 | |
| mal11: | come to think of it, Bjork could be orienteering in the video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOepheinkCM must be a canadian meet, since she runs into a bear.... |
| # Posted 2007-07-11 00:38:55 | |
| mal11: | probably the most recent o-song on mtv was:
Maps by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs Wait. They don't love you like I love you Wait. They don't love you like I love you Maps........... Wait. They don't love you like I love you enjoyable song, but the lyrics make absolutely NO sense.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8z2AmZL-_Y |
| # Posted 2007-07-11 03:13:25 | |
| Hammer: | WOC'97
"We are Bushmen" by Havard something-or-other |
| # Posted 2007-07-11 04:18:03 | |
| barb: | Jagge, what are the words to "Running"?
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| # Posted 2007-07-11 05:17:22 | |
| chitownclark: | Mentioned before on these pages, but too good not to link to again: NTNUI....Norweigian orienteering students singing falsetto......Orienteering is My Life! |
| # Posted 2007-07-11 06:33:14 | |
| peggyd: | One of my favorites (along with the above-mentioned "Following My Compass", with the classic line "I'm the Ferdinand Magellan of these parts..."), John Hiatt's "You Must Go" ... has rumbled through my head many times. The chorus is pretty apt:
You must go and you must ramble Through every briar and bramble Till your life is in a shambles Maybe then you will know You were born to blunder Born to wander, born to wonder Even when you're six feet under There's place That you must go |
| # Posted 2007-07-11 07:55:52 | |
| backwoods: | ok...so this doesn't really count. My daughters love the tv show Backyardigans (it actually is a great kids show.) They have a good song on one episode. I actually sang this song multiple times while racing the North American Rogaine champs last year.
Into the thick of it. Into the thick of it. Into the thick of it. Ugh! We're tramping through the bush. On and on we push. Into the thick of it, But we can?t see where we?re going. We?ve made a stellar start. To find the jungle's heart. But all we'll find is nothing, If we can?t see where we?re going! The jungle's kind of tricky, The path is never straight, And sometimes there's no path at all Which makes it hard to navigate. Although the jungle's thick, We're moving through it quick. But that won't do us any good If we're going around in circles. These trees look so familiar, We've been here once before. You're right, except it wasn't once It was three times, or four. Stuck in the thick of it! Stuck in the thick of it! Stuck in the thick of it! We?ve gone around in circles |
| # Posted 2007-07-11 08:17:34 | |
| johncrowther: | I always used to think of "The Battle of Epping Forest" by Genesis whenever I used to go orienteering there. There's nothing about orienteering at all in the song, but Epping Forest does contain some of the best orienteering terrain in SE England. |
| # Posted 2007-07-11 08:40:41 | |
| Barbie: | Oh God, do I need to point all of you to the "Why are orienteers so strange?" link again? Scary, very scary. |
| # Posted 2007-07-11 20:55:12 | |
| levitin: | Peter Frampton, "Show Me the Way"
Supertramp, "Take the Long Way Home" and the one that came to mind first, is the one JHen wrote up, J. Geils "Musta got Lost", but I insist on the live version with the free-associating Peter Wolf intro, "This is Wuffa Guffa with the green teeth, saying let me down your hair, let me climb up the ladder of your love." |
| # Posted 2007-07-12 05:32:52 | |
| EricW: | Unless I am mixing up British pop idols, I believe Peter Frampton has another O connection. I believe he bought one of Bjorn Kjellstrom's homes, which are on the Ward Pound Ridge O map, technically across the street from the park but included on the O map nonetheless, at Bjorn's request. Confirm Chris Cassone? |
| # Posted 2008-05-06 02:48:01 | |
| EricW: | How did we overlook " Lost in the O Zone" by Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen? You mean its not actually about orienteering? |
| # Posted 2008-05-06 18:42:02 | |
| AZ: | Whenever I start orienteering badly the following bouncy tune pops into my head. It's from the musical "Paint Your Wagon"...
Where am I goin'? I don't know Where am I headin'? I ain't certain All that I know Is I am on my way When will I be there? I don't know When will I get there? I ain't certain All that I know Is I am on my way Gotta dream boy Gotta song Paint your wagon And come along Where are we goin'? I don't know When will we be there? I ain't certain What will we get? I ain't equipped to say But who gives a damn? Who gives a damn? We're on our way! |
| # Posted 2008-05-06 20:38:25 | |
| sherpes: | The (unconventional) running club Hash House Harriers, whose runners look for beer caches stashed in the woods, have a long tradition of songs and music. An older runner in Pittsburgh recently completed his second degree (for fun) at the University of Pittsburgh, graduating in music, and for the graduating requirements, wrote this term paper describing the musical tradition in the Hash House Harriers.
http://pgh-hash.blogspot.com/2008/03/music-in-hash... |
| # Posted 2008-05-07 15:35:43 | |
| birdman: | In honour of New Zealand Music Month (yes, there's such a thing) I'll nominate "from a to b or not to b" by SJD (with David Kilgour guesting on guitar). It's an instrumental so no relevant lyrics to point out, but doesn't that title neatly sum up orienteering? And it has this quiet pause in the middle which just has to represent someone stopping to relocate ;-)
I'm surprised none of the (older) aussies here have suggested the entire "Starfish" album by the Church which has a bit of a navigation theme running through it (song titles include "Lost", "North, South, East and West"... and the refrain of "Under the Milky Way"... "Wish I knew what you were looking for....") And I can't do an orienteering roadtrip without Kate Bush "Running up that hill" somewhere along the way! |
| # Posted 2008-05-08 12:57:51 | |
| birdman: | On the theory that Bono and co are orienteers, perhaps they should read the "Chatting during meets" thread. Came to mind when I heard "Sometimes you can't make it on your own" today.... |
| # Posted 2008-05-09 19:26:18 | |
| jingo6390: | I Can't Find My Way Home by Blind Faith "I'm wasted and I can't find my way home" |
| # Posted 2008-05-13 06:02:51 | |
| johncrowther: | On the way to a local O meet at the weekend I was listening to Circles by Manfred Mann. I hadn't really listened to the lyrics before:
Goin' round in circles Directions all messed up and later in the song: Goin' round in circles Compass all messed up |
| # Posted 2008-05-13 17:05:00 | |
| Jagge: | O coaching song. King Crimson: I Talk to The Wind. |
| # Posted 2008-05-14 07:29:51 | |
| EricW: | A one time member of HVO, Dave something(?) said he was a short time member of Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Dave(?) was also a member of the USA men's field hockey team if that help's anyone's memory. |
| # Posted 2008-05-14 08:28:04 | |
| jjcote: | Dave Flett? |
| # Posted 2008-05-14 09:21:54 | |
| boyle: | According to my Hounsome and Chambre Rock Record, there was a guitarist Dave Flett on Manfred Mann's Roaring Silence (1977) and Watch (1978) albums. |
| # Posted 2008-05-14 11:53:48 | |
| acejase: | A couple for ya. Darren Hanlon (http://www.darrenhanlon.com/ ) Aussie folk-rock singer has a song entitled "Not enough songs about Squash" which, not suprisingly, focuses on that there should be more songs about Squash (the sport in case it doesnt exist elsewhere). It includes the lines:
There's not enough songs about Squash, Netball, t-ball, orienteering, they could all do with a better hearing Also for what its worth when I was about 13 I was travelling back from a Junior Squad camp in the back of my parents van with my friend Karen 'Squelch' Staudte when we made up what we called 'The O song'. Its sung to the tune of 'A Hard Days Night' by The Beatles. The verses below are all we came up with. Its been a hard days o-ing And I been running like a Swede Its been a hard days o-ing I should be at home, having a feed But when I get back to the map I just wanna do another lap And find that last controoooolll When I'm home I just cant wait to get out and train, yeh, When I'm home I cant wait to feel some more of that pain, pain yeh! Its been a hard days o-ing And I been running like a Swede Its been a hard days o-ing I should be at home, having a feed |
| # Posted 2008-05-14 18:06:18 | |
| SuvalineLohh: | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQbvli2brSk |
| # Posted 2008-05-14 18:06:48 | |
| Boojums: | I think the song above (while clever and cute) demonstrates why there aren't more songs about orienteering. The verb sucks. "O-ing" just doesn't roll off the tongue. |
| # Posted 2008-05-15 03:00:43 | |
| EricW: | Dave Flett?
Right time period, but "Flett" doesn't exactly ring a bell. I believe Dave(?) was also a teacher at a private school in CT. Ed Hicks ought to remember. |
| # Posted 2008-07-22 21:48:43 | |
| danf: |
Nicola Manfredi - YOU AND ME (lyrics) |
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