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What Songs Get Stuck in Your Head While Climbing?

Tom Rangitsch · · Lander, Wy · Joined Jan 2007 · Points: 1,699

I was trying the route "Borderline" at Mount Charleston several years ago and got the Madonna song of the same name stuck in my head. For some reason it has become a recurrent problem. Funny how the mind works.

normajean · · Reading, PA · Joined Jun 2015 · Points: 110

Rarely, thank god, but

We will rock you by Queen fragments:
You got mud on yo' face You big disgrace,
You got blood on yo' face You big disgrace,
we will we will rock you

Dont forget to breath by Bitter sweet:
Don't forget to breathe
Our love will be redeemed
And when you take my hand
You'll know exactly where I am

Really enjoyed reading these!

Sonia Battrell · · Portland, OR · Joined Dec 2006 · Points: 10

"Space Oddity" Bowie

Roger Harris · · Boulder, CO · Joined Feb 2009 · Points: 1,151

Especially when climbing Easter Time Too at the Gunks:

from: Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues - BOB DYLAN

"I cannot move
My fingers are all in a knot
I don’t have the strength
To get up and take another shot
And my best friend, my doctor
Won’t even say what it is I’ve got"

When climbing Sail Away in Hidden Valley:

Orinoco Flow - Enya

Let me sail, let me sail,
Let the Orinoco Flow,
Let me reach, let me beach
On the shores of Tripoli.
Let me sail, let me sail,
Let me crash upon your shore,
Let me reach, let me beach
Far beyond the Yellow Sea.
Sail away, sail away, sail away.
Sail away, sail away, sail away.
Sail away, sail away, sail away.
Sail away, sail away, sail away.

Other climbs:
I Can Walk on Water - Basshunter

I will never be afraid again
I will keep on fighting till the end
I can walk on water, I can fly
I will keep on "climbing" 'til I die

Redyns · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2011 · Points: 60

I want to sex you up - Color me Badd

Tee Kay · · Seattle, WA · Joined Mar 2015 · Points: 110

the kills-future starts slow

'You can holler, you can wail, you can swing, you can flail
You can fuck like a broken sail
But I'll never give you up, if I ever give you up
My heart will surely fail'

Annie Sue · · Kalispell, MT · Joined Nov 2014 · Points: 10
youtube.com/watch?v=SPlQpGe…

Seriously... if you can't figure out your hands... move your feet :)
Jaclyn Randall · · South Lake Tahoe, CA · Joined Apr 2015 · Points: 0

"spider-pig, spider-pig" -Homer Simpson

BigNobody · · all over, mostly Utah · Joined Nov 2013 · Points: 10
Rick Carpenter wrote:Harry and Loyd's mockingbird
HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!
NeilB · · Tehachapi, CA · Joined Apr 2014 · Points: 45
s.price wrote:A line from the song Gravity by John Mayer. "Gravity stay the hell away from me"
Ha! I get his version of Free Fallin' stuck in my head sometimes because one day I topped out to a guy sitting on an overlook strumming his guitar and singing that very song.
Conor Galvin · · Santa Ana, CA · Joined Nov 2013 · Points: 90

"X Gon Give it to Ya" DMX
"Can't Stop" Red Hot Chili Peppers

I had "Sail" by AWOLNATION stuck in my head for three days on the Prow.

Tim Stich · · Colorado Springs, Colorado · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 1,520

Back in college we used to watch a lot of Quincy, M.E. Our friend John Dennis came up with lyrics for the intro music, "Love the little Quincy! Love the little Quincy." This was playing all weekend in my head for some reason.

youtube.com/watch?v=GI3pd-d…

Josh Seymour · · Islip, NY · Joined Mar 2015 · Points: 0

For the most part, I end up getting a lot of Bad Religion songs stuck in my head. This one especially:
youtube.com/watch?v=qK6x47r…

Probably just for the repetition of the phrase "You've got a chance."

Kirtis Courkamp · · Golden · Joined Mar 2011 · Points: 378
youtube.com/watch?v=7nH9u_k…

when im runout and scared this comes out of my mouth
Derrick W · · Golden, CO · Joined Jun 2012 · Points: 868

The A-Team Theme Song
youtube.com/watch?v=wyz_2DE…

Moonfri · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2009 · Points: 10

2 Days ago while climbing touchstone in Zion I was singing rocket man by Elton John the whole day:)

Bill Kirby · · Keene New York · Joined Jul 2012 · Points: 480

It's almost time for ice season!!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rog8ou-ZepE

TiffanyOR · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2015 · Points: 0

The Indiana Jones theme song "Raiders of the Lost Ark." It's pretty awesome, really. ;)

k etchup · · Fayetteville, WV · Joined Jun 2016 · Points: 0

Learning to lead in the gunks, had Stayin' Alive stuck in my head... :)

Calf-lete Osborne · · Charlotte, NC · Joined Apr 2016 · Points: 77

"Power" by Kanye "No one man should have all that power."

"Starfish and Coffee" by Prince

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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