Cooke's Cuts - CRASH B's Edition

CRASH-B’s are here again.

Just when you think it couldn’t get any colder, it’s time to turn up the heat, in the legs, that is. Here are some of my teammate’s favorite songs to listen to right before they sit ready.

We’ve all done plenty of 2k’s and here’s what we like to hear before putting it on the line. What’s blasting in your ears before you go?

-Megan

• Athlete: Caroline Lind W8+
  Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
  
  Song: Can’t Stop
  
  

  This song fits any kind of workout, any erg piece, any distance. The beat makes me want to rip heads off.

• Athlete: Josh Inman M4-
  Artist: Journey
  
  Song: Don’t Stop Believin’
  
  

  This song is just plain good.

• Athlete: Anna Mickelson W8+, W2-
  Artist: KT Tunstall
  
  Song: Suddenly I See
  
  

  I like this song pre-race because it talks of having a purpose, with seeing where you are going and why something means so much to you. For me, it makes it easy to race hard when I know know where and why I'm racing to the death! That, and it says the girl is taller than most...

• Athlete: Sam Stitt M4x
  Artist: Mötley Crüe
  
  Song: Kickstart My Heart
  
  

  I got punched in the face after rocking too hard to this song.

• Athlete: Tom Paradiso LM4-
  Artist: Darude
  Song: Sandstorm

  Nothing motivates like the hook in this song at full volume with 700 to go in a 2k.

• Athlete: Samantha Magee Athens W8+
  Artist: DJ Bobo
  
  Song: Chihuahua
  
  

  This song was playing on the grandstand loudspeaker in Athens as I went for my warmup run before the final. I remember thinking how ridiculous it seemed that this was the last song I would hear before the Olympic Final, but went with it, and now I find it entertaining to erg to.

• Athlete: Matt Schnobrich M4-
  Artist: AC/DC
  Song: Thunderstruck

  Simply put, this is audible adrenaline.

• Athlete: Caryn Davies W8+
  Artist: Prince
  
  Song: Cream
  
  

  I love this song for pre-race pump-up because it contains lines such as, "This is it. It's time for you to go to the wire." and "Everything you do is success... break 'em all 'cuz you are the best. (Yes you are!)" Despite the fact that the song is ostensibly about sex, one can easily see that it is also applicable to racing.

• Athlete: Josh Brown - Dev.
  Artist: Rage Against the Machine
  
  Song: Killing in the Name
  
  

  I've had debates with a good friend of mine over which Rage song is the best, but this is my favorite. No matter how tired I am, the splits are going to drop when he starts yelling "F--- you I won't do what you tell me!"

• Athlete: Mary Whipple W8+
  Artist: Fergie
  
  Song: Fergalicious
  
  

  Whenever I hear Fergalicious, I feel like it pumps me up and I record the rowers splits the fastest and most accurate. My 2k recording skills have never been the same. It makes me Whipplicious...

• Athlete: Andrew Bolton LM2-
  Artist: Guns N' Roses
  
  Song: You Could Be Mine
  
  

  The intro to this song makes me want kick ass like Arnold in the
  Terminator!

• Athlete: Dan Beery M2-
  Artist: Henry Rollins Band
  Song: Ghostrider

  This song is for emergency use only...