What songs do you listen to while hiking?

[MtDoraDave]

That.
And what Muddy said. A song (or verse) will pop into my head and stay for a while, until something takes its place.

I like music, but never needed it on cycling workouts or for hiking.

I do like to listen to books, but wouldn't do that on a hike. After the hike, I could tell you about the book(s), but I couldn't tell you about my walk. I'm out there for the experience. Listening to music or books would take away from that. For me.

[RangerZ]

I don't listen to anything while hiking. I prefer to hear what is around me, be it friend or foe.

+1 but maybe dowop at night. At Fontana and haven’t listened to any yet.

[Knee Jerk]

I don't listen to music at all when hiking or biking or kayaking or working out. It's too distracting.

[Gambit McCrae]

For years I listened to music while hiking...Every since my 16 day trip last October, I just don't have a desire. Too many wonderful sounds of nature and now I enjoy listening to that.

[Traffic Jam]

Occassionally part of a random song becomes cadence in head....lasts for a long time...hrs to days. All of a sudden you realize you subconsciously singing it..then its stuck there.

My entire life, my dad has made up songs with only a few words that repeat over and over. I like to sing them when hiking but then hear ‘Pinto beans, pinto beans, we’re gonna have some pinto beans’ in my subconscious all night long.

Irish fiddle tunes are a problem also. Last night is was McFarley’s Reel.

[greenmtnboy]

Bird songs, I can't imagine wearing headphones in the outdoors.

[Heliotrope]

Just curious...if you take an mp3 player with you on your hike, what are your favorite songs to listen to along the way? Or do you prefer that nature sing to you?

Usually nature sounds on MP3 player.


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[foodbag]

Any Sesame Street tune will do, for a continuous loop that runs in your head for miles and miles and miles. I also find that listening to the theme song from The Jetsons in my head will accomplish the same thing. No music player required

[MtDoraDave]

Any Sesame Street tune will do, for a continuous loop that runs in your head for miles and miles and miles. I also find that listening to the theme song from The Jetsons in my head will accomplish the same thing. No music player required

Here's another, no player required:

Mana Mana
Do Doo do doodoo
Mana Mana
Do doodoo do....

[BuckeyeBill]

Sounds of a bear grunting, a rattle snake rattling, the birds speaking several different languages (none of which I know but they sound great), the sounds of the elk in rut and all of this can be heard without any electronic hardware to carry.

[TSWisla]

I don't listen to music, but if I did, I would listen to the Brian Jonestown Massacre!

[Jayne]

There is a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
And if you go, no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone

[shelb]

The track from "Into the Wild." Not only inspiring, but relaxing too!

[greenpete]

I love both music and nature too much to combine the two and have one distract from the other. I feel the same way about music and sex.

[illabelle]

I don't listen to anything while hiking. I prefer to hear what is around me, be it friend or foe.

I don't listen to music at all when hiking or biking or kayaking or working out. It's too distracting.

For years I listened to music while hiking...Every since my 16 day trip last October, I just don't have a desire. Too many wonderful sounds of nature and now I enjoy listening to that.

Bird songs, I can't imagine wearing headphones in the outdoors.

Sounds of a bear grunting, a rattle snake rattling, the birds speaking several different languages (none of which I know but they sound great), the sounds of the elk in rut and all of this can be heard without any electronic hardware to carry.

I love both music and nature too much to combine the two and have one distract from the other. I feel the same way about music and sex.

I didn't have much interest in this thread and hadn't opened it until now when I saw that it was up over 100 posts. How refreshing to see so many others who treasure the "music of the spheres."

This is my Father's world,
And to my listening ears
All nature sings, and round me rings
The music of the spheres.
This is my Father's world:
I rest me in the thought
Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas--
His hand the wonders wrought.


This is my Father's world:
The birds their carols raise,
The morning light, the lily white,
Declare their Maker's praise.
This is my Father's world:
He shines in all that's fair;
In the rustling grass I hear Him pass,
He speaks to me everywhere.


This is my Father's world:
O let me ne'er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the Ruler yet.
This is my Father's world:
Why should my heart be sad?
The Lord is King: let the heavens ring!
God reigns; let earth be glad!

My apologies to the atheists. Just scroll on by.....

[Lnj]

I didn't have much interest in this thread and hadn't opened it until now when I saw that it was up over 100 posts. How refreshing to see so many others who treasure the "music of the spheres."

This is my Father's world,
And to my listening ears
All nature sings, and round me rings
The music of the spheres.
This is my Father's world:
I rest me in the thought
Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas--
His hand the wonders wrought.


This is my Father's world:
The birds their carols raise,
The morning light, the lily white,
Declare their Maker's praise.
This is my Father's world:
He shines in all that's fair;
In the rustling grass I hear Him pass,
He speaks to me everywhere.


This is my Father's world:
O let me ne'er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the Ruler yet.
This is my Father's world:
Why should my heart be sad?
The Lord is King: let the heavens ring!
God reigns; let earth be glad!

My apologies to the atheists. Just scroll on by.....

[randy.shopher]

Hi-ho, hi-hi.it's off to work we go.

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[randy.shopher]

Hi-ho, hi-ho. it's off to work we go.

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