And the lesson learned today......

[Babs24]

.......is to be careful which year you choose for 'Pick of the Pops'. Today was 1960, and on the menu on my run was 'EIEIO' twice. I am not kidding. One 'Old McDonald' was by Frank Sinatra, and one was a rock music version. Then 'Little Donkey'. Apparently the last time this was in the charts was a version by Gracie Fields. And the 'Bum diddy bum Doctor song' by Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers. xx

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Sounds absolutely marvellous to me!!!!

[the_tea_fairy Graduate]

hahaaaaa! Oh no!

[trevorjl Graduate]

They don't write 'em like they used to!

[Babs24 Graduate in reply to trevorjl]

And thank goodness for that. 1972 next........x

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate]

Oh my....never heard of them..glad you weren’t put off!!! Lol

[JaySeeSkinny Graduate]

Hmm, yes. See your point! I’d spend more time laughing or grimacing than running. Please do tell us what treats 1972 brings!

[PashleyPedaller Graduate]

Haha - oh no, can't think of a worse soundtrack! How on earth did you manage to run?! Who said the Sixties were cool?

[misswobble Graduate]

That’s weird! I couldn’t stop singing Goodness Gracious me the other day Dunno what set me off 😃

I love little donkey Nina and Frederick 😃👍

[misswobble Graduate]

I listened to some 60’s today. Canned Heat and Janis Joplin to name but two

Groovy baby 😃👍

[mrrun Graduate in reply to misswobble]

Ha! Roll'n'Tumble, the way The Heat delivered it at Monterey in '67 is still one of THE car driving/running songs.

Janis? An entirely different league, its own category.

I'm amazed when people run to a generic bpm when there's all this plethora of timeless stuff (well, for me at least).

The other day l did a 10K spin around the Thames path while listening to a Clapton's '79 Tokyo gig.

You know what, l ran like an antelope.

[misswobble Graduate]

I was telling my son about the Monterey rock festival the other day funnily enough

I absolutely love the Janis rendition of Bobby McGee. It’s better than Kris K version

Canned Heat wise I run to Going up country and back on the road again, which has some haunting harmonica to get lost in

Clapton wise I have Crossroads but not Layla, dunno why

Rolling and Tumbling I have on by Muddy Waters 😃👍. Ain’t that a man!