In 2005, British psychologist Dr Cliff Arnall came up with a formula to predict when we feel the post Christmas blues at its worst. It generally falls on the third Monday of January every year - so-called Blue Monday which is 21st January this year.
The formula is: [W+(D-d)]xTQ/MxNA.
Here's what it all means:
W = Weather
d = Debt
T = time since Christmas
Q = time since failing New Year's resolutions
M = low motivational levels
Na = Need to take action
I am suggesting a new day for C25Kers, instead of Blue Monday how about we have Wonderful Wednesday? The day when we create a brand new playlist for running, and hopefully we are so energised by the thought that we are on a musical high and sail through Blue Monday, not noticing it at all....
My Wonderful Wednesday ‘formula’ is
CR X TPL = H
Couch 25K Runners multiplied by tracks on playlist = Happiness.
To all fellow retro runners, we needed a theme that made us feel happy with get up and go,so my proposed theme for all your wonderful ideas is 70s and 80s Dancefloor Anthems. And I’ve started us off with my favourites:-
DISCO - Ottawan
War and Eye To Eye Contact - Edwin Starr
Mighty Real - Sylvester
Stayin’ Alive, Jive Talking’, Saturday Night Fever - Bee Gees
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Boogie Wonderland - Earth Wind and Fire
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
Le Freak - Chic
Celebration Kool and the Gang
Looking forward to seeing those Wonderful Wednesday song suggestions...
My other thought may have been even less street cred... Rasputin - Boney M. Not sure Brown Girl in the Ring is PC. I could have gone for some awful 80s ones... I look forward to seeing them from others 😂
You are a kindred spirit to the Italians - We get YMCA, Rasputin, Ma Baker, Superman and then a whole load of really corny Italian 80s pop. And when its played they will ask us ‘Do you know this famous song/singer’ and to our shame we have to reply no, because of course EuroPop very rarely is successful over here. But they do have a fascination with led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd
I’m very much in touch with Italy... maybe I can still retire there after Brexit 😂. Love the food and the music. Yes, I like opera... and Lacuna Coil rock!
I was going to ask for Hot Stuff by Donna Summer when I noticed it was already on the list.
Rhythm is the dancer by Snap another dance favourite of mine BUT that's from 1992, unless you can squeeze that in, otherwise I'll be happy with Donna Summer.
Hi I’ll save Snap for another one - I think I actually have that on one of our 90s oriented lists, but dance floor anthems I think warrants a nineties and noughties list...
I have no idea about any of this: is that Chesney Hawk (?) song about “I am the one and only” eligible ? Because it would definitely be on any triumphant playlist of mine ! As would “Something Inside So Strong”, which is our family anthem, but I think it was maybe late 70s.
Chesney will have to wait - he’s 90s..., but I can't remember which one I’m very certain I have him on another of my playlists. And so too is Labi Siffre. We’ll get them on when I do the 90s and noughts version...
Post xmas blues? Is that what it's called? This is the time of year when l feel alive again, full of hope, happy that all that chaos is behind me. I'm here getting ready for my Wednesday run blasting out Remedy by Black Crowes. You cannot fail with that one.
Supposedly so, alternatively it could just have been a marketing con to sell us holidays... I must admit I don’t suffer from it at all, like you it’s a nice clean fresh New Year waiting for fun.
Well, I don't know that you'd call it a dance floor anthem (though I used to know all the moves) - Making Your Mind Up by Bucks Fizz. And I always got onto the dance floor for Hi Ho Silver Lining when they played it at the Young Farmers dog's.
But I was more of a punk/heavy metal fan, so disco songs passed me by!
Rock the Casbah - I want that played at my funeral
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All in, you had me perplexed with Nirvana I really thought it was in the 90s - oh my how time passed it was in the 80s, it’s just my middle aged head gap not realising it
Ok editorial hat coming into play - hate, loathe detest Men without hats, no way Jose to Spitting Image, Birdie songs or Jive Bunny. It’s taken me almost 3 decades to forgive Paul Hardcastle for 19, so I’ll concede on The Wizard, even though I’ll always skip it on my Spotify mix...
19 was purely anti-war, so while iconic I didn’t see it as a dance anthem... and I preferred the commentators parody of it anyway. The wizard being a top of the pops theme was more iconic than any of the others of the 80s, whenever I heard it I knew it was time to see what was on ITV!
By the same thinking, and because it caused a bit of controversy with the band labelling, White Lines wasn’t suggested!
I was thinking Mel & Kim, but couldn’t remember the song name... Showing Out springs to mind.
How’s about Push It - Salt N Pepa? Sadly I was also into hip-hop and may have actually had their album!
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