I always thought Rage Against the Machine was the best workout music in the world, but Mr Morello & Co just got some fierce competition: Porcupine Tree. For yesterday’s <short> jogging trip I had simply popped a random playlist in my iPod without much thought other than it needed to be somewhat more aggressive than, say, Burt Bacharach. In that playlist were several Porcupine Tree songs, and – by pure coincidence – after 17 minutes came the song Blackest Eyes, from 2002′s excellent In Absentia album. Now, the 17 minute mark is usually when my energy level and motivation drops to near zero and I seriously start considering giving up, but when the intro riff blasted into my earphones my energy level was suddenly restored.
Now I’m just going to piece together a well thought-out playlist, where Blackest Eyes starts at exactly 17 minutes.