Top five favorite bands. Quick ... who are they?!!

Whether you fancy The Beach Boys or the Beastie Boys, Radiohead or Portishead, The Eagles or The Turtles, numerous studies show that listening to music you enjoy while you work out will better your performance. And, as if that weren't enough of a reason to download some hot new tracks, a study from the New York Academy of Sciences discovered that listening to your favorite tunes can have a positive effect on cognitive ability. According the the research, spending as little as 10 minutes with U2, Oasis, Beyonce -- or any other artist or band you enjoy listening to -- before a test actually improves results.

Oh, and just to put it out there, my five favorite bands are: Oasis, The Beatles, Counting Crows, Death Cab for Cutie, and Pearl Jam. Runners up: Beastie Boys, Coldplay, Simon & Garfunkel, and Guster.

And your favorites are ... ?

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Yes, my iPod playlist is still as stale as a three-week-old loaf of bread, but I'm admittedly quite resistant to change. But, enough is enough by this point. Personally, I know things have gotten bad when I not only know what song is coming next without having to look, but I also know what three songs will play after that!

It's too bad there isn't anything for gym playlists that works in a similar fashion to those home remodeling TV shows. You know, like Trading Spaces and others like it. Why can't my neighbor, or maybe even just a fellow gym member, take my iPod, and at the same time I take theirs. We would then change the entire playlist on the other person's iPod, only to give it back to them the following day when you see them at the gym.

Were such a stupid (oh yes, I do realize how stupid of an idea this is) TV show to exist -- and, were I to be a contestant, I might have to load up my gym buddy's iPod with the following tracks:

1 - U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday

2 - Muse - Stockholm Syndrome

3 - Pearl Jam - Animal

4 - Rage Against the Machine - Freedom

5 - Oasis - Do Ya' Know What I Mean?

6 - Ash - Goldfinger

7 - The Beatles - Helter Skelter

8 - Eric B. & Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique

9 - Beastie Boys - Gratitude

10 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android

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