To explain the controlling here. When you hold a or d it pedals your wheels, when you are on the ground to transfers to movement in whatever direction you are facing. When you press A or D it changes the direction you are facing as well. When you jump you can no longer change direction. So, you were speeding up your wheels running into a wall, and then when you turned you sped in the other direction, when you jumped since you didn't have any speed running into the wall you didn't get anywhere. As for the music, not sure if that is a compliment or not lol, I went for a retro style sound track and generally the game is supposed to give a retro feel.