# Best screaming **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 8, 2018, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650 "2018-06-08T00:26:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650/41 "2018-06-08T23:35:46Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Sure, considering RR says it like “shhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!!!” Not a bad impression, Id!; try [this one](https://youtu.be/o9e2_OSQ0Fw?t=32): ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650/42 "2018-06-09T00:50:01Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Someone must have yanked one of Plant’s nose-hairs on [this one](https://youtu.be/F_qci-Gd-2Q?list=PLux23cpJb0PVQA5pxV4p3novLvBbY-mmi&t=264): I got a “video unavailable” message for that one.☹ Was it this [just getting warmed-up](https://youtu.be/O_VzPDHxmUg?t=2596) epic? > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Not a bad impression, Id!; try [this one](https://youtu.be/o9e2_OSQ0Fw?t=32): Sure, not bad. I might be more partial, though, to a more urban, less echo-ey, more abupt [approach.](https://youtu.be/EjBt5XpEezk?t=105) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650/43 "2018-06-09T00:59:52Z")
^ Why, YouTube, I oughta… . The song was, “I’m Gonna Crawl,” from _In Through the Out Door_ at roughly the 4:25 mark. Any time Python throws someone out a window, it’s a good day! Then I start to froth at the mouth and fall over backwards, WHOOOA… \>thump\<. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650/44 "2018-06-09T01:36:57Z")
Janis Joplin, [Cry Baby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kluuO6wZzxE) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650/45 "2018-06-09T04:21:18Z")
Jim Morrison – [When The Music’s Over](https://youtu.be/nOJSmXSFCWk?t=7m58s) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650/46 "2018-06-09T08:04:14Z")
The Birthday Party - [Cry](https://youtu.be/cBS2xIlKM-I?t=155) The Jesus Lizard - [Monkey Trick](https://youtu.be/boUZqysP5go?t=61) And of course, the [Calgonite Spotmaker](https://youtu.be/pCupueEFgD8?t=17) (sure, somewhat feeble, but still classic in its weaselly/dastardly-yet-moribund futility) ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650/47 "2018-06-09T15:32:58Z")
Does a silent scream count or does it need audio? If a silent one counts, I nominate Robin Williams in World’s greatest Dad. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/piQ2-mNeTZM/hqdefault.jpg "World's Greatest Dad - Kyle's Death") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piQ2-mNeTZM) Starts at about 0:50 ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650/48 "2018-06-09T16:40:44Z")
Here’s annoying little [Oscar](https://youtu.be/tzKpneaYK4o?t=2360) from “The Tin Drum”. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650/49 "2018-06-09T16:55:19Z")
Phil Anselmo’s outtro vocals on “Cemetary Gates” ---
**Author:** ![Egnu\_Cledge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@Egnu\_Cledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Egnu_Cledge)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650/50 "2018-06-09T18:47:37Z")
[Scream! by Ralph Nielson & the Chancellors](https://youtu.be/J8_ZPlwNj1Q). Crazy 1950’s garage rock. The aptly named [The Screamers](https://youtu.be/3mUzRlDMhRo). And the one and only [Screamin’ Jay Hawkins](https://youtu.be/7kGPhpvqtOc). ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650/51 "2018-06-09T20:38:55Z")
hmm…another head-scratcher. [Donald](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEStsLJZhzo) or [Carl?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm4S_pnPLqo) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650/52 "2018-06-09T20:46:12Z")
Can’t talk about screaming without bringing up [The Sonics.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Nffq0bOgE) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650/53 "2018-06-10T01:50:28Z")
PTL Klub offer some fine stutter-screaming in [This Town Sucks](https://youtu.be/G8Y32tf0Ux8?t=2521). Saddened, I can’t find any clips anywhere about the Gumbys yelling about architecture.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650/54 "2018-06-10T02:04:05Z")
I’d like to register a vote for [Mike Schank](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcmWYwT-vco) from **American Movie**. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650/55 "2018-06-10T10:56:41Z")
Oh, come on! Into the second page already, and **no one’s** mentioned Chekov in the Agony Booth, at the hands of Kang, or on Ceti Alpha V??? :eek: For shame! As for \*\*“AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!” \*\*nobody does that better than Hadji on _ **JQ** _. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650/56 "2018-06-10T16:07:41Z")
Saw these crazy dingbats in '94 - absolutely enlightening, cathartic, religious. I bring you, [The Boredoms](https://youtu.be/67cF1kzGqiQ?t=18)\* The [female vox](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDzBpQ0GcoU) even loopier? \*Another one of those beautiful “just-gettin-warmed-up” yells. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650/57 "2018-06-10T16:20:22Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Daltry in [Won’t Get Fooled Again](https://youtu.be/SHhrZgojY1Q?t=461) I think Daltrey’s screaming (or more accurately, howling) in “Love Reign O’er Me” made the song less effective than it could’ve been. It was OK in “Won’t Get Fooled Again” though. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650/58 "2018-06-10T17:11:50Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I think Daltrey’s screaming (or more accurately, howling) in “Love Reign O’er Me” made the song less effective than it could’ve been. > > It was OK in “Won’t Get Fooled Again” though. Probably alone in this camp, but I was always actually _quite_ squicked-out by Daltry using the word “free” [here,](https://youtu.be/2-MMq1KvEKs?t=173) as a scream. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650/59 "2018-06-10T17:35:08Z")
Damn - I completely screwed up my second Boredoms link. [Here, this should work better.](https://youtu.be/eDzBpQ0GcoU?t=108) the Japanese have this thing going I wish I could understand. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650/60 "2018-06-11T05:07:18Z")
And all the varieties of screaming, from the [subdued](https://youtu.be/LJfowXTXOfU?t=61) to the [batty](https://youtu.be/Sx6qfur2Cuc?t=35) to the [startled (then infuriated!) by pain](https://youtu.be/sXGzO2aDDRU?t=246). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-screaming/815650.md?page=4)