# Best song to crank till your ears hurt? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 10, 2001, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667 "2001-09-10T14:49:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667/21 "2001-09-10T18:26:32Z")
Some other songs to play at 11… “Zombie” - Cranberries “Lightning Crashes” - Live “What’s the Frequency Kenneth” - REM (although most of the older would work well) “Get a Gun” - Connells “One” - U2…aww heck, most of U2…Angel of Harlem 'specially. But most of all: “Europa” - Santana…the live one of Moonflower. **lieu** I’m with you…when Mrs. rundogrun and pup one and pup two are out of the house, I fire it up and turn it up and sit at the other end of the room against the wall. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667/22 "2001-09-10T19:14:45Z")
So I’m now cranking Du Hast in my headphones, and I can see my coworkers singing along - apparently it’s still a little loud. This is good. Now, to look at my playlist here at work and select the blastworthy pieces: KMDFM - Juke Joint Jezebel Rage Against The Machine - Wake Up Queen - Princes of the Universe And I’m disappointed that no one has said John Williams - Star Wars - the Imperial March. C’mon! It doesn’t get more blastworthy than that! Ok, now my ears hurt too much to concentrate on work… ---
**Author:** ![Kittie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Kittie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kittie)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667/23 "2001-09-10T19:28:56Z")
“Crazy Train” by **Ozzy Osbourne** “Connceticut” by **The Impossibles** “Suite-Pee” by **S.O.A.D** and anything by **Primus** ~Kittie ---
**Author:** ![Chekmate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@Chekmate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chekmate)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667/24 "2001-09-10T19:29:20Z")
Counting Crows - Mr. Jones Ben Fold Five - Philosophy Ghetto Boyz - Six Feet Deep Lemonheads - Mrs. Robinson Red Hot Chile Peppers - Aeroplane Warren G - Regulate I’m very diverse… ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667/25 "2001-09-10T19:46:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > **Alice in Chains Unplugged - Rooster** I would have picked _Man in the Box_ myself. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667/26 "2001-09-10T19:47:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > **Alice in Chains Unplugged - Rooster** I would have picked _Man in the Box_ myself. **Chekmate** , I’ve had _Philosophy_ stuck in my head all day. Great song. ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667/27 "2001-09-10T19:53:04Z")
Guns N Roses - Pretty much the entire Appetite for Destruction album. Walk - Pantera Panama - Van Halen And, as has been mentioned, any thing by AC/DC. ---
**Author:** ![Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/53a042/32.png) [@Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vinnie_Virginslayer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667/28 "2001-09-10T20:06:00Z")
Anything by System of a Down Anything off Celtic Frost “Morbid Tales” “Ghost of Tom Joad” by Rage Against the Machine Anything off Black Sabbath “Dehumanizer” “Pussy Whipped” by Stormtroopers of Death ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667/29 "2001-09-10T20:11:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zappo \* > > The Clash- “Rock the Casbah” > J. Geils Band- “Centerfold” Zappo, the similarities in our tastes are beginning to frighten me. 😃 I forgot Radar Love. That’s a must! ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667/30 "2001-09-10T20:23:03Z")
And nobody’s mentioning George Thorogood’s “Who Do You Love?” ---
**Author:** ![NYR407](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@NYR407](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NYR407)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667/31 "2001-09-10T20:27:26Z")
Hey Vinny, great SOD reference I would go with (a very diverse taste) The Trooper - Iron Maiden Creep and National Anthem - Radio Head Thunder Road - Bruce Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Where The Streets Have No Name - U2 Last Cup of Sorrow - Faith No More Ready To Go - ?? Not sure - some girl band House of the Rising Sun - Damn I can 't think of their name! There are more I am leaving out and many that have already been said. I’ll check back after I take a look at my CD collection. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667/32 "2001-09-10T20:31:40Z")
Another vote for AC/DC - now I’ve got _For Those About To Rock_ and _Hell’s Bells_ blaring away… Also, \*Also Sprach Zarathustra \* - you know, the _2001_ theme. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667/33 "2001-09-10T20:33:41Z")
_House of the Rising Sun_ is by Eric Burdon and the Animals, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667/34 "2001-09-10T23:09:43Z")
Gustav Holst’s **Mars, the Bringer of War** from the Planets Suite. **La Marseillaise** (yes, the French National Anthem,and I know all the words in French too), **Bolero** by Maurice Ravel, **Smoke On The Water** by Deep Purple, and a lot of others. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667/35 "2001-09-11T00:14:44Z")
Aiight, you chauvanist bastards…here’s what I crank in the van when I’ve left the husband and the kids at home…so there. Nyah. Sum 41: “Fat Lip” Tracy Bonham: “Mother Mother” and “The One” Alice in Chains: “Man in the Box” Tool: “Stinkfist” and “Eulogy” A Perfect Circle: “Judith” RATM: “Fuck You, I Won’t Do What You Told Me” Clutch: “Escape from the Prison Planet” Mary Prankster: “Mercyfuck” All: “Pretty Little Girl” Beastie Boys: “Savatage,” “Rhymin’ & Stealin’,” “No Sleep til Brooklyn”…etc. Faith No More: “Falling to Pieces” Was, Not Was: “Hello Dad, I’m in Jail” Shriekback: “Nemesis” and “Everything That Rises Must Converge” Filter: “Hey Man Nice Shot” Foo Fighters: “Learn to Fly” Nine Inch Nails: “Closer” Lard: “Mate, Spawn and Die” Ministry: “Thieves” Nirvana: “Heart-Shaped Box” Steppenwolf: “Magic Carpet Ride” …and many, many more. ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667/36 "2001-09-11T00:33:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ellen \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Zappo \* > > > > The Clash- “Rock the Casbah” > > J. Geils Band- “Centerfold” > > Zappo, the similarities in our tastes are beginning to frighten me. 😃 > > I forgot Radar Love. That’s a must! \*\* So, **Ellen** , whatcha doin’ Saturday night? I’ll be by at 8. Look for the red '57 T-Bird with the top down and “Radar Love” setting off all the car alarms on your street. 🆒 Zappo ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667/37 "2001-09-11T01:15:38Z")
I just burned a CD of songs that make me want to turn up the volume and jump around: Propellerheads, “Dive!” My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, “Sex on Wheelz” Oingo Boingo, “Sweat” Depeche Mode, “A Question of Time” Front 242, “Headhunter V1.0” Faith No More, “Caffeine” Digital Overdrive, “Block Rockin’ Beats” remix Nitzer Ebb, “Lightning Man” Garbage, “Hammering in My Head” Nine Inch Nails, “Sin” Nitzer Ebb, “Godhead” NIN, “March of the Pigs” Public Enemy w/Anthrax, “Bring tha Noize” ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667/38 "2001-09-11T01:16:45Z")
**Tool** - Stinkfist, Hooker With a Penis, Swamp Song, The Grudge, Parabol, Parabola, Eulogy, H, Forty-six & 2, Sober, Ticks & Leeches, Schism… I love Tool. **Korn** - Beg for Me, Trash, Twist, A.D.I.D.A.S, Got the Life, Freak on a Leash, Justin, Somebody Someone, Dirty **Staind** - Mudshovel, A Flat, Waste, Just Go, Fade **Sevendust** - Denial, Too Close to Hate, Black, Bitch **American Head Charge** - Effigy 23, Irresponsible Hate Anthem, Reach and Touch, Never Get Caught, Pushing the Envelope ---
**Author:** ![Sigmundex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Sigmundex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmundex)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667/39 "2001-09-11T01:27:15Z")
Okay, Geobabe, I’m with you on most of those. I’m surprised by all the industrial music references in here. “Thieves” by Ministry was a good one (and a killer song to see live!). I’ve got to say I love cranking up “Getting Closer” by Nitzer Ebb, and I could listen to the entire Front 242 Re:Boot cd cranked up to ohhhh, about 35 or so. I go over my fondness for Rammstein pretty quickly, they only lasted in my cd player about a week or so. I went to the public library one day, and when I heard a guy loading books into the Bookmobile jamming very loudly to “Engel”, I knew they had gone too mainstream for me. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-to-crank-till-your-ears-hurt/80667/40 "2001-09-11T01:39:57Z")
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