Crank It Up !!!

I usually have some kind of music going in my drives to and from work. It varies in style from day to day. But there are some songs that when they come on, I just have to crank up the volume to 11 and let the sound fill the air as a spell against falling objects.

The few that come to mind right now …

1 : Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Third Movement as performed by Wendy Carlos
2 : Deadbeat Club by the B52s
3 : Big Eyed Beans from Venus by Captain Beefheart
4 : Listen to the Beat of a Heart by the Burns Sisters
5 : ** The Time Warp** from The Rocky Horror Soundtrack

Yours …?

I actually made a tape compilation called “Honest, officer, it was the music” of just those songs.

The FIRST song on the tape is “Crazy Train” by Ozzy.

Will add others tomorrow. I’m off to a very important meeting.

Beefheart! Have you turned “Run Paint, Run Run” up to eleven yet? Get Doc At the Radar Station and blow your mind.

Patti Smith “People have the Power”

Ramones “Cretin Hop” (there’s no retreatin from a hoppin cretin)

Paul Simon Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes

Beatles “Birthday” Polythene Pam

Some songs just have a little part that I need to crank and then back to business. That Tom Petty song Freefallin is kind of drivelly until the last guitar break, like two and a half seconds of disco tom and the guitar soloist. I crank that.

Talking Heads: Houses in Motion.

The Foo Fighters Everlong
Everclear AM Radio
Cheap Trick She’s Tight In all fairness, this doesn’t get much radio play so this happens when I put my cassette in the player.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers Give It Away
U2 Beautiful Day What’s really cool is we live near an airport so sometimes we have planes taking off and landing right over us as we’re driving by (just like the video).
AC/DC Shook Me All Night Long

I’m sure there are more. This is just off the top of my head.

Oh, and for my daughter Sting Desert Rose. She adores that song. I prefer to crank up Fields of Gold but that’s just so I can’t hear myself singing. I can’t not sing along.

Moussorsky’s “Pictures at An Exhibition.”

Blondie: “Call Me.”"

Most of anything by Sisters Of Mercy.

Pogues: “Hells Ditch,” “Ghost of a Smile.”

Kool & The Gang: “Fresh.” (no, really.)

There’s tons more, I get teased about how loud I play my stereos. Every single vehicle I get, I immediately put in the nicest sound system I can afford. When I got my '68 Plymouth Fury (with original am radio,) my boyfriend bought me a tape/CD/radio unit all in one, which rocks because I can play all my old cassettes in there too.

And yes, I sing along! That’s really why I need a good, loud stereo, because I love to sing along but have an atrocious voice, and don’t want to hear myself.

The 1812 Overture, when the big bells and cannon come in!

Ooh, Show_Biz, I’d forgotten that one. Gives me goosebumps!

Yes, yes, yes! My favored Brain Drano for days that suck. Makes humankind and hope more immediate.

Also:
Handel’s Water Music Suite
Brubeck’s Take Five

Veb

“The Spirit of Radio” - Rush

“Laid” - James

“Creeping Death” - Metallica (Ain’t nothin’ like screaming “DIE! DIE! DIE!” while being stuck in traffic)

Yesterday my mom and I cranked it up when “The 12 Days of Christmas” sung by John Denver and the Muppets came on…

[squeaky chipmonk voice]Fish heads, fish heads, roly-poly fish heads…[/chipmonk voice]

Nah…usually Original Pranksteror Come Out and Play, both by Offspring. Luckily, both come over the radio often. That or My Own Worst Enemy by Lit.

As for classical, I never could resist Pachelbel’s Canon in D (I know, soft song, but hey, that’s what volume control is for) or Mozart’s 25th in G Minor (1st movement). Now, to find a radio station that will play a healthy mix of these kinds of songs…

Violent Femmes…Blister in the Sun

Anything by DEVO

Anything by Tom Petty

Anything by The Crash Test Dummies

The Cult…She Sells Sanctuary

‘Limelight’ 'Bastille Day Rush

‘Big D Boogie Woogie’ ‘Psychobilly Freakout’ Reverend Horton Heat

‘Bloodstains’ Agent Orange

All good selections, however I have to add a new tune that has taken over my cd player during commutes:

‘No Quarter’ covered by Tool on the new “Salival” CD/DVD release. Yowza!

Smoke On The Water
Paint it black
Some Girls
Carmina Burana
Wagner

Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Not my favourite band, not my favourite song, not really my generation, but there’s just something about it makes me want to rip the place up

Yesyesyes!! I KNEW you were a cool guy, Montfort!! I love this song! I’m so happy someone else has heard of it. I love that song and “Just like Fred Astaire.” “This bed is on fire with passion and love, the neighbors complain about the noises above…”

Okay, to the OP: I usually listen to rap and hip-hop when I drive. I can’t really sing along unless it’s old-school and I remember all the words from sixth grade, which helps me concentrate, and these songs put me in the best driving mood:

“Expression,” Salt-n-Pepa. This is the best song. Ever. :slight_smile:

“Sorry Miss Jackson,” OutKast.

“What’s Your Fantasy,” Ludikrous.

“It Wasn’t Me,” Shaggy.

“Independant Woman Part 1,” Destiny’s Child.

And sometimes, only Alice Deejay will do.

Just FTR, usually I listen to Ben Harper, Wilco, Emmylou Harris, Fiona Apple and the like. For some reason, in my car, I just wanna jam.

Makes me happy just thinking about it - next week I’m getting a new radio system for my car!! :smiley:

Check out my first post in this thread.

And, Sarah, I welcome you to try to challenge me to the title of The Biggest James Fan in Maryland. :slight_smile:

Funny, I only looked back in this thread to add to my first post with a mention of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” but it seems that toonerama beat me to it. The drum fill that Dave Grohl nails after the last verse, heading into the final chorus is divine.

If I’m gettin’ a groove off of it–I increase the volume. :wink:

Flirtin’ with Disaster-Molly Hatchet
Sympathy for The Devil-Stones
Proud Mary-Creedence (actually ANYTHING by Creedence)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor-E. Power Biggs on the Mighty Wurlitzer
Also Sprach Zarathustra-From the 2001 Soundtrack
The Blue Danube Waltz…

and if I’m feelin’ REALLY frisky, and I’m pulled up at a traffic light or in a jam, I got some square dance calls that I will roll down the windows for just to watch the reactions.

Q