# Do you have room-cleaning music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568 "2008-04-01T19:29:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568/21 "2008-04-02T00:10:30Z")
_AC/DC_, **Back in Black** is my standard cleaning album. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568/22 "2008-04-02T02:40:59Z")
95 Country. There’s something about all those miserable people that makes me so grateful for my life, even if at the moment it involves housework. “Well,” I tell myself, “I may have to scrub pots, but at least I don’t have a broken-down pickup truck and a messy yodeling D-I-V-O-R-C-E…” ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568/23 "2008-04-02T03:15:48Z")
[QUOTE=Bambi Hassenpfeffer] Then other times, it’s energetic J-pop. [/QUOTE] YAY! Er, ahem. What I mean to say is, “me, too”. It depends on my mood. Sometimes it’s\*\* the Clash\*\*. Sometimes it’s **Nik Kershaw**. Sometimes it’s \*\*Nik Kershaw \*\* with \*\*Les Rhythmes Digitales \*\* singing “Sometimes”. Heh. Lately it’s been **Scissor Sisters**. I can do a lot to _Filthy/Gorgeous_. I also like **Pig**. \*A Touch of Upheaval \* makes vacuuming a breeze. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568/24 "2008-04-02T04:10:41Z")
No. When I’m vacuuming I wouldn’t be able to hear it. ---
**Author:** ![Harry1945](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Harry1945](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harry1945)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568/25 "2008-04-02T04:41:34Z")
The Black Watch…War Pipe and Plaid. Combined bands of the Canadian and Scottish Black Watch Regiments. You’ll have enough energy to clean your house and mine, and still be marchin’ down the street… ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568/26 "2008-04-02T05:24:53Z")
Lately I’ve been popping in Muse, **Black Holes and Revelations** on my cleaning day. Once “Map of the Problematique” comes on (Track 4), I transform into an unstoppable cleaning machine. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568/27 "2008-04-02T08:11:13Z")
For some odd reason, when I’m in a cleaning mood I usually put in the movie _The Outlaw Josie Wales_, and use that for background noise. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568/28 "2008-04-02T16:51:10Z")
Electronic dance music. Lately, it’s been an imported DVD of French house music called Vanity 9; each song is accompanied by a scantily-clad go-go dancer, so as I clean, I’ll walk by the TV and get a little lift in my… spirits. Otherwise, long dance mixes-- Sandra Collins’ Cream album, Christopher Lawrence, whomever. Peppy, and I can dance around as I clean, and not the kind of music that makes me want to sit down and concentrate on the music. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568/29 "2008-04-02T17:07:01Z")
Standard cleaning would probably be Collective Soul. Any specialized cleaning (oven, refrigerator, etc. - big project kinda stuff) would be Ozzy or Kid Rock. ---
**Author:** ![pantheon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@pantheon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantheon)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568/30 "2008-04-02T20:26:37Z")
[QUOTE=lawoot] For some odd reason, when I’m in a cleaning mood I usually put in the movie _The Outlaw Josie Wales_, and use that for background noise. [/QUOTE] You must do a lot of spit shines. 😃 I know it’s horrible bubblegum synthesizer crap, but New Order does it for me everytime. It’s like watered-down retro-techno, with insipid and repetitive lyrics. My brain can tune it out and focus on the task at hand, but the beat is there to keep me moving. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568/31 "2008-04-02T20:55:57Z")
I just use my usual playlist, but I especially like energetic, bouncy music – Mika and Scissor Sisters are especially good, as are much of New Order and Pet Shop Boys, etc. ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568/32 "2008-04-02T21:36:02Z")
AC/DC - Back in Black ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568/33 "2008-04-03T01:28:27Z")
Phil Collins…especially Invisible Touch and Sussudio…but I generally just throw on the Great hits, crank up the volume and clean like crazy. It’s the only thing that works… ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568/34 "2008-04-03T01:32:22Z")
No specific music, but I do have two room-cleaning movies: _Mallrats_ and _Chicken Run_. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568/35 "2008-04-03T02:51:43Z")
[“Rappin’ Duke”](http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=8558) is very good for vacuuming. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568/36 "2008-04-03T03:26:05Z")
I almost always listen to screaming females when I clean: L7, Diamanda Galas, Skunk Anansie. ---
**Author:** ![pprgrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f6c823/32.png) [@pprgrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pprgrl)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568/37 "2008-04-03T04:14:49Z")
I actually have a playlist on my iTunes titled ‘go clean your room!’ It’s heavy on Bikini Kill, Bloc Party, Bad Religion, the Raincoats and a bunch of other punk, pop-punk & dance-punk. For years, Bikini Kill’s _CD Version of the First Two Records_ was my default house-cleaning music. I’ve also been partial to comps of various punk covers of 80s tunes. ---
**Author:** ![DarRRva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@DarRRva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarRRva)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568/38 "2008-04-03T08:51:39Z")
Most things loud will do, but usually I turn to: Tori Amos Lacuna Coil Meatloaf The Empire Records Soundtrack or just about anything from a huge catalogue of 80s/90s power ballads - With T’Pau singing China In Your Hand, I can get just about anything done 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568/39 "2008-04-03T09:15:38Z")
Any music turned up can do in a pinch, but my favorites are Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, They Might Be Giants or the Ramones. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-room-cleaning-music/443568.md?page=1)