Ironically
Surrender Cheap Trick
There are many more of course.
Back in my cross-country days, the song I listened to before every race for the appropriate get-pumped mindset:
Deseperacedos - Popn’ Off at the F
This song will get you ready.
For whatever it is.
Arctic Monkeys From The Ritz To The Rubble: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEKJAw_tuxg
Three Days Grace Lets Start A Riot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XncuY4wLaA8
No love for this classic?
Anyone that cant get fired up listening to that song (even if understanding the lyrics is secondary) is a limp, wet towel. And I don’t get your Led Zep comparison…its a simple bass line, so what if it is similar to something Led Zep did earlier? Who cares?
Nine Inch Nails, Wish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtQTriNVdZc
Saliva, Ladies & Gentlemen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMlKmELIhgY
AC/DC, Thunderstruck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOwZyxoZckc
I can’t believe no one has mentioned the ultimate kick ass song The Ride Of The Valkyries by Wagner
Muse tearing through “Hyper Music” on the UK music show Later With Jools Holland in 2001.
What I especially like about this clip, aside from the ferocity of their performance (and Matt’s appropriately hyperactive jumping), is that there’s no stupid cutaway shots to the audience (such cuts blight most music festival footage).
Values Here – Dag Nasty
H2O – Role Model
Pearl Jam – Not For You
RATM – Killing in the Name
Offspring – Bad Habit
I don’t care if it’s not cheesy enough, 13 Monsters by Lightning Bolt makes me want to bite people. Does this guy (0:48-ish) looked pumped? I think so.
Is it you that’s been putting Fire on at my gym, casdave? I hate you :mad:
Ooo, definitely. I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
Styx, “Blue Collar Man”
Grand Funk Railroad, “We’re An American Band”
Chumbawamba, “Tubthumping”
Carl Orff, “O Fortuna” from Carmina Burana
Pumped up eh? I’d say:
AC/DC “Shoot to Thrill”
Alice in Chains “Dam That River”
Ministry “Jesus Built my Hotrod”
Motley Crue “Kickstart my Heart”
Ram Jam “Black Betty”
Guns n Roses “It’s So Easy”
Offspring - “All I Want”
Godsmack “Whatever”
Any aging Easy Rider fans out there besides myself?
“Born to be WIld”
Pretty much anything off The Record by Fear, but especially “I Don’t Care About You”.
If you really want cheesy ass-kicking music you have to check out Go Girl Crazy! by the Dictators. Start with “Two Tub Man”.
Ride of the Valkyries is #1.
But close behind it is Battle Without Honor or Humanity. (Although in fairness, it’s a bit more of a “oh, damn, there is going to be some ass kicked” feeling than a “I personally am going to go kick ass”.)
If this isn’t a thread winner, I don’t know what is.
Fleetwood Mac - “Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight”
Honorable mention:
Billy Bragg & Wilco - “All You Fascists”
What no Queen?
I want it all
Champions of the world
OH and another Angry Anderson song when he was in Rose Tattoo
We can’t be beaten!