# Has there EVER been a better headbanger tune than Motley Crue's "Kickstart My Heart"?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 27, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-better-headbanger-tune-than-motley-crues-kickstart-my-heart/139121 "2002-11-27T15:48:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kimmom2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Kimmom2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmom2)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-better-headbanger-tune-than-motley-crues-kickstart-my-heart/139121/21 "2002-11-28T03:44:03Z")

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I am a die hard Motley Crue Fan, but if you want to bang your head, try BATTERY by Metaillica…it will leave you panting!

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**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-better-headbanger-tune-than-motley-crues-kickstart-my-heart/139121/22 "2002-11-28T03:46:13Z")

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> \*Originally posted by HubZilla \*  
> \*\*I nominate “Antisocial” by Anthrax. \*\*

Their remake of “Bring the Noise” with Public Enemy isn’t bad either.

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**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-better-headbanger-tune-than-motley-crues-kickstart-my-heart/139121/23 "2002-11-28T05:02:50Z")

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I’m partial to “One Big Rush” by Joe Satriani

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**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-better-headbanger-tune-than-motley-crues-kickstart-my-heart/139121/24 "2002-11-28T05:26:23Z")

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And I’m partial to _People Of The Sun_ from Rage Against The Machine.

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**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-better-headbanger-tune-than-motley-crues-kickstart-my-heart/139121/25 "2002-11-28T05:39:42Z")

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Well, “I Don’t Know”, “Crazy Train” and “Over the Mountain” by Ozzy need to be considered.

From Metallica “Fight Fire with Fire”, “Trapped Under Ice”, “Battary” and “For Whom the Bell Tolls” should probably be up there.

Dream Theaters “Pull Me Under” could rank high.

Sanctuary’s cover of “White Rabbit” should be in the top 10.

Liquid Tension Experiments “Paradigm Shift” should rank high just for the insane intro.

Geez, I could go on for years.

But Motley Crue’s “Kickstart My Heart”, while it has a nice beat, is pretty tame. I think it is MC’s best song but I wouldn’t rank in the top 50, much less the top 10. But that is just my opinion.

Slee

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