# Hit the Gas and Blast a Song. Which One? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039 "2015-10-09T16:15:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039/21 "2015-10-09T17:53:06Z")
[Going up Country](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTsmDeXVmrE) by Canned Heat - best shuffle beat to get a ticket to. Use the flute intro to get to about 80, then go. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039/22 "2015-10-09T17:55:26Z")
Red Rain by Peter Gabriel. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039/23 "2015-10-09T18:21:08Z")
[Promoter (Of Earthbound Causes)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Pnf66eQa0) - Clutch Smack My Bitch Up - The Prodigy ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039/24 "2015-10-09T18:23:21Z")
Ready Steady Go! - Paul Oakenfold Black Betty - Ram Jam Ready To Go - Republica Danger Zone! - Kenny Loggins (Archer moment!!) LaGrange - ZZ Top Wild Flower - The Cult Highway Star - Deep Purple Speedin’ Back To My Baby - Ace Frehley Howlin’ For You - The Black Keys Crazy Bitch - Buckcherry Big Foot - Chickenfoot The Pretender - Foo Fighters Love Bites - Halestorm I’m Shakin’ - Jack White Cold Hard Bitch - Jet Rock & Roll All Nite - KISS Electric Gypsy - LA Guns Live Wire - Motley Crue Burn It To The Ground - Nickelback Revolution Is My Name - Pantera Slave To The Grind - Skid Row Bad Girlfriend - Theory Of A Deadman Unchained - Van Halen ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039/25 "2015-10-09T18:24:53Z")
One of mine I didn’t see is Tom Petty’s American Girl. That song jams (I try to forget the Silence of the Lambs connection). ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039/26 "2015-10-09T18:26:26Z")
Take It Easy The Eagles ---
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039/27 "2015-10-09T18:29:54Z")
Also, _Runnin’ Down a Dream_ by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039/28 "2015-10-09T18:36:16Z")
The Race - Yello Rise of the Eagles - The Prodigy ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039/29 "2015-10-09T18:37:23Z")
Just about anything, but sometimes I turn it off and enjoy the intake noise of open stack twin Webers. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039/30 "2015-10-09T18:45:05Z")
Ride of the Valkyries ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039/31 "2015-10-09T18:45:26Z")
Brown Sugar. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039/32 "2015-10-09T18:45:44Z")
Springsteen. Anything but _Nebraska_. “Born To Run,” “Badlands,” “Thunder Road,” so many… ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039/33 "2015-10-09T18:45:58Z")
Born To Be Wild - if you’re a boomer. (Talkin’ 'bout my G-G-Generation.) ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039/34 "2015-10-09T18:47:17Z")
As I’ve mentioned in other threads on this same topic, my favorite maxi-blast song is an oldie: [_What Goes On_ by The Velvet Underground](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxq63cYIY1c). I _love_ the way the over-driven guitar meshes with the ear-splitting keyboards. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039/35 "2015-10-09T18:52:22Z")
Life is a Highway - Tom Cochrane (or Rascall Flatts) Heads Carolina, Tails California - Jo Dee Messina ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039/36 "2015-10-09T18:55:18Z")
Headhunter V3.0 - Front 242 Getting Closer - Nitzer Ebb A Shogun Named Marcus - Clutch Mongoose - Fu Manchu In Return - Torche After The Flesh - My Life With The Thrill Kill Cult 19 Witches - Monster Magnet Wild Flower - The Cult Warlord - Lair Of The Minotaur Prehistoric Dog - Red Fang Scapegoat - Kylesa Fast And Frightening - L7 Not A Day Goes By - Leatherface White People For Peace - Against Me! 1/4 Mile - Alabama Thunderpussy Laisse Tomber Les Filles - April March Roots Bloody Roots - Sepultura Aquatic Fanatic - Orange Goblin Slippin The Stealth - Goatsnake Suck You Dry - Mudhoney Tribe - Gruntruck Head On - Jesus And Mary Chain ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039/37 "2015-10-09T19:13:53Z")
It really depends on my mood at the time. In the past when I’ve been driving fast I’ve listened to things like: Abba (in French) The Carpenters Morse Code Language Instructions Speeches of Margaret Thatcher One Hit Wonders and Vuvuzelas To name just a few. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039/38 "2015-10-09T19:32:18Z")
Since I do this on a daily basis, here we go… The Charlatans-The Only One I Know The Church-As You Will, Life Speeds Up, Is This Where You Live, or You Took The Fields of the Nephilim-Moonchild, Dawnrazor, Mourning Sun, or Psychonaut Oasis-D’You Know What I Mean? Nightwish-Ghost Love Score, Escapist, She is My Sin, Ride-Birdman, Seagull, Leave Them All Behind The Verve-All in the Mind Echo and the Bunnymen-Lips Like Sugar, The Killing Moon Sisters of Mercy-Lucretia My Reflection, Dominion, Flood II ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039/39 "2015-10-09T19:36:33Z")
Don’t Stop Me Now - Queen. Violet - Hole ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-gas-and-blast-a-song-which-one/734039/40 "2015-10-09T19:37:59Z")
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