# Music That Pumps you Up **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006 "2003-03-04T15:30:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006/21 "2003-03-04T23:37:17Z")
_When Worlds Collide_ by **Powerman 5000** ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006/22 "2003-03-05T00:28:29Z")
Word up, **Tangent** - fits the description perfectly. I also think the entire ep “Broken” by **Nine Inch Nails** does the job, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006/23 "2003-03-05T00:49:55Z")
**Megadeth** , particularly _Rust in Peace_ ---
**Author:** ![raizok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@raizok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raizok)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006/24 "2003-03-05T00:59:14Z")
And dont forget **Circle Jerk’s** “I wanna Destroy You!” ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006/25 "2003-03-05T03:52:57Z")
Welcome to the Jungle - Guns 'n Roses Creeping Death - Metallica One Step Closer - Linkin Park (yeah, I know, so sue me) Fuel - Metallica ---
**Author:** ![Grelby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Grelby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grelby)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006/26 "2003-03-05T04:49:22Z")
Flogging Molly! …what? ---
**Author:** ![Tanaqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006/27 "2003-03-05T05:16:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Sound System by Operation Ivy always worked for me. Hah, yes. Probably not exactly what the OP was looking for, but still… amazing song. I think “Vulnerability” is the Op Ivy song with the best opening, however. Makes me want to jump around _every_ time. Hmm. Maybe “Identity Crisis” by Thrice. (Though the OP already has plenty of superior suggestions!) ---
**Author:** ![RawkStah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RawkStah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RawkStah)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006/28 "2003-03-05T05:40:59Z")
“Debaser” by The Pixies Ummm… _opens up WinAMP_ “Kick Out The Jams” done by Henry Rollins and Bad Brains. (You don’t mention your audience. However, unless the audience sucks, you can’t really go wrong with Henry Rollins yelling “Kick out the jams, muthafukkas!”) Pretty much anything by Me First & The Gimmie Gimmies… of course, if it’s for a theatre group, I gotta suggest their cover of “Science Fiction Double Feature” Then again, for good ol’ comedy, again depending on your audience, “Blowin’ In The Wind” or “Sloop John B” would be good. “Jesus Built My Hot Rod” by Ministry “Man, It’s So Loud In Here” by They Might Be Giants “Take It Off” by The Donnas “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC “Monkey vs. Robot” by James Kochalka Superstar “U-Mass” by The Pixies “Waving My Dick in The Wind” by Ween. (You could do a Benny Hill spoof during your enterance!) “Simple Gifts” performed by The Friendly Gangstaz Committee – an honest to God Quaker rap group. [www.friendlygangstaz.com](http://www.friendlygangstaz.com) “Bloodclot”, “Sidekick”, “Olympia, WA”, or"The War’s End" by Rancid ---
**Author:** ![dahempfaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@dahempfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dahempfaerie)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006/29 "2003-03-05T05:56:11Z")
**Tool** **Powerman 5000** **Rob Zombie** **System Of A Down** I like to work out to all of these. Gets the blood pumpin’! ---
**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006/30 "2003-03-05T06:12:30Z")
Anything **AC/DC** , especially Thunderstruck and TNT. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006/31 "2003-03-05T06:22:38Z")
Another vote for **System of A Down** … Chic n’ Stu Bounce I-E-A-I-A-I-O Psycho X Prison Song Sugar Shimmey Deer Dance Etc,etc,etc,… SOAD songs tend to get you pissed and pumped at the same time, so you can do work or chores you hate to do, and it just drives you on until you get it done…Imagine how pumped you’ll be when you’re doing something halfway fun! **Offspring:** Meaning of Life Staring At The Sun The Kids Aren’t Alright All I Want Come Out Swinging Million Miles Away One Fine Day Come Out and Play All Offspring songs have pumped-up my kids hockey team every time I played them, very positive music to get the boys hittin’, skating, and scoring… ---
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006/32 "2003-03-05T07:31:39Z")
Go with Metallica’s “Fuel”-“Gimme Fuel, gimme fire, gimme that which I desire”-and you enter! Dressed in armor, cut to more Metallica, “Enter Sandman” this time…cued up a ways into it. “Exit light” (hit the lights-hey! more Metallica if you want to go that route)“Enter night!” (get it?) If that wouldn’t work, you cannot possibly go wrong with either “Eye of the Tiger” or “Y’all Ready for This.” Or play AFI “Malleus Maleficarum” Or Great White “Here I go Again” Or the theme from 2001 ---
**Author:** ![Tree\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@Tree\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tree_Boy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006/33 "2003-03-05T07:42:42Z")
Plowed by Sponge and a second vote to Sex Type Thing by Stone Temple Pilots ---
**Author:** ![Hepcat421](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/34f0e0/32.png) [@Hepcat421](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hepcat421)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006/34 "2003-03-05T09:12:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by haven \* > \*\*If it’s for 20 somethings… try and pick a song that was ALL THE RAGE during their junior high years or something. \*\* This is a good idea. Only pick some song that most would feel is totally lame. You can come out all dancing and stoked and they will laugh and laugh. For instance look like you are excited about the macarena or something. ---
**Author:** ![S.Mussberger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@S.Mussberger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/S.Mussberger)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006/35 "2003-03-05T09:25:04Z")
SKA-music! Great for working out. You get easily caught up in the upbeat tempo. Check out, the Specials and Liberator for examples. ---
**Author:** ![Zumpel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/bb73d2/32.png) [@Zumpel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zumpel)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006/36 "2003-03-05T12:37:21Z")
destruction → mad butcher, live version 😉 ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006/37 "2003-03-05T13:38:16Z")
Lust for Life - Iggy Pop Roam - B-52s Overture - Tommy - The Who The “You are Forgiven” part of that Who song No Time this Time - Police Rock the Casbah - The Clash ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006/38 "2003-03-05T14:34:34Z")
Graham Parker - “Pourin’ It All Out” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006/39 "2003-03-05T14:37:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dahempfaerie \* > \*\ ***Tool** > **Powerman 5000** > **Rob Zombie** > **System Of A Down** > I like to work out to all of these. Gets the blood pumpin’! \*\* they would for me, but not in a good way ---
**Author:** ![ravage2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@ravage2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ravage2)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006/40 "2003-03-05T15:16:43Z")
What about Queen’s ‘We will rock you’? That always gets people pumped. Eminem’s ‘Til I collapse’ has a similar beat and its pretty good too. I kinda like his fight songs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-pumps-you-up/159006.md?page=3)