# Songs of searing anger! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [September 16, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072 "2025-09-16T00:10:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/61 "2025-09-17T01:16:49Z")
“I’m Mad” - Animaniacs [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Idi-1NInFsk/maxresdefault.jpg "Animaniacs: "I'm Mad" Theatrical Short (1994)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idi-1NInFsk) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/62 "2025-09-17T02:32:50Z")
She Wants Revenge, “Tear You Apart”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ixw_bLVUL34/maxresdefault.jpg "She Wants Revenge - Tear You Apart (Closed Captioned)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixw_bLVUL34) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/63 "2025-09-17T02:33:39Z")
Never mind… ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/64 "2025-09-17T02:34:49Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3oL5QQ-6sQ0/maxresdefault.jpg "Interpol - PDA") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oL5QQ-6sQ0) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/65 "2025-09-17T02:39:39Z")
From the guy who gave you Rainbow Connection… https://www.youtube.com/embed/Vuikvl7zt3E?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDVuikvl7zt3E ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/66 "2025-09-17T12:31:52Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > Cee-Lo Green wrote “Fuck You” (supposedly about his record label) Which reminds me. Graham Parker really isn’t as well know in the US as he should be, for which Parker blamed the record label, Mercury. Over to you, Graham:: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/OZWgadswjmk/maxresdefault.jpg "Graham Parker - Mercury Poisoning (ORIGINAL STUDIO VERSION! W/ LYRICS)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZWgadswjmk) j ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/67 "2025-09-17T12:41:08Z")
I forgot one whole album, Lou Reed’s brilliant “New York”, where he’s pissed about everything and everyone all the time, especially on “Sick Of You” and “Good Evening Mr. Waldheim”. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/K71cCGJvdEY/maxresdefault.jpg "Sick of You (2020 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K71cCGJvdEY) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/66qe76gkCxo/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAsCW341SM_xY62Du2cY10ljF9S0Q "Lou Reed - Good Evening Mr. Waldheim - New York Album") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66qe76gkCxo) ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/68 "2025-09-17T12:50:30Z")
I think that’s my favorite album of the eighties. “Straw Man” is pretty angry too. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/69 "2025-09-17T14:38:41Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > I think that’s my favorite album of the eighties. Mine too, and Lou Reed’s best work IMHO. Yeah, “Straw Man” is also very angry. _Straw Man_ _Go straight to the devil_ _Straw Man_ _Going straight to hell_ ETA: oh, that reminds me of another very angry song by an often very angry band, the Clash’s “Straight To Hell”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/t7SvtikTkrM/maxresdefault.jpg "The Clash - Straight to Hell (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7SvtikTkrM) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/70 "2025-09-17T16:17:57Z")
“I Will Be Okay”, Octavia’s song from the season 2 finale of _Helluva Boss._ ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/71 "2025-09-17T16:20:55Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > ETA: oh, that reminds me of another very angry song by an often very angry band, the Clash’s “Straight To Hell”: Well, I forgot to mention a great moment: on the version on the Clash’s live anthology “From Here To Eternity”, someone in the audience audibly sings along to the line “There ain’t no asylum here”, obviously in the wrong key. Without missing a beat, Joe Strummer spits out “Sing in tune, you bastard!” at the poor guy and flawlessly continues the song. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wPjGlrMtzpA/maxresdefault.jpg "Straight to Hell (Live) (Remastered)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPjGlrMtzpA) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/72 "2025-09-17T16:29:42Z")
“You Stupid Bitch” (from _Crazy Ex-Girlfriend_) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zgUKQCVieWM/maxresdefault.jpg "You Stupid Bitch (feat. Rachel Bloom) - "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgUKQCVieWM) ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/73 "2025-09-17T16:29:46Z")
“Sunday Bloody Sunday” by John Lennon “Barracuda” by Heart “Nazi Punks Fuck Off” by Dead Kennedys ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/74 "2025-09-17T16:40:00Z")
More of The Clash – “Train in Vain” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aUzBgeI5dpc/maxresdefault.jpg "The Clash - Train in Vain (Stand by Me) (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUzBgeI5dpc) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/75 "2025-09-17T16:42:11Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > “Sunday Bloody Sunday” by John Lennon Also ‘Working Class Hero’ by Lennon, although the anger may be more bitter than outright searing. Not many do bitterness and bile better than Lennon, though… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ve-mANenpC4/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGGEgYShhMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAP0NQuMiIQlL1cSGMN_O9Qe_4Xug "John lennon - working class hero (official video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve-mANenpC4) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/76 "2025-09-17T16:47:03Z")
[“Everything About You” by Ugly Kid Joe](https://youtu.be/byEGjLU2egA?si=_-KNGpssI797q-nu). ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/77 "2025-09-17T16:53:51Z")
Dylan: “Positively Fourth Street.” Richard Thompson: “Don’t Tempt Me.” Angry, but with a punch line. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/78 "2025-09-17T18:23:13Z")
How could I forget Tool, they have a few. “Swamp Song”: This bog is thick and easy to get lost in 'Cause you’re a dumb and belligerent fucker I hope it sucks you down ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/79 "2025-09-17T18:26:21Z")
Try some grand opera: _Der Hölle Rache_ (“Hell’s revenge is boiling in my heart’) - the Queen of the Night disowns her daughter - from _The Magic Flute:_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YuBeBjqKSGQ/maxresdefault.jpg "The Magic Flute – Queen of the Night aria (Mozart; Diana Damrau, The Royal Opera)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuBeBjqKSGQ) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-searing-anger/1023072/80 "2025-09-17T22:31:56Z")
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