# Songs that MUST be played full blast **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 3, 2007, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091 "2007-11-03T07:55:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EvilGhandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@EvilGhandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilGhandi)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/1 "2007-11-03T07:55:12Z")
Enter Sandman , Metallica The Rockafeller skank, Fatboy slim Epic, Faith No More Purple Haze, Jimmi Hendrix Smoke on the Water, Deep Purple And most of all Rock Candy, Montrose ---
**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/2 "2007-11-03T08:04:28Z")
Immigrant Song, led zeppelin. ---
**Author:** ![Ellef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8dc957/32.png) [@Ellef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellef)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/3 "2007-11-03T08:05:23Z")
Cum on Feel the Noize, Slade ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/4 "2007-11-03T08:16:00Z")
Bad Moon Rising…CCR ---
**Author:** ![DJ\_Motorbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@DJ\_Motorbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DJ_Motorbike)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/5 "2007-11-03T10:27:17Z")
Over the Hills & Far Away - Led Zepplin L.A. Woman - the Doors Radar Love - Golden Earring ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/6 "2007-11-03T11:17:05Z")
Flight of Icarus - Iron Maiden American Idiot - Green Day Clowns of Death - Oingo Boingo School’s Out - Alice Cooper Malignant Narcissism - Rush ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/7 "2007-11-03T11:30:23Z")
Bat out of Hell, Meatloaf ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/8 "2007-11-03T11:32:36Z")
Won’t get fooled again - the Who Anything by Status Quo! ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/9 "2007-11-03T12:32:50Z")
_Stargazer_, **Rainbow** ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/10 "2007-11-03T12:34:16Z")
_Rock of Ages_, Def Leppard. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/11 "2007-11-03T12:50:41Z")
Tubthumping! by Chumbawumba Give It Away by Red Hot Chili Peppers The Boys Are Back In Town by Thin Lizzy Temple Of Love by The Sisters of Mercy and, surprisingly: Saltarello by Dead Can Dance ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/12 "2007-11-03T13:06:44Z")
The Wizard. /Thread ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/13 "2007-11-03T13:08:11Z")
_Born To Run_-Springsteen _Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting_–Elton John _1812 Overture_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/14 "2007-11-03T13:24:59Z")
I’m partial to songs that give explicit instuctions to do so: “Shapes of Things” off _Truth_ by Jeff Beck. The liner notes (remember those?) say, “This must be played at maximum volume whatever phonograph (remember those?) you use.” _Ogdens Nut Gone Flake_ by the Small Faces. The label on the LP (remember those?) instructs, “For amazing results this record should be played at full volume.” Both albums were released in 1968 - what a great year for music! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/15 "2007-11-03T13:37:49Z")
_Live And Let Die_ ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/16 "2007-11-03T13:48:55Z")
Thus Spake Zarathustra (at least the opening bars) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/17 "2007-11-03T13:52:46Z")
According to the liner notes, Steve Hackett’s “Please Don’t Touch”: “For maximum effect this track should be listened to as loudly as possible with as much treble and bass as your system can muster. Not to be played to people with heart conditions or those in severely hallucinogenic states of mind.” ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/18 "2007-11-03T16:12:08Z")
Brave and Crazy, Melissa Etheridge 7th Symphony, Beethoven ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/19 "2007-11-03T16:22:08Z")
_Locomotive Breath_ - Jethro Tull _The Chain_ - Fleetwood Mac ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/20 "2007-11-03T16:28:48Z")
“Is this the real life…” Ditto “Live and let die.” (duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh) “And now I commmmmmme to you with ooooooopen arms!” “We’re not gonna take it! No! We’re not gonna take it!” “Hello. Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me…” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091.md?page=2)