# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![nevermore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@nevermore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevermore)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/41 "2007-11-03T20:31:31Z")
“Comfortably Numb” Pink Floyd “Piano Man” Ghostland Observatory “Shout at the Devil” Motley Crue? Skid Row? Whoever. too many Rage songs to list, but especially “Bulls on Parade” and “Killing in the Name of” “How Do U Want It” 2Pac “Sad But True” and whatever song it is that goes “MASTER! MASTER!” by Metallica (Puppetmaster, Master of Puppets, something like that) “Thunder Kiss '65” White Zombie “Trip Like I Do” Crystal Method …I could really waste half my day doing this, so I’m going to just stop. ---
**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/42 "2007-11-03T20:33:11Z")
_Ballroom Blitz_, Sweet _Play That Funky Music_, Wild Cherry ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/43 "2007-11-03T21:01:16Z")
La Grange, _ZZ Top_ but it’s best to start low, when he’s talkin’ bout that texas town, and then roll it up during the drum riff ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/44 "2007-11-03T21:06:00Z")
_Wizards in Winter_, Trans-Siberian Orchestra _Bat Country_, Avenged Sevenfold _Have You Ever/Staring At The Sun_, Offspring _Can’t Stop_, Red Hot Chili Peppers Almost anything by Blue Man Group Almost anything by Alice Cooper My dad’s song of choice for showing off his home theater sound system years ago was _Danger Zone_ by Kenny Loggins. I have to admit that’s a good one. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/45 "2007-11-03T22:08:33Z")
Handel: Halleluliah Chorus, Messiah Handel: Zadok the Priest, Coronation Anthems ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/46 "2007-11-03T22:34:04Z")
_Up On Cripple Creek,_ The Band. For that matter, the entire _Last Waltz_ video, which opens with the statement, “THIS FILM SHOULD BE PLAYED LOUD”. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/47 "2007-11-03T22:40:44Z")
_Waterfront_ - Simple Minds Everything by AC/DC. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/48 "2007-11-03T22:49:54Z")
So many choices! “Stay As You Are,” Span “Dance To The Underground,” Radio 4 “Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before,” The Smiths “Footsteps In The Dark,” Isley Brothers “Dead Souls,” Joy Division “Space Invader,” Pretenders “Crossover,” EPMD “At This Great Distance,” Level 42 “The House Is A Rockin’,” Stevie Ray Vaughan “Things We Do For Love,” 10cc “I Got You,” Split Enz “Too Nice To Talk To,” The (English) Beat “On My Radio,” Selecter “Liar,” Rollins Band “Bones,” Radiohead “Seattle,” Public Image Limited “Can’t Truss It,” Public Enemy “It’s Alright For You,” The Police “Monkey Gone To Heaven,” Pixies “Man In The Box,” Alice In Chains “Acquiesce,” Oasis “All The Way,” New Order “Florida,” Modest Mouse “Drums of Heaven,” Midnight Oil “Cult of Personality,” Living Colour “Tour De France,” Kraftwerk “Funeral Pyre,” The Jam “Respectable Street,” XTC “Friend, You’ve Got To Fall,” Husker Du “Everlong,” Foo Fighters “Girls On Film,” Duran Duran “Give It Back,” Dickies “Rock The Casbah,” The Clash “Girls and Boys,” Blur “Galaxie,” Blind Melon “King of New Orleans,” Better Than Ezra …for starters! ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/49 "2007-11-03T22:51:19Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] _Waterfront_ - Simple Minds Everything by AC/DC. [/QUOTE] Now who can argue with this? Just add “Ghostdancing” and “Speed Your Love” to the SM list! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/50 "2007-11-03T23:07:14Z")
_Paint It, Black._ The Stones. ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/51 "2007-11-03T23:25:20Z")
“Don’t Fear The Reaper,” by Blue Oyster Cult. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/52 "2007-11-04T00:18:48Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] _Paint It, Black._ The Stones. [/QUOTE] I’m rather fond of the Vanessa Carlton version of this song, myself. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/53 "2007-11-04T00:29:20Z")
Any 73/74 era King Crimson. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/54 "2007-11-04T00:29:53Z")
Just about anything by B.T.O. Any song by Chicago that has a lot of horns. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/55 "2007-11-04T00:34:15Z")
At the risk of coming off a compleat basement-dwelling dweebazoid, I am going to nominate a record from that uncharted musical purgatory in between Romanticism and rock, namely _White Heat_ by the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/56 "2007-11-04T00:34:32Z")
[QUOTE=Raguleader] I’m rather fond of the Vanessa Carlton version of this song, myself. 🆒 [/QUOTE] This is jazz? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/57 "2007-11-04T00:54:18Z")
Boston - Peace of Mind Boston - Foreplay/Long Time Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son Guns N’ Roses - Sweet Child O’ Mine KISS - Strutter Journey - Don’t Stop Believin’ Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone All should ideally be played while cruising along a Texas highway, windows down, singing along at the top of your lungs when the bluebonnets are in bloom. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/58 "2007-11-04T00:59:17Z")
Thin Lizzy - Vagabond Of The Western World Thin Lizzy - Remembering Chicago - Dialogue (Parts 1 & 2) Boston - Foreplay / Long Time The Beatles - I Want You (She’s So Heavy) Sly & The Family Stone - I Want To Take You Higher King Crimson - Indiscipline Spirit - Mr. Skin more later, gotta go watch The Who movie on VH1. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/59 "2007-11-04T01:23:23Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] This is jazz? [/QUOTE] Er… what? Vanessa Carlton? Not that I’m aware of. It’s actually a lot like the original Stones version, but with a chick singing it instead of the guy from Freejack. As much as I like the original, I just love this version more. ---
**Author:** ![tonedef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@tonedef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonedef)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/60 "2007-11-04T01:25:20Z")
Anything by ACDC or Slayer needs to be played loud! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091.md?page=4)