# Songs that MUST be played full blast

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/61 "2007-11-04T01:33:07Z")

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Another Brick in the wall Part 2- Pink Floyd

Especially during any late night studying gig.

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**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, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/62 "2007-11-04T01:51:28Z")

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[QUOTE=Raguleader]  
Er… what? Vanessa Carlton? Not that I’m aware of.  
[/QUOTE]  
THe “J” word came up will I was googling, but I found a clip. I don’t want to dis anyone’s tastes, but she seems to lack the, er, testosterone Mick puts into it. 🙂

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**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/63 "2007-11-04T01:56:00Z")

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[QUOTE=LiveOnAPlane]  
“Don’t Fear The Reaper,” by Blue Oyster Cult.  
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More cowbell.  
You Dropped a Bomb on Me, by whoever sang it.

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**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, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/64 "2007-11-04T02:45:11Z")

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[QUOTE=carnivorousplant]  
THe “J” word came up will I was googling, but I found a clip. I don’t want to dis anyone’s tastes, but she seems to lack the, er, testosterone Mick puts into it. 🙂  
[/QUOTE]

Hey, it works well with the estrogen it has going instead.

That said, one of my goals in life is to make an action movie with a final action sequence based around the testosterone version of the song. 😃

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/65 "2007-11-04T02:57:28Z")

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[QUOTE=Hippy Hollow]  
So many choices!

[snip]

…for starters!  
[/QUOTE]

**Hippy Hollow** , you pretty much rock.

As for me, lately I’ve been blasting:

_Watch Us Work It_ - Devo  
_Spin Spin Sugar_ - Sneaker Pimps  
_She’s My Man_ and/or \*I Don’t Feel Like Dancing \* - Scissor Sisters  
_Rudie Can’t Fail_ - the Clash

It varies.

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/66 "2007-11-04T03:49:49Z")

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1. I’m really surprised no one has mentioned _Revolution_. It starts flat out at full volume and distortion and continues that way until the very last “ALL RIGHT!” Like so many other things John Lennon, it was archetypal, the precursor of Heavy Metal. Additional facets seem to appear on this gem the louder it is played.

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/67 "2007-11-04T06:43:14Z")

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Refugee-Tom Petty  
Cracklin’ Rosie-Neil Diamond  
Could You Be Loved-Bob Marley  
Believe Me Baby, I Lied-Trisha Yearwood  
Where The Streets Have No Name-U2  
Red, Red Wine-UB40  
Let’s Hang On-The Four Seasons  
Friends In Low Places-Garth Brooks  
Son of a Preacher Man-Dusty Springfield  
Me and Bobby Mcgee-Janis Joplin  
Song of the South-Alabama  
They Don’t Know-Tracy Ullman  
Water From the Moon-Celine Dion (If asked, I shall deny this to my death)

Any song that was endlessly played on the carnival ride “Himalayan.”

Might as well seal my fate: Emotion-Helen Reddy

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/68 "2007-11-04T07:16:53Z")

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Stranglehold – Ted Nugent \<–\<\< Definitive, can’t listen to it any other way!  
Stop The Rock – Apollo 440  
Top Floor, Bottom Buzzer; Honey White; Super Sex – Morphine  
Fuck The World – ICP  
Everybody Loves A Train – Los Lobos  
Cowboy; Bawitdaba; You Know My Name Is Rock – Kid Rock  
Hold Your Head Up – Argent  
Bang A Gong – T Rex  
Jump Into The Fire – Nilsson  
5:15 – The Who  
Nemesis – Shriekback  
Suffragette City – David Bowie (Awww, wham bam thank you ma’am!)  
Crab Louse – Lords Of Acid  
Walk Like An Egyptian – Bangles  
Shut The Fuck Up; Building A Religion – Cake  
Let’s Work Together – Canned Heat  
Dopefiend Boogie; Let’s Get Fucked Up; Goo Goo Muck; Bend Over, I’ll Drive – The Cramps  
Bohemian Like You – Dandy Warhols  
Rocky Mountain Way – Joe Walsh  
Kashmir – Led Zeppelin  
I Against I – Mos Def/Massive Attack  
Original Prankster – Offspring  
Living Dead Girl; Brick House – Rob Zombie  
Red Flags And Long Nights; Tear You Apart – She Wants Revenge  
What Happened? – Sublime  
Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Youngblood Medley – Leon Russell (Concert for Bangladesh)

I could go on for hours on this topic… 🆒

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/69 "2007-11-04T07:29:35Z")

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This is John Cameron Cameron part two!

The Alan Parsons Project - A Dream Within A Dream / The Raven, also Dr. Tarr & Professor Fether  
The Tubes - Side 2 of their 1st album: Mondo Bondage / What Do You Want From Life / Boy Crazy / White Punks On Dope  
Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance  
Styx - Put Me On / Mademoiselle  
Hawkwind - Reefer Madness  
Max Webster & Rush - Battle Scar  
Max Webster - Oh! War  
Max Webster - Hangover  
Max Webster - Toronto Tontos  
Little Richard - Lucille  
Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford - I Need Your Lovin’  
Gladys Knight & The Pips - If I Were Your Woman  
Mountain - Mississippi Queen

I could do this all day, but I’d get hearing damage. Rawk on!

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/70 "2007-11-04T09:04:45Z")

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Led Zeppelin, _Whole Lotta Love_  
Cheap Trick, _Surrender_

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/71 "2007-11-04T14:36:24Z")

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Willin’ For Satisfaction-Vivian Campbell  
Skin Crawl-Man-Raze  
Rock ‘n’ Roll All Night-KISS  
Wherever I May Roam-Metallica  
Head Like A Hole-NiN  
All of Queensryche’s- Operation:Mindcrime  
Run To The Hills-Iron Maiden  
Rocket-Def Leppard [esp live]  
Back In Black-AC/DC

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/72 "2007-11-04T14:54:50Z")

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My Sharona  
R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.  
Tall Cool Woman In A Black Dress  
La Grange  
Hot Rod Lincoln  
All Along The Watchtower  
Purple Haze

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/73 "2007-11-04T15:14:20Z")

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**Starship Trooper** by Yes

**Mysterious Ways** by U2

**Hey Jude** by The Beatles

**Ends** by Everlast

**Fergalicious** by Fergie

**Come Together** by Aerosmith ( Beatles cover )

**Gimme Shelter** by The Rolling Stones

**Everyday Is A Winding Road** by Sheryl Crow

**Hey Hey, My My** _and_ **My My, Hey Hey** by Neil Young and Crazy Horse. Live, of course !! 🙂

**Youth Of The Nation** by P.O.D.

**American Girl** by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

**Sunday Bloody Sunday** by U2

Cartooniverse

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/74 "2007-11-04T15:17:26Z")

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[QUOTE=eleanorigby]  
More cowbell  
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More barn.

😉

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/75 "2007-11-04T17:40:10Z")

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“Go Your Own Way” by Fleetwood Mac

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/76 "2007-11-04T19:11:34Z")

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I dare you people to not turn it up when Bon Jovi’s _Livin’ on a Prayer’_ come on the radio. Sure, there might not be anyone else in the vicinity when you do it, but you will. I know it.

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I dare you people to not turn it up when Bon Jovi’s _Livin’ on a Prayer’_ comes on the radio. Sure, there might not be anyone else in the vicinity when you do it, but you will. I know it.

\*Damn double post…sorry.

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**Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/78 "2007-11-05T00:55:37Z")

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[QUOTE=Hippy Hollow]  
Now who can argue with this?

Just add “Ghostdancing” and “Speed Your Love” to the SM list!  
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Great tunes. I just remembered another good berserker song from the Minds, that needs to be played very, very loudly indeed: _The Kick Inside Of Me_ from the _Sparkle In the Rain_ album. Not one of their better-known songs, but a great track regardless.

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**Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/79 "2007-11-05T02:21:00Z")

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[QUOTE=Ogre]  
The Cult’s entire _Electric_ album.  
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Ooh, good one. 🙂

Nazareth – “Hair of the Dog”  
Queen – “Fat-Bottomed Girls”  
The Stooges – (everything)  
Trouble Funk – “Drop the Bomb” and their live album  
The Darkness – “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” and “Get Your Hands Off My Woman”  
P.W. Long – “Stand Up!” and “Jane Dwim”  
Sonic Youth – “100%”  
Radiohead – “Sulk”  
McLusky – “To Hell With Good Intentions”  
Muse – “Citizen Erased”  
Blut Aus Nord – “Axis” (the neighbors might kill you)

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**Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/80 "2007-11-05T02:58:39Z")

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I second Kansas’ “Carry on my Wayward Son”, Bon Jovi’s “Living on a Prayer” and BOC’s “Don’t Fear the Reaper”, and would add these:

Queen – We Will Rock You  
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody  
White Stripes – Seven Nation Army  
Frank Sinatra – New York  
Dicky Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries

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