# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/101 "2007-11-06T01:05:14Z")
I can never listen to _Grace_ by Jeff Buckley without turning it all the way up ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/102 "2007-11-06T01:08:42Z")
[QUOTE=MrDibble] Saltarello by Dead Can Dance [/QUOTE] I have the same experience with _American Dreaming_ (by DCD) oh, and also _Burning Down The House_ by Talking Heads ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/103 "2007-11-06T01:25:01Z")
Ditto David Bowie – Suffragette City. Oh, okay, the whole album. Along with Changes and Under Pressure (that he did with Queen) Ditto Talking Heads – Burning Down the House Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D Minor Mussorgsky-- Night on Bald Mountain, The Great Gate at Kiev Khachaturian – Saber Dance Sibelius – Finlandia Re Led Zeppelin Immigrant Song – ever since seeing Viking Kittens, I can’t hear the song without laughing. ---
**Author:** ![beanpod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@beanpod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beanpod)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/104 "2007-11-06T01:30:10Z")
I just wanna say thanks, because this thread has reminded me of so many songs to download with my shiny new Rhapsody subscription. _Fire Water Burn_ by the Bloodhound Gang _Gotta Get Away_ by the Offspring _Teenagers_ by My Chemical Romance _Seven Nation Army_ by the White Stripes I also want to emphasize: _The Call Of Ktulu_ by Metallica **everything** by Beethoven. **everything.** Also, I, personally, can’t help but turn the volume all the way up for _Eight Days a Week_ and _Can’t Help Falling In Love_. (The credits for those should be obvious, I hope…) ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/105 "2007-11-06T01:35:53Z")
I re-upped just so I could say Iron Man by Black Sabbath ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/106 "2007-11-06T01:45:53Z")
Pretty sure someone mentioned it, but Beethoven’s 9th, particularly the Ode to Joy. Something about a choir belting out joyous lyrics in German that just gets the mojo running. 😃 Also, no idea who did it, but there is a cover song by a punk band of “Phantom of the Opera”. It’s very short, but very very fun. ---
**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 6, 2007, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/107 "2007-11-06T01:59:58Z")
Did we mention Deep Purple’s _Smoke on the Water?_ Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/108 "2007-11-06T02:42:59Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] _Neil Young?_ 🙂 [/QUOTE] Go listen to “Country Home”. I promise the second time you play it will be at full volume. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/109 "2007-11-06T04:15:36Z")
“Running on Empty”, Jackson Browne. “China Grove”, the Doobie Brothers. “Baba O’Riley”, the Who. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/110 "2007-11-06T04:26:15Z")
**Sweet Home Alabama**. Turn it up. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/111 "2007-11-06T06:31:01Z")
[Ein Straussfest](http://www.amazon.com/Ein-Straussfest-Eduard-Strauss/dp/B000003CTC/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-5276347-0738019?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1194329177&sr=1-1). Turn down the volume on the last track unless you really, really, really, want to buy new woofers/subwoofers. Look for Peter Hurford’s “Toccata and Fugue, Great Organ Works”. Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” and Widor’s "Toccata from Symphony No.5 **demand** to be played at maximum volume. For some Southern Rock, try [Green Grass and High Tides](http://www.amazon.com/Best-Outlaws-Green-Grass-Tides/dp/B000002VRZ/ref=pd_bbs_1/105-5276347-0738019?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1194330368&sr=1-1). The sample doesn’t do much to show the later power of the song. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/112 "2007-11-06T06:32:41Z")
[QUOTE=glee] Won’t get fooled again - the Who [/QUOTE] Preach it. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/113 "2007-11-06T06:40:30Z")
[QUOTE=muldoonthief] Frankenstein - Edgar Winter [/QUOTE] Saw it live, in the second row in front of Rick Derringer’s wall-o-speakers. Deaf to this day. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/114 "2007-11-06T06:40:49Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] _1812 Overture_ 🙂 [/QUOTE] Only if with a live orchestra, complete with church bells and cannons. _Awesome!_ ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/115 "2007-11-06T06:45:09Z")
[QUOTE=Clothahump] “Running on Empty”, Jackson Browne. “China Grove”, the Doobie Brothers. “Baba O’Riley”, the Who. [/QUOTE] serious props for those. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/116 "2007-11-06T06:55:33Z")
Some more: Stevie Ray Vaughan: Life by the Drop, from The Sky is Crying. the Eurythmics greatest hits: pretty much anything. Don Henley : Building the Perfect Beast" ---
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Justin Timberlake - My Life Outkast- Happy Valentine’s Day Modest Mouse - Dashboard ---
**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 6, 2007, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/118 "2007-11-06T07:31:55Z")
Reckless, by Alabama tells you in the first line to roll the window down and turn the radio up. ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/119 "2007-11-06T07:35:04Z")
_White Rabbit_ Jefferson Airplane _Woodchopper’s Ball_ Ten Years After _Whole Lotta Love_ Led Zeppelin ---
**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 6, 2007, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091/120 "2007-11-06T07:50:28Z")
[QUOTE=gallows fodder] Sonic Youth – “100%” [/QUOTE] ooh, that reminds me - _Death Valley '69_, definitely And since we’re on a NY trip - Any early **Swans** , but _Beautiful Child_ will do. Has anyone mentioned **Pixies** yet? _Debaser_ for starters._Nimrod’s Son_. _Planet Of Sound_ **Sugar** ’s _If I Can’t Change Your Mind_ is surprisingly good at 11. Ditto _Hoover Dam_. **My Bloody Valentine** - _Feed Me With Your Kiss_, _Soon_, _Claire_ **Laibach** - anything, but especially _Geburt Eine Nation(One Vision)_ and _Tanz Mit Laibach_ (goosestepping kittens mix) Mmmm, **Einsturzende Neubauten** - _Feurio!_ or _Z.N.S._ or _Yü-Gung_ Which in a roundabout way brings us to **Birthday Party** - _King Ink_, _Zoo Music Girl_, **Sonny’s Burning** (“Hands Up Who Wants To Die!”)…spoiled for choice, really. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-must-be-played-full-blast/425091.md?page=7)