# Songs to torture yourself with during polar vortex **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740 "2019-01-31T18:02:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stolatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@stolatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolatt)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740/1 "2019-01-31T18:02:57Z")
Stuck inside here in Michigan with the gas company telling us to turn down the heat. I am getting buggy and the dog is sulking because he hasn’t been walked in a few days. Need a soundtrack to make matters worse. Don Henley - Boys of Summer Doors - Riders on the Storm Stooges - No Fun ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740/2 "2019-01-31T18:26:33Z")
The soundtrack for _Frozen_? “Do you wanna build a snowman?” _Summertime_ by Ella Fitzgerald If you’re going to play Don Henley, _Boys of Summer_ isn’t bad but _Sunset Gril_l is better (worse?)I can \*smell \*the beach when I hear that one. Why not just play the Beach Boys on a continuous loop? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740/3 "2019-01-31T18:28:24Z")
Lovin’ Spoonful - Summer in the City ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740/4 "2019-01-31T18:53:32Z")
Baby, It’s Cold Outside. :flees: ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740/5 "2019-01-31T20:09:33Z")
Foreigner: “Cold as Ice” Mungo Jerry: “In the Summertime” Vanilla Ice: “Ice, Ice, Baby” ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740/6 "2019-01-31T22:23:06Z")
Traditional: [_Ballad of Glencoe_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UFMx3xE9Ko) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740/7 "2019-01-31T22:29:57Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Why not just play the Beach Boys on a continuous loop? Or Jimmy Buffett. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740/8 "2019-01-31T22:39:33Z")
How about the soundtrack from _Scott of the Antarctic_? ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740/9 "2019-01-31T22:43:33Z")
I wanna go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii . . . ---
**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:** [January 31, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740/10 "2019-01-31T23:47:10Z")
Depending on which way you want to go: Ice Cold Ice-- Husker Du Fire-- Arthur Brown ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740/11 "2019-02-01T00:12:22Z")
[Kokomo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXB4LspLQE0), The Beach Boys ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740/12 "2019-02-01T00:22:12Z")
[Heat Wave](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57qy7MCzLXA) - Ella Fitzgerald [Heatwave](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlUH40ZEYZo) - Linda Ronstadt Heatwave - [Boogie Nights](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAClAa1MaqM) [Hot Stuff](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IdEhvuNxV8) - Donna SUMMER (I’ll be back with more; heh-heh-heh!) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740/13 "2019-02-01T00:38:14Z")
**California Sun** by The Ramones ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740/14 "2019-02-01T01:53:47Z")
“South Side of the Sky” from Yes? It’s not really torture. Though tangentially related to being cold, it’s a wonderful song. Something warmer: JTG Implosion, “[Sunshine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1J3AlnU4h8)” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740/15 "2019-02-01T03:08:09Z")
Hotter Than Hell – KISS ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740/16 "2019-02-01T04:52:12Z")
You want hot? Alright, let get warmed up with some psychedelic rock. You and Roky Erickson can [Stand for the Fire Demon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xui3sWxT-6k). You haven’t had enough, you say? Maybe you want some Judas Priest style [White Heat Red Hot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfzN2S-nGZs). We’re only getting started. Dimmu Borgir is gonna make you [Burn in Hell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRSsxUjulLY), but only after you burn alive with, Iron Maiden and the rest of the [Children of the Damned](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OzAo1lsvr8)! But hey, at least you didn’t buy tickets for the Fyre festival. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740/17 "2019-02-01T05:03:55Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > [Heat Wave](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57qy7MCzLXA) - Ella Fitzgerald > > [Heatwave](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlUH40ZEYZo) - Linda Ronstadt > > Heatwave - [Boogie Nights](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAClAa1MaqM) [Heat Wave](https://youtu.be/Xt-LaMmKRec) – The Who ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740/18 "2019-02-01T05:33:19Z")
the “rodeo song” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740/19 "2019-02-01T06:13:34Z")
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas: (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave Steam Heat, from “The Pajama Game” Summertime, from “Porgy & Bess” In the Good Old Summertime Summer Is a Comin’ In ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740/20 "2019-02-01T07:37:03Z")
Dragon: April Sun in Cuba. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-to-torture-yourself-with-during-polar-vortex/828740.md?page=2)