# Songs you have to crank up **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 10, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166 "2002-06-10T00:54:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166/1 "2002-06-10T00:54:28Z")
Name some songs you’d gladly sacrifice your speakers to: “Don’t Fear the Reaper” (Blue Oyster Cult): Especially the when the bridge kicks in “Dream Police” (Cheap Trick) “Revolution” (Beatles) “Iron Man” (Black Sabbath) “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (Rolling Stones) Carry on… ---
**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:** [June 10, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166/2 "2002-06-10T00:57:12Z")
“Live And Let Die” The orginal version. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166/3 "2002-06-10T01:05:04Z")
Anything by AC/DC ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166/4 "2002-06-10T01:08:49Z")
“Whole Lotta Love” Led Zep “Travellin Band” CCR “Won’t Get Fooled Again” The Who “Sabotage” Beastie Boys “Back in Black” ACDC “Mississippi Queen” Mountain “Ramblin Man” Allmans “Rock and Roll” Led Zep “Satisfaction” The Stones “I Can’t Drive 55” Van Halen ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166/5 "2002-06-10T01:18:18Z")
“Rosalita,” Bruce Springsteen “Music Must Change,” The Who “Stateboro Blues,” Allman Brothers “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window,” Beatles “Sympathy for the Devil,” Rolling Stones “Gimme Shelter,” Rolling Stones ---
**Author:** ![shannybonanny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@shannybonanny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shannybonanny)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166/6 "2002-06-10T01:49:29Z")
Oohh, sounds like fun. Let’s see…Off the top of my head: Epic by Faith No More Sober by Tool Terrible Lie by NIN Hotel California by the Eagles Backmask by Mindless Self Indulgence I’m Eighteen by Alice Cooper Thunder Rolls by…Garth Brooks(?) :o Cars by Gary Newman Spit It Out by Slipknot I just know I’m leaving out a billion more. On preview, I realized I have rather…_varied_ musical taste, huh? ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166/7 "2002-06-10T02:00:14Z")
Guns N’ Roses-Paradise City Guns N’ Roses-Sweet Child O’ Mine Bruce Springsteen-Born To Run Bruce Springsteen-No Surrender Jimmy Eat World-The Middle U2-Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses U2-Desire The Who-Baba O’Riley The Who-Love Reign O’er Me The Who-The Real Me Drowning Pool-Bodies Mick Jaggar-God Gave Me Everything ---
**Author:** ![VDarlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@VDarlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VDarlin)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166/8 "2002-06-10T02:08:08Z")
Anything by Rage Against the Machine. ~V ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166/9 "2002-06-10T02:11:40Z")
Refugee–Tom Petty & Heartbreakers Brandenburg Series–J.S. Bach Liberty Bell March (J.P. Sousa)–U.S. Marine Band Crossroads–Cream Pride & Joy–S.R. Vaughan Crazy Blues–Leon Redbone Dixie Chicken–Little Feat I must go to bed now. Gotta do 4 hours early tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166/10 "2002-06-10T02:13:07Z")
Walkin on Sunshine - Katrina and the waves ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166/11 "2002-06-10T02:14:09Z")
Nobody’s Fault but Mine- Led Zeppelin California Love- Dr. Dre & Tupac Dead Horse- Guns n Roses Ice Cream Man- Van Halen Talk Dirty To Me- Poison stv ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166/12 "2002-06-10T02:17:39Z")
Oh and Everybody have fun tonight - Wang Chung ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166/13 "2002-06-10T02:26:25Z")
Starship Trooper-Live- Yes Spirit In The Sky-Norman Greenbaum Prelude/Angry Young Man- Billy Joel American Girl- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Cinnamon Girl- Neil Young Shout- The Isley Brothers Owner of A Lonely Heart- Yes I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For - U2 Blue Moon- The Marcells Fat Lip- Sum 41 All Star- Smashmouth Call Me- Blondie Fly Away- Lenny Kravitz American Woman- The Guess Who Fortunate Son- Creedence Clearwater Revival All The Small Things- Blink 182 One Week- Barenaked Ladies Mama Told Me Not To Come- Three Dog Night Thank god I’m not eclectic. 😃 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166/14 "2002-06-10T03:02:46Z")
X - “I See Red,” “Blue Spark,” and “(Around) My Heart.” Billy Bragg - “Ideology,” “To Have and Have Not.” Little Richard - “Rip It Up.” ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166/15 "2002-06-10T03:16:00Z")
**Assemblage 23** Naked **Icon of Coil** Former Self **VNV Nation** Fearless **VNV Nation** Electronaut **Apoptygma Berzerk** Unicorn **Apoptygma Berzerk** Suffer in Silence **Depeche Mode** Useless (Single Version) **Mesh** To Be Alive **Mesh** What does it cost you? ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166/16 "2002-06-10T05:09:30Z")
Too many of them here that I would “second”, so I will list a few that haven’t been mentioned yet: [ul] [li] “Rainbow in the Dark” – Dio[/li][li] “War Pigs” – Black Sabbath[/li][li] “Black Dog” – Led Zeppelin[/li][li] “Dazed and Confused” – Led Zeppelin[/li][li] “When the Levee Breaks” – Led Zeppelin[/li][li] “Sex Type Thing” – Stone Temple Pilots[/li][li] “The Hellion/Electric Eye” – Judas Priest[/li][li] “Come As You Are” – Nirvana[/li][li] “Stone Cold” – Rainbow[/li][li] Anything from Rush’s _Moving Pictures_[/li][li] “Can’t Live Without You” – Scorpions[/li][li] “Karn Evil 9” – Emerson Lake and Palmer[/li][li] “Detroit Rock City” – Kiss[/li][li] Anything up to and including the Black album from Metallica[/li][/ul] I’ll stop here. There are too many more to list. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166/17 "2002-06-10T07:51:02Z")
40 Boys in 40 Nights–The Donnas Back in Black–AC/DC Heroin Girl–Everclear Smells Like Teen Spirit–Nirvana All the Time–Green Day Seether–Veruca Salt So Whatcha Want–Beastie Boys Everybody Wants You–Billy Squier Brackish–Kittie Ironhead–Helmet Just a Girl–No Doubt Know Your Enemy–Rage Against the Machine Tom Sawyer–Rush And many, many more. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2002, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166/18 "2002-06-10T09:59:48Z")
_Highway Star_ by **Deep Purple** ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166/19 "2002-06-10T10:23:14Z")
A lot of good rock songs I would nominate have already been mentioned. Here’s some electronic stuff also worthy of a good cranking: Basement Jaxx “Red Alert” The Avalanches “Live At Dominoes” The Chemical Brothers “Let Forever Be” Fatboy Slim “Praise You” Gerling “High Jackers Manual” Jacknife Lee “Cookies” And just for variety’s sake… Beethoven’s 9th is also worth turning up. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skewbald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Skewbald](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skewbald)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166/20 "2002-06-10T12:28:47Z")
Good rock songs to crank up loud: At The Drive-In - “One Armed Scissor”, “Rolodex Propaganda”, “Arc Arsenal” And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - “Mark David Chapman”, “Another Morning Stoner”, “Mistakes and Regrets” Bad Brains - “Pay to Cum” Dillinger Escape Plan - “Mullet Burden” Fugazi - “Merchandise”, “Smallpox Champion”, “Epic Problem”, “Number 5” Husker Du - “Turn On The News” Lightning Bolt - “13 Monsters” Refused - “New noise”, “Refused Are Fucking Dead”, “The Shape of Punk To Come” The Hives - “Outsmarted” The Icarus Line - “Feed a Cat To Your Cobra” The Stooges - “I Wanna Be Your Dog”, “Search and Destroy” Turbonegro - “Get It On”, “Don’t Say Motherfucker, Motherfucker” Youth Brigade - “Sink With California” I love threads like this, I could go on for hours… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-have-to-crank-up/113166.md?page=2)