# Songs you MUST crank up while driving **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 28, 2001, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074 "2001-07-28T11:49:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074/1 "2001-07-28T11:49:34Z")
So you’re driving down the road, listening to the classic rock station, and “it” comes on the stereo. You **CRANK IT UP**. Here are a few tunes that do it for me: **Crazy Train** - Ozzy **Tom Sawyer** - Rush **Shook Me All Night Long** - AC/DC **Paranoid** - Black Sabbath **La Grange** - ZZ Top **One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer** - George Thorogood **Whole Lotta Love** - Led Zeppelin **Highway to Hell** - AC/DC **Living After Midnight** - Judas Priest **Cat Scratch Fever** - Ted Nugent **Radar Love** - Golden Earring **Highway Star** - Deep Purple ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074/2 "2001-07-28T12:14:03Z")
**Join Together** - The Who **Whamma Jamma** - The J. Geils Band –sublight. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074/3 "2001-07-28T14:26:34Z")
**Lido Shuffle,** by Boz Scaggs **Jessica,** by the Allman Brothers You do NOT want to be around me when **Lido** comes on. I can’t listen to that one at any volume lower than 11. Ahhhhh…😃 ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074/4 "2001-07-28T14:28:16Z")
Basically any AC/DC,Ozzy,Rush, or Ted Nugent. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074/5 "2001-07-28T15:07:38Z")
Life in the Fast Lane–Eagles Bad Company–Bad Company ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074/6 "2001-07-28T15:17:22Z")
**Red Barchetta** - Rush ---
**Author:** ![DM-VA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DM-VA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DM-VA)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074/7 "2001-07-28T15:29:13Z")
Runnin Down a Dream - Tom Petty Layla - Clapton any Stevie Ray Vaughan ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074/8 "2001-07-28T15:30:39Z")
This is no fair, 'cause I just made a tape of stuff I only like to listen to loud. From memory: “Star Spangled Banner,” Jimi Hendrix Experience “Life’s Been Good,” Joe Walsh “Smells Like Nirvana,” Weird Al “Let’s Go Crazy,” Prince and the Revolution “Photograph,” Def Leppard “Lick It Up,” Kiss “Amish Paradise,” Weird Al “Woke Up This Morning,” A3 … that covers the drive in this morning. I’ll leave it at that … 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074/9 "2001-07-28T16:03:37Z")
Paint it Black - Rolling Stones ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074/10 "2001-07-28T16:07:52Z")
Free Bird- **Lynrd Skynrd** Any **Doors, Led Zeppelin, Tom Petty** or **Eagles** song. Stranglehold- **Ted Nugent** Lithium- **Nirvana** (well any Nirvana really) And most of what’s been mentioned already. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074/11 "2001-07-28T16:31:54Z")
::Smacks head:: I forgot **Nirvana**! I have a cd I burned of all my favorite songs of theirs. Love Buzz Swap Meet Aneurysm Spank Thru Molly’s Lips Son of A Gun Scentless Apprentice Heart Shaped Box Rape Me Lithium Drain You Lounge Act Floyd the Barber Silver Been A Son Love Buzz-bootleg version Plateau Oh Me Lake of Fire Where Did You Sleep Last Night Pay to Play I blast this cd and sing along. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lucie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@lucie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucie)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074/12 "2001-07-28T16:39:45Z")
Wipe Out - the Ventures Synchronicity - the Police Anything by ZZ Top or Oingo Boingo ---
**Author:** ![My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074/13 "2001-07-28T16:45:01Z")
Ok, here goes: Take it to the House – Trick Daddy Clint Eastwood — Gorrilaz Fat Lip — Sum 41 I’ve got the Power — Snap Jump Around — House of Pain Anything else from House of Pain… Anything at all from Coolio 🙂 I’m sure there are others as well, but that’s all I can think of at the moment… Adding a little ghetto to the board 😉 –==The Sax Man==– ---
**Author:** ![stoneytom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71e660/32.png) [@stoneytom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stoneytom)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074/14 "2001-07-28T16:52:32Z")
I Can’t Drive 55" - Sammy Hagar ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074/15 "2001-07-28T17:10:02Z")
People Who Died from the Jim Carroll Band Should I Stay Or Should I Go by The Clash I Wanna Be Sedated by the Ramones (actually, just about anything by the Ramones) Radar Love by Golden Earring pretty much anything by Iron Maiden, Anthrax, Van Halen (only with DLR, not Hagar), or George Thorogood Keep Your Hands To Yourself by the Georgia Satellites I Love Rock And Roll by Joan Jett Probably lots of other stuff that I’m forgetting. But that’ll get me a few dozen miles. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tedster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@Tedster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tedster)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074/16 "2001-07-28T17:13:18Z")
I Can’t Get No (Satisfaction) The Rolling Stones How could you??? ---
**Author:** ![lightthelight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@lightthelight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightthelight)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074/17 "2001-07-28T17:23:28Z")
Born To Be Wild-Steppenwolf Cherry Bomb-John Mellencamp "65 Love Affair-Paul Davis Easy Rider-Jimi Hendrix Light My Fire-Doors Love Shack-B52’s Friends In Low Places-Garth Brooks Suffragette City-David Bowie Tell Me Why-Neil Young We Gotta Get You A Woman-Todd Rundgren My Sharona-The Knack ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074/18 "2001-07-28T17:47:11Z")
Pretty much anything that I can stand to listen to. If it’s good, it’s even better loud. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074/19 "2001-07-28T17:51:18Z")
“Don’t Fear the Reaper” BOC “Back in Black” AC/DC “Born to Run” Bruce Springsteen “Turn on the News” Husker Du ---
**Author:** ![Thump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9dc877/32.png) [@Thump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thump)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074/20 "2001-07-28T17:56:10Z")
“I Fought The Law” - Bobby Fuller(?) “Hot-Rod Lincoln” - Commander Cody “House Of The Rising Sun” - The Animals “Traveling Band” - Creedence Clearwater Revival “Purple Haze” - Jimi Hendrix Experience “Cocaine” - Eric Clapton “Hard Day’s Night” - The Beatles “Paranoid” or “War Pigs” - Black Sabbath Anything by SRV or the Doors Not exactly classic rock, but anything by Muddy Waters (expecially with Lil Walter) is great car music too… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-must-crank-up-while-driving/74074.md?page=2)