# Songs you turn the volume aaaaaall the way up for **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2004, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844 "2004-12-03T03:33:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844/41 "2004-12-03T17:51:35Z")
The liner notes on “Truth” by the Jeff Beck Group say of **I Ain’t Superstitious** , “This song must be played at maximum volume regardless of the phonograph used.” On the label of “Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake” by the Small Faces, it says, “For amazing results, play this record at maximum volume.” Both instructions are right on the money! Another one that must be played very loud is **Highway 61 Revisited** by Johnny Winter off “Second Winter.” ---
**Author:** ![Leonard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Leonard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leonard)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844/42 "2004-12-03T18:04:35Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Any song by Tool ever. And APC. I’ll second that. And throw System of a Down in there, too. ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844/43 "2004-12-03T18:13:50Z")
Some great, great songs listed in this thread. “Rip This Joint” Rolling Stones “Freeze Frame” J. Geils Band “Suffragette City” Bowie “Cecilia” Simon and Garfunkel “Superstition” Stevie Wonder “Back in Black” AC/DC “New York Groove” Ace Frehley “Free for All” Ted Nugent “Cross-Eyed Mary” Jethro Tull “Hair of the Dog” Nazareth “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin” Judas Priest ---
**Author:** ![ChristmasEve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@ChristmasEve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChristmasEve)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844/44 "2004-12-03T18:16:55Z")
The Pixies _Debaser_ David Bowie _Sweet Thing/Candidate_ and _Rebel Rebel_ Carmel _Bad Day_ Lush _Ladykiller_ The Cure _Boys Don’t Cry_ New Order _Blue Monday_ The Teardrop Explodes _Reward_ Graham Parker _New York Shuffle_ The Dammed _Eloise_ The Clash _London Calling_ and _Rock the Casbah_ Spacehog _In the meantime_ The Stooges _Gimme Danger_ Basement Jaxx _Rendez-Vu_ Thin Lizzy _Boys are back in town_ The Jam _Eton Rifles_ and _Going Underground_ Prince _Cream_ Muse _Feeling Good_ ---
**Author:** ![iggy\_popov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@iggy\_popov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iggy_popov)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844/45 "2004-12-03T18:17:42Z")
Complete Control by The Clash but the live versions off of _From Here to Eternity_ The extended version of Tank!(the Cowboy Bebop opening theme) Gloria-Them Waiting for the Man and White Light/White Heat-VU oh yeah and also Sister Ray by the velvets Skinhead Moonstomp-Symarip Kick Out the Jams-MC5 The Oi Song-Casualties Sick of You, No Fun, 1969, Search and Destroy and a lot of others from the real IGGY(and the stooges) of course and Roadrunner-Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844/46 "2004-12-03T18:20:10Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > Another one that must be played very loud is **Highway 61 Revisited** by Johnny Winter off “Second Winter.” And that would be the song that I identified as “Highway 69” by Johnny Winter. I knew it was one of those highways. Also also good to listen to loud is “Mr. Skin” by Spirit and The Black Crows’ remake of “Hard to Handle” and most of all, Stevie Ray Vaughn when he answers the musical question, “What do you not bother to do if the house is a rockin’”? ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844/47 "2004-12-03T18:28:36Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > Also also good to listen to loud is “Mr. Skin” by Spirit Agreed! Along with “I Got a Line on You,” “Nature’s Way” and “Animal Zoo.” (Completely forgot about Spirit! :smack: ) ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844/48 "2004-12-03T18:32:11Z")
**Who Are You?** , and **Won’t Get Fooled Again** , both by the Who, demand to be played at volumes that make your ears bleed. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844/49 "2004-12-03T18:45:37Z")
The Stooges “TV Eye”. The Oblivians and Mr. Quintron “What’s the Matter Now?” The Oblivians “Vietnam War Blues” Hell, anything by The Oblivians. ---
**Author:** ![iggy\_popov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@iggy\_popov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iggy_popov)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844/50 "2004-12-03T18:57:50Z")
> [@vibrotronica](#): > > The Stooges “TV Eye”. > > The Oblivians and Mr. Quintron “What’s the Matter Now?” > The Oblivians “Vietnam War Blues” > Hell, anything by The Oblivians. I can’t belive I forgot TV Eye. I was just listening to that on the bus too. At full volume of course. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844/51 "2004-12-03T19:01:02Z")
OK, I cheated a bit. These are extracted from my MP3 directory. Not all get air play, but most do. I pared the list down from 26 pages to 3. As a blanket rule, I’ll crank the knob for Dire Straits, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Buffett, Led Zeppelin, and The Rolling Stones, even if they play something I don’t like. What’s here is the best of the best Alice Cooper Only Women Bleed Alice Cooper - School’s Out Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare Allman Brothers - Come on into My Kitchen Allman Brothers Band - Jessica Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Beatles - When I’m 64 Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps Blackfoot - Train, Train Blind Melon - No Rain Bob Rivers - Walking Round in Women’s Underwear Bob Welch - Ebony Eyes Boomtown Rats - I Don’t Like Mondays Brownsville Station - Martian Boogie Charlie Daniels Band - Devil Went Down to Georgia Cheap Trick - Dream Police Count Five - Psychotic Reaction Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin’ Out My Back Door Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knockin Deep Purple - Hush Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water Dire Straits - Heavy Fuel Dire Straits - Industrial Disease Dire Straits - Millionaire Blues Dire Straits - Skateaway Dr. Hook - The Cover Of The Rolling Stones Elton John - Crocodile Rock Eric Clapton - Cocaine Eric Clapton - I’ve Got A Rock N Roll Heart Eric Clapton - Layla Eric Clapton - San Francisco Bay Blues Eric Clapton - Bell Bottom Blues Eric Clapton - Hello Old Friend Eric Clapton - Alberta Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon Focus - Hocus Pocus George Harrison - My Sweet Lord George Thorogood - Willie and The Hand Jive Grand Funk Railroad - I’m Your Captain (Closer to Home) J. Geils Band - Centerfold J. Geils Band - No Anchovies, Please J. Geils Band - Piss On The Wall Jackson Browne - Lawyers in Love Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz Jethro Tull - Aqua Lung Jethro Tull - Bungle In The Jungle Jethro Tull - Teacher Jethro Tull - Too Old To Rock ‘N’ Roll, Too Young To Die Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville Jimmy Buffett - Volcano Joe Walsh - A Life of Illusion Joe Walsh - Life’s Been Good John Fogarty - Center Field Loggins & Messina - Your Mama Don’t Dance Kinky Friedman - Ol’ Ben Lucas Kinky Friedman - They Ain’t Makin’ Jews Like Jesus Anymore Kiss - Beth Kiss - Domino Led Zeppelin - D’yer Mak’er Led Zeppelin - Hot Dog Led Zeppelin - Immigrant song Led Zeppelin - Kashmir Led Zeppelin - The Ocean Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same Led Zeppelin - What is and What Never Should Be Led Zeppelin - Your Time is Gonna Come Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love Little Feat - Dixie Chicken Little Feat - Down On The Farm Little Feat - Oh Atlanta Little Feat - Rad Gumbo Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps Lynyrd Skynyrd - I Know a Little Lynyrd Skynyrd - That Smell Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Ballad of Curtis Loew Marillion - Kayleigh Mark Knopfler - Cannibals Mark Knopfler - Done with Bonaparte Mark Knopfler - Going Home (Theme of Local Hero) Mark Knopfler - Je suis d‚sol‚ Marshall Tucker Band - Can’t You See Marshall Tucker Band - Fire On The Mountain Marshall Tucker Band - Heard It in a Love Song Motels - Take The L Outlaws - Ghost Riders In The Sky Paul McCartney - We’re So Sorry Uncle Albert Paul McCartney and Wings-1985 Pete Townsend - Let My Love Open the Door Pete Townsend- Slit Skirt Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill Pure Prairie League - Amy REO speedwagon - 157 riverside avenue Robert Plant - 29 Palms Robert Plant - darkness darkness Rod Stewart - Rhythm Of My Heart Santana - Black Magic Woman Santana - Evil Ways Steely Dan - Deacon Blues Steely Dan - Don’t take me alive Steely Dan - My Old School Steely Dan - Reeling In The Years Steely Dan - Rikki Don’t Lose That Number Steve Miller Band - Wild Mountain Honey Sugarloaf - Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You Sugarloaf - Green Eyed Lady (full version) Supertramp - Breakfast In America Supertramp - Logical Song Supertramp - School Supertramp - Take the Long Way Home Susan Tedeschi - Alone Susan Tedeschi - Gonna Move The Alan Parsons Project - Damned If I Do The Alan Parsons Project - Breakdown The Alan Parsons Project - Psychobabble The Alan Parsons Project - Snake Eyes The Band - the weight The Band - up on cripple creek The Beat Farmers - Happy Boy The Eagles - Hotel California The Kinks - Art Lover The Kinks - Come Dancing The Kinks - Lola The Motels - Only The Lonely The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer The Motels - Total Control The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil The Who - Baba O’Riley The Who - Magic Bus The Who - McVicar - 05 - free me The Who – 5:15 The Who - Squeezebox The Who - The Song Is Over The Who - Won’t Get Fooled Again Three Dog Night - Never Been To Spain Traffic - Feelin’ Alright Traffic - Glad Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys Uriah Heep - Stealin’ Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy Warren Zevon - Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song) Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns & Money Warren Zevon - Mr Bad Example Warren Zevon - Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London Whitesnake - Fool For Your Loving Whitesnake - Here I Go Again Whitesnake - Slow and Easy. ---
**Author:** ![Adoptamom\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Adoptamom\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adoptamom_II)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844/52 "2004-12-03T19:18:35Z")
Bob Seger **Old Time Rock and Roll** Otis Redding **Sitting on the Dock of the Bay** and from my kids Alice Cooper **School’s Out** ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844/53 "2004-12-03T19:18:41Z")
A couple Zeppelin songs I haven’t seen mentioned: Rock and Roll and Achilles Last Stand Santana: Black Magic Woman, Oye Como Va Pink Floyd: One of These Days (I’m Going to Cut You Into Little Pieces) Frank Zappa: Peaches en Regalia, Sofa # 2 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Raven\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@The\_Raven\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Raven_1)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844/54 "2004-12-03T20:00:48Z")
Howyadoin, AC/DC - Hell’s Bells, Problem Child, If You Want Blood… um, pretty much all of 'em! Montrose - Space Station #5 The Who - Love Reign O’er Me, Young Man Blues Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever Tool - Eulogy Led Zep - Immigrant Song Cream - Train Time, Toad, Sitting On Top Of the World Elvis Costello - Peace, Love & Understanding Kiss - Shout It Our Loud, Rock and Roll All Night, Detroit Rock City and let’s not forget Autograph - Turn Up The Radio (just kidding) -Rav ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844/55 "2004-12-03T20:20:29Z")
> [@AugestWest](#): > > Pink Floyd: One of These Days (I’m Going to Cut You Into Little Pieces) Oh, God yes! ---
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Faces–Stay with Me Rod Stewart–Hot Legs Double Shot of My Baby’s Love–Swinging Medallions Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore–Walker Brothers Rock and Roll–Led Zeppelin Highway Star–Deep Purple Twistin’ by the Pool–Dire Straits Paradise by the Dashboard Light–Meatloaf Was it the liner notes on a Joe Walsh album that said: “made loud to be played loud.” Or words to that effect. ---
**Author:** ![Wartime\_Consigliori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@Wartime\_Consigliori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wartime_Consigliori)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844/57 "2004-12-03T21:24:18Z")
I know I’m a weirdo, but… **Groom’s Still Waitin’ At The Altar** and **Gotta Serve Somebody** by Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844/58 "2004-12-03T21:29:05Z")
**Heaven’s Open** by Mike Oldfield. A sing that just _demands_ high volume. 😃 The **1812 Overture**. (Duh.) The finale to **The Millenium Bell** , also by Oldfield. ---
**Author:** ![andymurph64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@andymurph64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andymurph64)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844/59 "2004-12-03T21:36:57Z")
On the day I was born… The nurses gathered round… . . . . . I’m baaaaaddd to the bone… Bad to the bone… babababababa baddddd… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2004, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844/60 "2004-12-04T02:57:56Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > OK, I cheated a bit. These are extracted from my MP3 directory. Not all get air play, but most do. I pared the list down from 26 pages to 3. > > As a blanket rule, I’ll crank the knob for Dire Straits, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Buffett, Led Zeppelin, and The Rolling Stones, even if they play something I don’t like. What’s here is the best of the best (Incredibly long list follows) So, you don’t really use the volume control at all, do you, VunderBob? The volume control isn’t even a knob to you, is it? It’s just a dot, a dot so far in the distance that you can’t see it at all once you’ve cranked that sucker to the max. Eh? Eh? Eh? I bet you crank Sarah Fucking McLaughlin to the max. I bet you crank Sinead O’Conner to the max! (OK, “Zombies” OUGHTTA be cranked to the max, but other than that and a few others). I bet you crank Manfuckinghattan DamnTransfer to the max. Doncha? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-turn-the-volume-aaaaaall-the-way-up-for/277844.md?page=4)