Which song is most improved by being played REALLY REALLY LOUD?

Cafe Society
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Pay to Cum, bad Brains

Nazi punks, Dead kennedys,

I hate you, the exploited,

Hall of the Mountain King, ELO version

going home, 10 years after

Whamma Jamma, J. Gueils Band,

Inch by Inch, Pete Seeger and Arlo guthrie version (if you really wanna drive the neighbors batshit)

I’m Shipping UP To Boston, Dropkick freakin Murphys

Touch and Go, Emerson Lake, and Powell

roundabout, Yes,

The live rick wakeman henry the eight solo, yes

Ubangi Stomp, Jerry Lee Lewis

buring down the house, talking heads (with Bernie Worrel, of course)…Hell, anything with bernie worrel

Aqua Boogie (Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop), P-Funk,

Rock Lobster, B52’s

Anything at all by Rage against the machine.

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The only song I crank up to full volume on the radio in the car:
Whole Lotta Love - Led Zepplin

I find I save gas, as the beat sort of moves the car along from the vibration alone.

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The bi-i-i-i-ig fucking chord at the opening of the final section of Saint-Saens’s Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, <<L’Orgue>>. There’s a nice gentle lead up to it at the end of the previous movement and then you’ve just got time to spin the dial before the organ entry.

A fair bit of other organ music too, for that matter; Widor’s Toccata ought to make the house vibrate when the Tuba gets busy, especially if you’re lucky and it’s been recorded on an instrument where the builder might as well have labelled the stop “Wrath of God”. :smiley:

There are several places in The Dream of Gerontius where I crank it up, too. The Priest’s big moment “Proficiscere, anima Christiana” is one, and the part where the Angel has just carried the Soul over the threshold and the fifth Chorus of Angelicals sings the final part of “Praise to the Holiest in the height” is another. Also Elgar directs that in the moment of the Soul’s judging every instrument should exert its utmost, and I certainly wouldn’t see fit to correct him.

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Zombie by the Cranberries

**If I had a Rocket Launcher ** by Bruce Cockburn

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“Twilight Zone” by Golden Earring.

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I used to play this one on the jukebox every morning as a teen when I had a job cleaning a Chinese restaurant. The bartender would leave a bunch of free plays on the thing. The bass line on this track was the perfect match for the woofer in the juke and would resonate awesomely.

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Some of my personal though probably not popular choices:
‘Cherub Rock’ by Smashing Pumpkins

‘Pompeii am Götterdämmerung’ by The Flaming Lips

‘White Room’ by Cream

‘What Is And What Should Never Be’ by Led Zeppelin

‘Brain Stew’ by Green Day

‘Castles Made of Sand’ by Jimi Hendrix

ETA: ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ by The Who

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If only for that part 10-20 seconds in!

ETA: Silver!@#$ counts, in the same way, too.

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I wouldn’t call it bad at normal volume, but the Beatles’ Revolution is much improved at high volume.

Sailboat

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I’ve revisited that album recently and I love to crank that song in my office.

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Is any great music ever not improved by gratuitous extra decibels?

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“Just Got Paid” by ZZ Top
“Story of my Life” Social Distortion
“Who are You” The Who
“For Those About To Rock” AC/DC
“Damage Inc” Metallica
“Take No Prisoners” Megadeth
“Over the Mountain” Ozzy Osbourne
“Corpse Without a Soul” Mercyful Fate
“The Trooper” Iron Maiden
“Mother Puncher or Seabeast” Mastodon

And my #1 choice: “War Ensemble” Slayer.

ETA- Fuck it, everything Slayer has ever done or ever will do. :smiley:

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Black Betty – the original, by Ram Jam

and Thunderstruck, by AC/DC as already nominated by others. I blew out my left back speaker on my '91 Grand Am cranking that one.

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Thank you. Now I have that song stuck in my head. Stop!!

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I’m sure it’s because of the sophisticated lyrics, right? Oh-oh, Black Betty, ram-a-lam! :smiley:

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yes, yes, 1000 times yes!

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I agree with Talking Head’s Burning Down The House. The minute that song starts, you gotta crank it up.

U2’s God Part II For some reason it’s quieter on the album than the songs around it, but it’s made to be blasted out.
Basically any hard rockin’ tune I love to sing along with, so that it will drown out the suckage of my voice and I won’t have to lip synch or risk embarassment.

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“Wake Up” – XTC. The louder and the angrier, the better.

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The very first in car CD system I ever saw belonged to a bank president. He had a copy of the 1812 that had the following printed on the front of the case: Caution: contains digitally recorded cannon fire. It can cause damage to your system if played at too loud a volume If ever there was a piece of music that just screams play me loud, one that can damage your system is it. :smiley:

PS It was awesome with the volume cranked.

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No love for Jane’s Addiction?
Mountain Song