Songs that can't get loud enough

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Amon Tobin - 4 Ton Mantis
Eminem - Lose Yourself

― Leee (Leee), Thursday, 14 November 2002 06:26 (twenty-three years ago)

ginuwine - whats so different

― boxcubed (boxcubed), Thursday, 14 November 2002 06:34 (twenty-three years ago)

Boredoms - 7

― original bgm, Thursday, 14 November 2002 06:37 (twenty-three years ago)

Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Common People
Smash Sumthin'
Itchy Woo

― Charlie (Charlie), Thursday, 14 November 2002 06:49 (twenty-three years ago)

ANDREW W.K!

― Manny Parsons (Rahul Kamath), Thursday, 14 November 2002 07:29 (twenty-three years ago)

all songs are too loud ('cause i'm too old)

― unknown or illegal user (doorag), Thursday, 14 November 2002 08:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Down on the Street by The Stooges.

You have to play it at top volume, but then how can you turn it up further as the album goes on?

― James Ball (James Ball), Thursday, 14 November 2002 10:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Hexstatic - Auto.

It goes, BMWOOMP! BWMWOOP! BWAARP! BWOOMP! BWAARP! BWAARP! KER-CRAAASSH! And it's brilliant.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 14 November 2002 12:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Mr. Bungle's "Desert Search for Techno Allah"
Blackalicious' "Chemical Calisthenics"
Beck's "Novocaine"

― nickalicious, Thursday, 14 November 2002 13:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Has anyone ever noticed what I've come to think of as the Steve Lillywhite Effect? Take a SL-produced early '80s album like, say, U2's War, and turn it up really loud. There's so much reverb on everything that it never really sounds *loud*, even when it's rattling the windows.

On the contrary, there are certain records--Agent Orange's Living in Darkness, for a roughly contemporaneous example--that sound kinda loud even at low volume.

But I digress . . .

Back on topic: Lightning Bolt's "St. Jacques"

― Lee G (Lee G), Thursday, 14 November 2002 14:57 (twenty-three years ago)

"Violet" by Hole. That shit should be at, like, 200 decibels

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 14 November 2002 15:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Boredoms - 7

Alan, we should get together and destroy our eardrums together. "Super Shine" can come next.

― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 14 November 2002 15:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Husker Du - Whatever and Sugar's whole Cooper Blue album never can be played loud enough.
Spirit Of The West - Home For A Rest
Sloan - Underwhelmed

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 14 November 2002 15:06 (twenty-three years ago)

The Locust - Skin Graft At Seventy Five Miles An Hour

Just plain isn't actually loud enough...

― Mr Swygart (mrswygart), Thursday, 14 November 2002 15:42 (twenty-three years ago)

"Requiem" by Killing Joke and "Hybrid Moments" by the Misfits can *NEVER* be loud enough.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 14 November 2002 15:57 (twenty-three years ago)

pannik by speedy j
if they move kill 'em by primal scream (mbv remix)
the start it up by joey beltram
patterns by speedy j (the remix that's on the novamute compilation)
mogwai fear satan
ante up by mop
track 8 (i think)on voices of light by richard einhorn
probably lots more
in general,i think music should be listened to very loud

― robin (robin), Thursday, 14 November 2002 16:05 (twenty-three years ago)

"Kim's Watermelon Gun," The Flaming Lips.
"The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel."
"Magic Man," Heart.
"I'm Bad," L.L. Cool J.
"Self Love," Jaguar Wright.

― Matt C., Thursday, 14 November 2002 16:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Totally agree on "Hybrid Moments," Alex.

― Yancey (ystrickler), Thursday, 14 November 2002 16:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Shellac - Prayer to God

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Thursday, 14 November 2002 16:22 (twenty-three years ago)

DMX.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 14 November 2002 18:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Alan, we should get together and destroy our eardrums together. "Super Shine" can come next.

Sounds good! Not sure where you're at but if only the Boredoms would play the NY area sometime soon....

― original bgm, Thursday, 14 November 2002 18:46 (twenty-three years ago)

"Down On the Street", yes!
"20th Century Boy"!

― Sean (Sean), Thursday, 14 November 2002 18:47 (twenty-three years ago)

"Shellac - Prayer to God
-- Jarlr'mai (parkerj@edgehill.ac.uk), Today.

And almost anythiing else recored by Mr Albini

― meirion john lewis (mei), Thursday, 14 November 2002 18:56 (twenty-three years ago)

I have trouble getting the whole of Loveless up to satisfactory volume levels. That and 'It Was There That I Saw You' by Trail Of Dead.

― Callum (Callum), Thursday, 14 November 2002 19:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Fishbone's "Sunless Saturday"
The Beatles' "She's So Heavy"
Ween's "Exactly Where I'm At"
Ani DiFranco in general is never loud enough.

And on a slightly related note, last time I checked the Melvins held the world record for loudest band ever...damn straight!

― nickalicious, Thursday, 14 November 2002 21:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh what the hell... Suedehead.

― Aaron W, Thursday, 14 November 2002 21:07 (twenty-three years ago)

I was gonna say "Hybrid Moments", but two people already said it!

― Kris (aqueduct), Thursday, 14 November 2002 21:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Merzbow. If my ears didn't start bleeding I would pump it up so high!

― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 14 November 2002 23:48 (twenty-three years ago)

"Mandelgroove" and "Rods and Cones" by Blue Man Group. You can't go wrong with percussive bass!

― Curtis Stephens, Thursday, 14 November 2002 23:50 (twenty-three years ago)

Also "PVC IV".. also by BMG

― Curtis Stephens, Thursday, 14 November 2002 23:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Anything by Elvis - really! Elvis is always a lot better at ear-splitting volumes. Just go and see Peter Webb (north herts based elvis impersonator) next time he plays and you'll see why.

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 15 November 2002 00:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Alec Empire's 'The Destroyer', at least the first three tracks.
'War' by Edwin Starr.
'Scenario' - ATCQ.
'Girl U Want' - Devo.
'Anger (Rare Force 2 meg mix)' - Ryuichi Sakamoto
'Bark At The Moon' - Ozzy.
'I Whupped Batman's Ass' - Wesley Willis.

And lots of songs by the Police and Paperclip People and LFO and Aphex Twin, esp. some of his Polygon/Caustic Window stuff.

― Tom Millar (Millar), Friday, 15 November 2002 00:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Maybe just free association here but I'm thinking the coldcut remix of "Pump Up The Volume"

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Friday, 15 November 2002 06:14 (twenty-three years ago)

The Velvet Goldmine soundtrack "To be played at maximum volume"

― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 15 November 2002 17:30 (twenty-three years ago)

'Sex bomb' by Flipper.

― Ian SPACK (Ian SPACK), Friday, 15 November 2002 17:55 (twenty-three years ago)

"In the Air Tonight" gets turned up around 3:40 every time. Cheesy but consistent.

― Aaron W, Friday, 15 November 2002 18:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Outkast's "Gasoline Dreams"
Sigur Ros' "Hjartad Hamast"
Beastie Boys' "Namaste"
Bjork's "Hyperballad", the beatless Brodsky Quartet version
Critters Buggin's "whatever the first song on 'Guest' is called"
DJ Shadow's "The Number Song"
Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks"

― nickalicious, Friday, 15 November 2002 19:47 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm in Virginia, Alan, so you're going to have to turn it WAY up for us to enjoy it together.

(The erruption of Krakatoa could be heard 2,800 miles away)

― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 15 November 2002 21:05 (twenty-three years ago)

one month passes...

LL Cool J "Mama Said Knock You Out"
Janet Jackson "If"

― JS Williams (js williams), Thursday, 9 January 2003 06:12 (twenty-three years ago)

BEATLES Revolution
KISS I want to rock and roll all night and party every day
JESUS AND MARY CHAIN Upside Down
BLACK FLAG Six Pack
JOHNNY THUNDERS Too much junkie business
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Bulls on parade
BOB MOULD covering RICHARD THIMPSON Turning of the tide
NASHVILLE PUSSY Go motherfucker go

― Wise Mark, Thursday, 9 January 2003 07:54 (twenty-three years ago)

one year passes...

weezer - tired of sex
pavement - summer babe
built to spill - carry the zero

― metfigga (metfigga), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 23:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Tom Waits "Earth Died Screaming"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 23:59 (twenty-one years ago)

LIGHTNING BOLT CR%OWN OF SOWRDS

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 00:08 (twenty-one years ago)

The headbanging section of "Bohemian Rhapsody"!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 00:09 (twenty-one years ago)

"Cinematheque" by Camera Obscura. If only it had been recorded a little better ...

― Dare, Wednesday, 9 June 2004 00:14 (twenty-one years ago)

"Sabotage" - the text you entered was not found

WTF

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 9 June 2004 00:22 (twenty-one years ago)

WTF INDEED

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 00:56 (twenty-one years ago)

AC/DC "TNT"
Curtis Mayfield "Superfly"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 00:58 (twenty-one years ago)

PJ Harvey - "Dress"

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 01:01 (twenty-one years ago)

"FLOAT ON"! IT'S TRUE!

― the indie rock pube hanging off of nick's left testicle (nickalicious), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 01:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Loop -- Breathe Into Me
Electric Deluxe -- Electric Deluxe
Sister Motherfucking Ray

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 01:16 (twenty-one years ago)

technicolor - disco inferno
still fly - big tymers

― christhamrin (christhamrin), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 02:05 (twenty-one years ago)

"The Boomin System" - LL Cool J

― billstevejim, Wednesday, 9 June 2004 03:53 (twenty-one years ago)

the chain. fleetwood style

― luther, Wednesday, 9 June 2004 13:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Oneida "Sheets of Easter"

― Sean Witzman (trip maker), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 13:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Timeless 12" by Age of Chance. never loud enough .. never.
other entries - Stumbo by Wiseblood
Jesus Built my Hotrod - Ministry.

― mark e (mark e), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 13:46 (twenty-one years ago)

There aren't speakers in the world big enough to play Keiji Haino's Execration That Accept To Acknowledge at a truly appropriate volume.

― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 14:03 (twenty-one years ago)

OTM sheets of easter - i just wanna destroy my brain listening to that.

trex - metal guru
vu - sister ray
mission of burma - thats how i escaped my certain fate
wire - from the nursery
can - mother sky

― peter smith (plsmith), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 14:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Separate Ways by Journey

Ace of Spades by Motorhead

Highway to Hell by AC/DC

Four Horsemen by Metallica

― cw28 (cw28), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 14:24 (twenty-one years ago)

"Five Minutes" by the Stranglers
"Wardance" by Killing Joke
"Creeping Death" by Metallica
"To Hell With Poverty" by Gang of Four
"Wild America" by Iggy Pop
"Bomber" by Motorhead
"Police on My Back" by The Clash

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 14:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Vinyl to thread

― 57 7th (calstars), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 14:58 (twenty-one years ago)

'Sweet Jane' off of _Loaded_

― 57 7th (calstars), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 14:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Dalliance

If i'm ever gonna breaka my speakers, it'll be while playing this song

― rentboy (rentboy), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 15:22 (twenty-one years ago)

John Cage : 4'33"

― BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 15:24 (twenty-one years ago)

"Oh My Lover" -- PJ Harvey
"Pretty On The Inside" -- Hole
"Pacific Trim" -- Pavement
"One of These Days" -- Pink Floyd
"Because" -- Anthology III's Vocal Only version -- Beatles
"Skunk" -- Jon Spencer
--anything by John Phillip Sousa
"Don't Smoke in Bed" -- Nina Simone
"Nothing But Flowers" -- Talking Heads
"I Am The Sea/The Real Me" -- The freakin' WHO

― christoff (christoff), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 15:43 (twenty-one years ago)

all songs are too loud ('cause i'm too old)

Yep, me too! ("Too loud", not "too old.") I'm worried about damaging my hearing - it's gotta last me another 50 yrs or so, and I've already got a bit of tinnitus. I even put cotton in my ears during Motorhead/Black Sabbath and Pere Ubu concerts! But if I'm gonna play ANYTHING at top volume, it'll be something from either Fun House or Sir Lord Baltimore's Kingdom Come.

Incidentally, just once I'd like to see a band go against the grain and say something like "This album should NOT be listened to at maximum volume!" in the liner notes. Just once, altho the likelyhood of that is comparable to the likelyhood of an R&B performer not thanking "The Creator" in their own liner notes.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 16:34 (twenty-one years ago)

John Cage : 4'33"

I can't believe it took so long for that to show up!
all things Foetus rule this thread. Also, Nitzer Ebb, yay

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 16:35 (twenty-one years ago)

swell maps - "international rescue"

― Serya (Z_Ayres), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 16:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I was a little surprised meself.

― BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 19:53 (twenty-one years ago)

monster magnet "spine of god"

― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 21:32 (twenty-one years ago)

explosions in the sky - great death

isis :)

boards of canada - 2 dead dogs remix

oh how about shellac?

― Mr Monket (apn99), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 21:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Slayer's "Raining Blood." Oooooh boy.

― Yep, Wednesday, 9 June 2004 21:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Brassneck!

― smirky, Wednesday, 9 June 2004 22:17 (twenty-one years ago)

wayne smith - under mi sleng teng.

Sounds like a crappy bontempi keyboard on a normal stereo - sounds like the world exploding through a stack of bass amps.

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 22:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Nine Inch Nails, Wish

― New No New Age Advanced Ambient Motor Music Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 22:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Beefheart, Zig Zag Wanderer

I was listening to this on my walkman on the streets of muswell hill the other week. an old boy comes up to me and stards, "oh you masn't have it loud! i worked for the BBc 1956, young man joined us, always wearing headphones, always! six years later, he was shouting at everyone. you musn't have it loud!"

these people make me blessed ot be alive.

― matthew james (matthew james), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 23:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Brian Eno: 1/1 from "Music For Airports"....

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 23:48 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm surprised Tipsy hasn't come up yet..

along with that i'll add i need yr love - rapture

― chriss, Thursday, 10 June 2004 00:59 (twenty-one years ago)

link wray "hidden charms"

damn, that's nasty.

― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Thursday, 10 June 2004 02:11 (twenty-one years ago)

John Cage : 4'33"

I can't believe it took so long for that to show up!

I made this joke in a thread called "On what threads would 4'33" be a funny response to" or somesuch but I haven't been able to find it.

― vleeetrmx21 (Leee), Thursday, 10 June 2004 03:01 (twenty-one years ago)

ILM threads to respond to with John Cage - 4' 33" to hilarious results

― vleeetrmx21 (Leee), Thursday, 10 June 2004 03:02 (twenty-one years ago)

1....2....3....4.....STOP

Everybody Sexareeno!

― eleki-san (eleki-san), Thursday, 10 June 2004 16:16 (twenty-one years ago)

lots of things

Wire - 99.9

― coco, Thursday, 10 June 2004 17:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Janes Addiction "Three Days"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 10 June 2004 17:24 (twenty-one years ago)

seconded!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 10 June 2004 19:13 (twenty-one years ago)

The Move - "Do Ya"

― briania (briania), Friday, 11 June 2004 01:33 (twenty-one years ago)

This is the thread where I kill myself for ever liking Blue Man Group

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Friday, 11 June 2004 01:45 (twenty-one years ago)

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