Best Music for Rides at the State Fair

UK version: Happy Hardcore

Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi - New Jersey

Khachaturian, "Sabre Dance"

Yes! Awesome!

Dueling Banjos

are we talking about the Himalaya?
http://www.rideaccidents.com/himalaya.gif
This is the only ride at my local fair where the soundsystem and music was as important as the ride. Hysteria is basically the perfect answer.

Yes, we are pretty much talking abou the Himalaya and the Gravitron here.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e1/Gravitron1.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e1/Gravitron1.jpg

For the Himalaya, I go with the Tubes "She's a Beauty".

oh these are carnival rides to me, not state fair.

something by whitesnake

yikes
One year has passed since the tragic death of fifteen-year-old Leslie Lane. On March 19, 1998, Leslie was killed during a ride on a Himalaya amusement ride at the Austin-Travis County Livestock Show & Rodeo in Texas. The ride was owned and operated by B&B Amusements of Yuma, Arizona. The girl's safety bar broke off from her car during her ride. She flew from her seat, still clutching onto the bar, and was thrown into the back wall of the ride. She suffered chest, neck, and head injuries, including a fractured skull. She died at the scene. The broken safety bar was later found underneath her body.

On November 20, 2000, the owner of B&B Amusements, Robert Merten, Sr., pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges which had been brought against him in connection with the death of Leslie Lane. Merten pleaded guilty on his own behalf, and on behalf of his company. On May 11, 2001, Bob G. Gill, the man who inspected the Himalaya ride, pled guilty to manslaughter on behalf of his company, Bob G. Gill & Associates. In addition, Gill pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge on his own behalf. Bob G. Gill & Associates is no longer in business. B&B Amusements still operates amusement rides.

dr. feelgood on the himalaya, hands down (hands up!)

and if yr state fair doesn't have himalaya or gravitron, you need to move to a different state!

Round and Round

Thin Lizzy - Boys Are Back In Town

Could you do something like Born in the U.S.A.?

Slint- Breadcrumb Trail has suitable lyrics.

slint is unsuitable for state fair rides

ratt, otoh, is more like it

Boz Scaggs - "Lowdown"

(for the ride known as the Calypso)

DJ Sammy

And yeah, Happy Hardcore was built for this.

I'll win that Motley Crue mirror
If it fucking kills me!

Wait, do they actually, like, play happy hardcore at amusement park rides in the UK?

Foghat, "Slow Ride"

y'know if you're lucky, you might get to experience the rides while hearing Foghat Featuring Roger Earl! wafting over live from the miller lite stage!

I always think of stuff like "Crystal Ball" and "Carry On Wayward Son" in this context.

Wait, do they actually, like, play happy hardcore at amusement park rides in the UK?

Maybe not as much as they used to, but it's not unusual. I can't imagine rides without hamburger-grade dance music, anyway.

I seem to remember hearing Chumbawamba once. Maybe just because it was the year of the Chumbawamba.

Huh.

Also, "Enter Sandman", "Crazy Train", "Jukebox Hero", "Working for the Weekend", "Nobody's Fool".

I'm mostly just listing music that I associate with ex rides, rather than identifying what's best (though I like all of these).

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I kind of think of RHCP in this context too, esp "Give It Away", though this might just say more about my age.

Appetite for Destruction
Metallica's black album
Side one of Dangerous Toys
Trout Mask Replica
Suicidal Tendencies
Permanent Vacation
Skid Row's Slave to the Grind