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December 12, 2023 2:11 pm  #1


What Is Your Favourite "Crank It Up" Tune?

I realize many members here listen talk or N/T  radio. However, I am sure there are times when you are running errands around town on weekends when talk radio is filled with best of/ encore presentations. Time for some tunes. There are some songs that after hearing the first several notes, cranking the volume is a must! Just off the top of my head, Stranglehold-Ted Nugent, Radar Love-Golden Earring, Godzilla-BOC, Frankenstein-Edgar Winter and The Pusher-Steppenwolf are five tunes that have probably  damaged my hearing over the years. There are most likely others, but they have escaped my memory.

 

December 12, 2023 2:33 pm  #2


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Slayer's 'Decade of Aggression' live album gets played often when I'm commuting to/from work. It really helps.

 

December 12, 2023 2:52 pm  #3


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Lee Michaels - Do You Know What I Mean

Crank up the bass and the volume.  But avoid headphones.  You need to feel the organ's bass 

Just the way it was meant to be played.
 

 

December 12, 2023 4:33 pm  #4


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"Party Till We Die" - MAKJ/Timmy Trumpet/Andrew W.K.

 

December 12, 2023 5:58 pm  #5


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It's a long way to the top [ if you wanna rock and roll ]  AC / DC

 

December 12, 2023 7:50 pm  #6


 

December 12, 2023 8:13 pm  #7


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Led Zeppelin - Fool in the Rain
Wilson Pickett - Hey Jude
Chvrches - The Mother We Share
Zac Brown Band - Loving You Easy
Green Day - Welcome to Paradise
Flaming Lips - Fight Test
Bjork - It's Oh So Quiet
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
INXS - Never Tear Us Apart

Last edited by RadioAaron (December 12, 2023 8:17 pm)

 

December 12, 2023 8:20 pm  #8


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In the car I would crank..(not necessarily all heavy tunes but still good to blast out)

Rebel, Rebel- David Bowie
Thank You (for letting me be myself again)- Sly and the Family Stone
Ain't It A Shame- Roman Grey
By My Side- INXS
Born to Run- Bruce Springsteen
Wind Him Up- Saga
Sleeping Satellite- Tasman Archer
We're Dancing (til it blows over)- Second Helping
Son of a Bitch- Nathanial Rateliff & The Night Sweats
In Your Eyes- Peter Gabriel 



 

 

December 12, 2023 8:23 pm  #9


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Mama Told Me Not To Come Home - Three Dog Night
Longview - Green Day
Semi Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Blue Monday - New Order
Let Your Backbone Slide/Drop The Needle - Mastro Fresh Wes
The Beat Goes On/Switching To Glide - The Kings
Heaven - DJ Sammy
Heaven - Los Lonely Boys


 

 

December 12, 2023 8:24 pm  #10


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paterson1 wrote:

Son of a Bitch- Nathanial Rateliff & The Night Sweats

 

Ooh, that one slipped off my list the past couple years; need to re-add it.

 

December 12, 2023 8:28 pm  #11


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haydenmatthews14 wrote:

Mama Told Me Not To Come Home - Three Dog Night
Longview - Green Day
Semi Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Blue Monday - New Order
Let Your Backbone Slide/Drop The Needle - Mastro Fresh Wes
The Beat Goes On/Switching To Glide - The Kings
Heaven - DJ Sammy
Heaven - Los Lonely Boys


 

I'd crank that playlist!

 

December 12, 2023 11:55 pm  #12


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mic'em wrote:

It's a long way to the top [ if you wanna rock and roll ]  AC / DC

I don't normally like bagpipes, but on this song they really work extremely well.

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December 13, 2023 12:41 am  #13


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Ballroom Blitz by Sweet and Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo by Rick Derringer.


PJ


ClassicHitsOnline.com...The place where all the cool tunes hang out!
 

December 13, 2023 2:06 am  #14


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March of the Toreadors - Bizet

Sabre Dance - Khachaturian


I started out with nothing and I still have most of it.
 

December 13, 2023 2:31 am  #15


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Pluto-The goodbye girl (original, not the pop goes the girl mix-I love both versions, but the original has more crank up feel to it...)


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December 13, 2023 11:23 pm  #16


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Young Man Blues - the Who "Live at Leeds"
Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin I
Crossroads - Cream "Wheels of Fire"
Big Fat Money - Chickenfoot
Show Me How to Live - Audioslave
Funk #49 - James Gang
Working Man - Rush
Rock and Roll Machine - Triumph
 

 

December 14, 2023 12:13 am  #17


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I love these lists of everyone's "Crank it Up" tunes. All really worthy candidates.
Mine may not be in the harder rock category of AC/DC et cetera, but I LOVE an AC/DC tune played really loud so I won't repeat all the great ones already listed.

I'll add a few of my own:
1. SHOUT -  Tears for Fears (I think it stands on it's own from start to finish.)

For some great driving tunes I like that start off a little slower at first, but build up the bass & thumping pace like when you break free of mind-numbing bumper to bumper traffic & get on an on-ramp to a highway & changing gears from 2 to 3 to 4 to 5 brings out that free feeling of a much anticipated road trip, here are 3 other suggestions:

2. Feelin' Stronger Every Day - Chicago. (A little soft-pop, but it works)

3. Lunatic Fringe (Symphony Sessions Version) - By Red Rider with Tom Cochrane BUT the version here below done in 1989 with the full Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Full Live Sound!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5aKzKsfw_Y
4. Men At Work - No Restrictions (A little tune you may not know of from their 2nd studio album "Cargo")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2eu9WgFuug

 

December 14, 2023 12:37 am  #18


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Jump Around - House of Pain
Would - Alice in Chains
Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots
#1 Crush - Garbage
Tweeter and the Monkeyman - Headstones
I Go Blind - Hootie and the Blowfish
Hello Timebomb - Matthew Good
That Song - Big Wreck

 

December 14, 2023 12:57 am  #19


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December 14, 2023 6:36 am  #20


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Capricasix wrote:

Jump Around - House of Pain

Excellent choice. 


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December 14, 2023 9:12 am  #21


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Hold Your Head Up - Argent
Don't Let It Show - The Alan Parsons Project 
Don't Let Go - Wang Chung
Don't Change - INXS
This Corrosion - Sisters of Mercy
Armageddon It - Def Leppard
Follow You Follow Me - Genesis
Here Comes the Flood - Peter Gabriel
Yo Hello Hooray - USS
Dirty Little Thing - Velvet Revolver
Crash and Burn - April Wine
Shooting Shark - BOC
Napoleon Sheds His Skin - Red Rider

Last edited by betaylored (December 14, 2023 9:15 am)

 

December 14, 2023 12:12 pm  #22


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Gotta give one to the The Canadian Band Red Rider for the song "White Hot" from 1979. Great guitar and interesting lyrics too.

 

December 14, 2023 12:31 pm  #23


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Magic Carpet Ride  Steppenwolf
Slow Ride   Foghat
Spirit In The Sky    Norman Greenbaum
Cocaine  Eric Clapton et al
All Along The Watchtower   Hendrix
(and oh, what the heck)  I Love The Nightlife   Alicia Bridges
(and) Funky Town   Llips
(also)   Rasputin   Bony M



 

 

December 14, 2023 12:58 pm  #24


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Shakedown - Bob Seger/Silver Bullet Band
Breakdown Dead Ahead - Boz Scaggs
Shoot Me Straight - Brothers Osborne
Compared To What - Ray Charles
I'll Be Good To You - Ray Charles/Quincy Jones feat. Chaka Khan
Leap Of Faith - Kenny Loggins/Smokey Robinson
To The End Of The World - Pat Metheny Group (We Live Here)

Last edited by mike marshall (December 15, 2023 12:53 pm)

 

December 14, 2023 10:10 pm  #25


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Another CD I'm fond of when stuck in dreadful traffic is Revolting Cocks' seminal live album 'Live You Goddamned Son Of A Bitch'. 'We Shall Cleanse the World' is an excellent track.

 

December 16, 2023 9:17 am  #26


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Everybody Wants To Rule The World-Tears For Fears and Voices Carry-'Til Tuesday

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December 16, 2023 1:46 pm  #27


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One Bourbon One Scoth One Beer - George Thorogood

On the Road Again - Willie Nelson


I started out with nothing and I still have most of it.
 

December 16, 2023 2:28 pm  #28


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turkeytop wrote:

One Bourbon One Scoth One Beer - George Thorogood

Nice, but Get a Haircut and get a REAL job works even more so for me.
Offspring's Why don't you get a job is also a good one.

Last edited by Radiowiz (December 16, 2023 2:36 pm)


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December 16, 2023 5:13 pm  #29


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I have some hearing loss. So, for me, every tune is a crank it up tune. Drives my wife crazy.


I started out with nothing and I still have most of it.
 

December 17, 2023 9:43 pm  #30


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I can't believe I forgot to add this one earlier. 
MorningWood-Nth Degree. Great song! 


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