"Smoke on the water". To this day, I remember when I put together a quad sound system in my house and that's the first record I played, back in about 1976.
There is a music shop in Newcastle Upon Tyne that has a banner painted on the wall, the full length of the shop saying "NO Smoke on the Water". It seems everyone that picks up a guitar plays ... smoke on the water.
As for what song I'd play on those speakers, you can bet it wouldn't be The Sound of Silence. >};oD
The original version of that one is to die for! About 1/4 the speed of the popular version, some old nigger crooning on a porch down south - old field recordings were a part of the best blues show I ever had the pleasure of listening to:
https://sundayblues.org/?page_id=10771
Guy puts on a hell of a show, dives deep into blues history, early 1900s wax records from his personal collection... man, I used to schedule my Sundays around it.
My second choice, after Tom Sawyer. Why second, you might ask, and rightly you may. My wife and I were visiting her brother in Bamberg, Germany, back in 1992. While walking about "old town" we popped into the Bamberg Cathedral. We were fortunate enough to be treated to an organist practicing Bach's Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor. It was not my first exposure to Bach's organ masterpiece but my wife and I sat, awestruck at the magnificence of the work and the organist's skill. At that moment it became clear there can be no substitute for a live rendition of this composition in one of Europe's century's-old cathedrals. Nothing else will do it justice.
I believe…thats a Old Heil System. Nice. Doesn’t compare to Modern systems. You want subs??? Get piston driven subs driven with the correct amount of power. That’ll bring your house down😂😂 on top of ya.
Dark side of the Moon - entire album. In college I had a friend with speakers that had 12" woofers and 12" passive radiators in the back. The heartbeat could get them moving over an inch in and out. Good times.
Germany... '69... 0600,,, standing in formation for Battalion Revilee... and just as the bugler's first note hits... THIS Hendrix version blast through a brand new set of Bose 501 speakers...
I was thinking of the same as several commenters: Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor Scotland the Brave 1812 Overture (with full cannons and church bells!) (#1!) Ride of the Valkyries
Flying In A Blue Dream- Joe Satriani Bad Asteroid-The Aristocrats Jeff Beck --Wired(whole album) Al Green--Let's Stay Together Yes--Close to the Edge(whole album)
Hi Irish!!! Besides What I posted above to "DIXIE!!!".............. well to start with my krakeeokie line up I'll start with ... You don't have to call me Darlin'.. Dave Alan Coe... "my headliner!!!" 3rd rate Romance... "Rythem Aces" Tulsa Time ... Don Williams.. I Love This BAR!!!!!!! needs no Intro!! 5 O'Clock somewhere!!! Family Tradition, Friends in Low Places!!!!, "Damn Drunk"... Ronny Dunn!!!!! *************** Who Do You Love.. Bo Didley!!!!!!!!! "Blues Man!!!!!" Alan Jackson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and lat but not least by a long shot..... Don Williams "Long version" "Good ol' Boys like me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Blue skyz... Buddy ... "Audentes, Fortun, Iuvat!!!!!," skybill PS especially the last one.....
I heard you, absolutely. Any track from that concert, or like with Free Bird at Anaheim, its just that incredible time-frame of big sound creativity. It wasn't loud, it was soul penetrating. We may never see its likes again.
oh come on....there's only ONE choice.... Smoke On The Water by Deep Purple #2 choice would be I Am Iron Man by Black Sabbath the opening riffs of either would be earth shattering
Thunderstruck by ACDC
ReplyDeleteVirgil Fox on the Mighty worlertzer organ behind Joe's lights plating the sublime JS Bach. Shaking the foundation of the universe. Soli deo gloria
DeleteVirgil Fox -Toccatta and Fugue Oh Yes!!
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Waiting for Columbus
Deep Elum Blues
ReplyDeleteAh ha, you recognized the old Wall of Sound from Red Rocks days?
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First thing that came to mind - NRBQ "Me & the boys"
ReplyDeleteGreat Band! Caught them on a night off
DeleteScotland the Brave played by massed pipe band.
ReplyDeleteInadadadavida! Just to screw around...
ReplyDelete"Won't Get Fooled Again" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletePink Floyd - The Wall - We don't need no Education.
ReplyDeleteMy first thought too.
DeleteSummer time blues by the Who
ReplyDeleteFirst song that came to mind was The Immigrant Song. Still mulling them over.
ReplyDeleteOnly the first one has to be "In a gadda da vidda" by Iron Butterfly, extended version and then "Bat out of Hell" by Meatball, the whole albums!
ReplyDeleteThe short version is terrible. The long version would drive people to suicide.
DeleteThere''s something happening here... what it is ain't exactly clear... there's a man with a gun over there... telling me, I better beware...
ReplyDelete"For what it's worth"... Stephen Stills finest moment this side of "Treetop Flyer".
DeleteThe Song Remains the Same, the complete album.
ReplyDelete"Redneck Piece of White Trash" by Rebel Son!!!
ReplyDeleteAC/DC THUNDERSTRUCK!
ReplyDeletePink Floyd - Lost For Words ~ PULSE Tour Rehearsal
ReplyDeleteAny song written by TOOL
ReplyDeleteLet the bodies hit the floor....
Delete"Smoke on the water". To this day, I remember when I put together a quad sound system in my house and that's the first record I played, back in about 1976.
ReplyDeleteEnter a second vote for "Smoke on the Water." Deep Purple's "Machine Head" was the first album I ever bought.
DeleteThere is a music shop in Newcastle Upon Tyne that has a banner painted on the wall, the full length of the shop saying "NO Smoke on the Water". It seems everyone that picks up a guitar plays ... smoke on the water.
DeleteAs for what song I'd play on those speakers, you can bet it wouldn't be The Sound of Silence. >};oD
The mighty Zep...Whole Lotta Love
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ReplyDelete1812!
ReplyDeleteBlack Betty
ReplyDeleteThe original version of that one is to die for! About 1/4 the speed of the popular version, some old nigger crooning on a porch down south - old field recordings were a part of the best blues show I ever had the pleasure of listening to:
Deletehttps://sundayblues.org/?page_id=10771
Guy puts on a hell of a show, dives deep into blues history, early 1900s wax records from his personal collection... man, I used to schedule my Sundays around it.
Ram Jam! Great song crap album.
DeleteAnything AC/DC, or possibly Eruption by Van Halen.
ReplyDeleteYep.
DeleteFlight Of The Valkyries!
ReplyDeleteGood call, and bonus points if you mount them on a chopper...
Delete10-4!!! skybill
DeleteAnd call it Psy War Op in a Robert Duvall voice.
DeleteThe bagpipes rendition of "Amazing Grace".
ReplyDeleteLouie Louie
ReplyDeleteBoston- More Than a Feeling. Been hearing it in my head for weeks now.
ReplyDeleteSymphony #3, Organ, by Camille Saint-Saens. Or, any organ work by J.S. Bach
ReplyDelete-- Mr. Mayo
Bach Taccata and Fugue i D Minor. Max volume
DeleteMy second choice, after Tom Sawyer. Why second, you might ask, and rightly you may.
DeleteMy wife and I were visiting her brother in Bamberg, Germany, back in 1992. While walking about "old town" we popped into the Bamberg Cathedral. We were fortunate enough to be treated to an organist practicing Bach's Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor. It was not my first exposure to Bach's organ masterpiece but my wife and I sat, awestruck at the magnificence of the work and the organist's skill. At that moment it became clear there can be no substitute for a live rendition of this composition in one of Europe's century's-old cathedrals. Nothing else will do it justice.
Yes indeedy!
DeleteAstro zombies- The Misfits.
ReplyDeleteFlying High Again by Ozzy
ReplyDeletesecond would be Creeping Death by Metallica
third would be Die MF'r by Dope
The Rover or maybe Sun Dial Magic Potion (ver 3),
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ReplyDeleteFlight of the Valkyries, of course!
ReplyDeleteFourth Movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, preferably conducted by Arturo Toscanini
ReplyDelete'Cities On Flame' by Blue Oyster Cult
ReplyDeleteNah, easy choice. The Radezky march with volume set to 11 and at 6 AM
ReplyDeleteThis!
DeleteDixie!
ReplyDeleteExactly!!!
Delete10-4!!!! Loud and clear as an opener for Laney Wilson.... youtube.com/watch/v=rNReepITjN0
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another which has been stuck in my head for months is Marty Robbins " Big Iron"
ReplyDeleteGod Bless America. Like they do at Trump rallies.
ReplyDeleteGood one!
DeleteThe Fish Cheer from Woodstock
ReplyDelete"Gimme an F!"
DeleteBagpipes are in no need of assistance.
ReplyDeleteStreet Worm by Spirit
ReplyDeletetool- ænema...with lyrics, followed by a comprehension test
ReplyDeleteI believe…thats a Old Heil System.
ReplyDeleteNice. Doesn’t compare to Modern systems.
You want subs??? Get piston driven subs driven with the correct amount of power.
That’ll bring your house down😂😂 on top of ya.
The opening theme from the original "Superman"!
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ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVrN-j_Uc0U&t=1s
Invasion-Flamethrower Asphyxiation.
ReplyDeleteDark side of the Moon - entire album. In college I had a friend with speakers that had 12" woofers and 12" passive radiators in the back. The heartbeat could get them moving over an inch in and out. Good times.
ReplyDeleteSorrow
ReplyDeleteThe Star Spangled Banner. At 5AM and full volume so the flakes car hear it and remember what country they're in and why!
ReplyDeleteFollowe by the Greek national anthem in honor of our independence day yesterday March 25th. Also celebrating the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin.
-Erotokritos
Yes! The Jimi Hendrix version of the Star Spangled Banner! Get some!
DeleteGermany... '69... 0600,,, standing in formation for Battalion Revilee... and just as the bugler's first note hits... THIS Hendrix version blast through a brand new set of Bose 501 speakers...
DeleteRush- By Tor and The Snow Dog.
ReplyDeletePink Floyd - Time
ReplyDeleteZZ Top Blue Jean Blues
ReplyDeleteHolst “The Planets”, especially “Mars”
ReplyDeletehttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cXOanvv4plU
I have the CD version
DeleteJimi Hendrix’s cover of “All Along the Watchtower”
ReplyDeleteGive me all your lovin, ZZ Top.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking of the same as several commenters:
ReplyDeleteBach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Scotland the Brave
1812 Overture (with full cannons and church bells!) (#1!)
Ride of the Valkyries
President Elect B Woodman
Grieg, Hall of the Mountain King
ReplyDeleteCarmina Buraba, O Fortuna
ReplyDeleteCarmina Buraba, O Fortuna
ReplyDeleteGodzilla - Blue Oyster Cult
ReplyDeleteStevie Ray Vaughn's version of Voodoo Child.
ReplyDelete"raise the flag"
ReplyDeleteTed Nugent - Stranglehold.
ReplyDeleteComfortably Numb
ReplyDeleteSet The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
ReplyDeleteMen of Harlech or La Marseillaise
ReplyDeleteI'm with Cederq--Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida was the first song that came to mind.
ReplyDeleteMidwest Chick
After all that, just to make sure they still function.... Nazareth ~ Beggars Day/Rose in the Heather
ReplyDeleteBaba O'reilly
ReplyDeleteSunrise from Also sprach Zarathustra
ReplyDeleteLocomotive Breath
ReplyDeletegreat suggestion!
DeleteSweet home Alabama.
ReplyDeleteBlackberry Smoke -Freedom Song
ReplyDeleteThe 1988 live version of deaf forever by Motorhead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7hwUGImKfs
ReplyDeleteYa know, Nazareth "Hair of the Dog" would be pretty cool too!
ReplyDeleteGrand Funk Railroad, Closer to Home
ReplyDeleteLift High the Cross.
ReplyDeleteNot even close.
all along the watch tower hendrix version
ReplyDeleteOr Voodoo Child
DeleteFlying In A Blue Dream- Joe Satriani
ReplyDeleteBad Asteroid-The Aristocrats
Jeff Beck --Wired(whole album)
Al Green--Let's Stay Together
Yes--Close to the Edge(whole album)
All of the above, at the same time. Plus a little racist terrible ted nugentish.
ReplyDeleteBear Claw
Something by Wagner
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ReplyDelete"50,000 watts of power, and its pushing overload..."
Also, Born to Wild, by
DeleteSteppenwolf.
Bear in Indy
Yoko Ono singing while on the White House lawn to Biden and dr. jill.
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But will they go to eleven?
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ReplyDeleteAttention Citizens....
ReplyDeleteGet Ready by Rare Earth extended with the drum solo, We're an American Band, the yellow album, Calling Occupants by KlaTTu.
ReplyDeleteYma o hyd by Daffydd Iwan
ReplyDeleteOr free my land by Skrewdriver
Night on Bald Mountain!
ReplyDeleteTom Sawyer
ReplyDeleteHeavy Metal (Takin a Ride) by Don Felder. With the background of the movie portion of Heavy Metal. Spooky
ReplyDeleteAnything with Pete Townshend on guitar.......
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkT8W6u81Ks
DeleteALL of these are excellent!
ReplyDeleteBUT! Nobody mentioned Pinball Wizard. Why not? It, too, sounds fantastic on my 878B's !! At full volume, of course.
Sabaton - Ghost Division
ReplyDeleteNightwish with FloorJansen - Ghost Love Score
Iron Maiden - The Trooper
Cheech and Chong (Earache my eye)
ReplyDeleteHi Irish!!!
ReplyDeleteBesides What I posted above to "DIXIE!!!"..............
well to start with my krakeeokie line up I'll start with ...
You don't have to call me Darlin'.. Dave Alan Coe... "my headliner!!!"
3rd rate Romance... "Rythem Aces"
Tulsa Time ... Don Williams..
I Love This BAR!!!!!!! needs no Intro!!
5 O'Clock somewhere!!!
Family Tradition,
Friends in Low Places!!!!,
"Damn Drunk"... Ronny Dunn!!!!! ***************
Who Do You Love.. Bo Didley!!!!!!!!!
"Blues Man!!!!!" Alan Jackson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and lat but not least by a long shot.....
Don Williams "Long version"
"Good ol' Boys like me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Blue skyz... Buddy ...
"Audentes, Fortun, Iuvat!!!!!,"
skybill
PS especially the last one.....
Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philips Sousa
ReplyDeleteLed Zep - Kashmir
ReplyDeleteStormy Monday - Allman Brothers, Philmore East album!
ReplyDeleteyes! add One Way Out too
DeleteI heard you, absolutely. Any track from that concert, or like with Free Bird at Anaheim, its just that incredible time-frame of big sound creativity. It wasn't loud, it was soul penetrating. We may never see its likes again.
DeleteThose speakers just scream Alvin Lee
ReplyDeleteSince it's Monday,
ReplyDeleteWe start with Just Got Paid by ZZ Top,
Then Man on the Silver Mountain,
Dixie Queen,
Black Betty,
Let the Day begin by The Call.
oh come on....there's only ONE choice....
ReplyDeleteSmoke On The Water by Deep Purple
#2 choice would be
I Am Iron Man by Black Sabbath
the opening riffs of either would be earth shattering
When The Levee Breaks - LZ
ReplyDeletePride and Joy, SRV
ReplyDeleteI can't keep from cryin', 10 Years After
Green Onion's Booker T and the MG's
Going Down by Joe Bonamassa
ReplyDeleteDeam Martin " That's Amore'" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🙉
ReplyDeleteDeep Purple - Machine Head
ReplyDeleteFunny no one mentioned Radar Love or When The Bullet Hits The Bone by Golden Earring.
ReplyDeleteLots of good selections.
ReplyDeleteMy first choice would be Flash Gordon by Queen.
Then BÖC's Black Blade.
-lg
Train Train or Highway song by Blackfoot!
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ReplyDeleteKarn evil #9 ELP long version
ReplyDeleteMetallica’s version of Whiskey in a jar
ReplyDeleteKlaus
Machine Gun - Band of Gypsies
ReplyDeleteMotorhead The Ace of Spades.
ReplyDeletecome to think of it, that looks like the last motorhead concert I went to. my ears have gone past ringing and now they just buzz....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PomZJao7Raw
ReplyDeleteWith an ever increasing volume to #11 on the control. Followed by Thunderstruck.