I think I figured out the source of your hearing loss...

[ralerin]

There was a topic like this about a year ago somewhere, I can't remember in which section but it had some good ideas, too.

There was a song by the Cruxshadows that I can't remember but it had something obnoxious at the end, where it was ringing first through one side of the headphones, then the other. Drove me batty because it was high pitched.

@whoever suggested the CD of sex noises: Just download the most obnoxious porn you can find and play it on a DVD.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Then again, one never hears Vivaldi or Rachmaninoff blasted at 120dB, does one?

Heavens forbid! But if you're listening to certain works by Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Rosinni, Offenbach, Suppe, etc. ...

[Nashida]

Nothing's going to top having One Winged Angel ( the Advent Children version) trump out that kind of music at a traffic light.

Although the original Pokerap is coming in at a close second.

[EvilEmpryss]

Any one of the Power Rangers theme songs. "Trigger Happy" by Weird Al Yankovich. "The Phantom of the Opera". Anything by Celine Dion (that woman can screech!). The main title track for Xena. But the one style to kill any rap music...

Anything old time country. I'm talking Patsy Kline, Tammy Wynette, Hank Williams, you get the drift. Homey don't do country music. I think the twang of a steel guitar and the warble of a southern accent sets up a counter-resonance to their rapping.

[dalesys]

...Anything old time country. I'm talking Patsy Kline, Tammy Wynette, Hank Williams, you get the drift. Homey don't do country music. I think the twang of a steel guitar and the warble of a southern accent sets up a counter-resonance to their rapping.

I better not let you hear Vance Gilbert's "Country Western Rap" (the version on Laugh Tracks is better).

[dbuzman]

I used Beach Boys Endless Summer CD once to out blast a guy playing rap in the room next to mine once. Turned the bass off and the treble up, pointed my speaker at the connecting wall and cranked the volume up. 5 minutes later he turned his music down so I turned mine off.

[infinitemonkies]

Blast talk radio.
Ideally something conservative and evangelical.
Headbang to it, throw up the horns.



It's sad there's an entire generation (in some areas, 3 or 4 successive generations) who seem convinced that the only measure of sound quality is decibel level.
It's also probably a smart idea to invest in hearing aid companies, very soon there are going to be a lot of people in their early 30's who need hearing aids.

[Racket_Man]

If I am in my car I will slip in my Rocky Horror Movie rip CD and BLAST "Sweet Transvestite" or the Time Warp or pull out some vintage Molly Hatchet or some Alan Parson's Project I Robot (esp the overature lots of deep bass and synth's with little vocal)

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

@whoever suggested the CD of sex noises: Just download the most obnoxious porn you can find and play it on a DVD.

My personal favorite song, in this vein: The Girls Of Porn by Mr. Bungle.

FOURTEEN-INCH DEAD DICK!!

[Midorikawa]

I've used everything from Count Basie to some really obnoxious atonal death metal that sounds more like white noise with a snare drum than music. Either way, with my car's nice sound system, it easily drowns out their modified factory setup.

Of course, my stereo isn't setup for "loud". It's setup for clean tone and clean start/stop of bass (no secondary reverberation to make a kick bass or string bass sound like a speaker buried in 3' of mud). Makes for some hilarious dirty looks and "Aww man...why you gotta hate?"s that just make me giggle like the little schoolgirl I'm not. :-P

[mharbourgirl]

Carl Orff is a good one. I adore Carmina Burana for drowning out obnoxious boomers.

If I'm in a good mood, it's some Great Big Sea or maybe the Rankins.

If I'm in a pissy mood, out comes the special collection of the themes to all the children's shows of the 70's and 80's. The original theme to Sesame Street is entertaining. "The Song That Never Ends" has gotten me some hilarious double-takes.

[PepperElf]

or some mandy patinkin cos his lungs can POWER out.
and you can even work in the WTF factor if you pick anything from Mamaloshen.

especially this song: Ten Kopeks / Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious / The Hokey Pokey
since it's all in Yiddish.


Ever hear Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious in Yiddish? it's interesting.

[Pagan]

"Sex" by Berlin works pretty good.

If I'm in a good mood, it's some Great Big Sea or maybe the Rankins.

Wicked Tinkers works well. Especially some of the ones off of "Loud" . Not only bagpipes, but a didgeridoo and an Irish horn (talk about tribal and primeval-sounding).

Gaelic Storm works well, too.

And I've gotten a few dirty looks from certain types when I'm blasting Adam Lambert! I'm sorry, but that boy's got some pipes on him, too!

[firecat88]

Gaelic Storm works well, too.

Anything on the 'What's The Rumpus' CD works best, I've found.

Though if you wanna go really crazy, I'd recommend Enter the Haggis' Gutter Anthems CD.

[Project_Mars]

Disney Music seems like a good counter to Rap. I would suggest Never Had a Friend Like Me, You Got a Friend in Me, Why Should I Worry?, Hakuna Matata or I'll Make a Man out of You. But whatever you prefer...
EDIT: Ah, actually, i think i would rather go with either Why Should I Worry? (Yay Billy Joel) or Be Prepared (Favorite Disney Song) or Hakuna Matata (and keep track of everyone who sings along)