These Go To 11: Songs Best Heard Extra-Loud
Clockwise from top left: The Smiths, Led Zeppelin, OutKast, Kelly Clarkson, Spinal Tap's secret weapon.
Clockwise from top left: The Smiths, Led Zeppelin, OutKast, Kelly Clarkson, Spinal Tap's secret weapon.
There's no denying certain songs are best experienced when played as loud as possible. Since this Friday, 11/11/11, is Nigel Tufnel Day — the unofficial holiday honoring the fictional Spinal Tap guitarist, who cranked his amplifiers past 10 — this week's episode is all about the songs that instantly make you want to turn the volume up.
Such songs can be simple and anthemic, like The Modern Lovers' garage-punk or Kelly Clarkson's roller-coaster pop. Or they can be densely layered, like LCD Soundsystem's studio wizardry or OutKast's all-out aural assaults. But in each case, the message is the same: Let the music, whatever it might be, overwhelm you.
What songs do you prefer to hear as loud as possible? Leave your suggestions here.
These Go To Eleven
The Modern Lovers
- Album: The Modern Lovers
- Song: Roadrunner
LCD Soundsystem
- Album: This Is Happening
- Song: All I Want
![Cover for Stankonia [Clean]](http://media.npr.org/assets/music/programs/asc/2011/11/outkast_cvr.jpg?t=1320777959&s=1 "Cover for Stankonia [Clean]")
OutKast
- Album: Stankonia [Clean]
- Song: B.O.B.
Brian Eno
- Album: Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
- Song: Third Uncle
Kelly Clarkson
- Album: All I Ever Wanted
- Song: I Do Not Hook Up
The Smiths
- Album: Meat Is Murder
- Song: How Soon Is Now?
Justice
- Album: Ed Rec Vol. 2
- Song: Phantom
Elastica
- Album: Elastica
- Song: Annie
Ramones
- Album: Road to Ruin
- Song: I Wanna Be Sedated
The Exploding Hearts
- Album: Guitar Romantic
- Song: Modern Kicks
Led Zeppelin
- Album: Physical Graffiti
- Song: Kashmir
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