The Bus

So I've been playing around with trying to make a perfect CD of really loud kick-ass rock songs that kick ass. But I need your help to make it kick more ass!

The only rule is no artist repeats. I'm not going to list any other rules or preferences, but you should get an idea of what the album will be like based on what I have so far. (Note all songs are under 5 minutes, most under 4).

In no particular order...

Kasabian - "Club Foot"
Le Tigre - "Deceptacon"
Electrelane - "I'm On Fire" (Springsteen cover)
The White Stripes - "Blue Orchid"
The Hives - "A Little More for a Little You"
The Walkmen - "The Rat"
Secret Machines - "Nowhere Again"
Bloc Party - "Banquet" (a bit overplayed at this point)
The Futureheads - "Decent Days and Nights"
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - "Me and Mia"
David Bowie - "Queen Bitch"
Ikara Colt - "May b 1 Day"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Pin"
Dogs Die in Hot Cars - "Paul Newman's Eyes"
Stereophonics - "Dakota"
Ima Robot - "Song #1"
The Strokes - "Reptilia"
The Bravery - "Give In"
Death From Above 1979 - "Romantic Rights"
Interpol - "Obstacle 1"
Andrew Bird - "Fake Palindromes"
Maxïmo Park - "Postcard of a Painting"
The Russian Futurists - "A Mind's Dying Verse (You and the Wine)"
The Shins - "Know Your Onion"
The King of France - "That's Why"
The Faint - "Agenda Suicide"
Super Furry Animals - "Torra Fy Ngwallt Yn Hir"
Fugazi - "Styrofoam"


Which Radiohead song would fit in? ("National Anthem"? The BBC acoustic version of "I Might Be Wrong"?) Which Franz Ferdinand song? Which Placebo song? ("Taste in Men"? Their cover of "Johnny and Mary"? "Daddy Cool"? )

GuessWho

It needs more cowbell.

I recommend BOC's Dont Fear the Reaper and Motley Crue's Live Wire.

whaaat

Throw Lewis Taylor's "Yeah" on there.

atlantamoi

Any of these songs would get my blood flowing...

Tones on Tail "Go!"
Killing Joke "Eighties"
Modern Lovers "Roadrunner"
Iggy Pop "Lust For Life" or "The Passenger" (sick of these yet?)
LCD Soundsystem "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House"
The Streets "Fit But You Know It"
The Clash "Police On My Back"
The Auteurs "Lenny Valentino"
Blur "Boys and Girls"
Cramps "Goo Goo Muck"
The Fall "Cruiser's Creek"
Joy Division "Isolation"
Lime Spiders "Slave Girl"
Magnapop "Slowly Slowly"
Pogues "Yeah Yeah Yeah"
Primitives "Crash"
Queens of the Stone Age "No One Knows"
Saints "(I'm) Stranded"
Spoon "I Turn My Camera On"
Television "See No Evil"
Richard Hell "Blank Generation"
Wire "1 2 X U"
Buzzcocks "Ever Fallen In Love"
Magazine "Shot By Both Sides"
Ministry "Burning Inside"
Undertones "Teenage Kicks"

orangecrush

You should change the Faint from Agenda Suicide to The Conductor or Wet from Birth

Michael Corvin

Metallica's "So What" will always up your kick ass percentage by at least 25%.

woofman

Needs more metal: "Disciple" by SLAYER will up the kick-ass-ness a thousandfold. period.

dick_grayson

Meatmen - Pillar of Sodom

Canis Firebrand

Isn't that Ministry?

Another Ministry song to consider, Just One Fix. Or Jesus Built My Hotrod.

Dan1boy

hmm, I dig a bunch of your listed bands, but i wouldn't exactly classify the selections as a "kick-ass" mix (metallica, system of a down, foo fighters etc.) - more of an Emo/Indie get-the-blood-pumping compilation. But good selections there. Keep 'Agenda Suicide' - can never get sick of that song. In the same indie vein, I suggest adding Bloodhound Gang's "Pennsylvania" in there too! (it's only 2 mins long or so...)

Definitely add "Jesus Built by Hotrod" or "NWO" by Ministry...

Giles

Tripping Daisy - Blown Away
Imperial Teen - You're One
LoFidelity Allstar - Battleflag
Feeder - Buck Rogers
Wannadies - Skin
Placebo - Special K
Manic Street Preachers - Faster
Ash - Jack Names the Planets
Soulwax - Saturday

U6C84

Death Cab for Cutie - Soul meets Body or the Sound of Settling
Jimmy Eat World - (Splash) Turn Twist
Guster - I hope tomorrow is like today
Panic! at the disco - Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off or Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage
Weezer - We are all on drugs

The Bus

Greta suggestions everyone!!! Keep em coming

Rypro 525

oh why not,
comatose chimaria
soil system of a down

orangecrush

How about
Cursive - Art is Hard or Believer - The Trilogy of Knowledge?

dick_grayson

no, it's Metallica off of Garage Inc. (originally a Anti-Nowhere League song)

PopcornTreeCt

Ehh, when I think of kick-ass hard rock, The Shins don't come to mind. But if that's what gets you off. Ok then.

Mr. Cinema

These are just some of the songs that are kick ass to me:

Chimaira - "Sp-lit"
Metallica - "Enter Sandman"
Disturbed - "Down With the Sickness"
Deftones - "7 Words"
36 Crazyfists - "Slit Wrist Theory"
Korn - "Shoots and Ladders"
Motley Crue - "Dr. Feelgood"
System of a Down - "Chop Suey"
Nine Inch Nails - "Head Like a Hole"
Sevendust - "Denial"
AC/DC - "Back in Black"
Tool - "Stinkfist"
Soundgarden - "Black Hole Sun"
Fear Factory - "Edgecrusher"
Static-X - "Bled for Days"
Drowning Pool - "Bodies"
Godsmack - "Whatever"
Mudvayne - "Dig"
White Zombie - "More Human Than Human"
Pantera - "5 Minutes Alone"

auto

You must include Monster Magnet - "Space Lord"

Giles

in regards to Korn - I have the UK single of 'Falling Away from Me' that has a killer drum'n'bass remix of the title song - talk about a different take on the song - brilliant!

Giles

hey, make me a CD-R of this...

I am so in the dark of this genre.

foofighters7

how bout Foo Fighters In Your Honor, should bump it up about 78% in the kick ass department. And if you wanna get crazy how bout Foo Fighters FFL

sureAV421

Kaddisfly - Akira

wendersfan

"Sandstorm" by Cast.

adumbc

The Bus - You've got some very good selections in that list. I have a feeling these are closer to what you were looking for - more in the 'indie' realm that most of the songs you listed fit into...

Apartment - Everyone Thinks I'm Paranoid
Kings Of Leon - The Bucket
Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything OR Grounds For Divorce
Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) OR Rebellion (Lies)
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot OR Everyday I Love You Less And Less
The Fiery Furances - Single Again

And I second Spoon - I Turn My Camera On (suggested earlier)

Let me know what you think of these.