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July 3, 2013 8:05 AM Subscribe
I have to submit my favorite "high energy, rock song" for a corporate retreat. Somehow I don't think my standard music choices will suffice.
So I am going to a corporate retreat and was told to submit to submit my favorite high energy rock song, however I don't think my actual favorites -
Kill Your Television
N.W.O
are going to cut it.
I work for a fairly conservative company. This will be a fairly small retreat (my lack of participation will be noticed if I don't submit something), but I don't want to submit a standard AC/DC song, since I would like a smidgeon of my taste in music represented.
As a side note - this will be my first time meeting a vast majority of the company.
Yes, I know the inherent irony of asking the internet to give me individualism - but, I need help in coming up with a song to submit.
So MeFites - here are the rules for songs:
1.) Must be fast paced/high energy
2.) Must be some version of 'rock'
3.) Must be able to be played in front of your grandmother without embarrassment (no cursing/no overt sex or drug references)
4.) Preferred a little counter culture (was debating submitting Lust for Life but vetoed it based on the lyrics.
I was thinking of submitting - I'm Shipping up to Boston but could use some help getting the ideas flowing. Thanks!
So I am going to a corporate retreat and was told to submit to submit my favorite high energy rock song, however I don't think my actual favorites -
Kill Your Television
N.W.O
are going to cut it.
I work for a fairly conservative company. This will be a fairly small retreat (my lack of participation will be noticed if I don't submit something), but I don't want to submit a standard AC/DC song, since I would like a smidgeon of my taste in music represented.
As a side note - this will be my first time meeting a vast majority of the company.
Yes, I know the inherent irony of asking the internet to give me individualism - but, I need help in coming up with a song to submit.
So MeFites - here are the rules for songs:
1.) Must be fast paced/high energy
2.) Must be some version of 'rock'
3.) Must be able to be played in front of your grandmother without embarrassment (no cursing/no overt sex or drug references)
4.) Preferred a little counter culture (was debating submitting Lust for Life but vetoed it based on the lyrics.
I was thinking of submitting - I'm Shipping up to Boston but could use some help getting the ideas flowing. Thanks!
Wolf Parade This Heart's On Fire.
I think I've recommended it before but I just really like that song. Also I feel really bad for you and I hope you survive your retreat because yechh
posted by Think_Long at 8:10 AM on July 3, 2013 [4 favorites]
I think I've recommended it before but I just really like that song. Also I feel really bad for you and I hope you survive your retreat because yechh
posted by Think_Long at 8:10 AM on July 3, 2013 [4 favorites]
One of the founders of Groupon has you covered with this just-released album of original 80s-style motivational rock.
posted by mikepop at 8:11 AM on July 3, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by mikepop at 8:11 AM on July 3, 2013 [2 favorites]
Everyone's favourite motivational speaker and cultural ambassador: Andrew WK, Party Hard.
posted by hydatius at 8:13 AM on July 3, 2013 [6 favorites]
posted by hydatius at 8:13 AM on July 3, 2013 [6 favorites]
The Final Countdown as a tip o' the hat to Arrested Development?
posted by nightwood at 8:14 AM on July 3, 2013 [10 favorites]
posted by nightwood at 8:14 AM on July 3, 2013 [10 favorites]
I would be tempted to give them The Final Countdown or You're the Best Around because I watch too much TV.
posted by phunniemee at 8:15 AM on July 3, 2013 [4 favorites]
posted by phunniemee at 8:15 AM on July 3, 2013 [4 favorites]
"Cult of Personality" by Living Colour. If you have to go to such a lifeless, sponsored-by-Enzyte-and-catered-by-Aramark event, you might as well make it truely cringeworthy.
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 8:17 AM on July 3, 2013 [7 favorites]
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 8:17 AM on July 3, 2013 [7 favorites]
I would go with Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers' "Roadrunner," for its combination of
a) indie pedigree;
b) actual radio airplay and familiarity, if anyone in the company has ever lived in New England;
c) being one of the purest expressions of pure joy and energy in the history of recorded music
posted by escabeche at 8:19 AM on July 3, 2013 [6 favorites]
a) indie pedigree;
b) actual radio airplay and familiarity, if anyone in the company has ever lived in New England;
c) being one of the purest expressions of pure joy and energy in the history of recorded music
posted by escabeche at 8:19 AM on July 3, 2013 [6 favorites]
oh, and I don't think there's any cursing (at least not in English!) in "Should I Stay or Should Go" by the Clash.
posted by scody at 8:22 AM on July 3, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by scody at 8:22 AM on July 3, 2013 [2 favorites]
Kim Mitchell. Go for a soda. Very good energy.
Maybe something by Triumph? They're super high-energy and the lyrics tend to be all positive and stuff.
Maybe 'born to be wild'? It's about drugs but it doesn't sound like it is. Or 'bad to the bone'. Classic, rock, yet so ubiquitous as to be totally inoffensive.
posted by windykites at 8:28 AM on July 3, 2013
Maybe something by Triumph? They're super high-energy and the lyrics tend to be all positive and stuff.
Maybe 'born to be wild'? It's about drugs but it doesn't sound like it is. Or 'bad to the bone'. Classic, rock, yet so ubiquitous as to be totally inoffensive.
posted by windykites at 8:28 AM on July 3, 2013
This is ridiculous. Go all-in on the ridiculous. With that in mind, I suggest the following:
Eye of the Tiger.
Highway to the Danger Zone.
posted by adamrice at 8:29 AM on July 3, 2013 [6 favorites]
Eye of the Tiger.
Highway to the Danger Zone.
posted by adamrice at 8:29 AM on July 3, 2013 [6 favorites]
Oh yeah, there's always "eye of the tiger".
posted by windykites at 8:29 AM on July 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by windykites at 8:29 AM on July 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
Not sure if it's 'counter culture', but it has no lyrics to get you in trouble: Loops of Fury
posted by nightwood at 8:29 AM on July 3, 2013
posted by nightwood at 8:29 AM on July 3, 2013
Well, you can always do the completely expected:
Rock You Like a Hurricane by The Scorpions or Highway to the Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins
Change it up a bit with Radar Love or Twilight Zone. Both by Golden Earring.
I guarantee you about 30 people are going to suggest U2s Beautiful Day.
Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed Peas.
One Step Beyond by Madness.
The Impression that I Get by the Mighty, Mighty Bosstones
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 8:31 AM on July 3, 2013 [3 favorites]
Rock You Like a Hurricane by The Scorpions or Highway to the Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins
Change it up a bit with Radar Love or Twilight Zone. Both by Golden Earring.
I guarantee you about 30 people are going to suggest U2s Beautiful Day.
Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed Peas.
One Step Beyond by Madness.
The Impression that I Get by the Mighty, Mighty Bosstones
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 8:31 AM on July 3, 2013 [3 favorites]
I know it's already been suggested, but I'm pretty sure this was the moment that "Cult of Personality" was written for.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 8:31 AM on July 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by MCMikeNamara at 8:31 AM on July 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
Some things are so mainstream they become counter-culture. Following up on adamrice's suggestions, I suggest:
John Fogerty, Centerfield
Neil Diamond, Coming to America
Somewhat subversive:
Spinal Tap, Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You (Tonight)
posted by deanc at 8:33 AM on July 3, 2013
John Fogerty, Centerfield
Neil Diamond, Coming to America
Somewhat subversive:
Spinal Tap, Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You (Tonight)
posted by deanc at 8:33 AM on July 3, 2013
Sleigh Bells -- "Infinity Guitars"
Sleigh Bells -- "Crown on the Ground"
posted by Rock Steady at 8:37 AM on July 3, 2013
Sleigh Bells -- "Crown on the Ground"
posted by Rock Steady at 8:37 AM on July 3, 2013
I'd go straight for Starship: "We Built This City." It doesn't get any more corporate rock than that.
posted by Faint of Butt at 8:38 AM on July 3, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by Faint of Butt at 8:38 AM on July 3, 2013 [3 favorites]
How about "New Noise" by the Refused?
posted by Philemon at 8:38 AM on July 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Philemon at 8:38 AM on July 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
Party in the USA, Miley Cyrus.
posted by telegraph at 8:42 AM on July 3, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by telegraph at 8:42 AM on July 3, 2013 [3 favorites]
You could probably sneak the Pixies classic Gigantic past everyone without them cluing in to the subject matter.
posted by Homeboy Trouble at 8:42 AM on July 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Homeboy Trouble at 8:42 AM on July 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
I'm pretty sure the only correct answer is Tina Turner's 'Simply the Best'. C'mon, now.
posted by Salamander at 8:44 AM on July 3, 2013 [4 favorites]
posted by Salamander at 8:44 AM on July 3, 2013 [4 favorites]
Oh hey, how about Shoorah Shoorah? The Betty Wright version or the Selector version? It might pass as nineties-style corporate transgression, but, like Roadrunner, it's too awesome to be coopted.
Although really, I'd just go with Roadrunner. It's one of those rare things that is popular and good and truthful without being transgressive, like a song from an alternate world.
posted by Frowner at 8:46 AM on July 3, 2013
Although really, I'd just go with Roadrunner. It's one of those rare things that is popular and good and truthful without being transgressive, like a song from an alternate world.
posted by Frowner at 8:46 AM on July 3, 2013
So, in this situation, the lyrics to Tom Petty's American Girl are somewhat subversive.
Or you could go with REM - It's the End of the World as We Know It.
posted by MexicanYenta at 8:48 AM on July 3, 2013
Or you could go with REM - It's the End of the World as We Know It.
posted by MexicanYenta at 8:48 AM on July 3, 2013
This one was killing me:
Hey Ya by Outkast.
Really, isn't that the best one?
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 8:50 AM on July 3, 2013 [3 favorites]
Hey Ya by Outkast.
Really, isn't that the best one?
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 8:50 AM on July 3, 2013 [3 favorites]
Best answer: Re: Your Brains by Jonathan Coulton
Full Lyrics
Heya Tom, it's Bob from the office down the hall
It's good to see you buddy, how've you been?
Things have been OK for me except that I'm a zombie now
I really wish you'd let us in
I think I speak for all of us when I say I understand
Why you folks might hesitate to submit to our demand
But here's an FYI: you're all gonna die screaming
All we want to do is eat your brains
We're not unreasonable, I mean, no one's gonna eat your eyes
All we want to do is eat your brains
We're at an impasse here, maybe we should compromise:
If you open up the doors
We'll all come inside and eat your brains
posted by Sophont at 8:51 AM on July 3, 2013 [12 favorites]
Full Lyrics
Heya Tom, it's Bob from the office down the hall
It's good to see you buddy, how've you been?
Things have been OK for me except that I'm a zombie now
I really wish you'd let us in
I think I speak for all of us when I say I understand
Why you folks might hesitate to submit to our demand
But here's an FYI: you're all gonna die screaming
All we want to do is eat your brains
We're not unreasonable, I mean, no one's gonna eat your eyes
All we want to do is eat your brains
We're at an impasse here, maybe we should compromise:
If you open up the doors
We'll all come inside and eat your brains
posted by Sophont at 8:51 AM on July 3, 2013 [12 favorites]
I was also thinking Tom Petty, but Running Down a Dream. (Your dream, of course, is to climb the corporate ladder!) Not that counter-culture, but great song.
posted by chickenmagazine at 8:52 AM on July 3, 2013
posted by chickenmagazine at 8:52 AM on July 3, 2013
Oh, no, wait, dude, you need to use Talking Heads' Born Under Punches - "well I'm a tumbler, born under punches...no thanks, I'm a government man!!!"
I mean, you could just use Burning Down The House. Talking Heads were always sort of preppy-conservative, actually.
posted by Frowner at 8:54 AM on July 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
I mean, you could just use Burning Down The House. Talking Heads were always sort of preppy-conservative, actually.
posted by Frowner at 8:54 AM on July 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
Best answer: You realize of course this is your chance to spike the punch bowl with LSD, climb up on stage once the mass hallucinations start, wearing mirror shades, smoking a Dunhill in a cigarette holder a la Hunter S. Thompson, with your necktie around your head Rambo-style, and do your best back-to-the-audience, fist-in-air, Springsteen-Born-in-the-USA pose as Dead Kennedys' "Soup Is Good Food" plays too loudly over the crappy PA and you growl into the microphone, "Happy retreat, you sick bastards!"?
posted by Celsius1414 at 8:55 AM on July 3, 2013 [11 favorites]
posted by Celsius1414 at 8:55 AM on July 3, 2013 [11 favorites]
Best answer: Playing non-offensive, yet energizing music is part of my job. I try to look at the demographic—most events are American men 40-55ish so you can't go wrong with stuff that was popular when they were teenagers if you're trying to actually suggest something they'll like.
If it were me and I was just responsible for 2 suggestions I would put in something that's has no swear words but may not be the main demo's taste. I figure they won't play it if they don't like it. My stuff's probably too pop-y or happy compared to your tastes, but I've found that a lot of guitars really don't play well super loud over loudspeakers to corporate audiences who aren't familiar with the song. Here's some stuff I play that's a compromise for me:
The Cars: Let's Go, Shake it Up
Vampire Weekend: A-Punk
OK Go: Here It Goes Again
The Shins: Australia
Martin Solveig & Dragonette: Hello
Fun: We Are Young
Stronger: Kanye West (corporate dudes love this song even though it doesn't have clean lyrics)
The Killers: Mr Brightside
Black Eyed Peas: I Gotta Feeling
Phoenix: Lisztomania
Fatboy Slim: Right Here Right Now
The Who: The Seeker
Depeche Mode: Just Can't Get Enough
And at the end of the event if they aren't leaving I might get brave with:
The Ting Tings: Keep Your Head
Supergrass: Time to Go
posted by Bunglegirl at 9:01 AM on July 3, 2013 [6 favorites]
If it were me and I was just responsible for 2 suggestions I would put in something that's has no swear words but may not be the main demo's taste. I figure they won't play it if they don't like it. My stuff's probably too pop-y or happy compared to your tastes, but I've found that a lot of guitars really don't play well super loud over loudspeakers to corporate audiences who aren't familiar with the song. Here's some stuff I play that's a compromise for me:
The Cars: Let's Go, Shake it Up
Vampire Weekend: A-Punk
OK Go: Here It Goes Again
The Shins: Australia
Martin Solveig & Dragonette: Hello
Fun: We Are Young
Stronger: Kanye West (corporate dudes love this song even though it doesn't have clean lyrics)
The Killers: Mr Brightside
Black Eyed Peas: I Gotta Feeling
Phoenix: Lisztomania
Fatboy Slim: Right Here Right Now
The Who: The Seeker
Depeche Mode: Just Can't Get Enough
And at the end of the event if they aren't leaving I might get brave with:
The Ting Tings: Keep Your Head
Supergrass: Time to Go
posted by Bunglegirl at 9:01 AM on July 3, 2013 [6 favorites]
I love the Roadrunner suggestion, but it will mean nothing if you're in Tulsa.
If you want the stodgy old-timers to recognize you listen to that "edgy alternative-type" music, you could offer a better-known song by any one of the following:
The Alarm, The Cars, Cheap Trick, The Clash, The Fixx, Billy Idol, INXS, Midnight Oil, The Police, Pretenders, REM, or the Smithereens.
Perhaps Birth, School, Work, Death by the Godfathers, if you think they can handle it.
posted by otters walk among us at 9:05 AM on July 3, 2013 [3 favorites]
If you want the stodgy old-timers to recognize you listen to that "edgy alternative-type" music, you could offer a better-known song by any one of the following:
The Alarm, The Cars, Cheap Trick, The Clash, The Fixx, Billy Idol, INXS, Midnight Oil, The Police, Pretenders, REM, or the Smithereens.
Perhaps Birth, School, Work, Death by the Godfathers, if you think they can handle it.
posted by otters walk among us at 9:05 AM on July 3, 2013 [3 favorites]
As soon as I read "conservative company" I thought of CCR's Fortunate Son, but I am kind of a jackass.
posted by elizardbits at 9:19 AM on July 3, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by elizardbits at 9:19 AM on July 3, 2013 [3 favorites]
Best answer: HEY GUYS STOP STOP STOP
The only answer to this question is, almost any single by the Foo Fighters released between 1999 and 2007.
Just, take your pick. It's wall-to-wall what you're looking for.
+1 point to everyone who recommends Andrew WK.
posted by Poppa Bear at 9:27 AM on July 3, 2013 [5 favorites]
The only answer to this question is, almost any single by the Foo Fighters released between 1999 and 2007.
Just, take your pick. It's wall-to-wall what you're looking for.
+1 point to everyone who recommends Andrew WK.
posted by Poppa Bear at 9:27 AM on July 3, 2013 [5 favorites]
You can always sell your soul and go with Takin' Care of Business by BTO.
I understand Homer Simpson is partial to the "workin' overtime" part.
posted by gohabsgo at 9:34 AM on July 3, 2013 [2 favorites]
I understand Homer Simpson is partial to the "workin' overtime" part.
posted by gohabsgo at 9:34 AM on July 3, 2013 [2 favorites]
Koka Kola by The Clash, if you want to be real snarky:
Elevator! Going up!
In the gleaming corridors of the 51st floor
The money can be made if you really want some more
Executive decision-a clinical precision
Jumping from the windows-filled with indecision
I get good advice from the advertising world
Treat me nice says the party girl...
Going the Distance by Cake
Don't Stop Believing, by Journey.
On second thought, just do what Celsius1414 suggests because that is perfect.
posted by inertia at 9:34 AM on July 3, 2013
Elevator! Going up!
In the gleaming corridors of the 51st floor
The money can be made if you really want some more
Executive decision-a clinical precision
Jumping from the windows-filled with indecision
I get good advice from the advertising world
Treat me nice says the party girl...
Going the Distance by Cake
Don't Stop Believing, by Journey.
On second thought, just do what Celsius1414 suggests because that is perfect.
posted by inertia at 9:34 AM on July 3, 2013
I nearly choked on my pretzel over "Happy retreat, you sick bastards!" But it was worth it.
I know ALL TOO WELL the complicated emotion that is "not wanting to get fired, but also wanting to express yourself, but ALSO wanting to point out the inherent ludicrousness of the prevailing paradigm" (I was the only person at the law firm with fire engine red hair for a number of years). Some ideas off the top of my head, of varying degrees of sneer:
Electric Six - Dance Commander (few things rock harder, and it's astonishingly kinda clean)
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta (the slightly-more-subversive version of a Foo Fighters song)
Dinosaur Jr - Almost Ready (noisy, crunchy yet nonetheless rockin')
Sugar - Gee Angel (per Wee Thumbscrew, "THIS SONG ROCKS MY FACE OFF!")
The Buzzcocks - Isolation (because the theme will hold VERY TRUE at this retreat!)
Clear Light - Mr. Blue (uh, probably not unless you DO want to get fired)
Primus - Making Plans For Nigel (ditto)
Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built
Drgn King - Wild Night
posted by julthumbscrew at 9:43 AM on July 3, 2013 [3 favorites]
I know ALL TOO WELL the complicated emotion that is "not wanting to get fired, but also wanting to express yourself, but ALSO wanting to point out the inherent ludicrousness of the prevailing paradigm" (I was the only person at the law firm with fire engine red hair for a number of years). Some ideas off the top of my head, of varying degrees of sneer:
Electric Six - Dance Commander (few things rock harder, and it's astonishingly kinda clean)
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta (the slightly-more-subversive version of a Foo Fighters song)
Dinosaur Jr - Almost Ready (noisy, crunchy yet nonetheless rockin')
Sugar - Gee Angel (per Wee Thumbscrew, "THIS SONG ROCKS MY FACE OFF!")
The Buzzcocks - Isolation (because the theme will hold VERY TRUE at this retreat!)
Clear Light - Mr. Blue (uh, probably not unless you DO want to get fired)
Primus - Making Plans For Nigel (ditto)
Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built
Drgn King - Wild Night
posted by julthumbscrew at 9:43 AM on July 3, 2013 [3 favorites]
I would go with "You Got The Touch." Transformers version, not Dirk Diggler's.
posted by queensissy at 10:16 AM on July 3, 2013
posted by queensissy at 10:16 AM on July 3, 2013
I vote for Sleater-Kinney - Entertain. It starts a little slow but ramps nicely. Lyrics are pretty clean but the counter-cultural (circa George W.'s second term) element is there.
Meanwhile, what is this song going to be used for? Is it going to be part of a larger playlist? Or (as I suspect) is it going to be playing like a batter's walk-up music for your introduction?
posted by mhum at 10:20 AM on July 3, 2013
Meanwhile, what is this song going to be used for? Is it going to be part of a larger playlist? Or (as I suspect) is it going to be playing like a batter's walk-up music for your introduction?
posted by mhum at 10:20 AM on July 3, 2013
Oh wait. "Entertain" has a "fuck" in there as well as a "whore". Maybe not clean enough.
posted by mhum at 10:25 AM on July 3, 2013
posted by mhum at 10:25 AM on July 3, 2013
Best answer: What about something by Muse? They're pretty high-energy. My go-to would be Map of the Problematique. I think the lyrics are clean, but the linked video shows the lyrics so you can check if you want.
posted by number9dream at 10:28 AM on July 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by number9dream at 10:28 AM on July 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
Oh please choose "Pictures of Matchstick Men"
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 10:30 AM on July 3, 2013
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 10:30 AM on July 3, 2013
Hüsker Dü, New Day Rising
Energetic! High energy! Clean lyrics! Less than three minutes long! Vaguely threatening sense of oppressiveness wrapped in a soaring anthem! Unobjectionable yet disquieting! Screamy enough to get people's attention, melodic enough to hold it! Will cause a certain subset of 40-50 year old executives and middle managers to get nostalgically misty about that girl with purple hair that they dated their sophomore year of college!
posted by BitterOldPunk at 10:36 AM on July 3, 2013 [2 favorites]
Energetic! High energy! Clean lyrics! Less than three minutes long! Vaguely threatening sense of oppressiveness wrapped in a soaring anthem! Unobjectionable yet disquieting! Screamy enough to get people's attention, melodic enough to hold it! Will cause a certain subset of 40-50 year old executives and middle managers to get nostalgically misty about that girl with purple hair that they dated their sophomore year of college!
posted by BitterOldPunk at 10:36 AM on July 3, 2013 [2 favorites]
Atlas by Battles. The lyrics are indecipherable, but not obscene.
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 10:39 AM on July 3, 2013
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 10:39 AM on July 3, 2013
I'm going to go off on a tangent a bit and suggest Pizzicato Five's Twiggy Twiggy. translated lyrics
posted by davejay at 10:43 AM on July 3, 2013
posted by davejay at 10:43 AM on July 3, 2013
How about Angry Again by Megadeth? Megadeth being super corporate (it's on Last Action Hero!) could work?
posted by skittlekicks at 10:54 AM on July 3, 2013
posted by skittlekicks at 10:54 AM on July 3, 2013
Definitely the Clash. Specifically Pressure Drop.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 11:45 AM on July 3, 2013
posted by Potomac Avenue at 11:45 AM on July 3, 2013
Best of You - Foo Fighters
Cannonball - Breeders
Crash - The Primitives
Route 66 - Depeche Mode
Mistaken - Save Ferris
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
Radio Gaga - Queen
Under Pressure - Queen & Bowie
and my personal favorite for this:
Sell Out - Reel Big Fish
posted by ApathyGirl at 12:05 PM on July 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
Cannonball - Breeders
Crash - The Primitives
Route 66 - Depeche Mode
Mistaken - Save Ferris
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
Radio Gaga - Queen
Under Pressure - Queen & Bowie
and my personal favorite for this:
Sell Out - Reel Big Fish
posted by ApathyGirl at 12:05 PM on July 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
Best answer: I believe in a thing called love - The Darkness
posted by unreasonable at 12:54 PM on July 3, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by unreasonable at 12:54 PM on July 3, 2013 [2 favorites]
Maybe some Sloan? "She Says What She Means" is nice & peppy (the album version doesn't have the "narration"), as is "If It Feels Good Do It"
I also like the Wolf Parade suggestion above, though for my money I would suggest "The Grey Estates".
posted by Johnny Assay at 2:17 PM on July 3, 2013
I also like the Wolf Parade suggestion above, though for my money I would suggest "The Grey Estates".
posted by Johnny Assay at 2:17 PM on July 3, 2013
Just for the music/beat/energy - Love Kills by Freddie Mercury. The lyrics aren't relevant to corporate, but they're not offensive in any way either. Or the instrumental version.
posted by still_wears_a_hat at 2:36 PM on July 3, 2013
posted by still_wears_a_hat at 2:36 PM on July 3, 2013
Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It, if you don't think that's a little too blunt.
posted by tau_ceti at 3:52 PM on July 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by tau_ceti at 3:52 PM on July 3, 2013 [1 favorite]
You really can't go wrong with Los Lobos' Mas y Mas.
posted by nenequesadilla at 5:12 PM on July 3, 2013
posted by nenequesadilla at 5:12 PM on July 3, 2013
Response by poster: As a follow up - the first two songs walking into the Conference is "boom boom pow" by the black eyed peas and "rock you like a hurricane" - thanks to everyone who gave suggestions!
posted by Suffocating Kitty at 7:46 AM on July 9, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Suffocating Kitty at 7:46 AM on July 9, 2013 [1 favorite]
This thread is closed to new comments.
if not:
- Stranglehold by Ted Nugent
- I Love Myself Today by Biff Naked (I'll bet that most people will be bringing songs sung by men. Be different!)
- Pressure Zone by Beat Union (look at the lyrics. It is perfect.)
posted by PuppetMcSockerson at 8:09 AM on July 3, 2013