10 Songs To Get You Jacked For The Coming of College Football

by grahamfiller10 on Jul 26, 2009 1:19 PM CDT in All Comment 15 comments

I am unbelievably excited for college football to start. Why? I flipped on the BTN a couple nights ago at the gym, threw on my Ipod headphones, and listened to ACDC and Gun's and Roses while watching the 2007 Illinois upset of OSU. So whether you need a mix for a pregame party or just want to whip yourself into a frenzy, here are 10 songs that will help you do it.

10. "Another One Bites The Dust" Queen. Bass line kills, old people love it, young people love it, plus you can play it when a player from a scandal plagued school drops out for academic or personal reasons.

9. "Let's Get Rocked" Def Leppard. Because it's the Leppard. And it might be one of the best titled songs in all of history.

8. "Immigrant Song " Led Zeppelin. Screaming about marauding viking invaders pretty much inspires the hell out of me. That elongated animalistic warrior scream at the start always makes me want to hit someone (in a football sense).

7. "Striptease For Me Baby" Jeff Buckley. This song hits so hard and never lets up. I couldn't find a link to it on YouTube, but this is a needed download.

6. "The Purple Bottle" Animal Collective. Trippy and wild, I'm addicted.

5. "Mama Said Knock You Out" LL Cool J. Allows you to say "I've been here for years" constantly.

4. "Bombs Over Baghdad" Outkast. When we invaded Iraq in 2002, people in my dorm room turned this on and danced. Oops, that probably wasn't a great reaction. I did go to a pretty conservative U though. Either way, brilliant song that everyone loves, great for parties so everyone can blow that first line ("Yeah Intranational Underground under pounds the hum down the pounds").

3. "Patiently Waiting" Eminem/50 Cent. This song would fit PERFECTLY as once of those pre-game montages for a matchup when your team got blown out last year...

2. "Chop Suey" System of a Down. Old old song, but truly priceless for it's ability to bring 100 undergraduate students into a synonymous "wake up grababrushandputalittlemakeup whyyouputtheuponthetable." Plus, even if its 12 years old, it has to be better than Jordin Sparks and the Black Eyed Peas.

1. "Panama" Van Halen. Yeah, don't really need to say a lot about this one. Superbad anyone?

-Ed Note: I left out the token pump up songs, "Welcome to the Jungle", "Thunderstruck", "Born to Run", etc...Everyone knows those songs, they get the job done yearly...I also left out some solid songs like Queens "I Want It All" (it's been inserted into a (?)Best Buy commercial), Pearl Jams "Black" (too emotional), Eminems "Lose Yourself" (overdone for inspiration purposes, plus all I can think about is throwing up spaghetti on myself), "Your The Best Around" from Karate Kid (because you don't need me to tell you how amazing that song is)...

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In a slightly (okay, very) different vein

Mars, the Bringer of War (first movement of The Planets Suite by Holst) and O Fortuna (both the first and last movements of Carmina Burana by Orff). Everyone’s heard the latter from various commercials, I’m sure, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s awesome (especially the intro and the third, fortissimo verse).

by SpartanDan on Jul 26, 2009 2:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Ah I forgot one...

Ride of the Valkyries, Wagner…Loving the smell of Napalm

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by grahamfiller10 on Jul 26, 2009 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here’s Duvall in all his glory

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by grahamfiller10 on Jul 26, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The ESPN CFB song

with the drums and horns always gets me jacked

Your uncle molests collies.

by 3k on Jul 26, 2009 2:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Lil Wayne / Kanye "See You In My Nightmares"

Lil Wayne, so angry, so crazy…

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by grahamfiller10 on Jul 26, 2009 2:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

What gets me pumped?

“True Believers” by the Bouncing Souls. Favorite band/song ever.
“Beer” by Reel Big Fish, great drinking song.
“Breathe” by Fabolous
“Bada Bing Wit a Pipe!” by Four Year Strong
“Jamestown” by The Movielife
“Bleed and Blister Version 2” By Moneen
“American Gangster” by Jay Z

For the more country inclined:
“Rodeo” by Garth Brooks. Could esily be describing football as well.

And for those of you/us that like a little harder edge I suggest:
“Final Prayer” and “I Will Be Heard” by Hatebreed.
“Wait and Bleed” by Slipknot(its their only song I like, but it gets me all jacked up)
“94 Hours” by As I Lay Dying.

My pump up mix also includes a fair share of Dropkick Murphys, Catch 22(and lots of ska in general), Jay Z, Van Halen, Queen, Motley Crue, Nas, and a healthy dose of Penn State Blue Band recordings.

Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.

"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."

by Roland86 on Jul 26, 2009 3:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Bouncing Souls entire

catalog is a winner. We’ve gone over that before I think on BSD. To your True Believers I’ll add:

Freaks, Nerds & Romantics
Manthem
Here we go
Ole’

Saw them a few months back in Lancaster and were as good as ever.

One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's

by rahpsu92 on Jul 27, 2009 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep. They are the best live band I have seen.

Also, new record coming out, that is neat.

Lamar Vannoy, The Gold Song, Johnny X are good pumper uppers too.

But really, I could go on all day. Best. Band. Ever.
Sidenote: I have a PSU tattoo with “true believers” text added in. Quite nice.

Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.

"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."

by Roland86 on Jul 28, 2009 1:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Songs that Pump Me Up

“Aces High” by Iron Maiden
“War Ensemble” and “Angel of Death” by Slayer
“Duality” and “Before I Forget” by Slipknot
“The Power of I and I” by Shadows Fall
“American Psycho” by Mower
“If You Want Peace, Prepare For War” by Children of Bodom
“Symptom of the Universe” by Black Sabbath (from the Past Lives album)

Also includes DKM, Flogging Molly, Napalm Death, Mudvayne, All That Remains, God Forbid, Lamb of God, and Killswitch Engage, as well as Wu Tang, Public Enemy, and The High & Mighty

I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!

by R_Adragna on Jul 26, 2009 9:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Surprised you didn't include...

Pantera “Mouth for War”.

I like how you added in Flogging Molly, Wu and PE just to balance things out.

One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's

by rahpsu92 on Jul 27, 2009 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gave it some thought, but figured these songs I mentioned were especially better. That’s nothing against Pantera though. “Fucking Hostile” and “We’ll Grind That Axe For A Long Time” are my personal favorites and would take them over “Mouth for War,” honestly.

Also forgot:

“Killing Is My Business…And Business Is Good” by Megadeth

As for the rap, I only like it when it’s done right.

I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!

by R_Adragna on Jul 27, 2009 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

great call on the Holst.......

I personally love Basil Poledoris’ “Anvil of Crom” from the Conan the Barbarian soundtrack. Nothing says to the opposing teams : “think of my offense as a two-handed broadsword that will cleave your defense in twain”. Others : Iron Maiden “Run to the Hills”, Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” from Pier Gynt, Wu-Tang Clan : “Bring the Ruckus”, Beanie Sigel “The Truth”, Public Enemy “Shut’em Down”

hopes Maybin wipes his ass with some TP

by conquering lion in the 215 on Jul 27, 2009 7:16 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs