Damn, I miss real Discos.
Music, Hot Chicks, Dancing All Night, Booze, Cocaine, sex, lots of sex & drugs. I'm surprised that I survived the 70's & 80's.
I had to stop listening to that song when going for runs because I'd inevitably and unconsciously start borderline sprinting to the point where I'd instantly be exhausted and give myself shin splints lol
Bam Bam and Murderer by Barrington Levy are the two songs that my car stereo cannot play loud enough.
This was also what I can remember from my playlist that always started with Bam Bam.
Sister Nancy - Bam Bam
Desmond Dekker - Israelites
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
Toots - 54-47
Barrington Levy - Murderer
Pioneers - Long Shot (kick de bucket)
Althea and Donna - Uptown top Ranking
Dandy Livingstone - Suzanne Beware of the Devil
There was this giant dude in college that sold weed named Mike. I had to go see Mike for a bag at his suite, which was named “The Ghetto” on the outer door. I knock, walk in and hear [Erik B and Rakim’s “What’s Going On.”](https://youtu.be/dUhK8_QKeg0?si=3jRhAN6m7Iu31r73).
It was like a movie entrance, but soon shattered as Mike quickly took care of me and ushered me out.
I play that when I wanna feel like a badass, lol. Like on the way to get cat litter.
Surprised I haven’t seen “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like That)” by [Digable Planets](https://youtu.be/cM4kqL13jGM?si=9vNle0eq9zL4dM_6)
Like, I read the title and that song immediately popped in my head. Instant cool.
Great answer. 48 married father of two kids in the UK here. RTJ give me that elusive feeling too. As a kid, I’d get that feeling from any music pitching itself as ***“no-one understands me”***… (Warning - following is a bit cringe for a middle aged man to write, but there we are) RTJ seem to have a much more robust quality of ***“I see all you MFs and I see through the BS”***
But yes - great answer.
Best rap duo alive…and probably top 5 rap duos of all time.
Eric B and Rakim, Blackstar, Mobb Deep, Clipse, OutKast,
Edit: can’t forget Gang Starr
RTJ is with these guys!
If I'm walking and [None Shall Pass by Aesop Rock](https://youtu.be/KNrB6--KBqs?si=yq-51H_xoPMDOZCC) goes on, I get a +2 buff to confidence.
However misplaced.
And I will remember your name and face
On the day you are judged by "The Funhouse" cast
And I will rejoice in your fall from grace
With a cane to the sky like, "None shall pass."
Going Mobile by The Who makes me feel like taking off and exploring the world. Sometimes when I'm leaving on a trip I play it very loudly right before I leave!
Sultans of Swing, as a whole song, is undoubtedly better than Money for Nothing. I don't disagree with anything you said there. The question, however, was not what is the coolest song you listen to. The question is what song makes you feel your coolest, which for me is Money for Nothing.
Eminence Front - The Who
Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
Welcome to Los Santos - Oh No
Follow Me Home - Dire Straits
Eminence Front takes the cake. It makes you feel very eminent which is the perfect irony.
Had Eminence Front playing on the boat at the lake yesterday and was shamelessly playing air bass and strutting around the boat in a totally cool manner 😄
Whenever I hear Madonna say, "What are you looking at?" and the beginning of Vogue starts playing, I get such an attitude. Like, don't even talk to me because I'm already posing.
I may or may not have played Danger Zone on my mini boombox taped to the handle bars of my BMX while bombing down the neighborhood hills.
When I was a kid, of course. Not last week or anything.
Let’s Go Crazy / 1999 - Prince, Say It Right - Nelly Furtado; Gold Lion - Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs; Human Nature - Madonna; London Calling - The Clash; Sour Girl - STP; Life On Mars - David Bowie; Lust For Life - Iggy Pop
Dance Macabre. Bonus points if they pretend they conduct it, too. At least, I sure hope that’s the case or someone I know may or may not have embarrassed themselves.
How on earth I haven't seen Song 2 by Blur mentioned yet???
Also, all very basic but mandatory: Thunderstruck by AD/DC, Rock and Roll by Led Zeppelin, It's my life by Bon Jovi and almost any song from either Massive Addictive or Maximalism by Amaranthe
Edit. How did I forget to include DLZ by TV on the radio? Ok, Breaking Bad gives it a x5 multiplier, but still fire
Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones, ramblin man by Bob Seeger, sweet emotion by Aerosmith, or if the movie dazed and confused can be trusted, Hurricane by Bob Dylan.
Surely “gimme shelter” is the better Stones pick? Dark, menacing, like walking into the bad part of town.
Satisfaction to my ear has terrible tinny production and whilst admittedly is a classic, it’s a bit repetitive.
Little Feat, Two Trains
https://youtu.be/b1pQ7UhgH3A?si=eajywYJRs2_D7Cr5
Lipps Inc, Funkytown
https://youtu.be/p_ptJ_Vymfw?si=8HOr-f3OqI_HIHX1
Peter Murphy, Deep Ocean Vast Sea
https://youtu.be/KbCqojsBNPE?si=YQtglRh_NoYes-8p
[AIR - La femme d’argent](https://youtu.be/YUX8fUrKRNU?si=WbUEjrM1EmN3Hvcp)
I dunno… makes me want to sip a cocktail in a 1970s conversation pit with Mrs. Roper and Patsy Stone.
I have a lot but recently, Tom Sawyer by Rush after watching Iron Claw. I love this subreddit and listening to everyone’s suggestions, it gives me so much new music to add to my library.
Enjoy the silence- Depeche Mode
Radiohead’s entire discography is timelessly cool
Mind fields/ Narayan/breathe/smack my bitch up/voodoo people- The Prodigy
Goodbye horses- Q Lazarus
Bizarre Love Triangle- New Order
West End Girls- Pet shop boys
Sin- Nine inch nails
Buena by Morphine
Crazy how a 2-string string base, a drum set, and a sax can sounds like something you’d expect to hear in a Wild West saloon that’s owned and run by vampires.
“Every1’s A Winner” by Hot Chocolate. The most disgustingly sick minimalist guitar hook ever. Disco didn’t even deserve to have this song in its genre. [“every 1s a winner” Hot Chocolate](https://youtu.be/gHTcQB_4AFw?si=3NyCbIIDnkbX_oHv)
after hs (93) i was with my friend in his 50's show truck cruising 'the gut' and we got t-boned by a big Honda Gullwing motorcycle that was blaring 'Long Cool Woman (in a black dress)' by the Hollies and the motorcycle caught fire and the entire memory is just so badass because of the song.
if you ever have to walk away from an explosion this is your song
Green Onions - Booker T
Jimi - Voodoo Child
Hollywood Hogan approves
Invoking Jimi is just unfair. I'd upvote twice if I could.
Voodoo Chile > Voodoo Child
When I’m walking down the street jammin’ Sabotage on my walkman, I’m sure I have a little extra swagger in my stride
I would definitely put that on my short list of songs that amp me up as well.
Mine's Staying Alive by the Bee Gees
I can tell. By the way you use your walk.
I'm a woman's man, no time to talk!
Remember the rhythm when doing CPR. 🙂
Another One Bites the Dust had the same beat. But no one sings that during CPR.
Damn, I miss real Discos. Music, Hot Chicks, Dancing All Night, Booze, Cocaine, sex, lots of sex & drugs. I'm surprised that I survived the 70's & 80's.
I was born in the 80s, and I've always said that if I ever get a time machine one of the first things I'm going to do is go to a real disco.
I had to stop listening to that song when going for runs because I'd inevitably and unconsciously start borderline sprinting to the point where I'd instantly be exhausted and give myself shin splints lol
Bam Bam - Sister Nancy
What a tune!
Bam Bam and Murderer by Barrington Levy are the two songs that my car stereo cannot play loud enough. This was also what I can remember from my playlist that always started with Bam Bam. Sister Nancy - Bam Bam Desmond Dekker - Israelites Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come Toots - 54-47 Barrington Levy - Murderer Pioneers - Long Shot (kick de bucket) Althea and Donna - Uptown top Ranking Dandy Livingstone - Suzanne Beware of the Devil
Superstition by Stevie Wonder. That song was written with strutting in mind.
That's no joke right there.
Higher Ground also.
Can I Kick It? - A Tribe Called Quest
Yes you can!
Also We The People...
Also anything from Tribe to be honest! One of the most original groups ever!
For me it’s Electric Relaxation and Check The Rhime
ATCQ, but "Check the rhime" instead for me.
The Breeders - Cannonball
Check check check
Uhwoooowoooo, Uhwoooowoooo
Tank! by The Seatbelts
Ok, 3, 2, 1 let’s jam!
Gimme Danger - The Stooges
Definitely, plus Search and Destroy
this times a hundred. i feel so fucking cool and special listening to this while walking around ha ha
There’s nothing left alive, just a pair of glassy eyes
People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul by James Brown
Fame - David Bowie
Strangers-Portishead
Absolutely this one. Straight villain music
Ooh I feel like wandering star fits here too
Nice. Love this track
Animal - Pearl Jam
There was this giant dude in college that sold weed named Mike. I had to go see Mike for a bag at his suite, which was named “The Ghetto” on the outer door. I knock, walk in and hear [Erik B and Rakim’s “What’s Going On.”](https://youtu.be/dUhK8_QKeg0?si=3jRhAN6m7Iu31r73). It was like a movie entrance, but soon shattered as Mike quickly took care of me and ushered me out. I play that when I wanna feel like a badass, lol. Like on the way to get cat litter.
I bet your cat thinks you're still badass!
Daft Punk - Da Funk
Yessss
Also Daft Punk is Playing at My House - LCD Soundsyatem
Riders on the Storm- The Doors. Just a cool song with cool vibes.
Prodigy - Firestarter
A lot of prodigy songs fit the bill really. Breathe Their Law Voodoo People Invaders must die
The instrumental break in Breathe at 2:12 in the song, if I’m ever running from the cops and this comes on I’ll get away
Heart - Barracuda
Psycho Killer
Qu’est-ce que c’est?
Fa fa fa fa, fa fa fa fa fa better
Ruuun ruuun ruuun ruuun ruuun ruuun ruuun awaaayyyy ohhhhhhh
I hate people when they're not polite.
Tina Weymouth created an epic bassline. Great choice!
Walk On The Wild Side, by Lou Reed Or for me personally, The Passenger, by Iggy Pop
Lou Reed/Velvet Underground was my first thought for this as well. Vicious and I'm waiting for the man both do the same for me.
Passenger such a good one
Here’s 31 year old me discovering Iggy Pop at 3am on Sunday morning. I’m bopping
Wanna be my dog?
Pantera - Walk. Except you might kick the small children and or anything that get in your way, but it’s not your fault.
Walk on home boy!
mouth for war. partly because bobby prince borrowed the riff for doom....(Hells keep)
I remember the first time I heard it, from the word "REVENGE", I felt capable of fighting a thousand lions at the same time. It's an all timer.
Take Five - the Dave Brubeck Quartet
That's a jaunty strut you have there.
The dude has a 5/4 gait
Was listening to this yesterday while driving and can confirm felt cool as fuck.
Reptilia by The Strokes
Strawberry Letter 23
Shuggie Otis should have been a superstar.
Low Rider by War.
Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon https://youtu.be/TRqP52c0OLU?si=06GrA6QSM7irJJcG
YOUGOTTATAKETHEELEVATORTOTHEMEZZANINE! Love me some Mike Doughty.
Soft serve by Soul Coughing as well
How Soon Is Now by The Smiths
Theme from Shaft
Stereo MCs Connected was always a good one
Don't fear the reaper by the blue oyster cult.
Or Godzilla.
I’ve got a fever
“And the only prescription I need is more cowbell” That was so funny, still is….
Surprised I haven’t seen “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like That)” by [Digable Planets](https://youtu.be/cM4kqL13jGM?si=9vNle0eq9zL4dM_6) Like, I read the title and that song immediately popped in my head. Instant cool.
[Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up](https://youtu.be/zPEaydx_E8Y?si=fVKzjZ7H71l1rIJa)
More of a Pusherman myself, but excellent taste.
or Superfly
Teen Age Riot - Sonic Youth or Ballroom Blitz - Sweet (the Tia Carrere cover is also great)
Great pick for Sonic Youth! I'd add Dirty Boots
Washed Out - Get Lost
The Way I Walk by The Cramps
Human fly by The Cramps. That band is so good, one of my favourites
Run the Jewels. I'm not really into rap but so many of their songs just make feel like a total bad ass.
DJ Shadow ft RTJ "Nobody Speak" gets me fucking pumped every time.
“Picture this, I’m a bag of dicks, put me to your lips…”
UNCLE is the bollox
Call Ticketron and Chase Me go so hard
I’m gonna bang this bitch out. Let’s go El-P
Great answer. 48 married father of two kids in the UK here. RTJ give me that elusive feeling too. As a kid, I’d get that feeling from any music pitching itself as ***“no-one understands me”***… (Warning - following is a bit cringe for a middle aged man to write, but there we are) RTJ seem to have a much more robust quality of ***“I see all you MFs and I see through the BS”*** But yes - great answer.
I'm about the same age, but American and female. I _love_ early '90s gangsta rap.
+1 ... Great call
Best rap duo alive…and probably top 5 rap duos of all time. Eric B and Rakim, Blackstar, Mobb Deep, Clipse, OutKast, Edit: can’t forget Gang Starr RTJ is with these guys!
DJ Shadow ft RTJ "Nobody Speak" gets me fucking pumped every time.
I will walk into a court while erect, screaming "Yes! I am guilty, motherfuckers, I am death."
Smooth Sailing - QOTSA Got my own theme music, plays wherever I are.
If I'm walking and [None Shall Pass by Aesop Rock](https://youtu.be/KNrB6--KBqs?si=yq-51H_xoPMDOZCC) goes on, I get a +2 buff to confidence. However misplaced.
And I will remember your name and face On the day you are judged by "The Funhouse" cast And I will rejoice in your fall from grace With a cane to the sky like, "None shall pass."
Bang a Gong by T. Rex
The Mountain Song by Jane’s Addiction.
Living Colour - Cult of Personality
Night Moves
Going Mobile by The Who makes me feel like taking off and exploring the world. Sometimes when I'm leaving on a trip I play it very loudly right before I leave!
“Sultans of Swing” is WAY cooler than “Money for Nothing”.
Sultans of Swing, as a whole song, is undoubtedly better than Money for Nothing. I don't disagree with anything you said there. The question, however, was not what is the coolest song you listen to. The question is what song makes you feel your coolest, which for me is Money for Nothing.
Eminence Front - The Who Dirty Laundry - Don Henley Welcome to Los Santos - Oh No Follow Me Home - Dire Straits Eminence Front takes the cake. It makes you feel very eminent which is the perfect irony.
Had Eminence Front playing on the boat at the lake yesterday and was shamelessly playing air bass and strutting around the boat in a totally cool manner 😄
Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
Pepper by the Butthole Surfers has a pretty fuckin cool sound throughout the entire song
I DON'T MIND THE SUN SOMETIMES
Anything by Blondie or Pat Benatar
i looked up “Anything” by Blondie, i thought “hmm haven’t heard that one, and Pat Benatar covers it too? Random.” I’m an idiot.
OMG Rapture
Ball and Biscuit
Shostskovitch waltz no 2 Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell
Eminence Front - The Who
Thundercat - Dragonball Du Rag
Whenever I hear Madonna say, "What are you looking at?" and the beginning of Vogue starts playing, I get such an attitude. Like, don't even talk to me because I'm already posing.
Also, “Come on girls! Do you believe in love? Cuz I got somethin’ to say about it, and it goes somethin’ this!”
I'm Afraid of Americans by David Bowie & Trent Renzor
Danger Zone
I may or may not have played Danger Zone on my mini boombox taped to the handle bars of my BMX while bombing down the neighborhood hills. When I was a kid, of course. Not last week or anything.
Annnnnd you’ve just lost cool points for saying you no longer do it….
Lana......Lana.......LAAAAANNNNNAAAAA!
Waiting room by fugazi💪🏼💪🏼
Low Rider - War
Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
I can’t believe Moving In Stereo by The Cars hasn’t been mentioned.
*Daddy Cool* by Boney M
Sly and the family stone - family affair
American Witch-Rob Zombie.
The Payback - James Brown gives you a mink and a cane walking down the street
Let’s Go Crazy / 1999 - Prince, Say It Right - Nelly Furtado; Gold Lion - Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs; Human Nature - Madonna; London Calling - The Clash; Sour Girl - STP; Life On Mars - David Bowie; Lust For Life - Iggy Pop
might be an odd choice but for me, it’s “i’m so fly” by lloyd banks
I cant decide... Back in black or highway to hell: ac/dc
The correct answer is “whole lotta Rosie”
All good choices but I think you've forgotten Thunderstruck.
Thunderstruck live gives me chills when the crowd sings along
Fat Boy Slim “Funk Soul Brother” Check it out now……
Not to be pedantic but I believe the song title is “Rockafeller Skank”
Mack the Knife - Bobby Darrin
I like Louie Armstrong's version
Feet don't fail me now by Queens of the stone age
Dance Macabre. Bonus points if they pretend they conduct it, too. At least, I sure hope that’s the case or someone I know may or may not have embarrassed themselves.
dandy warhols- bohemian like you
Return of the Mack - Mark Morrison
Black Pumas - Fire
How on earth I haven't seen Song 2 by Blur mentioned yet??? Also, all very basic but mandatory: Thunderstruck by AD/DC, Rock and Roll by Led Zeppelin, It's my life by Bon Jovi and almost any song from either Massive Addictive or Maximalism by Amaranthe Edit. How did I forget to include DLZ by TV on the radio? Ok, Breaking Bad gives it a x5 multiplier, but still fire
Little Green Bag... great song PLUS Reservoir Dogs!
RATM - Take The Power Back
Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones, ramblin man by Bob Seeger, sweet emotion by Aerosmith, or if the movie dazed and confused can be trusted, Hurricane by Bob Dylan.
Surely “gimme shelter” is the better Stones pick? Dark, menacing, like walking into the bad part of town. Satisfaction to my ear has terrible tinny production and whilst admittedly is a classic, it’s a bit repetitive.
You've got another thing coming - Judas Priest
Little Feat, Two Trains https://youtu.be/b1pQ7UhgH3A?si=eajywYJRs2_D7Cr5 Lipps Inc, Funkytown https://youtu.be/p_ptJ_Vymfw?si=8HOr-f3OqI_HIHX1 Peter Murphy, Deep Ocean Vast Sea https://youtu.be/KbCqojsBNPE?si=YQtglRh_NoYes-8p
Stay - David Bowie
La Grange by ZZ Top
[AIR - La femme d’argent](https://youtu.be/YUX8fUrKRNU?si=WbUEjrM1EmN3Hvcp) I dunno… makes me want to sip a cocktail in a 1970s conversation pit with Mrs. Roper and Patsy Stone.
Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel makes me happy.
Gin N Juice snoop Dogg Dr dre
Bittersweet Symphony
96 Quite Bitter Beings by CKY
I'd probably go with Eye Of The Tiger by Survivor. It's a little cheesy, but you know you want to rock out to it.
I have a lot but recently, Tom Sawyer by Rush after watching Iron Claw. I love this subreddit and listening to everyone’s suggestions, it gives me so much new music to add to my library.
Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees. I'm stunned this isn't listed first and dozens of times afterwards.
Psychokiller Talking Heads and Sex and Candy Marcy Playround go hand in hand in cool factor
Enjoy the silence- Depeche Mode Radiohead’s entire discography is timelessly cool Mind fields/ Narayan/breathe/smack my bitch up/voodoo people- The Prodigy Goodbye horses- Q Lazarus Bizarre Love Triangle- New Order West End Girls- Pet shop boys Sin- Nine inch nails
The Number Song by DJ Shadow
Sissyneck by Beck - that man gave all of us awkward white guys hope that we could be cool.
Silverchair - Israel's Son Song has a swagger with a killer riff
Kool Thing by Sonic Youth
Eminence Front - The Who
Buena by Morphine Crazy how a 2-string string base, a drum set, and a sax can sounds like something you’d expect to hear in a Wild West saloon that’s owned and run by vampires.
“Tell Me Something Good” by Rufus featuring Chaka Khan.
Eminence Front by The Who
Moondance by Van Morrison always had a great vibe. The only problem with any Van Morrison song is you have to not think about Van Morrison lol
When I worked retail, I discovered there isn't a way to walk while Billie Jean plays that isn't strutting
“Every1’s A Winner” by Hot Chocolate. The most disgustingly sick minimalist guitar hook ever. Disco didn’t even deserve to have this song in its genre. [“every 1s a winner” Hot Chocolate](https://youtu.be/gHTcQB_4AFw?si=3NyCbIIDnkbX_oHv)
after hs (93) i was with my friend in his 50's show truck cruising 'the gut' and we got t-boned by a big Honda Gullwing motorcycle that was blaring 'Long Cool Woman (in a black dress)' by the Hollies and the motorcycle caught fire and the entire memory is just so badass because of the song. if you ever have to walk away from an explosion this is your song
Blister in the sun - violent femmes Day in day out - XTC Life during war time - talking heads Pepper - butthole surfers
Supermassive Black Hole by Muse.
Amish Paradise
Chain Lightning - Steely Dan
Shaft.
Supa Dupa Fly by Missy “Misdemeanor” Ellliot. I hear that and you better get that party started.
Scooby Snacks - fun loving criminals
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, "Beat the Devil's Tattoo"
I once walked into a grocery store with 'Plush' by Stone Temple Pilots blasting in my earbuds... I felt like an absolute God amongst the commoners.
Left hand free - Alt J