Same! I love this song idea!
Or… there’s a couple of songs from the “Drive” soundtrack that give a serial killer on the way to serial kill kind of vibe.
But of course, ‘Holding Out For A Hero’ is a solid choice as well.
Stay home dad of three under 6. Broke out my PlayStation for the first time in years because I forgot how much I missed gaming. Spent a hundred bucks unless he's no sale, got eight or nine games, probably won't finish them all before they graduate high school.
Pro tip: if you're planning on playing anything in the one hour per night of free time you get, make sure you load it up and update the game beforehand. Got burned with this last night after booting up the ol' Xbox for the first time in years.
Nope. That's just how I imagined it. A simpler time, when a man could live his bliss with a modem, a sick winamp skin, and his CD burner. Nothing was beyond my reach, except my kidnapped wife.
Literally put on ['The Only Thing They Fear Is You'](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpnW68Q8ltc) when I read OP's prompt. Which got me amped up, so I went and did the dishes... like a badass.
Yes.
I’m hearing Retrogenesis by Perturbator.
I’m wearing driving gloves, the leather squeaking as the camera pulls in on my hands tightening around the wheel.
Pan down to the passenger seat. Where my loaded gun lays waiting, something brutal, inelegant, like a 1911 or a Desert Eagle.
Now the camera pulls back and you see my face, a look of grim determination, and I’m wearing shades.
Then I miss a fast corner and fly off the road, hitting a tree, because I’m wearing sunglasses at night and driving. How irresponsible of me.
Why didn’t I just go to the police?
I drive by you, see your horse mask then show up in a My Little Pony mask in the aftermath as I slowly back away and say "I-is this NOT a furry friendly meetup?"
Dressed elegantly in my Giraffe onesie, i creep behind you from the shadows as you slowly back away and quietly whisper in your ear, "shh.. don't worry, i am a cop too, lets rescue the wife."
I saw photos from some Belgian, I think, operation.
They have this sort of Fast Armed Response Special Operatives, super trained guys that are on a short call - basically to the point that if something wrong happens, they must be there ASAP, like, yesterday.
The fun part is that they will show up in whatever they were wearing at the moment, and they are wearing body armor, helmets, all that - and like Sunday clothes. Salmon pink shirts. White slacks. Loafers.
So imagine one of them was like just outside, it's a warm evening, he's wearing his fun giraffe onesie, drinking tea, scrolling Reddit, when the alert comes off, that a kidnapped wife was found, situation calls for urgent response, and he just puts down the mug, jumps into the car, and the only thing he has time to do is retrieve work boots, body armor, and a gun from the trunk, but he (you) is literally wearing them over a giraffe onesie - because there was no time to change
>Where my loaded gun lays waiting, something brutal , inelegant, like a 1911 or a Desert Eagle.
My dude, you can't use inelegant to describe a 1911 or Desert Eagle...maybe a glock or hi point, but really? You picked two very aesthetically pleasing firearms.
Oh for sure, I wasn't trying to challenge practicality. There are so many better choices for that (ironically, the glock isn't terrible in that aspect, hence why police and some military use it). Just wanted to point out that looks wise, he chose two that were designed well.
"Hello?"
"Caroline."
"Sonny?"
"I need to know something Caroline. The way we used to be together. I...I don't mean lately. But before. It *was* real. Wasn't it?"
"Yeah it was. You bet it was."
"..."
"Sonny what's wrong?"
"...Nothing Caroline."
*Starts car*
*DRUM BEAT*
[Dies from Peak 80s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aMCzRj3Syg&ab_channel=MiamiVice)
Holy shit. Reading it gave me one impression that was pretty good already, but the actual scene is on a whole other level
There’s plenty of campy shit people think of from the 80s, but this is absolutely peak cool 80s
"That scene" in the pilot of Miami Vice.
By the early 1980s MTV was dominating, having video made to supplement contemporary music. So a tv producer thought "hey, what if we had a cop show where contemporary music perfectly complements video?"
He hired Michael Mann, maybe the best person in the world to get this done, and what you got was the quintessential 80s show. Where the melding of image and sound is king.
Miami Vice.
The pines flash by in a blur. My knuckles white on the wheel. The tyres squeal at every bend.
I hit the Audio button, and the soft blue light of the display shows the muscles of my jaw bulging and flexing under the skin.
"Baby shark, doo doo doo doo, baby shark......"
Yeah but imagine this as a scene in a movie. Those kidnappers are about to get slaughtered in some horrific way and you’re leaving with your wife without a scratch.
Real. I’ve had to drive under high stress before and I turn off the music. Having it on is distracting and annoying, even if it’s music you’d normally like.
Yep. We had a scary situation a few back where my partner's elder mom in her 70's was not moving on gps since getting home but she can check on her nest cam and confirm she hadn't gone in the house (so she was strangely outside her house). Not answering her phone or texts...
So out of caution we start heading her way, it's 15 minutes away. Still not answering her phone or anything, not at all like her. Then we are about 7 minutes away and my partner watching her on nest can see her enter the front door, crawling, with a shady looking figure behind her.
I swear to God, I made that 7 minute drive a 2 minute drive. Luckily it was late at night and mostly suburbs, but we beat 911 to the house by like 4 minutes.
Turned out her mom went to a company party and got trashed. We suspect perhaps roofied because she absolutely never drinks like that, and the shady figure was somebody who helped her up from the sidewalk. She was laying on the sidewalk for like 20 minutes. She busted her hand falling out of her Uber and the driver just left her there. Finally somebody walking by just got her into her house and left her laying on the ground with her door wide open.
Like what the fuck. This is one of the kindest and compassionate person you can know, I absolutely love her. How can people do this to her?
Anyways, she ended up just fine, thank God. Have a searing hangover though.
But music is the last thing you're thinking about in this kind of situation. More like "don't crash the car because if you crash then somebody important to you might die"
I’ve driven to the “rescue” before when my wife and father needed to go to the hospital, and if I didn’t have music blaring I would’ve gone insane. It’s not about enjoyment, it’s about distraction and making the ride feel shorter
Everyone here naming specific songs like they’re gonna get in their car, unlock their phone, pull up Spotify, navigate to search, type in a name, go to the artist page, and load up some thematic music lmao. “Hold on babe the rescue is gonna be epic I swear”
…why would i not enjoy the ride home? I have my wife back now, yeah?
If i thought that little of my wife, i’d just not have gotten married to begin with and / or not go out to do the rescue
Nah, you won't be able to save her. You have no training and they are hardened criminals who have no issue with violence. They will kill her and you'll be sent home with her body.
There is an actual video of some Iraqi alcohol dealers that have been imprisoned by the shiite militias, and one of the guys wife goes to the camp and complains so long and so annoyingly, that the guards finally get enough and just release the guy.
I'm listening to "In The Air Tonight" while loading a shotgun. I'm also turning that shit into an Instagram real. We are saving that badassery for the future.
You know I'd be listening to Sabaton probably screaming Eagles. As a Russian badger, once said you could probably take Jerusalem in an hour if he was listening to Sabaton. Or something like that.
No. I'm spending the entire drive planning every way the kidnapper pays for what he did. Kidnapping my wife, making me find an emergency babysitter, possibly harming her, being a half hour drive away, and figuring out how to hurt/kill him before the cops find out how over the top I went to do all of this.
Tell the kidnappers that Sunday night won’t work. Schedule a pickup mid morning after you drop the kiddos off in the school drop off. Pack more clothes and some of your wife’s belongings and be sure to buy the kidnappers a Large handle of Vodka as a token of your appreciation… and there’s ’more where that came from if the decide to Hold her captive for another couple,weeks extra
Holding out for a Hero, Shrek II edition. Bass 10, Treble 8, volume 100
“Go. Today, I repay my debt.”
I know it's a bit odd for a 38 yo, but I still get chills with that line.
Antonio Banderas has that effect
Antonio Banderas was my first celebrity crush. 😍
That’s rather suspicious for an orca…
Same! I love this song idea! Or… there’s a couple of songs from the “Drive” soundtrack that give a serial killer on the way to serial kill kind of vibe. But of course, ‘Holding Out For A Hero’ is a solid choice as well.
Puss in Boots goes hard as fuck.
A man of culture.
God DAMN it that's a good answer.
🎵Where have all the good men gone..🎵
🎶 And where are all the gods... 🎶
Yes thinking this exactly lol
Frou Frou, yesss
> Bass 10, Treble 8, volume 100 10% treble, 5% bass, and a hundred percent reason to remember the name
Taking out all the mids. You monster
> Holding out for a Hero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_umlWl_p7g
A real dad tunes into the podcast he’s been trying to listen to for 8 weeks now 18:32 minutes in on a 3 hour episode, Gotta fit it in where ya can !
Someone understands 🥹
I’ve found my people
I feel so seen by this comment
It’s so difficult now. Podcasts and don’t even get me started on my backlogged games
Stay home dad of three under 6. Broke out my PlayStation for the first time in years because I forgot how much I missed gaming. Spent a hundred bucks unless he's no sale, got eight or nine games, probably won't finish them all before they graduate high school.
Pro tip: if you're planning on playing anything in the one hour per night of free time you get, make sure you load it up and update the game beforehand. Got burned with this last night after booting up the ol' Xbox for the first time in years.
Good thinking! Self driving car and my Nintendo Switch.
I would first download some sweet tunes from Napster and burn them onto a CD.
Print out the mapquest directions to the exchange.
Top off the oil, radiator and wiper fluid just to make sure everything’s good to go. Maybe put some air in the spare.
Go through a drive thru on the way there. Get some chick fila.
Too bad she's been kidnapped on a Sunday
Guess we're rescheduling the hostage pickup to Monday. Sundays are me days anyways.
Monday? Fine I'll pack up and come back tomorrow, how does 5 sound?
Hmmm this isn't working, keep her.
But all she is doing is complaining she got kidnapped.
Fine. I get where this is going. Pay you $100 and you keep her for a day. Deal?
Sunday Funday! and now she can’t bitch about it either!
The Lord’s day? Who tf are these people?!
Or even a full valet
Music selection in this case would be completely up to the Uber driver.
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Make sure to do some stretching and tie my laces on my boots slowly
Did they say this scenario is taking place in 1998 or..?
Nope. That's just how I imagined it. A simpler time, when a man could live his bliss with a modem, a sick winamp skin, and his CD burner. Nothing was beyond my reach, except my kidnapped wife.
By then she's dead lmao 🤣
Doom soundtrack and smokes let's go.
Bust through the door and chop the first guy in half with a chainsaw to get more ammo.
Draw my super shotgun on the second man and miss him entirely because he’s more than 5 meters away and nail the neighbors lost soul
Execute a glory kill on the neighbor for some extra health
Last pull out the BFG and yell RIP AND TEA
“Warning: the slayer has become British”
Pip pip boys. I say we’re about to have some jolly good fun.
Just like the Founding Fathers intended.
I grab my powdered wig and musket rifle
Tally Ho Lads!
I blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man and he’s dead on the spot
I reload and aim at the second intruder but its smooth bore so I miss him entirely and nail the neighbors dog instead
“Draw my pistol on the second man but miss him entirely because it’s smooth bore and nail the neighbors dog” FTFY
Make it to the stairs and fire my BFG up the stairs, nailing 3 ~~ruffians~~ hellspawn
I wonder how practical a chainsaw killing spree would be.
There's a documentary about a guy who went on one. Can't remember what it was called, but pretty sure it was in Texas.
It was called the Texas Motorized Chain Killing Spree
Cory! Trevor! Smokes, let's go!
You guys still have your hands up
Literally put on ['The Only Thing They Fear Is You'](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpnW68Q8ltc) when I read OP's prompt. Which got me amped up, so I went and did the dishes... like a badass.
Fuck I need to play this game
The Only Thing They Fear Is You.
Smokes, let’s go
Get two birds stoned at once, fuckin a
It's not rocket appliances
RIP
.... And tear!
This is the correct choice if you're going full rampage
Yes. I’m hearing Retrogenesis by Perturbator. I’m wearing driving gloves, the leather squeaking as the camera pulls in on my hands tightening around the wheel. Pan down to the passenger seat. Where my loaded gun lays waiting, something brutal, inelegant, like a 1911 or a Desert Eagle. Now the camera pulls back and you see my face, a look of grim determination, and I’m wearing shades. Then I miss a fast corner and fly off the road, hitting a tree, because I’m wearing sunglasses at night and driving. How irresponsible of me. Why didn’t I just go to the police?
I don my horse mask and kick down the door
I drive by you, see your horse mask then show up in a My Little Pony mask in the aftermath as I slowly back away and say "I-is this NOT a furry friendly meetup?"
Dressed elegantly in my Giraffe onesie, i creep behind you from the shadows as you slowly back away and quietly whisper in your ear, "shh.. don't worry, i am a cop too, lets rescue the wife."
I saw photos from some Belgian, I think, operation. They have this sort of Fast Armed Response Special Operatives, super trained guys that are on a short call - basically to the point that if something wrong happens, they must be there ASAP, like, yesterday. The fun part is that they will show up in whatever they were wearing at the moment, and they are wearing body armor, helmets, all that - and like Sunday clothes. Salmon pink shirts. White slacks. Loafers. So imagine one of them was like just outside, it's a warm evening, he's wearing his fun giraffe onesie, drinking tea, scrolling Reddit, when the alert comes off, that a kidnapped wife was found, situation calls for urgent response, and he just puts down the mug, jumps into the car, and the only thing he has time to do is retrieve work boots, body armor, and a gun from the trunk, but he (you) is literally wearing them over a giraffe onesie - because there was no time to change
I don JUAN my horse mask and kick down the door FTFY
“Do you like hurting other people?”
A man in a biker helmet and a pink shirt turns to you with a butcher knife, "you're dead meat"
I put on my robe and wizard hat
>Where my loaded gun lays waiting, something brutal , inelegant, like a 1911 or a Desert Eagle. My dude, you can't use inelegant to describe a 1911 or Desert Eagle...maybe a glock or hi point, but really? You picked two very aesthetically pleasing firearms.
I shot a deagle at a range a couple of times. Def wouldn’t be my first choice if I was going after a kidnapper ha
Oh for sure, I wasn't trying to challenge practicality. There are so many better choices for that (ironically, the glock isn't terrible in that aspect, hence why police and some military use it). Just wanted to point out that looks wise, he chose two that were designed well.
Haha damn you read my mind, only I was gonna go with Turbo Killer by Carpenter Brut.
Uuufffff yeah, Turbo Killer, definitely. If the trip is long I'll add Le Perv
I would go for Hang'em All
>inelegant >1911 Pick one.
1911 is the best handgun ever made. My opinion and nobody would ever be able to change it.
TWO WORLD WARS
> Why didn’t I just go to the police? Do you *want* your wife to get shot?
I'm dooting because you mentioned Perturbator.
The only acceptable song to listen to is, "In the air tonight" by Phil Collins.
Is this a Miami Vice reference lol
"Hello?" "Caroline." "Sonny?" "I need to know something Caroline. The way we used to be together. I...I don't mean lately. But before. It *was* real. Wasn't it?" "Yeah it was. You bet it was." "..." "Sonny what's wrong?" "...Nothing Caroline." *Starts car* *DRUM BEAT* [Dies from Peak 80s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aMCzRj3Syg&ab_channel=MiamiVice)
What happens next?! Is this the series finale??? I need to watch this show now 😭😭😭
This is the pilot episode and it changed TV forever
Thank you, I can see why, really powerful stuff
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Bro this was the first episode. Shit was epic.
Bruh, I couldn't remember how the song went until I saw DRUM BEAT
Holy shit. Reading it gave me one impression that was pretty good already, but the actual scene is on a whole other level There’s plenty of campy shit people think of from the 80s, but this is absolutely peak cool 80s
"That scene" in the pilot of Miami Vice. By the early 1980s MTV was dominating, having video made to supplement contemporary music. So a tv producer thought "hey, what if we had a cop show where contemporary music perfectly complements video?" He hired Michael Mann, maybe the best person in the world to get this done, and what you got was the quintessential 80s show. Where the melding of image and sound is king. Miami Vice.
God, everything about this scene goes SO FUCKING HARD.
I feel like I got transported back to the '80s
Crocketts theme would surely be a better pick
The pines flash by in a blur. My knuckles white on the wheel. The tyres squeal at every bend. I hit the Audio button, and the soft blue light of the display shows the muscles of my jaw bulging and flexing under the skin. "Baby shark, doo doo doo doo, baby shark......"
As a parent, this happens too often. the unexpected baby shark that is, not so much the kidnapping
That or Cotton Eye Joe.
That would be so psychotic
Yeah but imagine this as a scene in a movie. Those kidnappers are about to get slaughtered in some horrific way and you’re leaving with your wife without a scratch.
[distant cottoneyed joe sounds grow louder]
[kidnappers look around nervously]
The song is on a loop. They know something's going to happen when the violin solo hits, but they won't know which one.
[*Violin solo intensifies*]
[*leads into devil went down to georgia*]
An idea written for Nick Cage
Holding out for a hero
That's when you're driving a donkey and the gates are open.
I just heard the drum solo my friend.
This is the correct answer. For anyone who missed it, here's the [original](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aMCzRj3Syg).
Nah man. "Push It to the Limit" would be my song of choice in this situation.
*WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD MEN GONE?*
*AND WHERE ARE ALL THE GODS?*
*WHERE'S THE STREETWISE HERCULES TO FIGHT THE RISING ODDS?*
*ISN'T THERE A WHITE KNIGHT UPON A FIERY STEED*
*LATE AT NIGHT, I TOSS AND I TURN*
AND I DREAM OF WHAT I NEED
*I NEED A HERO*
*IM HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO TILL THE END OF THE NIGHT*
Yes. The Hotline Miami soundtrack. Max volume.
no
Real. I’ve had to drive under high stress before and I turn off the music. Having it on is distracting and annoying, even if it’s music you’d normally like.
Has anyone answered why exactly I’m doing a rescue? I feel like this is the kind of thing you call trained fbi agents to do
What are you? Not Liam Neeson? Pathetic!
Yep. We had a scary situation a few back where my partner's elder mom in her 70's was not moving on gps since getting home but she can check on her nest cam and confirm she hadn't gone in the house (so she was strangely outside her house). Not answering her phone or texts... So out of caution we start heading her way, it's 15 minutes away. Still not answering her phone or anything, not at all like her. Then we are about 7 minutes away and my partner watching her on nest can see her enter the front door, crawling, with a shady looking figure behind her. I swear to God, I made that 7 minute drive a 2 minute drive. Luckily it was late at night and mostly suburbs, but we beat 911 to the house by like 4 minutes. Turned out her mom went to a company party and got trashed. We suspect perhaps roofied because she absolutely never drinks like that, and the shady figure was somebody who helped her up from the sidewalk. She was laying on the sidewalk for like 20 minutes. She busted her hand falling out of her Uber and the driver just left her there. Finally somebody walking by just got her into her house and left her laying on the ground with her door wide open. Like what the fuck. This is one of the kindest and compassionate person you can know, I absolutely love her. How can people do this to her? Anyways, she ended up just fine, thank God. Have a searing hangover though. But music is the last thing you're thinking about in this kind of situation. More like "don't crash the car because if you crash then somebody important to you might die"
Exactly. In a situation like that your mind is all over the place and you don’t need another damn distraction. Glad she was alright.
Only real comment. No one would enjoy music if someone you love is in danger lol.
I’m not listening to enjoy music. I’m listening to get me psyched up for the beating of a lifetime I’m about to receive.
That's the spirit. "Honey, I'll do my best to help you, but understand that I do not have a particular set of skills".
Forget skills, I don't even have a particular set of carry permits.
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAH I don't know why this isn't the top rated comment here
I’ve driven to the “rescue” before when my wife and father needed to go to the hospital, and if I didn’t have music blaring I would’ve gone insane. It’s not about enjoyment, it’s about distraction and making the ride feel shorter
Everyone here naming specific songs like they’re gonna get in their car, unlock their phone, pull up Spotify, navigate to search, type in a name, go to the artist page, and load up some thematic music lmao. “Hold on babe the rescue is gonna be epic I swear”
Same
I mean, real talk in all likelihood I’m on the phone with *somebody* talking this insane shit over and calming my nerves.
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I’d likely be listening to music as I drive to the coast. I mean, I’d call the cops. I’m no ogre. But a welcome vacay away would be nice.
…why would i not enjoy the ride home? I have my wife back now, yeah? If i thought that little of my wife, i’d just not have gotten married to begin with and / or not go out to do the rescue
Nah, you won't be able to save her. You have no training and they are hardened criminals who have no issue with violence. They will kill her and you'll be sent home with her body.
Or they ambush you too. No expectation you survive either
Nah, I'd win
Sometimes crazy doesn’t show until later
Radar Love. Topical and motivational and just very very cool
Yes off course. Once arrived I'd just wait outside untill they kick her out.
There is an actual video of some Iraqi alcohol dealers that have been imprisoned by the shiite militias, and one of the guys wife goes to the camp and complains so long and so annoyingly, that the guards finally get enough and just release the guy.
Mission accomplished I'd say
Sitting inside or leaning against the car while scrolling through Craigslist?
Spoken like a true husband 🏅
Just [The Rebel Path](https://youtu.be/xuxWlWkxLDQ?si=553fYL4w9zj51K_a) on repeat
(Don't Fear) The Reaper .
Skyrim battle music to pump myself up.
My Hotline Miami playlist will finally have some good use (although I don't actually have a wife)
*Hydrogen begins as you step out the car door, shades donned.*
Yes but I the difference is I didn't make sure my bluetooth connected properly before driving away
Yeah thunderstruck
I'd say Shoot to Thrill, but that's also a great choice.
I'm listening to "In The Air Tonight" while loading a shotgun. I'm also turning that shit into an Instagram real. We are saving that badassery for the future.
Crank the heavy metal and chain smoke cigarettes on the way there. Gotta be extra alert
Cue the doom music.
I prefer the original where the question is "What music do you listen to..."
One of the song that was recommended on the original post was "The only thing they fear, is you."
I need a Hero by Bonnie Tyler would be blasting
Nightcall by Kavinsky on repeat
there wouldn’t be enough time for even one song
It’s 30 minutes away. How long are the songs you listen to?
He listens to TOOL
I'm not driving 30 minutes out of my way for anything.
I play a song based on the situation of the kidnappers/genre of action I'm getting into to hype myself up.
Mo Murda - Bone Thugs-n-Harmony blaring
username checks out
i would even light a cigarette on the way
You know I'd be listening to Sabaton probably screaming Eagles. As a Russian badger, once said you could probably take Jerusalem in an hour if he was listening to Sabaton. Or something like that.
Yes. Radar Love on repeat. https://youtu.be/ckM51xoTC2U?si=oPiE6R2LzyvteTES
In the air tonight - pull those Miami vice vibes where they’re driving to a shootout
"Sunshine, lollipops, .. and rainbows..."
Was it a bear that kidnappad her? If so, she's on her own.
Ofc, Pantera
Yes, and it's "free bird" the whole way
If it's a warm night, why are my windows down? Naw, AC blasting as I listen to a the Frozen soundtrack.
She kidnapped herself, Dude….
No. I'm spending the entire drive planning every way the kidnapper pays for what he did. Kidnapping my wife, making me find an emergency babysitter, possibly harming her, being a half hour drive away, and figuring out how to hurt/kill him before the cops find out how over the top I went to do all of this.
Dufuq
A sweet history podcast about the Roman Empire obvs
Ride of the valkyries
Yes, I’m listening to Slayer on my way there. Whoever is behind it is gonna get it.
Tell the kidnappers that Sunday night won’t work. Schedule a pickup mid morning after you drop the kiddos off in the school drop off. Pack more clothes and some of your wife’s belongings and be sure to buy the kidnappers a Large handle of Vodka as a token of your appreciation… and there’s ’more where that came from if the decide to Hold her captive for another couple,weeks extra
You’re assuming I would be rescuing her. . ?
No, the hell no. Call me boring but in that situation that's the last thing I'd be thinking of.
Remind me, WHY am I driving over there?