The 10 Other Best Songs To Test Your Stereo With
Today, General Motors published Top 10 songs to test your car’s stereo – via USA Today. We have a different (and much better) list. Ok, maybe “better” is subjective, but it sure is a lot more modern, and alternative.
We went through the iTunes of all Automopedia employees to bring you the hottest, freshest, most stereo-breaking tunes to bust out when you want to make sure Best Buy didn’t drop a weak system into your hooptie. (Does Best Buy even do stereo instillation anymore?) Have suggestions of your own? Read our list and comment if there’s a better tune you’d recommend.
10. Broken Social Scene – Anthems (For a Seventeen year-Old Girl)
The ensemble cast of character that make up Broken Social Scene are as original as the group’s lyrics. “Anthem” is a tribute to every self-conscious, heart-broken 17-year-old trapped within us.
9. Jay-Z feat Rihanna and Kanye West – Run This Town
Three hip-hop giants coming together for one song, featuring a chanting chorus and the pipes of Shawn Carter. When Kanye breaks in you’ll witness how those new speakers handle a little auto-tune.
8. The Walkmen – The Rat
Probably the best known radio-hit from this alt-rock band, The Walkmen combine British pop with a new age sound the kids really enjoy. Check out those guitar riffs in the back seat.
7. MGMT – Kids
You know the song, you may not know the title, but you know the tune. When you hear it, be prepared to have “Kids” stuck in your head all day. When the children’s voices come in at the beginning, it’ll sound like those little rascals are sitting in your car.
6. Drake – Over
Who would have thought the wheelchair-bound high schooler from Degrassi: The Next Generation would become a hip-hop sensation in the United States. Some lyrics are graphic, but Drakes voice is magnetic over your new sound system.
5. Lady Gaga – Monster
Not one of the more fast-paced Gaga tunes, but listen to her lyrics break through the stereo along with that synthesizer as she tells us “That boy is a monster…” Oh Lady Gaga, you are a vixen who has captured our hearts!
4. Sleigh Bells – Riot Rhythm
If “Riot Rhythm” by Sleigh Bells (off their debut album ‘Treats’ and featured in a Honda CR-Z Hybrid commercial) doesn’t make you blast those speakers and drive 110mph – you might want to check your pulse. Nothing like some alt-rock-cheerleader-marching-band music.
3. MIA – Paper Planes
MIA has had many hits since her first chart-topper “Paper Planes” but this song makes you sound tough while cruising through the ghetto. Don’t blast that stereo too loud, those gunshot sound effects might seem real.
2. Ludacris – What’s Your Fantasy
I don’t like we need to warn you of the not safe for work nature of Ludacris songs. But you have to admit, his lyrics and beats are pretty clever. Oh Luda, such the lady charmer!
1. The Arcade Fire – Suburban War
One really can’t go wrong with Arcade Fire. It’s hard getting into the band on a song-by-song basis. Their albums are like novels, stories that need to be read form beginning to end. But if you want a good example of their epic sound, give Suburban War a try.
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