Pre-tournament Playlists

Citizen Snips · Post by **Citizen Snips** » Fri Nov 29, 2013 1:34 am

What songs get you in a buzzing mood?

The Stately Rhododendron · Sat Nov 30, 2013 1:11 am

Les Mysteries Des Voix Bulgares and Swans

merv1618 · Post by **merv1618** » Sat Nov 30, 2013 3:48 am

particle man

Post by **Auks Ran Ova** » Sat Nov 30, 2013 3:51 am

"Ready to Die" by Andrew W.K.

ryanrosenberg · Post by **ryanrosenberg** » Sat Nov 30, 2013 12:00 pm

"He Got Game" by Public Enemy was my jam in high school.

Panayot Hitov · Post by **Panayot Hitov** » Sun Dec 01, 2013 3:20 pm

Method Man (the song)

vengefulsweatermensch · Sun Dec 01, 2013 6:23 pm

Sid Vicious's cover of "My Way"

Mon Dec 02, 2013 11:04 am

Ignition (Remix), on repeat

1992 in spaceflight · Post by **1992 in spaceflight** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 6:22 pm

Da Mystery of Chessboxin' by the Wu Tang Clan and The Man by Aloe Blacc have been getting me into the quizbowl mood lately.

Beevor Feevor · Post by **Beevor Feevor** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:31 pm

"Can't Hold Us" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, "Here Comes the Boom" by Nelly, and the "Overture to The Bartered Bride" by Smetana. Oh, and though I feel slightly ashamed in saying it, The Motto always kinda gets me hyped for stuff.

High Dependency Unit · Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:34 pm

"Hall of Fame" by The Script and Will I Am.

Al Hirt · Post by **Al Hirt** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:47 pm

Eyes of a Stranger by Queensryche, Just Like You Imagined by the Nine Inch Nails, Do What U Want by Lady Gaga (don't judge), Indestructible by Disturbed, Land of Confusion by Disturbed, Ten Thousand Fists by Disturbed.

Schmidt Sting Pain Index · Fri Jan 24, 2014 11:23 pm

Party by Rich Homie Quan, All Night Longer by Sam Adams, Burgundy by Earl Sweatshirt, Molliwopped by Earl Sweatshirt, Bombastic by Shaggy, Shabba by ASAP MOB, Ride Wit Me by Nelly, Mr. Loverman by Shabba Ranks, Medicated by Wiz Khalifa, You See Me by Childish Gambino, Blue Eyes by Yoyo Honey Singh, Smoke Again by Chance the Rapper, Champion by Kanye, Warrior by Lloyd Banks, and Idioteque by Radiohead. Also anything by Lil B BASED GOD

Lo, Marathon Ham! · Post by **Lo, Marathon Ham!** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:39 am

Anything by Yo Yo Honey Singh
Anything with repetitive curse words and that is loud

JHuh33 · Post by **JHuh33** » Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:26 am

1. Power Trip by J.Cole (every tournament)
2. Sweatpants by Childish Gambino
3. Juice by Chance the Rapper
4. Sunset by Kid Ink
5. Money Trees or m.A.A.d city by KDOT
6. Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day
7. James Zetterman's Angelic Voice

*I recommend 6 hour car-rides with #7 on repeat

Capitoline · Post by **Capitoline** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 10:16 pm

I sleep.

Sniper, No Sniping! · Fri Feb 14, 2014 11:41 am

Generally it's just the same music I listen to when I question-write or play Madden on Xbox Live. I have a playlist that more or less is a compilation of the albums III and IV by Led Zep as well as Physical Graffiti, and Rush's Moving Pictures album. Ironically, the most played song on the playlist is either "I Got 5 On It" (along with the three or so remixes I have of the song) by the Luniz, or "Shook Ones, pt 2" by Mobb Deep. I also listen to The Alan Parsons Project sometimes if I'm not piqued by lyrics.

In more sentimental moods I feel, I've found The Downward Spiral has been a great track to listen to before a tournament.

Edit: I made a playlist on the ride up to Solon last weekend, added "Man of the Year" by Schoolboy Q, "Shabba" by A$AP Mob, "OG Bobby Johnson" by QUE and most of the Nothing Was the Same album. Was pretty fresh.

TSIAJ · Post by **TSIAJ** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:27 pm

No-shame all-classical pre-tournament playlist:

- Das Rheingold (waking up and breakfast)
- Siegfried
- Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
- Beethoven Symphony No. 7
- Ein Heldenleben
- The Rite of Spring (my god, Stravinsky makes me want to punch someone)
- Mahler Symphony No. 5
- Brahms Symphony No. 3
- Mozart Horn Concerti
- Bach Violin Sonatas and Partitas

I usually throw in some Sublime, The Velvet Underground and The Smiths as well.

grapesmoker · Post by **grapesmoker** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:11 pm

The entirety of Licensed to Ill.

vinteuil · Post by **vinteuil** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:49 pm

Siegfried wrote:No-shame all-classical pre-tournament playlist:

- Das Rheingold (waking up and breakfast)
- Siegfried
- Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
- Beethoven Symphony No. 7
- Ein Heldenleben
- The Rite of Spring (my god, Stravinsky makes me want to punch someone)
- Mahler Symphony No. 5
- Brahms Symphony No. 3
- Mozart Horn Concerti
- Bach Violin Sonatas and Partitas

I usually throw in some Sublime, The Velvet Underground and The Smiths as well.

And by the time the playlist is done (14+ hours?), the tournament is over!

TSIAJ · Post by **TSIAJ** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:12 pm

vinteuil wrote:
Siegfried wrote:No-shame all-classical pre-tournament playlist:

- Das Rheingold (waking up and breakfast)
- Siegfried
- Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
- Beethoven Symphony No. 7
- Ein Heldenleben
- The Rite of Spring (my god, Stravinsky makes me want to punch someone)
- Mahler Symphony No. 5
- Brahms Symphony No. 3
- Mozart Horn Concerti
- Bach Violin Sonatas and Partitas

I usually throw in some Sublime, The Velvet Underground and The Smiths as well.
And by the time the playlist is done (14+ hours?), the tournament is over!

Obviously I don't listen to all of it. What usually happens is I go through half an hour of Das Rheingold and follow it with Siegfried until half an hour into the car ride. Then Shosty 5 and Brahms and maybe bits of Beethoven 7 until we're there, depending on the distance. The other large-scale works can be interchanged...

I think I would go crazy if I listened to all of that non-stop.

something random! · Post by **something random!** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 1:25 am

Anything from the Foo Fighters and Steely Dan to Kanye West and maybe some Action Bronson before, then Thievery Corporation and Pink Floyd after.

Post by **Auks Ran Ova** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 1:44 am

My pre-tournament playlist is Organ²/ASLSP. I am going to be SO PUMPED UP for ACF Nationals 2640!

Beevor Feevor · Post by **Beevor Feevor** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:30 am

Siegfried wrote:No-shame all-classical pre-tournament playlist:

- Das Rheingold (waking up and breakfast)
- Siegfried
- Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
- Beethoven Symphony No. 7
- Ein Heldenleben
- The Rite of Spring (my god, Stravinsky makes me want to punch someone)
- Mahler Symphony No. 5
- Brahms Symphony No. 3
- Mozart Horn Concerti
- Bach Violin Sonatas and Partitas

I usually throw in some Sublime, The Velvet Underground and The Smiths as well.

Prelude to Das Rheingold works quite well as pump-up music actually, something about Eb major I suppose. If anyone wants some other loud/pompous/hype classical music, finale to Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, Shostokovich Festival Overture, and Mars+Jupiter from The Planets.

Rufous-capped Thornbill · Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:14 am

Yeezy taught me (various buzzwords).

Ithaca Cricket Ump · Post by **Ithaca Cricket Ump** » Fri May 09, 2014 12:35 am

On the few occasions that I get to play, Dillinger Escape Plan, Slayer or Clutch. Any album.

AKKOLADE · Post by **AKKOLADE** » Fri May 09, 2014 7:16 am

Mouth Sounds.

Kafkaesque · Post by **Kafkaesque** » Sat May 10, 2014 8:57 pm

Illmatic or Madvillainy all the way through.

A good non-hip-hop choice would be xx by The xx.

Banana Stand · Post by **Banana Stand** » Wed May 28, 2014 10:01 pm

Kafkaesque wrote:Illmatic or Madvillainy all the way through.

Add 36 Chambers to that list, and that's basically mine.

Schmidt Sting Pain Index · Wed May 28, 2014 10:11 pm

Pre NAC/HSNCT playlist: Believe Me - Weezy ft drake, take. u To Da Movies - BANGS, Versace - Migos, Fancy Yellow Claw Remix, Mind of a Stoner - Wiz and MGK, Ignorance Is Bliss - Kendrick Lamar, Michael. jordan - Kendrick Lamar, Trophies - Drake, i Luv this Sh

t - August Alsina

Lo, Marathon Ham! · Post by **Lo, Marathon Ham!** » Thu May 29, 2014 10:17 am

Pre-HSNCT playlist:

I am a RoeBear - Pattie ft. Chunky Sean
Math comp sucks - everyone not ft. NAQT
Trash distro shud increase - NAQT
That is the Time - Vineet Thakur
I <3 Kid lit - hentzelbot4000
I <3 fine arts - MoeMoney
well then you are screwed - NAQT
closing words: let's put in random crap - NAQT ft.

gimmedatguudsuccrose · Thu May 29, 2014 10:21 am

Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima gets my heart racing.

Halved Xenon Stinging · Tue Jul 22, 2014 6:15 pm

200% n@@@a by gangsta rap turns me up, as does anything by Katy Perry

yeah viv talk nah · Post by **yeah viv talk nah** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:37 pm

Aaron's Rod · Post by **Aaron's Rod** » Wed Jul 23, 2014 10:58 am

No one has said Eminem's "Lose Yourself" yet, and sometimes when you're holding a buzzer all day you can find your palms get sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy...

naan/steak-holding toll · Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:34 am

damisch wrote:No one has said Eminem's "Lose Yourself" yet, and sometimes when you're holding a buzzer all day you can find your palms get sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy...

Haven't had any vomit on my sweater while playing quizbowl yet, though, despite my typical bad pre-tournament night habits.

TSIAJ · Post by **TSIAJ** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:41 am

Periplus of the Erythraean Sea wrote:
damisch wrote:No one has said Eminem's "Lose Yourself" yet, and sometimes when you're holding a buzzer all day you can find your palms get sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy...
Haven't had any vomit on my sweater while playing quizbowl yet, though, despite my typical bad pre-tournament night habits.

Oh god, I can never fall asleep the night before a tournament... Always thinking about tossups.

Steeve Ho You Fat · Post by **Steeve Ho You Fat** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:48 am

Siegfried wrote:
Periplus of the Erythraean Sea wrote:
damisch wrote:No one has said Eminem's "Lose Yourself" yet, and sometimes when you're holding a buzzer all day you can find your palms get sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy...
Haven't had any vomit on my sweater while playing quizbowl yet, though, despite my typical bad pre-tournament night habits.
Oh god, I can never fall asleep the night before a tournament... Always thinking about tossups.

I'm not sure that this is what he was referring to...

That being said, in addition to Lose Yourself, Till I Collapse is also a good song.

yeah viv talk nah · Post by **yeah viv talk nah** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:14 am

Coldplay

TSIAJ · Post by **TSIAJ** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:46 am

Madagascar Serpent Eagle wrote:
Siegfried wrote:
Periplus of the Erythraean Sea wrote:
damisch wrote:No one has said Eminem's "Lose Yourself" yet, and sometimes when you're holding a buzzer all day you can find your palms get sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy...
Haven't had any vomit on my sweater while playing quizbowl yet, though, despite my typical bad pre-tournament night habits.
Oh god, I can never fall asleep the night before a tournament... Always thinking about tossups.
I'm not sure that this is what he was referring to...

That being said, in addition to Lose Yourself, Till I Collapse is also a good song.

Mom's spaghetti, yeah, yeah...

I'll stick to my Mahler playlist.

Aaron's Rod · Post by **Aaron's Rod** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:56 pm

Madagascar Serpent Eagle wrote:That being said, in addition to Lose Yourself, Till I Collapse is also a good song.

Another personal favorite. Also "Rabbit Run," now that I think of it, but only if you seriously feel like you need to kill somebody. That song raises your heart rate just sitting there.

Helmuth von Moltke · Post by **Helmuth von Moltke** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:48 am

Colorshow, Paul Newman v. the Demons, and Vanity by The Avett Brothers
Passenger by The Deftones ft. Maynard James Keenan
Trapped Under the Ice by Cadillac Sky
A certain song ending in "Roll Call" by Lil Jon
Anything by Rage Against the Machine, Oh, What a Nightmare, Depeche Mode or Nelly.

Chef Curry · Post by **Chef Curry** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:22 am

I enjoy:

Till I Collapse
You See Me by Childish Gambino
Bonfire by Childish Gambino
Freaks and Geeks by Childish Gambino
Mercy by Kanye
Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes
Chimes by Hudson Mohawke
Counting Starts by One Republic
and
Run This Town by Jay, Kanye, and Rihanna

Lawrence Simon · Post by **Lawrence Simon** » Sun Aug 10, 2014 10:45 pm

As much Epic Rap Battles of History as I can on the way there and then as much Sondheim as I can fit on the way back.

bluejay123 · Post by **bluejay123** » Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:34 pm

Any song by Eminem, to be totally honest. I have this theory that if one listens to fast-rapping rappers, (who essentially mimic or talk at a faster speed than moderators) it gets one's mind to be more receptive to comprehending tossups.

Ndg · Post by **Ndg** » Mon Mar 21, 2016 8:49 pm

bluejay123 wrote:Any song by Eminem, to be totally honest. I have this theory that if one listens to fast-rapping rappers, (who essentially mimic or talk at a faster speed than moderators) it gets one's mind to be more receptive to comprehending tossups.

If indeed this works, I'd suggest listening to this on loop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpP-8tJ-9Js

Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock · Mon Mar 21, 2016 9:03 pm

I have a playlist that currently stands at 62 songs for tournaments and studying. I'm sure nobody wants to read all of them, so I'll list some of the notable ones, I suppose.

All Or Nothing - Elliphant
And Do You Feel Scared (Eric Prydz Mix) - Howard Jones
The Nights - Avicii
Multiple songs from the Batman Arkham City soundtrack
Eptesicus - Batman Begins OST
Vespertilio - Batman Begins OST
Battle of Little Round Top - Gettysburg OST
Charging Fort Wagner - Glory OST
The Colonial Cause - John Williams
Copy of A - Nine Inch Nails
Rise - Dark Knight Rises OST
Everyday - Carly Comando (Highly recommended)
Armistead is Hit - Gettysburg OST
Refuse the Line - Gettysburg OST
Ghosts - The Presets
A Call to Arms - Glory OST
End Credits - Glory OST
Mars - Holst
Here is Love - City of Lions
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Main Title - Gettysburg OST
Nobody But Me - The Human Beinz
The Other Side - Gattaca OST
Over the Fence - Gettysburg OST
Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
Run Boy Run - Woodkid
Sky Full of Stars - Coldplay
Heart of Courage - Two Steps from Hell
Unstoppable - Santigold
You're A Animal - Jonathan Boulet

So yeah, lots of instrumentals and movie soundtracks, but some other stuff too.

bluejay123 · Post by **bluejay123** » Mon Mar 21, 2016 10:54 pm

Ndg wrote:
bluejay123 wrote:Any song by Eminem, to be totally honest. I have this theory that if one listens to fast-rapping rappers, (who essentially mimic or talk at a faster speed than moderators) it gets one's mind to be more receptive to comprehending tossups.
If indeed this works, I'd suggest listening to this on loop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpP-8tJ-9Js

Maybe a bit too fast, haha...

Sima Guang Hater · Post by **Sima Guang Hater** » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:16 pm

The song is my signature is what I listened to on loop during ACF nationals last year.

CaptainKirk · Post by **CaptainKirk** » Fri Mar 25, 2016 7:08 pm

M.A.A.D. City - Kendrick Lamar
The Trillest - Meek Mill
Homecoming - Kanye West
What More Can I Say - Jay-Z
Till I Die - MGK
Cinderella Man - Eminem
Till I Collapse - Eminem
Dirt Off Your Shoulders - Jay-Z
Bangarang - Skrillex
Satellite - Rise Against
Savior - Rise Against
Jumpman - Drake & Future
Revolution - Diplo
Man of the Year - Schoolboy Q
Slay It - Cryptex
Trigger - Gioni