Best Speech Jams...

[JjulianSr]

I want to know your favorite pre-tournament, bus ride, between round, or pre-finals music that gets you in the mood to maximize your Forensication level! Or your favorite consolation/commiseration music to calm you down when things don't go your way.

When I get the chance, I'll post our team soundtrack playlist on here. For now, someone kick us off!

Coach J

[CLT787]

I know one song that always pumped me up when I competed was the FIFA Anthem--it just...WORKS.

[jm3393]

here's the playlist one of our graduated team members sent us the night before NFL quals......we listened to it to get pumped up for our duo rounds after every round of debate......and we listened to Heads Will Roll right before we went into duo finals and qualified :)

Yeah Yeah Yeah - Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)
Jay-z ft Rihanna - Run This Town
O Fortuna
Mariah Carey ft Whitney Houston - When You Believe
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Pink - Raise Your Glass
Lil Wayne - Let it Rock
Eminem - Till I Collapse
Hans Zimmer- Mombasa

[Crazy50128]

Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
Weightless - Marconi Union

One makes you dance like a 12 year old girl, the other puts you to sleep. Perfect balance.

[Haileyloves4n6]

My complete speech pump up playlist:

Addicted to love - Robert Palmer (embarrassing, lol)
Blow - Ke$ha
Bottoms Up (keke Palmer AND trey songz version)
Cannibal - Ke$ha
Don't bring me down - ELO
Everybody wants you - billy squier
Get low - lil Jon (embarr)
Knock knock - Mac Miller
On the Rocks - Grieves
Toxic - Britney Spears
Yonkers - Tyler, the Creator
Little L - Jamiroquai
The Way I Are - Timbaland
Baby one more time - Britney Spears
Genie in a bottle - Christina aguilera

[Crimson]

It's pretty awful, but our Interp team always listens to Justin Beiber.... but hey, it's won us a few tournaments.

[Zak]

Remember The Name - Fort Minor (It's an old song but it's a great pump up song haha.)

Yonkers - Tyler The Creator

Lose Yourself - Eminem

Run This Town - Jay Z

Till I collapse - Eminem

Superstar - Lupe Fiasco

[jdcongresscapt]

"The Kill"---30 Seconds to Mars

"Misery Business"---Paramore

my personal favorite...

"Human"---The Killers

[3rdround]

The Arrival by Atmosphere

Actually, almost anything by Atmosphere

Anything by Blink-182

Meddler by August Burns Red

[DyBry13]

Oh, what a great thread idea.

My List includes:
Odd Future
Kanye West
Skrillex
The Strokes
Kid Cudi
Childish Gambino

and my not-so-secret obsession...

ADELE!!
(An odd combination, i realize this. Just depends on my mood)

[GucciMane4n6]

P*ssy Be Yankin - Lady
Wet Wet - Waka Flocka
Luv dem gun soundz - Waka Flocka
All the hood sh*t on my ipod

[JjulianSr]

Certainly a diverse collection of suggestions.

My son put together a 2-CD set for us to listen to on our way to Whitman (Walla Walla is a 5 hour drive from Seattle... we needed something to listen to) and the team ended up adopting it as our official soundtrack. He also said that with a team our size, it was necessary to include a little something everyone could enjoy. See if you find something you think works:

Feelin' Like A Big Dog - Akon
We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy Joel (a.k.a. "The Extempers Song")
Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas
Pump It - Black Eyed Peas
Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi
More Than A Feelin' - Boston
Takin' Care of Business - Bachman-Turner-Overdrive
In The Street - Cheap Trick
Tubthumper - Chumbawumba
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Derezzed - Daft Punk
Sweet Victory - David Glen Eisley
Don't Give Up - Eagle Eye Cherry
Stop, Look, and Listen - Elvis Presley (Poking fun at the old-school coach by adding an Elvis song that contains my advice in a nutshell)
Final Countdown - Europe
Sugar We're Goin' Down - Fall Out Boy
Rocketeer - Far East Movement
Weapon of Choice - Fatboy Slim (Coach's second favorite)
Down - Jay Sean
Hello Seattle - Owl City (A song to play at the end of a long round trip as we pop over the hill and see the city lights)
Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins
Poker Face - Lady Gaga
Kids - MGMT
This Town - O.A.R. (The coach's favorite)
Here It Goes Again - OK GO
Pokemon - Billy Crawford (An inside joke... one of the team members compared Forensics to Pokemon.. "Gotta Catch 'em all" referred to the trophies)
We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions - Queen
Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root
Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions
Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
Dynomite - Taio Cruz
Move Along - All-American Rejects
The Song - Hawk Nelson
Showstopper - Tobymac
Headstrong - Trapt
Where Is The Love - will.i.am

Coach J

[Bluebird22]

"You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" from the Broadway Annie Cast
"The Big Bang Theory" by the Barenaked Ladies
"I Believe" from the Broadway Book of Mormon Cast
"Gryffindor Rally Cry" by Ministry of Magic
"Pokémon Theme Song"
"A Moment Like This" by Kelly Clarkson
"Remember the Name" by Fort Minor
"Reach Right Down" from the Broadway Starmites Cast
All the songs from AVPM and AVPS
Star Wars Theme Song by John Williams
"Positive" from the Broadways Legally Blonde Cast
All the songs by Meatloaf (our coach's favorite)
"I Just Can't Wait to be King" from the Lion King
"Good Girls Go Bad" by Cobra Starship
"You Make Me Feel" by Cobra Starship
All the songs by Green Day

The only times we really listen to these are on the ride up to or the night before a tournament.

[Impromptufreak4]

Run This Town- Jay-Z/Rihanna
Till I Collapse- Eminem
Sleep Now in the Fire- Rage Against the Machine
Cochise- Audioslave
Promises- Nero/Skrillex
808 Track- Bassnectar
Testify- Rage Against the Machine
Defy You- The Offspring
Give it Away- Red Hot Chili Peppers
300 Violin Orchestra- Jorge Quintero
The Pretender- Foo Fighters
Fast Lane- Bad Meets Evil
Everlong- Foo Fighters
East Jesus Nowhere- Green Day
Castaway-Green Day
Photograph- Def Leppard
Boom- POD
Despicable- Eminem (Freestyle)
Renegade- Jay-Z/Eminem

[njs52595]

DMX - Party Up In Here

Play it on loop from departure to arrival, and you are guaranteed 1's. That's how I won every single category at my district tournament, including sweeps.

[jjr]

Wild ones - flo rida