Bothered

[Pagan]

My absolute favorite for blasting people is "Mars, the Bringer of War".

For loud, you can't beat Wagner, either. The "Anvil Chorus" is good, the "Toreador Song" is pretty good, too. "Night On Bald Mountain" and "In the Hall of the Mountain King" (but not until about halfway through) come to mind.

I have good memories, seeing that played by the BBC Philharmonic on a gorgeous summer evening at Pendenis castle with a pint of the local brew

Ooooh! Pretty! I love castles.

[Naaman]

Ooooh! Pretty! I love castles.

Re-enactor, we get to play with pointy things in castle grounds for free

[crazylegs]

forgive me, as a clueless 'merican...is the whole "bov-er-red" a running joke with Catherine Tate? yesh. it is funny but i have to ruin the whole thing and question it

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qSNK-9v7_JI

Should explain it...

[Dreamstalker]

I used to use taiko in the dorms...it helped that I lived at the end of the hall next to the worst offender and so could use the walls to assist (for some reason, sound--especially bass--traveled very, very well).

[MannersMakethMan]

For loud, you can't beat Wagner, either.

Completely agree with this.

Also The battla at Poltava by Tchaikovsky and the William Tell Overture by Rossini. These have worked for years drowning out my sister's 'music'. Aside from these, my other best suggestions are already up!

[jedimaster91]

the "Toreador Song" is pretty good, too.

Only if you want it stuck in YOUR head for the next three weeks.

[Mike Taylor]

It seems to me that "The Imperial March" from The Empire Strikes Back would be perfect as well.

[Dips]

Or you could just honk your horn in time to the bass beat.

[Pagan]

Trust me JediMaster, I'm whistling is as I type this! Complete with incorrect lyrics.

Re-enactor, we get to play with pointy things in castle grounds for free

Phhhhhhtt! Where's that two-fingered salute smilie?

[Naaman]

It seems to me that "The Imperial March" from The Empire Strikes Back would be perfect as well.

If you're going to go with John Williams I'd suggest "Duel of the fates" aka: The Pod Racer music

[PepperElf]

I find O Fortuna far better for that

Grrrr. All your fault!!!!

Got stuck in the car wash line so... I put the ipod on Carmina Burana. Sadly, the line was so long, by the time I got home "Veni Veni Venias" was just ending. (#21 of 25).


But back on topic... # 13 would be good to drown out others too - "Ego Sum Abbas". Imagine a really loud drinking song in Latin, with heavy drums and lots of tuba & whatever other horns they used.

[Kogarashi]

If you're going to go with John Williams I'd suggest "Duel of the fates" aka: The Pod Racer music

I thought "Duel of the Fates" was the Qui-Gon vs. Darth Maul fight music, not the podracing music.

[AlmightyALT]

For some reason... shamisen just doesn't do well to drown out blasters. Meanwhile, like Dreamstalker, taiko works wonders. I'd never do it to a car blaster though. Those guys kinda scare me with their punk-like attitudes. I'd only do it to the dorm blasters if going and asking them to turn it down wouldn't work.

[Dreamstalker]

With my neighbor, asking would work for a day or so, then back to normal. It got so that my RA came into my room one day:

"What's the loudest music you own and can your speakers be easily moved against your inside wall?"
"Is this about [neighbor]?"
"Yup."

There were rules however; I would only do it in bursts in response to her din and stop when she stopped. That got fun; eventually I was able to turn mine on almost as soon as she did After that started, it didn't take long for her to stop completely (or at least keep it down to where I and half the hall couldn't hear it).

[Midnight_Angel]

The organ symphony by Camille Saint-Saëns works wonders to that kind of neighbors, as well... as does any piece of music with really low frequencys, if your system can cope with it.

Did that once to a neighbor who thought he could blast the whole house: fired up my active subwoofer only (sounds at 50 Hertz or below are pretty much unimpeded by walls, plus you can't easily determine where it's coming from), dropped a CD of organ music into my player, cranked up the volume, then left the house for an hour

Though, Taiko would have been a fine choice as well.