Biggest "explosion" in a song

[champbassist]

There's a good chance you guys know what I mean. Which song, in your opinion, has the biggest sonic "boom" succeeding a relatively quiet part? There are tons of songs of that kind in my experience. The post-intro sonic assault in Seemann by Rammstein sounds like serious dynamite, for example. For sheer historic importance, Raining Blood and Black Sabbath could be mentioned as having pretty explosive releases after ("rain") intros.

Your picks? (Not necessarily metal)

[lijazz]

Not sure if it fits the bill in relation to what you refer to, but Rush's Xanadu comes to mind, a few minutes in, the part that Lifeson leads the way into.

[rmkesler]

Not a song but Mars by Holst has what Marvin the Martian would call an earth shattering kaboom.

[tk421]

"stars" by hum. loved that tune when first released, and someone had the good sense to use it for a Cadillac commercial.

[kenfxj]

How about

The Real Me by The Who
Bodies by Drowning Pool
You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire by Queens of the Stone Age

[nad]

Mono - Halcyon (Beautiful Days)

Scares me every time, comes out of nowhere toward the middle.

[Merchant]

Post-Rock as a genre is unmatched in the frequency of 'sonic booms'. 65daysofstatic have a lot of sforzando moments, such as The Fall of Math, comprised entirely of pp to ff over one beat, or Drove Through Ghosts to Get Here at about 2:50 in. Great band

[banditcosmo]

ACDC - For Those About to Rock ? Not explosions but cannons.

[5StringBlues]

Pink Floyd,"Your Possible Pasts"

[cbass1]

+1 to Holst, so dynamic, for this thread I pick "Porch" (Pearl Jam), holy cow what a build out of the bridge !!

[Essen]

Hessian Peel by Opeth.. All nice and calm for 6 minutes or so, then suddenly quiet, and then... well.. BOOOM!

[PunkBassist00]

Originally Posted by kenfxj;8955216
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You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire [/i]by Queens of the Stone Age

^This +1

[ColinGWood]

You MUST listen to It Was Fear Of Myself That Made Me Odd, by alexisonfire. As soon as i read explosion i was thinking THAT song, or possibly an ampeg on fire. Glad it was in the dynamic sense though

seriously, check that song. And pretty much any alexisonfire. They are golden.

[megadan]

Originally Posted by kenfxj

You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire by Queens of the Stone Age

Definitely one of the best in rock music that I've heard.

For post rock, I find Mono and Mogwai have both scared the living crap out of me during late night listening sessions.

[Philbiker]

Go to your local library and pick up a copy of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. Ka-BOOM!!!!

[lunarpollen]

One that comes to mind is "Hope Your Dreams Come True" by Daisy Chainsaw. Right as the slow, creepy, trippy middle section finally fades out there is a wall of fury as they return to a faster, more aggressive version of the chorus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbMQFvW2CEg

The sound quality isn't good in the YouTube clip (muffled and compressed), but it happens a little after 3:30

[Meddle]

Oh Yeah by Can. It actually has a prerecorded explosion at the start.

[becker4567]

Phil Collins 'In The Air Tonight". The first time people heard the drum spot, people jumped out of their chairs.

[Andrew311]

The transition from Televators in to Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt by The Mars Volta.

Such a calm song with a nice quite ending that just get's quieter to nothing and then BAM.

[TortillaChip520]

Heretics and Killers by Protest The Hero has a couple really good 808's in the beginning, and goes from just acoustic to the full band in a couple parts.