We all know them, those songs that when they come on - you know it's time to throw down. They compel you by sheer force of awesomeness to crank-up that radio and shatter the speed limit. They get in your bones, puff out your chest, and stomp your feet. You can't resit them, they are Fight Songs.
My favourite fight song is Damian Marley's, Welcome to Jamrock. We play it every night at the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu club where I train and it never fails to send a charge through the class. I dare you to listen to it and not move to the beat. It can't be helped.
These kind of songs are great, not just for movie montages, but to help bang-out that extra rep at the gym or that extra mile in your run (and they're damn helpful in a marathon house cleaning session, I might add). It's a pretty cool little quirk if you think about it, that a song can quite literally change the way you feel about yourself; stir you to work harder, push further, go faster. That's the good shit right there.
Did a poll of a few Beams brothers to find their fav songs to get hyped to and I've included them below. If you're reading this and you've got a song that gets you going every time, post it up here and let's see what you got!
Damian Marley: Welcome to Jamrock
(If your body's not moving check your pulse you might be dead)
(here's a link to the same song, better audio quality, but no video: http://youtu.be/xlCmQcRPtRg)
Br. Scott has wisely selected a bit of Rage Against the Machine: Know Your Enemy
Br. Andrew's, Thunderstruck by AC/DC, has inspired its share of war-footage montages on youtube. How's that for a fight song.
Br. Trev chose what is perhaps the quintessential fight song: Survivor's, Eye of the Tiger. Rocky couldn't have done without it.
And finally, here's the real deal. No electric guitars needed here, this is the one fight song that only gets you hyped if you're the one chanting it. Otherwise, look out.
