What is that secret song you rock out to when no one is around?

I saw this featured in an old issue of People magazine, so I thought I'd share some celebrities answers with you all.



Celebs name their secret 'Rock-Out' songs...

Tim McGraw: "Pour Some Sugar on Me" by Def Leppard. I like to get in my wife's high heels and dance.

Ashanti: E.U.'s "Da Butt." I do a little butt move.

George Eads (CSI): Anything by Pat Benatar. I had a boyhood crush that I never quite got over. I am an air-guitar professional. Something about Ms. Benatar gets me strumming.

Erika Christensen: "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot. You just can't help but sing along.

Simon Le Bon: Oasis's "Cigarettes & Alcohol" for sure. But there's also Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life," which makes you go crazy every time.

Ryan Seacrest: "She's Gone" by Hall & Oats. I do a concert with the remote in my living room.

Kelly Clarkson: "Deuces are Wild" by Aerosmith.

Josh Groban: I listen to Rage Against the Machine constantly. "Bulls on Parade" is the one that gets me in a freaking crazy, a good crazy.

Jon Cryer: LL Cool J's "Headsprung." I drive a Volvo, so I am the white guy in the Volvo singing the LL Cool J song at the top of his lungs.

Emmy Rossum: "Girls Just Want to Have Fun." I do a shimmy to it.

Nicholas Gonzalez (The O.C.): Joe Jackson's "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" I sing. I dance. Not so much air guitar, I'm more the frontman in my rock-star fantasies.

Kim Cattrall: I love the Rocky theme: "Getting strong now..." It really pumps me up, especially when I'm doing something physical.

Kenny Chesney: "Rock Candy" by Sammy Hagar. I love the raw energy of it. We play it all the time on the road. Every time we warm up, we play that song.

Regina King: Schoolhouse Rock songs! My husband [thinks] I'm crazy when I'm in the shower singing, "Conjunction Junction, what's your function?"

Alan Cumming: "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman."

Joe Pantoliano: "Let's Get It Started" by the Black Eyed Peas. I sing it in the car by myself or with my four kids. Then we dance and do some head banging when we get out.

Cedric the Entertainer: "Bang Your Head" by Quiet Riot. It gets my head going and I yell the words. I've gotten caught by my black friends. They give the staredown and say, "Why would you even know that song?"

"Message in a Bottle" - The Police

Mara said:

that's funny. i like that song too and for the record i don't have a secret rock out song, i make sure everyone knows i'm rockin out.

wait.. it doesn't have to be rock
[Edited 4/10/06 19:22pm]

CinisterCee said:

Nope. Knock yourself out.

Well this isn't so revealing considering the forum I'm in:

Madonna "Into The Groove" (Original version)

CinisterCee said:

i love this song, everytime i hear it, it makes me want to dance!!!

missfee said:

That song is a classic.

Mara said:

How do you "Rock-Out" if it isn't Rock?


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

theAudience said:

Less headbanging, more full on singing and dancing. I guess that's "fagging-out", but whatever.

CinisterCee said:

You are such a bad boy sometimes.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

theAudience said:

"Rocking Out" is a feeling. You can "rock out" to a hype song regardless of genre.

Don't know what it is about this song because I don't listen to a lot of Coheed and Cambria's music but Delirium Trigger is always near (have it on more playlists). It's more of a hyptnotic Rock Out than an all out "Rock Out", though.

I was thinking more along the lines of tA. It's got to be rock.
How do you "rock out" to something like Fix You - Coldplay?

Sometimes you're really feeling something mellow. You're not rocking out to it, though. It's Mellow Out music. Don't know what the correct term would be.

Since we're on this topic, what would it be? And what about when you just want the funk? You're not going to rock out to funk, right? Funk out? Do the other genres have their own terms? If so, what are they?

For Those about to rock We salute you - Ac/DC

I really tend to lose my shit during Joy Division's "Disorder". Everyone should try it.

Mara said:

uggh i cant stand her! i hate how she laughs and how shes always trying to be cute and shit in interviews! beeeotch please!


ok im done

"My Sharona" by the Knack

Christopher said:

I heard some disturbing news that Ashanti was actually in E.U.'s "Da Butt" video as a child!

And I have a strange inkling that when the reporter asked her this question her face grimaced up and she didn't say E.U.'s "Da Butt" she probably SANG the hook to the reporter and he or she had to do some research on their own to incorporate it in the article.

theAudience said:

Yeah, I'm gonna interpret the question more literally and say "Plush" by Stone Temple Pilots. Not the greatest song, but I do full air guitar when I hear this at home alone.

"Girls, Girls, Girls" or "Kickstart my heart" by Motley Crue. Don't tell anyone ok?

I'll also go literal with these...

Jimi Hendrix:
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Little Miss Lover
Fire

AC/DC:
Whole Lotta Rosie
Girls Got Rhythm
Shake A Leg

Jeff Beck:
Shapes of Things
Freeway Jam
Led Boots
Space Boogie

Bad Company:
Honey Child
Good Lovin' Gone Bad
Movin' On

ZZ Top:
Waitin' for the Bus
La Grange

...


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

Deep Purple - Black Night
Twisted Sister - Burn In Hell
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
Bon Jovi - Runaway
Guns N Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
Marilyn Manson - Rock Is Dead
Whitesnake - StillOf The Night
Janis Joplin - Move Over


I WANNAA ROOOCK!
[Edited 4/11/06 15:33pm]

Dr. Feelgood - the Crue

Mara said:

you know I can see him singing along to that

another one...

"You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC

Jumpin' Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
The Bitch is Back - Elton John

I wish these guys would get more props.This album proved to me at least , no matter where you're from, you can rock out.

missfee said:

thats a great song.. why is that a secret?

theAudience said:

For some reason I imagine theAudience rocking out means actually picking up a guitar and playing live to those songs.