Music To Play Chess By, A

Vance917
| Jul 28, 2008 at 3:19 PM
| Posted in: Goistein's Blog
| 1605 reads
| 19 comments

Some of us, when we play chess, like to relax with some nice soft music to stimulate and inspire the mind. Thank you Bambi, for suggesting sharing with the group our favorite songs. Yours are great, but, alas, I need to go my own way. So, without further ado, here is installment #1, my A list:

AC/DC, Thunderstruck, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvoeeq-BH4w

Accept, Balls to the Wall, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph8kGPXOoUw

Aerosmith, Lightning Strikes, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UUG6PM0bwM

Airbourne, Running Wild, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE6qSV-ufb0

Alice in Chains, Them Bones, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_qRTMKDqXA

Annihilator, Schizos Are Never Alone, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwYJ9wJgP9I

Anthrax, Only, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us_IxW5LcvY

Autograph, Turn Up the Radio, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNb8po-ufu8

Axe, Heat in the Street, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqzi3VolYdU

OK kiddies, that's all for this installment. Tune in next time, same Bat time, same Bat channel, for the B List.

Comments

5 years ago
lotrgirl27

Ever heard of Ludovico Einaudi? Strange name, great music though lol Instrumental piano :P
5 years ago
Vance917

Eat the Rich is great!
5 years ago
TheAOD

I like Aerosmith maybe Eat the Rich or Pink....

I remember really liking the video for pink
5 years ago
Vance917

I like the Abba one...
5 years ago
krazykristina

as we are in A's what about

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK3mVxGfzPY I know corny but hey *shrugs*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bKPxXoBHe0&feature=related
5 years ago
Wizard_Esk

hey rocker Vance!!! rock on my friend, some good music there...
5 years ago
Vance917

Irrational is good too!
5 years ago
Vance917

That's new to me, but I shall have to listen to it -- thank you!
5 years ago
LadyLina

For me most inspiring and stimulating music for chess is Tango Buenos Aires :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wH3Gw9H_eY
5 years ago
Vance917

Both great songs, but my favorites are "Shoot To Thrill" and "Thunderstruck".
5 years ago
troygirl

AC/DC ... Highway to Hell is better ... Hell's Bells is a close second (my nickname by the way) :))
5 years ago
K-K-Kate

This is quite a 70's/80's collection... I was only 10 in 88'. That and I was growing up in a little rural English village. I didn't get much exposure to anything other than my parent's 60's tastes before I was 11 and went to senior school. Then I discovered Gun's and Roses!! Mmmm Axel Rose...

But like you said... better late than never.
5 years ago
Vance917

But Kate, better to join the party late than never! So did you listen to any of the songs you did not yet know? Certainly worth doing so, at least in my humble opinion! Any by the way, though Aerosmith is quite popular, the song of theirs I chose is not. Many Aerosmith fans do not know "Lightning Strikes", but one listen and you may agree that it is their best song, in fact by quite some margin!
5 years ago
K-K-Kate

I feel so ignorant... apart form Aerosmith and AC/DC I haven't heard of any of these bands. So now as well as being a complete novice at Chess, my musical education seems to be lacking. Let's hope the B list proves that I'm not a completely lost cause.
5 years ago
Vance917

You have good taste!
5 years ago
Bambi-Ax-Handle

No, not all of them. But I have a soft spot for AC/DC and I was chanting, "Anti-Social" with Anthrax back in the day.
5 years ago
Vance917

I like to be both! So you already knew all of these songs?
5 years ago
Bambi-Ax-Handle

I like quite a few on your list, Vance. I love being inspirational, it is so much better than irrational. : )

I like this rocker side of you...