Not quite what you’re asking, but I once fell asleep on a long haul flight listening to a Cinematic Orchestra album with some very comfy headphones.
I woke up to a little filler / ambient track that is mostly silence with a ship’s fog horn blown a few times… The cabin was dark, most people were asleep or quietly watching movies, and my half asleep brain forgot I was wearing headphones. I went from confused to creeping panic about what this horn meant and why no on else was reacting to it until I finally woke up properly
That’s a great story!
I can’t think of a specific song but I can say that I hate when radio ads do that shit.
There used to be a ad for an auto body repair, Maaco. Their ad would end with spelling out the name, but in the middle were horns honking, “M double A (Beep Beep) C O” Fucking hated that ad.
Nah it was similarly-named Aamco.
“Double A (beep beep) M C O”
You’re right, my mistake.
Shows what a shitty ad it was. It was so bad, I was boycotting an entirely different business.
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Anything by Skrillex.
First of the Year (Equinox) especially springs to mind… “CALL 911 NOW!”
Time by Pink Floyd.
Back in the day. Moped, cassette Walkman, and very early wired earbuds. The engine noise covered the several minutes of ticking in the beginning, so it seemed like the tape had stopped. Then the alarm clocks kicked in and startled me so badly that I almost crashed.
Lolz.
Not the worst but has horns and tires screeching: “Toxygene” by The Orb
Anything by Blippi, but in particular, the police car and firetruck songs
Lol
Last Kiss
Somewhat unrelated it should be illegal to put dogs whining, babies crying, and other irritating noises in commercials.
The closest i have is Local H, Bound for the Floor. The staccato distortion throughout makes (to my ears) a sound very similar to a 1992 Ford Tempo’s “Your seatbelt isn’t latched” chime.
I would be driving like a madman to highschool after oversleeping and it would make me keep double checking my belt.
My wife added ABBA’s Dancing Queen to our driving playlist for our first long trip. Silence into a deafening piano slide half way through the drive was an interesting way to nearly die from shock.
Fancy Shoes. Always have to mute the stereo for a few seconds partway through the song
Not too scary, but the intro to Tune-Yards’ Gangster makes me reflexively look in the rear-view mirror to see if I need to pull over.
