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Contest: SQL Server Theme Songs

By Brent Ozar · March 16, 2016 · 244 comments

During this month’s Senior DBA Class in Chicago, I started joking with the attendees about what songs they should play during common DBA job tasks, like:

  • Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
  • Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
  • Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
  • Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
  • Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
  • Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
  • Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
  • Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack

We wanna hear your ideas.

Rules:

  • To submit your songs, leave a comment here (BrentOzar.com) before Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016.
  • Your comment must include the category, the song & singer’s names, and the link to the song’s video. You can enter multiple times.
  • The winners will be chosen by us, the Brent Ozar Unlimited team, judged using completely unreliable and unpredictable methods. Winners will be announced within one week of the contest closing.
  • If multiple people submit the same song in a category, the winner will be the first one.
  • Taxes are the responsibility of the winners.
  • The winner in each category will get a training video class of their choice. (No bundles, just individual classes.)
  • The overall winner will get an Everything Bundle.

I’ll get you started with my favorite song to play during a server outage.

Beastie Boys - Sabotage (Official Music Video)

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  4. Well, how could I resist this? I’ll start with some of your categories:

    * Best Song to Play During a Server Outage: Benny Hill Theme Song – “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK6TXMsvgQg”

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills: “Since You’ve Been Gone” – Kelly Clarkson — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7UrFYvl5TE

    * Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query: “Montage” – Team America — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK4gv11PTI8

    * Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM: “Danger Zone” – Kenny Loggins — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK0P1Bk8Cx4 (“Revvin’ up your engine / Listen to her howlin’ roar / Metal under tension / Beggin’ you to touch and go!”)

    1. Ha ha
      Only yesterday, during an upgrade, I always offer each person a song choice during upgrades and someone chose that!?

    2. Also my pick for “Best lullaby during the zombie apocalypse”.

      Patience…uhhhhuuuhhhuhhuhaaaahhhhaahhh

  27. Alright, here’s my shot.

    * Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    Ramones – I Believe in Miracles – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHbNxzi2vvQ

    * Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    2pac – I Ain’t Mad at Cha – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywmNcVh7lsE

    * Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    Elton John – Sitting doing nothing – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99pFOVfTzto

    * Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    Richard Cheese – Welcome to the Jungle – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr7EBuz-2xI

    * Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    The Isley Brothers – It’s too late – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qIGGMvwuzE

    * Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    Rise Against – I Don’t Want To Be Here Anymore – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv_cvxAAZ-Y

    * Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    Steely Dan – Do it Again – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv33-2CX3JU

    * Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Sam Smith – Restart – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGzHgo7n4jM

  30. Best Song to Play During a Server Outage – Pink Fluffy Unicorns dancing on rainbows (10 hours) – You don’t get to turn it off untill it’s fixed!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJOD7Bsllso
    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills – Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_D3VFfhvs4
    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack – Michael Jackson – Thriller
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA
    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found – Iron Maiden – Run to the Hills
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86URGgqONvA
    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query – Electric Six – Danger! High Voltage
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a4gyJsY0mc

  31. Best Song to Play During a Server Outage – Let it Go – Frozen – Idina Menzel – https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjLhoPIqsXLAhVlvoMKHZhRAH8Q3ywIHTAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DmoSFlvxnbgk&usg=AFQjCNERQufUoeAOn_C_S1Ib7bPKFtQmjQ&bvm=bv.116954456,d.amc

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills – I’ll Make a Man Out of You – Mulan 1998 – Donny Osmund; https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjRmMPOqsXLAhXqm4MKHXN8Ay0Q3ywIHTAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DFqta4jyAs4k&usg=AFQjCNEmBtInPJejZgwb4BR-2nKxLiEXTA&bvm=bv.116954456,d.amc

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills – He’s a Tramp – Lady and the Tramp 1995 – Peggy Lee – https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjsxcTcqsXLAhWCn4MKHd_VDqUQ3ywIHTAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKhJcyrkfjQg&usg=AFQjCNF2Hh10pG4IdS_7k4gkrM4D12mBqA&bvm=bv.116954456,d.amc

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild – Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo – Cinderella – Verna Felton – https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjMhoXmqsXLAhXJu4MKHRVUDPgQtwIILTAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DuJYvOadSG-c&usg=AFQjCNETnh24PgkGJLcmo5fULPXLJf9nEQ&bvm=bv.116954456,d.amc

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query – Heigh Ho – Snow White – Tom Waits – https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjmx8TyqsXLAhUksIMKHUDNB7oQ3ywIHTAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DHI0x0KYChq4&usg=AFQjCNGOOheHfd2U27kSyiQLJLh9ylVAtQ&bvm=bv.116954456,d.amc

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found – A Whole New World – Alladin 1992 – Lee Salonga and Brad Kane – https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiB-vOKq8XLAhXHw4MKHbWMDuAQ3ywIHTAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D-kl4hJ4j48s&usg=AFQjCNFhhpgpGir9ZpBqGhvw6z9ztqbteQ&bvm=bv.116954456,d.amc

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM – Bare Necessities – Jungle Book – Phil Harris – https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj-4sCDq8XLAhVisoMKHdcOBDsQ3ywIHTAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D5dhSdnDb3tk&usg=AFQjCNFTVyPh2UUXVLVwuNxevF3JHuT3TA&bvm=bv.116954456,d.amc

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs – Circle of Life – Lion King – Carmen Twillie and Lebo M. – https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj63fSTq8XLAhXrkYMKHW7OBnkQ3ywIHTAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGibiNy4d4gc&usg=AFQjCNF6pvxz0Y17OrbpWNFucjm3Ojq5YQ&bvm=bv.116954456,d.amc

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack – Zero to Hero – Hercules – Lillianas White – https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiPwLOZq8XLAhWlr4MKHWlPALcQ3ywIHTAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DPa0lMzaljTk&usg=AFQjCNEgxmmqzqiAH7OjCkv5QoIJPThNCw&bvm=bv.116954456,d.amc

  40. Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query – AC/DC – Highway to hell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKggnBh2Mdw

    Best Song to Play During a Server Outage – Soul Asylum – Runaway Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRtvqT_wMeY

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs – Britney Spears – Oops!…I DId it again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CduA0TULnow

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM – Guns N’ Roses – Patience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErvgV4P6Fzc

  45. I’m at work, so no Youtube link, but:
    * Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    Weird Al Yankovic – Christmas at Ground Zero

  46. Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    Garbage – When I Grow Up
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je-CPZRwbh8

    Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    Evanescence – Bring Me To Life
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YxaaGgTQYM

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Within Temptation – Shot In The Dark
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLz61g0JLxQ

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    Apocalyptica – I Don’t Care
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxDcWvZCSRg

    1. When I grow up
      I’ll be stable
      When I grow up
      I’ll turn the tables
      It’s like written especially for this case :)))))

  48. You got something against Rick Astley 😉

    I posted “Never Gonna Give You Up” twice for Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild and Im still not seeing it in the comments. Thought I messed up the first time.

  53. Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills

    Strapping Young Lad – You Suck
    Warning! This song has some strong language. Just like I did when I saw the mess my predecessor left me >.<

  56. Here you go, buddy !

    Best Song to Play During a Server Outage – Whitesnake – Still Of The Night – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Ha118VFqI
    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills – Bad Company – Bad Company – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww5GXbk58R0
    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild – The Beatles – Helter Skelter – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRjXFuRdbLk
    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query – Def Leppard – When Love And Hate Collide – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7ew_jIxLa8
    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found – The Clash – London’s Burning – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weGEv_BhjNw
    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM – Live – Shit Towne – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tfxasm8o8g
    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs – OK, Go – Here it goes again – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA
    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack – Fatboy Slim – Weapon of Choice – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF28PETSYFE

  63. Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    Zedd – Addicted To A Memory (Audio) ft. Bahari
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqJiXLJs_Pg&list=PL8gGCsYhXV4QvwRIgm_gMY3f4IvPuqGWi&index=8

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    Matchbox Twenty – She’s So Mean
    http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/matchbox20/shessomean.html

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    Lady Gaga – Applause
    http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/ladygaga/applause.html

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    Nickelback – What Are You Waiting For? (Audio)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QQRfXn1W-s&index=10&list=PLJcmBvvwpBJJEMfXiahnfPJBodKnRY-0D

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    Fall Out Boy – Immortals (From “Big Hero 6”)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9PxOanFjxQ&index=3&list=PL8gGCsYhXV4QvwRIgm_gMY3f4IvPuqGWi

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    Alexandra Burke, “Heartbreak On Hold”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM2PCojUmQ4

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    N-Finity – Someone Like You
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1-YB3dUvoY&index=2&list=PL0AEF898EC2B3F119

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Wrabel – Ten Feet Tall (Original Version)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7PswYgcFkw&list=PL_GsplNkxG2TsBrxYE_Fi0FC5GwpGbAAd

  68. Fun contest!

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills (for installing Multiple instances of Datacentre Edition without licence) | Orbital – Satan | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbs6GvLeEXQ

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found | PJ and Duncan – Let’s Get Ready to Rumble | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFf6bcMRsoY

    Best Song to Play During a Server Outage (Because someone got to Benny Hill before me!) | Adele – Rolling in the Deep | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query | Meatloaf – Bat out of Hell | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QGMCSCFoKA

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs | The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild | Jess Glynne -Hold my Hand | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLyUcAUMmMY

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM | Run-D.M.C – It’s Tricky | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-O5IHVhWj0

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack | Fall Out Boy – Calm Before The Storm | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHnWmn6VXao

  69. Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    Black Eyed Peas – Let’s Get Retarded
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fZQLESs_bY

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    Tiffany – Could of Been
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpBPl3s_hkE

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    Chicago – 25 or 6 to 4
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUAYeN3Rp2E

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    Kansas – Dust in the Wind
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH2w6Oxx0kQ

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    Disturbed – Down with the Sickness
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq3QmtV8vT0

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    Of Monsters and Men – Slow and Steady
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRyRymflxtU

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Killswitch Engage – Hate by Design
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG7n93dShNQ

  71. Here you go:

    Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    Matchbox Twenty / Unwell
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WziA88-n02k

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    Paint It Black / The Rolling Stones
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4irXQhgMqg

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    Sound of Silence / Simon and Garfunkel
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zLfCnGVeL4

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    Lane Boy / Twenty One Pilots
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywvRgGAd2XI

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    Dust In the Wind / Kansas
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH2w6Oxx0kQ

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    Green Day / Good Riddance
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnQ8N1KacJc

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    This is the song that doesn’t end / Norman Martin (Shari Lewis, Lambchops)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNTxr2NJHa0

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    The Imperial March / John Williams
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8

  72. Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    “Jump in the line” – Harry Belafonte
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2BWd2S-vA0

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    “Don’t Bring Me Down” – ELO
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPXM7i0dv30

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    “I Wanna Be Sedated” – The Ramones
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBN1CkyRzmE

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    “Basket Case” – Green Day
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUTGr5t3MoY&list=RDNUTGr5t3MoY#t=0

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    “Say it ain’t so” – Weezer
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENXvZ9YRjbo

  76. I swear I’m not an angry person.

    Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    Weekends – Skrillex ft. Sirah
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRxBDwXTP2c

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    Lips are Movin’ – Meghan Trainor
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDc_5zpBj7s

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    All Mixed Up – 311
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjTjtJDZomw

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    Technologic – Daft Punk
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtdWHFwmd2o

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    Shake it off – Taylor Swift
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    Kill Everybody – Skrillex
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F21aifX0lZY

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    Hokey Pokey
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZinb6rVozc

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Intergalactic – Beastie Boys
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilnnMzK_m8w

    1. Wish there was a thumbs up or a like option. This would certainly get mine.

  81. Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    Bee Gees – Jive Talkin’
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBw25CrUS-o

    Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    Blood, Sweat & Tears – Spinning Wheel
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPkVEi3Woy0

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    Counting Crows – Hanginaround
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARiiO_41Id8

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    Edwin Starr – War
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-2pNCZiNk

  84. There needs to be more fun like this!! Doing this has made my morning!

    Best Song to Play During a Server Outage: the Popcorn Song by Gershon Kingsley.
    There are no lyrics to this; just play it loud and play it fast whilst everyone runs around. It is perfect when management come in for the 10th time asking how we weren’t prepared for the digger on the roadworks outside to sever the power to the entire block.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjxNnqTcHhg

    ===================================
    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills: Knowing me Knowing You by Abba
    “Knowing me Knowing You, there is nothing we can do”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUrzicaiRLU

    OR

    “Be Prepared” from the Lion King –
    “It’s clear from your vacant expressions the lights are not all on upstairs”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHP4VbhtGJ4
    ===================================

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild: Nyan Cat by ??
    Again no lyrics, but the noise makes me think that there are little gremlins moving the data around in the indexes.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4
    ===================================

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query: Nothing Ever Happens by Del Amitri
    “Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all. The needle returns to the start of the song. And we all sing along like before”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxbIU0X-lCI
    ===================================

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found: Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad by Meat Loaf
    “Now don’t be sad, ‘Cause two out of three ain’t bad”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5hWWe-ts2s
    ===================================

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM: Ticking Bomb by Aloe Blacc
    “The sun may never rise again, the question ain’t if by when”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7jVqok1bqw

    ===================================
    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs: This is the song that never ends by Shari Lewis
    “This is the song that doesn’t end. Yes it goes on and on my friends. Some people started singing it not knowing what it was. And they’ll continue singing it forever just because…”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_47KVJV8DU

    ===================================
    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack – I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
    “First I was afraid I was Petrified”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Faf1ch7Q9XE
    ===================================

  87. Best Song to Play During a Server Outage – John Cage 4’33
    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills – Jaws theme
    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild – Jaws theme
    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query – Jaws theme
    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found – Jaws theme
    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM – Jaws theme
    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs – Jaws theme
    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack – Jaws theme

  88. I’ll give this a go using tracks by British rock legends, Queen.

    Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    Queen / David Bowie – Under Pressure
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01QQZyl-_I
    or
    Queen – Put Out the Fire
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN9lfb0rmpc

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    The Loser in the End
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IzXzHtvgE8

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    Queen – These Are the Days of Our Lives
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB4K0scMysc

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    Queen – A Kind of Magic
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p_1QSUsbsM

    Queen – The Miracle
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DaY8-Mui0I

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    Queen – Another one bites the dust
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    Queen – I Want It All
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFDcoX7s6rE

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Queen – In the Lap of the Gods
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO_w7GHMAUw
    or
    Queen – I’m Going Slightly Mad
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od6hY_50Dh0

  89. • Best Song to Play During a Server Outage: Slow Ride – Foghat https://youtu.be/Cfj0_IBMfGQ
    • Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills: Tacky – “Weird Al” Yankovic https://youtu.be/zq7Eki5EZ8o
    • Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild: 20th Century Fox Fanfare, Star Wars Main Title and Imperial Attack (Episode IV – A New Hope) – John Williams, London Symphony Orchestra https://youtu.be/yHfLyMAHrQE
    • Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query: Hymn to Red October (Main Title) – Red Army Choir https://youtu.be/YEt41bYQBgE
    • Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found: Paint It Black – Rolling Stones https://youtu.be/9BcJaUYE5Jw
    • Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM: Tron Scherzo – Wendy Carlos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlbaQuhqQyk
    • Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs: These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ – Nancy Sinatra https://youtu.be/SbyAZQ45uww
    • Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack: Come And Get Your Love – Redbone https://youtu.be/nkr77jE5GFY?list=PLpRjkOHBe_TgmznCle__jWDhoV4aFgCjw

  97. Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    The End , The Doors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSUIQgEVDM4

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    Wish you were here, Pink Floyd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPL_SV3n7IU

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    Keep On Running, Milli Vanilli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4apyYG5My0

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    Satisfaction, Rolling Stones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrIPxlFzDi0

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    Highway To hell, AC/DC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEPmA3USJdI

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    Respect, Aretha Franklin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FOUqQt3Kg0

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    The End Of The World, The Cure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlCppz0UVR8

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    I started a joke, Bee Gees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq6YmSVAOG8

  100. Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query – I can’t get no Satifsaction – The Rolling Stones

  102. best song for an outage, The Animals – we gotta get out of this place
    best song for a server with 4Gb of RAM, REM – It’s the end of the world as we know it
    best song for an index rebuild, Bjork, its oh so quiet
    best song for predecessors skills, Foo fighters – no way back
    best song for corruption – Nine Inch Nails, copy of a
    best song for a slow running query, Placebo – slave to the wage

  103. Best Song to Play During a Server Outage – Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mR8Z-gmK1g
    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills – Rush – Nobody’s Hero – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZokLZV35MI
    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild – Radiohead – Jigsaw Falling Into Place – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoLJJRIWCLU
    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query – Red Hot Chili Peppers – Hard to Concentrate – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jnRcM8Qf1A
    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found – Interpol – Everything is Wrong – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw90St_8ek0
    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM – Spoon – The Underdog – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v0KCoPMTdU
    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs – Son Volt – When the Wheels Don’t Move – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY2VC21wdTo
    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack – The Beatles – Fixing a Hole – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mri4W56jKA8

  104. I think Pink Floyd says it best..
    • Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    o Comfortably Numb
    • Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    o Careful With That Axe Eugene
    • Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt-udg9zQSEBest Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    o Coming Back To Life
    • Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    o Sorrow
    • Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    o High Hopes
    • Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    o See Emily Play
    • Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    o Keep Talking

  105. Hmmmmmm…. The links didn’t come through as expected. Dump my last comment and I’ll try again. Thank you.

  106. I like themes.

    Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    Darth’s Vader’s Theme
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    Jar Jar’s Introduction
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGeGhYZaTMI

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    The Trash Compactor
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaXUgtBqZSo

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    Jawa Sandcrawler
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liVSa76Scck

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    Duel of the Fates
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzVBqBosf5w

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    Parade of the Ewoks
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dDBvOtRaSo

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    Cantina Band
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axZemDfcfX8

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Throne Room/End Title
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_h-BdhsW9A

  108. • Best Song to Play During a Server Outage – Burnin Down the House – Talking Heads
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u06DpcFXc4U
    • Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills – Mr. Big Stuff – Jean Knight
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooYExfw9lLY
    • Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild – Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) – Pink Floyd
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJHvmOy8W5w&list=PL89F0C36A282DE196&index=5
    • Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query – Hunter – Pharrell Williams
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9jN3ccO3hc
    • Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found – Know your Enemy – Rage Against the Machine
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSHtniUl8V4
    • Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM – Sledgehammer – Peter Gabriel
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWJE0x7T4Q
    • Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs – All Night Long – Lionel Richie
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqAvFx3NxUM
    • Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack – Three Little Birds – Bob Marley
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaGUr6wzyT8

  109. I think Pink Floyd said it best…

    Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    Comfortably Numb
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FrOQC-zEog

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    Careful With That Axe Eugene
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMpGdG27K9o

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    Welcome To The Machine
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt-udg9zQSE

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    Coming Back To Life
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjoPWxmOCtc

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    Sorrow
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdKNlGfkyhc

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    High Hopes
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGBM5vWiBLo

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    See Emily Play
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F94vHO7okZQ

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Keep Talking
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Leo74b3rqXQ

  111. Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM: Burn it down – Awolnation
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcClvRt9g2Q

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills: Kids with guns – Gorrilaz
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCkFSe3voRc

    Best Song to Play During a Server Outage : Surprise Surprise – Billy Talent
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGbNq_flErA

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild : Hourglass (feat Liz) – Zedd
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN4oZtRKlPA

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query : OMG – Usher
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RnPB76mjxI

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs : One foot – Fun.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Tuyw9WBFkQ

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack : Time is running out – Muse
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2IuJPh6h_A

  113. Hehehe, love this idear:

    Best Song to Play During a Server Outage – “When Darkness Falls” by Killswitch Engage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s892QHMiOa8)

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills – “P.I.M.P. (Snoop Dogg Remix)” by 50 Cent ft. Snoop Dogg, G-Unit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDApZhXTpH8)

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM – “She’s Gonna Break Soon” by Less Than Jake (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuoJHF6MjL4)

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query – “Fast Car” by Tobtok ft. River (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9_l7er67hQ)

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack – “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6QZn9xiuOE)

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild – “Intermission” by The Offspring (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAgfBBDrb0E)

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found – “Send Me an Angel” cover by Thrice (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv5abjfXQsI)

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs – “Long Way Down” by Robert DeLong (Sean Glass remix) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeZ4w6yujMk)

  115. Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    Gary Wright – DreamWeaver
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZKuzwPOefs

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    Beetles – I am the Walrus
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=177z7_mEt5s

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    Hot Butter – popcorn
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfdLh0MHqKw

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    New Edition – Cool It Now
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZUq6N7Gx1c

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    The Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYMD_W_r3Fg

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    Bee Gees – How can you mend a broken heart
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVGyRg48I2Y

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    REO Speedwagon – Take it on the run
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l9ZbnzUUKg

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Men Without Hats – The Safety Dance
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM4okRvCg2g

  119. • Best Song to Play During a Server Outage – “Taps” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WChTqYlDjtI
    • Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills – “Entry of the Gladiators”, Julius Fucik, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0CyOAO8y0
    • Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild – “Whistle While You Work”, Snow White, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSnXNHUEodY
    • Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query – “Where There’s a Whip, There’s a Way”, Hobbit – The Misty Mountains, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdXQJS3Yv0Y
    • Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found – “Welcome to the Jungle”, Guns n Roses, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1tj2zJ2Wvg
    • Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM – “Half the Man I Used to Be”, Stone Temple Pilots, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy_IuyAyLyI
    • Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs – “Right Round”, Flo Rida, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGTBax-Cu4Q
    • Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack – Jumanji Drums, Jumanji, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy_IuyAyLyI

  120. • Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    Theme from Jeopardy
    • Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    Theme from the Twilight Zone
    • Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    Also sprach Zarathustra by Strauss
    • Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (theme) by Ennio Morricone
    • Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    Wipeout from The Sufaries
    • Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    It’s a small world after all by The Sherman Brothers
    • Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    The Imperial March (Darth Vaders theme) by John Williams
    • Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Ride of the Valkyries by Wagner

  133. -> Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    Rolling Stones-Start Me Up
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzlgJ-SfKYE

    -> Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    Helloween – Asshole
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BNzmrlVOEc

    -> Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    Billy Idol – Speed
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bESibXv_gf8

    -> Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    Adele – Rolling in the Deep
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw

    -> Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    Nightwish – End Of All Hope
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYqi_iXqzBY

    -> Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    Tarja – Die Alive
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5SsdrPbHHk

    -> Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    Fleetwood Mac – Never Going Back Again
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKj1EFeU-cM

    -> Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Within Temptation – And We Run ft. Xzibit
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awvqIi427_A

  138. -Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    –Under Pressure (Queen)

    -Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    –(The entire soundtrack of Les Miserable…on a loop)

    -Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    –99 Problems (Jay Z)

    -Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    –Where is My Mind (Pixies)

    -Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    –Say a little prayer (Aretha Franklin)

  151. There’s a lot of negativity on the predecessor one. I am fortunate to have had a very capable predecessor, so I offer an alternative for those of you in that situation.

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    My Hero – Foo Fighters
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqWRaAF6_WY

    “There goes my hero, he’s ordinary”

    1. Sometimes, I didn’t even get the chance to actually meet my predecessor (in person). Therefore, the negativity you’ve noticed might be determined by this fact only. So yes, you were fortunate :))

  154. So what I work here? I’m putting my picks out there. You should all be grateful that I can’t win.

    Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    24 Hour Party People – Happy Mondays
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeoqKWQ3JII

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    Every Day I Die – Tubeway Army
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzDp53wJr1k

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    Dog End Of A Day Gone By – Love and Rockets
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ2d9DRJQSw

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    Dark Allies – Light Asylum
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp9_RAnAjSg

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    Red Skies At Night – The Fixx
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCM4_5uB1ww

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    Running Up That Hill – Kate Bush
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp43OdtAAkM

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    Do You Feel It Inside – Absolute Body Control
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47xkupVvYL4

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Black Celebration – Depeche Mode
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXfbnS_BybQ

  156. Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    Flirtin’ with Disaster Molly Hatchet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wxAMa3Prhk

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    Exteme Ways John Powell & Moby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBB2bPwKWVg

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    Faster George Harrison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAKO5FK-dDA

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    Learn To Fly Foo Fighters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VQ_3sBZEm0

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    Welcome to the Jungle Guns N’ Roses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1tj2zJ2Wvg

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    Back on the Chain Gang The Pretenders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK3uf5V0pDA

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    Fly Like An Eagle Steve Miller Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zT4Y-QNdto

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Gonna Fly Now Composer – Bill Conti, Lyrics – Carol Conners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I33u_EHLI3w

  157. I had fun with this one!

    Best Song to Play During a Server Outage – Billy Joel, Pressure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyv905Q2omU

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills – Pink Floyd, Another Brick In The Wall (especially the line ‘we don’t need no education’) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR5ApYxkU-U

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild – Bachman Turner Overdrive, Takin’ Care of Business https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7OaHsaKY24

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query – Jackson 5, ABC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho7796-au8U

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found – Stealers Wheel, Stuck In The Middle With You (especially the first verse!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DohRa9lsx0Q

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM – Foghat, Slow Ride https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCr2APDza_I

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs – various nursery rhymes, Wheels on the Bus go round and round (with spiderman, because, well, super heroes make every video better) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eufMHKwqEBI

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack- Cat Stevens, Another Saturday Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLeWB3C2cLo

    Some day I will advance my music listening tastes to a new decade, maybe.

  158. I was getting too serious with this so I decided to switch around and have a little more fun.

    Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    • Air Supply – All Out Of Love
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWdZEumNRmI

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    At the current gig I was fortunate… was even able to see a couple crane kicks.
    • Joe Esposito – You’re The Best Around
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLh0IYQUNq8

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    • Sesame Street – Clean-up Time
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbwZim8PwGw

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    • KC and the Sunshine Band – Get Down Tonight
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7RRLC5slLo

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    • Thompson Twins – Hold Me Now
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9694K85Xc8

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    • Salt-N-Pepa – Push It
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCadcBR95oU

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    • Harry Belafonte – Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tou8-Cz8is

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    • Kenny Loggins – Danger Zone
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK0P1Bk8Cx4

  159. Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    -Pink Floyd – Run Like Hell (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySO-gryuO-c)

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    -Sufjan Stevens – Should Have Known Better (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJJT00wqlOo)

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    -Shadow Of Intent – The Indexing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHMh4VMKVek)

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    -New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle (It’s no problem of mine, But it’s a problem I find) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uEBuqkkQRk)

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    -Michael Jackson – Bad (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsUXAEzaC3Q)

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    -Blink 182 – All The Small Things (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ht5RZpzPqw)

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    -N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton (because they curses a lot, so they are better Cursors) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMZi25Pq3T8)

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    -Marvin Gaye – Lets Get It On (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6QZn9xiuOE)

  160. • Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    Yakety Sax by Boots Randolph

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHmskwqCCQ

    • Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    We Just Disagree (live version) by Dave Mason

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8_FOQ7-P30

    • Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    Creep
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFkzRNyygfk

    • Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    Baby Elephant Walk by Henry Mancini
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf8BT3wbZSo

    • Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    Iron Gland by Alice in Chains

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUFf_DRCpkE

    • Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    You Don’t Know How it Feels by Tom Petty

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TlBTPITo1I

    • Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    Things to do in Denver When You’re Dead by Warren Zevon

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfSQOgu0ZJg

    • Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Piss Up a Rope by Ween
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7M3EEHYkJ0

  161. My apologies but I had to combine the first two categories into one:

    Best song to play during a server outage caused by your (now) predecessor overwriting the production database with the previous night’s backup, and then quitting in the middle of the repair effort:
    – Jon Bon Jovi – Blaze Of Glory (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfmYCM4CS8o)

    FWIW: This actually became our theme music after the predecessor was gone and we worked to pick of the pieces.

  162. Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    Limp Bizkit – Break Stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCslC3ykX-U

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld – Timmy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFFQpd9akSg

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    Guns N’ Roses – Patience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErvgV4P6Fzc

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    Ozzy Osbourne – Perry Mason https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SshLgANvef8

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    Faith No More – Everything’s Ruined https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3qW4GfvC60

    Best Song for a SQL Server With 4GB RAM
    Godsmack – Time Bomb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djDg8ZIdEuQ

    Best Song to Play While a cursor runs
    Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4gxKFAhfZc

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Black Sabbath – Paranoid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNdB5-A9O7g

  163. Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    Bon Jovi, “Blaze of Glory”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfmYCM4CS8o

    Van Halen, “Jump” (No, Brent, not the Pointer Sisters song)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwYN7mTi6HM

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    Eric Clapton, Cocaine
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyw8Hg3jpoA

    And, for the more introspective among us
    Michael Jackson, “Man in the Mirror”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90C-Wx_uGdM

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    Qunicy Jones, “Soul Bossa Nova”…the Austin Powers Edition
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQUKQ5DmEWA
    “Oh, Behave!”

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query..and FIXING the query!
    Metallica, “Enter Sandman”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-E-LDc384
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUTirIk75vg
    You, too, can be “the closer.”

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    B.B. King, “See that My Grave is Kept Clean”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWOHqo-Da6A
    “Well, my heart stopped beating and my hands turned cold…”

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    Aerosmith, “Dream On”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54BCLYNkFKg
    Bonus YouTube comment: “I heard this song earlier tonight in the gas station.”

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    New Kids on the Block, “Step by Step”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay6GjmiJTPM
    Every bit as painful as a cursor

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Joe Bonamassa, “Somewhere Trouble Don’t Go”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khRZr4fmvVI
    (No good video, but serious guitar cred)

  165. –Wiggles Version–
    Background on this selection and why I have the Wiggles music: Being a DJ I have a very large collection of music. When My middle son was a toddler, he loved the Wiggles. We wound up owning majority of their DVD’s and CD’s.
    • Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    “Wake up Jeff”
    • Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    “Goodbye From the Wiggles”
    • Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    “First In Line”
    • Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    “Shake Our Sillies Out”
    • Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    “Five Little Ducks”
    • Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    “Hot Potato”
    • Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    “Toot, Toot, Chugga, Chugga, Big Red Car”
    • Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    “We Like To Say Hello”

  166. Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    Got Me Under Pressure – ZZ Top – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wBvb8–YEo

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    Bye Bye Bye – NSync – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo-KmOd3i7s

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    Turning Tables – Adele – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsFCO8-oCEQ
    (chosen only because of the song title, not because of the music)

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    Losing My Religion – REM – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if-UzXIQ5vw

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    Living on a Prayer – Bon Jovi – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    I Started A Joke – Bee Gees – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE83VsXvBD4

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap – AC/DC – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whQQpwwvSh4

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Tomoyasu Hotei – Battle Without Honor or Humanity (Kill Bill soundtrack) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fQuEqwQ2I4

  167. Power Outage:
    Jim James – State of the Art (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUYf2yu78Ts)
    Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark – Electricity (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y43XLVqjytQ)

    Slow Query:
    Blind Faith – Can’t Find My Way Home (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTJYkjrg594)
    Devo – Watch Us Work It (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCZcIrSAT7I)
    Hunters and Collectors – Looking for the Holy Grail (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQI5fdVCvlU)
    Long Ryders – Looking for Lewis and Clark (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0saf-DKQoM8)
    The Seekers – I’ll Never Find Another You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ga9Bs4fzSY)

  168. Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM – My Chemical Romance, I’m Not Ok

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild – Faithless, Insomnia

  170. Best Song to Play During a Server Outage Another One Bites the Dust- Queen

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills Failure Face – Charlie Brown

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild Pick up The Pieces – Average White Band

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query One Way or Another – Blondie

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found Oh Sh*t – Pharcyde

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM Under Pressure – Queen & Bowie

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs Time Slowing Down – Sound City Players

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack Hope For The Best Expect The Worst (from Mel Brooks’ Twelve Chairs) – John Morris

  174. • Best Song to Play During a Server Outage – Free Fallin by Tom Petty –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lWJXDG2i0A
    • Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills – Schism by Tool – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXsd8UJcZzk
    • Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild – Hustlin by Rick Ross – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU9TouRnO84
    • Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query – Hurt by Johnny Cash – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FywSzjRq0e4
    • Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found – Oh Sh– by The Pharcyde – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKDrlVkLrvY
    • Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM – Never Seen a Man Cry (‘Til I Seen a Man Die) by Scarface – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLTo2X2m-PY
    • Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs – Sugar, We’re Going Down by Fall Out Boy – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov1mCJhqwqs
    • Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack – Never Scared by Bonecrusher – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCJbEP8BBeQ

  176. Okay, first, yes I am prior service (US Army 19D Cav Scout). Second, I know that these are used cross service in some cases. Yet, the cadences are very appropriate :):

    Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    C-130 – US Army Cadence
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VEE2spvSHo
    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    Here we go again – US Army Cadence
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAMrFJB1o08
    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    Momma Momma – US Army Cadence
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpf7PVMvWvQ
    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    Here we go again – US Army Cadence
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAMrFJB1o08
    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    Here we go again – US Army Cadence
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAMrFJB1o08
    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    No Sweat – US Army Cadence
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EShyG4nW3Y
    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    Here we go again – US Army Cadence
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAMrFJB1o08
    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Momma Momma – US Army Cadence
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpf7PVMvWvQ

  177. Had some good laughs with doing this list:

    1. Best Song to Play During a Server Outage

    Mortal Kombat (Techno Syndrome 7″ Mix) – The Immortals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ7N0NvRuc8

    2. Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills

    I Will Survive – Cake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LrYBR2SXBg

    3. Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild

    Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqkwykA4iFw

    4. Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query

    Dance With The Devil – Breaking Benjamin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMSkC2PGyTs

    5. Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found

    Primo Victoria – Sabaton (The HellGate London Video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T4lzDUxNlk

    6. Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM

    Eeyore – Nobody Wants to Be My Friend, Winnie the Pooh – Friends Forever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C62OA5Yl_LU

    7. Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs

    Lovin Spoonful – What A Day For A Daydream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rde6ju0GBE

    8. Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack

    Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now – Starship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wnwNniYQ9E

  186. Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found: System Overlord by The Mathematicians

    (there’s a version of this on youtube, but the song is way better from the actual album)

  201. Best Song to Play During a Server Outage – Blue Oyster Cult – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQcUyhoxTg

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills – David Bowie – Cat People (Putting Out Fire) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpdHMaccjw4

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild – Harold Faltermeyer – Axel F – Beverly Hills Cop Theme – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4kWpi2HnPU

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query – Henry Mancini – The Pink Panther Theme – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OPc7MRm4Y8

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found – Mike Oldfield / The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra – The Exorcist – Tubular Bells – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycPqlOK1cV4

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM – Carl Orff – O Fortuna ~ Carmina Burana – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXFSK0ogeg4

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs – Stu Phillips – Knight Rider Theme song – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbfVmzF7N4g

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack – Survivor – Eye of the Tiger (Rocky Theme Song) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAZzT6DTz-A

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    Additional Categories:

    Best Song to Play When You’re Having One of Those Days – Shaggy – GFY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlla-AZhYeA

    Best Song to Play When Your Script Works the First Time – Tegan and Sara Ft Lonely Island – Everything is Awesome – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6lHm-stXdM

    Best Song to Play When SQL Licensing is due – Nino Rota – Speak Softly Love (From “The Godfather”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m694T3Cf538

    Best Song to Play When the Oracle DBA walks in – Naughty by Nature – Here Comes the Money – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeXatquVqAc

  202. Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    OK Go – A million ways to be cruel
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1_CLW-NNwc

    Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    Elektik People’s cover of Nine Inch Nails’ “Every day is exactly the same
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTn-DnaJ600

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Daft Punk – Technologic
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtdWHFwmd2o

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM
    Limp Bizkit – Take a Look Around (Mission Impossible 2 theme)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPD6YiBFG1Q

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    Zoe Keating – Escape Artist (this has more to do with the scene from S02 EP23 of Elementary, where I first heard it, and Sherlock putting together some pieces of a puzzle)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ufe2JtYqZI

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    Of Monsters And Men – A thousand eyes
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wylkSUS9Ofs

    Best Song to Play at the End of Your On-Call Rotation
    Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGSKrC7dGcY

    Best Song to Play During a Meeting with Developers/Applications People
    Seether – Fake it
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hulfZ9CNdXo

  203. The 6 month e-mail thread for convincing management it’s worth replacing 230 9,000 line triggers used for “auditing” with Change Data Capture
    Bomb The Bass – Bug Powder Dust (Kruder & Dorfmeister Session)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tnA4hVf2WA
    “I always hit the apple when I’m going to shoot”
    “Never been a fake and I’m never phony. I got more flavour than a packet of macaroni..”

  204. Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills:
    Giovanni James – Shame On You – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWy3PmMEh6A

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found:
    Akon ft. Bone Thugs N Harmony – I Tried vs. The Notorious B.I.G. – Can I Get Witcha (Matoma Remix) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0k62KEvWA8

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs:
    Trololo 10 Hours – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCNrK-n68CM

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM:
    Son House – Grinnin in Your Face – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA8-ZOuKetU

    Best Song to Play During a Server Outage:
    Brandy – I Wanna Be Down – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YCJfA8E6bQ

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Aloe Blacc – The Man (Woodzer House Remix) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j_2achL1Kw

  208. Best Song to Play During a Server Outage
    Hard days’ Night by the Beatles
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09QJt9MBBUY

    Best Song to Illustrate Your Predecessor’s Skills
    respect by Aretha Franklin
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNmEQpy0Wnc

    Best Song to Accompany an Index Rebuild
    Man In The Mirror by Michael Jackson
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivWY9wn5ps&list=PLYagrqIg-kgSsqwwac-o_1Vcwqtkag6Hg
    I looking at the SQL mirror, I’m asking it to change his ways -especially when I have a large index rebuild on a mirrored db.

    Best Song to Play When Examining a Slow Query
    Do you know where you’re going to by Diana Ross
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3uatcJqt54
    this song reminds me of a slow query.

    Best Song to Play When Corruption is Found
    Trouble
    trouble Iggy Azalea and Jennifer Hudson
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PYAalUpF28

    Best Song for a SQL Server with 4GB RAM (or less)
    Tears Of A Clown by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaMX0Cs5Bc4

    Best Song to Play While a Cursor Runs
    Carousel of Time by Joni Mitchell
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9VoLCO-d6U

    Best Song to Prepare for a SQL Server Service Pack
    Promises Promises by Dionne Warwick
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpKAnp5Klzw