Really needs to be played loud enough to start a civil defence alert.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The music is described as so loud it would trigger a government emergency warning system.
- In plain terms
- This song needs to be played at a volume that sounds like an emergency alarm.
- What can you take from it?
- Some music is intense enough to mimic real-world emergency signals.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When does volume become an emergency?
- How loud is too loud?
Another view
Hyperbole like this may overstate the actual loudness of the track.
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