I'm a really big Lou Reed fan but some of his stuff will clear a room quickly, and I've used this (many years ago) to my advantage. Some VU of course, but I'm thinking of solo stuff like "The Kids" from the Berlin album -- very hard to take when the kids start crying and calling for mommy after the five minute mark ("they're taking her children away because they said she was not a good mother... that miserable rotten slut couldn't turn anyone away").