It comes right at the beginning of "Everyone I Hate Should Be Killed," the opening track on Oozing Wound's debut album, "Retrash" (Thrill Jockey), the equivalent of holding your breath and closing your eyes in anticipation of getting punched.
"Remember the Titans" was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, whose recent pictures include action blockbusters like "Armageddon," "Bad Boys" and "The Rock," and it provides the emotional equivalent to those movies' visceral thrills.
All of which could be a thrilling aural experience, or the equivalent of listening to a thousand cats being tortured by a thousand cows in heavy boots.
Rosemary Butler, the assembly's presiding officer (the equivalent of the speaker), said she was "thrilled" to be present to bear witness to the first law passed by Welsh politicians since the days of the 15th century prince Owain Glyndŵr.
Yet Oakley, based in Foothill Ranch, Calif., is one of a handful of sports eyewear companies betting that thrill seekers and athletes crave the equivalent of a cockpit dashboard while skiing, snowboarding, cycling and running.
For Jane's Addiction, the cheap thrills of mass entertainment can be the equivalent of revelations, and primal emotions offer an opportunity for spectacle.
Her brilliant technique is amazingly resilient, giving her pliés and extended positions an extra stretch; her equivalent of ballet's pas de chat has a thrilling spring, and her rhythmic footwork is nuanced.
In the end, all I saw during my evening was pseudoscience and confirmation bias, the adult equivalent of sitting around a campfire telling scary stories terrifying and thrilling, but without any sort of merit beyond the enjoyment of the thing.
Oh, and a giant ship looms up out of the basement of the stage at the finale -- the arty equivalent of the helicopter in "Miss Saigon" and far less thrilling and necessary.
Occasionally, a thrill seeker rides the rapids in his kayak, the Los Angeles equivalent of Niagara Falls in a barrel.
So we're thrilled to be nominated for two Webby Awards, which are the internet equivalent of the Oscars.
