The countdown continues.
It needs to be understood that there is no science to this. It’s just gut emotion and my choices at this point are interchangeable on a daily basis. These are all fantastic songs but for purposes of this countdown, I must rank one above another.
We are rapidly nearing the summit of the mountain.
Be sure to click on the videos to hear the songs.
The names of the songs by each band that have already appeared on the countdown will appear below the video and show where it was ranked during the countdown.
Here we go!
#83 – Set The World On Fire – 2/8
#126 – Paradise Lost – 3/8
#235 – To Hell And Back – 4/8
#385 – In My Darkest Hour – 5/8
#574 – Underworld – 6/8
#799 – Out Of The Ashes – 7/8
#838 – Without You – 8/8
#45 – Ready To Fall – 2/10
#92 – Re-Education (Through Labor) – 3/10
#162 – Swing Life Away – 4/10
#283 – Prayer of the Refugee – 5/10
#372 – The Dirt Whispered – 6/10
#429 – Satellite – 7/10
#610 – People Live Here – 8/10
#699 – Paper Wings – 9/10
#731 – Saviour – 10/10
#82 – The Bard’s Song: In The Forest – 2/7
#278 – Curse My Name – 3/7
#386 – Hallelujah – 4/7
#473 – The Maiden and the Minstrel Knight – 5/7
#619 – Skalds and Shadows – 6/7
#669 – Miracle Machine – 7/7
#42 – Queen of the Reich – 3/15
#88 – Warning – 4/15
#118 – Roads To Madness – 5/15
#128 – Anybody Listening? – 6/15
#137 – En Force – 7/15
#168 – Breaking The Silence – 8/15
#219 – The Lady Wore Black – 9/15
#236 – Spreading The Disease – 10/15
#256 – Eyes Of A Stranger – 11/15
#311 – Speak – 12/15
#764 – Revolution Calling – 13/15
#798 – Operation: Mindcrime – 14/15
#893 – Empire – 15/15
#431 – I’m Eighteen – 2/7
#477 – School’s Out – 3/7
#577 – Welcome To My Nightmare – 4/7
#593 – I Am Made Of You – 5/7
#625 – Caught In A Dream – 6/7
#667 – Clones – 7/7
#109 – Unity – 3/20
#115 – How Did You Love – 4/20
#121 – Enemies – 5/20
#183 – Cut The Cord – 6/20
#196 – Dead Don’t Die – 7/20
#218 – Diamond Eyes – 8/20
#226 – Attention Attention – 9/20
#254 – Miracle – 10/20
#312 – Devil – 11/20
#452 – Brilliant – 12/20
#516 – Sound of Madness – 13/20
#563 – Call Me – 14/20
#674 – Through the Ghost – 15/20
#692 – Simple Man – 16/20
#766 – The Human Radio – 17/20
#804 – Monsters – 18/20
#855 – Planet Zero – 19/20
#901 – It All Adds Up – 20/20
#51 – The Spirit of Radio – 2/5
#328 – Tom Sawyer – 3/5
#467 – Fly By Night – 4/5
#979 – Closer To The Heart – 5/5
#347 – Blinded By The Light – 2/3
#750 – Spirits In The Night – 3/3
#132 – Be With You – 2/8
#192 – Babylon – 3/8
#229 – Look The Other Way – 4/8
#245 – Between The Eyes – 5/8
#263 – Small Price – 6/8
#497 – Gonna Leave You – 7/8
#546 – Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face 8/8
#40 – The Sentinel – 2/13
#146 – Freewheel Burning – 3/13
#435 – Living After Midnight – 4/13
#464 – Breaking The Law – 5/13
#573 – Reckless – 6/13
#598 – You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’ – 7/13
#668 – Fever – 8/13
#723 – The Green Manalishi – 9/13
#815 – Turbo Lover – 10/13
#895 – Jawbreaker – 11/13
#905 – (Take These) Chains – 12/13
#968 – Some Heads Are Gonna Roll – 13/13
That’s all for this weekend.
These are the songs that just missed
getting into the top 20 on my countdown.
Difficult choices.
How many of these songs would have been
in your top 100?
Top 1000?
You can see the entire top 100 so far below.
100 – Cheap Trick – Dream Police
99 – Creed- One Last Breath
98 – Blind Melon – No Rain
97 – Living Colour – Cult of Personality
96 – Triumph – Ordinary Man
95 – Scorpions – You And I
94 – Tesla – Forever More
93 – MCR – House of Wolves
92 – Rise Against – Re-Education
91 – Yngwie Malmsteen – Fury
90 – Robert Plant – Pledge Pin
89 – Jimi Hendrix – All Along The Watchtower
88 – Queensryche – Warning
87 – Metallica – Ride The Lightning
86 – Black Sabbath – War Pigs
85 – Escape The Fate – Gorgeous Nightmare
84 – The Answer – Cigarettes & Regret
83 – Symphony X – Set The World On Fire
82 – Blind Guardian – The Bard’s Song (Into The Forest)
81 – Jefferson Starship – Freedom At Point Zero
80 – Linkin Park – Battle Symphony
79 – Scorpions – Is There Anybody There?
78 – Golden Earring – Radar Love
77 – Living Colour – Solace Of You
76 – The Replacements – Skyway
75 – Triumph – Never Say Never
74 – The Rolling Stones – She’s So Cold
73 – Blondie – Call Me
72 – MCR – Welcome To The Black Parade
71 – Panic! At The Disco – Nine In The Afternoon
70 – Styx – The Grand Illusion
69 – Iron Maiden – Revelations
68 – Supertramp – Logical Song
67 – Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer
66 – Scorpions – But The Best For You
65 – Electric Boys – You Spark My Heart
64 – Bigelf – Disappear
63 – Flogging Molly – Requiem For A Dying Song
62 – MCR – Bulletproof Heart
61 – Harem Scarem – If You
60 – Def Leppard – Mirror Mirror
59 – Triumph – All The Way
58 – Scorpions – The Best Is Yet To Come
57 – Battle Beast – Out On The Streets
56 – Accept – No One’s Master
55 – Smash Mouth – All Star
54 – The Offspring – Cruising California
53 – Panic! At The Disco – The Ballad of Mona Lisa
52 – Greta Van Fleet – Highway Tune
51 – Rush – The Spirit of Radio
50 – Van Halen – Jump
49 – Def Leppard – Photograph
48 – Billy Joel – Piano Man
47 – Leo Sayer – One Man Band
46 – Accept – The Best Is Yet To Come
45 – Rise Against – Ready To Fall
44 – Led Zeppelin – How Many More Times
43 – The Rolling Stones – Start Me Up
42 – Queensryche – Queen of the Reich
41 – Dio – Holy Diver
40 – Judas Priest – The Sentinel
39 – Ozzy Osbourne – Crazy Train
38 – Boston – Peace of Mind
37 – Aerosmith – Dream On
36 – Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes
35 – Kansas – Dust In The Wind
34 – Rainbow – Man On The Silver Mountain
33 – Greta Van Fleet – Broken Bells
32 – Led Zeppelin – Dazed And Confused
31 – Triumph – Never Surrender
30 – Symphony X – Eve Of Seduction
29 – Rise Against – Audience Of One
28 – Blind Guardian – The Throne
27 – Queensryche – No Sanctuary
26 – Alice Cooper – No More Mr. Nice Guy
25 – Shinedown – special
24 – Rush – Limelight
23 – Manfred Mann – For You
22 – The Angels – Underground
21 – Judas Priest – The Hellion/Electric Eye
Allen M Werner is the author of the epic dark fantasy series The Crystal Crux and the Greek mythology novella Ares In Chains
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