Author Allen M Werner

Here we go. Entering the top 60 songs ever according to me. Remember, this is not a list about the greatest songs ever made or ones that shook the charts or changed the course of music.
These are song I like listening to the most. Period.
And I have had to make a lot of very difficult choices, and the choices are getting more and more difficult each time.
Be sure to click on the videos to hear the songs.

Def Leppard is one of my favorite bands but not for the stuff people often associate with them. I’m not a big fan of their 4th album, Hysteria, released in 1987.
I prefer older Def Leppard from their first three albums when they were still part of the NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal).
Mirror Mirror is a powerful guitar driven song that has a lot of energy. It’s a good mix of hard rock and melodic feeling, the lyrics focusing on self-reflection.
I only saw Def Leppard live once but they have 15 songs in my top 1000. There is still one more Def Leppard song on my list to come.

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#60 – Mirror Mirror – 2/15
#209- It Don’t Matter – 3/15
#227 – Go – 4/15
#262 – Rock Of Ages – 5/15
#284 – Run Riot – 6/15
#307 – Rock! Rock! – 7/15
#355 – Comin’ Under Fire – 8/15
#373 – Let It Go – 9/15
#510 – Lady Strange – 10/15
#518 – On Through The Night – 11/15
#553 – Bringing On The Heartbreak – 12/15
#606 – Another Hit And Run – 13/15
#681 – Women – 14/15
#739 – Rock Brigade – 15/15

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#59 – All The Way – 4/21
#75 – Never Say Never – 5/21
#96 – Ordinary Man – 6/21
#111 – Fool For Your Love – 7/21
#154 – Lay It On The Line – 8/21
#184 – Allied Forces – 9/21
#211 – Hold On – 10/21
#319 – Somebody’s Out There – 11/21
#345 – If Only – 12/21
#366 – Follow Your Heart – 13/21
#417 – On And On – 14/21
#552 – Say Goodbye – 15/21
#634 – Tears In The Rain – 16/21
#700 – I Live For The Weekend – 17/21
#773 – Let The Light – 18/21
#786 – Hot Time – 19/21
#846 – When The Lights Go Down – 20/21
#899 – A World Of Fantasy – 21/21

The Scorpions are one of those rare bands that keep producing great songs decade after decade. Formed in 1965, their first album released in 1972, the Scorpions are still producing albums in the 2000s, their latest album, Rock Believer, released in 2022.
‘The Best Is Yet To Come’ is the last song on their 17th album, Sting In The Tail. It was actually written for their 2004 album, Unbreakable, but didn’t make the cut.
The Scorpions often write love songs as blur the line between a personal relationship with someone to the relationship the band feels for their fans and the audience. The Best Is Yet To Come is one of those power ballads that blurs that line as well, how despite all the passing years, the highs and the lows, the connection remains and the best is yet to come.
The song was not released as a single but often played live.
Despite it being a newer song, it climbs up to be my 4th favorite Scorpion’s song. There are still 3 more Scorpion songs to come.

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#58 – The Best Is Yet To Come – 4/31
#66 – But The Best For You – 5/31
#79 – Is There Anybody There? – 6/31
#95 – You And I – 7/31
#119 – Fly People Fly – 8/31
#125 – Fly To The Rainbow – 9/31
#159 – Rock N Roll Band – 10/31
#186 – Rhythm of Love – 11/31
#224 – Someday Is Now – 12/31
#231 – The Sails of Charon – 13/31
#257 – Alien Nation – 14/31
#273 – Lust or Love – 15/31
#293 – Drifting Sun – 16/31
#335 – Hurricane 2000 – 17/31
#351 – Time Will Call Your Name – 18/31
#363 – Hour 1 – 19/31
#380 – Wind of Change – 20/31
#430 – Humanity – 21/31
#472 – When The Smoke Is Going Down – 22/31
#505 – Tease Me Please Me – 23/31
#526 – The Zoo – 24/31
#568 – In Trance – 25/31
#721 – Don’t Stop At The Top – 26/31
#762 – Big City Nights – 27/31
#822 – Evening Wind – 28/31
#870 – 10 Light Years Away – 29/31
#886 – Where The River Flows – 30/31
#949 – Love Will Keep Us Alive – 31/31

Battle Beast is a Finnish metal band powered by the vocal talents of Noora Louhimo. I fell in love with her voice as soon as I heard it. She is amazing. And the band is super talented. Noora recently left the band to start a solo career, so it will be interesting to see what they do without her.
I like a lot of their songs but Out On The Streets, for me, is the best. Quick. Powerful. Rebellious. I never get tired of listening to this song.
I’ve never seen them live.
I could have chosen more but only 4 songs by Battle Beast made it into my top 1000. Three of the four songs are off the same album, their self-titled 2nd album.

#57 – Out On The Streets – 1/4
#141 – Let It Roar – 2/4
#217 – Into The Heart of Danger – 3/4
#675 – The Band of the Hawk – 4/4

Scorpions being my favorite, Accept are my second favorite German metal band. And like the Scorpions, Accept has been successful for several decades now, being formed back in 1972 with original vocalist Udo Dirkschneider, bassist Peter Baltes, and guitarist Wolf Hoffmann. Their first album wasn’t released until 1979.
Wolf Hoffmann is the only original member.
The current vocalist, American Mark Tornillo, joined in 2009 and appeared on their last six albums. I think he is a perfect fit for the band.
‘No One’s Master’ is a great rock song with lyrics that target a cruel world full of manipulators who try to divide us into classes in order to make themselves rich, and how we need to pushback by refusing to behave like them. “I treat how I want to be treated.”
I have seen Accept live several times but never with Mark as vocalist. I saw them back in the 80s when Udo was still barking out the songs and swinging on wrecking balls. If you know Accept, you’ll understand.
I probably could have picked a lot more songs but only 7 made my top 1000. This is number two. One more Accept song to come.

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#56 – No One’s Master – 2/7
#361 – Shadow Soldiers – 3/7
#561 – Stalingrad – 4/7
#597 – The Abyss – 5/7
#851 – Balls To The Wall – 6/7
#963 – Fast As The Shark – 7/7

That’s it for this weekend. Almost down to the last 50 songs.
How many of these songs would have been on your favorite’s list?

The top 100 so far…

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

Allen M Werner is the author of the epic dark fantasy series
THE CRYSTAL CRUX
and the greek mythology novella
ARES IN CHAINS