It’s been a long journey, and I have finally reached the top 50.
YEAH!
I guess I think I’ve said enough about bands and songs and would rather just let the music do the talking the rest of the way.
I’m going to simply do what I did when I first started this countdown and post 10 songs at a time.
I don’t think anyone can go wrong listening to these great songs. For me, these are the best of the best ever. It’s not about them being landmarks in history. This is what I personally like to listen to. Hope you agree.
Be sure to click on the videos to hear the songs.
Beneath each video is a list of the songs by this band on my countdown and where they placed. As an example… Van Halen’s jump is 1/10. That means, according to me, Jump is Van Halen’s best song, and ten of their songs made it onto my countdown of best 1000. The rest are listed below it. Got it? Good.
Here we go!
#179 – Runnin’ With The Devil – 2/10
#272 – Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love – 3/10
#502 – Right Now – 4/10
#521 – Panama – 5/10
#607 – Runaround – 6/10
#648 – And The Cradle Will Rock – 7/10
#671 – Unchained – 8/10
#734 – Dance The Night Away – 9/10
#771 – Everybody Wants Some – 10/10
#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
#402 – You May Be Right – 2/3
#549 – My Life – 3/3
#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
92 – Re- Education – 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
#112 – You Shook Me – 5/31
#124 – Black Dog – 6/18
#136 – Ramble On – 7/18
#144 – Immigrant Song – 8/18
#180 – What Is And What Should Never Be – 9/18
#295 – Over The Hills And Far Away – 10/18
#342 – Good Times Bad Times – 11/18
#352 – Kashmir – 12/18
#367 – Fool In The Rain – 13/18
#378 – All My Love – 14/18
#409 – Heartbreaker – 15/18
#424 – When The Levee Breaks – 16/18
#450 – Trampled Under Foot – 17/18
#487 – Misty Mountain Hop – 18/18
#74 – She’s So Cold – 2/7
#197 – Gimme Shelter – 3/7
#476 – Honky Tonk Women – 4/7
#515 – Jumping Jack Flash – 5/7
#530 – Paint It Black – 6/7
#982 – Hang Fire – 7/7
#88 – Warning
#118 – Roads To Madness
#128 – Anybody Listening?
#137 – En Force
#168 – Breaking The Silence
#219 – The Lady Wore Black
#236 – Spreading The Disease
#256 – Eyes Of A Stranger
#311 – Speak
#764 – Revolution Calling
#798 – Operation:Mindcrime
#893 – Empire
#113 – The Last In Line – 3/17
#147 – I Could Have Been A Dreamer – 4/17
#156 – Scream – 5/17
#496 – Gypsy – 6/17
#517 – Shame on the Night – 7/17
#589 – Don’t Talk To Strangers – 8/17
#618 – In Dreams – 9/17
#637 – Stand Up And Shout – 10/17
#689 – Mystery – 11/17
#724 – Hungry For Heaven – 12/17
#738 – Straight Through The Heart – 13/17
#768 – Like The Beat Of A Heart – 14/17
#805 – One Night in the City – 15/17
#847 – Caught in the Middle – 16/17
#881 – Invisible – 17/17
Not surprising. Five songs from the early 80s in there. Three of them from 1983. Great time for music. Glad to have lived through it.
That’s it for now.
Because it is Super Bowl weekend, I have an extended weekend, so I may try to post another countdown, if I have time.
For now, how many of these would have made your top 50?
Your top 100?
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
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
Allen M Werner is the author of the epic dark fantasy series
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And the recently released Greek Mythology novella
ARES IN CHAINS
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