Appreciate the shoutout Ryan! You said you wouldn't forget and you didn't lol. Was really nice meeting you and Chris! Hells Heroes was amazing and the celtic frost set was definitely a highlight. In terms of album opener, first ones that came to mind Slayer - War Ensemble Metallica- Battery Mastodon- Oblivion High on Fire- Snakes for the Divine Vio-lence- External Nightmare Celtic Frost- Into Crypts of Ray
5. Tie Your Mother Down - Queen( A Day At The Races) 4. Black Dog - Led Zeppelin IV 3. Highway To Hell - AC/DC( Highway to Hell) 2. Over The Mountain - Ozzy (Diary of a Madman) 1. Tom Sawyer - Rush(Moving Pictures) Honorable mention: Stand Up and Shout - Dio( Holy Diver) More Than A Feeling - Boston( Boston) Anthem- Rush( Fly By Night) Runnin’ With Thr Devil - Van Halen I Thunderstruck - AC/DC( The Razor’s Edge) Keep Yourself Alive - Queen I Hair of the Dog - Nazareth( Hair of the Dog) Turn Up The Night - Black Sabbath( The Mob Rules) Soldiers Under Command - Stryper( Soldiers Under Command) Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy( Jailbreak) Warheads - Extreme( III Sides to Every Story) Bark at the Moon - Ozzy( Bark at the Moon) March of the Saint - Armored Saint
I was waiting for Bark at the Moon. I was a young metalhead in the 80s and that was the first Ozzy I had ever heard. I still have a soft spot for that tune and album
1. Van Halen - Running with the Devil 2. Ted Nugent - Stranglehold 3. Boston - More Than a Feeling 4. Aerosmith/Toys in the Attic - title track 5. Black Sabbath/Heaven and Hell- Neon Knights ------------- * Queensryche EP - Queen of the Reich * Ozzy/Blizzard of Ozz - I Don't Know * Ozzy/Diary of a Madman - Over the Mountain * Asia (debut/self-titled) - Heat of the Moment * Michael Schenker Group (debut/self-titled) - Armed and Ready * Dio/Holy Diver - Stand Up and Shout
Tarot Woman - Rainbow Rising. Much under-rated track that hardly ever gets any love. Those pounding drums from Cozy 'F*ckin' Powell and RJD's vocals - superb!.
Then of course there's Whitesnake's The Gambler on the UK album version of Slide It In - with more mighty tub-thumping from Cozy after the maestro Jon Lord's majestic keyboard intro. Back in the day when David C still had those powerful tonsils!
And why on earth wasn't Gone Hollywood Supertramp's most-loved song after its superb opening on Breakfast in America? To my mind they've never been better...
Another highly enjoyable show as always. The guys and Karen really keep it interesting and fun for the whole show. Pete, I hope you truly know the impact you have on us metalheads with the SOT gang. I couldn't be more thankful for all of you. You and your friends, Pete are the coolest people around and that's not to be taken lightly. You have got so many people through some harsh times these last several years. Grateful beyond belief! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
War Pigs/Luke's Wall- Black Sabbath Highway Star- Deep Purple The Wizard- Uriah Heep Electric Eye/The Helion- Judas Priest Man on the Silver Mountain- Rainbow Aces High- Iron Maiden Blackened- Metallica
My favorite album openers are: 5. Invincible Force (Destruction) 4. Coma (Overkill) 3. Angel Of Death (Slayer) 2. Holy Wars (Megadeth) 1. Fight Fire With Fire (Metallica) Honorable mentions in no particular order: Hell Awaits (Slayer) When The Sun Burns Red (Kreator) Wake Up Dead (Megadeth) Prowler (Iron Maiden) Aces High (Iron Maiden) The Exorsist (Possessed) Immortal Rites (Morbid Angel) Blinded By Fear (At The Gates) Time To Kill (Overkill)
I'm going to try to pick some not so obvious picks: "Time" by Anthrax. "Computer God" by Black Sabbath "Kiss of Death" by Dokken. "Pull My Under" by Dream Theater. "Welcome to Planet Motherf###er/Psychoholic Slag" by White Zombie. "Egypt" by Mercyful Fate "The World Around Me" by King's X "Blood of My Enemies" by Manowar "Unholy" by Kiss "Mouth for War" by Pantera, along with "Cowboys from Hell" Pretty much any Judas Priest album opener is a stone cold banger. Same with Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath. Even "Never Say Die" kicks off with the title track, which is pretty great.
Hi Guys and Karen. Great show. Here are some of mine off the top of my head. Some mentioned already. This is impossible. There are hundreds of great album openers. 1. Accept - Fast As A Shark 2. Megadeth - Holy Wars 3. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath 4. Metallica - Fight Fire With Fire 5. Symphony X - Inferno ( Unleash The Fire) from The Odyssey 6. Dio - Stand Up and Shout 7. Savatage - Sirens 8. Slayer - Angel Of Death 9. Y & T -- Mean Streak 10. Candlemass - Solitude
Princess of The Night - Saxon Soldier of the Line - Magnum Blackout - Scorpions Where Eagles Dare - Iron Maiden Light and Space - Threshold Hells Bells - AC/DC We Rock - Dio The Writer - UFO The Spirit of Radio - Rush Guardians of The Universe - Cloven Hoof
1. Iron Maiden- Caught Somewhere In Time. My favorite song ever. 2. Slayer- Chemical Warfare. If EP openers don't count, just put Angel of Death here 3. Blind Guardian- Imaginations From The Other Side. Where power metal truly began 4. Metallica- Fight Fire With Fire Where thrash began. 5. Van Halen- Running With The Devil The opening of the greatest rock & roll album ever made.
Here’s a few of my favorite album opening songs: Sonic Reducer- Dead Boys Headless Cross- Black Sabbath Angry Neurotic Catholics- Carnivore Death Camps- Cro Mags The Tempter- Trouble Controller- Prong Miracle Man- Ozzy Osbourne Stigmata- Ministry Twist Of Cain- Danzig Sun King- The Cult Plastic Bomb- Poison Idea Wasted Words- Allman Brothers Thunder & Lightning- Thin Lizzy Rocks Off- Rolling Stones Blackened- Metallica Iron Fist- Motörhead Mirror Mirror- Candlemass Armed & Ready- MSG Tombstone Highway- The Obsessed I Against I- Bad Brains The Death & Resurrection Show- Killing Joke Money Is Not Our God- Killing Joke
A few from me… not just great songs but those that truly kick off the album with a bang. *Aerosmith* - ‘Back in the Saddle’ *The Rolling Stones* - ‘Brown Sugar’ *The Who* - ‘Baba O’Riley’ *AC/DC* - ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Damnation’ *Rush* - ‘The Spirit of Radio’ *Genesis* - ‘Turn It on Again’ *Led Zeppelin* - ‘Achilles Last Stand’ *Dr. John the Nite Tripper* - ‘Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya’ *Black Sabbath* - ‘Sabbath Bloody Sabbath’ *King Crimson* - ‘21st Century Schizoid Man’
Alright, I haven't done this in a while. The Who - Baba O' Riley (Great Opener to the Best Album of all time) Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (I could've picked War Pigs or Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, but this song is Legendary) Pink Floyd - One of these Days Judas Priest - The Hellion Journey - Of a Lifetime Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier Opeth - The Moor (Debate between this and Ghost of Perdition) (Alright the rest of these are just good) Megadeth - Holy Wars Uriah Heep - Bird of Prey Yes - Close to the Edge Genesis - Watcher of the Skies Blue Oyster Cult - The Red and the Black Styx - Light Up There's a lot more Great Openers, I just like these the most.
Anthrax - Death rider - fistful of metal Kreator - Ripping corpse - Pleasure to kill Dark Angel - Darkness descends - Darkness Descends Accept - Fast as a shark - Restless and wild Black Sabbath - Turn up the night - Mob Rules Kate Bush - Sat in your lap - The Dreaming Metallica - Fight fire/ Battery - RTL - MOP Talk Talk - Talk Talk - The party’s over Yeah Karen I can’t believe I forgot Hell Awaits - So Slayer - Hell Awaits - Hell Awaits 🤟
@@Ihatecensorship1 cheers Nick….I don’t know if you know of Talk Talk. But from some of the music you talk about on the show. Maybe you should check out their album. The spirit of Eden.
From the seventies: Sweet: Set me free ( from Sweet Fanny Adams) Judas Priest: Exciter , Delivering the Goods Kansas : carry on my wayward son Sorcery : sacrifice ( from Stuntrock) Rainbow : tarot woman Ram Jam: gone wild Eighties: Metal Church: beyond the black Anthrax: death rider Stryper : soldiers under command Coney Hatch: devils deck Powermad: slaughterhouse Riot: hard lovin man Triumph : I live for the weekend Violation: gonna get to you ( from US Metal vol3) Vyper: I’m not waiting Leatherwolf : spiter Helstar : the king is dead Ninetees: Lynch Mob : wicked sensation Extreme : warheads Galactic cowboys : feel the rage Kings X : dog man Armored Saint: reign of fire Pantera : cowboys from hell
Tarot Woman - Rainbow. The song is amazing, but in itself its opening is fantastic, with keyboards that give the initial atmosphere, then followed by a guitar that works its way to finally lead to the entrance of Cozy's drums and the huge unique voice of Cozy. Gave.
Show No Mercy is my favorite Slayer album. Groovy, great riffs, great song writing. I get why people love the Rubin albums, but I love the vibe and songs from SNM the most.
Top 5: 5. Cirith Ungol - Join the Legion (Paradise Lost). 4. Death Angel - Thrown to the Wolves (The Art of Dying). 3. Mercyful Fate - Evil (Melissa). 2. Megadeth - Holy Wars (Rust in Peace). 1. Annihilator - Fun Palace (Never, Neverland). Top 5 with title tracks as openers: 5. Luzifer - Iron Shackles (Iron Shackles). 4. Lucifuge - Infernal Power (Infernal Power). 3. Death - Symbolic (Symbolic). 2. Venator - Paradiser (Paradiser). 1. Entombed - Left Hand Path (Left Hand Path).
Iron Maiden - Where Eagles Dare Dokken - Unchain the Night Slayer - War Ensemble Riot - Swords and Tequila (THE ULTIMATE BATTLE SONG!) Deep Purple - Burn Ratt - You're in Love Judas Priest - The Hellion/Electric Eye KISS - I Stole Your Love Krokus - Headhunter Mercyful Fate - Evil Steel Panther - Death to All (but Metal) Black Sabbath - Headless Cross Queensryche - Warning Warrior - Fighting for the Earth Manilla Road - Necropolis Cinderella - Night Songs Pantera - Cowboys from Hell Dio - Stand Up and Shout Gary Moore - Don't Take Me for a Loser Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon Possessed - The Exorcist W.A.S.P. - I Wanna Be Somebody Angel Witch - Angel Witch Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare Armored Saint - March of the Saint Motorhead - Ace of Spades Anthem - Gypsy Ways (Win, Lose or Draw) Tesla - The Gate / Invited Def Leppard - Rock Brigade Accept - Fast as a Shark Metallica - Blackened Savatage - 24 Hours Ago Just scratching the surface...
Some faves (not ranked): 1. Queen - "Brighton Rock" (Sheer Heart Attack) 2. Meshuggah - "Stengah" (Nothing) 3. Slayer - "Killing Fields" (Divine Intervention) 4. Metallica - "Blackened" (...And Justice for All) 5. KISS - "I've Had Enough" (Animalize) 6. Nine Inch Nails - "Mr. Self-Destruct" (The Downward Spiral) 7. Judas Priest - "Freewheel Burning" (Defenders of the Faith) 8. Ministry - "N.W.O." (Psalm 69) 9. A.T.R. - "Get Up While You Can" (The Future of War) 10. Death Grips - "Giving Good People Bad Ideas" (Bottomless Pit)
Great show! Here's a few more, Motörhead - Terminal Show (Inferno), The Beatles - Hard Day's Night (same), Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien (same), Metallica - Blackened (AJFA...), R.E.M. - Drive (AFTP), AC/DC - Hard as a Rock (Ballbreaker) Sepultura - Refuse/Resist (Chaos A.D.) and I can't leave out Thin Lizzy's Jailbreak!
Keep Yourself Alive - Queen - Queen Baba o Riley - The Who - Who's Next Kill the Poor - Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables Among the Living - Anthrax - Among the Living Blackout - Scorpions - Blackout
Hell's Heroes line up looks awesome. Did any of you see Midnight Dice and if you did, did they play any Satan's Hallow stuff? My list: 5. Rebellion in Dreamland - Land of the free- Gamma Ray, 4. Any and all opening track(s) from the first five Blind Guardian albums: Majesty/Banished From Sanctuary/Traveler in Time/Time What is Time/Imaginations fro the Other Side 3. Ride the Sky - Walls of Jericho - Helloween, 2. Holy Wars - Rust in Peace - Megadeth, 1. Thrashers - The Ultra-violence - Death Angel,
A few that come to mind.....Carry of Wayward Son, More Than A Feeling, Neon Knights, Burn, Highway Star, Stormbringer, Blood & Thunder, Prowler, Death Alley Driver, Runnin With The Devil, Mean Street, Rats, Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding, Don't Tell Me You Love Me, Help, 21st Century Schizoid Man, Queen of the Reich, Trashed, Fast as a Shark, The Hellion/Electric Eye. Blackened.
Mine are 1. Moonchild-Iron Maiden. 2. Stand Up And Shout-Dio. 3. Hit The Lights-Metallica. 4. A Dangerous Meeting-Mercyful Fate. 5. Bonded By Blood-Exodus. Honorable Mentions. 1. Tarot Woman-Rainbow. 2. Sinner-Judas Priest. 3. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath-Black Sabbath 4. Day Of The Eagle-Robin Trower. 5. Toys In The Attic-Aerosmith
So many but here’s a quick 5 choices: Dance The Night Away-VH…that start signalled a fresh bright sound for their 2nd album Tom Sawyer-RUSH…epic Hells Bells-AC/DC…the bell 🛎️ Cochise-Audioslave…weird and cool start and then it explodes! All My Life-Foo Fighters…simple cool Guitar then song kicks in awesome!
@@loungedweller ahh yes…I was looking at the track listing on the back of the cover…‘You’re No Good’ starts the record off, also cool, but ya got that wrong, ‘Dance The Night Away’ is the second track. Cheers.
Deep Purple-Burn King Crimson-21st Century Schizoid Man Metallica-Battery Led Zeppelin-Achilles Last Stand Venom-Black Metal (remember the first time you heard that intro and thought your stereo had gone berserk!?!) Cheers.
5. Heart (Bebe Le Strange) - Bebe Le Strange 4. Thin Lizzy (Chinatown) - We Will Be Strong 3. Black Sabbath (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath) - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 2. Black Sabbath (Mob Rules) - Turn Up The Night 1. Dio (The Last In Line) - We Rock
Ten of my favourite album opening tracks in the pop category. 1. Funeral For A Friend (Elton) 2. Jag Ska Fånga En Ängel (Ted Gärdestad) 3. Venus And Mars (Wings) 4. Space Oddity (Bowie) 5. Love Will Keep Us Together (Captain & Tennille) 6. Drive My Car (Beatles) 7. Captain Fantastic (Elton) 8. Gone Hollywood (Supertramp) 9. Taxman (Beatles) 10. The Puppy Song (Harry Nilsson)
Hello Pete!! I'm from Finland. I have followed HVS for a few years now. I like the show very much. Keep up the good work. I have a program proposal. BEST ROCK 'n' ROLL YEAR EVER by HVS !! It would be a 7 episode series. First you would choose the best year from the 60s. Each member of the show picks what they think are the three best years from that decade. Then you count which year gets the most votes, so it's the best year of that decade by HVS. Then you would do the same for the 70s, 80s, etc. In the last show, you put the best years of each decade in order and count which year gets the most votes. That year is the Best Rock'n' Roll Year ever!! I realize this will take time and probably require some planning, but it would be fascinating to know the final result!! Peace!!
Over the Mountain - Ozzy Livewire - AC/DC Where Eagles Dare - Iron Maiden Back in the Saddle - Aerosmith Live Bootleg Among the Living - Anthrax Battery - Metallica Highway Star = Deep Purple Nightmare - Avenged Sevenfold Glass Prison - Dream Theater Hellion/Electric Eye - Judas Priest Holy Wars - Megadeth Eternal Rains Will Come - Opeth Day of the Eagle - Robin Trower Mean Street - VH this is going to be an incredible itunes playlist
Unless I've forgotten another song, I'd have to say "Tightrope" from ELO's 1976 album "A New World Record" is my number one favourite album opener song. While I love the whole song, the amazing 76 second intro and the 18 second outro are without a doubt the highlights of the song. Thank you Mr. Jeff Lynne!! At the moment at least, my second, third and fourth favourite album opener songs are: 2) Themes - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe) (now I’m thinking it could tie for number one because I’ve played it so much 😂) 3) Knocking at Your Back Door - Deep Purple (Perfect Strangers) 4) Fire on High - ELO (Face the Music)
5. Perry Mason - Ozzy (Ozzmosis) 4. Crazy Horse - Black Label Society (Order Of The Black) 3. Aces High - Iron Maiden (Powerslave) 2. Hit The Lights - Metallica (Kill 'Em All) 1. Big Guns - Skid Row (Skid Row)
My Top 5: Queen - Death On Two Legs (A Night At The Opera) Deep Purple - Highway Star (Machine Head) Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (III) Iron Maiden - Where Eagles Dare (Piece Of Mind) Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath)
Good Morning - Blackfoot (Marauder) Exciter - Judas Priest (Stained Class) Fun Palace - Annihilator (Never Neverland) Prowler - Iron Maiden debut From Out Of Nowhere - Faith No More (The Real Thing)
1. Hole in the sky (Black Sabbath) 2. Missisippi Queen (Mountain) 3. Overkill (Motörhead) 4. Hit the Lights (Metallica) 5. Black Dog (Led Zeppelin) 6. Don´t break the oath (Mercyful Fate) 7. War Ensamble (Slayer) 8. Rock the Nation (Montrose) 9. Rapid Fire (Judas Priest) 10. Hair of the Dog (Nazareth)
Not necessarily all time--but up there: Van Hagar: "Poundcake" "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" Zep: "Good Times, Bad Times" Maiden: "The Wicker Man" Schenker: "Ready to Rock"
• Black Sabbath: Anno Mundi • Demolition Hammer: Skull Fracturing Nightmare • Pantera: Opening tracks from CFH thru TGST • Sepultura: Arise And so many more God damn…
Angel of Death by Thin Lizzy. Summertime Blues by Blue Cheer. Fire in the Head by The Tea Party. Living Backwards by Saint Vitus. Born to Lose by Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers. Honorary mentions... Relentless by Pentagram. We Die Young by Alice in Chains. Back on the Streets by Gary Moore. Dr. Music by Blue Öyster Cult. Reservation by Wild Horses.
UK - In The Dead Of Night. When i heard those opening guitar chords with the drums and then the keyboards jump straight in followed by Wetton's vocals, i knew i was hearing something very special just from the opening track alone and it really helped set the tone for what the self titled album was going to be about. It still to this day blows me away everytime i hear it.
Wake Up Dead and Holy Wars are both right answers for Megadeth. I'd like to mention Into the Lungs of Hell, it perfectly sets the mood for So Far... So Good... So What!
Going through my CD collection, I found my top 5 and a few honorable mentions. Top Five: 1. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin II 2. What You Need - Listen Like Thieves (INXS) 3. Zoo Station - Achtung Baby (U2) 4. Go - VS (Pearl Jam) 5. Start Me Up - Tattoo You (The Rolling Stones) Honorable Mentions: 1. Black Dog - Led Zeppelin IV 2. Red Rain - So (Peter Gabriel) 3. Suicide Blonde - X (INXS) 4. Play the Game - The Game (Queen) 5. Let the Good Times Roll - The Cars 6. Shout - Songs from the Big Chair (Tears for Fears) 7. World in My Eyes - Violator (Depeche Mode) 8. Sort of Homecoming - The Unforgettable Fire (U2) 9. Gambler - Slide It In (Whitesnake) 10. Shake My Tree - Coverdale/Page 11. Heaven Knows - Now and Zen (Robert Plant) 12. Mambo Sun - Electric Warrior (T-Rex) 13. In the Evening - ITTOD (Led Zeppelin) 14. The One Thing - Shabooh Shoobah (INXS) 15. Custard Pie - Physical Graffiti: Disc One (Led Zeppelin)
Wow!!!….I really dig your list here…Outside the box, for dang sure….I mean, Zoo Station, In The Evening, and Red Rain, get outta here!…Here’s some right back @ ya:::Foreigner Night Life(4) or Dirty White Boy(Head Games), The Car’s Since You’re Gone(Shake It Up), and Boston More Than A Feeling…LaterOn!
@@richard-mr1vz Thanks! I like all kinds of music. I forgot Women from Hysteria and I cut Crying in the Rain from Whitesnake at the last minute. I just had too many. I like New Wave, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock in particular, Grunge, in small amounts and R&B. My parents were R&B fans and I got into Rock when I started elementary school. Your list is interesting too. The only one I know is Boston, which my favorite Boston song. I have to hear the songs on your list just for fun. Cheers and stay cool😎
@@drocker4729 You're right I am a pretty big fan. What might surprise you is that my fandom is fairly recent. Maybe five years or less. I owned Physical Graffiti after college, but I didn't go any further until I heard Immigrant Song on the radio. I live on the West Coast. I lived in Los Angeles for nearly a decade, and now, I live in another major West Coast city. Both played Led Zeppelin a lot! But it wasn't until I heard When the Levee Breaks for the first time that I was like wow, I want to hear more. Now, I have all their studio albums, a 3-disc version of Coda that has Travelling River Side Blues, another favorite Zeppelin cover, and Hey, Hey, What Can I do, which I absolutely love too and The BBC Sessions. It's like when I heard What You Need and scooped up everything INXS. So, yeah, thank you for passing this on and I'll definitely check it out 😉BTW, what are your favorite Zeppelin albums, if you have a favorite?
@@drocker4729 Very true. 😊 My favorite album is Led Zeppelin IV. How unoriginal is that?! When it comes to favorite songs, I'll split the difference this way. When the Levee Breaks is my favorite song overall. But my favorite original song is Over the Hills and Far Away. I love every Zeppelin album except their debut which I think is good but not great. Presence has its ups and downs and Led Zeppelin III is my least favorite because I like Immigrant Song and that's it. My brain goes to sleep after Since I've Been Loving You. As far as the order of my favorites it's Led Zeppelin IV, Physical Graffiti, ITTOD, Houses of the Holy and Led Zeppelin II.
Dear chaps and chappetes, Here a few honorable mentions from a range of genres (I love them all) The Doors - The Doors - "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced - "Foxy Lady" Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - "So What" The Dammed - Damned Damned Damned - "Neat Neat Neat" My Bloody Valentine - Loveless - "Only Shallow" The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops - "A Walk Across the Rooftops" ACDC - Highway to Hell - "Highway to Hell" Charles Mingus - Mingus at Antibes - "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" James White and the Blacks - Off White - "Contort Yourself" Third Ear Band - Alchemy - "Mosaic" The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico - "Sunday Morning" Ornette Coleman - Virgin Beauty - "3 Wishes" Keep up the good work
A few faves: Sympathy for the Devil (Beggars Banquet) - The Rolling Stones Rock 'N' Roll Damnation (Powerage) - AC/DC Caught Somewhere in Time (Somewhere in Time) - Iron Maiden Break on Through (To the Other Side) - The Doors self-titled debut Wild Child (The Last Command) - W.A.S.P. Twice As Hard (Shake Your Money Maker) - The Black Crowes
Holidays in the Sun - "Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols" Invisible Hate - Witchfinder General "Death Penalty" I Wanna Be Somebody - "W.A.S.P." Mississippi Queen - Mountain "Climbing!" Neon Knights - Black Sabbath "Heaven and Hell"
The song that always comes to mind is Fast As a Shark from a killer Restless and Wild album. It's that damn "Hi Dee Hi Do Hi Da" and the needle raking across to an udo scream. My god. Fun stuff.
I'm going to pick 5 that where not mentioned or the super obvious 5. Beyond the Black - Metal Church ( great way to kick of a great debut album) 4. Of Rage and War - Savatage Gutter Ballet 3. Freak - Bruce Dickinson Accident by Birth 2. Rock you to Hell - The Grim Reaper Rock you to Hell 1. Look at Yourself - Uriah Heep Look at Yourself Also it would be cool to see opening songs (exclude basic into tracks) that suck on otherwise great albums and favorite album closing tracks on HVS/ITPS ( I'll post it in the community board for ideas as well)
Agree with the suggestion - sounds more challenging to find worst opening tracks (on albums we otherwise like) - first impressions count, so you would assume that a strong track would have been picked to go first? Choosing favourite opening track on some prog albums could be the whole of Side A, so Pete might need to set ground rules (like he did when looking at perfect album sides).
1) "Conquistador" - Procol Harum - Live with Edmonton Orchestra 2) "Funeral For a Friend" - Elton - Goodbye Y.B. Road 3) "Introduction" - Chicago - C.T.A. 4) "Back in the U.S.S.R." - The Beatles - White Album 5) "Death On Two Legs" - Queen - A Night at the Opera 6) "More Than a Feeling" - Boston - s/t 7) "Hocus Pocus" - Focus - Moving Waves 8) "Ain't Wastin No More Time" - Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach 9) "Every Time I Roll the Dice" - Delbert McClinton - Never Been Rocked Enough 10) "Roadhouse Blues" - The Doors - Morrison Hotel 11) "Purple Haze" - Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? 12) "Point of Know Return" - Kansas - Point of Know Return 13) "21st Century Schizoid Man" - King Crimson - In the Court 14) "Monday Morning" - Fleetwood Mac - s/t 15) "Funk 49" - James Gang - James Gang Rides Again 16) "Black Dog" - Led Zeppelin - LZ IV 17) "Maggot Brain" - Funkadelic - Maggot Brain 18) "Shadows of the Night" - Pat Benatar - Get Nervous 19) Shine on You Crazy Diamond" - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 20) "White Bird" - It's a Beautiful Day - s/t 21) "You are the Sunshine" - Stevie Wonder - Talking Book 22) Batuka - Santana - Santana 3 23) "Glad" - Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die 24) "Too Hot To Handle" - UFO - Lights Out 25) "Roundabout" - Yes - Fragile
Alice in Chains - Them Bones off of Dirt, Dio - Stand up and shout off of Holy Diver, Slayer - Hell Awaits off of Hell Awaits, Rush - Spirit of the Radio off of Permanent waves, and Motorhead - Iron Fist off the album Iron Fist.
Love this topic. I think a really good opening track and even closing track can elevate a good album to classic status. Without taking time to think about it it's pretty hard to choose just 5 so I will give 10 of my favorite opening tracks (no order). 1. Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock from Siamese Dream (1993; alternative rock/alternative metal/psychedelic rock/indie rock) 2. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit from Nevermind (1991; grunge/alternative rock) 3. Soundgarden - Rusty Cage from Badmotorfinger (1991; grunge/alternative metal/heavy metal) 4. Mossgiver - The Song Among Branches from The Song Among Branches (2022; atmospheric black metal) 5. Green Day - American Idiot from American Idiot (2004; pop punk/punk rock/alternative rock) 6. Ghost - Spirit from Meliora (2015; heavy metal/hard rock/doom metal) 7. Maroon 5 - Harder To Breath from Songs About Jane (2002; pop rock/alternative rock) 8. Citizen - Death Dance Approximately from Life In Your Glass World (2021; emo/indie rock/post-punk/shoegaze) 9. Deftones - Diamond Eyes from Diamond Eyes (2010; alternative rock/post-hardcore/shoegaze) 10. Death - Leprosy from Leprosy (1988; death metal)
2/4 songs come to mind immediately: The Hellion/Electric Eye and Ides of March/Wrathchild. Others include Cowboys From Hell, Neon Knights, Blackened, Queen of The Reich, Over The Mountain, Twist of Cain, Detroit Rock City, Anthem, Dark Lady, The Immigrant Song...too many to name.
Accept - Beat the Bastards AC/DC - It's a Long Way to the Top AC/DC - Thunderstruck Avenged Sevenfold - Critical Acclaim Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare Black Sabbath - Hole in the Sky Black Sabbath - Neon Knights Blaze Bayley - The Man Who Would Not Die Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the Other Side Blind Guardian - War of Wrath/Into the Storm -(I know I'm cheating but I have to :) ) Bullet For My Valentine - Your Betrayal Deep Purple - Speed King Dio - Stand Up And Shout Dio - We Rock Fair To Midland - Dance Of The Manatee Halford - Ressurection Helloween - Starlight or Ride The Sky (depends on the edition) Helloween - Mr. Torture Iron Maiden - Be Quick or Be Dead Iron Maiden - Futureal Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man Judas Priest - Painkiller Judas Priest - Firepower (the best one from Judas!) Led Zeppelin - Black Dog Manowar - Fighting the World Megadeth - Holy Wars...The Punishment Due Metallica - Hit the Lights Metallica - Fight Fire With Fire Metallica - Blackened Motorhead - Overkill Motorhead - Ace of Spades Ozzy Osbourne - Over the Mountain Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Tinketrain Pantera - Cowboys from Hell Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine Pink Floyd - One Of These Days Pink Floyd - Shine On Your Crazy Diamond Queen - Death On Two Legs Rainbow - Man On The Silver Mountain Rainbow - Tarot Woman Running Wild - Under Jolly Roger Saxon - Princess of the Night Saxon - Power and the Glory Skid Row - Monkey Business Volbeat - The Human Instrument I hope you enjoy it 😁 I've already cut it out from over 70 tracks....cannot cut anymore 🤣
To be honest there's only Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Queen in your list that I'm a fan of, but bloody well done for taking the time to list all those bands. I was the first to 'like' your comment too 😂
Some of mine were mentioned, but I’ve decided to stick with my original list: Overkill - Motörhead Turn To Stone - ELO (Out of the Blue) Detroit Rock City - Kiss (Alive II) Good Morning - Blackfoot (Marauder) Highway to Hell - AC/DC
Too Much Thinking from Triumph's Never Surrender Take a Bow from Muse's Black Holes & Revelations I Remember Now/Anarchy X/Revolution Calling from Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime King in Crimson from Bruce Dickinson's The Chemical Wedding The Mothers/Levitate from I Mother Earth's Dig You Can't Bring Me Down from Suicidal Tendencies' Lights...Camera...Revolution! Cherub Rock from Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream Soldier Side/BYOB from System of a Down's Mezmerize Title Track from Thin Lizzy's Thunder & Lightning
Soldier Of Fortune - Thin Lizzy (Bad Reputation) Backwater - Status Quo (Quo) Overkill - Motörhead (Overkill) Anthem - Rush (Fly By Night) Highway Star - Deep Purple (Machine Head) There are so many more, but these come to mind right now
Great show! :) Loved to hear Karen bringing out the Church of Misery. What a great band! My picks, in no particular order: Danzig - Long Way Back From Hell Kyuss - Thumb Iron Maiden - The Ides of March/Wrathchild Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Paradise Lost - Embers Fire
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song ( Led Zeppelin III), Black Dog (Led Zeppelin IV), Yes - Roundabout (Fragile), Close To the Edge (CTTE), Gates of Delirium (Relayer), Rolling Stones - Sympathy For the Devil (Beggar’s Banquet), Gimme Shelter (Let It Bleed), Rocks Off (Exile on Main Street) Brown Sugar (Sticky Fingers)
No particular order Deny The Cross - Overkill Eagle Fly Free - Helloween Fast As A Shark - Accept Kill The King - Rainbow (Live On Stage) Burn - Deep Purple There's loads more, these were just off the top of my head. Fight Fire With Fire - Metallica Unstoppable Force - Agent Steel etc etc
Maybe a few that others might not pick: Obororos (The Way of All Flesh) - Gojira Mouth For War (Vulgar Display of Power) - Pantera D.N.R. (The Gathering) - Testament Ethica Odini (Axioma Ethica Odini) - Enslaved Spirit of Radio/Tom Sawyer - Rush (I couldn't leave one out, love 'Em both!!) For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) - AC/DC (favorite song of all time, have to include it!!)
"Break On Through" - Doors 'Ace Of Spades" - Motorhead "Under my Wheels" - Alice Cooper "Ride The Sky" - Lucifer`s Friend "Sometimes" - Stranglers "Rock The Nation" - Montrose "Born On The Bayou" - CCR "Black Sabbath" - Black Sabbath "Astronomy Domine" - Pink Floyd "The Tower" - Angel
You guys definitely talk about a lot of bands I've never heard. I'm not into brutal dark black death metal or whatever the flippity fuck it is you all love lol. You guys did mention a few I know and love though like Motörhead, Iron Maiden, KISS, Led Zeppelin, Robin Trower... I must say, my true top 5 are probably all Aerosmith. 5. No Surprize 4. Back In The Saddle 3. Toys In The Attic 2. Draw The Line 1. Let The Music Do The Talking But beyond Aerosmith I'd go with 5. You May Be Right by Billy Joel 4. Iron Fist by Motörhead 3. The Song Remains The Same by Led Zeppelin 2. In The Time Of Our Lives by Iron Butterfly 1. 2112 by Rush
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1. Where Eagles dare
2. Turn up the night
3. Burn
4. Ghosts of Perdition
5. Hellion/Electric Eye
Appreciate the shoutout Ryan! You said you wouldn't forget and you didn't lol. Was really nice meeting you and Chris! Hells Heroes was amazing and the celtic frost set was definitely a highlight.
In terms of album opener, first ones that came to mind
Slayer - War Ensemble
Metallica- Battery
Mastodon- Oblivion
High on Fire- Snakes for the Divine
Vio-lence- External Nightmare
Celtic Frost- Into Crypts of Ray
5. Tie Your Mother Down - Queen( A Day At The Races)
4. Black Dog - Led Zeppelin IV
3. Highway To Hell - AC/DC( Highway to Hell)
2. Over The Mountain - Ozzy (Diary of a Madman)
1. Tom Sawyer - Rush(Moving Pictures)
Honorable mention:
Stand Up and Shout - Dio( Holy Diver)
More Than A Feeling - Boston( Boston)
Anthem- Rush( Fly By Night)
Runnin’ With Thr Devil - Van Halen I
Thunderstruck - AC/DC( The Razor’s Edge)
Keep Yourself Alive - Queen I
Hair of the Dog - Nazareth( Hair of the Dog)
Turn Up The Night - Black Sabbath( The Mob Rules)
Soldiers Under Command - Stryper( Soldiers Under Command)
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy( Jailbreak)
Warheads - Extreme( III Sides to Every Story)
Bark at the Moon - Ozzy( Bark at the Moon)
March of the Saint - Armored Saint
I was waiting for Bark at the Moon. I was a young metalhead in the 80s and that was the first Ozzy I had ever heard. I still have a soft spot for that tune and album
1. Van Halen - Running with the Devil
2. Ted Nugent - Stranglehold
3. Boston - More Than a Feeling
4. Aerosmith/Toys in the Attic - title track
5. Black Sabbath/Heaven and Hell- Neon Knights
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* Queensryche EP - Queen of the Reich
* Ozzy/Blizzard of Ozz - I Don't Know
* Ozzy/Diary of a Madman - Over the Mountain
* Asia (debut/self-titled) - Heat of the Moment
* Michael Schenker Group (debut/self-titled) - Armed and Ready
* Dio/Holy Diver - Stand Up and Shout
Walk in the Shadows also by Queensryche
Tarot Woman - Rainbow Rising. Much under-rated track that hardly ever gets any love. Those pounding drums from Cozy 'F*ckin' Powell and RJD's vocals - superb!.
Then of course there's Whitesnake's The Gambler on the UK album version of Slide It In - with more mighty tub-thumping from Cozy after the maestro Jon Lord's majestic keyboard intro. Back in the day when David C still had those powerful tonsils!
Isn’t every track on Rising that is not Stargazer underrated?
Great pick though, killer track!
@@beetlebum7760 Yeah, agreed. I would have thought everyone's second favourite track is Tarot Woman.
And why on earth wasn't Gone Hollywood Supertramp's most-loved song after its superb opening on Breakfast in America? To my mind they've never been better...
And the Tony Carey ending. So good. th-cam.com/video/_G8lhw_zRWM/w-d-xo.html
Another highly enjoyable show as always. The guys and Karen really keep it interesting and fun for the whole show. Pete, I hope you truly know the impact you have on us metalheads with the SOT gang. I couldn't be more thankful for all of you. You and your friends, Pete are the coolest people around and that's not to be taken lightly. You have got so many people through some harsh times these last several years. Grateful beyond belief! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Elton John “Funeral for a Friend” on Yellow Brick Road. Set the tone for a remarkable album.
Remains his best album, could do no wrong back then.
That’s one of my top 5 all time favorite songs. Great choice Thomas
War Pigs/Luke's Wall- Black Sabbath
Highway Star- Deep Purple
The Wizard- Uriah Heep
Electric Eye/The Helion- Judas Priest
Man on the Silver Mountain- Rainbow
Aces High- Iron Maiden
Blackened- Metallica
My favorite album openers are:
5. Invincible Force (Destruction)
4. Coma (Overkill)
3. Angel Of Death (Slayer)
2. Holy Wars (Megadeth)
1. Fight Fire With Fire (Metallica)
Honorable mentions in no particular order:
Hell Awaits (Slayer)
When The Sun Burns Red (Kreator)
Wake Up Dead (Megadeth)
Prowler (Iron Maiden)
Aces High (Iron Maiden)
The Exorsist (Possessed)
Immortal Rites (Morbid Angel)
Blinded By Fear (At The Gates)
Time To Kill (Overkill)
I'm going to try to pick some not so obvious picks:
"Time" by Anthrax.
"Computer God" by Black Sabbath
"Kiss of Death" by Dokken.
"Pull My Under" by Dream Theater.
"Welcome to Planet Motherf###er/Psychoholic Slag" by White Zombie.
"Egypt" by Mercyful Fate
"The World Around Me" by King's X
"Blood of My Enemies" by Manowar
"Unholy" by Kiss
"Mouth for War" by Pantera, along with "Cowboys from Hell"
Pretty much any Judas Priest album opener is a stone cold banger. Same with Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath. Even "Never Say Die" kicks off with the title track, which is pretty great.
Love your Computer God pick. So damn good!
Hi Guys and Karen. Great show. Here are some of mine off the top of my head. Some mentioned already. This is impossible. There are hundreds of great album openers.
1. Accept - Fast As A Shark
2. Megadeth - Holy Wars
3. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
4. Metallica - Fight Fire With Fire
5. Symphony X - Inferno ( Unleash The Fire) from The Odyssey
6. Dio - Stand Up and Shout
7. Savatage - Sirens
8. Slayer - Angel Of Death
9. Y & T -- Mean Streak
10. Candlemass - Solitude
Corrosion of Conformity finally getting some love on this channel!!!
Saw them at one point or 2 I don't remember enough but a great sound and singer guitarist anything you recommend ??
Princess of The Night - Saxon
Soldier of the Line - Magnum
Blackout - Scorpions
Where Eagles Dare - Iron Maiden
Light and Space - Threshold
Hells Bells - AC/DC
We Rock - Dio
The Writer - UFO
The Spirit of Radio - Rush
Guardians of The Universe - Cloven Hoof
The opening synths from Moonchild always gets me
1. Iron Maiden- Caught Somewhere In Time. My favorite song ever.
2. Slayer- Chemical Warfare. If EP openers don't count, just put Angel of Death here
3. Blind Guardian- Imaginations From The Other Side. Where power metal truly began
4. Metallica- Fight Fire With Fire Where thrash began.
5. Van Halen- Running With The Devil The opening of the greatest rock & roll album ever made.
Here’s a few of my favorite album opening songs:
Sonic Reducer- Dead Boys
Headless Cross- Black Sabbath
Angry Neurotic Catholics- Carnivore
Death Camps- Cro Mags
The Tempter- Trouble
Controller- Prong
Miracle Man- Ozzy Osbourne
Stigmata- Ministry
Twist Of Cain- Danzig
Sun King- The Cult
Plastic Bomb- Poison Idea
Wasted Words- Allman Brothers
Thunder & Lightning- Thin Lizzy
Rocks Off- Rolling Stones
Blackened- Metallica
Iron Fist- Motörhead
Mirror Mirror- Candlemass
Armed & Ready- MSG
Tombstone Highway- The Obsessed
I Against I- Bad Brains
The Death & Resurrection Show- Killing Joke
Money Is Not Our God- Killing Joke
"Blackened" (Metallica - ...And Justice for All)
"Wheels of Confusion/The Straightener" (Black Sabbath Vol. 4)
"Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" (Megadeth - Rust in Peace)
"Angel of Death" (Slayer - Reign in Blood)
"Cherub Rock" (Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream)
A few from me… not just great songs but those that truly kick off the album with a bang.
*Aerosmith* - ‘Back in the Saddle’
*The Rolling Stones* - ‘Brown Sugar’
*The Who* - ‘Baba O’Riley’
*AC/DC* - ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Damnation’
*Rush* - ‘The Spirit of Radio’
*Genesis* - ‘Turn It on Again’
*Led Zeppelin* - ‘Achilles Last Stand’
*Dr. John the Nite Tripper* - ‘Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya’
*Black Sabbath* - ‘Sabbath Bloody Sabbath’
*King Crimson* - ‘21st Century Schizoid Man’
Alright, I haven't done this in a while.
The Who - Baba O' Riley (Great Opener to the Best Album of all time)
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (I could've picked War Pigs or Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, but this song is Legendary)
Pink Floyd - One of these Days
Judas Priest - The Hellion
Journey - Of a Lifetime
Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
Opeth - The Moor (Debate between this and Ghost of Perdition)
(Alright the rest of these are just good)
Megadeth - Holy Wars
Uriah Heep - Bird of Prey
Yes - Close to the Edge
Genesis - Watcher of the Skies
Blue Oyster Cult - The Red and the Black
Styx - Light Up
There's a lot more Great Openers, I just like these the most.
Did anybody mention "Soldiers Under Command" by Stryper - killer opening track! 💛🖤💛🖤
Yes, somebody did mention it, and I agree..Awesome rock song !
Anthrax - Death rider - fistful of metal
Kreator - Ripping corpse - Pleasure to kill
Dark Angel - Darkness descends - Darkness Descends
Accept - Fast as a shark - Restless and wild
Black Sabbath - Turn up the night - Mob Rules
Kate Bush - Sat in your lap - The Dreaming
Metallica - Fight fire/ Battery - RTL - MOP
Talk Talk - Talk Talk - The party’s over
Yeah Karen I can’t believe I forgot Hell Awaits - So
Slayer - Hell Awaits - Hell Awaits 🤟
Right on Steve! Great picks.
@@Ihatecensorship1 cheers Nick….I don’t know if you know of Talk Talk. But from some of the music you talk about on the show. Maybe you should check out their album. The spirit of Eden.
@Steve Hughes it's the one with which I'm least familiar....about to change that right now in fact....🎶
Dark Angel and Kate Bush together! Perfect!!!
@@SteveHughesOfficial I'm really enjoying the album. Great recommendation !
From the seventies:
Sweet: Set me free ( from Sweet Fanny Adams)
Judas Priest: Exciter , Delivering the Goods
Kansas : carry on my wayward son
Sorcery : sacrifice ( from Stuntrock)
Rainbow : tarot woman
Ram Jam: gone wild
Eighties:
Metal Church: beyond the black
Anthrax: death rider
Stryper : soldiers under command
Coney Hatch: devils deck
Powermad: slaughterhouse
Riot: hard lovin man
Triumph : I live for the weekend
Violation: gonna get to you ( from US Metal vol3)
Vyper: I’m not waiting
Leatherwolf : spiter
Helstar : the king is dead
Ninetees:
Lynch Mob : wicked sensation
Extreme : warheads
Galactic cowboys : feel the rage
Kings X : dog man
Armored Saint: reign of fire
Pantera : cowboys from hell
Tarot Woman - Rainbow. The song is amazing, but in itself its opening is fantastic, with keyboards that give the initial atmosphere, then followed by a guitar that works its way to finally lead to the entrance of Cozy's drums and the huge unique voice of Cozy. Gave.
Show No Mercy is my favorite Slayer album. Groovy, great riffs, great song writing. I get why people love the Rubin albums, but I love the vibe and songs from SNM the most.
This show needs The Price is Right music when Pete calls out the name when it's their turn. "Count Von Ralficus, come on down.."🎶🎶🏃♀🎉😂
Top 5:
5. Cirith Ungol - Join the Legion (Paradise Lost).
4. Death Angel - Thrown to the Wolves (The Art of Dying).
3. Mercyful Fate - Evil (Melissa).
2. Megadeth - Holy Wars (Rust in Peace).
1. Annihilator - Fun Palace (Never, Neverland).
Top 5 with title tracks as openers:
5. Luzifer - Iron Shackles (Iron Shackles).
4. Lucifuge - Infernal Power (Infernal Power).
3. Death - Symbolic (Symbolic).
2. Venator - Paradiser (Paradiser).
1. Entombed - Left Hand Path (Left Hand Path).
Iron Maiden - Where Eagles Dare
Dokken - Unchain the Night
Slayer - War Ensemble
Riot - Swords and Tequila (THE ULTIMATE BATTLE SONG!)
Deep Purple - Burn
Ratt - You're in Love
Judas Priest - The Hellion/Electric Eye
KISS - I Stole Your Love
Krokus - Headhunter
Mercyful Fate - Evil
Steel Panther - Death to All (but Metal)
Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
Queensryche - Warning
Warrior - Fighting for the Earth
Manilla Road - Necropolis
Cinderella - Night Songs
Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
Dio - Stand Up and Shout
Gary Moore - Don't Take Me for a Loser
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon
Possessed - The Exorcist
W.A.S.P. - I Wanna Be Somebody
Angel Witch - Angel Witch
Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare
Armored Saint - March of the Saint
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Anthem - Gypsy Ways (Win, Lose or Draw)
Tesla - The Gate / Invited
Def Leppard - Rock Brigade
Accept - Fast as a Shark
Metallica - Blackened
Savatage - 24 Hours Ago
Just scratching the surface...
Some faves (not ranked):
1. Queen - "Brighton Rock" (Sheer Heart Attack)
2. Meshuggah - "Stengah" (Nothing)
3. Slayer - "Killing Fields" (Divine Intervention)
4. Metallica - "Blackened" (...And Justice for All)
5. KISS - "I've Had Enough" (Animalize)
6. Nine Inch Nails - "Mr. Self-Destruct" (The Downward Spiral)
7. Judas Priest - "Freewheel Burning" (Defenders of the Faith)
8. Ministry - "N.W.O." (Psalm 69)
9. A.T.R. - "Get Up While You Can" (The Future of War)
10. Death Grips - "Giving Good People Bad Ideas" (Bottomless Pit)
poundcake(van halen)
tarot woman(rainbow)
Barracuda(Heart)
Neon Knights( Black Sabbath)
Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (Journey)
Rosalie - Thin Lizzy's Fighting album. Killer backing vocals by Roger Chapman... Karen, so cool to hear Church Of Misery mentioned.
Great show! Here's a few more, Motörhead - Terminal Show (Inferno), The Beatles - Hard Day's Night (same), Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien (same), Metallica - Blackened (AJFA...), R.E.M. - Drive (AFTP), AC/DC - Hard as a Rock (Ballbreaker) Sepultura - Refuse/Resist (Chaos A.D.) and I can't leave out Thin Lizzy's Jailbreak!
Keep Yourself Alive - Queen - Queen
Baba o Riley - The Who - Who's Next
Kill the Poor - Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Among the Living - Anthrax - Among the Living
Blackout - Scorpions - Blackout
Hell's Heroes line up looks awesome. Did any of you see Midnight Dice and if you did, did they play any Satan's Hallow stuff?
My list:
5. Rebellion in Dreamland - Land of the free- Gamma Ray,
4. Any and all opening track(s) from the first five Blind Guardian albums: Majesty/Banished From Sanctuary/Traveler in Time/Time What is Time/Imaginations fro the Other Side
3. Ride the Sky - Walls of Jericho - Helloween,
2. Holy Wars - Rust in Peace - Megadeth,
1. Thrashers - The Ultra-violence - Death Angel,
I did watch their set and no, no Satan’s Hallow stuff unfortunately. They were still really good!!
A few that come to mind.....Carry of Wayward Son, More Than A Feeling, Neon Knights, Burn, Highway Star, Stormbringer, Blood & Thunder, Prowler, Death Alley Driver, Runnin With The Devil, Mean Street, Rats, Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding, Don't Tell Me You Love Me, Help, 21st Century Schizoid Man, Queen of the Reich, Trashed, Fast as a Shark, The Hellion/Electric Eye. Blackened.
Mine are 1. Moonchild-Iron Maiden. 2. Stand Up And Shout-Dio. 3. Hit The Lights-Metallica. 4. A Dangerous Meeting-Mercyful Fate. 5. Bonded By Blood-Exodus. Honorable Mentions. 1. Tarot Woman-Rainbow. 2. Sinner-Judas Priest. 3. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath-Black Sabbath 4. Day Of The Eagle-Robin Trower. 5. Toys In The Attic-Aerosmith
Just starting to watch this now…But somebody better mention “More Than A Feeling” kicking off Boston’s debut.
Phew it did
So many but here’s a quick 5 choices:
Dance The Night Away-VH…that start signalled a fresh bright sound for their 2nd album
Tom Sawyer-RUSH…epic
Hells Bells-AC/DC…the bell 🛎️
Cochise-Audioslave…weird and cool start and then it explodes!
All My Life-Foo Fighters…simple cool Guitar then song kicks in awesome!
@@loungedweller ahh yes…I was looking at the track listing on the back of the cover…‘You’re No Good’ starts the record off, also cool, but ya got that wrong, ‘Dance The Night Away’ is the second track. Cheers.
Deep Purple-Burn
King Crimson-21st Century Schizoid Man
Metallica-Battery
Led Zeppelin-Achilles Last Stand
Venom-Black Metal (remember the first time you heard that intro and thought your stereo had gone berserk!?!)
Cheers.
5. Heart (Bebe Le Strange) - Bebe Le Strange
4. Thin Lizzy (Chinatown) - We Will Be Strong
3. Black Sabbath (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath) - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
2. Black Sabbath (Mob Rules) - Turn Up The Night
1. Dio (The Last In Line) - We Rock
Angel of death, Hell awaits, Battery, Blackened, Painkiller, Holy wars,Aces high, Where eagles dare, Hell's bells, Black Sabbath.
Ten of my favourite album opening tracks in the pop category.
1. Funeral For A Friend (Elton)
2. Jag Ska Fånga En Ängel
(Ted Gärdestad)
3. Venus And Mars (Wings)
4. Space Oddity (Bowie)
5. Love Will Keep Us Together
(Captain & Tennille)
6. Drive My Car (Beatles)
7. Captain Fantastic (Elton)
8. Gone Hollywood (Supertramp)
9. Taxman (Beatles)
10. The Puppy Song
(Harry Nilsson)
Duran Duran - The Reflex
Tears For Fears - Shout
A-Ha - Take On Me
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
Prince - 1999
Hello Pete!! I'm from Finland. I have followed HVS for a few years now. I like the show very much. Keep up the good work.
I have a program proposal. BEST ROCK 'n' ROLL YEAR EVER by HVS
!! It would be a 7 episode series. First you would choose the best year from the 60s. Each member of the show picks what they think are the three best years from that decade. Then you count which year gets the most votes, so it's the best year of that decade by HVS. Then you would do the same for the 70s, 80s, etc. In the last show, you put the best years of each decade in order and count which year gets the most votes. That year is the Best Rock'n' Roll Year ever!!
I realize this will take time and probably require some planning, but it would be fascinating to know the final result!!
Peace!!
Thanks Ryan, just checked out Freeways, awesome!
Battery - Metallica
Aces high - Iron Maiden
Easy living - Fastway
Night of the demon - Demon
Breadfan - Budgie
Without doing any research I had 3 that came to mind immediately
Metallica "Battery"
Machine Head "Davidian"
Styx "The Grand Illusion"
Over the Mountain - Ozzy
Livewire - AC/DC
Where Eagles Dare - Iron Maiden
Back in the Saddle - Aerosmith Live Bootleg
Among the Living - Anthrax
Battery - Metallica
Highway Star = Deep Purple
Nightmare - Avenged Sevenfold
Glass Prison - Dream Theater
Hellion/Electric Eye - Judas Priest
Holy Wars - Megadeth
Eternal Rains Will Come - Opeth
Day of the Eagle - Robin Trower
Mean Street - VH
this is going to be an incredible itunes playlist
Unless I've forgotten another song, I'd have to say "Tightrope" from ELO's 1976 album "A New World Record" is my number one favourite album opener song. While I love the whole song, the amazing 76 second intro and the 18 second outro are without a doubt the highlights of the song. Thank you Mr. Jeff Lynne!!
At the moment at least, my second, third and fourth favourite album opener songs are:
2) Themes - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe) (now I’m thinking it could tie for number one because I’ve played it so much 😂)
3) Knocking at Your Back Door - Deep Purple (Perfect Strangers)
4) Fire on High - ELO (Face the Music)
5. Perry Mason - Ozzy (Ozzmosis)
4. Crazy Horse - Black Label Society (Order Of The Black)
3. Aces High - Iron Maiden (Powerslave)
2. Hit The Lights - Metallica (Kill 'Em All)
1. Big Guns - Skid Row (Skid Row)
Spot on Karen. Without Sabbath .....it started here
My Top 5:
Queen - Death On Two Legs (A Night At The Opera)
Deep Purple - Highway Star (Machine Head)
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (III)
Iron Maiden - Where Eagles Dare (Piece Of Mind)
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath)
Good Morning - Blackfoot (Marauder)
Exciter - Judas Priest (Stained Class)
Fun Palace - Annihilator (Never Neverland)
Prowler - Iron Maiden debut
From Out Of Nowhere - Faith No More (The Real Thing)
Prowler!! Yeah.
Metallica - Battery
Slayer - Hell Awaits
Judas Priest - The Hellion/Electric Eye
Iron Maiden - Aces High
Rush - Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer
What a great fucking episode! Cheers to everyone.
Hi Luis!
1. Hole in the sky (Black Sabbath)
2. Missisippi Queen (Mountain)
3. Overkill (Motörhead)
4. Hit the Lights (Metallica)
5. Black Dog (Led Zeppelin)
6. Don´t break the oath (Mercyful Fate)
7. War Ensamble (Slayer)
8. Rock the Nation (Montrose)
9. Rapid Fire (Judas Priest)
10. Hair of the Dog (Nazareth)
Not necessarily all time--but up there:
Van Hagar: "Poundcake"
"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"
Zep: "Good Times, Bad Times"
Maiden: "The Wicker Man"
Schenker: "Ready to Rock"
• Black Sabbath: Anno Mundi
• Demolition Hammer: Skull Fracturing Nightmare
• Pantera: Opening tracks from CFH thru TGST
• Sepultura: Arise
And so many more God damn…
Why don’t you like Hellbound? That song crushes.
@@rightchordleadership great fuckin song
Angel of Death by Thin Lizzy.
Summertime Blues by Blue Cheer.
Fire in the Head by The Tea Party.
Living Backwards by Saint Vitus.
Born to Lose by Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers.
Honorary mentions...
Relentless by Pentagram.
We Die Young by Alice in Chains.
Back on the Streets by Gary Moore.
Dr. Music by Blue Öyster Cult.
Reservation by Wild Horses.
Fast As A Shark- Accept
Neon Knights- Black Sabbath
Swords and Tequila- Riot
Fantasy- Aldo Nova
Kaisarion- Ghost
UK - In The Dead Of Night. When i heard those opening guitar chords with the drums and then the keyboards jump straight in followed by Wetton's vocals, i knew i was hearing something very special just from the opening track alone and it really helped set the tone for what the self titled album was going to be about. It still to this day blows me away everytime i hear it.
Wake Up Dead and Holy Wars are both right answers for Megadeth. I'd like to mention Into the Lungs of Hell, it perfectly sets the mood for So Far... So Good... So What!
Black Sabbath, "Turn Up the Night," Mob Rules
Iron Maiden, "Where Eagles Dare," Piece of Mind
Slayer, "Hell Awaits," Hell Awaits
Going through my CD collection, I found my top 5 and a few honorable mentions.
Top Five:
1. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin II
2. What You Need - Listen Like Thieves (INXS)
3. Zoo Station - Achtung Baby (U2)
4. Go - VS (Pearl Jam)
5. Start Me Up - Tattoo You (The Rolling Stones)
Honorable Mentions:
1. Black Dog - Led Zeppelin IV
2. Red Rain - So (Peter Gabriel)
3. Suicide Blonde - X (INXS)
4. Play the Game - The Game (Queen)
5. Let the Good Times Roll - The Cars
6. Shout - Songs from the Big Chair (Tears for Fears)
7. World in My Eyes - Violator (Depeche Mode)
8. Sort of Homecoming - The Unforgettable Fire (U2)
9. Gambler - Slide It In (Whitesnake)
10. Shake My Tree - Coverdale/Page
11. Heaven Knows - Now and Zen (Robert Plant)
12. Mambo Sun - Electric Warrior (T-Rex)
13. In the Evening - ITTOD (Led Zeppelin)
14. The One Thing - Shabooh Shoobah (INXS)
15. Custard Pie - Physical Graffiti: Disc One (Led Zeppelin)
Wow!!!….I really dig your list here…Outside the box, for dang sure….I mean, Zoo Station, In The Evening, and Red Rain, get outta here!…Here’s some right back @ ya:::Foreigner Night Life(4) or Dirty White Boy(Head Games), The Car’s Since You’re Gone(Shake It Up), and Boston More Than A Feeling…LaterOn!
@@richard-mr1vz Thanks! I like all kinds of music. I forgot Women from Hysteria and I cut Crying in the Rain from Whitesnake at the last minute. I just had too many. I like New Wave, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock in particular, Grunge, in small amounts and R&B. My parents were R&B fans and I got into Rock when I started elementary school. Your list is interesting too. The only one I know is Boston, which my favorite Boston song. I have to hear the songs on your list just for fun. Cheers and stay cool😎
@@drocker4729 You're right I am a pretty big fan. What might surprise you is that my fandom is fairly recent. Maybe five years or less. I owned Physical Graffiti after college, but I didn't go any further until I heard Immigrant Song on the radio. I live on the West Coast. I lived in Los Angeles for nearly a decade, and now, I live in another major West Coast city. Both played Led Zeppelin a lot! But it wasn't until I heard When the Levee Breaks for the first time that I was like wow, I want to hear more. Now, I have all their studio albums, a 3-disc version of Coda that has Travelling River Side Blues, another favorite Zeppelin cover, and Hey, Hey, What Can I do, which I absolutely love too and The BBC Sessions. It's like when I heard What You Need and scooped up everything INXS. So, yeah, thank you for passing this on and I'll definitely check it out 😉BTW, what are your favorite Zeppelin albums, if you have a favorite?
@@drocker4729 Very true. 😊 My favorite album is Led Zeppelin IV. How unoriginal is that?! When it comes to favorite songs, I'll split the difference this way. When the Levee Breaks is my favorite song overall. But my favorite original song is Over the Hills and Far Away. I love every Zeppelin album except their debut which I think is good but not great. Presence has its ups and downs and Led Zeppelin III is my least favorite because I like Immigrant Song and that's it. My brain goes to sleep after Since I've Been Loving You. As far as the order of my favorites it's Led Zeppelin IV, Physical Graffiti, ITTOD, Houses of the Holy and Led Zeppelin II.
Fast as a Shark!
Dear chaps and chappetes,
Here a few honorable mentions from a range of genres (I love them all)
The Doors - The Doors - "Break On Through (To the Other Side)"
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced - "Foxy Lady"
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - "So What"
The Dammed - Damned Damned Damned - "Neat Neat Neat"
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless - "Only Shallow"
The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops - "A Walk Across the Rooftops"
ACDC - Highway to Hell - "Highway to Hell"
Charles Mingus - Mingus at Antibes - "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting"
James White and the Blacks - Off White - "Contort Yourself"
Third Ear Band - Alchemy - "Mosaic"
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico - "Sunday Morning"
Ornette Coleman - Virgin Beauty - "3 Wishes"
Keep up the good work
A few faves:
Sympathy for the Devil (Beggars Banquet) - The Rolling Stones
Rock 'N' Roll Damnation (Powerage) - AC/DC
Caught Somewhere in Time (Somewhere in Time) - Iron Maiden
Break on Through (To the Other Side) - The Doors self-titled debut
Wild Child (The Last Command) - W.A.S.P.
Twice As Hard (Shake Your Money Maker) - The Black Crowes
Holidays in the Sun - "Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols"
Invisible Hate - Witchfinder General "Death Penalty"
I Wanna Be Somebody - "W.A.S.P."
Mississippi Queen - Mountain "Climbing!"
Neon Knights - Black Sabbath "Heaven and Hell"
The song that always comes to mind is Fast As a Shark from a killer Restless and Wild album. It's that damn "Hi Dee Hi Do Hi Da" and the needle raking across to an udo scream. My god.
Fun stuff.
I'm going to pick 5 that where not mentioned or the super obvious
5. Beyond the Black - Metal Church ( great way to kick of a great debut album)
4. Of Rage and War - Savatage Gutter Ballet
3. Freak - Bruce Dickinson Accident by Birth
2. Rock you to Hell - The Grim Reaper Rock you to Hell
1. Look at Yourself - Uriah Heep Look at Yourself
Also it would be cool to see opening songs (exclude basic into tracks) that suck on otherwise great albums and favorite album closing tracks on HVS/ITPS ( I'll post it in the community board for ideas as well)
Agree with the suggestion - sounds more challenging to find worst opening tracks (on albums we otherwise like) - first impressions count, so you would assume that a strong track would have been picked to go first? Choosing favourite opening track on some prog albums could be the whole of Side A, so Pete might need to set ground rules (like he did when looking at perfect album sides).
Angel - Tower
Rush - Bastille Day
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
Yes - Roundabout
Genesis - Watcher of the Skies
1) "Conquistador" - Procol Harum - Live with Edmonton Orchestra
2) "Funeral For a Friend" - Elton - Goodbye Y.B. Road
3) "Introduction" - Chicago - C.T.A.
4) "Back in the U.S.S.R." - The Beatles - White Album
5) "Death On Two Legs" - Queen - A Night at the Opera
6) "More Than a Feeling" - Boston - s/t
7) "Hocus Pocus" - Focus - Moving Waves
8) "Ain't Wastin No More Time" - Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
9) "Every Time I Roll the Dice" - Delbert McClinton - Never Been Rocked Enough
10) "Roadhouse Blues" - The Doors - Morrison Hotel
11) "Purple Haze" - Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
12) "Point of Know Return" - Kansas - Point of Know Return
13) "21st Century Schizoid Man" - King Crimson - In the Court
14) "Monday Morning" - Fleetwood Mac - s/t
15) "Funk 49" - James Gang - James Gang Rides Again
16) "Black Dog" - Led Zeppelin - LZ IV
17) "Maggot Brain" - Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
18) "Shadows of the Night" - Pat Benatar - Get Nervous
19) Shine on You Crazy Diamond" - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
20) "White Bird" - It's a Beautiful Day - s/t
21) "You are the Sunshine" - Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
22) Batuka - Santana - Santana 3
23) "Glad" - Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die
24) "Too Hot To Handle" - UFO - Lights Out
25) "Roundabout" - Yes - Fragile
Alice in Chains - Them Bones off of Dirt, Dio - Stand up and shout off of Holy Diver, Slayer - Hell Awaits off of Hell Awaits, Rush - Spirit of the Radio off of Permanent waves, and Motorhead - Iron Fist off the album Iron Fist.
Love this topic. I think a really good opening track and even closing track can elevate a good album to classic status. Without taking time to think about it it's pretty hard to choose just 5 so I will give 10 of my favorite opening tracks (no order).
1. Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock from Siamese Dream (1993; alternative rock/alternative metal/psychedelic rock/indie rock)
2. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit from Nevermind (1991; grunge/alternative rock)
3. Soundgarden - Rusty Cage from Badmotorfinger (1991; grunge/alternative metal/heavy metal)
4. Mossgiver - The Song Among Branches from The Song Among Branches (2022; atmospheric black metal)
5. Green Day - American Idiot from American Idiot (2004; pop punk/punk rock/alternative rock)
6. Ghost - Spirit from Meliora (2015; heavy metal/hard rock/doom metal)
7. Maroon 5 - Harder To Breath from Songs About Jane (2002; pop rock/alternative rock)
8. Citizen - Death Dance Approximately from Life In Your Glass World (2021; emo/indie rock/post-punk/shoegaze)
9. Deftones - Diamond Eyes from Diamond Eyes (2010; alternative rock/post-hardcore/shoegaze)
10. Death - Leprosy from Leprosy (1988; death metal)
Love your #1 and #2...absolute classics!
5- Among the Living, Anthrax
4- Bonded By Blood, Exodus
3- Cowboys from hell, Pantera
2- Hellion, Judas priest
1- Strength beyond strength, Pantera
2/4 songs come to mind immediately:
The Hellion/Electric Eye and Ides of March/Wrathchild. Others include Cowboys From Hell, Neon Knights, Blackened, Queen of The Reich, Over The Mountain, Twist of Cain, Detroit Rock City, Anthem, Dark Lady, The Immigrant Song...too many to name.
Hell yeah, Blue Cheer deserve their props. They helped lay the groundwork for metal.
Accept - Beat the Bastards
AC/DC - It's a Long Way to the Top
AC/DC - Thunderstruck
Avenged Sevenfold - Critical Acclaim
Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
Black Sabbath - Hole in the Sky
Black Sabbath - Neon Knights
Blaze Bayley - The Man Who Would Not Die
Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the Other Side
Blind Guardian - War of Wrath/Into the Storm -(I know I'm cheating but I have to :) )
Bullet For My Valentine - Your Betrayal
Deep Purple - Speed King
Dio - Stand Up And Shout
Dio - We Rock
Fair To Midland - Dance Of The Manatee
Halford - Ressurection
Helloween - Starlight or Ride The Sky (depends on the edition)
Helloween - Mr. Torture
Iron Maiden - Be Quick or Be Dead
Iron Maiden - Futureal
Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Judas Priest - Firepower (the best one from Judas!)
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
Manowar - Fighting the World
Megadeth - Holy Wars...The Punishment Due
Metallica - Hit the Lights
Metallica - Fight Fire With Fire
Metallica - Blackened
Motorhead - Overkill
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Ozzy Osbourne - Over the Mountain
Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Tinketrain
Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine
Pink Floyd - One Of These Days
Pink Floyd - Shine On Your Crazy Diamond
Queen - Death On Two Legs
Rainbow - Man On The Silver Mountain
Rainbow - Tarot Woman
Running Wild - Under Jolly Roger
Saxon - Princess of the Night
Saxon - Power and the Glory
Skid Row - Monkey Business
Volbeat - The Human Instrument
I hope you enjoy it 😁 I've already cut it out from over 70 tracks....cannot cut anymore 🤣
To be honest there's only Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Queen in your list that I'm a fan of, but bloody well done for taking the time to list all those bands. I was the first to 'like' your comment too 😂
Karen has really good taste in music especially with her punk picks. Chris going with Cro-Mags was a surprise too.
GIMME Shelter / 6️⃣9️⃣. Phenomenal show. Thx to entire crew 👍💯
STATIONTOSTATION/7️⃣6️⃣. David/. Epic 👍💯
Once again ...amazing SHOW... I could choose so many songs, but i always found me looking for Hells Bells and Highway to Hell from the hugeee ACDC.
Some of mine were mentioned, but I’ve decided to stick with my original list:
Overkill - Motörhead
Turn To Stone - ELO (Out of the Blue)
Detroit Rock City - Kiss (Alive II)
Good Morning - Blackfoot (Marauder)
Highway to Hell - AC/DC
Too Much Thinking from Triumph's Never Surrender
Take a Bow from Muse's Black Holes & Revelations
I Remember Now/Anarchy X/Revolution Calling from Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime
King in Crimson from Bruce Dickinson's The Chemical Wedding
The Mothers/Levitate from I Mother Earth's Dig
You Can't Bring Me Down from Suicidal Tendencies' Lights...Camera...Revolution!
Cherub Rock from Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream
Soldier Side/BYOB from System of a Down's Mezmerize
Title Track from Thin Lizzy's Thunder & Lightning
Soldier Of Fortune - Thin Lizzy (Bad Reputation)
Backwater - Status Quo (Quo)
Overkill - Motörhead (Overkill)
Anthem - Rush (Fly By Night)
Highway Star - Deep Purple (Machine Head)
There are so many more, but these come to mind right now
Supersuckers: Evil powers of rock 'n' roll, Jim Jones Revue: Princess & the frog and Iggy & The Stooges: Search and destroy
Motörhead-Overkill
Slayer-Angel of Death
Priest-Hellion/Electric Eye
Megadeth- Holy wars/the punishment due
Sabbath-Black Sabbath
1. The helion electric eye 2. Hole in the sky, sabbath 3. More than a feeling 4. Hells bells 5. Sabbath bloody Sabbath
Great show! :)
Loved to hear Karen bringing out the Church of Misery. What a great band!
My picks, in no particular order:
Danzig - Long Way Back From Hell
Kyuss - Thumb
Iron Maiden - The Ides of March/Wrathchild
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Paradise Lost - Embers Fire
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song ( Led Zeppelin III), Black Dog (Led Zeppelin IV), Yes - Roundabout (Fragile), Close To the Edge (CTTE), Gates of Delirium (Relayer), Rolling Stones - Sympathy For the Devil (Beggar’s Banquet), Gimme Shelter (Let It Bleed), Rocks Off (Exile on Main Street) Brown Sugar (Sticky Fingers)
Some nice choices, Gates and Gimme Shelter are pure class
- Mean Street
- Spirit of Radio
Spirit of Radio
No particular order
Deny The Cross - Overkill
Eagle Fly Free - Helloween
Fast As A Shark - Accept
Kill The King - Rainbow (Live On Stage)
Burn - Deep Purple
There's loads more, these were just off the top of my head.
Fight Fire With Fire - Metallica
Unstoppable Force - Agent Steel etc etc
Deny the Cross is a good call. Same with Time To Kill as well.
Led Zeppelin-Immigrant Song, Megadeth-Holy Wars, Rush-Spirit Of The Radio, Aerosmith-Back In The Saddle & Judas Priest-Hellion/Electric Eye.
Ryan is correct, BEST W.A S P. album and an awesome opener 👍
Def Lep - Let it Go
Maiden - Ides/Wrathchild
VH - Mean Street
Scorps - Make it Real
Priest - Hellion/Electric Eye
Hell yeah, glad to see Sentenced get mentioned on here. One of my favorite bands.
It doesn't get any better than Elton John for me with Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding, Tiny Dancer, Your Song and Captain Fantastic.
Juniors eyes might be the best song on never say die
Accept- Fast as a shark. Metal church- Beyond the black. Exciter- Stand up and fight. Exodus- Bonded by blood. Saxon-HM thunder.
Maybe a few that others might not pick:
Obororos (The Way of All Flesh) - Gojira
Mouth For War (Vulgar Display of Power) - Pantera
D.N.R. (The Gathering) - Testament
Ethica Odini (Axioma Ethica Odini) - Enslaved
Spirit of Radio/Tom Sawyer - Rush (I couldn't leave one out, love 'Em both!!)
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) - AC/DC (favorite song of all time, have to include it!!)
"Break On Through" - Doors
'Ace Of Spades" - Motorhead
"Under my Wheels" - Alice Cooper
"Ride The Sky" - Lucifer`s Friend
"Sometimes" - Stranglers
"Rock The Nation" - Montrose
"Born On The Bayou" - CCR
"Black Sabbath" - Black Sabbath
"Astronomy Domine" - Pink Floyd
"The Tower" - Angel
Neat, Neat Neat - Damned (Damned Damned Damned), Overkill - Motorhead (Overkill), Spellbound - Siouxsie & the Banshees (Juju), Wheels of Confusion - Black Sabbath (Vol.4), Ramble Tamble - CCR (Cosmo's Factory), Boodletting (The Vampire Song) - Concrete Blonde (Bloodletting)
I thought about Neat Neat Neat. I'm glad you posted it !
You guys definitely talk about a lot of bands I've never heard. I'm not into brutal dark black death metal or whatever the flippity fuck it is you all love lol.
You guys did mention a few I know and love though like Motörhead, Iron Maiden, KISS, Led Zeppelin, Robin Trower... I must say, my true top 5 are probably all Aerosmith.
5. No Surprize
4. Back In The Saddle
3. Toys In The Attic
2. Draw The Line
1. Let The Music Do The Talking
But beyond Aerosmith I'd go with
5. You May Be Right by Billy Joel
4. Iron Fist by Motörhead
3. The Song Remains The Same by Led Zeppelin
2. In The Time Of Our Lives by Iron Butterfly
1. 2112 by Rush