10 Favourite Title tracks of all time!

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

My Pick 8

See Chargers Day 7!! Yup Painkiller... Damn You Charger!!!

Rather than repost the video, I'll post this reaction to the song by classical composer Doug Helvering

[Zzzptm]

Missed yesterday, sorry, mates.

London Calling, The Payback, and Painkiller - each a legend in their own rights!

My #4 on the Soul charts is also from James Brown...

No multitracking studio stuff here. It was done live in the studio, did it in two takes. It's a massive dance number with some of the heaviest funk laid down on wax. NEVER underestimate James Brown, y'all!

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Rock and roll #4 for me is...

Say "Foghat" and the people that don't look at you with a "wtf is a foghat?" expression are nodding, saying, "Yeah, man! FOGHAT! Awrite!" Apparently, you had to grow up in the 70s to be blessed with the musical stylings of these gents and their boisterous brand of blues-based heavy rock. Lots of rock gold to be found in their albums, and this one is right up there with the best of their best.

[Vyn]

Considered Painkiller - now I don't have to

Did not consider Fool for the City. And yeah, they were a hot item back in the day, at least in certain areas. Dave Peverett looked like my neighbor, and we used to call him Dave because of it. Of course, his name was also Dave, but I digress...

Warlock - "All We Are"

[Charger]

As great as All We Are is it's not the title track....the album was called Triumph And Agony.

[Vyn]

Wait - What?

ohvcoevoew

Ok, so the CD I have is not what it originally came out on. The CD is titled All We Are. But I see that it originally came out on vinyl under a different album.

Fuck Warlock and their bullshit tricksy releases.

Ratcheting up one notch, here's "Hell Awaits" by Slayer. I bought this new when it came out, I know it's the title track hahaha.

[Zzzptm]

Old Man Metal gettin' his albums all mixety-up, I see!

hee hee hee!

[Vyn]

I was distracted by Doro's...hair.

[Charger]

She does have wonderful....hair!


I AM going to do a Warlock title track now for my 8th pick


BURNING THE WITCHES
(Lets step out of the box and do a LIVE version here shall we!)

Iron Maiden was going to be featured here BUT I thought Maiden has been done enough in the past top 10s that we can skip it here and do some old school metal instead featuring the metal queen herself.

One of my favourite Warlock songs and it's the title track of their very first album. There weren't that many "female fronted metal bands" back then and Warlock sure came to the scene blasting on all cylinders!

[Zzzptm]

Good to see some unfamiliar stuff up in here! REALLY liking "Burning the Witches"! 

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So I'll go with a harder edge on my funk/soul pick. This one is definitely hard rock-flavored. Big time. As in it's a guitarist being turned loose and doing as he chooses, and this is what he chose:

You get a 15-second intro and then YEAH it kicks off good! Eddie Hazel does amazing work, a true guitar hero. There's plenty of flash and fire, but at no point does he forget that this is a song, and he's got to keep the musicality of the solo along with the show-off parts. A master clinic in soloing, this one.

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#3 for rock and roll is...

I know the rule is no Deep Purple or Black Sabbath, but we didn't say no Rainbow!

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

^^^
Rainbow video blocked in these 'ere parts! I'm guessing that's Long Live Rock n Roll?

I seem to be a day ahead as some missed a day recently. However...

Pick for Day 9

The Stranglers - No More Heroes

Another band who rarely had title tracks, but this is a great one.

[Vyn]

Metal Church by...Metal Church, off of their album...Metal Church.

Pass the donation bowl and don't forget to confess on your way out!

[Zzzptm]

KDC: Yes, Long Live Rock and Roll is that tune.

Love that one from The Stranglers, think it was covered and used in the Mystery Men soundtrack.

Vyn: METAL FREAKIN' CHURCH!!! 

[Charger]

I know the rule is no Deep Purple or Black Sabbath, but we didn't say no Rainbow!

Well that was implied!

But I'm all for having that one! It is a rockin' tune!

The first 2 Metal Church albums don't do it to me as much as the later stuff but there are still some killer tunes on those as well...that being one of them!

[Vyn]

Tomorrow's track today - not really my cup of tea, but...BUT...and this may sound crass (because, well, it is) but when I was a young single dude I can provide a first-hand account that this song would get a girl out of her pants faster than you could say, "hey". So, to be clear, while it isn't a favorite song of mine, per se, it was at one point a favorite song of mine - to play - for others

[Charger]

My 9th pick is an absolute masterpiece!

MANIACAL RENDERINGS by JON OLIVA'S PAIN

JOP's second album was far more complex than the first one and the title track is no exception. From the super catchy bass intro to the brilliant solo section this song has epic written all over it. The track also features some riffs by the late great Criss Oliva which Jon found from his archives.
A fantastic tune this one.