Roads, Buildings, Neighborhoods

[Zzzptm]

Those are some bangers from Alice Cooper and The Damned and Judas Priest, let me see what I can find to play here...

The J. Geils Band had a hit with this track, here's the original artists doing their moves with it:

The Showstoppers "Ain't Nothin' But a Houseparty"

It's a song about a party. In a house. 

[Charger]

My 6th pick is going to be a bit of a horror story about a place that you don't really want to be in after dark.

CATHEDRAL introduces us to the NIGHTMARE CASTLE!

From the absolutely suberb Supernatural Birth Machine album comes this very doomy track about a castle full of ghosts, ghouls and other nightmarish things.
The place we'd all love to spend a night in and see if we'd be able to survive!

[Zzzptm]

This one's about a place you *want* to be after dark:

Saxon "They Played Rock and Roll"

It's about the insides of those concert halls they played opening for Motorhead in the 79/80 tour of England. Hammersmith Odeon, if you want to pick just one.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

My 6th pick is...

10CC - Rubber Bullets

A little ditty about a "dance" at the local gaol... which becomes a riot but only after the law intervene! I quite like 10CC, but apart from a Greatest Hits album I have nuthin'! This is close to my favourites on the album.

[Vyn]

I like a lot of 10cc's work. Talk about a group chock full of songwriting talent!
Even when half the team split, they still had two heavy hitters and didn't miss a beat.
It was obvious they changed, staying more grounded I think. If Godley & Creme would have
stayed the band would have floated off into outer space.

As for my number 7 pick:

Every neighborhood has one.

Blood in the Playground - Anvil

A turn of the century bit of heavy metal from a band I have a love-hate relationship with.

I first heard about this band in the early 80's and according to the all-knowing wikipedia these guys are still cranking out the tunes.

[Charger]

For my 7th pick I'll go with an intro song to a fantastic concept album of the same name.

So let SAVATAGE welcome you to these STREETS!

Most often the intro songs to Concept albums are short instrumentals with maybe a short spoken passage but Savatage went to a totally different direction kicking the album off with a near 7 minute epic that doesn't really even begin to tell the story but more like introduces the Streets where the story actually takes place.
Great tune with a suberb vocal preformance from Jon.

[Zzzptm]

First heard this back in the 1970s and it has been stuck in my head, off and on, ever since. Didn't hurt that Motley Crue did a version of it that was also a hit.

Brownsville Station - "Smokin' in the Boys' Room"

Every time I head to the can, odds are good I'm at least thinking of this song. 

[Vyn]

The third cut on the first side of their 1981 album Killers, my number 8 is: Murders in the Rue Morgue by everyone's fave torture device, Iron Maiden!

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

If Vyn is on pick 8 I must have missed a day...

Pick #7

Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

My favourite Hendrix track, and once again proves that Bob Dylan can write a good song... just give it to someone else to perform! Not sure this is actually about a "watchtower" as such, but there you go!

[Charger]

My pick number 8 was actually the very first song I thought about when this thread came about.


A place where you can get some liquids to fuel yourself up and some entertaining characters to boot.

Let DEEP PURPLE escort you into ROSA'S CANTINA

This ofcourse is about a pub called Witch's Leg where the band spent some time way back when.

This song is among my absolute favourites from Purpendicular...hell I think it's a top 10 Deep Purple tune or close by atleast! The groove this one has puts you immediately in a good place...this is a song that always puts a smile on your face!

[Zzzptm]

Three surprises, songs that I wasn't even thinking about, but they are perfect for the list!

I gotta step up my game for my seventh choice. (Yes, I scroll back and count to make sure I'm on the right number...)

[Zzzptm]

My thoughts turned to Fela Kuti today and his 30+ minute track, "Unknown Soldier", which is about the way the army stormed his compound and killed his mother in 1977.

Like his other compositions, it is a hypnotic rhythm that draws one in and holds the mind as Fela tells his story.

And I have Vyn to thank for turning me on to Fela Kuti, I'm thankful for that revelation he provided, years ago.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

^^^
Blocked again

Pick #8

Rush - The Garden

The last track from their fabulous final album 2012s Clockwork Angels. I found a live and Geddy's vocals are ok on this one -- he really can't do the old tracks just but this later one is still in his wheelhouse.

[Vyn]

Z's last video is blocked for me as well, but it does have a link in it stating to click to view. For me, it is an age-restricted block, rather than geography. I guess they feel the content is only suitable for folks 21 or older.

[Vyn]

Room of Mirrors - Metallica

Released in 2023, was just listening to this, still not sure what I think. But I know it is about a structure of sorts

And it is my number 9: