hiram.k.hackenbacker

Yes, good shout. That would have put me to 26 (for Rebel Yell).

494) Queen - Another One Bites the Dust (1980) 492) Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly (1999) 487) The Undertones - Teenage Kicks (1978) 482) Thin Lizzy - Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight) (1977) 443) Queen - I Want to Break Free (1984) 442) Gun - Word Up! (1994) 424) Focus – Sylvia (1972) 418) Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (1958) 390) Joan Jett - I Love Rock N’ Roll (1981) 381) Foo Fighters - Times Like These (2002) 343) The Stranglers - No More Heroes (1977) 328) T. Rex - 20th Century Boy (1973) 326) Whitesnake - Fool for Your Lovin' (1980) 276) Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak (1976) 271) Don Henley - Boys of Summer (1984) 269) Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky (1977) 244) Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye (1973) 231) Velvet Revolver – Slither (2004) 226) Status Quo - Down Down (1974) 166) Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (1979) 158) Queen - Tie Your Mother Down (1976) 143) Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion (1975) 112) Queen - We Will Rock You (1977) 66) Rush - Tom Sawyer (1981) 24) The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (1971) A total of 25 songs are in our repertoire, mostly at the back end of the list.

Now this I can do! (rolls up sleeves) I shall be back forthwith.

I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m not in a position to laud songs for being ‘greater’ than any other. I’ve just ended up with a random list of tunes that I really like with no conviction that any are ‘better’ than anything else. Whatever that means.

Great stuff mate. I'm not going to look at it until I've finished mine. I have to be honest, I'm finding it really tough. There's some old classics in mine and some contemporary. I keep looking at the list thinking I cannot put that in the same list as that. Driving me a bit nuts to be honest.

I will attempt to do the same. Although I’ll have to type them out.

ONE album? Crikey. Probably Queen - Greatest Hits

Aah, condescension 😂 I just don't buy the 'my taste is better than your taste' schtick, which is very much how you've come across. By your own admission, it's all subjective. You can't force people to like what you like and they're not wrong to like things you don't. I'd still be interested in hearing a Top 10 from you (or 20 - go as far as you want). Not because I want to knock it, but because it might lead me to listen to things I haven't heard. I wonder how many people commenting negatively actually voted. I know the P word is forbidden, but it is a bit like moaning about whichever party is in power when you haven't even voted. It's not going to change.

So you’re saying a shit band band doesn’t feature on a list of bands voted for by people with insufferable musical taste?

I do find that a bit odd, but as has been highlighted already, no Living Colour or no Fishbone either 🤷‍♂️

Just realised - no Gillan or Ian Gillan Band 😮

Well, something unexpectedly heartwarming has come of this. @NancyJohnson - I can confirm I have now listened to one complete Alter Bridge album. I had no idea where to start. I couldn’t have named one song by them. So, I started at the beginning with One Day Remains. I get halfway through it whilst doing the housework (go me!) and my son comes downstairs to take the dog out for a walk. Now, my lad has never been heavily into anything music wise. He’s been to see Baby Metal with his mates and Kiss with both his aged parents. There have been a few others, but that’s about it. I don’t think he’s ever seen the same band twice. Anyhoo, I pause the Echo Studio to see him out with the dog and he says “I can’t believe you’ve stopped that - Broken Wings by Alter Bridge”. Honestly, you could have knocked me over with a feather 😂. As for me, yeah it’s OK. I really like the title track. There was one other that really stuck out to me. I’ll have to give it another listen. I’ll try and get through some of their other albums.

I don't disagree regarding the bands you've mentioned. I'm a big Primus fan and bought LC's Vivid on day one, but have any of them written anything better than Stargazer, Stairway to Heaven or Bohemian Rhapsody? I think not. It was mentioned earlier that voters had up to 3 (I think) choices. It really doesn't explain how a lot of the very weak material got in at all. I mean Teenage Kicks - WTF? No Greta Van Fleet I notice 😂. No Blackberry Smoke. No Zappa either, which is criminal given what is in there. My next gigs are Kurt Elling at Ronnie Scott's followed by The Aristocrats. Music is the best!

Whilst I'll try not taking offence as I do listen to Planet Rock, what songs should replace them in your opinion?