KISW's Top 999 Rock Songs for 2009!!!

[Zoneboy]

Originally Posted by ABlairican Pie

914. Beth -- KISS

I hope Kiss makes the countdown with something other than this or "Rock and Roll All Nite." I can't speak for west coast stations but around here those are the only 2 songs that Kiss ever recorded.

[ABlairican Pie]

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

You mean desecration, Their cover of "Baker Street" was absolutely horrible IMHO.

I thought it was, meh, okay. Okay, it blew Tender Chunks. The Foo Fighters come out with some pretty crappy covers/defecrations (as I call them). Like their horrid version of "Darling Nikki" by Prince.

[ABlairican Pie]

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

I hope Kiss makes the countdown with something other than this or "Rock and Roll All Nite." I can't speak for west coast stations but around here those are the only 2 songs that Kiss ever recorded.

You'll be surprised, there are quite a few on this countdown.

[Zoneboy]

Originally Posted by ABlairican Pie

You'll be surprised, there are quite a few on this countdown.

Cool!

[ABlairican Pie]

899. Red Mosquito -- Pearl Jam

898. Touch Me, I'm Sick -- Mudhoney

897. YYZ -- Rush

896. Slaves & Bulldozers -- Soundgarden

895. God Smack -- Alice In Chains

894. The Day That Never Comes -- Metallica

893. The Jumberjack -- Jackyl

892. Gallows Pole (live) -- Robert Plant

891. Down -- 311

890. Headstrong -- Trapt


On the actual list, the name of the song "Down" was posted where the name of the band 311 should have been, which was confusing because it made it look like the band Down, the one featuring Pantera vocalist Phil Anselmo and members of Corrosion of Conformity and others, had written a song called "311".

[phoebe7165]

Originally Posted by ABlairican Pie

979. Neon Nights -- Black Sabbath

978. Hit the Lights -- Metallica

975. South Bound Suarez -- Led Zeppelin

974. Talk Dirty To Me -- Poison

970. Speak -- Godsmack

If anyone wasn't aware already, Green River is considered the first "official" Seattle grunge band, in 1986, and "This Town" is considered the first official grunge "hit". Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard, who went on to play in Pearl Jam, were in the band, as were Mark Arm and Steve Turner, who then went on to form Mudhoney.

No, I wasn't aware. Learn something new everyday!!

[phoebe7165]

Originally Posted by ABlairican Pie

967. Wait -- White Lion

966. Bother -- Stone Sour

965. Drown -- Smashing Pumpkins

964. Sludge Factory -- Alice In Chains

963. Everything About You -- Ugly Kid Joe

962. By-Tor and the Snow Dog -- Rush

961. A Tout Le Monde -- Megadeth

960. Just Like Paradise -- David Lee Roth

[phoebe7165]

Originally Posted by ABlairican Pie

959. Lump -- Presidents Of the United States of America

957. Blind -- Korn

956. Bring the Noise -- Anthrax featuring Public Enemy

955. Planet Caravan -- Pantera (cover of the Black Sabbath ballad)

954. Don't Say You Love Me -- Billy Squier

953. Gypsy Road -- Cinderella

952. Summer Song --Joe Satriani

951. She -- Green Day

950. Let Me Drown -- Soundgarden

[phoebe7165]

Originally Posted by ABlairican Pie

949. Inside the Fire -- Disturbed

948. Birth Ritual -- Soundgarden

945. Lay It Down -- RATT

943. Achilles' Last Stand -- Led Zeppelin

941. Negasonic Teenage Warhead -- Monster Magnet

940. Pain -- Three Days Grace

[phoebe7165]

Originally Posted by ABlairican Pie

939. My Name Is Mud -- Primus

936. Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away) -- Motley Crue

935. Somebody To Shove -- Soul Asylum

934. Plush (acoustic) -- Stone Temple Pilots

933. Unthought Known -- Pearl Jam

932. Without You -- Motley Crue

931. All I Want -- The Offspring

[phoebe7165]

Originally Posted by ABlairican Pie

928. Baker Street -- Foo Fighters (cover of the Gerry Rafferty hit)

927. Through Glass -- Stone Sour

926. Get It On -- Kingdom Come

925. Black Betty -- Ram Jam

922. Ship of Fools -- Robert Plant

921. Shake Your Foundations -- AC/DC

920. Kiss Me Deadly -- Lita Ford

[phoebe7165]

Originally Posted by ABlairican Pie

919. Get On the Snake --Soundgarden

918. Dyer's Eve -- Metallica

917. Dancing Days -- Stone Temple Pilots (acoustic cover of the Led Zeppelin song)

916. Flower -- Soundgarden

914. Beth -- KISS

912. In My Dreams -- Dokken

911. 3 Libras -- A Perfect Circle

[phoebe7165]

Originally Posted by ABlairican Pie

908. Rain When I Die -- Alice In Chains

907. Summer Nights -- Van Halen

906. A.D.I.D.A.S -- KoRn

905. Sickman -- Alice In Chains

903. Bang Your Head -- Quiet Riot

902. The Ballad of Jayne --L.A. Guns

901. Tall Cool One -- Robert Plant

Believe it or not, there are still a number of people, after 26 years, who are convinced that the title track of Quiet Riot's 1983 #1 major label debut is called "Bang Your Head", due to the catchy chorus. It is in fact called "Metal Health". DUH!!! But the good thing is that we get to hear it twice on this list.

Sorry to say but I do like "Mental Health" a whole lot more than I like "Cum on Feel the Noize".

BTW, as you can tell I am loving this countdown, as I do every year that you post it. I wish our lame-o rock station played even half of these great songs!!

[phoebe7165]

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

I hope Kiss makes the countdown with something other than this or "Rock and Roll All Nite." I can't speak for west coast stations but around here those are the only 2 songs that Kiss ever recorded.

Wow, our stations around here think that, too!!

[phoebe7165]

Originally Posted by ABlairican Pie

899. Red Mosquito -- Pearl Jam

897. YYZ -- Rush

896. Slaves & Bulldozers -- Soundgarden

895. God Smack -- Alice In Chains

893. The Jumberjack -- Jackyl

892. Gallows Pole (live) -- Robert Plant

On the actual list, the name of the song "Down" was posted where the name of the band 311 should have been, which was confusing because it made it look like the band Down, the one featuring Pantera vocalist Phil Anselmo and members of Corrosion of Conformity and others, had written a song called "311".

Especially YYZ, I never get tired of hearing that!!