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ABlairican Pie · 01-01-2009, 02:01 PM

Here we go again, another illustrious list of infamy, KISW 99.9 FM in Seattle, has once again compiled the Top 999 songs of all time, at least to listeners who sent in their top nine entries online! So who's at #1?? Who made it on, and who didn't? Any new surprises?

Well, as I've been listening, seems like the list never changes, just things differently placed over the countdown. One song may be up one year, then down the next. Also I've noticed that say you have one artist who was huge twenty to twenty-five years ago in the 80's, who has had a career resurgence in the past few years. Any chances they will make it back on the list with their new stuff? Not really. They apparently have their older stuff on there, but forget any of the newer songs!

So there are many glaring omissions on the chart, but maybe a few surprises. Let's take a look:

#Number: Song: --Artist:

999 CHINESE DEMOCRACY --GUNS N' ROSES

998 GIRLS --BEASTIE BOYS

997 PRETTY PENNY --STONE TEMPLE_PILOTS

996 BALLS TO THE WALL --ACCEPT

995 LONG ROAD TO RUIN --FOO FIGHTERS

994 HIT THE LIGHTS --METALLICA

993 HARD SUN --EDDIE VEDDER

992 BRING THE NOISE --ANTHRAX

991 JUST LIKE PARADISE --DAVID LEE ROTH

990 BURNING DOWN ONE SIDE --ROBERT PLANT

Interesting: one of the most anticipated releases all year hits the very bottom of the chart (and becomes the first song played). Will songs from the new album hit the chart again? We'll see about that... I would have placed "Balls to the Wall" much higher, but oh well.

ABlairican Pie · 01-01-2009, 02:07 PM

989 MAMA KIN --AEROSMITH

988 PLANET CARAVAN --PANTERA

987 LIT UP --BUCK CHERRY

986 INSIDE THE FIRE --DISTURBED

985 WAIT --WHITE LION

984 DEMENTIA --TAD

983 HOUSE OF PAIN --FASTER PUSSYCAT

982 THE ENEMY --GODSMACK

981 BOTHER --STONE SOUR

980 TALL COOL ONE --ROBERT PLANT

Tad was literally one of the "biggest" names in grunge back in the late 80's/early 90's in the Seattle scene. Biggest because their frontman, Tad Doyle, was a rather rotund, plus-sized guy who played some of the loudest music of that era. Unfortunately, the band didn't go on to major stardom like many of their peers in the scene.

ABlairican Pie · 01-01-2009, 02:10 PM

979 SOUTH BOUND SAUREZ --LED ZEPPELIN

978 BEHIND THE EYES --LOVE BATTERY

977 PEACHES --PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

976 DON'T SAY YOU LOVE ME --BILLY SQUIER

975 BIRTH RITUAL --SOUNDGARDEN

974 GYPSY ROAD --CINDERELLA

973 TALK DIRTY TO ME --POISON

972 ROCKSTAR --NICKELBACK

971 DROWN --SMASHING PUMPKINS

970 CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU --VAN HALEN

ABlairican Pie · 01-01-2009, 02:16 PM

969 SHINEDOWN --GODSMACK

968 THIS TOWN --GREEN_RIVER

967 SLUDGE FACTORY --ALICE IN CHAINS

966 PORCH --PEARL JAM

965 DEVIL'S DANCE --METALLICA

964 UNCLE TOM'S CABIN --WARRANT

963 ORIGINAL FIRE --AUDIOSLAVE

962 I DON'T WANT TO STOP --OZZY OSBOURNE

961 IT'S NOT MY TIME --3 DOORS DOWN

960 SUMMER SONG --JOE SATRIANI

"This Town" was perhaps the first official grunge song by Seattle band Green River, who were named after a then-mysterious killer of young women who left their bodies around the rural areas of the infamous river in King County south of Seattle. The song came out in 1986, a few years before grunge became the biggest thing on the planet. The members of Green River went on to form such major influential underground bands of the early Seattle scene such as Mudhoney and Mother Love Bone.

ABlairican Pie · 01-01-2009, 02:22 PM

959 BOLD AS LOVE --JIMI HENDRIX

958 SHE --GREEN DAY

957 SPANISH CASTLE MAGIC --JIMI HENDRIX

956 EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU --UGLY KID JOE

955 BANG YOUR HEAD --QUIET RIOT

954 MY KINDA LOVER --BILLY SQUIER

953 SPEAK --GODSMACK

952 ALCOHAULIN' ASS --HELLYEAH

951 BOUND FOR THE FLOOR --LOCAL H

950 BY-TOR AND THE SNOW DOG --RUSH

Actually, the song by Quiet Riot is not actually called "Bang Your Head", but "Metal Health". People call it that because of the catchy chorus. For that reason, this song is up on the list twice.

ABlairican Pie · 01-01-2009, 02:26 PM

949 SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL --GUNS N' ROSES

948 NEON KNIGHTS --BLACK SABBATH

947 PULL ME UNDER --DREAM THEATER

946 LET ME DROWN --SOUNDGARDEN

945 NOTHIN' BUT A GOOD TIME --POISON

944 A TOUT LE MONDE --MEGADETH

943 DIRTY WATER OCEAN --GREEN APPLE QUICK STEP

942 ANIMAL I HAVE BECOME --3 DAYS GRACE

941 PAIN --THREE DAYS GRACE

940 KISS ME DEADLY --LITA FORD

ABlairican Pie · 01-01-2009, 02:31 PM

939 SUMMER NIGHTS --VAN HALEN

938 NOT FALLING --MUDVAYNE

937 THE LUMBERJACK --JACKYL

936 TOUCH ME, I'M SICK --MUDHONEY

935 THROUGH GLASS --STONE SOUR

934 ALL WITHIN MY HANDS --METALLICA

933 GET ON THE SNAKE --SOUNDGARDEN

932 PRETENDER --FOO FIGHTERS

931 COMING OF AGE --DAMN YANKEES

930 LAY IT DOWN --RATT

Mudhoney's "Touch Me, I'm Sick" was the first official grunge single to put Seattle on the map over twenty years ago, a few years before Nirvana and others hit it big.

ABlairican Pie · 01-01-2009, 02:35 PM

929 MY NAME IS MUD --PRIMUS

928 DYER'S EVE --METALLICA

927 GALLOWS POLE (LIVE) --ROBERT PLANT & JIMMY PAGE

926 SLAVES & BULLDOZERS --SOUNDGARDEN

925 GET IT ON --KINGDOM COME

924 DANCING DAYS --STONE TEMPLE PILOTS

923 IT'S NOT LOVE --DOKKEN

922 SECOND CHANCE --SHINEDOWN

921 I'M THE MAN --ANTHRAX

920 GODSMACK --ALICE IN CHAINS

The above song by Alice In Chains, from their 'Dirt' album, appears to be the inspiration for the name of the band featuring Sully on vocals and who do songs like "Voodoo" and "Bad Religion". Sully even sounds a bit like Layne Staley of AIC.

ABlairican Pie · 01-01-2009, 02:38 PM

919 HEADSTRONG --TRAPT

918 FLOWER --SOUNDGARDEN

917 THE FINAL COUNTDOWN --EUROPE

916 DANI CALIFORNIA --RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

915 INVISIBLE KID --METALLICA

914 BLACK BETTY --RAM JAM

913 WHEN 3 IS 2 --HAMMERBOX

912 SICKMAN --ALICE IN CHAINS

911 ALL I WANT --THE OFFSPRING

910 BETH --KISS

ABlairican Pie · 01-01-2009, 02:41 PM

909 ACHILLES LAST STAND --LED ZEPPELIN

908 DON'T GO AWAY MAD (JUST GO AWAY) --MOTLEY_CRUE

907 SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THESE) --MARILYN_MANSON

906 TOO DRUNK TO... BUCKCHERRY

905 I AM THE BULLGOD --KID ROCK

904 YYZ --RUSH

903 ALL NIGHT LONG --BILLY SQUIER

902 WAY COOL JR. --RATT

901 PLOWED --SPONGE

900 IN MY DREAMS --DOKKEN

ABlairican Pie · 01-02-2009, 12:31 PM

899 MISTRESS FOR CHRISTMAS --AC/DC

898 SOMEBODY TO SHOVE --SOUL ASYLUM

897 FIRE --RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

896 THE BALLAD OF JAYNE --L.A. GUNS

895 DREAM ALL DAY --THE POSIES

894 PLUSH (ACOUSTIC) --STONE TEMPLE PILOTS

893 YOUR DISEASE --SALIVA

892 SHIP OF FOOLS --ROBERT PLANT

891 SPACE LORD --MONSTER MAGNET

890 BEST OF YOU -FOO FIGHTERS

ABlairican Pie · 01-02-2009, 12:34 PM

889 NEXT TO YOU --BUCKCHERRY

888 SHAKE YOUR FOUNDATIONS --AC/DC

887 THE DAY THAT NEVER COMES --METALLICA

886 REVOLVE --THE MELVINS

885 HIGH ENOUGH --DAMN YANKEES

884 RED MOSQUITO --PEARL JAM

883 RAIN WHEN I DIE --ALICE IN CHAINS

882 WITHOUT YOU --MOTLEY CRUE

881 BAKER STREET --FOO FIGHTERS

880 SMOOTH UP IN YA --BULLET BOYS

ABlairican Pie · 01-02-2009, 12:36 PM

879 FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE --METALLICA

878 LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL --SIXX A.M.

877 WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD TIMES GONE --VAN HALEN

876 LOVE BOAT CAPTAIN --PEARL JAM

875 THE POT --TOOL

874 NEVER TOO LATE --3 DAYS GRACE

873 VS. CHORUS VS. --NIRVANA

872 GIVEN UP --LINKIN PARK

871 DREAMS --VAN HALEN

870 SMOKE TWO JOINTS --SUBLIME

ABlairican Pie · 01-02-2009, 12:39 PM

869 SAVE YOU --PEARL JAM

868 WAIT AND BLEED --SLIPKNOT

867 SHAME --STABBING WESTWARD

866 FAKE IT --SEETHER

865 MODERN DAY COWBOY --TESLA

864 RAT SALAD --BLACK SABBATH

863 NUTSHELL --ALICE IN CHAINS

862 STREET OF DREAMS --RAINBOW

861 BAT COUNTRY --AVENGED SEVENFOLD

860 SISTER CHRISTIAN --NIGHT RANGER

ABlairican Pie · 01-02-2009, 12:43 PM

859 I WANT ACTION --POISON

858 THE KID IS HOT TONIGHT --LOVERBOY

857 BLITZKRIEG --METALLICA

856 SIDE OF A BULLET --NICKELBACK

855 I REMEMBER YOU --SKID ROW

854 STILLBORN --BLACK LABEL SOCIETY

853 THE FLIGHT OF ICARUS --IRON MAIDEN

852 DO WHAT YOU DO --MUDVAYNE

851 IN THE MEANTIME --SPACEHOG

850 MY OWN SUMMER --DEFTONES

01-01-2009, 02:01 PM	#1
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,619	KISW Top Rock Songs of 2008!!! Here we go again, another illustrious list of infamy, KISW 99.9 FM in Seattle, has once again compiled the Top 999 songs of all time, at least to listeners who sent in their top nine entries online! So who's at #1?? Who made it on, and who didn't? Any new surprises? Well, as I've been listening, seems like the list never changes, just things differently placed over the countdown. One song may be up one year, then down the next. Also I've noticed that say you have one artist who was huge twenty to twenty-five years ago in the 80's, who has had a career resurgence in the past few years. Any chances they will make it back on the list with their new stuff? Not really. They apparently have their older stuff on there, but forget any of the newer songs! So there are many glaring omissions on the chart, but maybe a few surprises. Let's take a look: #Number: Song: --Artist: 999 CHINESE DEMOCRACY --GUNS N' ROSES 998 GIRLS --BEASTIE BOYS 997 PRETTY PENNY --STONE TEMPLE_PILOTS 996 BALLS TO THE WALL --ACCEPT 995 LONG ROAD TO RUIN --FOO FIGHTERS 994 HIT THE LIGHTS --METALLICA 993 HARD SUN --EDDIE VEDDER 992 BRING THE NOISE --ANTHRAX 991 JUST LIKE PARADISE --DAVID LEE ROTH 990 BURNING DOWN ONE SIDE --ROBERT PLANT Interesting: one of the most anticipated releases all year hits the very bottom of the chart (and becomes the first song played). Will songs from the new album hit the chart again? We'll see about that... I would have placed "Balls to the Wall" much higher, but oh well.
	__________________ Release the kitties. --Nathan Explosion Last edited by ABlairican Pie; 01-01-2009 at 02:18 PM.

01-01-2009, 02:07 PM	#2
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,619	989 MAMA KIN --AEROSMITH 988 PLANET CARAVAN --PANTERA 987 LIT UP --BUCK CHERRY 986 INSIDE THE FIRE --DISTURBED 985 WAIT --WHITE LION 984 DEMENTIA --TAD 983 HOUSE OF PAIN --FASTER PUSSYCAT 982 THE ENEMY --GODSMACK 981 BOTHER --STONE SOUR 980 TALL COOL ONE --ROBERT PLANT Tad was literally one of the "biggest" names in grunge back in the late 80's/early 90's in the Seattle scene. Biggest because their frontman, Tad Doyle, was a rather rotund, plus-sized guy who played some of the loudest music of that era. Unfortunately, the band didn't go on to major stardom like many of their peers in the scene.

01-01-2009, 02:10 PM	#3
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,619	979 SOUTH BOUND SAUREZ --LED ZEPPELIN 978 BEHIND THE EYES --LOVE BATTERY 977 PEACHES --PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 976 DON'T SAY YOU LOVE ME --BILLY SQUIER 975 BIRTH RITUAL --SOUNDGARDEN 974 GYPSY ROAD --CINDERELLA 973 TALK DIRTY TO ME --POISON 972 ROCKSTAR --NICKELBACK 971 DROWN --SMASHING PUMPKINS 970 CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU --VAN HALEN

01-01-2009, 02:16 PM	#4
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,619	969 SHINEDOWN --GODSMACK 968 THIS TOWN --GREEN_RIVER 967 SLUDGE FACTORY --ALICE IN CHAINS 966 PORCH --PEARL JAM 965 DEVIL'S DANCE --METALLICA 964 UNCLE TOM'S CABIN --WARRANT 963 ORIGINAL FIRE --AUDIOSLAVE 962 I DON'T WANT TO STOP --OZZY OSBOURNE 961 IT'S NOT MY TIME --3 DOORS DOWN 960 SUMMER SONG --JOE SATRIANI "This Town" was perhaps the first official grunge song by Seattle band Green River, who were named after a then-mysterious killer of young women who left their bodies around the rural areas of the infamous river in King County south of Seattle. The song came out in 1986, a few years before grunge became the biggest thing on the planet. The members of Green River went on to form such major influential underground bands of the early Seattle scene such as Mudhoney and Mother Love Bone.

01-01-2009, 02:22 PM	#5
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,619	959 BOLD AS LOVE --JIMI HENDRIX 958 SHE --GREEN DAY 957 SPANISH CASTLE MAGIC --JIMI HENDRIX 956 EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU --UGLY KID JOE 955 BANG YOUR HEAD --QUIET RIOT 954 MY KINDA LOVER --BILLY SQUIER 953 SPEAK --GODSMACK 952 ALCOHAULIN' ASS --HELLYEAH 951 BOUND FOR THE FLOOR --LOCAL H 950 BY-TOR AND THE SNOW DOG --RUSH Actually, the song by Quiet Riot is not actually called "Bang Your Head", but "Metal Health". People call it that because of the catchy chorus. For that reason, this song is up on the list twice.

01-01-2009, 02:26 PM	#6
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,619	949 SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL --GUNS N' ROSES 948 NEON KNIGHTS --BLACK SABBATH 947 PULL ME UNDER --DREAM THEATER 946 LET ME DROWN --SOUNDGARDEN 945 NOTHIN' BUT A GOOD TIME --POISON 944 A TOUT LE MONDE --MEGADETH 943 DIRTY WATER OCEAN --GREEN APPLE QUICK STEP 942 ANIMAL I HAVE BECOME --3 DAYS GRACE 941 PAIN --THREE DAYS GRACE 940 KISS ME DEADLY --LITA FORD

01-01-2009, 02:31 PM	#7
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,619	939 SUMMER NIGHTS --VAN HALEN 938 NOT FALLING --MUDVAYNE 937 THE LUMBERJACK --JACKYL 936 TOUCH ME, I'M SICK --MUDHONEY 935 THROUGH GLASS --STONE SOUR 934 ALL WITHIN MY HANDS --METALLICA 933 GET ON THE SNAKE --SOUNDGARDEN 932 PRETENDER --FOO FIGHTERS 931 COMING OF AGE --DAMN YANKEES 930 LAY IT DOWN --RATT Mudhoney's "Touch Me, I'm Sick" was the first official grunge single to put Seattle on the map over twenty years ago, a few years before Nirvana and others hit it big.

01-01-2009, 02:35 PM	#8
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,619	929 MY NAME IS MUD --PRIMUS 928 DYER'S EVE --METALLICA 927 GALLOWS POLE (LIVE) --ROBERT PLANT & JIMMY PAGE 926 SLAVES & BULLDOZERS --SOUNDGARDEN 925 GET IT ON --KINGDOM COME 924 DANCING DAYS --STONE TEMPLE PILOTS 923 IT'S NOT LOVE --DOKKEN 922 SECOND CHANCE --SHINEDOWN 921 I'M THE MAN --ANTHRAX 920 GODSMACK --ALICE IN CHAINS The above song by Alice In Chains, from their 'Dirt' album, appears to be the inspiration for the name of the band featuring Sully on vocals and who do songs like "Voodoo" and "Bad Religion". Sully even sounds a bit like Layne Staley of AIC.

01-01-2009, 02:38 PM	#9
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,619	919 HEADSTRONG --TRAPT 918 FLOWER --SOUNDGARDEN 917 THE FINAL COUNTDOWN --EUROPE 916 DANI CALIFORNIA --RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 915 INVISIBLE KID --METALLICA 914 BLACK BETTY --RAM JAM 913 WHEN 3 IS 2 --HAMMERBOX 912 SICKMAN --ALICE IN CHAINS 911 ALL I WANT --THE OFFSPRING 910 BETH --KISS

01-01-2009, 02:41 PM	#10
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,619	909 ACHILLES LAST STAND --LED ZEPPELIN 908 DON'T GO AWAY MAD (JUST GO AWAY) --MOTLEY_CRUE 907 SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THESE) --MARILYN_MANSON 906 TOO DRUNK TO... BUCKCHERRY 905 I AM THE BULLGOD --KID ROCK 904 YYZ --RUSH 903 ALL NIGHT LONG --BILLY SQUIER 902 WAY COOL JR. --RATT 901 PLOWED --SPONGE 900 IN MY DREAMS --DOKKEN

01-02-2009, 12:31 PM	#11
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,619	899 MISTRESS FOR CHRISTMAS --AC/DC 898 SOMEBODY TO SHOVE --SOUL ASYLUM 897 FIRE --RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 896 THE BALLAD OF JAYNE --L.A. GUNS 895 DREAM ALL DAY --THE POSIES 894 PLUSH (ACOUSTIC) --STONE TEMPLE PILOTS 893 YOUR DISEASE --SALIVA 892 SHIP OF FOOLS --ROBERT PLANT 891 SPACE LORD --MONSTER MAGNET 890 BEST OF YOU -FOO FIGHTERS

01-02-2009, 12:34 PM	#12
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,619	889 NEXT TO YOU --BUCKCHERRY 888 SHAKE YOUR FOUNDATIONS --AC/DC 887 THE DAY THAT NEVER COMES --METALLICA 886 REVOLVE --THE MELVINS 885 HIGH ENOUGH --DAMN YANKEES 884 RED MOSQUITO --PEARL JAM 883 RAIN WHEN I DIE --ALICE IN CHAINS 882 WITHOUT YOU --MOTLEY CRUE 881 BAKER STREET --FOO FIGHTERS 880 SMOOTH UP IN YA --BULLET BOYS

01-02-2009, 12:36 PM	#13
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,619	879 FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE --METALLICA 878 LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL --SIXX A.M. 877 WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD TIMES GONE --VAN HALEN 876 LOVE BOAT CAPTAIN --PEARL JAM 875 THE POT --TOOL 874 NEVER TOO LATE --3 DAYS GRACE 873 VS. CHORUS VS. --NIRVANA 872 GIVEN UP --LINKIN PARK 871 DREAMS --VAN HALEN 870 SMOKE TWO JOINTS --SUBLIME

01-02-2009, 12:39 PM	#14
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,619	869 SAVE YOU --PEARL JAM 868 WAIT AND BLEED --SLIPKNOT 867 SHAME --STABBING WESTWARD 866 FAKE IT --SEETHER 865 MODERN DAY COWBOY --TESLA 864 RAT SALAD --BLACK SABBATH 863 NUTSHELL --ALICE IN CHAINS 862 STREET OF DREAMS --RAINBOW 861 BAT COUNTRY --AVENGED SEVENFOLD 860 SISTER CHRISTIAN --NIGHT RANGER

01-02-2009, 12:43 PM	#15
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,619	859 I WANT ACTION --POISON 858 THE KID IS HOT TONIGHT --LOVERBOY 857 BLITZKRIEG --METALLICA 856 SIDE OF A BULLET --NICKELBACK 855 I REMEMBER YOU --SKID ROW 854 STILLBORN --BLACK LABEL SOCIETY 853 THE FLIGHT OF ICARUS --IRON MAIDEN 852 DO WHAT YOU DO --MUDVAYNE 851 IN THE MEANTIME --SPACEHOG 850 MY OWN SUMMER --DEFTONES