100 Best Hard Rock Songs of All-Time

82. Since you've been gone--Rainbow

Holy Moly.

 

81. Heaven and Hell--Black Sabbath

Sans Ozzy.

Sure has lots of fail, though.

 

I'm now being informed this is a 5-part series.

Oof.

To be continued.......

Tuesday night; 10 EST.

 

Absolutely love that song.

You know what won't make it, but should?

Rock 'n Roll Damnation by AC/DC. How that song isn't their most popular is beyond me. It has to be the heaviest power pop song ever made. Rock perfection, right down to the wittier-than-they-appear lyrics and the accents the "other" Young brothers (producers George and Vanda) put in to make it just right, like maracas over Phil Rudd's drums.

And while I'm on the subject of AC/DC, when is Malcolm Young going to get his due as the auteur of that band? AC/DC's sound is basically based on rhythm guitar riffs and Malcolm creates and plays them all. He's much more talented than Angus, who is talented in his own right, but defers to Malcolm within the band.

 

I watched and forgot what a great song that was.

Way to post pad keep us updated, American Chopper.

 

While I was hunting around for AC/DC Youtube videos, I found this hilarious parity.

What's even funnier is all the comments from the people who didn't get it.

A song, by the way, that should also be on this countdown, even if it is by Nazareth.

 

I'd have gone with All Night Long from Rainbow.

 

If anyone destroys "Rainbow In The Dark," we're gonna throw it down.

 

Chef, this is pretty funny. Keep it going--

And it won't be on there, but I wish Grand Funk Railroad's "Inside Looking Out" would be on there. Man, that song rules. Rules!

 

Good God--based on the first twenty, I don't even think I want to know the rest.

 

One of the best hard rock songs ever.

 

The second twenty; 10 EST