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August 10, 2024
Song #184
Think About You by Guns N’Roses
It was released in 1987 in their album Appetite For Destruction
Fun fact: Although credited to the group, the song was primarily composed by rhythm guitarist, Izzy Stradlin, who also plays lead guitar on it.
August 28, 2024
Song #202
Cry Tough by Poison
It was released in 1986 in their album Look What The Cat Dragged In
Fun fact: "Cry Tough" was originally intended to be the only single however, Look What the Cat Dragged In became a surprise success and subsequently spawned three more charting hits: "Talk Dirty to Me", "I Want Action", and "I Won't Forget You".
August 12, 2024
Song #186
California Uber Alles by Dead Kennedys
it was released in 1979 as a single
Fun fact: The title is an allusion to the first stanza of the national anthem of Germany, which begins with the words "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles" ("Germany, Germany above everything").
August 30, 2024
Song #204
Man With No Eyes by Michael Monroe
It was released in 1989 in his album Not Fakin’ It
August 14, 2024
Song #188
Heartbreaker by Led Zeppelin
It was released in 1969 in their album Led Zeppelin II
Fun fact: In a 1998 interview with Guitar World, Page commented that the guitar solo was recorded in a different studio, thereby giving a different sound than the rest of the song. He added that this was the first recorded instance of his Gibson Les Paul/Marshall Stack combination.
September 1, 2024
Song #206
Crocodile Rock by Elton John
It was released in 1973 in his album Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player
Fun fact: In a 1974 lawsuit filed in the US District Court of Los Angeles by attorney Donald Barnett on behalf of "Speedy Gonzales"' composer Buddy Kaye, it was alleged that defendants John and Taupin illegally incorporated chords from "Speedy Gonzales" which produced a falsetto tone into the "Crocodile" song co-written by defendants. The parties reached a settlement between them and the case was then dismissed.
September 3, 2024
Song #208
Gypsy Road by Cinderella
It was released in 1987 in their album Long Cold Winter
August 16, 2024
Song #190
House of Wolves by My Chemical Romance
It was released in 2006 in their album The Black Parade
September 5, 2024
Song #210
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
It was released in 1975 in their album A Night At The Opera
Fun fact: Mercury refused to explain his composition other than to say it was about relationships; the band is still protective of the song's secret. Brian May supports suggestions that the song contained veiled references to Mercury's personal traumas. He recalls "Freddie was a very complex person: flippant and funny on the surface, but he concealed insecurities and problems in squaring up his life with his childhood. He never explained the lyrics, but I think he put a lot of himself into that song."
August 18, 2024
Song #192
Why Trust You by Alice Cooper
It was released in 1989 in his album Trash
Fun fact:
September 7, 2024
Song #212
Lady Stardust by David Bowie
It was released in 1972 in his album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Fun fact: The song is generally interpreted as alluding to fellow glam rock icon Marc Bolan.
August 20, 2024
Song #194
Breakthru by Queen
It was released in 1989 in their album The Miracle
Fun fact: The video of the song was filmed within two days on the preserved Nene Valley Railway. The group members mentioned in the interviews that despite the hot summer weather, the event brought a nice refreshment to their studio work. It also helped heighten guitarist Brian May's spirits, as he was going through a bout of depression from the intense scrutiny surrounding his first marriage and Freddie Mercury's health starting to falter as a result of AIDS.
August 22, 2024
Song #196
Ashes to Ashes by David Bowie
It was released in 1980 in his album Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Fun fact: the lyrics act as a sequel to Bowie's hit "Space Oddity" which ends with Major Tom alone floating out in space. Eleven years after liftoff, Ground Control receives a message from Major Tom, who has succumbed to drug addiction and increased paranoia following his abandonment to space: "Strung out in heaven's high / hitting an all-time low."
September 11, 2024
Song #216
Cum on Feel the Noize by Quiet Riot
It was released in 1983 in their album Metal Health
Fun fact: Originally, lead vocalist Kevin DuBrow was dead set on not covering the song, because he wanted the band to write every song on the album. In addition, he was not a big fan of Slade (who originally released the song in 1973). Instead, the band decided to try to cover the song as badly as they could so the label would refuse to release it. Which they didn’t go through with.
August 24, 2024
Song #198
Bastard by Mötley Crüe
It was released in 1983 in their album Shout At The Devil
Fun fact: This song was targeted by Tipper Gore and the PMRC, who were behind the move to have warning labels placed on albums with lyrics or other content they found disturbing. According to Mick Mars, the song wasn't a call to violence but rather was about "a certain person that we used to work with that we felt we were stabbed in the back by."
September 13, 2024
Song #218
He’s Back (The Man Behind The Mask) by Alice Cooper
It was released in 1986 in his album Constrictor
Fun fact: The song features the famous "ki-ki-ki ma-ma-ma" (in its popular misheard version, "ch-ch-ch, ha-ha-ha") sound effect, a trademark of the Friday the 13th series. The song has also been described as celebrating the return of series antagonist Jason Voorhees, after being killed off in the fourth film Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) and appearing only in flashbacks and hallucinations in the fifth installment Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985).
August 26, 2024
Song #200
Bad Obsession by Guns N’Roses
It was released in 1991 in their album Use Your Illusion I
Fun fact: "Bad Obsession" is about tackling drug abuse and addiction, which had haunted the band since before they had become famous. Michael Monroe, lead singer of the Finnish hard rock band Hanoi Rocks and a big influence on Guns N' Roses, plays the harmonica and tenor saxophone on the studio version.
September 15, 2024
Song #220
High ‘N’ Dry (Saturday Night) by Def Leppard
It was released in 1983 in their album High ‘N’ Dry
Fun fact: This song made the "Filthy Fifteen", a list of songs criticised by the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), for having explicit lyrics that describe alcohol use and intoxication.
August 28, 2024
Song #202
Cry Tough by Poison
It was released in 1986 in their album Look What The Cat Dragged In
Fun fact: "Cry Tough" was originally intended to be the only single however, Look What the Cat Dragged In became a surprise success and subsequently spawned three more charting hits: "Talk Dirty to Me", "I Want Action", and "I Won't Forget You".
September 17, 2024
Song #222
Coma by Guns N’Roses
It was released on September 17, 1991 in their album Use Your Illusion I
Fun fact:"Coma" was written by Rose and Slash about their drug overdoses. It is Guns N' Roses longest song to date. It features hospital sound effects and a real defibrillator.