#55 - 51
#55
"Pretty Penny" - Stone Temple Pilots
Beautiful acoustic lament by the grungers. By far their greatest lowkey song, even trumping that of "Creep". Robert's acoustic guitar and Dean's 12-string acoustic sound absolutely radiant together. The percussion is to a minimum, but all the auxiliary sounds perfectly cemented in the song. From the lightly tapping of the bongos during the verse to the the jingle bells and chimes during the bridge. And again, mad props have to be given to Scott Weiland. It's not a typical acoustic ballad vocal selection, and the fact that he makes it work just makes it that much more awesome. The combination of it all makes for a spectacular acoustic piece. Dare I say it's the greatest acoustic piece ever? Probably not, but it's at least my favorite acoustic piece ever.
#54
"Superman" - Goldfinger
The official good time song of Bobbo. The raucous guitarline blended with the blaring trombones is a great combination for a party song. The standard punk drumline and underrated bumping bassline give the song flavor while Darrin Pfeiffer's vocals and lyrics have never been better. The theme to the song is awesome as well. You're only as old as you wanna feel, and don't sit around and let life go by. This is a fun-having song encouraging others to go out and have fun. All in all, this song can be described as a very fun song. Whenever I need a pick-me-up, this song does the trick 90% of the time, at least for the duration of the song.
#53
"The Piper" - Nonpoint
Absolute carnage. KB has never sounded this good on bass since. Popping and slapping out a juicy jiving bassline for the intro before Andrew comes in with a crunchy metal riff. The somewhat laidback tempo of the drums seem to give it a driving tempo. But the venom in Elias' vocals gives the song power. The song gets more and more intense from 1:40 on. The tempo keeps getting sped up, the instrumentation gets more volatile, and the power just amps up. That is, until around 2:15 where it sends into a very bluesy-metal bridge. But don't relax too much, because after the bridge, the song erupts into its most intensity, finishing on a raging bombastic note. Fucking harsh.
#52
"Time" - Pink Floyd
Barrage of alarm clocks. Weird metronome like sounds. The whole intro, including the tom-tom rattling drums and seeing-eye guitar line, just makes you shift your eyes, feeling like an impending crash is about to happen. Which it does. It blows up into one of the most classic rock songs ever created. It's almost the perfect mold of what a classic rock song is. Visceral guitarline, bobbing keyboard, sensational vocals, mashing guitar solo. The song absolutely takes off right as Gilmour strikes up that solo. The song is absolutely stellar on all fronts, but I think I have to credit Roger Waters for his amazing vocals for this one. Absolutely spectacular. The song fades out into the reprise of "Breathe", which is an awesome segue, making the whole beginning part of that album seem like a 3 part overture, with "Time" being the apex. Boy, does it do the job well.
#51
"Otherside" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Based on greatness alone, this song probably wouldn't be up here this high on my favorites list. Still on the Top 100, yes, but not just shy of the halfway marker. The song is actually pretty normal for a RHCP standpoint. Typical Chad Smith drumline while Flea and John rap out a lonely lick. Anthony's vocals just add to the loneliness theme. It really is a great song, especially during the breakdown where Flea is pumping on his bass and John waxes out some distorted chords. The song ends on the exciting push to the outro. Awesome.
But this song, as I'm sure I've stated before, holds special significance to me. This was the first song I learned how to play on bass. I even nailed most of Flea's mashing part at the bridge by the 3rd day. I was enthralled. I'm sure this song just launched me into bassitude. On top of first song I learned how to play, this was also the first song I played live with Tim and Ana. It wasn't great, but it was still very memorable. We nailed it much better at our very last show a year and a half later. And to top off the personal significance factor, I've always stated that buying Californication was one of the smartest decisions I ever made as it opened the proverbial door to my rock n' roll-dom. This song is what pushed me over the edge to go buy it. On top of just being a flat out great song, "Otherside" holds all that weight of personal affection from me. That justifies it's notch up to #51. I think I'll go play it right now just for old time's sake.
"Pretty Penny" - Stone Temple Pilots
Beautiful acoustic lament by the grungers. By far their greatest lowkey song, even trumping that of "Creep". Robert's acoustic guitar and Dean's 12-string acoustic sound absolutely radiant together. The percussion is to a minimum, but all the auxiliary sounds perfectly cemented in the song. From the lightly tapping of the bongos during the verse to the the jingle bells and chimes during the bridge. And again, mad props have to be given to Scott Weiland. It's not a typical acoustic ballad vocal selection, and the fact that he makes it work just makes it that much more awesome. The combination of it all makes for a spectacular acoustic piece. Dare I say it's the greatest acoustic piece ever? Probably not, but it's at least my favorite acoustic piece ever.
#54
"Superman" - Goldfinger
The official good time song of Bobbo. The raucous guitarline blended with the blaring trombones is a great combination for a party song. The standard punk drumline and underrated bumping bassline give the song flavor while Darrin Pfeiffer's vocals and lyrics have never been better. The theme to the song is awesome as well. You're only as old as you wanna feel, and don't sit around and let life go by. This is a fun-having song encouraging others to go out and have fun. All in all, this song can be described as a very fun song. Whenever I need a pick-me-up, this song does the trick 90% of the time, at least for the duration of the song.
#53
"The Piper" - Nonpoint
Absolute carnage. KB has never sounded this good on bass since. Popping and slapping out a juicy jiving bassline for the intro before Andrew comes in with a crunchy metal riff. The somewhat laidback tempo of the drums seem to give it a driving tempo. But the venom in Elias' vocals gives the song power. The song gets more and more intense from 1:40 on. The tempo keeps getting sped up, the instrumentation gets more volatile, and the power just amps up. That is, until around 2:15 where it sends into a very bluesy-metal bridge. But don't relax too much, because after the bridge, the song erupts into its most intensity, finishing on a raging bombastic note. Fucking harsh.
#52
"Time" - Pink Floyd
Barrage of alarm clocks. Weird metronome like sounds. The whole intro, including the tom-tom rattling drums and seeing-eye guitar line, just makes you shift your eyes, feeling like an impending crash is about to happen. Which it does. It blows up into one of the most classic rock songs ever created. It's almost the perfect mold of what a classic rock song is. Visceral guitarline, bobbing keyboard, sensational vocals, mashing guitar solo. The song absolutely takes off right as Gilmour strikes up that solo. The song is absolutely stellar on all fronts, but I think I have to credit Roger Waters for his amazing vocals for this one. Absolutely spectacular. The song fades out into the reprise of "Breathe", which is an awesome segue, making the whole beginning part of that album seem like a 3 part overture, with "Time" being the apex. Boy, does it do the job well.
#51
"Otherside" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Based on greatness alone, this song probably wouldn't be up here this high on my favorites list. Still on the Top 100, yes, but not just shy of the halfway marker. The song is actually pretty normal for a RHCP standpoint. Typical Chad Smith drumline while Flea and John rap out a lonely lick. Anthony's vocals just add to the loneliness theme. It really is a great song, especially during the breakdown where Flea is pumping on his bass and John waxes out some distorted chords. The song ends on the exciting push to the outro. Awesome.
But this song, as I'm sure I've stated before, holds special significance to me. This was the first song I learned how to play on bass. I even nailed most of Flea's mashing part at the bridge by the 3rd day. I was enthralled. I'm sure this song just launched me into bassitude. On top of first song I learned how to play, this was also the first song I played live with Tim and Ana. It wasn't great, but it was still very memorable. We nailed it much better at our very last show a year and a half later. And to top off the personal significance factor, I've always stated that buying Californication was one of the smartest decisions I ever made as it opened the proverbial door to my rock n' roll-dom. This song is what pushed me over the edge to go buy it. On top of just being a flat out great song, "Otherside" holds all that weight of personal affection from me. That justifies it's notch up to #51. I think I'll go play it right now just for old time's sake.