Sigz's Top 25 Songs of All Time v. Yes it's another top-x list get over it

[Sigz]

8. Dream Theater - Home

One of the few Dream Theater songs I find myself returning to nowadays, Home is just awesome from start to finish. I can't help but sing along with the vocals, the guitar work is infectiously catchy, and the drumming is some of Portnoy's best. The guitar solo is also one of my favorite Petrucci solos, managing not only to be insanely technical but interesting and musically fitting. Oh yeah, and there's the sex scene, which was pretty damn hot when I was 14.


7. Eisley – Marvelous Things

The best song off of an album that's somewhere in my top five. The rhodes piano combined with Stacy Dupree's lead vocals and lyrics give the song a very whimsical vibe, while the rest of band grounds it in solid indie rock. The vocals harmonies are wonderful, the subtle lead guitar work adds quite a bit of depth to the song, and a special nod must be given to the tambourine/hi-hat that runs through most of the song, hitting on a rather strange rhythm that adds so much despite just being a single line. Everything about this song is just perfect, and I still find myself listening to it regularly several years after having first heard it.


6. Bloodbath – Eaten

The greatest death metal song ever. From the first second it kicks you in the face and proceeds to feast on your internal organs, and I love every moment of it. The vocals are the spawn of satan himself, the lyrics are deliciously gruesome, and the riffs are fucking great. I can't help but headbang when listening to this song, and that's never a bad thing. Probably the best part of this song are Peter Tägtgren's vocals, which are some of the best death growls I've ever heard.

[skydivingninja]

Props for including "Home."  If that "write a blurb about the top X DT songs" thing actually gets off the ground, I signed up to write the blurb for "Home."  It was my first real introduction to metal, and holy crap does it kick ass.  I love JR's solo too, and the end is insane.

[Darkes7]

  HOME!

Ok Sigz, I'm officially giving you the title of awesome at this point.

[Sigz]

You might wanna wait until the end, when you see Trains at #1

[Darkes7]

...crap, I forgot there is such a possibility.

[Sigz]

Yep, and then Concieving You will be #2.

[King Postwhore]

Sigz, you try Black Mountain yet?

[skydivingninja]

Yep, and then Concieving You will be #2.

God that's a great song.  Does Darkes hate that one too?

[Sintheros]

Yep, and then Concieving You will be #2.

God that's a great song.  Does Darkes hate that one too?

Go peruse the Second Life Syndrome survivor rounds.

[Sigz]

Sigz, you try Black Mountain yet?

No, haven't gotten a chance yet.

[Darkes7]

Yep, and then Concieving You will be #2.

God that's a great song.  Does Darkes hate that one too?

I repeat for the 36395928908209409285348560934890680869284928094829580th (approximately, I may have done some mistake in calculations) time I don't hate Trains, and it's a decent song. And Conceiving You has exactly the same opinion from me.

Don't derail it into another Trains/Conceiving You thread and don't bring along crusaders against me again. Thanks.

[Zantera]

Darkes7 hates all pop-songs made by his fav. bands.

Nah, he has actually explained in several huge wall of text's that he doesn't hate neither Trains or Conceiving You, he just doesn't love them. Which is a huge difference.

[Darkes7]

Darkes7 hates all pop-songs made by his fav. bands.

Which is why I love Lazarus, Pure Narcotic and I Believe

[petrucci07]

I shall follow this closely. Not that there's much left 

[SPNKr]

I admire this so far. Since I've Been Loving You is probably the best blues rock song ever. I once read about the story about Eaten, gave me the creeps for a whole week. I have the second album but never listened to it yet. Should get around to that if Eaten is one of the best death metal songs ever.

[MetalManiac666]

6. Bloodbath – Eaten

[Gadough]

^^^That's hardcore. 

[Sigz]

5. Opeth - Godhead's Lament

The song that got me into Opeth, and, after a LOT of thought, is my favorite. There's not much else to say, this song just owns in every imaginable way. Awesome riffs, gorgeous clean sections, and great solos, and insanely epic metal. It's everything I love about Opeth at its finest.


4. Circle Takes the Square - Same Shade as Concrete

Right from the onset, this song kicks your ass. How CTTS managed to pack so much into just four and a half minutes I will never understand. Going from psychotic hardcore riffs to complicated clean guitar patterns to dual male-female vocals and spoken word sections, it's madness and I love it. The (incredibly long) lyrics are absolute poetry, and the very organic structure lends itself well to the long-form lyrics.



ZOMG TOP 3 COMING UP!!!!11!11!!11!! Anyone wanna try to guess what they'll be?

Current List:


4. Circle Takes the Square - Same Shade as Concrete
5. Opeth - Godhead's Lament
6. Bloodbath – Eaten
7. Eisley – Marvelous Things
8. Dream Theater - Home
9. Gregor Samsa - Lessening
10. Porcupine Tree - The Start of Something Beautiful
11. Thrice – Daedalus
12. Kayo Dot - The Manifold Curiosity
13. SikTh - Pussyfoot
14. Transatlantic - Stranger in Your Soul
15. The Human Abstract - Vela, Together We Await the Storm
16. The Beach Boys - Wouldn't it Be Nice
17. Pain of Salvation - Idioglossia
18. Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons
19. Dillinger Escape Plan - Sunshine the Werewolf
20. Between the Buried and Me – Selkies: The Endless Obsession
21. Chroma Key - Lunar
22. Hella - Biblical Violence
23. maudlin of the Well – The Ferryman
24. Continuum - Construct 4
25. Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You

[Zantera]

My guesses:

Porcupine Tree - Trains
Porcupine Tree - Blackest Eyes
Porcupine Tree - Sound of Muzak

[Sigz]

Well shit, you got me.

[sonatafanica]

Björk - Pagan Poetry will be #1

[skydivingninja]

Bruce Springsteen's "Thunder Road" SHOULD be number 1.  I predict we'll see some other Porcupine Tree song though.

[Sigz]

I'm pretty sure I've mentioned my #1 before, so I wouldn't be surprised if someone remembers/can guess it. Though I'd be very surprised if the #2 or #3 get guessed (though both of them are relatively well known around here).

[skydivingninja]

On the "Conceiving You" topic, I've been reading all of the SLS survivor threads and my God.  I've never laughed and cried so hard at the same time... cannot describe it.

Would it be crazy to predict a Sigur Ros or Godspeed You song in 2 or 3?

[Darkes7]

I'm only certain there will be a PT song in the top 3 (and I pray it's not Trains or "7/4 DRUM PATTERN IN A POP SONG OHHHH ORGASM" aka The Sound of Muzak), no idea about the other two, but I guess there's a chance I'll do a facepalm when I see them and think why I hadn't thought of that.

[glaurung]

1. Insane Clown Posse - Miracles
2. Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
3. Europe - The Final Countdown

[Pyroph]

Heartattack in a Layby will be one.

[Sigz]

"7/4 DRUM PATTERN IN A POP SONG OHHHH ORGASM" aka The Sound of Muzak),

Actually the verse is in 7/8 with a quarter note override on the hi-hat.

Would it be crazy to predict a Sigur Ros or Godspeed You song in 2 or 3?

Not really.

[Gadough]

1. Insane Clown Posse - Miracles

Beat me to it.

[skydivingninja]

"7/4 DRUM PATTERN IN A POP SONG OHHHH ORGASM" aka The Sound of Muzak),

Actually the verse is in 7/8 with a quarter note override on the hi-hat.

Muzakowned

[Darkes7]

"7/4 DRUM PATTERN IN A POP SONG OHHHH ORGASM" aka The Sound of Muzak),

Actually the verse is in 7/8 with a quarter note override on the hi-hat.

Tell that to the fanboys who use that as the argument why it's so great. I'm too impatient waiting for Gravity Eyelids to care about it

[Sintheros]

Gravity Eyelids is miles better than The Sound of Muzak. It is not better than Trains though. 

[AcidLameLTE]

The first sentence of your post is a damn lie.

[Silver Tears]

Nah Sintheros has it right.

[AcidLameLTE]