POLL: 4 signature classic metal tunes

[WildRanger]

Take your pick.
And rank them all, if you want.

I didn't include "Holy Wars" in the poll, because Megadeth is not widely beloved on this board.


My order of preference:
1) War Pigs
2) Hallowed be thy Name
3) Victim of Changes (live Unleashed version)
4) Master of Puppets

[Crow]

holy wars is better than any of these but anyways iron maiden is the only one of these here i really care for
i dunno the judas priest song at all though lol

[WildRanger]

i dunno the judas priest song at all though lol

Really?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J9zyviTTmQ

[pg1067]

I didn't include "Holy Wars" in the poll, because Megadeth is not widely beloved on this board.

No Megadeth song is anywhere close to the level of the four songs listed.

1. Master
2. Hallowed
3. War Pigs
4. Victim

The margins between the songs are REALLY small.

[Crow]

FYI megadeth has consistently been a terrible band with an awful vocalist and I still think holy wars rules it's just that far ahead of the rest here

[mikeyd23]

Master by a large margin.

[Zydar]

Hallowed Be Thy Name
Master Of Puppets
War Pigs
Victim Of Changes

[WildRanger]

Master by a large margin.

Which song woud a guy on your avatar choose? What you think?

[Mladen]

Good God, what a poll.

Hallowed, although I was seriously tempted to go with Master.

[ThatOneGuy2112]

This is a hard one. I'd go:

War Pigs > Hallowed >> Master > Victim

Should be noted that the margins between each are still pretty small.

FYI megadeth has consistently been a terrible band with an awful vocalist and I still think holy wars rules it's just that far ahead of the rest here

Good song, but not even sure it's the best track on RIP to be honest with you.

[ChuckSteak]

War Pigs by far

[mikeyd23]

Master by a large margin.

Which song woud a guy on your avatar choose? What you think?

What song would JP choose? I have no clue... I'm not JP... 

[KevShmev]

I don't know the Maiden song off the top of my head, but I am sure I heard it at some point and deemed it forgettable.

Victim of Changes gets the nod by just a hair over the other two, but only if we are talking about the live version.

[Dave_Manchester]

Between Master and Hallowed. Master got the nod.

[cramx3]

Hallowed since it's my favorite song from my favorite band.

I would however say War Pigs and Master are much more iconic songs.  I don't think the average metal fan knows Hallowed since it wasn't a hit, although it's definitely a "signature song" where as most metal fans will know Master of Puppets and War Pigs.

Anyway, I don't know the Judas Priest song so there's that too (I never really got into them)

If I had to rank them:

Hallowed
Master
War Pigs
Victim

[Adami]

Master of Puppets. Not even close.

Victims is good, but not that great. War Pigs is fine. Hallowed is a cool fun silly song, but none of them top Master.

[The Walrus]

Victim of Changes is a terrible song, War Pigs isn't even the best Sabbath hit, Master of Puppets is damn good, and Hallowed Be Thy Name is the king here without a doubt. Best Maiden song.

[bosk1]

#1 and #2 are REALLY hard to rank.  I went with Hallowed, but it is really close.  My answer might be different tomorrow.  War Pigs is great (forum old-timers might know about my affinity for that song. ).  I hadn't heard Victim of Changes before clicking on Wild Ranger's link above.  The riff is pretty nice, but the song overall doesn't do much for me, and I switched it off about halfway through.  But I don't really like Priest anyway, so not surprising. 

Anyway, recap of my ranking:
1.  Hallowed
2.  Puppets
3.  War Pigs
...
4.  Victim of Changes

[The Walrus]

#1 and #2 are REALLY hard to rank.  I went with Hallowed, but it is really close.  My answer might be different tomorrow.  War Pigs is great (forum old-timers might know about my affinity for that song. ).  I hadn't heard Victim of Changes before clicking on Wild Ranger's link above.  The riff is pretty nice, but the song overall doesn't do much for me, and I switched it off about halfway through.  But I don't really like Priest anyway, so not surprising. 

Anyway, recap of my ranking:
1.  Hallowed
2.  Puppets
3.  War Pigs
...
4.  Victim of Changes

[cramx3]

Hey thats my rankings too, I want to be friends

[wolfking]

I have to choose Maiden, everytime.

[The Walrus]

Hey thats my rankings too, I want to be friends

All right. But you have to call me Dragon.

[cramx3]

wtf kind of bs is that, nvmd 

[bosk1]

#1 and #2 are REALLY hard to rank.  I went with Hallowed, but it is really close.  My answer might be different tomorrow.  War Pigs is great (forum old-timers might know about my affinity for that song. ).  I hadn't heard Victim of Changes before clicking on Wild Ranger's link above.  The riff is pretty nice, but the song overall doesn't do much for me, and I switched it off about halfway through.  But I don't really like Priest anyway, so not surprising. 

Anyway, recap of my ranking:
1.  Hallowed
2.  Puppets
3.  War Pigs
...
4.  Victim of Changes

No.  We've been best friends.  I just forgot to tell you.

[The Walrus]

Cram: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM6SeiqE-IM

[cramx3]

Cram: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM6SeiqE-IM

  didn't get that reference since I totally forgot that scene, such a good movie

[bl5150]

War Pigs/MAster of Puppets
Hallowed
Victim


Out of all those bands I love Priest the most overall but they really didn't kick in properly for me until British Steel.  All great songs though.

[Adami]

Just listened to Victim again, to refresh my memory.

Yea, that is NOT anywhere near those other songs.

[pg1067]

I would however say War Pigs and Master are much more iconic songs.  I don't think the average metal fan knows Hallowed since it wasn't a hit, although it's definitely a "signature song" where as most metal fans will know Master of Puppets and War Pigs.

Anyway, I don't know the Judas Priest song so there's that too (I never really got into them)

Interesting.  I would think 90%+ of "metal fans" would be familiar with Hallowed.

Victim is surely the least known song on the list, and Master is probably the most well known (both among "metal fans" and probably a healthy percentage of non-"metal fans" have at least heard of it).  I would think War Pigs and Hallowed are about on the same level in terms of familiarity.

[Zantera]

Master of Puppets

[KevShmev]

Just listened to Victim again, to refresh my memory.

Yea, that is NOT anywhere near those other songs.

More like, those others songs are not near it.

Okay, Master and War Pigs are both almost as good...almost.

[Adami]

Just listened to Victim again, to refresh my memory.

Yea, that is NOT anywhere near those other songs.

More like, those others songs are not near it.

Agreed.

They're far, far above it.

[WildRanger]

I would however say War Pigs and Master are much more iconic songs.  I don't think the average metal fan knows Hallowed since it wasn't a hit, although it's definitely a "signature song" where as most metal fans will know Master of Puppets and War Pigs.

Anyway, I don't know the Judas Priest song so there's that too (I never really got into them)

Interesting.  I would think 90%+ of "metal fans" would be familiar with Hallowed.

Victim is surely the least known song on the list, and Master is probably the most well known (both among "metal fans" and probably a healthy percentage of non-"metal fans" have at least heard of it).  I would think War Pigs and Hallowed are about on the same level in terms of familiarity.

Victim is undoubtedly one of the most popular Judas Priest songs. And that song is featured on Sad Wings of Destiny and Unleashed in the East, two landmark records by Priest.

[Nekov]

Master
Hallowed
War pigs
That judas priest song I've never heard

[pg1067]

I would however say War Pigs and Master are much more iconic songs.  I don't think the average metal fan knows Hallowed since it wasn't a hit, although it's definitely a "signature song" where as most metal fans will know Master of Puppets and War Pigs.

Anyway, I don't know the Judas Priest song so there's that too (I never really got into them)

Interesting.  I would think 90%+ of "metal fans" would be familiar with Hallowed.

Victim is surely the least known song on the list, and Master is probably the most well known (both among "metal fans" and probably a healthy percentage of non-"metal fans" have at least heard of it).  I would think War Pigs and Hallowed are about on the same level in terms of familiarity.

Victim is undoubtedly one of the most popular Judas Priest songs. And that song is featured on Sad Wings of Destiny and Unleashed in the East, two landmark records by Priest.

All true, but none of that contradicts what I wrote.  At least 2-3 of the people who have commented in this thread aren't familiar with Victim, and if you're not a Priest fan, both Sad Wings and Unleashed are pretty obscure albums.  Heck, I've been a Priest fan for 35+ years and I've never actually owned Sad Wings.