jingle.boy's Top 50 - Roulette songs ... My final obsession

[jjrock88]

Fingers crossed I get the number one spot!

[TAC]

6 - v2 / TAC / Stratovarius* / Crepusculum Vehementus… ok, take everything I said about the Haunting Regrets above, and it’s like this tune says “hold my beer” – but not in the redneck, ‘ima ‘bout to fuck everything up’ way… more like ‘anything you can do, I can do better’ kinda way.  This is the song of the album for sure, and I did have to call out each tune separately.

I am very surprised to see Crepusculum Vehementis rank this high low.

[wolfking]

 

[The Walrus]

 

[wolfking]

Yep, you had to look closely.   

[jingle.boy]

5 - v1 / Ytse / Blessed by a Broken Heart* / Shut up and Rock …. I’m not certain, but I suspect that Round 1 of my first roulette has the most entries on this list – 6.  You guys killed me right out of the gate.  Ytse played the ‘glam’ card, with a modern sound and boy-oh-boy did it land.  It’s a very aptly named tune, as it just grabs your attention in the first 10 seconds and does not let go at all – one of the best overall riffs (lead and rhythm) of any song on this list – with some tasty background guitar “screams” and random licks – and the duel-solo is shockingly fantastic.  The lyrics are SOOOOO 80s glam metal, I fucking love it “Turn it up louder; drink that drink ‘til you Feel The Power; You know we ain’t gonna stop, so bang your head and Shut Up and Rock – YEAH!!!”.  I mean, come on – it doesn’t get any better than that!  And the whole album cranks that fucking theme and vibe to 11!  

[The Walrus]

That song ROCKS. One of my favorites out of the 300+ in my adventure roulette. Peak headbanging music. I love that same part you quoted.

[wolfking]

One of my fav albums of the last 10 years.  Brilliant band.  Shame they broke up after this album.

[Crow]

The best song I've ever been sent in a roulette was in round 1 of my first roulette as well so I can relate

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

The best song I've ever been sent in a roulette was in round 1 of my first roulette as well so I can relate

The Tallest Man on Earth?

[Crow]

nah Slint

[Lowdz]

Cool album. Not played it in a while.

[jingle.boy]

4 - v3 / wolfking / W.A.S.P.* / Arena of Pleasure… you wanna talk about grabbing your attention in the first few seconds, none do it better than this.  It wastes ZERO time in bringing the metal. Like many other metal bands, W.A.S.P. was off my radar back in the 80s and 90s.  Missing out on decades of listening to them pisses me off to no end.  Like a handful of other acts mentioned already, my circle of friends didn’t talk about them much, and there wasn’t a lot of radio airplay either.  I had mistakenly lumped my perception of them into the ‘thrash’ group of metal bands.  .  Everything about this was a home-run, and set you on the path to victory – and was far and away the best song of the opening round of this roulette – like, not even close... Galahad was the only other song that made this list from that round, and that was a ways down the list.

[Evermind]

The whole album is brilliant. Kade also made me a fan, I think this was the first album I bought after the roulette. Or I might've bought it during the roulette. The Idol was so good, still a 10/10 song in my book.

[wolfking]

 

I knew that song was coming.  Perfect album and easily one of the greatest concept albums ever.  The band has a ton of great music but this is their magnum opus.

[Lowdz]

I loved WASP.
I bought the Animal single on picture disc when it came out. I lost touch with them after the first Neon God album but have delved back in to what I missed since.
Crimson Idol is the best thing they did.

[wolfking]

I loved WASP.
I bought the Animal single on picture disc when it came out. I lost touch with them after the first Neon God album but have delved back in to what I missed since.
Crimson Idol is the best thing they did.

The last couple have been pretty high quality if you ask me.

[jingle.boy]

I loved WASP.
I bought the Animal single on picture disc when it came out. I lost touch with them after the first Neon God album but have delved back in to what I missed since.
Crimson Idol is the best thing they did.

The last couple have been pretty high quality if you ask me.

I very much loved Golgotha and Babylon.   

[bl5150]

Golgotha was pretty good and a few of the other post Crimson albums are good but it's very up and down and often a bit "sameish" across the good albums.

For me (in terms of albums) it's the debut , Crimson Idol and Headless Children well above the rest.  The lack of talk about Headless Children always surprises me - it was sort of a halfway point between their cartoonish era and more serious songwriting topics and has a bit more of their early heaviness than Crimson Idol. 

Arena of Pleasure though is one of my all time faves of theirs and Doug Aldrich's shredtastic style is perfect for the song.

[TAC]

Since when is Doug Aldrich shredtastic?


I was done with WASP after Electric Circus. The Crimson Idol has failed to grab me. I even bought the tape when it came out. I'll make a point of hitting it after my roulette.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Since when is Doug Aldrich shredtastic?


I was done with WASP after Electric Circus. The Crimson Idol has failed to grab me. I even bought the tape when it came out. I'll make a point of hitting it after my roulette.

Crimson Idol and Headless Children are their best albums by a fairly wide margin. Their self titled and Golgotha are both really good though. Didn't care too much for Babylon.

[Lowdz]

Golgotha was pretty good and a few of the other post Crimson albums are good but it's very up and down and often a bit "sameish" across the good albums.

For me (in terms of albums) it's the debut , Crimson Idol and Headless Children well above the rest.  The lack of talk about Headless Children always surprises me - it was sort of a halfway point between their cartoonish era and more serious songwriting topics and has a bit more of their early heaviness than Crimson Idol. 

Arena of Pleasure though is one of my all time faves of theirs and Doug Aldrich's shredtastic style is perfect for the song.

Headless Children is a great album. I’d agree with everything you say here really.

The last couple are very good.

I’m concerned that Blackie mimes these days - put me right off getting a ticket for the tour next year

[TAC]

Since when is Doug Aldrich shredtastic?


I was done with WASP after Electric Circus. The Crimson Idol has failed to grab me. I even bought the tape when it came out. I'll make a point of hitting it after my roulette.

Crimson Idol and Headless Children are their best albums by a fairly wide margin. Their self titled and Golgotha are both really good though. Didn't care too much for Babylon.

Wait, Headless Children was first right? That's the one I got.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Since when is Doug Aldrich shredtastic?


I was done with WASP after Electric Circus. The Crimson Idol has failed to grab me. I even bought the tape when it came out. I'll make a point of hitting it after my roulette.

Crimson Idol and Headless Children are their best albums by a fairly wide margin. Their self titled and Golgotha are both really good though. Didn't care too much for Babylon.

Wait, Headless Children was first right? That's the one I got.

Yeah, that was the album right before Crimson Idol.

[TAC]

Yeah, I bought it when it came out, but it didn't have any staying power.


It seemed a bit more serious, like they were trying to be an actual band, and well, that wasn't what I listened to WASP for.

[wolfking]

I agree with Brent re Headless and the debut.  Top 3 albums.  I do like me a bit of KFD though.  Something different that I thought worked really quite well.  Neon God's were pretty shit but the production is what really didn't do it any favours.  Dying for the World is another underrated one.

[bl5150]

Since when is Doug Aldrich shredtastic?

You're either joking or you're a damn good guitarist 

He may not be known as a shredder these days but back in the day (prior to his blues rock focus) he was right up there.   From a legato standpoint I can't think of too many who could match him outside of Vinnie Moore and from an "attack on the strings" standpoint he was up there with - and before - Zakk Wylde.

Check these solos out and tell me again he's not a shredder!

https://youtu.be/bTwt9h6MqFA?t=204  (turn it up cos the mix is shit)

https://youtu.be/dI5b2BjWIi4?t=211

https://youtu.be/BPDxkR2J8VY?t=113


and the song in question Arena of Pleasure:  https://youtu.be/Kk5cZMMXQmc?t=128

[wolfking]

Brent blew my mind with that Aldrich revlelation on TCI.  Never knew that.

[TAC]

My experience of him is with Dio, and if I try really hard, I like Killing The Dragon, but his time with Dio is generally pretty useless if you ask me.

[bl5150]

My experience of him is with Dio, and if I try really hard, I like Killing The Dragon, but his time with Dio is generally pretty useless if you ask me.

Killing The Dragon = solid 

By the time he was in Dio I was beginning to tire of him a bit - technically he can be a bit of a one trick pony - but in the late 80s /early 90s  I was a big fan of his early work with Lion, BMR , Hurricane and W.A.S.P.   Oh............and House of Lords (Sahara) - another one where he was an uncredited gun for hire.

[TAC]

When was he in Hurricane? I saw them in 1987.


As far as KTD, I feel like I had to drop my Dio standards to accept that.

[bl5150]

He recorded one album with Hurricane -  Slave To The Thrill.   Still have an original album on vinyl  (cover was later banned/changed) - was a bit of a collectors item back in the day 

That might be enough to get Tim Googling again

[TAC]

Then again, it may not.

[bl5150]

I should've known better...........here you go

https://lmgtfy.com/?q=slave+to+the+thrill+album+cover&s=g


It actually makes No4 on a list of the top 10 banned album covers of all time

[TAC]

What did you do to my computer??


That girl needs a sandwich.