This morning I boarded a plane in Chicago (-6 Farenheit, -30 windchill when I left). I landed at Raleigh-Durham International airport and as I was strolling through to baggage claim I saw breaking news: a plane just crashed into the Hudson River.
Fortunately it looks like everyone got out safe. Sounds like the pilot was a rock star.
It makes me want to hug my kids extra-hard when they come back home from Nanny and Grampy's tomorrow.
On a totally un-related note, I heard from someone recenlty that VH-1 selected Guns 'N Roses "Welcome to the Jungle" as the greatest hard rock song of all time. As a formerly devoted G-N-R fan, I must say that I take great delight in Axl and Co. being awarded such a lofty honor, but I liked "Paradise City" better.
My Top 10 Hard Rock/Hair Band Songs of All Time:
10. Def Leppard, Pour Some Sugar on Me
9. Jane's Addiction, Been Caught Stealin'
8. Van Halen, Jump
7. AC/DC, Back in Black
6. Motley Crue, Dr. Feelgood
5. Metallica, Enter Sandman
4. Bon Jovi, Livin' on a Prayer
3-1: Guns 'N Roses: Welcome to the Jungle, Sweet Child O' Mine, Paradise City
5 comments:
Nice countdown. Jane's Addiction seems a little anachronistic in there though...?
really? if "jump" was on the album appropriately labeled "1984" and I believe Def Leopard's "Let's Get Rocked" was released circa 1991, then I think that puts Janes in good company in terms of when it was released.
but i do think that jane's probably fits in a different category other than "hard rock." vh-1 included nirvana's "smells like teen spirit" in their top 10 of hard rock songs, so i figured i could fudge the categories a bit myself.
Gotcha. Some songs defy categorization and 'Stealin' is one of them.
BTW, I believe they spell it 'Leppard'. It was the 80's, after all...
Daniel and I want to know if you watched the kazoo trio (with angry-face beat-box man) YouTube video of song#5 on your list.
grayson--thanks for the 'leppard' fix, i also changed the song.
laura, i did see that, hilarious...
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