Sadchild's top 333 fav songs of all ever
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Seeing that my own songs is pretty much all I know how to play well, those are my go-to's. They're all in dropped D. Sometimes I'll mix in another band's riff for fun, I know a lot of random riffs. Something simple like Quicksand "Fazer".
Acoustic I'll do originals too (we acoustified some songs for radio interviews), but I can also play at least some part of every song on Cure Disintegration on the acoustic. I love playing "The Same Deep Water As You" on an acoustic, it's gorgeous.
Acoustic I'll do originals too (we acoustified some songs for radio interviews), but I can also play at least some part of every song on Cure Disintegration on the acoustic. I love playing "The Same Deep Water As You" on an acoustic, it's gorgeous.
#23 Mudvayne "Dig"
A co-worker of mine just discovered this song and was telling me it's the most incredible metal song she's ever heard and completely blew her mind, and she's been listening to it every day, multiple times, since. I had the exact same reaction 20 years ago when it came out.
A co-worker of mine just discovered this song and was telling me it's the most incredible metal song she's ever heard and completely blew her mind, and she's been listening to it every day, multiple times, since. I had the exact same reaction 20 years ago when it came out.
#21 Indigo Girls "Romeo And Juliet"
Dire Straits did it originally, but theirs sounds like Lou Reed beat poetry over the closing credits of a made-for-TV movie. Amy Ray found the emotion in it, picked up a guitar, kicked the rest of the musicians out of the room and recorded an outburst so intense that I can't help but get choked up every I hear it.
Dire Straits did it originally, but theirs sounds like Lou Reed beat poetry over the closing credits of a made-for-TV movie. Amy Ray found the emotion in it, picked up a guitar, kicked the rest of the musicians out of the room and recorded an outburst so intense that I can't help but get choked up every I hear it.
#20 Korn "Clown"
7th and final song from this album on the 333. This was the first one I heard from them (it was on a CMJ CD I had a subscription to) and it blew my mind. This sound is common now, but back in '95 it was clear they had invented a new style of metal. Everything they've done since this first album is 5% great, 15% good, and 80% meh. This is the only album I own & love that I CANNOT listen to casually (like at work, or working around the house) because it consumes me. My heart rate goes up and I can't focus on anything else around me.
7th and final song from this album on the 333. This was the first one I heard from them (it was on a CMJ CD I had a subscription to) and it blew my mind. This sound is common now, but back in '95 it was clear they had invented a new style of metal. Everything they've done since this first album is 5% great, 15% good, and 80% meh. This is the only album I own & love that I CANNOT listen to casually (like at work, or working around the house) because it consumes me. My heart rate goes up and I can't focus on anything else around me.
#19 Cure "Disintegration"
7th of 8 tracks from my fav album of all ever (8th if you include the b-sides) to appear on the 333. This 8 minute monster is the final cry of the unfaithful, wailing about how the whole relationship was a lie and mourning the consequences of infidelity. If you're already familiar with the epic studio recording of this title track masterpiece, but haven't experienced the raw and brutal live version on Entreat, consider having Robert Smith's bellowing"how the end... always! always! always! alllllwaaaaays is!" rock your eardrums instead.
7th of 8 tracks from my fav album of all ever (8th if you include the b-sides) to appear on the 333. This 8 minute monster is the final cry of the unfaithful, wailing about how the whole relationship was a lie and mourning the consequences of infidelity. If you're already familiar with the epic studio recording of this title track masterpiece, but haven't experienced the raw and brutal live version on Entreat, consider having Robert Smith's bellowing"how the end... always! always! always! alllllwaaaaays is!" rock your eardrums instead.
#18 Cat Stevens "Moonshadow"
Loved this one for as long as I can remember. Can't even explain it. It's just etched into my being.
Loved this one for as long as I can remember. Can't even explain it. It's just etched into my being.
#17 Rage Against The Machine "Freedom"
"Anger is a gift." So many great individual parts to this song. It's not just one cool riff, or two cool parts, it's all over the place and it's all amazing. And the buildup at the end is massive.
"Anger is a gift." So many great individual parts to this song. It's not just one cool riff, or two cool parts, it's all over the place and it's all amazing. And the buildup at the end is massive.
The first time I noticed the "anger is a gift" bit, it melted my head and I had to listen to the song 5 or 6 more times.
It was like 2 AM and I was at studio in school working on a project. There were 7 or 8 other people working too. I think I gasped or something because a couple of people looked over at me. It was already loud, but I turned it up a little bit more each time.
It was like 2 AM and I was at studio in school working on a project. There were 7 or 8 other people working too. I think I gasped or something because a couple of people looked over at me. It was already loud, but I turned it up a little bit more each time.
#16 Boston "More Than A Feeling"
I think I posted this earlier, but a friend of mine once said, "If you don't like this album, you don't like rock and roll". And this song is epitome of rock perfection... harmonies, musicianship, moments of both rockin' vs chillin', contemplative & powerful lyrics, the whole enchilada.
I think I posted this earlier, but a friend of mine once said, "If you don't like this album, you don't like rock and roll". And this song is epitome of rock perfection... harmonies, musicianship, moments of both rockin' vs chillin', contemplative & powerful lyrics, the whole enchilada.
#15 Metallica "The Unforgiven"
Man can I relate to this one. And I love the idea of making the verses heavy and chorus softer.
Man can I relate to this one. And I love the idea of making the verses heavy and chorus softer.
#14 Cure "Fascination Street"
The final Cure entry, the one that got me into them. One of my favorite rock bass lines of all time. No chorus, just two desperate verses. Unique. Classic.
The final Cure entry, the one that got me into them. One of my favorite rock bass lines of all time. No chorus, just two desperate verses. Unique. Classic.
#13 Rage Against The Machine "Know Your Enemy"
Late 1992 I was driving to my girlfriend's apartment and this came on WBCN (musta been around midnight). By the end of the song I was praying the DJ would tell me who it was. He did. I bought the CD and went to see them live soon after with about 50? 100? people at the Paradise in Boston. My girlfriend insisted on coming, but was so nervous (her first rock show) she put on her hand on my knee and wouldn't let me get up (leave her) to go into the pit. I still have the autographed CD from that night. I didn't get to meet them. I just saw a dude with a laminate and asked him if he could get it signed for me.
Late 1992 I was driving to my girlfriend's apartment and this came on WBCN (musta been around midnight). By the end of the song I was praying the DJ would tell me who it was. He did. I bought the CD and went to see them live soon after with about 50? 100? people at the Paradise in Boston. My girlfriend insisted on coming, but was so nervous (her first rock show) she put on her hand on my knee and wouldn't let me get up (leave her) to go into the pit. I still have the autographed CD from that night. I didn't get to meet them. I just saw a dude with a laminate and asked him if he could get it signed for me.
Nice. I've wanted to see them for a long time now.
When they were supposed to come around earlier this year, there were only shite seats left, and they were really expensive. I regretted passing on them anyway. I think COVID canceled the show. Maybe nest time.
Seeing them in a 100 seat venue would be killer.
I saw Tom play a few songs with Springsteen at Wrigley a couple of years ago. That was pretty cool. Eddie Vedder came out for a couple of songs too. There was another guest at that show too, but I'm forgetting who it was.
When they were supposed to come around earlier this year, there were only shite seats left, and they were really expensive. I regretted passing on them anyway. I think COVID canceled the show. Maybe nest time.
Seeing them in a 100 seat venue would be killer.
I saw Tom play a few songs with Springsteen at Wrigley a couple of years ago. That was pretty cool. Eddie Vedder came out for a couple of songs too. There was another guest at that show too, but I'm forgetting who it was.