I won't quote the previous list, but I'll comment on it briefly and clearly:
Right now it's impossible for me to choose just 10 songs; although my playlist hasn't expanded that much, there are just so many things I really like. So, I'll indulge in some autism and simply go through the list of bands I'm currently listening to
instead of finally reading player quents or drawing a comic. The songs within the subgroups are arranged very loosely; some might be "sticky" now and then lose their appeal, or I might suddenly listen to one for the hundredth time and it'll unexpectedly hit me, etc. Same with the bands—overall, I like metal more than disco, but it's not easy to rank them definitively.
Now you know that I'll be sending this to the "hurmas." If you can handle this wall of text, lol.
Albums might not be accurately specified everywhere; I didn't check Wikipedia and just put whatever was written in the player.
The band I started listening to METAAAAAL with. When I heard them for the first time, I was floored on the spot and started listening on a loop without coming to my senses. Before that, I didn't imagine such cool music could exist in nature. The early albums are kind of hit-or-miss for me, then Dickinson came along and fixed everything, but idk, I also really like X-Factor and Virtual XI, which another vocalist sang.
- Empire Of The Clouds (The Book Of Souls)
- Speed Of Light (The Book Of Souls)
- El Dorado (The Final Frontier)
- The Alchemist (The Final Frontier)
- The Angel And The Gambler (Virtual XI)
- Montsegur (Dance Of Death)
- Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (Powerslave)
- The Longest Day (A Matter Of Life And Death)
- Rainmaker (Dance Of Death)
- Fear Of The Dark (Fear Of The Dark)
My second METL, which I discovered at the same time as Maiden. For a number of reasons, it took me a long time to get around to listening to them, but when I did, own the "Deva" had to move over, and my player became a bit crowded. The early albums are so-so, but then the Priests got their act together and I like their recent albums even more than Maiden's. From Nostradamus, I could list every song longer than three minutes and make this list only from those, but I won't.
- Visions (Nostradamus)
- Revelations (Nostradamus)
- Lochness (Angel Of Retribution)
- Future Of Mankind (Nostradamus)
- Dragonaut (Redeemer Of Souls)
- Redeemer Of Souls (Redeemer Of Souls)
- Electric Eye (Screaming For Vengeance)
- One Shot At Glory (Painkiller)
- Jugulator (Jugulator)
- Breaking The Law (British Steel)
Almost like Deep Purple (almost the same people, lol), only 20% cooler. If Deep Purple has ten very mediocre songs that aren't my taste for every one amazing song, then Rainbow doesn't have that nonsense and you can easily listen to everything in a row except the instrumentals (though the instrumentals are okay, but you know how much I dislike them).
- Gates Of Babylon (Long Live Rock 'N' Roll)
- Hall Of The Mountain King (Stranger In Us All)
- Black Masquerade (Stranger In Us All)
- The Temple Of The King (Ritcie Blackmore's Rainbow)
- Run With The Wolf (Rising)
- Hunting Humans (Stranger In Us All)
- Eyes Of The World (Down To Earth)
- Lost In Hollywood (Down To Earth)
- Stargazer (Rising)
- Wolf To The Moon (Stranger In Us All)
A fairly recent addition to my playlist, which I haven't had the chance to fully digest and appreciate yet, but I'm already terribly happy with it. It's easier with the song list here; I'll choose from what has more or less stuck in my mind so far.
- Dr. Stein (Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 2)
- Halloween (Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 1)
- Keeper Of The Seven Keys (Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 2)
- You Stupid Mankind (7 Sinners)
- Who Is Mr.Madman? (7 Sinners)
- Closer To Home (Master Of The Rings)
- I Live For Your Pain (The Dark Ride)
- Future World (Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 1)
- Don't Stop Being Crazy (Rabbit Don't Come Easy)
- When The Sinner (Chameleon)
A delightful band whose albums are almost indistinguishable from one another. Overall, quite pleasant music, although they are a far cry from the four bands mentioned above.
- Thunderstruck (The Razor's Edge)
- Let There Be Rock (Let There Be Rock)
- Jailbreak (Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap)
- Highway To Hell (Highway To Hell)
- T.N.T. (T.N.T.)
- Hail Caesar (Ballbreaker)
- Safe In New York City (Stiff Upper Lip)
- The Jack (T.N.T.)
- Evil Walks (For Those About To Rock)
- Down Payment Blues (Powerage)
As I mentioned above, for me, this is a mixed acquisition. There are several mind-blowing level 80 MASTERPIECES, almost all of which I'll list, but on average, I don't really like their music.
- King Of Dreams (Slaves And Masters)
- Picture Of Innocence (Bananas)
- Time To Kill (The Battle Rages On)
- Strangeways (The House Of Blue Light)
- Dead Or Alive (The House Of Blue Light)
- Smoke On The Water (Machine Head)
- Flight Of The Rat (In Rock)
- Mad Dog (The House Of Blue Light)
- Wicked Ways (Slaves And Masters)
- Fireball (Fireball)
Promising and very pleasant, but it didn't hook me on the first listen. Perhaps I should try to digest it better, but I can scrape together ten songs even now.
- Wind Of Change (Crazy World)
- Steamrock Fever (Taken By Force)
- Spirit Of Rock (Sting In The Tail)
- Humanity (Humanity - Hour I)
- Still Loving You (Love At First Sting)
- We Will Rise Again (Humanity - Hour I)
- Lorelei (Sting In The Tail)
- My City My Town (Unbreakable)
- New Generation (Unbreakable)
- To Be No.1 (Eye II Eye)
The only Russian-language band I've become firmly and stably addicted to. Pretty cool, although still not enough to call them a favorite. The later albums are better than the early ones.
- Dreadnought (Alchemy)
- War (Alchemy)
- Train to Memphis (Angelophrenia)
- Shaman (Wild Herbs)
- Roads (Angelophrenia)
- Spinning Wheel (Pass)
- Dragon (Call of Blood)
- Werewolf (Dream Road)
- Night Mare (Pass)
- Of One Blood (Angelophrenia)
Very light, pleasant and relaxing music. Indistinct humming over three chords, but it catches you. A case where the atmosphere is most important. Either you connect with it and understand why this band became a legend (besides clever marketing), or you don't.
- One After 909 (Let It Be)
- Ticket To Ride (Help!)
- Back In The U.S.S.R. (The Beatles)
- Drive My Car (Rubber Soul)
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-la-Da (The Beatles)
- Octopus's Garden (Abbey Road)
- Help! (Help!)
- For No One (Revolver)
- Revolution I (The Beatles)
- I Am The Warlus (Magical Mystery Tour)
Another light and pleasant band. Not as atmospheric as the Beatles, but still cool.
- Living Next Door To Alice (Midnight Cafe)
- Liverpool Docks (The Montreux Album)
- What Can I Do (Midnight Cafe)
- Stranger With You (The Montreux Album)
- Pass It Around (Pass It Around)
- Little Town Flirt (Take Good Care Of My Baby)
- Stranger (Midnight Cafe)
- For A Few Dollars More (The Montreux Album)
- We're Flyin' High (Changing All The Time)
- Love's A Riot (The Montreux Album)
The first music I started listening to of my own free will. I mentioned a psychological trauma related to a crazy music teacher, and in general, thanks to ABBA for not letting me wither away without sound.
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Super Trouper)
- I Let The Music Speak (The Visitors)
- The Winner Takes It All (Super Trouper)
- Bang-A-Boomerang (ABBA)
- I'm A Marionette (ABBA the album)
- Does Your Mother Know (Voules-Vous)
- Money, Money, Money (Arrival)
- Soldiers (The Visitors)
- On And On And On (Super Trouper)
- Eagle (ABBA The Album)
Usually I don't listen to bands in unfamiliar languages, but I made an exception for this one; it's just so upbeat and cool.
- Moskau (Dschinghis Khan)
- Dschinghis Khan (Dschinghis Khan)
- Hadshi Halef Omar (Rom)
- Rocking Son Of Dschinghis Khan (Dschinghis Khan)
- Der Verrater (Dschinghis Khan)
- Ruebezahl (Helden, Schurken Und Der Dudelmoser)
- Loreley (Wir Sitzen Alle Im Selben Boot)
- Tiger, Tiger (Rom)
- Rom (Rom)
- James Bond (Helden, Schurken Und Der Dudelmoser)
Couldn't find a decent picture with the name and I'm not sure if I have all their songs, but this is a case where it's too lazy to worry about the integrity of the discography and what's there is enough. A very cool, light and pleasant band, something on the level of Dschinghis Khan.
- I'm Alone (Festival/Get On Board)
- Ding-A-Dong (Festival/Get On Board)
- Play It High (Get On Board)
- The Circus Show (Festival)
- The Robot (Teach In)
- There Ain't No Time (Festival/Get On Board)
- Down Down Under The Rainbow (Get On Board)
- What About You (Get On Board)
- Our Story (See The Sun)
- Regrets (See The Sun)
My second band, woohoo! Very cool and cheerful. Many songs are roughly on the same level and it all depends on the mood. Things are very bad with their album names, so I'm just posting the songs.
- Don't Fall Away From Me
- In The Heat Of The Disco Night
- Dance Dance Dance
- Rainy Love Affair
- Midnight Dancer
- Don't Wait For A Sailor
- A New Sensation
- Hello Mr. Monkey
- Tropical Summernight
- Once In A Blue Moon
An unexpected, I would even say SUDDEN acquisition against the backdrop of the rest of the list, and I haven't fully decided how to feel about this joy. I accidentally heard a couple of Unreal songs from an acquaintance, SUDDENLY got hooked, and swept up the whole discography (quite short, it must be said). Half of the discography is some kind of Davros-whatever, but the other half I SUDDENLY liked wildly—all gloomy and gothic. However, you can't just calmly listen to a Russian-language band that is younger than you (unless it's Melnitsa), so I put them at the end of the list, add them to my portable player every other time, and generally idk. But at home, depending on the mood, I listen with pleasure.
- Wild Swans (Demiurges of Dreams)
- Supermachine (Not In This World)
- Ritual (Not in This World)
- Zero_One (Demiurges of Dreams)
- Newtype (Not In This World)
- Curse of the Dead Roses (Not In This World)
- Mournful Angel (Demiurges of Dreams)
- Aesthetics of Agony (Not In This World)
- Phantom Paradise (Angels of Starlight)
- Darkness (Not In This World)
