Your latest KILLER tune!

[JamesEagle]

Another new thread from me ... it's a quiet day.

 

Lots of posts on here with first impressions, album reviews, etc. I just thought it would be good to have somewhere specific for killer tunes. (I did look to see if there was a similar old thread knocking around somewhere

 

‘New’ means new to you, rather than a new release. So if you’ve recently been listening to an album for the first time/few times, whether the album is years old or brand new, and there’s a song that really stands out as something special, post it here. Killer songs only though, e.g. something that would get in to your top 500 (or so) songs if you kept such a list.

 

There may be more than one, especially in the first post, but I’m hoping that eventually you’ll just post songs in here as you hear them and they rock your world. Here are mine for the last 2-3 months:

• Crazy Lixx - Riot Avenue
  
• Crazy Lixx - Church of Rock
  
• Cruella D'Ville - Room Without a View
  
• Testament - Last Stand For Independence
  

 

Anyone else?

[Geoff]

This is kind of like a best songs of 2012 thread for me because most new music I do hear is actual new music. I think I am at a point with my collection where I have most, if not all the "older" released I wanted, in some format. Of course I'm sure there's some obscure gem out there I may not have ever heard of, but I reckon I have most of them. Just got to try to keep up with the new ones. Anyway, dished out a few 10's this year - more than last year for sure. These were all "perfect" songs for me this year so far:

 

Safetysuit - Never stop

Blessed By A Broken Heart - Forever

H.E.A.T - Living on the run

Wigelius - Talking About Love

Dallas - I Close My Eyes

Dallas - Open Your Heart

Hess - Reach For You

Star City Meltdown - Here's to Us

Star City Meltdown - Untied

USA!USA!USA - Michelle

USA!USA!USA - Karina

USA!USA!USA - Marissa

DoryDrive - Tattooed

DoryDrive - Fallin' For You

Athel - Radio

The Seeking - You Won't Bring Me Down

[Grey]

I'm in a drought and need some new stuff. Dusted off, "Pull" by Winger tonight after years of neglect and was reminded of why I picked it my favorite CD here. That whole CD rocks. "Blind Revolution Mad" cranked up while I type.

 

Just discovered State of Shock's 2011 CD, so "Have a Nice Day" would be my latest Killer Tune, but I need more to sample on Spotify. I'll check out what you and Geoff posted tomorrow. Thanks.

[Glen]

I'll post my 10/10 songs in 2012 later in the week when I get a chance to trawl back.

 

A couple I've not heard on Geoff's list but unsurprisingly they do all suspiciously look like ballads - even tho he contests that they aren't always his favourite songs

 

The big softie ;-)

[Geoff]

Tsk tsk, how poorly you judge a book by it's cover. FYI:

 

Safetysuit - Never stop - ballad

Blessed By A Broken Heart - Forever

H.E.A.T - Living on the run

Wigelius - Talking About Love

Dallas - I Close My Eyes - ballad

Dallas - Open Your Heart

Hess - Reach For You - not really a ballad, but damn close

Star City Meltdown - Here's to Us

Star City Meltdown - Untied - ballad

USA!USA!USA - Michelle

USA!USA!USA - Karina - not a ballad, but a light tune for sure

USA!USA!USA - Marissa

DoryDrive - Tattooed

DoryDrive - Fallin' For You

Athel - Radio

The Seeking - You Won't Bring Me Down

 

That makes 5 out of 16 of my favourite songs of the years are ballads. Less than 1/3.

 

You'll find that on killer CDs, ballads are rarely my favourite songs. It happens more so on CDs that aren't amazing, that often the ballad is about the best of the bunch. Just had a quick look at my 9.5+ list and there don't seem to many ballads at all...

[Geoff]

Tsk tsk, how poorly you judge a book by it's cover. FYI:

 

Safetysuit - Never stop - ballad

Blessed By A Broken Heart - Forever

H.E.A.T - Living on the run

Wigelius - Talking About Love

Dallas - I Close My Eyes - ballad

Dallas - Open Your Heart

Hess - Reach For You - not really a ballad, but damn close

Star City Meltdown - Here's to Us

Star City Meltdown - Untied - ballad

USA!USA!USA - Michelle

USA!USA!USA - Karina - not a ballad, but a light tune for sure

USA!USA!USA - Marissa

DoryDrive - Tattooed

DoryDrive - Fallin' For You

Athel - Radio

The Seeking - You Won't Bring Me Down

 

That makes 5 out of 16 of my favourite songs of the years are ballads. Less than 1/3. And two of them aren't really ballads either.

 

You'll find that on killer CDs, ballads are rarely my favourite songs. It happens more so on CDs that aren't amazing, that often the ballad is about the best of the bunch. Just had a quick look at my 9.5+ list and there don't seem to many ballads at all...

[JamesEagle]

Tsk tsk, how poorly you judge a book by it's cover. FYI:

 

Safetysuit - Never stop - ballad

Blessed By A Broken Heart - Forever

H.E.A.T - Living on the run

Wigelius - Talking About Love

Dallas - I Close My Eyes - ballad

Dallas - Open Your Heart

Hess - Reach For You - not really a ballad, but damn close

Star City Meltdown - Here's to Us

Star City Meltdown - Untied - ballad

USA!USA!USA - Michelle

USA!USA!USA - Karina - not a ballad, but a light tune for sure

USA!USA!USA - Marissa

DoryDrive - Tattooed

DoryDrive - Fallin' For You

Athel - Radio

The Seeking - You Won't Bring Me Down

 

That makes 5 out of 16 of my favourite songs of the years are ballads. Less than 1/3.

 

You'll find that on killer CDs, ballads are rarely my favourite songs. It happens more so on CDs that aren't amazing, that often the ballad is about the best of the bunch. Just had a quick look at my 9.5+ list and there don't seem to many ballads at all...

 

I'm no ballad fan, but will check out the songs in your list. I'm more keen to know which ones are modern-sounding, as that's not my bag of chips at all. Will listen to the others in your list with baited ... erm ... ears though.

[Geoff]

These are the only ones that aren't really "modern" I'd guess by your standards:

 

H.E.A.T - Living on the run

Wigelius - Talking About Love

Dallas - I Close My Eyes - ballad

Dallas - Open Your Heart

Hess - Reach For You

 

The USA!USA!USA! stuff isn't really "modern" either, but probably is to most. Who knows? All I need to know is they're all killer melodic rock songs. Not too concerned about the finer details.

[JamesEagle]

These are the only ones that aren't really "modern" I'd guess by your standards:

 

H.E.A.T - Living on the run

Wigelius - Talking About Love

Dallas - I Close My Eyes - ballad

Dallas - Open Your Heart

Hess - Reach For You

 

The USA!USA!USA! stuff isn't really "modern" either, but probably is to most. Who knows? All I need to know is they're all killer melodic rock songs. Not too concerned about the finer details.

 

...and how long is your 9.5 list?

[Glen]

Tsk tsk, how poorly you judge a book by it's cover. FYI:

 

Safetysuit - Never stop - ballad

Blessed By A Broken Heart - Forever

H.E.A.T - Living on the run

Wigelius - Talking About Love

Dallas - I Close My Eyes - ballad

Dallas - Open Your Heart

Hess - Reach For You - not really a ballad, but damn close

Star City Meltdown - Here's to Us

Star City Meltdown - Untied - ballad

USA!USA!USA - Michelle

USA!USA!USA - Karina - not a ballad, but a light tune for sure

USA!USA!USA - Marissa

DoryDrive - Tattooed

DoryDrive - Fallin' For You

Athel - Radio

The Seeking - You Won't Bring Me Down

 

That makes 5 out of 16 of my favourite songs of the years are ballads. Less than 1/3.

 

You'll find that on killer CDs, ballads are rarely my favourite songs. It happens more so on CDs that aren't amazing, that often the ballad is about the best of the bunch. Just had a quick look at my 9.5+ list and there don't seem to many ballads at all...

 

Calm down mate, I was only talking about the last 4 songs lol! Ive heard the rest.

 

& Im glad to hear those 4 arent ballads, so I will eagerly check out.

[zacharyamelie]

My perfect 10/10 tracks or damn close to perfect are

 

Last Goodbye - Circus Maximus

Our Ship's Sinking - Rick Springfield

Heart Of Steel - Gene The Werewolf

Sarah - USA!USA!USA!

Michelle- USA!USA!USA!

Everybody Have A Good Time - The Darkness

Never Gonna Give It Up - Jettblack

[Geoff]

There are currently my other highest rated tunes of the year:

 

9.75 Rating:

 

Safetysuit - These times

Blessed By A Broken Heart - Deathwish

Blessed By A Broken Heart - Shut up and rock

Blessed By A Broken Heart - Sleepless nights

Hit The Lights - Gravity

Before Their Eyes - Alive

Peepshow - Irreversable

My Darkest Days - Sick And Twisted Affair

Osukaru - Till The End Of Time

Sunstorm - You Wouldn't Know Love

Sunstorm - Gina

Silence - Crashing Down

Wigelius - Angeline

Wigelius - Next To Me

Dallas - This Love

Hess - Its Over

Hess - Falling Down

Namesake - The Movement

Anberlin - Other Side

USA!USA!USA - Sarah

Papa Roach - Leader of the Broken Hearts

Sapphire Eyes - I Want You to See Me

 

9.5 Rating:

 

Safetysuit - Staring at it

Safetysuit - Stranger

Blessed By A Broken Heart - Love nightmare

Blessed By A Broken Heart - Scream it like you mean it

Blessed By A Broken Heart - Skate or die

Lostprophets - You and me

Dear Superstar - Our city sleeps

H.E.A.T - Breaking the silence

H.E.A.T - Better off alone

H.E.A.T - Back into your arms

H.E.A.T - Too Far On The Wildside

Crazy Lixx - Only The Dead Know

Destine - Wait Forver

12 Stones - Only Human

Quietdrive - Avalanche

Romeo's Daughter - Talking Love

Jeff Scott Soto - Elena

Sunstorm - Emotional Fire

Sunstorm - Torn In Half

Trixter - Tattoos & Misery

Trixter - The Coolest Thing

Jack Blades - Hardest Word To Say

Hardline - Fever Dreams

Hardline - Show Me Your Love

Jettblack - Prison Of Love

Silence - Drifting Away

Silence - Ghosts

Silence - Just One Kiss

Less Than 4 - Fucked Up Kid

Wigelius - My Cassandra

Wigelius - Too Young To Fall In Love

Wigelius - Hold On To Love

Mike Ruocco - More

Mike Ruocco - Love Is Goodbye

Eclipse - Bleed And Scream

Eclipse - S.O.S.

Eclipse - After The End Of The World

Hess - What If

Namesake - Look Me Up

Namesake - Right Beside You

Chris Antblad - Love Was

Marchello - Wall Of Paper

Sturm und Drang - Your Love Is For Sale

Rick Springfield - Our Ship’s Sinking

Star City Meltdown - Not So Lonely

Nubian Rose - Ever See Your Face

Hinder - Shoulda Known Better

The Seeking - Yours Forever

Lionville - All This Time

Lionville - One in a Million

Sahaj - Please Tell Me

Sapphire Eyes - You're My Wings

Sapphire Eyes - Only Feel Love

Sapphire Eyes - Change of Heart

Sapphire Eyes - When Love Comes Alive

Sapphire Eyes - A Man the World Can Do Without

Sapphire Eyes - Lay Down in My Arms

[Glen]

wowser mate, see youre lovin the Sapphire Eyes.

 

Didnt hit the mark for me............all pretty good, but equally forgettable.

 

:-(

[Glen]

Here's a quick run down of my 10's.....off the top of my head (no way am I listing the 9.5 or 9.75 cos they are not the real killer sin my book.....keeping on topic!).

 

USAx3 - Michelle

HEAT - Better Off Alone / Heartbreaker

Crazy Lixx - Church Of Rock / Riot Avenue / Only The Dead Know

Destine - Wait Forever / Illuminate

Dynazty - Land Of Broken Dreams

JSS - Die Just A Little

Threshold - Dont Look Down / Rubicon

Jimi Jamison - Heaven Call You Name / Not Tonight

Eclipse - A Bitter Taste

Debbie Rae - Rock n Roll Widow

Hess - It's Over / Falling Down

 

(not heard the Lionville yet but that sounds very good)

 

 

Cheers

[Geoff]

wowser mate, see youre lovin the Sapphire Eyes.

 

Didnt hit the mark for me............all pretty good, but equally forgettable.

 

:-(

 

Yeah mate like I said in another thread, it'll probably be this year's Shadows Fade for me.I remember in the year of it's release it didn't please a lot of people, but I loved the thing. There's just something about those moody mid-tempo tunes that really gets to me. And here we have an album with one ballad (the album's weakest song) and one uptempo rocker, and the rest is all that mid-tempo stuff I just lap up. Like I said, could be samey to some and I'd understand that, but if 8 porn stars wanted to give me a blow job I'm pretty sure I'd love each experience as much as the last. When something's real good, I can't fault a band for sticking to what works.

[Geoff]

Here's a quick run down of my 10's.....off the top of my head (no way am I listing the 9.5 or 9.75 cos they are not the real killer sin my book.....keeping on topic!).

 

Blame James. I only adhere to the thread starter's commands.

 

Have Debbie Ray released a disc this year, or is that just the single you're hooked on? I remember it being pretty awesome.

[Glen]

wowser mate, see youre lovin the Sapphire Eyes.

 

Didnt hit the mark for me............all pretty good, but equally forgettable.

 

:-(

 

Yeah mate like I said in another thread, it'll probably be this year's Shadows Fade for me.I remember in the year of it's release it didn't please a lot of people, but I loved the thing. There's just something about those moody mid-tempo tunes that really gets to me. And here we have an album with one ballad (the album's weakest song) and one uptempo rocker, and the rest is all that mid-tempo stuff I just lap up. Like I said, could be samey to some and I'd understand that, but if 8 porn stars wanted to give me a blow job I'm pretty sure I'd love each experience as much as the last. When something's real good, I can't fault a band for sticking to what works.

 

ha ha nicely put....enjoy away ;-)

 

Yeah i'll give it a another listen or 2 for sure on Spotify before I cast on the pile, but i wasnt being blown away....as you say might have been the one pace of the album, but not much stuck. Also the vocals were a little accented.....mmm.

[Glen]

Here's a quick run down of my 10's.....off the top of my head (no way am I listing the 9.5 or 9.75 cos they are not the real killer sin my book.....keeping on topic!).

 

Blame James. I only adhere to the thread starter's commands.

 

Have Debbie Ray released a disc this year, or is that just the single you're hooked on? I remember it being pretty awesome.

 

No pop at you mate.

 

Yeah the debbie rose was basically an EP, but I do love that song. Hoping they release a full length cd next year (with this song on it!) as I really liked the debut.

 

[Guest myglobalmind]

This is tough...

 

Eclipse - After The End Of The World great tune great record!!! Been playing it all year....

Reverence - After the Leaves Have Fallen

Killer Bee - Rock Another Day

Tango Down - Back to Life

Crazy Lixx - Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot

H.E.A.T - In and Out of Trouble

Dynazty - Land of Broken Dreams

Departure - Nowhere To Go

[JamesEagle]

Here's a quick run down of my 10's.....off the top of my head (no way am I listing the 9.5 or 9.75 cos they are not the real killer sin my book.....keeping on topic!).

 

USAx3 - Michelle

HEAT - Better Off Alone / Heartbreaker

Crazy Lixx - Church Of Rock / Riot Avenue / Only The Dead Know

Destine - Wait Forever / Illuminate

Dynazty - Land Of Broken Dreams

JSS - Die Just A Little

Threshold - Dont Look Down / Rubicon

Jimi Jamison - Heaven Call You Name / Not Tonight

Eclipse - A Bitter Taste

Debbie Rae - Rock n Roll Widow

Hess - It's Over / Falling Down

 

(not heard the Lionville yet but that sounds very good)

 

 

Cheers

 

I don't usually mark tracks, but if I did a 9 would definitely qualify as a killer tune. I probably only find 10 - 15 new killer tunes in any given year, and only 1 or 2 of those would be a 10. I would have to reserve 10/10 for the likes of Whitesnake - Crying In The Rain (1987) White Sister - Can't Say No, Def Leppard - Billy's Got A Gun, House of Lords - Hearts of the World, Blackrain - Kill Em All.... OK, I could keep going for ages, but there are very few songs at that level, i.e. 100%-ers.

 

Having said all that, I probably listen to a lot less new music than you chaps - I probably get through 30 new releases a year, so I'm bound to have far fewer killer songs.

[JamesEagle]

Eclipse - After The End Of The World

Crazy Lixx - Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot

 

 

Just found this funny as I like both of these albums, but those songs are among my least favourites. Amazing how we can both enjoy the albums, yet your favourite songs are my worst and probably vice versa.

[Geoff]

I don't usually mark tracks, but if I did a 9 would definitely qualify as a killer tune.

 

Agreed. For me, anything above an 8 is a pretty freakin' good song and a 9+ is often worth ejaculating over.

[JamesEagle]

Desecresy - Vortex Unwinding

 

and

 

Eclipse - SOS (Wasn't sure about this one, but I think it sneaks in as a 'killer' tune.)

[zacharyamelie]

I don't usually mark tracks, but if I did a 9 would definitely qualify as a killer tune.

 

Agreed. For me, anything above an 8 is a pretty freakin' good song and a 9+ is often worth ejaculating over.

 

You must have been spent after listening BBABH or Sapphire Eyes. Christ could you even walk?

[JamesEagle]

I don't usually mark tracks, but if I did a 9 would definitely qualify as a killer tune.

 

Agreed. For me, anything above an 8 is a pretty freakin' good song and a 9+ is often worth ejaculating over.

 

You must have been spent after listening BBABH or Sapphire Eyes. Christ could you even walk?