I just saw this shit on VH1 the other day. Posted is the list with comments by yours truly.
40. "Breaking the Law" - Judas Priest Oh yeah, awesome song. 40 seems to early.
39. "I'm Eighteen" - Alice Cooper I guess here works.
38. "Balls to the Wall" - Accept Never heard.
37. "Smoke on the Water" - Deep Purple Now this should be way higher. The riff is the shit.
36. "Wait and Bleed" - Slipknot Never heard, but I´m sure it sucks.
35. "Metal Health" - Quiet Riot Bad hair metal. These fuckers could not write a song.
34. "Paranoid" - Black Sabbath Why not "War Pigs"?
33. "High 'n' Dry" - Def Leppard More pop metal.
32. "Thunder Kiss '65" - White Zombie Yeah! This is my shit.
31. "Rock You Like a Hurricane" - Scorpions Not really.
30. "Epic" - Faith No More This is a good choice.
29. "Caught in a Mosh" - Anthrax Anthrax´s best song.
28. "The Beautiful People" - Marilyn Manson Um yeah. Try again.
27. "Run to the Hills" - Iron Maiden Maiden rules of course, but I think they have better songs.
26. "Refuse/Resist" - Sepultura Sepultura´s best song, with the awesome chorus.
25. "Cowboys from Hell" - Pantera Pantera! Good stuff.
24. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" - AC/DC If you do not like AC/DC you hate music.
23. "Freak on a Leash" - Korn Good video and all but, come on.
22. "Enter Sandman" - Metallica This one never did it for me like other Metallica songs. Oh well.
21. "Paradise City" - Guns N' Roses No thank you.
20. "I Wanna Rock" - Twisted Sister Maybe later.
19. "Man in the Box" - Alice in Chains Alice in Chains rules.
18. "Slave to the Grind" - Skid Row More hair metal, albeit this isn´t as bad.
17. "Live Wire" - Mötley Crüe And more hair metal.
16. "Walk" - Pantera Pantera again, although you have to question whether it´s really their best song.
15. "Bulls on Parade" - Rage Against the Machine I know RATM are probably poseurs and poseur all the way to the ATM, but man, the solo!
14. "Toxicity" - System of a Down Isn´t this a little too high? Come on now.
13. "Rainbow in the Dark" - Dio This song never did it for me. "Holy Diver", on the other hand...
12. "Bring the Noise" - Anthrax & Public Enemy Best rap-rock song ever. BASS!
11. "Peace Sells" - Megadeth MEGADETH! Peace Sells is totally my shit.
10. "Ace of Spades" - Motörhead AKA The Greatest Song Ever. 10 seems not good enough.
9. "Crazy Train" - Ozzy Osbourne How can you not like this song? You may hate Ozzy with a burning passion, but you still cannot hate this song.
8. "Raining Blood" - Slayer Why not "Angel of Death"? I mean, I guess this works too.
7. "The Number of the Beast" - Iron Maiden Can´t argue with this one. Awesome vocals too.
6. "Detroit Rock City" - KISS I understand the importance of KISS and all, but I don´t really like this song much.
5. "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" - Judas Priest Oh man. Awesome shit.
4. "Back in Black" - AC/DC AKA The Greatest Song of All Time. I guess 4 works though.
3. "Master of Puppets" - Metallica Awesome, awesome. But is it the best Metallica song? I would postulate that no.
2. "Welcome to the Jungle" - Guns N' Roses Probably GnR´s best song, although Axl Rose´s weird vocal quirks and habits irk me.
1. "Iron Man" - Black Sabbath I mean, what can I say? An all-time rock classic.
Okay. This list was really weird. It listed all sorts of alt-metal and hard rock but no Led Zeppelin? Also, tons of bullshit. I could do without all the hair metal and the nu-metal and whatever SOAD is. Also, I personally dont like GnR, but they´re giving them too much credit either way. My list, made quickly and with very little thought:
1. "Ace of Spades" - Motorhead
2. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" - Iron Maiden
3. "Iron Man" - Black Sabbath
4. "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" - Judas Priest
5. "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" - Megadeth
6. "Crazy Train" - Ozzy Osbourne
7. "Battery" - Metallica
8. "The Trooper" - Iron Maiden
9. "Breaking the Law" - Judas Priest
10. "Angel of Death" - Slayer
11. "War Pigs" - Black Sabbath
12. "Peace Sells" - Megadeth
13. "The Number of the Beast" - Iron Maiden
14. "Bring the Noise" Public Enemy featuring Anthrax
15. "Cowboys from Hell" - Pantera
16. "Powerslave" - Iron Maiden
17. "Victim of Changes" - Judas Priest
18. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" - Metallica
19. "Bulls on Parade" - Rage Against the Machine
20. "Holy Diver" - Dio
And since I´m at it, best bands:
1. Iron Maiden
2. Black Sabbath
3. Judas Priest
4. Motorhead
5. Megadeth
6. Metallica
7. Slayer
8. Rage Against the Machine
9. Pantera
10. Ozzy Osbourne
