Top 100?

So here's the total list of VH1's alleged top 100 hard rock songs...

100. Sammy Hagar "I Can't Drive 55”
99. Grand Funk Railroad "We're An American Band"
98. Buckcherry "Lit Up"
97. The Edgar Winter Group "Frankenstein"
96. Kansas "Carry On My Wayward Son”
95. Creed "Higher"
94. The Darkness "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
93. Autograph "Turn Up the Radio"
92. Night Ranger "Don't Tell Me You Love Me"
91. Smashing Pumpkins "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
90. Jethro Tull "Aqualung
89. Andrew W.K. "Party Hard”
88. Alice in Chains "Would
87. Winger "Seventeen”
86. Marilyn Manson "The Beautiful People"
85. Velvet Revolver "Slither"
84. W.A.S.P "I Wanna Be Somebody"
83. Evanescence "Bring Me Back to Life"
82. Rainbow "Since You Been Gone”
81. Black Sabbath "Heaven and Hell"
80. Journey "Any Way You Want It"
79. Billy Idol "Rebel Yell"
78. Bad Company "Feel Like Making Love"
77. Soundgarden "Black Hole Sun"
76. Lita Ford "Kiss Me Deadly"
75. The White Stripes "Seven Nation Army"
74. The Cult "Love Removal Machine"
73. Thin Lizzy "Jailbreak"
72. Pat Benatar "Heartbreaker"
71. Jane's Addiction "Mountain Song"
70. Foreigner "Hot Blooded"
69. Living Colour "Cult of Personality”
68. White Zombie "More Human Than Human"
67. ZZ Top "Tush"
66. Europe "The Final Countdown"
65. MC5 "Kick Out the Jams"
64. Rollins Band "Liar" *
63. Survivor "Eye of the Tiger"
62. Dokken "Breaking the Chains"
61. Ratt "Round and Round"
60. Skid Row "18 and Life"
59. Billy Squier "The Stroke"
58. Stone Temple Pilots "Interstate Love Song”*
57. The Kinks "You Really Got Me"”
56. Warrant "Cherry Pie"
55. Blue Oyster Cult "Don't Fear the Reaper”
54. Faith No More "Epic"
53. Steppenwolf "Born to Be Wild"
52. The Runaways "Cherry Bomb"
51. Megadeth "Peace Sells”
50. Red Hot Chili Peppers "Give It Away"*
49. Iggy and the Stooges "Search and Destroy”
48. Korn "Freak on a Leash"*
47. Kid Rock "Bawitdaba"
46. Anthrax "Madhouse"
45. Foghat "Slow Ride"
44. Cream "Sunshine of Your Love"
43. Dio "Holy Diver”
42. The Clash "Should I Stay or Should I Go"
41. Quiet Riot "Cum on Feel the Noize"
40. Talk Dirty To Me – Poison
39. More Than A Feeling – Boston
38. Stone Cold Crazy – Queen
37. My Generation – The Who*
36. Hot For Teacher - Van Halen
35. School's Out - Alice Cooper
34. Barracuda - Heart
33. Basket Case - Green Day*
32. Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent
31. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
30. Even Flow - Pearl Jam
29. Bad Reputation - Joan Jett
28. Everlong - Foo Fighters
27. Still of the Night - Whitesnake
26. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
25. Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones*
24. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
23. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
22. Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix Experience
21. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
20. You Give Love a Bad Name – Bon Jovi
19. Tom Sawyer – Rush
18. Rock You Like a Hurricane – Scorpions
17. I Wanna Rock – Twisted Sister
16. Rock and Roll All Nite – Kiss
15. Dr. Feelgood – Motley Crue
14. Run To The Hills – Iron Maiden
13. Photograph – Def Leppard
12. Breaking the Law – Judas Priest
11. Smoke on the Water – Deep Purple
10. Ace of Spades – Motorhead
9. Runnin With the Devil – Van Halen
8. Walk This Way – Aerosmith
7. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
6. Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who*
5. Enter Sandman – Metallica
4. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
3. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
2. Back in Black - AC/DC
1. Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses


I spent half the countdown thinking "this beat out Marilyn Manson?" I mean, seriously, I don't see how "The Final Countdown" is better than "The Beautiful People." And I'd hardly call "Eye of the Tiger" hard rock. That's what you get for letting the public vote on a countdown.

That aside, I'd say I agree with the top portion.

I apologize for the change in format partway down...I copied the list from a couple of different sources.

Also, anything marked with a * means I've seen that band live. :) There are aurprisingly few on this list. And, no, I didn't see the Ramones as one whole entity. But when I saw the Misfits, Marky Ramone joined them onstage and about half the set was Ramones songs. So I'm counting it, because it's the closest I'll ever get.