Polar Opposites

Today's list features two songs who are quite the polar opposites from each other.  But it is good to like a variety of music, right?

#17 - Before I Forget: Slipknot - Now this is the kind of song that I am sure many of you expected more of on my list - loud, obnoxious, heavy metal.  Up until this point though, an Ozzy song is just about the only hard rock song that has made the list.  Slipknot brings some much needed volume to the list!  But would you guess that this is also, as far as I can tell, the first GRAMMY AWARD WINNING song to make the list so far?  Yup, this single, released in June of 2005 (off a 2004 album), won the Grammy for Best Metal Performance of 2007.  Don't ask me how those dates add up.  AOL called it the best metal song of the decade.  Not much else to say about the song, but listen to it, it rocks!  Everything will be fun(Well, maybe not the keyboard), but I am going to have to go with being the most excited about playing the drums. 



#16 - I Need You Tonight: INXS - Not metal by any means, but still rocking is the 1987 INXS song, "Need You Tonight" off of their multi-platinum "Kick" album.  This band from Australia had a worldwide fan base and this particular song  contributed to that as it was the first single released worldwide.  In the US, it was their only single to reach #1 on the Billboard charts.  Andrew Farriss, the keyboardist for the band said that he thought of the famous riff for the song while on the way to catch a cab.  He told the cab driver to hold on, went back to the hotel room to record it, and came back an hour later.  The cab driver was not amused, but based on the popularity of the song, it was an hour well spent.  The song has been covered a handful of times, but not by any band of significance.  Well, until I pick up a microphone and sing it anyways...