+7
1. Rush - Limelight - IMO, one of the best rock songs of all time. A masterpiece that is both progressive and completely accessible at the same time. The band flows from one time signature to the next so seamlessly, that unless you are paying attention, you don;t even know it's happening. This is Rush at their peak, with Lee grooving on bass, Lifeson filling the song with odd chords that just weren't used in rock at the time (and an absolutely beautiful, weeping guitar solo), and Peart delivering his usual excellent drumming along with lyrically perhaps the best meditation of life on-stage ever written. A towering achievement in progressive rock, as well as a quintessential Rush tune.
2. Ghost - Ritual - I'm a big Ghost fan, especially of their earlier stuff.
3. The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings - Top notch 90s anthem with perhaps some of the best lyrics Corgan ever wrote.
4. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer - Classic Talking Heads tune. They were at the top of their game here.
5. The Breeders - Cannonball - A less than classic 90s tune, but still dripping with the signature sound of the time.
6. Kin Palo - Twisted - I liked this one a lot! This is another great round of music so far...
7. P!nk - So What - Starting to fall off a bit for me at this point, however. Pink has a great voice, which locks her in here in the 7 slot.
8. Jeremy Jordan and Katharine McPhee - Rewrite This Story - Pretty bland, McPhee is a dime-a-dozen cookie cutter cutsie doodle.
9. Victoria+Jean - Holly - Did not like this.
10. Paul Cauthen - Cocaine Country Dancing - Liked this even less! I just can't do country music.
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