1. Alice Cooper ft. Duff McKagan and Steve Vai: “Hey Bulldog” (The Beatles cover)
2. Screaming Females: “If It Makes You Happy” (Sheryl Crow cover)
3. Soft Cell: “Tainted Love” (Gloria Jones cover)
rock and roll
Playlist Challenge, Day 287
Tom Petty — “It’s Good To Be King”
When I was a little girl, this was my favorite song by Tom Petty ❤
Playlist Challenge, Day 286
Alter Bridge — “Isolation”
I adore this video ❤
Let’s Talk Covers (Pt. 32)
1. Boyz II Men: “In My Life” (The Beatles cover)
2. Johnny Cash: “Hurt” (Nine Inch Nails cover)
3. Lord of the Lost: “Love the Way You Lie” (Rihanna cover)
Playlist Challenge, Day 267
Alter Bridge — “I Know It Hurts”
This is one of my favorite songs from Alter Bridge, lyrically ❤
Playlist Challenge, Day 256
Greta Van Fleet — “Highway Tune”
Let’s Talk Covers (Pt. 30)
1. Rage Against the Machine: “Renegades of Funk” (Afrika Bambaataa cover)
2. Sevendust: “Inner City Blues” (Marvin Gaye cover)
3. Nickelback: “Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting” (Elton John cover)
Playlist Challenge, Day 251
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — “Here Comes My Girl”
Playlist Challenge, Day 249
Theory of a Deadman — “Hello Lonely (Walk Away From This)”
Ranked: Alter Bridge
Alter Bridge’s “birthday” was January 4th. It has been an amazing fourteen years, filled with truly epic music. Here, I will rank their albums from my most loved to my least loved. (My list includes only their studio albums.)
1. Blackbird (2007)
The title track alone is enough to earn Blackbird the number one spot. It blows my mind that anyone can hear that song and not acknowledge Alter Bridge as one of the best rock bands in existence. By the time “Ties That Bind,” “Come to Life,” and “Watch Over You” are added, there is no disputing the strength of this record.
2. Fortress (2013)
This was a tough one, because for me, Fortress and One Day Remains are neck and neck. However, Fortress took number two based on “Lover” and “Waters Rising” (which is in my top 5 favorite AB tracks; I adore Mark’s voice).
3. One Day Remains (2004)
And so we come to Alter Bridge’s debut record, and man, is it a winner. At the time of its release, I was focused on other bands, mainly Avenged Sevenfold, and I missed it almost entirely (though I did see them at a festival on this tour). Once I became obsessed with Alter Bridge, however, I quickly realized there isn’t a single song from One Day Remains that I can’t listen to. My favorites are the title track, “Find the Real,” “In Loving Memory,” and “Shed My Skin.”
4. AB III (2010)
Confession: I don’t love every song from AB III. I don’t hate any of them, but it’s not an album I typically listen to from start to finish. With that said, the songs I do love on it are standouts in Alter Bridge’s career: “Slip to the Void,” “Isolation,” “Ghost of Days Gone By,” “Wonderful Life,” “I Know It Hurts,” and “Words Darker Than Their Wings.” (Again, anything Mark lends his vocals to is alright with me.)
5. The Last Hero (2016)
I like this album. Really, I do. I saw them three times touring for it. But it didn’t have as many songs that jumped out and grabbed me as their previous records. “Show Me a Leader” is great, and “Crows on a Wire” is a punch to the face (in a good way). I also enjoy “Twilight,” “My Champion,” and “This Side of Fate.”
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