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This is Part V of oLahav's Top 100 Songs List: songs 60-51

Part 5! We're halfway there

This is the fifth part of my very own 100 favorite songs list. This is by no means a conclusive or significant list, so feel free to make your own competitive list. But just because I'd like to share my musical taste, I'm putting this right up on LearnHub. Cool!
if you didn't catch the first few parts, here's:
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV

We finally get down to songs 60-51 in the list, thus finishing our first half. So, did you like what you saw so far? Do you want me to add some things I forgot, or comment on stupid selections I've made before? Please, do so- post your comments here.

And now, it's songs time!

Song 60: Now I'm Here, Queen. THE best Queen song, period. The first time I heard of Queen was listening to their Greatest Hits, and while I was already familiar with We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions, one song shone above the others (Bohemian Rhapsody wasn't there, notably). Now I'm Here has a great riff, and it's an amazing song. You need to listen to it with surround sound to really get it though. Here's an example of what it sounds like.

Song 59: Beat it, Micheal Jackson. Before the guy went nuts and started doing things to kids I really rather not know about, he pushed out good music. Believe it or now, Thriller is not just a best seller because of Jackson's publicity stunts, it's actually a fairly decent album. But there's really just one song there that rocks, and that's Beat It. Van Halen's guitar solo pushed Jackson into the big league with a great tune. Sadly, Jackson did lose his mind and skin pigments some time later… but this is still a good song. Watch the amusing clip here.

Song 58: Behind Blue Eyes, by The Who. Everyone knows this song. I have to admit, I like it even though I don't have blue eyes. In fact, I don't really like blue eyes. So I can safely say, I don't know what it's like. When I sing over this song, I change the blue to brown… but disregarding the eyes issue, it's a powerful Who song you can't ignore. Here's how it goes.

Song 57: The Boxer, Simon and Garfunkel. My mother introduced me to these guys when I was really young, and while their rock is on way over on the soft side, they do have a few good ones. The Boxer packs a punch with heavy lyrics, telling the story of a guy who tries to make it out of sadness and despair in the big city by boxing. It's not an easy life out there… that's what this song is all about. You can check it out here.

Song 56: "Heroes", by David Bowie. Probably the best Bowie ballad out there, "Heroes" is a powerful song from Bowie's Berlin Trilogy, a set of 3 albums that symbolize a departure from his older glam style. A big Bowie fan, I like all of his stuff, but "Heroes" is probably the best out of those heavier albums. It's also an incredible song live, one of Bowie's best live ones in fact. You can listen to "Heroes" here.

Song 55: All I Want is You/October, from U2. Yes, I'm cheating, it's 2 songs in the price of one. But since they're put into one track on the Best of 1980-1990 collection, I figured I can take that liberty. All I Want is You is, in my opinion, the best U2 love song out there, even better than With or Without You. It's simple, it's powerful, and it utilizes all of U2's sound abilities. Here is the great circus clip. And, I'll throw in another song for free- October. As I was born in October and I'm a Fall person, this is easily one of my favourites. With only a piano and Bono's vocals, this is a basic, simple song that is as pure as it is beautiful. You have to listen right here.

Song 54: Tempted, Squeeze. Enough of powerful songs, it's time for a cute little tune. This may be a bit overuse when it comes to TV commercials, but that doesn't mean the song itself isn't fun. It's a big contrast between the funky notes and the lyrics, which talk about cheating, but I guess that's part of what makes this song unique. Squeeze is one of those easy going nice little English bands it's just fun to listen to sometimes. Here they go.

Song 53: Day Tripper, The Beatles. Before Yoko came along, Lennon and McCartney actually wrote some songs together, like this one. One of the first Beatles songs I listened to, this riff is what rock is all about. It's got lyrics that don't make too heavy sense, which is good for most Beatles songs. Listen to some of it here.

Song 52: Cold Turkey, the version by Lenny Kravitz. From one Lennon riff to another, Cold Turkey is pure awesome. And then I found out Lenny Kravitz for the John Lennon tribute… and I thought, this is one of those songs that you just know is right for this sort of cover. And after I listened to Lenny doing his thing, I was right. It's even more awesome. Check it out right here.

Song 51: Trampled Underfoot, Led Zeppelin. Let's wrap this up- last one for the day. I didn't actually know any Led Zeppelin songs other than Immigrant Song and Stairway until recently, when I bought Mothership just when it came out. Now, yeah, they've got a lot of incredibly cool songs… but Trampled takes the cake. I personally can't listen to it without waving a fist around, it's just that good. They don't make songs like this anymore. Give it a listen here.

Thanks for reading! Liked what you heard? Comment now! And wait up for Part VI next week.