Tet's Journal: Mix CD

I find myself in the somewhat strange position of having to make up a mix CD for a friend. That in itself isn't unusual. I did one for her birthday last year, containing a bunch of music that I thought she'd like. FWIW, it was:

1. Darkseed - "Diving into darkness"
2. Borknagar - "Witching hour"
3. Rage - "Dies irae"
4. Einherjer - "Draconian umpire"
5. Nightwish - "End of all hope"
6. Sentenced - "Excuse me while I kill myself"
7. Edenbridge - "Sunrise in Eden"
8. Still Patient? - "The goddess' kiss"
9. Apocalyptica - "Domination"
10. Annihilator - "Torn"
11. Dimmu Borgir - "Sympozium"
12. Sinergy - "Razor blade salvation"
13. Amaran - "Karma in flesh"
14. Mercury Rain - "The boat of the dead"
15. Einherjer - "Regicide"
16. Borknagar - "The view of everlast"

No, I don't expect most of you to have heard of any of those bands, though anyone into anything vaguely metallic would be well advised to check out a few of the bands listed. But that's not the point[1]. It was a great success. She liked all but the Dimmu Borgir track, which in retrospect was because I choce the wrong one. Had I put on "Perfection or vanity" or "Metal heart" (even though neither are particularly representative tracks for them), then I'm sure I'd have had a 100% hit rate. But anyway, I digress.

No, what's strange about this is the choice of tracks I'm having to do. While talking to her the other day, it transpired that she's completely ignorant of the classics. I mean completely ignorant. She's heard the names Judas Priest and AC/DC, but has no idea what they sound like. She only discovered W.A.S.P. and Iron Maiden last month. Now fair enough, she's a fair bit younger than me, and is a product of her time -- she thinks Kurt Cobain is the greatest songwriter to ever walk the earth. Sad, but true. But to be so totally unaware of anything that came before? I don't get it. So I'm currently compiling a list of classic '80s metal to burn to CD for her. Any suggestions? So far I've got:

1. AC/DC - "Highway to hell"
2. AC/DC - "Back in black"
3. Judas Priest - "Breaking the law"
4. Judas Priest - "The sentinel"
5. Warlock - "All we are"
6. Manowar - "Sign of the hammer"
7. Cinderella - "Night songs"
8. Megadeth - "Peace sells"
9. Kiss - "Crazy, crazy nights"
10. Metallica - "Creeping death"
11. Whitesnake - "Here I go again"
12. Queensrÿche - "The needle lies"
13. Helloween - "I want out"
14. Ozzy Osbourne - "Shot in the dark"
15. Def Leppard - "Pour some sugar on me"
16. Dio - "Don't talk to strangers"
17. Scorpions - "Coming home"
18. Scorpions - "Still loving you"
19. White Lion - "Lights and thunder"
20. Rainbow - "Kill the king"
21. Rainbow - "All night long"
22. Dokken - "Unchain the night"
23. M.S.G. - "Save yourself"
24. Yngwie J. Malmsteen - "You don't remember, I'll never forget"
25. Van Halen - "Hot for teacher"
26. Mötley Crüe - "Red hot"

It's not necessarily a selection of the best tracks that each band has done. More just a representative snapshot of what I was listening to in the mid to late '80s. So what else should go on there? Anything obvious that I've missed? I've deliberately avoided most of the NWOBHM output, as it's a bit raw, and she prefers something a bit more polished.

[1] Yes, massive bonus points for anyone that does recognise more than a couple of bands from the list.

My youth was spent listening to britpop

[Organized Konfusion]

But I'm downloading all of these to see if they are any good... Im already a big AC/DC fan.

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Re:Never heard of any of 'em

[Tet]

No, I don't have any Pixies. Nor is that really the point. The idea is simply to introduce her to classic metal. Yes, I considered different tracks, but settled on a selection that I thought she'd like. Not necessarily what I'd have picked as the best song from a given band.

Torrent?

[mekkab]

Let me know once you've seeded.
And everyone knows Dimmu Borgir.

Anyways, WHY just 80s metal? I mean, c'mon, "Crazy, Crazy Nights" is absolutely disposable. However "Detroit Rock City" is a far better song, out right, in all senses of the word.

Additionally, throwing on some "killers" era Maiden (infact, "Killers" would be my suggestion, perhaps also "running free") and Bon Scott era AC/DC is an M-U-S-T MUST MUST MUST (dirty deeds, jail break, etc.). Even the 70's era Priest is better (well, British Steel is

Re:Torrent?

[Ethelred Unraed]

Lessee...'80s metal...

Queensrÿche's good, though personally I prefer Spreading the Disease or Eyes of a Stranger from Operation: Mindcrime myself.

Metallica: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Sanitarium or Seek and Destroy are some of my faves. I think the plainly obvious choice is One, though.

Judas Priest: My fave was always Turbo Lover, though in hindsight that song is rather ghey. (Then again, so are they.)

I second the motion on Def Leppard. I think Pyromania was overall a better album than Hysteria,

Re:Torrent?

[Tet]

I prefer Spreading the Disease or Eyes of a Stranger from Operation: Mindcrime myself.

Yep, both valid choices.

I think the plainly obvious choice is One, though.

Well done that man. I'd completely forgotten about that, mostly because I'm not keen on AJFA as an album. That track's the exception to the rule, though, and I think I'll probably go with it.

I'm sensing that my Leppard choice isn't a popular one. I might have to go with something from "Pyromania" instead. "Rock of ages" isn't a bad suggestion

Re:Torrent?

[Tet]

Let me know once you've seeded.

Sorry, I don't do the whole Torrent thing. Open up a hole in my firewall to let random strangers in to grab data from my disk? Nope, I'm way too paranoid about security for that. My only public facing services are shipped with OpenBSD, and hence every line of code has had a full security audit. Can't say the same about any Bit Torrent client that I'm aware of.

Why '80s metal? Well mostly because that's what I grew up with. As you might have noticed, I've already made a few e

Re:Torrent?

[mekkab]

Sorry, I don't do the whole Torrent thing.

thats cool, just give me a login on your ftp server. I'm flexible. ;)

Why '80s metal?

No, my question was just 80's metal. I'm glad to see you are a bit flexible in terms of dates.

but I had to be somewhat ruthless in order to bring it down to size.

I hear that loud and clear. Once every player can just take a CD full of MP3s, it'll be a different world in terms of making mix cd's for people. Shoot, I just made an MP3 cd for Sielwolf (his car player plays mp3s) an

The Classics

[Sloppy]

It's not necessarily a selection of the best tracks that each band has done. More just a representative snapshot of what I was listening to in the mid to late '80s.

Given that, it's going to be hard to out-guess you.

But I'll try anyway. :-)

I'd recommend either "Rapid Fire" or "Steeler" as an alternative to "Breakin' the Law", although it's tempting to break the rule and go back to the 70s for "Killing Machine" or "The Ripper."

Once you bring Metallica and Megadeth into it, it makes me think of a shitl

METAL CHURCH!

[Sloppy]

Holy shit, I can't believe I forgot Metal Church. They were the best! Pick any song of theirs. Ok, I'll be specific. Put "Hitman" and "Fake Healer" on there.

Oh, and Sanctuary -- Either "Battle Angels" or "Future Tense" will do.

Re:The Classics

[Tet]

Yeah, I agree that it's going to be hard to guess what I what listening to in the '80s! But it's nice to see you tried :-)

I'm surprised you'd pick "Steeler" instead of "Breaking the law", although I did seriously consider "Rapid fire". '70s material isn't a problem, and I've included it elsewhere. I may yet include "Killing machine". Or "Hell bent for leather". Or maybe even "Beyond the realms of death". I've avoided msot of the thrash scene for the same reasons I avoided the NWOBHM, but for someone that