Shout out to my Spinal Tap breathren. Perhaps the best/worst movie of all time and definitely in my Top Ten List. Speaking of which, I recently bought a two-disc set of KISS greatest hits. I began educating my kids on the band (since they rock), and in the process I said that "I Was Made For Loving You" was overproduced pap made to appease the disco masses in the late 70's. It's a great disco track and a dreadful KISS track. I said to the Shorties that it's an 11 Song.
What is an 11 Song, Mommy?
One where the volume should go one notch louder to eleven on the dial. (See This is Spinal Tap)
Then I was asked for a list of other 11 Songs. Here they are in no particular order, and this is by no means an exhaustive list, think of it more as an appetizer:
1) I Was Made for Loving You, KISS
2) I've Been Thinking About You, London Beat (not to be confused with their hybrid band, Fine Young Cannibals)
3) Werewolves of London, Warren Zevon
4) Groove is in the Heart, DeLite
5) Controversy, Prince (not to be confused with the Artist Formerly Known as Prince)
6) The Look of Love, ABC (Car dancing mandatory)
7) Fire Woman, The Cult (Ususally look like I'm having some sort of seizure when walking with this song)
8) Consuming Fire, Third Day (Best Christian Rock Anthem ever)
9) Back in Black, AC/DC (ahem)
10) Pour Some Sugar on Me, Def Leppard (epic return of the one-armed drummer)
11) Respect, Aretha Franklin (she's the queen of soul. You have to headbob and sing along)
12) Hard to Handle, The Black Crows
13) Love is the Drug, Roxy Music
14) The Distance, Cake
15) Ain't No Other Man, Christina Aguilera
16) This is a Radio Clash, The Clash
17) Wrong Number, The Cure
18) I Drove All Night, Cyndi Lauper
19) Under Pressure, Queen featuring David Bowie
20) Somebody to Love, Queen
21) DJ Hit that Button, Dead or Alive
22) Every Time I Roll the Dice, Delbert McClinton
23) Planet Earth, Duran Duran
24) Long White Cadillac, Dwight Yoakum
25) Hoochie Coochie Man, Muddy Waters
26) Say You Love Me, Fleetwood Mac
27) Get Right Back, Maxine Nightengale
28) Ain't Going Down till the Sun Comes Up, Garth Brooks
29) Black Cat, Janet Jackson
30) Great Balls of Fire, Jerry Lee Lewis
31) Tutti Fruti, Little Richard
32) What if I Came Knocking, John Mellencamp
33) It's My Life, Bon Jovi and possibly Runaway, Bon Jovi
34) Torn and Tattered, Joss Stone
35) Don't Stop Believing, Journey
36) Bawitdaba, Kid Rock
37) Rock and Roll, Led Zeppelin
38) Rollin', Limp Bizkit
39) Dolphin's Cry, Live
40) Like a Prayer, Madonna
41) Disease, Matchbox Twenty
42) Come Out and Play, The Offspring
43) Heartbreaker, Pat Benetar
44) Roll with the Changes, REO Speedwagon
45) Hot Legs, Rod Stewart
46) Gimme Shelter, The Rolling Stones (and Honky Tonk Women and Sympathy for the Devil)
47) How Soon is Now, The Smiths
48) Love Struck Baby, Stevie Ray Vaughn
49) Wrap It Up, The Fabulous Thunderbirds (or agueably anything by The Fabulous Thunderbirds)
50) Moves Like Jagger, Maroon Five featuring Christina Aguilera--nod to the pop radio in this century
And that's a nice little start.
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