Bon Jovi #20 on VH1's top 100 Hard Rock Songs

Really? Hard rock? REALLY? They beat out Sabbath's "Heaven and Hell"!?!

Though, I suppose since Journey showed up on the list (#80, Any Way You Want It) -- and don't get me started on that -- I guess it's OK. But I can't get over some of the other songs The Jovi Machine beat out:

#41 Quiet Riot "Cum On Feel The Noize"
#31 AC/DC "Dirty Deeds Done Dirty Cheap"
#26 Skynard "Free Bird"
#23 Ozzy (They beat out OZZY!!) "Crazy Train"

Guess that just goes to show you -- show me a poll of which Bon Jovi is a part, and I'll show you thousands of fans who will vote for them, no matter what it's for.

Hard rock. Huh, maybe I don't really have a good appreciation of what hard rock is. For me, hard rock is one step below metal. A tiny baby step below. Songs like Boston's "More Than A Feeling" or Poison's "Talk Dirty To Me" are great rock songs, but IMO not hard rock. Pop rock maybe or glam rock, but hard rock?

You can't head-bang to BOC's "Don't Fear The Reaper", but that is one hell of a rock song. I think head banging is one of the definitive characteristics of hard rock. At least it was where I grew up.

Sheesh.

~ Hath

Here's the top 20:

01 Guns N' Roses - "Welcome To The Jungle"
02 AC/DC - "Back In Black"
03 Led Zeppelin - "Whole Lotta Love"
04 Black Sabbath - "Paranoid"
05 Metallica - "Enter Sandman"
06 The Who - "Won't Get Fooled Again"
07 Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
08 Aerosmith - "Walk This Way"
09 Van Halen - "Runnin With The Devil"
10 Motorhead - "Ace Of Spades"
11 Deep Purple - "Smoke On The Water"
12 Judas Priest - "Breaking The Law"
13 Def Leppard - "Photograph"
14 Iron Maiden - "Run To The Hills"
15 Motley Crue - "Dr. Feelgood"
16 Kiss - "Rock And Roll All Nite"
17 Twisted Sister - "I Wanna Rock"
18 Scorpions - "Rock You Like A Hurricane"
19 Rush - "Tom Sawyer"
20 Bon Jovi - "You Give Love A Bad Name"