At Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:07:26 Gary wrote: >I'm putting together a CD for a friend and need some good poppy songs by >bands that are normally more metal or hard rock. > >Here is what I have so far. > >Kiss - Beth (An obvious choice) > >Montrose - Rich Man (from Jump On It - I love this song!) > >Black Sabbath - It's Allright (from Technical Ecstasy, maybe beth >influenced >them, but this was a very surprising ballad) Sabbath's "Changes" was pretty uncharacteristic too...especially with its mellotron string arrangement which gave it more of a "Nights In White Satin" feel. The Killer Dwarfs' "Doesn't Matter" was a Top40 hit here in Canada....nearly won them a Juno Award but Jethro Tull took it for metal album that year (oh, wait that was the Grammy's :-) Jaimie Vernon, President, Bullseye Records "Not Infecting Our Customers' Computers Since 1985!!" http://www.bullseyecanada.com http://www.bullseyerecords.com Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/ http://www.myspace.com/jaimievernonsmovingtargetz