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With just more or less 24 Hours before the revered "Home of Nu Rock" NU 107.5 finally gets the tug in its plug, I figured I put my Pre-Christmas Rant Frenzy on hold in order to compile 100 songs out of the 160 tracks I have in my Cellular Phone-slash-Music Player. But in order to make it a real 107 Tribute, I wish to introduce along my own version of the station's "Stairway to Seven" - the final 7 songs which made a true mark not just to me but also throughout the Rock culture, here in the Philippines and around the World.
Before I give the Stairway to Seven, here's the rundown on the 100 from my phone (as listed alphabetically by Song Title):
- 3 Stars and a Sun – Francis Magalona
- Accross the Line (Unreleased 2007 Demo) – Linkin Park
- All Nightmare Long – Metallica
- Ash Like Snow – The Brilliant Green
- Balita (Feat. Gabby Alipe) – Gloc 9
- Bangon – Rico Blanco
- Battle Cry – Greyhoundz
- Birthright – Loquy
- Blackbirds – Linkin Park
- Bleed it Out – Linkin Park
- Blinded in Chains – Avenged Sevenfold
- Blow Me Away – Breaking Benjamin
- Bodies (Chris Vrenna Remix) – Drowning Pool
- Breaking the Habit – Linkin Park
- Bring Me Down – Pillar
- Bring the Hammer Down – HammerFall
- B. Y. O. B. – System of a Down
- Cariño Brutal – Slapshock
- Cold – Crossfade
- Crimson Thunder – HammerFall
- Critical Acclaim – Avenged Sevenfold
- Dani California – Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Daybreak’s Bell – L`Arc~En~Ciel
- Decadence – Disturbed
- Doon – Kapatid
- Down with the Sickness – Disturbed
- Edge of the Earth – 30 Seconds to Mars
- Empire Accretia – Razorback
- Engel – Rammstein
- Enter Sandman – Metallica
- Faint – Linkin Park
- Feuer Frei – Rammstein
- Fortress Europe – Asian Dub Foundation
- Getting Away with Murder – Papa Roach
- Go!!! (Fighting Dreamers) – Flow
- Going Through Changes – Army of Me
- Halik ni Hudas – Wolfgang
- Hearts on Fire – HammerFall
- Hero’s Return – HammerFall
- Higante – Francis Magalona & Ely Buendia
- Isang Bandila – Rivermaya
- I Stand Alone – Godsmack
- It’s Going Down (Feat. Mike Shinoda and Mr.Hahn) – X-ecutioners
- John of the Cross – Wolfgang
- Kaidoku Funou – Jinn
- Killing in the Name – Rage Against the Machine
- Ladies and Gentlemen – Saliva
- Last man Standing – HammerFall
- Let Down – Dead by Sunrise
- Line in the Sand – Mötörhead
- Lying from You – Linkin Park
- Megalomaniac – Incubus
- Misterio – Slapshock
- Move – Thousand Foot Krutch
- My Way – Limp Bizkit
- New Divide – Linkin Park
- No More Sorrow - Linkin Park
- No Roads Left (B-Side Bonus Track) - Linkin Park
- Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
- Novus is Burning – Wolfgang
- No Way but the Hard Way – Airbourne
- One Step Closer – Linkin Park
- Out of Control – Hoobastank
- Papercut - Linkin Park
- Paradise City – Guns N’ Roses
- Phenomenon – Thousand Foot Krutch
- Pride – High and Mighty Color
- Pts.of.Athrty (Feat. Jay Gordon) - Linkin Park
- Punish and Enslave – HammerFall
- Question! – System of a Down
- Rawkfist – Thousand Foot Krutch
- Scream – Avenged Sevenfold
- Scream Aim Fire – Bullet for my Valentine
- Seize the Day – Avenged Sevenfold
- Set me Apart – Pupil
- Sidewalks – Story of the Year
- Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson Cover) – Alien Ant Farm
- Somewhere I Belong - Linkin Park
- Straight Out of Line – Godsmack
- Super Proxy 2k6 (Feat. Ely Buendia and Hardware Syndrome) – Francis Magalona
- Tatsulok – Bamboo
- Ten Thousand Fists – Disturbed
- The Catalyst - Linkin Park
- The Game – Mötörhead
- The Ghost of You – My Chemical Romance
- The Only – Static-X
- The River (Feat. M. Shadows and Synyster Gates) – Good Charlotte
- The Transformers – Lion
- The Way of the Warrior – HammerFall
- Through the Fire and Flames – DragonForce
- Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast – Airbourne
- Viva Rock – Orange Range
- Waiting for the End – Linkin Park
- Wake Up – Slapshock
- Waking the Demon – Bullet for my Valentine
- Whatever – Our Lady Peace
- What I’ve Done – Linkin Park
- Without You – Slapshock
- Wretches and Kings – Linkin Park
- Yugto – Rico Blanco
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Now on to "Zeon's Stairway to Seven", starting from the bottom up:
No.7: Smoke 'Em if you got 'Em - Parkway Drive (From the album Killing with a Smile)
One of the rare songs sitting in my Laptop's hard drive for years, this song has quite a history as it was introduced to me by one of my schoolmates back in College (Thanks, Stib!). Despite having similarities in taste for rock, his was quite deeper and way more creatively distorted, much like the guitar shreds on this track. The reason it sits at 7 is that I found it hard to decipher the message of the lyrics and was instead focused on the intensity of the sounds.
No. 6: Ang Huling El Bimbo - The Eraserheads (From the album Cutterpillow) - Official NU 107 Requiem Anthem
As the signature song of the legendary quartet known as "The Philippine equivalent of The Beatles", I began singing this discreetly way before I entered High School. And it still plays occasionally on radio stations because of its trademark sounds and lyrics (Magkahawak ang ating kamay, at walang kamalay-malay...) that would make anyone dance the El Bimbo, even if they candidly do not know the dance itself...
No.5: Buloy - Parokya ni Edgar (From the album Kangkhungkernitz)
Who could forget this story of the old friend who, in the end of the song, and after having gone through countless drinking sessions, sadly decided to commit suicide? Despite being eclipsed by some of the band's later aural gimmicks, this barkada anthem shall always remain a classic among us Pre-Millenium babies - those who grew up with 90's stuff.
No.4: Master of Puppets - Metallica (From the album of the same name)
Considered not just by Metallica followers, but also by metal fans in general, as one of the greatest metal anthems of all time, I figured that it be fitting to be in my "Stairway to Seven" . One of the heaviest I've heard from the legends of Thrash Metal so far, aside from All Nightmare Long; the only difference would be the complexity of the former that remains implanted to every Metal fan.
No.3: Blaze of Glory - Jon Bon Jovi (Official soundtrack for the movie Young Guns II)
Now, before people pelt me for putting this in the Stairway, let me clarify this: rock music spawned a lot of variants since time in memorial. One of them would be Slow Rock, on which this song falls into. Rock Legend Jeff beck's trademark guitar solo from the beginning, along with the lone gunslinger theme all throughout the lyrics - something that Bon Jovi (the lead singer) himself could ever muster - has thus made this a great anthem for those "Last Stand" moments...
No.2: In the End - Linkin Park (From the album Hybrid Theory)
Ah yes, who could forget what could be the greatest Nu-Metal anthem possibly ever conceived - courtesy of the decade-old, six-man group named after "Abraham Linkin"? Even some of us who never been a simple follower of the band, or of Nu metal for that matter, would end up singing the song's signature chorus with utter effort. That alone makes it a worthy anthem in itself.
The only reason why it seats at No. 2, despite the fact that I'm a fan of the band is the somewhat neutrally melancholic feel in the lyrics. The mere descriptions of one's failure, and the effect of broken relationships, makes up the majority of the slightly pessimistic aura of the song - something that could not be taken into consideration for this Stairway...
No.1: Awit ng Kabataan - Rivermaya (From their self-titled album)
Now this holds quite dear to me as this song was used as The Bedan Student Publication's official anthem, right when I started writing articles for them. Every moment I hear the chorus (as written and sung respectively by former members Rico Blanco and Francisco "Bamboo" Manalac), it makes me really proud to be an active member of the youth back in the days. (Hanggang sa kinabukasan, awitin natin ngayon!)
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Well, that's about it for me, I've already mustered the effort to create whatever I can to honor the definitive radio authority for rock music. God Bless and God Speed to DWNU 107.5; your name may perish... but your 23-year legacy shall live on...
In Memoriam: DWNU FM Nu 107.5: "The Home of Nu Rock" (1987-2010)
*salutes
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