99X Playlist December 2011 Top Songs
The #1 song for December is “Monster You Made” by Pop Evil.
For a band that came out of the gate singing the brawny and hard-hitting, “Hero,” the softened, heartfelt “Monster You Made” shows the guys have real dimension to their sound.
A simply, almost mournful riff opens the tune, before singer Leigh Kakaty’s comes in with the pain-soaked verse: “Take a good look at me now / Do you still recognize me? / Am I so different inside? This world is trying to change me.”
One of the reasons this track works so well is because it’s evident Pop Evil wrote from their personal viewpoint being in a successful rock band, dealing with the temptations that come with fame and popularity in the music industry: “Erase this monster I’ve become / Forgive me for all the damage done.”
“Monster You Made” is refreshing, reflective, inspiring and begs once to look at their life. What’s important? What’s shallow? The chorus shatters from Dave Grahs and Tony Greve’s impassion guitar playing, and Kakaty’s powerful vocals erupt into a propulsive cry on the final chorus, brought alive by Matt DiRito’s solid bass guitar beats and Dylan Allison’s precise percussive delivery. “Monster You Made” sounds like the perfect cap to Pop Evil’s already solid catalog of rock hits and breaks new, softer ground.
99X Playlist December 2011 Top Songs
1. Pop Evil - Monster You Made
War Of Angels0. Staind - Not Again
Staind-1. Foo Fighters - Walk
Wasting Light-2. Seether - Tonight
Holding on to Strings Better Left to Fra-3. Bush - The Sound of Winter
The Sea of Memories-4. Evanescence - What You Want
Evanescence- -5
-5. Sixx A.M. - This is Gonna Hurt
This is Gonna Hurt -6. Adelitas Way - Sick
Home School Valedictorian-7. Nickelback - Bottoms Up
Here and Now-8. Chevelle - Face To The Floor
Hats Off To The Bull-9. Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
I'm With You-10. Breaking Benjamin - Blow Me Away
Shallow Bay-11. Mastodon - Curl Of The Burl
The Hunter-12. Seether - Country Song
Holding Onto Strings Better Left To Fray-13. Adelitas Way - The Collapse
Home School Valedictorian-14. Theory Of A Deadman - Lowlife
The Truth Is- -15
-15. Avenged Seven Fold - Buried Alive
Nightmare -16. Five Finger Death Punch - Under & Over It
American Capitalist-17. Sick Puppies - You're Going Down
Tri-Polar-18. Sick Puppies - Riptide
Tri-Polar-19. Shinedown - Sound of Madness
Sound of Madness-20. Five Finger Death Punch - Remember Everything
American Capitalist-21. Papa Roach - Lifeline
Metamorphosis-22. Skillet - Monster
Awake- -23
-23. Alterbridge - Ghost of Days Gone By
AB III -24. Three Days Grace - Break
Life Starts Now-25. Shinedown - Devour
The Sound of Madness-26. Aaron Lewis - Country Boy
Town Line-27. Shinedown - Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom)
The Sound of Madness-28. Skillet - Awake & Alive
Awake-29. Avenged Sevenfold - So Far Away
Nightmare-30. Black Stone Cherry - White Trash Millionaire
Between The Devils & The Deep Blue Sea-31. Metallica - Cyanide
Death Magnetic- -32
-32. Korn - Narsissistic Cannibal
The Path of Totality -33. Foo Fighters - Rope
Wasting Light-34. Disturbed - Hell
The Lost Children-35. Black Keys - Lonely Boy
El Camino- -36
-36. Sixx A.M. - Lies of the Beautiful
This Is Gonna Hurt -37. Theory Of A Deadman - So Happy
single-38. Aranda - Undone
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