Could the guitar solo by Eddie Van Halen from Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” be the most recognizable guitar solo ever? What do you think is the most recognizable guitar solo ever?

Halloween is here, sprinkle your party with spooky tunes.

1. Monster Mash – Boris Pickett
2. Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.
3. Thriller – Michael Jackson
4. She Wolf – Shakira
5. Twilight Zone Theme – Neil Norman
6. Twilight Zone  – Golden Earring
7. Twilight Zone – 2 Unlimited
8. Running With The Devil – Van Halen
9. Zombie – Cranberries
10. Zombie Stomp – Ozzy Osbourne
11. Spider Webs – No Doubt
12. Frankenstein – Edgar Winter Group
13. Purple People Eater – Sheb Wooley
14. Bad Moon Rising – CCR
15. Haunted House – Jumpin’ Gene Simmons
16. Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon
17. Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield
18. Halloween Theme – John Carpenter
19. Bark at the Moon – Ozzy Osborne
20. The Blog – The Five Blobs
21. Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell featuring Michael Jackson
22. Deadman’s Party – Oingo Boingo
23. Devil with A Blue Dress – Mitch Ryder
24. Toccata & Fugue in D – Bach
25. Dracula – Rob Zombie
26. Halloween Head – Ryan Adams
27. Munsters Theme
28. Adams Family Theme – Vic Mizzy
29. Sympathy for Devil – Rolling Stones
30. Devil Went Down to Georgia – Charlie Daniels Band
31. Devils Haircut – Beck
32. Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
33. Evil Ways – Santana
34. (Everyday Is) Halloween – Ministry
35. Time Warp – Rocky Horror Picture Show
36. Pysco Killer – Talking Heads
37. Nightmare On My Street – Fresh Price and DJ Jazzy Jeff
38. Boogie Man – Rob Zombie
39. Highway to Hell – ACDC
40. Theme From Jaws – John Williams

Are there any we should add?

Recently, scientists have discovered that there’s more water on the moon than they had previously thought. So, does that mean one day we’ll have to update the Police song to "Swimming on the Moon"? In honor of this discovery, here’s our countdown of the Top 40 songs involving the moon:

1. Blue Moon – The Marcels
2. Bad Moon Rising – CCR
3. Moon River – Andy Williams
4. Fly to the Moon – Frank Sinatra
5. Walking on the Moon – The Police
6. Man on the Moon – R.E.M.
7. Harvest Moon – Neil Young
8. Sea of Tranquility – Book Of Love
9. Papermoon- Nat King Cole
10. Cmoon – Paul McCartney
11. Desert Moon – Dennis DeYoung
12. Luna – Smashing Pumpkins
13. Moonlighting Theme – Al Jaurreau
14. Dark Side of The Moon – Pink Floyd
15. Shame on the Moon – Bob Seger
16. Bark at the Moon – Ozzy Osbourne
17. The Terrace for Moonlight – Debussy
18. Shadow on a Harvest Moon – Everything But The Girl
19. Moon Dance – Van Morrison
20. Moonlight Serenade – Glenn Miller
21. Moonshadow – Cat Stevens
22. The Killing Moon-Echo and the Bunnymen
23. Blue Moon of Kentucky – Elvis Presley
24. Pink Moon – Nick Drake
25. New Moon Rising – Wolfmother
26. Dancing In The Moonlight – King Harvest
27. Theme to Moonracker – Shirley Bassey
28. Moonglow – Benny Goodman
29. Surfer Moon – The Beachboys
30. Eclipse – Pink Floyd
31. Tragic Moon Part II – Move23
32. Shoot Down The Moon – Elton John
33. The Sunny Side Of The Moon – Richard Cheese
34. Mr. Moon – O.A.R.
35. Moonlight Sonata – Midnight String Quartet
36. Moon – Kaiser Cheifs
37. The Moon – Cat Power
38. Moon – George Winston
39. Me and the Moon – Guy Mitchell
40. The Moon – Frank Wright

Do you have any moon songs to add to the list?

1. Cake
2. Meatloaf
3. Strawberry Alarm Clock
4. Flying Burrito Brothers
5. Taco
6. Taste of Honey
7. Hot Chocolate
8. Beatles (In some countries)
9. Chickenfoot
10. Whole Wheat Bread
11. Red Hot Chili Peppers
12. Tonic
13. Korn
14. Bread
15. Smashing Pumpkins
16. Mushroom Head
17. The Jam
18. Pearl Jam
19. Phish
20. Reel Big Fish
21. Peaches and Herb
22. Fiona Apple
23. Limp Bizkit
24. Cranberries
25. Bowling For Soup
26. Cream
27. Lemonheads
28. Vanilla Ice
29. Blind Mellon
30. Green Jello (Jelly)
31. Buckcherry
32. Hot Tuna
33. Humble Pie
34. Tangerine Dream
35. Bacon Brothers
36. Salt N’ Pepa
37. Uncle Kracker
38. Sugar Ray
39. Meat Puppet
40. Wild Cherry

Are there any bands named after food we are missing?

01. Happy Birthday – Guy Lombardo
02. For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow – Kidztown Kids
03. Birthday – The Beatles
04. 16 Candles – The Crests
05. Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen – Neil Sedaka
06. It’s Your Birthday – Luke
07. Happy Birthday Mr President – Marilyn Monroe
08. Happy, Happy Birthday Baby – Tune Weavers
09. Seventeen – Winger
10. 18 and Life – Skid Row
11. Thirty-three – Smashing Pumpkins
12. Happy Birthday Baby – Conway Twitty
13. Birthday Suit – Johnny Kemp
14. I Taught Myself To Grow Old – Ryan Adams
15. Grow Old With You – Adam Sandler
16. Year of the Cat – Al Stewart
17. My Next Thirty Years – Tim McGraw
18. 100 Years – Five For Fighting
19. Living Years – Mike and the Mechanics
20. Through The Years – Kenny Rogers
21. It Was A Very Good Year – Frank Sinatra
22. Young At Heart – Frank Sinatra
23. Remember When – Alan Jackson
24. Sixteen Candles – Sponge
25. One Wish – Ray J
26. Wishlist – Pearl Jam
27. When I Was Young – Animals
28. Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
29. I Wish I Was Eighteen Again – George Burns
30. I Wish – Skee-Lo
31. Weird Al Yankovic – Happy Birthday
32. You Make Me Feel So Young – Frank Sinatra
33. Sitting, Waiting, Wishing – Jack Johnson
34. Older – They Might Be Giants
35. The Older We Get – Hothouse Flowers
36. Forever Young – Rod Stewart
37. A Little Less Sixteen Candles A Little More Touch Me – Fall Out Boy
38. You’re Still A Young Man – Tower of Power
39. I Gotta Stay Fly – Three Six Mafia
40. Year To The Day – Van Halen

Summer is almost over, but summer wouldn’t be summer without the top 40 best tunes of the season. If you are looking to squeeze out the last bit of sunshine, then fill up your iPod with these tunes.

1. Wipeout – The Surfaris
2. Summer in the City – Loving Spoonful
3. School’s Out – Alice Cooper
4. Joy To The World – Three Dog Night
5. Surfin USA – Beach Boys
6. Stir It Up – Bob Marley
7. Sitting By The Dock In The Bay – Otis Redding
8. Summertime Blues – Eddie Cochran
9. Two Pina Coladas – Garth Brooks
10. Tide Is High – Blonde
11. Pipeline – The Chantays
12. I Can See Clearly Now – Jimmy Cliff
13. I Got You Babe – UB40
14. Breezin – George Benson
15. When The Sun Goes Down – Uncle Cracker
16. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini – Bryan Hyland
17. Sweat (A La La La La Song) – Inner Circle
18. Summer Nights – Grease
19 .Summertime – DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince
20. Summertime – Sublime
21. Remember (Walking in the Sand) – Shangri La’s
22. Hot Fun In The Summertime – Sly and the Family Stone
23. Summer Wind – Frank Sinatra
24. Iko Iko – The Belle Stars
25. Vacation – Go Go’s
26. Centerfield – John Fogerty
27. In The Summertime – Mungeo Jerry
28. Island In The Sun – Weezer
29. Walking on Sunshine – Katrina and The Waves
30. Boys of Summer – Don Henley
31. Summer Girls – LFO
32. Spill The Wine – Eric Burden and War
33. Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffett
34. Kokomo – Beach Boys
35. Magic – The Cars
36. California Girls – Beach Boys
37. Summer Breeze – Seals and Croft
38. Sailing – Christopher Cross
39. Surfer Girl – Beach Boys
40. Under the Boardwalk – John Cougar Mellencamp

Believe it or not, summer is half over, but its not too late to submit your favorite summer songs. Next week we’ll be counting down the best summer tunes! I always have a soft place in my heart for Summertime by the Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff. What’s yours?

Here’s the full list

Rolling Stone Magazine recently released their best 100 guitarists of all-time, however I thought it was incomplete. Below is my top 40 lead guitarists of all-time.

1. Eric Clapton  – Listen to Layla (Live)
2. Jimmy Hendrix – He did the Star Spangled Banner justice.
3. Jimmy Page – The tune the Ocean rocks.
4. Edward Van Halen – Eruption was big, but listen to Spanish Fly.
5. Stevie Ray Vaughan – Listen to Texas Flood.
6. Jeff Beck – Here is Freeway Jam (Live)
7. Joe Satriani – Listen to “Summer Song”.
8. Angus Young – Thunder Struck rocks! Watch it
9. Eric Johnson - Listen to “Cliffs of Dover”.
10. Brian May – He cranks of “Stone Cold Crazy”.
11. Peter Frampton  – He invented the Framptone. Listen to Do You Feel Like We Do?
12. Les Paul – He set the standard. Listen to “Moonglow”
13. Slash He jams on Sweet Child O’ Mine.
14. BB King – Bend your ear to the “Thrill is Gone”
15. Randy Rhoades  Here is his live rendition of “Iron Man”-
16. Kirk Hammit Crank up “Master of Puppets“
17. Do Biddley – Listen to “Who Do You Love?”
18. Steive Howe -Listen to “South Side Of The Sky “
19. Pete Townsend Check out “Pinball Wizard” -
20. The Edge - Listen to Vertigo
21. Duane Allman - Listen to “Statesboro Blues”.
22. Steve Vai  Listen to “I Would Love To”
23. Johnny Winter -Listen to Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo
24. Richie Sambora – Listen to the “Wanted Dead or Alive”
25. David Gilmour Listen to “Learning to Fly”
26. AL Dimeola – Listen to this tune.
27. Neal Schon – Great tune is Stone In Love, Listen…
28. John Lee Hooker – Boom, Boom, Boom is great tune, listen…
29. Jack White Listen to this tune Icky Thump
30. Johnny Lang – Listen to Still Rainin’
31.John Frusciante – Listen to Dani California
32 Alex Lifeson – Check out Working Man (Live)
33 Yngwie Malmsteen – He let’s it fly on Heaven Tonight
34. Lita Ford – Her best tune is Kiss Me Deadly, listen..
35. Zakk Wyle – He can play on Perry Mason
36. Rudolf Schenker from the Scorpions – Listen to Rock You Like A Hurricane
37 Dick Dale – Here is an example of one of his tunes “Misirlou”
38 Brian Setzer – Listen to tune Stray Cat Strut
39. Neil Zaza – He waxes it down on I’m Alright
40. Vito Brata – He jams on Radar Love

What is your favorite bass tune? Tunesmate is counting down the top 40 all-time most recognizable bass riffs.

1 is Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowe. Sampled by Vanilla Ice for Ice Ice Baby.
2 is the Peter Gunn Theme by Henri Mancini. This tune was featured in Blues Brothers.
3 is Akron Ohio’s own Devo with “Whip It”. Devo’s tune ruled MTV in the 1980s.
4 is the jazz classic “Rise” by Herb Alpert. It was sampled later by Notorious BIG in “Hypnotize”.
5 is Walk The Line by Johnny Cash. Joaquin Phoenix did a great cover in the movie of the same title.
6 is Low Rider by War, also the theme to the George Lopez Show! Crank this tune up!
7 is the tune Woman to Woman by Joe Cocker later sampled by Tupac & Dr. Dre in California Love.
8 is Disco Inferno by The Trammps. A retro dance night isn’t complete without this funky jam.
9 is Bulls on Parade by Rage Against The Machine. The bass is just so powerful on this tune.
10 is “Trampled Under Foot” by Led Zeppelin. John Paul Jones rocks out on this rock classic.
11 is Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees. John Travolta made this dance famous.
12 is Brickhouse by the Commodores. Every time you hear that opening riff, you know it.
13 is Tag Team’s Whoomp! (There it Is). The song transformed dance floors in the 1990s.
14 is Hang on Sloopy by the McCoys, it’s Ohio official rock song and OSU’s anthem.
15 is “Sugar Pie Honey Bunch” by the Four Tops.
16 is “Miss You” by the Rolling Stones. Believe it or not it’s been tearing up wedding dance floors.
17 is Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” recently in BK commercial. “Look at her butt Becky…”
18 is Spring Love by Stevie B. This artist established the beat genre of freestyle.
19 is NIB by Black Sabbath, an unforgettable bass lick. Ozzy and Primus’ Les Claypool updated it.
20 is Justin Timberlake’s “Rock Your Body” and “Moondance” by Van Morrison.
21 is “Killer” by Seal. This track off his first white album is killer.
22 is the 1993 classic “Cannonball” by the Breeders.
23 is “Stand by Me” by Ben E. King featured in the movie of the same name.
24 is “Summer Nights” by John Travolta and Olivia Netwon-John from Grease.
25 is “Another One Bites The Dust”. Weird Al did “Another Rides The Bus”
26 is “Higher Ground” by Stevie Wonder later covered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
27 is “On Broadway” by George Benson. Scott Savol of American Idol revamped it.
28 is from Hit The Road Jack made famous by Ray Charles.
29 is “Good Times” by Chic and later Rapper’s Delight by Sugarhill Gang, the first big rap tune.
30 is “Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson. It was later sampled in the “Cleveland Shuffle” line dance.
31 is Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry. When you hear that riff, it’s party time.
32 is You Lost That Lovin’ Feeling by the Righteous Brothers later covered by Hall and Oates.
33 is “Sweet Emotion” by Aerosmith. That steady bass line drives the song.
34 is “Lean on Me” by Bill Withers later covered by Club Nouveau
35 is Head to Toe by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam and 1980s classic.
36 is “Oh Pretty Woman” by Roy Orbison, later covered by Van Halen.
37 is the Humpty Dance by Digital Underground, Nose Big Like A Pickle….
38 is the Knight Rider theme by Glen Larson later used by Timbaland and Busta Rhymes.
39 is No More Tears by Ozzy Osbourne.
40 is My Girl by the Temptations

What is a nontraditional rapper? An artist that is usually excluded by critics and enthusiasts from hard core hip-hop. Tunesmate is counting down the top 40 tunes in this category.

1 is “Rapture” by Blonde. It’s considered the first No. 1 rap tune ever.
2 is “Without Me” by Eminem
3 is “Sabotage” by the Beastie Boys
4 is “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice
5 is “Epic” by Faith No More. Remember fish flapping in video?
6 is by Matisyahu called “King Without A Crown”
7 is “Numb” by U2. The Edge raps while Bono sings.
8 is “Good Vibrations” by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
9 is “Jump Around” by House of Pain
10 is “Pepper” by the Butthole Surfers
11 is “We Didn’t Start The Fire” by Billy Joel
12 is All Mixed Up by 311
13 is “Pardon Me” by Incubus – It’s rock meets rap!
14 is “In The End” by Lincoln Park
15 is Short Skirt/Long Jacket by Cake
16 is “Informer” by Snow
17 is Butterfly by Crazy Town
18 is Limp Bizkit with “Rollin.” – Fred Durst lets it roll.
19 is Weird Al with White & Nerdy. Back-to-back Al, I know.
20 is Weird Al with Amish Paradise
21 is Ride A Horse Save A Cowboy by Big & Rich
22 is the 1990s line dance crazy Macarena by Los Del Rio
23 is Remedy (I Don’t Worry) by Jason Mraz. His delivery does it.
24 is Istanbul by They Might Be Giants
25 is Cowboy Troy with “I Play Chicken”
26 is Baz Lurhmann’s “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)”
27 is Can’t Stop by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
28 is Wild Wild West by The Escape Club
29 is Spaz Attack by 2nu
30 is Scatman by Scatman John
31 is 1991’s Unbelievable by EMF
32 is Madonna’s Vogue.
33 is Falco’s “Rock Me Amadeus”. It features the Austrian rapping in his native language.
34 is another comedic treasure by the 2 Live Jews called “Oy! It’s So Humid”.
35 is the Bloodhound Gang with “Fire Water Burn” aka “The Roof Is On Fire”.
36 is Sally Pierce’s (Grandma) version of “Rapper’s Delight” from the Wedding Singer.
37 is “Tommy The Cat” by Primus. Les Claypool’s mouth goes as fast as his bass.
38 is “Roll The Bones” by Rush. Neil Peart does the rap in the middle of the song.
39 is “City of Crime” by Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd from the the 1987 Dragnet movie.
40 is “Rappin’ Rodney” by Rodney Dangerfield.