The Best Of...The Worst Of...Judas Priest

What is the Best Priest song and the worst Priest song...and why for each choice.

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Permalink Reply by Wavey Dave on January 3, 2011 at 6:39am

Best?

Dissident Aggressor.. (for years and maybe even now it was the heaviest song Id heard - frightening)

closely followed by the likes of.. Evening Star.. You've Got Another Thing Coming.. Metal Gods.. Heading Out To The Highway.. Take On The World.. Desert Plains etc

Worst?

Johnny B Goode.. (for me it's just not Priest)

then.. Breaking the Law (because of the godawful video and the fact its the only one anyone else seems to know).. Lochness was pretty dire IMHO.. United (a good song unfortunately adopted by footy fans rendering it stoopid - much as I love footy)

Permalink Reply by Painkiller the Metal God on January 5, 2011 at 12:45pm

They don't have anything bad.

And calling Painkiller noise is just lol.

Permalink Reply by Majordad on April 23, 2011 at 10:39pm

The Best....Painkiller, Beyond the Realms of Death, Screaming for Vengeance, Heading Out To The Highway, Desert Plains, Solar Angels, just to name a few.

The Worst....Hot Rockin, Don't Go, You Say Yes,

Permalink Reply by The Stavemeister on August 31, 2011 at 8:53pm

Picking a best Priest song is hard, because so many Priest songs kick so much ass. My all-time favorite?? Headin' Out to the Highway, followed closely by Desert Plains. After a hard day at work, Grinder and Metal Gods sound damn good, as well as Hellion/Electric Eye, Riding on the Wind, and Bloodstone.

Coming up with a Priest song I don't like is hard. Only one song comes to mind, Pain and Pleasure. While I respect the sentiment Halford was expressing in this song, for some reason, I find this song annoying.

Permalink Reply by Rain Dan on September 30, 2011 at 4:03pm

Part of me is biased toward "Heading Out To The Highway" and "Hot Rockin' ", because MTV aired them REPEATEDLY, when we got cable in 1983!

Permalink Reply by Rain Dan on September 30, 2011 at 3:59pm

Best is "Painkiller", because it's downright POWER-PACKED!!! Also, it has a KILLER drum intro!! Worst is "Private Property", because it's WAY too commercial!!!