Whichever side you're on in the current discussion over gun control, the one thing that we should be able to agree on is that when u send your child to school in the morning, they should come home in the afternoon WITH NO MORE HOLES IN 'EM THAN THEY HAD AT BREAKFAST!
Girls With Guns - Tommy Shaw
Ah, who can forget the first member of Styx to go solo? In addition to a healthy dose of synths and leisure jackets with the sleeves rolled up, it is apparent from the expression on Shaw's face on the cover that he still hasn't gotten over having to act out Kilroy Was Here. Shaw's ode to gun-toting babes made it into the Top 40 and one episode of "Miami Vice".
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
No list of the best songs about guns would be complete without this Johnny Cash classic. The only thing that could surpass the studio version would be a live version sung at Folsom County Prison, which is exactly what happened in 1968. We were a little bummed to discover that the loud applause that follows "But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die" didn't actually take place during the concert, but was added during the mixing process.
I Shot The Sheriff - The Wailers
Is The Wailers version superior to Eric Clapton's, you ask? That's not for us to decide, but it is the one version that still sounds fresh after all these years. From Bob Marley & The Wailers' sixth album, Burnin', which never even broke the U.S. Top 100. Make of that what you will.
Bang Bang - Dr. Dre
Seven years after The Chronic, Dr. Dre had finally crafted his musical response to the unfounded word on the street that the former member of NWA had gotten soft. Dre's response wasn't just to serve up The Chronic Part 2, but to create a cinematic experience.
"Bang Bang" is easily one of the album's shining moments, yet was inexplicably overlooked when it came to choosing the album's four singles.
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Nancy Sinatra
Written by Sonny Bono, the song had been a hit for Cher in 1966, only to be covered by Nancy Sinatra later that year. Producer Billy Strange's guitar work is the secret weapon here, creating an evocative mood over which Sinatra is able to use every sultry trick in her book.
Quentin Tarantino would introduce a new generation to the song in 2003 by including it in one of the more gruesome scenes from "Kill Bill, Volume 1".
Bullet In The Brain - The Black Keys
From 2014's Turn Blue, this "bachelor lounge-meets-surf rock" stunner boasts an arrangement with a few surprises up its sleeve, proving the Black Keys are so much more than a one-trick-pony.
One Million Bullets - Sia
Originally released as a promo single in advance of her 2016 album This Is Acting, the song was then overlooked for release as a commercial single despite being one of the most impressive tracks Sia has written and recorded to date.
Though the singer's seventh album took its title from the fact that the album would be comprised of songs Sia wrote for other artists, "Bullets" is the only song that did not actually fit this criteria, but you can see why she chose to include it on the album.
Bullet Proof...I Wish I Was - Radiohead
We've always said that if anyone claims to be aRadiohead fan is unfamiliar with this track, or, for that matter, the band's second album The Bends, well, what you've got there is a poseur.
Anxious to prove themselves to be more than the band famous for the smash hit "Creep", "Bullet Proof" was one of the standout tracks on an album that Capitol Records all but gave away in hopes of helping the band escape the "one hit wonder" tag. Not to quibble, but maybe if they'd released this song as a single, things might have played out differently - not that things didn't eventually work out just fine for the band.
Bullet The Blue Sky - U2
From 1987's iconic The Joshua Tree, the song was initially inspired by a song by The Fall and demoed as a full-on rock song, but shelved until it was discovered on a cassette by Brian Eno, who then urged the band to re-work the song.
The song's ominous bass line juxtaposed against The Edge's lacerating guitar lines created the perfect backdrop for Bono to take the U.S. military to task for their involvement in Nicaragua at the time.
Love Gun - Kiss
Whether its the Amazon rain forest of chest hair or the existential between-song banter, Paul Stanley is an easy target for ridicule, but anyone looking for a prime example of Stanley at the top of his game as a writer, arranger, singer, rhythm guitarist and bassist need only fire up this track from the album of the same name.
Despite the song's modest chart success (it missed the Top 40 by about twenty slots), it remains the one song that Kiss has played on every tour since the song was released in 1977.
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