What are some songs that, right off the bat, make you go.. "Yup. This is awesome."..?

(((Sheep))) !!!! Your taste in music is as eclectic as mine! I LOVE the Iron Maiden, Black Sab and Trower links! Here are a few random examples of my idea of epicness:

First off, The Who "Shakin' All Over/Spoonful" This is off of a 1969 bootleg and it sounds fantastic... what I wouldn't give to see this band when they were in their prime:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5SYtI2K5Vs

Godsmack "Rocky Mountain Way"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPi9w98Slhs

Alice In Chains "Rooster"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAE6Il6OTcs

Guns N' Roses "Estranged" Yeah, I know, everyone hates them but I will always love them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpmAY059TTY

A few others (Too lazy to look up links):

"Sanitarium" Metallica

"Epic" (of course) by Faith No More

"Bad" U2

"Seize The Day' Avenged Sevenfold

BA: I wouldn't call this starting off weak as hell, but this is an example of fantastic frenzy of ferocious epicness..this song melted my speakers:

"Hey Jude" Wilson Pickett/Duane Allman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y8Q2PATVyI

BA2: Yes, I have family and friends who've been hit hard but everyone is safe and still alive. I was only out of power for 24 hours so I consider myself extremely lucky in light of what could've happened.

BA3: PHARK!

EDIT-- @ Sheep - so glad you're OK and safe...original Jersey Girl here, still have family and friends down there, one house lost but everyone safe. What a mess.

@ ((((Bad Company)))) *jumps up and down, waving madly*

I get that feeling all the time. These are the most recent "yup this is awesome" moments I've had.

Lovely Lies by Love and a .38, Got It All by In Cahoots, She's a Blast by The Beautiful Bodies, Weatherman by Dead Sara, Devil by Well Hung Heart, G.G. by Lupine Bell, Cow Head by Cable35, Stayed Too Late by The LBians

Other bands you might like, These United States, The Coasts, Sleepy Kitty, Yusuf Azak, Allison Crowe, Sweater, Burning Shapes, Ryan O'Reilly, Barley Station, Ryan Spearman, Renee Wahl, Beth Bombara,

All can be found here: http://www.marsbands.com/genre/

There are a lot of good answers on here, and I like your list. But seriously, am I the only one who saw this question and instantly thought of Holy Diver by Dio??? The epitome of an epic metal ballad- starts off harder than a kick to the face and only gets more badass as the song goes on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkysjcs5vFU

And while I'm at it... Here's some more Dio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHkNl758-YM&feature... (Rainbow in the Dark)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEV4Tov1GBM&feature... (Last in Line)

Hi Sheep!

Victim Of Changes - Judas Priest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J9zyviTTmQ

epic song that no one ever mentions..Foreplay/Long Time - Boston http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTFD5DZwK7g

Van Halen - Beautiful Girls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD70bNDujQU love the intro

BQ: I can't think of one right now

BQ2: You, and there may be other contacts who were affected, I'm so glad you are ok.

BQ3: I'm guessing 50/50

Nothing Left - As I Lay Dying

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh-RgX_2U9w

Danger: Wildman - The Devil Wears Prada

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDP87BvZhqg

District of Misery - Oceano

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGS8vvQKg14

Terrible Lie - NIN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKW-fpx_Hw0

BQ: When The Wild Wind Blows - Iron Maiden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF7s1esAptg

Amazing song, but didn't care much for the opening.

BQ2: I lost power from Monday night till Thursday afternoon.

BQ3: Yeah right.

(((Kelly))) OMG, HIIIIIII KEEEEEELLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYY :D

Freedom Rock - Frank Black

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx8Q6hisODo

BQ: Can't really think of one at the moment

BQ2: Nope

BQ3: Don't eat the yellow stuff

I Feel Free by Cream (oooh yea the beginning to this song is probably the best ever)

Romantic Rights by Death From Above 1979

White Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes

Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix Experience

Hustle and Cuss by The Dead Weather (dat bass)

Queen Jane Approximately by Bob Dylan (dat piano)

Kick Out the Jams by MC5

The National Anthem by Radiohead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-7MeqSIj4E

I'm The Man Who Loves You by Wilco

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sICCvG4peps

Start To Move by Wire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01IVvylVuqo

Tired Of Sex by Weezer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu2Dsnvk6M0

Schizophrenia by Sonic Youth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf2qYa8c-cA

Add It Up by The Violent Femmes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKns87v96qs

The Great Curve by The Talking Heads

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW1IqW6kNdU

The Seed (2.0) by The Roots

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojC0mg2hJCc

Drive Slow by Kanye West

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqsrVatoTgc

House Of Flying Daggers by Raekwon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2EB9hIKKho

BQ: Just listening to it right now. Poor Places by Wilco does not have a terrible opening, but the end, especially when you hear "yankee hotel foxtrot". Don't know why, but it's just amazing, especially the piano loop, the guitar twang and drumming. Then you get this airplane sound affect and it ends the song beautifully.

BQ2: Thankfully, no.

BQ3: Ha. We're in the 70's right now. But apparently, it's supposed to get to the 40's for the rest of the week :/

EDIT: Wow, i'm glad you're okay. I had some family affected there, they said the last week has nothing but pure boredom/devastation at the same time.

"Hearts Burst into fire" BFMV (nice guitar riff in the beginning)

"Tears Don't Fall" BFMV

"Never enough" Epica

"Wildfire Season" Crimfall

"By the Pain I see in Others" Opeth

"Weatherman" Dead Sara

"Holy Wars" Megadeath

"I will not bow" Breaking Benjamin

"Break Stuff" Limp Bizkit

"The Night" Disturbed

...and there's a whole bunch more, but I don't feel like listing all of them out XD

BQ- "You're a Lie" by Slash. Starts of really slow but then the chorus is great.

BQ2- I know some users who have been affected by the winds but they weren't in the big parts of the storm, and I have family that felt passing by. So, in their case, lucky lol

BQ3- WANT SOME!!! D:

1 - The Four Horsemen - Metallica

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYKhHGp-cqA

2 - Cry For The Moon - Epica

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPj5PWgmcLk

3 - Hellbound Train - Savoy Brown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hNjxJCXfis

4 - Smokestack Lightning - Howlin Wolf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ri7TcukAJ8

5 - Fear of The Dark - Iron Maiden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nba3Tr_GLZU

6 - Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G5pIta5CNU

7 - Man On Silver Mountain - Rainbow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9nfVrusSMg

8 - The Times They Are A Changing - Bob Dylan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCWdCKPtnYE

9 - Cry Baby - Janis Joplin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDIaDS9HhMw

10 - Gypsy Eyes - Jimi Hendrix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvAiZI0WyyM