36. "Separate Ways" by Journey
And now for the most desperate of post-break up songs--the one where the guy accepts the fact that they've broken up for good, but he still professes to have undying love and devotion for the woman.
If this song had been written by a country-western singer (think Willie Nelson), it probably would have had a sad, slow tempo with some wailing steel guitar bits. But Journey is a ROCK band, so the song features a driving tempo with lots of angry bass and rhythm guitar. That isn't to say that the lead guitar doesn't wail. Neal Schon knows how to make it cry, alright. But it's an angry wail.
The video features lots of angry performances, too. There's angry air guitar, angry air keyboard, angry air drums, angry singing into the camera, and angry slamming of a fist onto yellow corrugated metal. However, the drummer is wearing a foosball t-shirt, so they can't really turn the anger dial up to 11--which is the exact level my anger was set at when I used to listen to this song in high school. But it's a solid 10 and 1/2, and that's why it is the highest-ranked Journey song on this list.
Question of the Day: What is that woman doing walking around the wharf in white high heels and a tight black skirt, and why is she wearing Eddie Van Halen's t-shirt under that white jacket?
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