8. "Ladies & Gentlemen" - Blood Stained Love Story
The anthem songs to beat them all, "Ladies & Gentlemen" is the go-to Saliva song for most and the ultimate listening pleasure for those searching for a fan-to-band connection. Starting off Blood Stained Love Story with a monstrous bang of a song, "Ladies & Gentlemen" is, at its core, the definitive anthem song. The lyrics are intended, from the very start, to lure the audience and fans in and suck them into a hard rock vortex of fan-pleasing lyrical quips and paralyzing guitar solos. For an anthem song, it's so affecting that it managed to become a theme song for multiple media outlets (the NHRA and even part of commercial advertisement for the PS3). It's affecting in how it involves fans of not just Saliva, but of any source of inspiration and entertainment that they enjoy or love dear to their hearts. When I heard "Ladies & Gentlemen" for the first time, I suddenly knew I was listening to one of Saliva's most wildly inventive and fan-admiring songs of all time. And anyone who loves Saliva will share the same feeling.