1000 Greatest Songs #890-#881

#890 - "The Needle And The Damage Done" - Neil Young - There's A World - The first of Neil's six songs on the countdown, "Needle" is a somber and haunting ballad that would only become more relevant as heroin became the drug of choice of artists throughout the 90s.

#889 - "All My Ghosts" - Frank Black And The Catholics - Frank Black And The Catholics - The first of three Frank Black songs on the list, "All My Ghosts" features yet another one of the brilliant hooks that have made him one of the most talented songwriters of his generation.

#888 - "Your Time Has Come" - Audioslave - Out Of Exile - The first of three Audioslave songs, "Your Time" is the last great song that the band produced before breaking up after only three albums.

#887 - "Simple Man" - Lynyrd Skynyrd - What's Your Name - The first of four Skynyrd songs on the countdown, "Simple Man" is now sadly associated with beer commercials and Shinedown, but before all that happened, it was best remembered as the best ballad that the band ever wrote.

#886 - "Welcome To Paradise" - Green Day - Dookie - The first of nine Green Day songs, "Welcome" is the first of a couple songs from Dookie and featured all of Green Day's signature marks, a great hook and a fantastic chorus.

#885 - "Yesterdays" - Guns N Roses - Use Your Illusion II - The first of eight GNR songs to make the list, "Yesterdays" was never a big hit, but I received the single as a Christmas gift and it's always been a favorite of mine.

#884 - "So Says I" - The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow - The first of three songs by the Shins on the list, "So Says I" is yet another brilliant indie pop song from the current champs of the genre.

#883 - "Rock And Roll" - The Velvet Underground - Loaded - The third of seven Velvet songs to make the list, I first heard this song as a cover by Perry Farrell and liked it enough to look up the original, which is even better. Lou Reed at his finest.

#882 - "Heaven Beside You" - Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains - The first of eight Alice songs on the countdown, "Heaven Beside You" is one of the best songs off of the last true Alice album before the band fell apart.

#881 - "Peace Frog" - The Doors - The Morrison Hotel - The second of ten Doors songs to make the song, "Peace Frog" is perhaps the most un-Doors-like song to ever become a hit. Of course, it was on one of their last albums when the band had pretty much broken up, but still.