Top 1000 Songs #850-#841

#850 - "We Can Work It Out" - The Beatles - Past Masters - The second of twenty-two Beatles songs on the countdown, "We Can Work It Out" was one of the last great songs for the band, as they brought in guest star Billy Preston to lend a hand.

#849 - "This Is Love" - P.J. Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - The second of four Harvey songs on the list, "This Is Love" is a raunchy blues rocker that's one of the wildest songs ever written.

#848 - "Diamonds And Guns" - The Transplants - The Transplants - This is the only song on the top 1000 for the Transplants, but it mixes all of the best elements of Blink 182 and Rancid to make by far the craziest and most potentially offensive song to eve be featured in a major commercial (and that includes "Lust For Life"!).

#847 - "Tuesday's Gone" - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Lynyrd Skynyrd - The second of four Skynyrd songs on the list, "Tuesday's" would be their best ballad if they didn't also write one of the greatest ballads of all-time, which we'll be seeing later.

#846 - "Politik" - Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head - The first of six Coldplay songs on the countdown, "Politik" is Coldplay's cynical take on, well, politics, presented with their trademark sweep.

#845 - "Ordinary World" - Duran Duran - Greatest Hits - The first and only Duran Duran song on the countdown, "Ordinary World" was by far the most grown-up song that the band ever recorded. They're still together, but they've never come close to this high-water mark again.

#844 - "Money (That's What I Want)" - Barrett Strong - Greatest Hits - The original and greatest version of this song is Barrett's only hit and only song on this list. An extremely important song in the history of blues rock n roll.

#843 - "Holidays In The Sun" - The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bullocks, Here's The Sex Pistols - The second of four Pistols songs on the list, "Holidays" is the broadest of their political attacks, targeting a large array of powerful figures rather than the concentrated focus of a "God Save The Queen".

#842 - "I Fought The Law" - The Clash - The Clash - The second of eighteen Clash songs on the list, "I Fought The Law" is a cover of the legendary 50's songs by the Bobby Fuller Four. The song is updated with machine gun guitars and a faster, much more intense pace.

#841 - "Only The Good Die Young" - Billy Joel - The Stranger - The first of four Billy Joel songs to make the list, "Only The Good" got Billy in a lot of trouble because of it's lyrics, but it's the beat and the incredible story that the song tells that makes it great.