Top 1000 Songs #880-#871

#880 - "Hard To Explain" - The Strokes - Is This It - The first of three songs by the Strokes on the list, "Hard To Explain" was the band's follow-up to their breakthrough hit "Last Nite". It also features one of the longest choruses in rock history.

#879 - "Once" - Pearl Jam - Ten - The second of twenty-five Pearl Jam songs in the top 1000, "Once" was never a single or a radio hit, but it's one of my favorite songs on Ten and one of the most up-tempo PJ songs.

#878 - "Crash" - The Primitives - Bombshell - The first and only song by the Primitives on the list, "Crash" is one of many songs on the "Dumb & Dumber" soundtrack to make the list.

#877 - "Thank You" - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II - The first of twenty-four Zeppelin tunes to make the list, "Thank You' is one of my favorite ballads by the band.

#876 - "For The Movies" - Buckcherry - Buckcherry - The second of three Buckcherry songs to make the countdown, "For The Movies" is a slower song by the standards of the band, but it features one of the best choruses of all Modern Rock.

#875 - "Gloria" - Them - Them Featuring Van Morrison - The first of three Van Morrison songs on the countdown, "Gloria" is one of the staple songs of the garage rock era.

#874 - "Buddy Holly" - Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album) - The first of five Weezer songs in the top 1000, "Buddy Holly" is the song that broke the band through to the mainstream. Though it's not the best song on the album, it was by far the most popular thanks to it's hilarious video.

#873 - "Optimistic" - Radiohead - Kid A - The first of eight Radiohead songs on the countdown, "Optimistic" is one of the few songs from the band's last few albums to make my list. The song is much more up-tempo and accessible than the band's recent moves into electronica.

#872 - "Closing Time" - Leonard Cohen - The Future - The first of three Cohen songs to make the charts, "Closing Time" is a bit on the long side, but it paints one of the most vivid pictures of a place in musical history (the only major competition being "Piano Man").

#871 - "Righteously" - Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears - The first of two Lucinda Williams songs on the countdown, I first heard this song on an episode of "Alias", one of the first shows to focus on an indie rock soundtrack. Lucinda is one of the best artists in the alt country genre.