#920 - "Brighter Than Sunshine" - Aqualung - Strange And Beautiful - The only song in the top 1000 from Aqualung, "Brighter Than Sunshine" was so well-regarded by Blender magazine that they said it should have replaced "Fix You" on the latest Coldplay album. It would have fit in nicely, too, as it's one of the finest songs of the latest wave of Brit Pop, which is mostly artists that sound like Coldplay, which hilariously enough is constantly accused of ripping off U2 and Radiohead.
#919 - "Last Child" - Aerosmith - Rocks - The first of seven Aerosmith songs is from the band at their cocaine fueled best. Sobriety and a lack of quality would follow later on, but for a few years, the band was at the top of the musical world.
#918 - "I'm Waiting For The Man" - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico - The second of seven VU songs, "Waiting" is yet another druggy classic from the masters of druggy music and was featured prominently in the graphic novel "V For Vendetta", though not in the movie.
#917 - "Train Kept A-Rollin'" - Aerosmith - Get Your Wings - The second of seven Aerosmith songs on the chart, "Train" is Aerosmith's cover of an old blues song. I've heard several versions of this song, and this is by far the best.
#916 - "Don't Worry Baby" - The Beach Boys - Endless Summer - The first of four Beach Boys tunes to make the countdown, "Don't Worry Baby" is a breezy surf-rock love song, which was a specialty of Brian Wilson and the boys.
#915 - "Deathly" - Aimee Mann - Magnolia Soundtrack - The first of eight Aimee Mann songs on the countdown, "Deathly" is one of many great songs featured on Aimee's breakthrough work on the soundtrack to the tedious artsy-fartsy movie "Magnolia".
#914 - "Wake Up" - Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - The second of twelve Rage songs on the list, "Wake Up" is a typical call-to-arms from the Machine. The song was featured at the end of "The Matrix" in the final scene of the movie, that did not have two sequels. That's right, they don't exist, it was merely the robots trying to trick you into believing the theory is crap by making two terrible movies to discredit the first. And the robots are right behind you... right now! Boo!
#913 - "Jane Says" - Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking - The first of two Addiction songs on the list, "Jane Says" is a strange ballad about an abused woman. I believe the title of the song is a tribute to the Velvet Underground / Lou Reed tradition of naming songs with a woman's name and "Says".
#912 - "Detroit Rock City" - KISS - Double Platinum - The only KISS song to make the list (if you're curious, I despise KISS with the exception of this song, "Rock N Roll All Nite" and "Calling Dr. Love" because they were the triumph of style over substance and ruined rock for 10 years by inventing hair metal), "Detroit Rock City" is a hooky novelty song with a great chorus.
#911 - "Mr. Harris" - Aimee Mann - Whatever - The second of eight Aimee Mann songs on the countdown, "Mr. Harris" is a song about a May-December romance that features the usual alignment of great lyrics and a brilliant chorus that are typical of Mann's work.
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