Top 1000 Songs #930-#921

#930 - "No Shelter" - Rage Against The Machine - Godzilla Soundtrack - The first of twelve songs for Rage is one of their very few contributions to soundtracks, this song features two of my favorite Rage lyrics:

"What ya need is what they sellin
Make you think that buyin is rebellin"

and

"Hospitals not profit full
Yet market bulls got pockets full"


#929 - "Take It Easy (Love Nothing)" - Bright Eyes - Digital Ash From A Digital Urn - The first of four Bright Eyes songs in the top 1000, "Take It Easy" is the best song off of the lesser of the two albums Bright Eyes released simultaneously on what is by far the greatest day in the band's career.

#928 - "Surrender" - Cheap Trick - Live At Budokan - The only Cheap Trick song to make the list, it was a tough call to choose only one song off of this excellent live album, but "Surrender" was the best pure rock song of the bunch.

#927 - "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" - Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde - The first of fifteen Dylan songs on the countdown, "Rainy Day" is the best display of one of the sides of Bob Dylan that rarely shines through in his music, his excellent sense of humor.

#926 - "Butterflies And Hurricanes" - Muse - Absolution - The second of five Muse songs and the second song off of their classic indie rock album Absolution, "Butterflies" has a typical Muse sound to it, which is to say it sounds like someone screaming while a building collapses around them.

#925 - "Time Won't Let Me Go" - The Bravery - The Sun And The Moon - The only Bravery song to make the list, "Time" is the closest the band has ever come in their never-ending race to top The Killers, who they will forever be linked to like Megadeth is to Metallica. The song has great lyrics and an excellent chorus. It's one of the best songs of 2007.

#924 - "Christine" - Siouxsie And The Banshees - Kaleidoscope - The first of four songs on the top 1000 for Siouxsie, "Christine" is yet another example of the style and sound that helped Siouxsie invent post-punk in the late-70s. They were never the most successful band in the genre, but they were always the best.

#923 - "Candle In The Wind" - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Although I considered disqualifying this song from consideration due to it's pathetic reappropriation in 1997, "Candle" (the first of nine Elton songs) makes the list due to it's original meaning and intent, which not even Elton himself could destroy, no matter how hard he tried.

#922 - "Butterfly" - The Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion - The second of six Screaming Trees songs, "Butterfly" is yet another brilliant Trees song with intricate verses and an awesome chorus. How they failed to become a huge success during the one period of time when mainstream audiences were willing to listen to good music (the 90's) is beyond me.

#921 - "Exhuming McCarthy" - R.E.M. - Document - The first of twelve R.E.M. songs to make the list, "Exhuming" features my favorite lyrics by the band (which says a lot!). The song is pretty obscure, but if you can find it, it's worth a listen for it's multitude of stab-shots at the heart of 80's-era yuppies.