Top 1000 Songs #750-#741

#750 - "I'll Stand By You" - The Pretenders - Last Of The Independents - The second of five Pretenders songs on the countdown, "I'll Stand" was the last great song that the band would ever record and is a departure from the band's usual sound.

#749 - "Breakdown" - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - The second of seventeen Petty songs on the countdown, "Breakdown" is one of the first great songs that the band released on their debut album.

#748 - "Tenth Avenue Freezeout" - Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run - The third of eleven Springsteen songs is one of the band's oldest, as it pre-dates their incredibly early 80's success.

#747 - "Take The Power Back" - Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - The fourth of twelve Rage songs on the top 1000, this one is a rap rock song with a political message... unlike all of Rage's, umm, other songs.

#746 - "Connected" - The Stereo MC's - Connected - The first and only Stereo MC's song on the list, "Connected" was the band's breakthrough hit. Of course after they broke through they went right back into their original packaging, but still.

#745 - "Dead Souls" - Nine Inch Nails - The Crow Soundtrack - The third of seven NIN songs on the countdown, "Dead Souls" is far and away the best Joy Division cover ever produced and a great song from a great album in it's own right.

#744 - "Big Yellow Taxi" - Joni Mitchell - Dreamland - The first and only Joni Mitchell song on the list, "Big Yellow Taxi" is the singer-songwriter's best folk song and it's managed to survive all the years despite the multitude of horrific covers by the likes of the Counting Crows.

#743 - "Take Me To The River" - The Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food - The first of ten Talking Heads songs in the top 1000, "Take Me To The River", a cover of the Al Green classic, was the song that took the band from NYC clubs to the mainstream.

#742 - "Walk" - Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power - The first and only Pantera song on the list, "Walk" is the band's most radio-friendly song and easily their best written.

#741 - "Saving Grace" - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Highway Companion - The third of seventeen Petty songs on the countdown, "Saving Grace" borrows the Bo Diddley riff and uses it to kick off an album of road songs that would represent Petty's 500th consecutive brilliant album.