Top 1000 Songs #790-#781

#790 - "Pale Blue Eyes" - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground - The fourth of seven VU song son the countdown, "Pale Blue Eyes" is one of their more radio-friendly songs and one of the best ballads ever recorded.

#789 - "Hey Joe" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? - The first of nine Hendrix songs on the list, "Hey Joe" was one of the band's first hits and is one of the most famous cover songs of all-time.

#788 - "Man In Black" - Johnny Cash - Man In Black - The first of six Cash songs in the top 1000, "Man In Black" is his statement of purpose song, presenting the ideologies that fueled his music for 5 decades.

#787 - "Dirty Laundry" - Don Henley - I Can't Stand Still - The first and only Henley solo song on the countdown, "Dirty Laundry" is Henley's angry rant against the "Broadcast News"-ification of the news media in the early 80's. Of course, if he knew how bad it would get, this song would probably sound like the Sex Pistols.

#786 - "Run Like Hell" - Pink Floyd - The Wall - The first of fourteen Floyd songs on the top 1000, "Run Like Hell" was one of the band's biggest hits, but was a bit too straight-forward of a song to make it higher on the list.

#785 - "Shadow Of The Season" - The Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion - The third of six Screaming Trees songs on the list, "Shadow Of The Season" is one of Lanegan's most up-tempo songs with a great chorus that has more urgency than the average Trees song.

#784 - "No Surrender" - Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A. - The second of eleven Springsteen songs on the countdown, "No Surrender" features some of Bruce's best lyrics and a great chorus.

#783 - "Pattern Against User" - At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command - The first of three Drive-In songs on the list, "Pattern" wasn't one of their bigger hits, but it's one of the most intense songs the band ever made, and that's saying a lot for this group.

#782 - "The Denial Twist" - The White Stripes - Get Behind Me, Satan - The first of ten White Stripes songs on the top 1000, "Denial" is one of many piano-driven songs on their Satan album, and features one of the band's most intricate choruses.

#781 - "The Impression That I Get" - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Let's Face It - The first and only Bosstones song on the countdown, "The Impression That I Get" is one of my favorite ska songs. It's not saying much, but ska was pretty big in the mid-90's and this is just about as good as it gets.