Sunday, January 13, 2008

Top 1000 Songs #800-#791

#800 - "The Boys Are Back In Town" - Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak - The first and only Thin Lizzy song on the countdown, "The Boys" is a legendary classic rock song from the peak of rock n roll, the 70's.

#799 - "Funk #49" - The James Gang - Out Cold Soundtrack - The first and only James Gang song to make the list, "Funk" features one of the best and most famous guitar riffs in all of rock history.

#798 - "Movin' On Up" - Primal Scream - Screamadelica - The first of two Primal Scream songs in the top 1000, "Movin' On Up" is one of the best songs in all of Brit-Pop.

#797 - "All For You" - Sister Hazel - Somewhere More Familiar - The only Sister Hazel song on the list, "All For You" is usually mistaken for a Blues Traveler song, though it's lyrically superior and catchier than anything John Popper ever came up with.

#796 - "Comatose" - Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam - The third of twenty-five Pearl Jam songs on the list, "Comatose" is the best song off of their self-titled album that wasn't released as a single and the heaviest song Pearl Jam's recorded in the past decade.

#795 - "Trouble With Dreams" - The Eels - Blinking Lights And Other Revelations - The third and highest-charting song by the Eels, "Trouble With Dreams" is the best song on the band's brilliant last album.

#794 - "All Along The Watchtower" - Bob Dylan - Before The Flood - The third of fifteen Dylan songs, "Watchtower" is more famous as Hendrix's cover, but the original is still an early folk rock classic.

#793 - "Through Being Cool" - Devo - New Traditionalists - The second of five Devo songs on the countdown, "Through Being Cool" was never one of the band's hits, but it was one of their best-written and creative songs.

#792 - "99 Problems" - Jay-Z - The Black Album - The first and only Jay-Z song on the list, "99 Problems" is the best East Coast rap song ever written and also one of the best songs of the 90's.

#791 - "Talk Of The Town" - The Pretenders - Pretenders II - The first of five Pretenders songs on the top 1000, "Talk Of The Town" is a prototypical Pretenders ballad from the 80's, clever verses, great chorus and excellent sound through and through.

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