Top 1000 Songs #600-#591

#600 - "Same Old Song And Dance" - Aerosmith - Get Your Wings - The third of seven Aerosmith songs on the list, "Same Old" features the band at their coke fueled peak, with great lyrics and classic riffs.

#599 - "No Excuses" - Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies - The second of eight AIC songs on the list, "No Excuses" is such a good acoustic song that some radio stations mis-labeled it as a Nirvana song. It's one of the best-written AIC songs as well.

#598 - "Highway To Hell" - AC/DC - Highway To Hell - The second of nine AC/DC songs on the countdown, "Highway To Hell" is the highpoint of the band's run with original lead singer Bon Scott and is one of the best metal songs of the 70's.

#597 - "In My Life" - The Beatles - Rubber Soul - The seventh of twenty-two songs in the top 1000 by the Beatles, "In My Life" was voted the best-written song of all-time by a critics organization, though I prefer a few other Beatles songs myself.

#596 - "Summertime Blues" - Eddie Cochran - Greatest Hits - The first and only Cochran song on the list, "Summertime Blues" is one of the all-time classics songs of the 50's and early 60's, featuring some of the early rebellious attitudes that would eventually lead to the British Invasion and punk.

#595 - "Going To California" - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - The fifth of twenty-four Zeppelin tunes on the countdown, "California" is the peak of Zeppelin's hippie phase and features fantastic lyrics and some of the best folk licks since Dylan went electric.

#594 - "Lady Madonna" - The Beatles - Past Masters, Vol. 2 - The eight of twenty-two songs on the list by the Beatles, I first discovered "Lady Madonna" as the theme song for the 90's show "Grace Under Fire". It features one of the best stories of any Beatles songs and a great chorus.

#593 - "Conservative Christian, Right Wing, Republican, Straight, White, American Males" - Todd Snider - East Nashville Skyline - The first and only Todd Snider song on the countdown, "Conservative" is one of the funniest protest songs ever written and a shot across the bow at the theory that all country singers are right wing republicans.

#592 - "Wild Horses" - The Rolling Stones - Made In The Shade - The second of twenty Rolling Stones songs in the top 1000, "Wild Horses" is the band's greatest ballad, as they ventured away from their bad-ass image to make a sweet country love song.

#591 - "Excitable Boy" - Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy - The first of two Zevon songs on the countdown, "Excitable Boy" is the exact opposite of a song like "Wild Horses", a grim but hilarious songs about an insane boy who does crazy things and murders people.