Monday, March 3, 2008

Top 1000 Songs #620-#611

#620 - "Handle With Care" - The Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 - The first and only Wilburys song on the list, "Handle With Care" is the biggest hit for the ultimate supergroup, combining the country rock styles of members Petty and Dylan with the vocals of Harrison and Orbison. Oh, and the lead singer of ELO is hanging out there too.

#619 - "Dimension" - Wolfmother - Wolfmother - The third and final Wolfmother song on the countdown, "Dimension" features a monster riff and that Sabbath/Zeppelin vocals that you just can't find anywhere else.

#618 - "Life In The Fast Lane" - The Eagles - Hotel California - The third of four Eagles songs in the top 1000, "Life In The Fast Lane" is the closest that the band came to a straight-up rock song with it's cutting lyrics and tremendous riff.

#617 - "Me And Bobby McGee" - Janis Joplin - Pearl - The first of three Joplin songs on the countdown, "Bobby McGee" is a cover of Kris Kristofferson's country classic and the only Janis song to hit #1.

#616 - "Man On The Moon" - R.E.M. - Automatic For The People - The fourth of twelve R.E.M. songs on the list, "Man" is one of the band's biggest hits and is about the legendary comic Andy Kaufman.

#615 - "Road To Joy" - Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning - The third of four Bright Eyes songs on the countdown, "Road To Joy" presents an indie folk emo hybrid performed to a sped-up version of the old classical music tune it stole it's name from.

#614 - "Kiss From A Rose" - Seal - One Night To Remember - The first and only song by seal on the list, "Kiss From A Rose" was one of the highlights of Batman Forever and definitely the peak of Seal's career.

#613 - "Even Flow" - Pearl Jam - Ten - The sixth of twenty-five Pearl Jam songs in the top 1000, "Even Flow" is one of the fastest songs in Pearl Jam's catalog and one of the first songs to solidify their reputation as a band with incomprehensible lyrics.

#612 - "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" - Elton John - Caribou - The third of eight Elton John songs on the countdown, "Don't Let" is one of Elton's greatest ballads with one of his best choruses.

#611 - "Lit Up" - Buckcherry - Buckcherry - The third and highest-charting Buckcherry song on the list, "Lit Up" is one of the last great Mainstream rock songs as the cocaine loving band carries the torch of Guns N Roses into the new millennium.

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