Top 1000 Songs #480-#471

#480 - "Capital G" - Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero - The fifth of seven NIN songs on the list, "Capital G" is one of the best protest songs of the Bush Administration (and there have been A LOT) and serves as the centerpiece of their brilliant concept album, Year Zero.

#479 - "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I - The eleventh of twenty-four Zeppelin songs on the countdown, "Babe" has an epic heavy metal hook (which Chicago stole for their best song) and is just about as good as blues rock gets.

#478 - "Piano Man" - Billy Joel - The fourth and highest-ranking Billy Joel song in the top 1000, "Piano Man" is Joel's autobiographical masterpiece that paints a vivid picture of life in a Los Angeles piano bar for a man with far too much talent to spend time in such a place.

#477 - "We Will Rock You" - Queen - New Of The World - The first of six Queen songs on the list, "We Will Rock You" is the most famous stadium rock song in the world and is still used to this day to rile up crowds at sporting events throughout the world.

#476 - "Love Is The Drug" - Roxy Music - Heart Still Beating - The first and only Roxy Music song in the top 1000, "Love Is The Drug" is the crossover hit that made the band known to most of the people who have heard of them. They've made a lot of fantastic songs over the years, but this was their biggest and best.

#475 - "Hong Kong Garden" - Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Scream - The third of four Siouxsie songs on the countdown, "Hong Kong Garden" is the band's most radio friendly song (not that this means they got any airplay) and features their best beat and instrumental performances.

#474 - "Hungry Heart" - Bruce Springsteen - The River - The sixth of eleven Springsteen songs on the list, "Hungry Heart" is one of the Boss' best written songs as it turns a despicable cad who abandons his family into a sad figure of pity.

#473 - "Refugee" - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedoes - The ninth of seventeen Petty songs on the countdown, "Refugee" was one of the band's big breakthrough hits as they became one of the biggest acts of the 80's with their Damn The Torpedoes album.

#472 - "Fire Woman" - The Cult - Sonic Temple - The first of two Cult songs in the top 1000, "Fire Woman" was the band's most successful song and features their lead singer's brilliant histrionics at their peak.

#471 - "Bright Future In Sales" - Fountains Of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers - The first and only FOW song on the list, "Bright Future" is by far my favorite song by the quirky indie rock band because of it's great lyrics and chorus.