Top 1000 Songs #510-#501

#510 - "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Want To Rock N Roll)" - AC/DC - High Voltage - The fourth of nine AC/DC songs on the list, "Long Way" is one of the epic "making it in the biz" songs of all classic rock and is such an iconic song that it was selected as the song to be performed at the end of the film School Of Rock.

#509 - "Molly's Chambers" - Kings Of Leon - Youth And Young Manhood - The first and only Kings Of Leon song on the countdown, "Molly's Chambers" was the band's breakthrough hit when it was featured in an ad for The Gap. The song is by far the band's most fun and their best written.

#508 - "All My Life" - The Foo Fighters - One By One - The seventh of ten Foo Fighters songs in the top 1000, "All My Life" was the band's first single off of what is widely regarded as their worst album. The chorus and the patented Foo Fighters screaming verse are the highlights for certain, as this is among the band's best.

#507 - "Hotel Yorba" - The White Stripes - White Blood Cells - The third of ten White Stripes songs on the list, "Hotel Yorba" was one of the band's first hits and features one of their most exciting choruses to date.

#506 - "God" - Tori Amos - Under The Pink - The second and highest-charting Tori Amos song in the top 1000, "God" is a poignant song about questioning faith and the status quo. It's not the best song with this theme, but it's still one of the most thought-provoking songs ever written.

#505 - "Been Caught Stealing" - Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual - The second and highest-charting Jane's Addiction song, "Stealing" was the band's biggest hit and the biggest alternative rock between R.E.M. and Nirvana.

#504 - "Personality Crisis" - The New York Dolls - Rock N Roll - The first and only NYD song on the list, "Personality Crisis" is the definitive proto-punk rock song. It's loud, it's technically flawed and it sounds like they grabbed some guy off the streets and let him be the lead singer. In other words... it's fucking awesome.

#503 - "Big Empty" - Stone Temple Pilots - Purple - The fourth of six STP songs on the list, "Big Empty" was the band's first truly great song as their own band versus the band that their label wanted them to be, "Big Empty" was also featured on the brilliant Crow Soundtrack.

#502 - "Wild, Wild Life" - The Talking Heads - True Stories - The third of ten Talking Heads songs on the countdown, "Wild" was one of the band's last great singles before they called it quits and split off into their own bands. I especially like the lyrics and chorus on this one.

#501 - "Beautiful Day" - U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind - The third of sixteen U2 songs in the top 1000, "Beautiful Day" was something of a comeback song for the band, who had mired in weird techno music for a few albums before they unleashed this Joshua Tree worthy track as the first single on their incredibly successful Leave Behind album. The chorus is among the band's best.