Monday, April 7, 2008

Top 1000 Songs #520-#511

#520 - "Children Of The Revolution" - T. Rex - Tanx - The first of two T. Rex songs on the list, "Children" is one of the great glam rock songs of all-time, as the band hit it's theatrical peak with this classic.

#519 - "No Woman, No Cry" - Bob Marley - Legend - The first and only Marley song on the countdown, "No Woman" is the greatest reggae song ever written and one of the best songs of the 70's.

#518 - "Down By The Water" - P.J. Harvey - To Bring You My Love - The third of four Harvey songs in the top 1000, "Water" is one of the darkest indie rock songs of the 90's and features Harvey as she tears through her apocalyptic lyrics.

#517 - "Last Nite" - The Strokes - Is This It - The third and highest ranking Strokes song on the countdown, "Last Nite" was the band's first big hit and by far their most successful with it's pulsing beat and brilliant chorus.

#516 - "Daughter" - Pearl Jam - Vs. - The 11th of twenty-five Pearl Jam songs on the list, "Daughter" was the band's first big hit off their second and best album. It's not their best ballad, but it was representative of the band at it's all-time peak.

#515 - "You Get What You Give" - The New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed, Too - The first and only New Radicals song in the top 1000 is also their only hit. I don't know why they didn't achieve any further level of success. After all, ripping off U2's sound hasn't hurt Coldplay's career. Maybe it was that lameass "Beck and Hanson" verse at the end of the song.

#514 - "Crash Into Me" - The Dave Matthews Band - Crash - The third and highest-charting DMB song on the countdown, "Crash" was the band's breakthrough hit and by far the best adult contemporary song of the modern rock scene.

#513 - "Closer To The Heart" - Rush - A Farewell To Arms - The first of three Rush songs on the list, "Closer" was one of the band's first hits and is among their best written and most philosophical.

#512 - "Verse Chorus Verse" - Nirvana - Assorted - The fourth of fifteen Nirvana songs on the countdown, "Verse" was never released on an official Nirvana album, but it's one of their catchiest songs and features some of the band's best verses and... umm... chorus.

#511 - "Champagne Supernova" - Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory - The third of six Oasis songs on the list, "Supernova" was one of the band's biggest hits and showcases the band at their most Beatle-ist.

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