Top 1000 Songs #410-#401

#410 - "Mercedes Benz" - Janis Joplin - Janis Joplin - #2/3 - In one of the most ironic moments in the history of music, Janis' anti-commercialism ballad was featured in an ad... for Mercedes Benz. It's a great song, but talk about missing the point.

#409 - "The Chain" - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - #7/7 - The top-ranking Fleetwood Mac song on the list, "The Chain" is the fifth song off of their legendary Rumours album and features the nastiest and best chorus the band ever put together.

#408 - "The Pot" - Tool - 10,000 Days - #2/9 - MJK and the gang's ode to hypocrisy in America's drug policy, "The Pot" is the best song on the band's latest album and easily the most radio-friendly song from the band in nearly a decade.

#407 - "Ramblin' Man" - The Allman Brothers - Ramblin' Man - #3/4 - The Allman's first big hit, "Ramblin' Man" is the closest the band came to a straight-up Southern rock song, as there weren't as many blues rock vibes in this song as in the band's usual songs.

#406 - "Stand" - R.E.M. - Green - #8/12 - One of the band's most popular song's, "Stand" was the song that, more than any other, solidified the band as the figurehead artist of the alt rock movement... until "Smells Like Teen Spirit" came along.

#405 - "Weapon Of Choice" - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81 - #2/3 - One of the best songs of 2007, "Weapon Of Choice" was never a hit on modern rock radio, but there really isn't any reason why not, as the song has great lyrics, one hell of a hook and a fantastic chorus.

#404 - "More Than A Feeling" - Boston - Boston - #1/1 - One of the biggest hits of the classic rock era, "More Than A Feeling" had a riff so legendary that Nirvana changed it a little and reinvented rock n roll 15 years down the road and a style that represented the top of the classic rock mountain... and inspired a thousand punk bands to make brilliant music out of disgust.

#403 - "Paradise By The Dashboard Light" - Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell - #1/1 - The most theatrical and over-the-top song on the countdown, Meat Loaf's epic rock opera is also one of the funniest songs ever written and Meat Loaf's vocals are off the charts.

#402 - "Pinball Wizard" - The Who - Tommy - #2/9 - That's the Who's original version, not the crappy Elton John cover, "Pinball Wizard" is the centerpiece of the first great rock opera ever put to LP and it's driving beat and wild vocals make it one of the band's best.

#401 - "Train In Vain" - The Clash - London Calling - #6/18 - The Clash's most popular song until Combat Rock came about, "Train In Vain" was actually a hidden track at the end of the band's greatest album, London Calling and is a departure from any of the band's previous styles or genres.