Top 1000 Songs #380-#371

#380 - "Medication" - Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze - #11/16 - The leanest and meanest song on Queens' best album, "Medication" has an intense guitar riff and a storming beat throughout.

#379 - "Life During Wartime" - The Talking Heads - Fear Of Music - #5/10 - Among the band's many hits, "Life During Wartime" is possibly the bleakest dance song of all-time, as it's searing lyrics carve their way through the Reagan era of phony prosperity.

#378 - "Folsom Prison Blues" - Johnny Cash - Back To Black - #4/6 - The song that made country cool and made Johnny Cash the biggest star in the genre, "Folsom Prison Blues" invented an entirely new style of music and helped to inspire a multitude of attitude-driven styles in the future.

#377 - "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division - Substance - #2/2 - By far the biggest hit that Joy Division ever had, "Love Will Tear Us Apart" is the iconic post-punk song that along with Bauhaus' "Bela Lugosi's Dead" helped to launch a thousand goth rock bands in the early 80's.

#376 - "Son Of A Preacher Man" - Dusty Springfield - Greatest Hits - #1/1 - One of the greatest songs ever written, "Son Of A" features some of my all-time favorite verses and a fantastic chorus.

#375 - "Know Your Enemy" - Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - #5/12 - Featuring a guest vocal from future superstar Maynard James Keenan, "Know Your Enemy" was one of many outstanding tracks from Rage's debut album, one of the greatest debut albums ever made.

#374 - "Master Of Puppets" - Metallica - Master Of Puppets - #2/5 - Though the song sounds like two songs squished together, "Master Of Puppets" is actually one of the greatest metal songs ever written during the last great peak of metal as a genre in the early to mid 80's.

#373 - "Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of The War Drums" - #2/3 - A Perfect Circle - Emotive - The legendary Nine Inch nails collaborator Danny Lohner remixed a previously obscure album from APC's first album into this crunchy heavy metal monstrosity
which ranks among the most frightening songs ever recorded.

#372 - "Better Living Through Chemistry" - Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R - #12/16 - One of the first great QOTSA songs, "Better Living" is highlighted by a driving beat and great lyrics.

#371 - "The Dark Of The Matinee" - Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand - #4/6 - Another great chorus highlights yet another career highlight for the finest artists in all of indie dance rock.