Top 1000 Songs #360-#351

#360 - "Glory Days" - Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A. - #8/11 - Springsteen paints a vivid portrait of the failed dreams of a group of people who peaked in high school and had to deal with the disappointment of knowing that their best days were behind them.

#359 - "Say It Ain't So" - Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album) - #5/5 - Weezer's greatest song features a fantastic guitar solo and their typically sharp lyrics throughout.

#358 - "Bullet In The Head" - Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - #6/12 - It's hard to believe, but Rage Against The Machine pretty much debuted as the best band in the world and this is yet another great song from their brilliant debut album.

#357 - "Blind" - Korn - Korn - #3/3 - Korn's greatest achievement, "Blind" is also their first single and one of if not the greatest nu-metal song ever written (not that this is saying much). The highlight of the song is the breakdown towards the end, which foreshadowed Korn's style for the next 10 years plus.

#356 - "Watching The Detectives" - Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True - #4/11 - Elvis' spite-filled hate letter to a former girlfriend who preferred watching television to spending time with him hides it's angry message behind a typically upbeat and pop-friendly tone that became Elvis' calling card throughout the years.

#355 - "Don't Stand So Close To Me" - The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta - #4/5 - Among the Police's best hits, "D0n't Stand" tells a vivid story of an affair between a teacher and his student and features one of the band's best choruses.

#354 - "On The Darkside" - John Cafferty And The Beaver Brown Band - Eddie And The Cruisers Soundtrack - #1/1 - Cafferty's Springsteen soundalike was the only hit that the band had, but it was a classic example of 80's classic rock and it's sound has been borrowed far and wide, most recently by The Arcade Fire.

#353 - "Touch Me" - The Doors - The Soft Parade - #8/10 - The weirdest of the Doors' hits, "Touch Me" was a rock song presented in a crooner style and yet it somehow worked.

#352 - "Black Velvet" - Allanah Miles - Allanah Miles - #1/1 - A dynamic vocal performance on a really well-written song led many to believe that Miles was well on her way to a long and productive career. She wasn't and though this song was outstanding she never had another hit.

#351 - "Marquee Moon" - Television - Marquee Moon - #2/3 - One of the first great alternative rock epics in the era between the Velvet Underground and Sonic Youth, "Marquee Moon" set the '77 punk scene on it's ear, introducing new styles and techniques while still maintaining a simplicity that seemed true to it's roots in the new wave.