#320 - "The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead" - XTC - Nonsuch - #1/2 - The atheists in XTC wrote this song as an allegory for the life of Christ... if he lived today and as far as I can tell what happens in this song is exactly what would have actually happened... with a better chorus.
#319 - "White Riot" - The Clash - The Clash - #9/18 - Probably the most straight-forward punk song that the Clash ever recorded, "White Riot" is a short and fast burst of angst and rage.
#318 - "American Woman" - The Guess Who - American Woman - #2/2 - The best version of this song features a short introduction before ripping into the legendary guitar riff and the lyrics of one of the angriest classic rock song ever written.
#317 - "Sweet Child O' Mine" - Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction - #4/8 - The biggest hit of the band's career, "Sweet Child" has yet another fantastic guitar riff and solo from Slash and another of Axl's psychotic breakdowns towards the end.
#316 - "Cat Scratch Fever" - Ted Nugent - Out Of Control - #2/2 - If you enjoy deciphering subtle messages that are carefully inserted throughout the underlying theme of a song, this is the wrong fucking song for you. The Nuge's best song is one of the most thump-you-over-the -head obvious classic rock songs of them all as Uncle Ted doesn't beat around the bush the way that "Walk This Way" does, but doesn't quite come out and spell it out for you either.
#315 - "Seconds" - U2 - War - #10/16 - One of the more obscure brilliant U2 songs, this song is actually tucked between "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "New Year's Day" on the band's first great album. A highlight is the call and repeat in the middle of the song.
#314 - "Times Like These" - The Foo Fighters - One By One - #9/10 - Many people prefer the acoustic version, but I like the fury and anguish expressed in Dave Grohl's voice in the original version. I'm used to hearing Dave shred his vocals, but the raw emotion bleeds all over the last time through the chorus of this song.
#313 - "Walking Contradiction" - Green Day - Insomniac - #8/9 - It's not one of Green Day's biggest hits, but their songwriting never got better than this song off of the band's underappreciated second major-label album.
#312 - "Venus" - Television - Marquee Moon - #3/3 - Another great song from another overlooked 70's band as "Venus" is one of the most influential songs of the punk era without ever getting any of the appreciation that it deserves.
#311 - "Whole Lotta Love" - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II - #14/24 - Led Zeppelin's only top 10 hit (though that has a lot to do with the decision to not release "Stairway To Heaven" as a single) , "Whole Lotta Love" was the song that made Led Zeppelin the biggest band in the world.
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