Top 1000 Songs #220-#211

#220 - "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - #7/8 - For a piano driven pop star, Elton John came up with a couple song that genuinely rocked, and this one is the best, as it was even bad-ass enough to be covered by the likes of Kid Rock, who murdered it for it's trouble.

#219 - "The Killing Moon" - Echo And The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain - #2/2 - "The Killing Moon" was Echo's epic song and though it's been overlooked as a classic rock hit, the song's influence on modern alternative band is well-known.

#218 - "Changes" - Tupac Shakur - Greatest Hits - #1/1 - Shakur is widely regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all-time and this was easily his best song. Unfortunately for Mr. Shakur, he never did live to see a black President, though it looks like the rest of us will.

#217 - "You Really Got Me" - The Kinks - You Really Got Me - #1/1 - The opening riff on this song is one of the founding moments of rock n roll as the band that was years ahead of its time cranked out what would turn out to be their best and most well-known songs.

#216 - "Bomb Track" - Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - #9/12 - One of the first Rage songs was also one of their best as the song kicks off with a brilliant Morello lick and carries on through one of Zach's best rants.

#215 - "Rebel Rebel" - David Bowie - Diamond Dogs - #7/10 - Another of Bowie's great songs from the best period of his career (mid-70's), "Rebel" features sharp lyrics and a fantastic backing beat.

#214 - "Sexx Laws" - Beck - Midnite Vultures - #6/9 - Beck is well-known for his funky sound and it never got funkier than this late-90's hit.

#213 - "One Way Or Another" - Blondie - One Way Or Another - #2/2 - Blondie is best-known for their pop turn in the early 80's, but "One Way" is their best song and it comes from their New York days back when they were embracing New Wave rather than Disco as their musical base.

#212 - "Black Dog" - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - #16/24 - Zeppelin borrowed from the old Fleetwood Mac song "Oh Well" to create one of their most popular songs, the blues rock classic built around the riff from hell.

#211 - "Ty Cobb" - Soundgarden - Down On The Upside - #8/11 - Although the song has probably never been played on the radio, it's among the band's most exciting songs and one of the few driving and fast songs in Soundgarden's catalog.