#160 - "Alive" - Pearl Jam - Ten - #21/25 - Pearl Jam's greatest guitar solo is contained towards the end of "Alive". "Alive" was also the first Pearl Jam song and one of their biggest hits.
#159 - "C'mon C'mon" - The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart - #1/1 - As one-hit wonders go, this is one of the best. A garage rock throwback that's also the theme song of Rescue Me and features one of the most intense choruses of all-time.
#158 - "Lithium" - Nirvana - Nevermind - #12/15 - One of Nirvana's first great songs, "Lithium" starts out very slowly and then builds to an intense, raging chorus.
#157 - "New Slang" - The Shins - Oh, Inverted World - #3/3 - The song that changed Zach Braff's life in the movie Garden State, "New Slang" is one of the key songs of the indie rock millennium with it's clever lyrics and sweeping chorus.
#156 - "Something" - The Beatles - Abbey Road - #16/22 - George Harrison didn't write many songs for the Beatles, but when he did, they were fantastic, as illustrated by this brilliant love song.
#155 - "I Wanna Be Your Dog" - The Stooges - Raw Power - #3/5 - Easily the best use of sleighbells in a rock song, "I Wanna Be Your Dog" was an iconic song of the proto-punk genre with its subversive lyrics and pulsing sound.
#154 - "Brown Eyed Girl" - Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl - #2/2 - One of the most memorable pop rock songs of the 60's, "Brown" is catchy and has a universal appeal that made it popular everywhere from classic rock radio to proms.
#153 - "What Is And What Should Never Be" - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II - #18/24 - The song starts out pretty slowly, but the chorus is among Zeppelin's best and one of the best minutes in all of classic rock.
#152 - "Let's Stay Together" - Al Green - Let's Stay Together - #1/1 - The all-time R&B classic to end all R&B classics, Al Green's greatest hit features great lyrics and one of the greatest choruses ever.
#151 - "Float On" - Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News - #4/4 - The song that catapulted them to the forefront of the indie rock song, "Float On" actually hit #1 on the Modern Rock charts, one of the few truly indie songs to ever achieve such a feat. The peppy song with quirky verses also served as a launching point for a new tidal wave of fantastic indie rock that has dominated the millennium so far.
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