#90 - "Loser" - Beck - Mellow Gold - #9/9 - The iconic slacker song of the 90's, "Loser" is a bizarre rap-folk hybrid that no one had ever heard before and no one has ever heard since. The lyrics almost seem free associated, but that's the charm of Beck.
#89 - "Revolution" - The Beatles - Past Masters - #20/22 - This is, of course, the rocked out version of the song rather than the version that appeared on the White Album. The song is insightful and exciting and showed that the Beatles could have lasted another decade if they weren't already falling apart.
#88 - "Janie Jones" - The Clash - The Clash - #15/18 - As debut songs go, "Janie Jones" was a knock-out punch of a hello, highlighted by lightning guitars and Joe Strummer's passionate singing, British punk was born with this strike from the blue.
#87 - "Monkey Wrench" - The Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape - #10/10 - What would be the band's best song became one of rock n roll's best songs with the insane shouting verse that Dave Grohl unleashes on the world, setting a bar so high that no karaoke performance will ever be able to do it justice. No artist has ever been a better at vocal-shredding than Grohl.
#86 - "Hurt" - Johnny Cash - The American IV: The Man Comes Around - #5/6 - There has never been a cover song as moving and significant as Johnny Cash's heart-rending cover of a decade-old Nine Inch Nails song. The song was the perfect cap to the career of one of rock's most important figures.
#85 - "Pump It Up" - Elvis Costello - This Year's Model - #9/11 - Elvis never got more adrenaline-fueled than on this rapid-fire punk New Wave missile launched from his best album. The throbbing guitar riff that drives this song is easily the most exciting of his career.
#84 - "B.O.B." - Outkast - Stankonia - #3/3 - One of the greatest rap songs ever written, "B.O.B." uses rapid-fire verses to build to an intense chorus. One of the best of the genre from the best rap group of the 21st century.
#83 - "Fell In Love With A Girl" - The White Stripes - White Blood Cells - #10/10 - The song that made The White Stripes the superstars that they are today was this two-minute adrenaline shot that announced garage rock as the dominant form of quality indie rock to this day.
#82 - "Dissident" - Pearl Jam - Vs. - #23/25 - The face-melting guitar solo that opens this song merges perfectly with the punk attitude Eddie Vedder delivers in the lyrics to make one of Pearl Jam's best songs.
#81 - "Paradise City" - Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction - #7/8 - One of the last great songs of the classic rock era, "Paradise City" has a wicked groove and great lyrics as it progresses from style to style utilizing more different switch-ups than any great song other than "Paradise By A Dashboard Light". Highlights include another classic solo from Slash and Axl's insane vocals. Also, what rock star dance is more well-known than the twisting and swaying move Axl uses in the video for this song?
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