431. William, It Was Really Nothing: The Smiths- This is the Smiths' best work. It's about teen sex and a love triangle. Morrisey is particularly tortured here.
432. American Idiot: Green Day-Green Day branches out and ends up getting compared with the Clash. The American Idiot album captured the zeitgeist of the time better than any other album.
433. Tumbling Dice: The Rolling Stones-Mick thought the song was weak. Audiences love it.
434. Smoke on the Water: Deep Purple- Greatest riff of all time.
435. New Year's Day: U2- This made U2 stars and demonstrated their progression out of the New Wave/post punk movement.
436. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love: Solomon Burke- Another Blues Brothers hit.
437. (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais: The Clash- The Clash branch out from punk and become the "only band that matters." Using reggae, the song's themes include anti-racism and a tirade against selling out.
438. Ain't That a Shame: Fats Domino- Just an awesome song.
439. Midnight Train to Georgia: Gladys Knight and the Pips- I am amazed at the staying power of this song. Must have been huge in the fall of 1973.
440. Ramble On: Led Zeppelin- Who would have thought groupies and Lord of the Rings would go together?
441. Mustang Sally: Wilson Pickett- This is just great.
442. Alone Again Or: Love- Another one that I never would have included.
443. Beast of Burden: The Rolling Stones- The most overrated Stones song.
444. Love Me Tender: Elvis Presley-This one puts me to sleep.
445. I Wanna Be Your Dog: The Stooges- The essence of rock is in this song.
446. Push It: Salt n Peppa- Not sure why this is here.
447. Pink Houses: John Cougar Mellencamp- An eighties version of "This Land is Your Land."
448. In da Club: 50 Cent- OVER-RATED
449. Come Go With Me: The Dell Vikings-The Dell-Vikings were the first successful multiracial group which is probably why this made the cut.
450. I Shot the Sheriff: Bob Marley and the Wailers- I shot the sheriff sounds better than the original title "I Shot the Police." It makes it an outlaw song as well as a protest song and hence less objectionable. I find the vocals amusing.
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