500 songs
Done at Last
The ongoing Annotation of the 500 can be found here.
See here for a more detailed explanation of how/why the list was made.
Note: In no particular order, except as they popped into my head, subject to change, contains MY favorite songs and is not meant to reflect good taste, talent or your views. If a song has an "annotation" button next to it, click on that button to read the reason why I chose that particular tune.
1. Night Ranger - Sister Christian 
2. Nine Inch Nails - Something I Can Never Have
3. Faith No More - A Small Victory
4. Cheap Trick - Surrender
5. Toadies - Tyler
6. Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway
7. Brand New - Soco Amaretto Lime
8. Tool - Jimmy
9. Type O Negative - Black No. 1
10. Mr. Bungle - Retrovertigo
11. Stabbing Westward - I Don’t Believe
12. Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck
13. Far - Waiting for Sunday
14. Led Zeppelin - Trampled Under Foot
15. Nick Cave - Straight to You
16. U2 - Out of Control
17. Anthrax - I'm the Man
18. Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonnaise
19. John Williams - Imperial Death March
20. Beastie Boys - Paul Revere
21. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
22. Penguins - Earth Angel
23. Alice in Chains - Would
24. Incubus - Redefined
25. Cream - Sunshine of Your Love
26. David Bowie - Space Oddity
27. Foo Fighters - Hey, Johnny Park!
28. Kiss - Rock and Roll All Night
29. Van Halen - Ice Cream Man
30. The Who - A Quick One While He’s Away
31. Iron Maiden - Two Minutes to Midnight
32. Faith No More - RV
33. Metallica - Battery
34. Misfits - Last Caress
35. Deep Purple - Highway Star
36. Slayer - Angel of Death
37. Pantera - Five Minutes Alone
38. Byrds - Eight Miles High
39. Black Flag - TV Party Tonight
40. Godfathers - Birth School Work Death
41. Flock of Seagulls - I Ran
42. Split Enz - I Got You
43. Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin’ On
44. Weezer - Only in Dreams
45. Pink Floyd - See Emily Play
46. Foghat - Slow Ride
47. Ice Cube - We Be Clubbin’
48. Clutch - Spacegrass
49. Yardbirds - Over, Under, Sideways, Down
50. Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
51. The Jam - Down in the Tube Station at Midnight
52. Butthole Surfers - I Had a Dream Last Night
53. Scorpions - No One Like You
54. Def Leppard - Bringing on the Heartbreak
55. Twisted Sister - Burn in Hell
56. Neil Young - Like a Hurricane
57. Fugazi - Waiting Room
58. Graham Parker - You Can’t Be Too Strong
59. Dead Milkmen - Watching Scotty Die
60. NRBQ - Me and the Boys
61. Down - Stone the Crow
62. Mad Season - River of Deceit
63. Candlebox - Far Behind
64. Sarah McLachlan - Possession
65. Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy
66. Ministry - Stigmata
67. Vision of Disorder - Jada Bloom
68. Marilyn Manson - Lunch Box
69. 10cc - I’m Not in Love
70. Clutch - Animal Farm
71. Commodores - Brick House
72. Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23
73. The Manhattans - Kiss and Say Goodbye
74. Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
75. Beck - Soul Suckin’ Jerk
76. Grateful Dead - Box of Rain
77. Jimi Hendrix - If 6 was 9
78. Elton John - Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
79. Howard DeVoto - Rainy Season
80. Freur - Doot Doot
81. King Diamond - One Down Two To Go
82. Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Parts VI-IX
83. Oasis - Champagne Supernova
84. Green Day - Hitchin’ a Ride
85. Slipknot - Wait and Bleed
86. Machine Head - Old
87. Soundgarden - Drawing Flies
88. Quicksand - Thorn in my Side
89. Helmet - Unsung
90. The Clash - Radio Clash
91. Buzzcocks - What Do I Get
92. Husker Du - New Day Rising
93. The Specials - Gangsters
94. INXS - Need You Tonight
95. Propagandhi - Middle Finger Response
96. Lagwagon - Know it All
97. NOFX - Freedom Like a Shopping Cart
98. Johnny Cash - 13
99. Danzig - Going Down To Die
100. Todd Rundgren - Hello, It’s Me
101. Duran Duran - Planet Earth
102. Genesis - Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
103. Glassjaw - Piano
104. REM - South Central Rain
105. Five Satins - In The Still of the Night
106. Aztec Camera - Walk Out To Winter
107. Lovage - Anger Management
108. Queen - Killer Queen
109. Rage Against the Machine - Renegades of Funk (cover song)
110. Fear Factory - Resurrection
111. Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon
112. Urge Overkill - Sister Havana
113. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
114. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart Again
115. Faith No More - Ashes to Ashes
116. The Smiths - This Charming Man
117. The Smiths - How Soon is Now
118. White Zombie - Thunder Kiss ‘65
119. S.O.D. - March of the SOD
120. Life of Agony - River Runs Red
121. Ataris - Last Song I Will Ever Write About a Girl
122. Mr. T. Experience - Swiss Army Girlfriend
123. Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground
124. Stereo Mcs - Connected
125. Simple Minds - Waterfront
126. Radiohead - No Surprises
127. Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
128. Robert Palmer - Clues
129. Good Rats - Tasty
130. Joe Jackson - Got the Time (Anthrax version will also do)
131. Duran Duran - The Chauffeur
132. Replacements - Alex Chilton
133. Nick Lowe - I Love The Sound of Breaking Glass
134. Billy Bragg - New England
135. Gwar - Saddam-a-Go-Go
136. Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown
137. Little Feat - Fat Man in the Bathtub
138. Wire Train - Chamber of Hellos
139. The Damned - Alone Again, Or
140. Sweet - Fox on the Run
141. Shellac - Prayer to God
142. Hum - Stars
143. Our Lady Peace - Clumsy
144. Squeeze - Up the Junction
145. Boy Sets Fire - Rookie
146. Motley Crue - Home Sweet Home
147. Tom Jones/Art of Noise - Kiss (Prince remake)
148. Kermit the Frog - Rainbow Connection
149. Poe - Hello
150. Less Than Jake - Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts
151. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
152. Orgy - Stitches
153. Black Sabbath - N.I.B.
154. New Order - Tempation
155. Primus - My Name is Mud
156. Suicidal Tendencies - How Can I Laugh
157. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rollercoaster of Love
158. Sepultura - Refuse/Resist
159. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
160. Offspring - Bad Habit
161. Taking Back Sunday - Slow Dance on the Inside
162. The The - Uncertain Smile
163. Tone Loc - Funky Cold Medina
164. Taking Back Sunday - New American Classic
165. King Missile - Martin Scorcese
166. Hayden - As Bad As They Seem
167. Ben Folds Five - Army
168. Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
169. Guns n Roses - Mr. Brownstone
170. Depeche Mode - Question of Time
171. Brand New - Play Crack the Sky
172. Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
173. Soundtrack of our Lives - Dow Jones Syndrome -
174. Failure - Stuck on You
175. Queens of the Stone Age - Mosquito Song
176. Shriekback - Nemesis
177. Elton Motello - Jet Boy Jet Girl
178. Pixies - Where is My Mind?
179. Gravity Kills - Blame
180. God Lives Underwater - All Wrong
181. Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles
182. The Cure - Love Cats
183. Refused - New Noise
184. Bad Religion - Kerosene
185. Bigwig - Freegan (30 second song!)
186. Screaming Trees - I Nearly Lost You
187. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - I Believe I Can Fly (cover)
188. Simply Red - Money's Too Tight To Mention
189. Suicidal Tendencies - Alone
190. Coheed and Cambria - Blood Red Summer
191. Steve Forbert - Romeo's Tune
192. My Chemical Romance - Helena
193. Corrosion of Conformity - King of the Rotten
194. Crowbar - Planets Collide
195. Spacehog - In the Meantime
196. Toadies - Dollskin
197. Vandals - Christmas Time for my Penis
198. Anal C*nt - Chris Barnes is an Asshole
199. Six Feet Under - War is Coming
200. Echo and the Bunnymen - Killing Moon
201. Fantomas - Rosemary's Baby
202. Self - Trunk Fulla Amps
203. Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing
204. Cracker - Teen Angst
205. Local H - All the Kids Are Right
206. Love and Rockets - No New Tale to Tell
207. Breeders - Cannonball
208. Boston - Long Time
209. Pearl Jam - Black
210. Nick Cave - Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For
211. Rancid - Sidekick
212. Nine Inch Nails - Sanctified
213. Deftones - Be Quiet and Drive (acoustic)
214. Otis Redding - Dock of the Bay
215. Stranglers - Always the Sun
216. KMFDM - Drug Against War
217. Dionne Warwick - Walk on By
218. Social Distortion - Story of My Life
219. Van Halen - Eruption/You Really Got Me
220. Ray Charles - Georgia
221. Allman Brothers - Jessica
222. Ramones - Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio
223. Strapping Young Lad - Oh My Fucking God
224. Peter Gabriel - Red Rain
225. Fear - New York's All Right
226. Weezer - Say it Ain't So
227. Live - I, Alone
228. Tool - Eulogy
229. Boogie Down Productions - You Must Learn
230. Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
231. Jane's Addiction - Three Days
232. Slade - Run Runaway
233. Badfinger - Day After Day
234. Jay - Z - H.O.V.A
235. Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks
236. Roxy Music - Love is the Drug
237. Incubus and DJ Greyboy - Familiar (Spawn Soundtrack)
238. The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
239. Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife
240. Frank Sinatra - Summer Wind
241. Portishead - Sour Times
242. Prong - Snap Your Fingers Snap Your Neck
243. Clutch - Rock and Roll Outlaw
244. Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
245. Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't it be Good
246. Kurtis Blow - Basketball
247. ? and the Mysterians - 96 Tears
248. Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
249. Doug and the Slugs - Too Bad
250. The Kings - The Beat Goes On/Switch Into Glide
251. Life of Agony - Weeds
252. Paul Westerberg - Dyslexic Heart
253. Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away
254. The Residents - Bach is Dead
255. Elvis Costello - Watching the Detectives
256. Cult - Love Removal Machine
257. XTC - Mayor of Simpleton
258. XTC - Senses Working Overtime
259. Green Day - She
260. AFI - Smile
261. De La Soul with Teenage Fanclub - Fallin' (Judgment Night soundtrack)
262. Incubus - Make Yourself
263. Deftones - Mascara
264. Type O Negative - Everyone I Love is Dead
265. The Cure - Lovesong
266. P.I.L. - This is Not a Love Song
267. Comateens - Late Mistake
268. War - Why Can't We Be Friends?
269. Outlaws - Green Grass and High Tides
270. AFI - God Called in Sick Today
271. Bloodhound Gang - Your Only Friends Are Make Believe
272. Coal Chamber - Sway
273. English Beat - I Confess
274. Old Dirty Bastard - Baby, I Got Your Money
275. Limp Bizkit feat. Method Man - N 2gether Now
276. Todd Rundgren/Utopia - Just One Victory
277. Nirvana - About a Girl
278. AC/DC - For Those About to Rock
279. Thomas Dolby - Europa and the Pirate Twins
280. The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk
281. Alice in Chains - Over Now (unplugged)
282. Rammstein - Engel
283. Dead Virgins - How Do You Get to Waldbuams
284. Grateful Dead - Wharf Rat
285. Ultravox - Reap the Wild Wind
286. Pitchshifter - Genius
287. Spineshank - Stovebolt
288. Jim Carroll - People Who Died
289. Audioslave - I am the Highway
290. Anthrax - Black Lodge
291. Allman Brothers - Whipping Post
292. A Tribe Called Quest - I Left My Wallet in El Segundo
293. Jane's Addiction - Stop
294. .Public Enemy with Anthrax - Bring Tha Noize
295. The Who - 5:15
296. Black Sabbath - War Pigs (also Faith No More version)
297. Nine Inch Nails - The Day the World Went Away
298. Finger Eleven - Quicksand
299. Everclear -Santa Monica
300. Snot - Snooze Button
301. Pro Pain - Don't Kill Yourself To Live
302. Veruca Salt - Seether
303. Pist On - Grey Flap
304. Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
305. Smithereens - Girl Like You
306. Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
307. Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant
308. Kinks - Dedicated Follower of Fashion
309. The Jam - A Town Called Malice
310. They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul
311. Sponge - Plowed
312. Chevelle - Point #1
313. Cold - Bleed
314. Big Audio Dynamite - Sudden Impact
315. Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods
316.
317. Incubus - Idiot Box
318. Fear Factory - Replica
319. Rorschach Test - A Toast
320. Clawfinger - Two Sides
321. New Order - Shellshock
322. Brujeria - Sacrificio
323. Messhuggah - New Millenium Cyanide Christ
324. Sugar Ray - RPM
325. Korn - Dead Bodies Everywhere
326. The Doors - Tell All The People
327. Moody Blues - Go Now
328. Slayer - Stain of Mind
329. Biohazard - Five Blocks to the Subway
330. Monster Magnet - Negasonic Teenage Warhead
331. Fuel - Hemmorrhage (In My Hand)
332. Del the Funky Homosapien - Proto Culture
333. MC500ft. Jesus - If I Only Had A Brain
334. The Clash - Straight to Hell
335. The Alarm - The Stand
336. Big Country - Fields of Fire
337. King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
338. Andrew Sisters - Rum & Coca Cola
339. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
340. Oingo Boingo - Nothing to Fear
341. Blancmange - That's Love That It Is
342. Naked Eyes - Promises, Promises
343. Smashing Pumpkins - Zero
344. Eels - Novacaine for the Soul
345. Filter/Crystal Method - Trip Like I Do (Spawn Soundtrack)
346. Seven Mary Three - Cumbersome
347. Sick of it All - Potential for a Fall
348. Gary Myrick and the Figures - She Talks in Stereo
349. Choking Victim - 500 Channels
350. Drowning Pool - Bodies
351. Faith No More - Zombie Eaters
352. Gang of Four- I Love a Man in Uniform
353. Pete Shelley - Telephone Operator
354. Robert Hazard - Escalator of Life
355. The Mars Volta - L'Via L'Viaquez
356. Violent Femmes - Add it Up
357. Killing Joke - 80's
358. Anti-Nowhere League - So Fucking What
359. Sparks - I Predict
360. Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns and Money
361. Skunk Ananasie - Charlie Big Potato
362. Drain STH - I Don't Mind
363. Deftones - Feiteiciera
364. Faith No More - This Guy's In Love With You (cover)
365. Rush - Subdivisions
366. Tears For Fears - Pale Shelter
367. Ronnie James Dio - Rainbow in the Dark
368. Goldfinger - Rio (cover)
369. Danzig - You and Me (Less Than Zero)
370. ABC - Poison Arrow (obscure slow version)
371. Life of Agony - Let's Pretend
372. Rammstein - Stripped (cover)
373. Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine - Down With the Sickness (cover)
374. Al Green - Take me to the River
375. Ace Frehley - Back in the New York Groove
376. Supersuckers - Must've Been High
377. Q-Feel - Orbital BeBop (Dancing in Heaven)
378. Tin Tin - Kiss Me
379. S.O.D. - Milk
380. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
381. Bobby Darin - Beyond the Sea
382. Led Zeppelin - Tangerine
383. Acid Bath - Bleed Me an Ocean
384. Electric Hellfire Club - Killing an Arab (cover)
385. Prince - Purple Rain
386. Beastie Boys - Cooky Puss
387. Genesis - Supper's Ready
388. David Bowie - Sufragette City
389. Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
390. 1987 Original Broadway Cast of Les Miserables - Master of the House -
391. Richard Kiley/1965 Original Broadway Cast of Man of La Mancha - Impossible Dream (The Quest)
392. Vast - Last One Alive
393. Probot - Red War
394. Journey - Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'
395. Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Almost Cut My Hair
396. Bob Dylan - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
397. Bush - Glycerine
398. Limbeck - I Want It That Way (cover)
399. Michael Penn - No Myth
400. Soungarden - Kickstand
401. Emerson Lake and Palmer - Nobody Loves You Like I Do
402. Rush - Spirit of Radio
403. Jona Lewie- (You’ll Always Find Me In The) Kitchen At Parties
404. Translator - Everywhere That I'm Not
405. Mojo Nixon - Elvis is Everywhere
406. Sublime - Don't Push
407. Made for TV - So Afraid Of The Russians
408. Dead Kennedys - MTV Get Off The Air
409. The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
410. Hole - Violet
411. Yes - Yours Is No Disgrace
412. Yes - Heart Of The Sunrise
413. Korn - Blind
414. Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525
415. David Essex - Rock On
416. Queen - We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions
417. Nazareth - Love Hurts
418. Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
419. Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over til It's Over
420.Lovage - Archie & Veronica
421. Ism - I Think I Love You (cover)
422. Run DMC - It's Tricky
423. South Park - Blame Canada
424. Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack - King Herod's Song
425. Hair Soundtrack -Three Five Zero Zero
426. Black Label Society - Stillborn
427. APB - Rainy Day
428. OMD - Locomoton
429. Metallica - Bread Fan (cover)
430. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
431. Sepultura- Roots Bloody Roots
432. Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs
433. David Bowie - Heroes
434. China Crisis - Working With Fire and Steel
435. Nick Cave - The Ship Song
436. Faith No More - The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
437. The Clash - Magnificent 7
438. Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
439. Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumors
440. Thomas Dolby - One Of Our Submarines
441. English Beat - Save It For Later
442. Folk Implosion - Natural One
443. Peter Gabriel - I Go Swimming
444. Nick Cave - Papa Won't Leave You, Henry
445. James - Laid
446. Ministry - I Wanted To Tell her
447. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
448. Pink Floyd - Time
449. Police - Can't Stand Losing You
450. REM - Finest Worksong
451. Pete Shelley- Homosapien
452. Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock
453. Dashboard Confessional - Vindicated
454. Nine Inch Nails - The Only Time
455. Life Is A Rock - Reunion
456. Marilyn Manson - The Man That You Fear
457. Blind Melon - No Rain
458. Bad Religion - Infected
459. Misfits - Dig Up Her Bones
460. Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
461. The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another
462. Vandals - To All The Kids
463. Rick James - Superfreak
464. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message
465. Billy Joel - Summer, Highland Falls
466. The Troggs - Wild Thing
467. Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
468. When In Rome - The Promise
469. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
470. Snapcase - Typecast Modulator
471. Elvis Costello - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding
472. The Motors - Love and Loneliness
473. Turbonegro - Don't Say Motherfucker
474. Puya - Fundamental
475. The Cure - Boy's Don't Cry
476. Ramones - Teenage Lobotomy
477. Berlin - Metro
478. The Teardrop Explodes - When I Dream
479. Ochestral Manuevers in the Dark - Enola Gay
480. Housemartins - Happy Hour
481. B Movie - Nowhere Girl
482. Orange Juice - Rip it Up
483. Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
484. B-52's - Give Me Back My Man
485. B-52's - Dance This Mess Around
486. Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home
487. Lou Reed - Vicious
488. The The - This is The Day
489. Bill Nelson - Acceleration
490. Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused
491. Haircut 100 - Favourite Shirt
492. Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day
493. Meshuggah - New Millennium Cyanide Christ
494. Zebra - Tell Me What You Want
495. Don Maclean - Vincent
496. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
497. Pantera - This Love
498. Slayer - Skeletons of Society
499. Better Than Ezra - Good
500. Cranberries - Linger
501. System of a Down - Suggestions
502. Silverchair - Tomorrow
503. Queen - Somebody to Love
504. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone
505. Toto Coelo - I Eat Cannibals
506. Eben Ozen - AEIOU (and sometimes y)
507. Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
508. Weezer - Pink Triangle
509. Cypress Hill - Here Is Something You Can't Understand
510. Bruce Dickinson - Chemical Wedding
511. Nomeansno - The River
512. Static X - Love Dump
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