Well, I saw that Rolling Stone was publishing their "Top 500" songs of all time, so I figured I would work up my own, but just didn't get around to it. Then, I saw Michele had started posting hers, and knew I had to get on the ball. These are *my* thoughts on the best 1,000 songs, as per those I've actually ever heard without just listening to them for the purpose of this exercise. Trash 'em, bash 'em, make a suggestion or seven, whatever.

It's a work in progress and here it goes - in no particular order, at least at the moment.

1. "Black" - Pearl Jam
2. "No Sleep Til Brooklyn" - Beastie Boys
3. "Welcome to the Jungle" - Guns 'N' Roses
4. "Fuck tha Police" - N.W.A.
5. "Don't You Forget About Me" - Simple Minds
6. "Hell's Bells" - AC/DC
7. "Rapture" - Blondie
8. "The Reflex" - Duran Duran
9. "Mexican Radio" - Wall of Voodoo
10. "Slam" - Onyx
11. "Love Bites" - Def Leppard
12. "I Can't Drive (55)" - Sammy Hagar
13. "Killing in the Name Of" - Rage Against the Machine
14. "Runaround Sue" - Dion
15. "You Really Got Me" - Kinks
16. "Hang on Sloopy" - The McCoys
17. "In Bloom" - Nirvana
18. "Sloop John B." - Beach Boys
19. "Light My Fire" - The Doors
20. "Somebody to Love" - Jefferson Airplane
21. "Reflections" - The Supremes
22. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
23. "Such Great Heights" - The Postal Service
24. "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" - Otis Redding
25. "Proud Mary" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
26. "A Boy Named Sue" - Johnny Cash
27. "Where My Girls At" - 702
28. "Ice Cream" - Sarah McLachlan
29. "You Make Me Wanna" - Usher
30. "No Diggity" - Blackstreet & Dr. Dre
31. "Just a Girl" - No Doubt
31. "Waterfalls" - TLC
32. "Insane in the Brain" - Cypress Hill
33. "When Doves Cry" - Prince
34. "Like a Virgin" - Madonna
35. "Like a Prayer" - Madonna
36. "End of the Road" - Boyz II Men
37. "Faith" - George Michael
38. "3 A.M Eternal" - The KLF
39. "Summer of '69" - Bryan Adams
40. "Wind of Change" - Scorpions
41. "I Want a New Drug" - Huey Lewis & the News
42. "Wicked Game" - Chris Isaak
43. "Poison" - Bell Biv DeVoe
44. "Pump Up the Jam" - Technotronic
45. "Enjoy the Silence" - Depeche Mode
46. "Love Shack" - The B-52's
47. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" - Poison
48. "Buffalo Stance" - Neneh Cherry
49. "Even Flow" - Pearl Jam
50. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana
51. "18 and Life" - Skid Row
52. "Need You Tonight" - INXS
53. "Send the Pain Below" - Chevelle
54. "Seasons Change" - Expose
55. "Thriller" - Michael Jackson
56. "Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson
57. "Beat It" - Michael Jackson
58. "Pour Some Sugar On Me" - Def Leppard
59. "Mickey" - Toni Basil
60. "Sweet Home Alabama" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
61. "Wait" - White Lion
62. "Nothin' but a Good Time" - Poison
63. "I Want Your Sex" - George Michael
64. "Tell It To My Heart" - Taylor Dayne
65. "Devil Inside" - INXS
66. "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - Bobby McFerrin
67. "Eye of the Tiger" - Survivor
68. "Walk Like An Egyptian" - The Bangles
69. "Livin' on a Prayer" - Bon Jovi
70. "Everyboy Have Fun Tonight" - Wang Chung
71. "With or Without You" - U2
72. "The Lady In Red" - Chris DeBurgh
73. "Heat to Toe" - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
74. "I Think We're Alone Now" - Tiffany
75. "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" - Cutting Crew
76. "We Didn't Start the Fire" - Billy Joel
77. "Luka" - Suzanne Vega
78. "The Final Countdown" - Europe
79. "Wanted Dead or Alive" - Bon Jovi
80. "Cumbersome" - Seven Mary Three
81. "I Will Survive" - Gloria Gaynor
82. "Kyrie" - Mr. Mister
83. "Addicated to Love" - Robert Palmer
84. "Higher Love" - Steve Winwood
85. "Sledgehammer" - Peter Gabriel
86. "You Give Love a Bad Name" - Bon Jovi
87. "Two of Hearts" - Stacey Q
88. "Word Up!" - Cameo
89. "Funky Cold Medina" - Tone Loc
90. "Take on Me" - a-ha
91. "Cherish" - Kool & The Gang
92. "Parents Just Don't Understand" - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
93. "Heaven" - Bryan Adams
94. "Raspberry Beret" - Prince
95. "Footloose" - Kenny Loggins
96. "Missing You" - John Waite
97. "Time After Time" - Cyndi Lauper
98. "Sister Christian" - Night Ranger
99. "Caribbean Queen" - Billy Ocean
100. "Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This" - Eurythmics
101. "She Blinded Me With Science" - Thomas Dolby
102. "I Knew I Loved You" - Savage Garden
103. "Back in Black" - AC/DC
104. "Sweet Child O' Mine" - Guns 'N' Roses
105. "Heaven is a Place on Earth" - Belinda Carlisle
106. "Dancing With Myself" - Billy Idol
107. "Epic" - Faith No More
108. "Cars" - Gary Numan
109. "Open Arms" - Journey
110. "Dust In The Wind" - Kansas
111. "99 Luftballoons" - Nena
112. "25 or 6 to 4" - Chicago
113. "Piano Man" - Billy Joel
114. "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant" - Billly Joel
115. "White Wedding" - Billy Idol
116. "Me and Bobby McGee" - Janis Joplin
117. "Big Yellow Taxi" - Joni Mitchell
118. "Carolina In My Mind" - James Taylor
119. "Mexico" - James Taylor
120. "Kodachrome" - Paul Simon
121. "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" - Paul Simon
122. "Cecilia" - Paul Simon
123. "Look Away" - Chicago
124. "Stay the Night" - Chicago
125. "Love Song" - Tesla
126. "Johnny B. Goode" - Chuck Berry
127. "Cats in the Cradle" - Harry Chapin
128. "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" - The Four Seasons
129. "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" - Rupert Holmes
130. "Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)" - The Penguins
131. "Build Me Up Buttercup" - The Foundations
132. "Celebration" - Kool & The Gang
133. "Omaha" - Counting Crows
134. "New York, New York" - Frank Sinatra
135. "Born to Run" - Bruce Springsteen
136. "Runaway" - Del Shannon
137. "Centerfield" - John Fogerty
138. "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" - Judy Garland
139. "Home Sweet Home" - Motley Crue
140. "Time in a Bottle" - Jim Croce
141. "Ring of Fire" - Johnny Cash
142. "Panama" - Van Halen
143. "Crazy Train" - Ozzy Osbourne
144. "Crazy" - Seal
145. "Last Kiss" - J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers
146. "Donna" - Richie Valens
147. "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" - Aerosmith
148. "Walk This Way" - Aerosmith & Run D.M.C.
149. "Cryin'" - Aerosmith
150. "Leaving on a Jet Plane" - Peter, Paul & Mary
151. "Desperado" - The Eagles
152. "Cherry Pie" - Warrant
153. "Scenario" - A Tribe Called Quest
154. "Volcano" - Jimmy Buffett
155. "Copacabana (At the Copa)" - Barry Manilow
156. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" - Rolling Stones
157. "Layla" - Derek & The Dominoes
158. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" - Righteous Brothers
159. "Bad Moon Rising" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
160. "American Pie" - Don McLean
161. "Lean on Me" - Bill Withers
162. "Stand By Me" - Ben E. King
163. "Little Deuce Coupe" - Jan & Dean
164. "Red Red Wine" - UB40
165. "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot
166. "My Heart Will Go On" - Celine Dion
167. "Under the Boardwalk" - The Drifters
168. "In the Still of the Night" - The Five Satins
169. "No Woman No Cry" - Bob Marley
170. "Mr. Roboto" - Styx
171. "Twilight Zone" - Golden Earring
172. "Sultans of Swing" - Dire Straits
173. "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" - Blue Oyster Cult
174. "Plush" - Stone Temple Pilots
175. "I Shot the Sheriff" - Bob Marley
176. "Who's Holding Donna Now" - DeBarge
177. "The Choice Is Yours" - Black Sheep
178. "I Want You Back" - Jackson 5
179. "Dancing Queen" - ABBA
180. "Take a Chance on Me" - ABBA
181. "Heartbreaker" - Pat Benatar
182. "Love Is a Battlefield" - Pat Benatar
183. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" - Simple Minds
184. "Toy Soldiers" - Martika
185. "What I Am" - Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians
186. "In Da Club" - 50 Cent
187. "Get Busy" - Sean Paul
188. "Landslide" - Fleetwood Mac
189. "Fade Into You" - Mazzy Star
190. "Baba O'Riley" - The Who
191. "Eminence Front" - The Who
192. "Don't Know Why" - Norah Jones
193. "Black No. 1" - Type O Negative
194. "Piggy" - Nine Inch Nails
195. "Song 2" - Blur
196. "Our House" - Madness
197. "Drop the Bass" - DJ Magic Mike
198. "At This Moment" Billy Vera
199. "Closer To Fine" - Indigo Girls
200. "Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos" - Public Enemy
201. "Bring the Noise" - Public Enemy
202. "Head Like a Hole" - Nine Inch Nails
203. "White Lines (Don't Do It)" - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five w. Melle Mel
204. "My Philosphy" - BDP
205. "How I Could Just Kill A Man" - Cypress Hill
206. "My Mind Playin' Tricks On Me" - Geto Boys
207. "Don't Know What (Til It's Gone)" - Cinderella
208. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - Queen
209. "Mr. Zebra" - Tori Amos
210. "Ridin' Spinners" - Three 6 Mafia
211. "Jealousy" - Keoki
212. "U.N.I.T.Y." - Queen Latifah
213. "Cold Beverage" - G. Love & Special Sauce
214. "It's Gonna Be Me" - *NSYNC
215. "Bye Bye Bye" - *NSYNC
216. "O.P.P." - Naughty By Nature
217. "Plenty" - Sarah McLachlan
218. "Sweet Surrender" - Sarah McLachlan
219. "Angel" - Pearl Jam
220. "Hunger Strike" - Temple of the Dog
221. "Higher Ground" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
222. "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" - P.M. Dawn