The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born

Like any true hip-hop fan, when I got this month's special issue of Blender in the mail the first thing I did was spend about a half an hour scanning it to see which was the highest ranked Gin Blossoms song. "Hey Jealousy," I figured it would be, though "Found Out About You" is a really good song, too.

Come to find out, there wasn't a single Gin Blossoms song on the entire list.

In fact, unless I somehow missed it "Mr. Jones" by the Counting Crows didn't even make the list. Um, exsqueeze me (nullus), but weren't "Mr. Jones" and "Hey Jealousy" both Buzz Clips back when that actually meant something? Shit, people used to compare Adam Duritz to the likes of Bob Dylan and Van Morrison, and they weren't even trying to be ironic.

An insane percentage (maybe half) of the songs on this list aren't even good. Here's the top 20 just to give you an idea of what I'm talking about.

1. "Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson
2. "B.O.B." - OutKast
3. "Sweet Child O' Mine" - Guns N' Roses
4. "One" - U2
5. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana
6. "Like A Prayer" - Madonna
7. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division
8. "Sucker MCs" - Run-DMC
9. "Baby One More Time" - Britney Spears
10. "In Da Club" - 50 Cent
11. "My Name Is" - Eminem
12. "The Message" - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
13. "Fight For Your Right" - Beastie Boys
14. "You Shook Me All Night Long" - AC/DC
15. "Hey Ya" - OutKast
16. "I Want It That Way" - Backstreet Boys
17. "Super Freak" - Rick James
18. "I'm Coming Out" - Diana Ross
19. "Just Like Heaven" - The Cure
20. "The Show" - Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew