Top 500 Songs Of 2009 - #225-#201

#225 Green Day - "Peacemaker" from "21st Century Breakdown"

#224 Gov't Mule - "Broke Down On The Brazos" from "By A Thread"

#223 The Bravery - "Song For Jacob" from "Stir The Blood"

#222 Kid Cudi - "Cudi Zone" from "Man On The Moon"

#221 Pearl Jam - "Johnny Guitar" from "Backspacer" - Eddie Vedder sounds like the Tasmanian Devil at times on this song, but he makes it work.

#220 The Derek Trucks Band - "Get What You Deserve" from "Already Free"

#219 Neko Case - "This Tornado Loves You" from "Middle Cyclone" - Neko Case (also of the New Pornographers) has a beautiful voice and has enjoyed a long and successful career as a solo artist. This is the best song off of her new album.

#218 Bob Mould - "I'm Sorry, Baby, But You Can't Stand In My Light Any More" from "Life And Times" - It's saying a lot, but this might be the most catchy song hook of Bob Mould's career.

#217 The Avett Brothers - "Ill With Want" from "I And Love And You"

#216 Them Crooked Vultures - "Gunman" from "Them Crooked Vultures"

#215 The Fiery Furnaces - "The End Is Near" from "The End Is Near"

#214 Sonic Youth - "Thunderclap For Bobby Pyn" from "The Eternal"

#213 The Sounds - "Midnight Sun" from "Crossing The Rubicon"

#212 Them Crooked Vultures - "Warsaw Or The First Breath You Take After You Give Up" from "Them Crooked Vultures"

#211 The Northwestern - "Telephones" from Blalock's Indie Rock Playlist

#210 The Flaming Lips - "Watching The Planets" from "Embryonic" - The Flaming Lips' "Embryonic" represents a career high point for the band and if not for Muse, it would have been the year's best prog rock album.

#209 The Soulsavers - "Unbalanced Pieces" from "Broken" - Again, take a moment and appreciate Mark Lanegan's amazing vocal abilities.

#208 The Bravery - "Slow Poison" from "Stir The Blood"

#207 Call The Doctor - "For Your Leisure" from Blalock's Indie Rock Playlist - It's surprising I can't find any more of their music considering how great this first song is.

#206 The Temper Trap - "Fools" from "Conditions"

#205 A.C. Newman - "The Changeling (Get Guilty)" from "Get Guilty"

#204 Placebo - "For What It's Worth" from "Battle For The Sun"

#203 A.C. Newman - "The Collected Works" from "Get Guilty" - Another New Pornographers side project, Newman's album put a few songs on my countdown.

#202 Muse - "Undisclosed Desires" from "The Resistance"

#201 Heartless Bastards - "Early In The Morning" from "The Mountain" - "Early In The Morning" is one monster head-banger of a song.