The Top 500 Songs Of 2013 - Part 26 of 50, #250-#241

#250 The Thermals - "The Sword By My Side" from "Desperate Ground" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrUWx766Rhk

#249 Kate Nash - "Sister" from "Girl Talk" - I really like the pop to punk transitions that occur on the best songs on "Girl Talk".  It's like a plot twist built into a song. Lol - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYuIzoq0K2E

#248 Of Montreal - "She Ain't Speakin' Now" from "Lousy With Sylvianbriar" - A hooky song from one of the most interesting bands to ever appear on one of the countdowns. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dotee5k_Vj4

#247 Eminem - "So Far" from "Marshall Mathers LP 2" - Eminem and Rick Rubin worked a LOT of samples into "Marshall Mathers LP 2" to create Eminem's most creative sound in a decade.  "So Far" builds around Joe Walsh's "Life's Been Good". - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc1-Cs90pBU

#246 Queens Of The Stone Age - "Smooth Sailing" from "…Like Clockwork" - Any stoner metal song that manges to work the lyric "I blow my load on the status quo" without sounding crude or pretentious is a winner in my book. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QetvK6ldl2s

#245 The Killers - "Shot At The Night" from "Direct Hits" - I'm not sure exactly when The Killers became a stadium rock band, but this might be the official tipping point. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4YK-DEkvcw

#244 Queens Of The Stone Age - "The Vampyre Of Time And Memory" from "…Like Clockwork" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxwzjLkb8e0

#243 Jay-Z - "Picasso Baby" from "Magna Carta… Holy Grail" - The making of the music video for this song was turned into a documentary that aired on HBO. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBroYeiUYMM

#242 Alice In Chains - "Phantom Limb" from "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBcJiqw5aec

#241 Frank Turner - "Recovery" from "Tape Deck Heart" - This song made the top 20 of the Billboard Modern Rock Charts.  Five years ago, if you told me that a Frank Turner song would chart with that much success, I probably would have laughed. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1L5zJ2afLs