The Countdown Capsule, Part I: 333-301

For those of you new to the blog/list, here's what I've listed so far as the top 333 pop songs of the 2000s:

333. "Let's Get Retarded" - Black-Eyed Peas

332. "Welcome to the Black Parade" - My Chemical Romance

331. "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived" - Weezer

330. "Drunk All Around This Town" - Scott Miller & the Commonwealth

329. "You Don't Miss You Water" - The Black Crowes

328. "Cougar" - Silas Bankhead

327. "A Garage Dayz Nite" - Beatallica

326. "Like a Feather" - Nikka Costa

325. "Hey!" - Home Blitz

324. "Perfume de Gardenias" - Ibrahim Ferrer

323. "House of Jealous Lovers" - Rapture

322. "Gold Digger" - Kanye West

321. "Hemorrhage" - Fuel

320. "Goodnight Irene" - Tom Waits

319. "Change of Heart" - Teddy Thompson

318. "45" - The Saturday Knights

317. "Honestly" - Zwan

316. "Move by Yourself" - Donovon Frankenreiter

315. "The Whole World" - OutKast

314. "Boll Weevil" - Taylor Grocery Band

313. "Laser Life" - The Blood Brothers

312. "Mother Mary" - Foxboro Hottubs

311. "Safety Joe" - John Prine

310. "Bag Lady" - Erykah Badu

309. "Down in Mississippi" - Mavis Staples

308. "I Can't Go Back to Austin" - Doug Sahm

307. "Go" - Common

306. "Disaster" - The Besnard Lakes

305. "Je Ne Te Connais Pas" - Prototypes

304. "I Wonder" - Kellie Pickler

303. "Desire" - Pharoahe Monch

302. "Someday Baby" - Bob Dylan

301. "U + Ur Hand" - P!nk

For those of you not new to the list, well, nothing's chaged. Except that the list'll start to see some of these artists appear again, as well as some artists not yet seen appear mulitple times. I thought about limiting the list to one song per artist, but--in being honest with myself--I just couldn't do that, as the past eight-and-a-half years have seen a number of artists who each make a number of records so awesome that I just couldn't in good mind leave those other quality records off the list. If I have to sacrifice diversity for quality, then so be it; consider this the politically-incorrect "best of" list.

Any thoughts so far? Please comment and let me know, as I'd love to hear your ideas. That's it for now, though. Tomorrow, we'll continue with #300, as we move forward with the countdown (and the beginning of the 2008 NFL season). Who dat! Who dat! Who dat talkin' 'bout write them blogs? Who dat! Who dat!