19. Green Day - Dookie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOcrKFiB_ts Although the simple power-chord-structures of the songs would forever define the band and their detractors, when you're writing hooks as Moby Dick-slaying as Basket Case and the above track, it doesn't matter about lathering technical prowess over the top. Green Day instantly became the soundtrack to an infinite number of teenage house parties the world over, providing that perfect mix of stupidly-fun adolescent lyrics ("Do you have the time, to listen to me whine?/About nothing and everything all at once?) mixed with the attitude of a bunch of guys who were just playing for the sheer fun of it. Although the album is a fairly solid assault of the aforementioned power-chorded goodness, the likes of Long View's bass-powered intro is one of the most identifiable in the entire genre, with the chug of When I Come Around tapping even further into the petulant teenage-angst that was so prevalent in the 90's. It's impossible to get sick of: Long View. It's a track that can be as huge as it wants to be, already infused with a certain sense of aggression on the studio version, but should it happen to drop in a club or during a live set the following sync-up of everyone's vocals on the "I got no motivation" line is the stuff of "Remember singing that Green Day song?!" nostalgia-fests.