Can you name a famous song (preferably from the 80's up to the present) that tells a specific story (e.g. bohemian rhapsody, another day in paradise, Jesus take the wheel) which deals with a serious problem of the world (e.g. child abuse, suicide, AIDS)? Please include the artist who performed it.
Thank you.
2006-08-26 01:58:53 · 31 answers · asked by Aimee 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
The Little Girl by John Michael Montgomery (daddy drank, mommy did drugs)
Zombie by The Cranberries (re: war in Ireland)
Every Time I Die by Children Of Bodom (suicide)
Unpretty by TLC (inner beauty versus outer beauty and confidence)
Precious Things by Tori Amos (rape)
Divorce by Tammy Wynette
Streets of Philidelphia by Bruce Springsteen (AIDS)
God Bless The Child by Shania Twain (child abuse, poverty)
Hits From the Bong by Cypress Hill (weed)
Suicide Solution by Ozzy Osbourne (alcohol)
Date Rape by Sublime (date rape drug)
Cotton Fields by The Pogues (heroin)
This Is the New **** by Marilyn Manson (designer drugs)
Prodigal Daughter by Michelle Shocked (abortion)
Mr. Wendal by Arrested Development (poverty)
Another Day in Paradise by Phil Collins (homelessness)
2006-08-26 02:22:13 · answer #1 · answered by cheerstoyou 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When the Children Cry--White Lion
I interpret it to be about war and the state of the world--it is from the 80's --but very fitting today. Here are the lyrics:
When The Children Cry
by White Lion
Little child
Dry your crying eyes
How can I explain
The fear you feel inside
´cause you were born
Into this evil world
Where man is killing man
and no one knows just why
What have we become
Just look what we have done
All that we destroyed
You must build again
When the children cry
Let them know we tried
´cause when the children sing
Then the new world begins
Little child
You must show the way
To a better day
For all the young
´cause you were born
For the world to see
That we all can live
with love and peace
No more presidents
And all the wars will end
One united world under God
When the children cry
Let them know we tried
´cause when the children sing
Then the new world begins
What have we become
Just look what we have done
All that we destroyed
You must build again
No more presidents
And all the wars will end
One united world under God
When the children cry
Let them know we tried
´cause when the children fight
Let them know it ain´t right
When the children pray
Let them know the way
´cause when the children sing
Then the new world begins..
2006-08-26 02:08:21 · answer #2 · answered by dlgrl=me 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Prison Song and BYOB by System of a Down.
Hell is for Children by Pat Benatar
Killing in the name of by Rage against the Machine
Zombie by The Cranberries
2006-08-26 02:07:09 · answer #3 · answered by Fool in the Rain 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I can think of a song. The song is Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning. The artist is Alan Jackson. Know who that is???
2006-08-26 02:03:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Luka-Susanne Vega-Child Abuse
2006-08-26 02:03:47 · answer #5 · answered by phoephus 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"The Last Resort," by the Eagles. It's all about the settlement of the USA by the white man, and the destruction of the natives and the natural beauty of the land. There's this one line that goes: "Call some place paradise, and you can kiss it goodbye!"
2006-08-26 02:06:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
From 1984 Reggae Album of the Year "Earth Crisis"
Song:
Wild Goose Chase - Steel Pulse
I thought the destruction
Of creation
Would be nuclear power
And radiation
I thought judgement
Would come
When dem drop
De neutron bomb
And man was heading
For extinction with
With contraceptive pills
That was made to kill
Legal murder
They call abortion
I thought the invention
Of robots yes yeh
All forms of life
Would eventually stop
But now dem dog gone crazy
Mass producing test tube babies
CHORUS
Oil a wild goose chase
Laws of nature they just can't face
Ambition is to mash up the place
Who shall save the human race?
Chemicals in the food
To control population
intentions to build
A plastic nation
Cloning cats to have dogs
Human beings breeding hogs
On the moon in search of aliens
But now dem dog gone crazy
Mass producing test tube babies
CHORUS
On a wild goose chase
Laws of nature they just can't face
Ambition is to mash up the place
Who shall save the human race?
These times of science and technology
This world is an unconscious lavatory
Using my people as guinea pigs
I man a fight it spiritually
Soon the old will inject
Themselves to keep young
Ain't no telling what they do next
All I know that JAH must vex
0 righteous one keep in check
Thunder will roll and break wicked neck
CHORUS
On a wild goose chase
Laws of nature they just can't face
Ambition is to mash up the place
Tell me who shall save de HUMAN RACE?
2006-08-26 02:11:12 · answer #7 · answered by Carlitos 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everybody hurts - R.E.M
When your day is long and the night,
The night is yours alone,
When you're sure you've had enough
With this life,
Well hang on
Don't let yourself go,
'Couse everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes
Sometimes everything is wrong
Now it's time to sing along
When your days is night alone,
If you feel like letting go,
When you think you've had too much
Of this life,
Well hang on
Everybody hurts
Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts
Don't throw your hand
Oh, no
Don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone,
No, no, no, you are not alone
If you're on your own in this life,
The days and nights are long,
When you think you've had too much
Of this life to hang on
Well, everybody hurts,
Sometimes everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes
So, hold on, hold on, hold on...
(Everybody hurts... You are not alone
2006-08-26 02:21:47 · answer #8 · answered by lozzi_pop22 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Diamonds from Sierra Leone by Kanye West....it a very touching song
2006-08-26 02:00:23 · answer #9 · answered by *No Doubt* 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We Believe.
Artist: Good Charlotte
Perfect
Artist: Simple plan
Crazy
Artist: Simple plan
Welcome to my life
Artist: Simple plan
Imagine
Artist: John Lennon
2006-08-26 02:05:05 · answer #10 · answered by brandyluv 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋