I am making a compilation CD and I want to make one full of songs that have very smart meaningful lyrics that tell great stories. They can be any kind of music, as long as the lyrics are smart and move people when heard. Feel free to list as many as you like. Thanks for the help in advance.
2006-11-04 07:18:02 · 31 answers · asked by jswolpers 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Still by Macy Gray
Wonderwall by Oasis
Changes by Tupac
Hey Jude/Beatles
Round Here by Counting Crows
Blower's Daughter by Damien Rice
Peace Frog by Doors
A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall by Bob Dylan (Edie Brickell has an awesome version from the Born on Fourth of July soundtrack)
Rocket man, Daniel and Levon by Elton John
My Immortal/Evanescence
Everybody's Changing by Keane
November Rain by Gun's and roses
Tears and Rain by James Blunt
Jesus Walks by Kanye West
All Falls Down by Kanye West
Other Side of the World by KT Tunstall
Everything is Everything by Lauryn Hill
All my Love by Led Zeppelin
99 red (luft) balloons/nena
Beautiful Girl by Peter Droge and the Snners
Solsbury Hill/Peter Gabriel
The Great Gig in the Sky, Brain Damage, and Learning to Fly/all by Pink Floyd (also anything from the wall)
What's the Frequency Kenneth by REM
Tear by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Wild Horses and Beast of Burden/Rolling Stones
By your side/sade
I am a rock, The Boxer/simon and garfunkel
Perfect/Simple Plan
Creep by Stone Temple Pilots
Love Song by Tesla
One, Pride, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bad all by U2
All the young dudes/david bowie
Headspin/Lukas Rossi
A few of my favorites just because of the lyrics. Great question; I look forward to watching the responses!!!
2006-11-04 07:53:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anton 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Yesterday-The Beatles
You've Got A Friend - Carole King
Sarah- Fleetwood Mac
Ain't Gone "N" Give Up On Love-Steve Ray Vaughn
One Year of Love-Queen
All Things Must Pass- George Harrison
Imagine- John Lennon
Magic Mirror- Leon Russell
Dreams- The Allman Brothers Band
2006-11-04 07:33:53 · answer #2 · answered by david42 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what hurts the most- Rascal flatts
How to save a life- The fray
Chasing cars- Snow Patrol
Good Riddance (time of your life)- green day
Famous Last Words- My Chemical Romance
Welcome To the Black Parade- My Chemical Romance
Facedown- The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
rooftops- Lostprophets
hate me- Blue october
Into the ocean {I think that is the name i'm not sure}- Blue october
The Kill- 30 seconds to Mars
saying Sorry- Hawethorne Heights
Sooner or Later- Breaking Benjamin
Story of the year has a really good song but i can't remember the name of it.
Vindacated- Dashboard confessional
perfect - simple plan
There is a song by Good Charolette about familys who a person has comitte suicide in. It was on MTV like 2 years ago i can't remember it though.
2006-11-05 02:31:16 · answer #3 · answered by alternativepunk 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Oh great question, I love it. You already have many great answers too. Here's a few that haven't been mentioned yet:
"The Reason" by Hoobastank (Wow, what a song. Now where did thier band name come from?)
"Live Like You Were Dyin'" Tim McGraw
"Unwritten" and "These Words" by Natasha Beddingfield (She writes good lyrics)
Any of Billy Joel's songs (Literally any of them, but don't miss "Just The Way You Are" and "She's Got A Way")
"Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" and "Gone" by Jack Johnson (I like anything by him, he's great.)
"Beautiful Mess" and "Meet In The Middle" by Diamond Rio (all thier song lyrics very good, clever)
"She" by Elvis Costello
"Geek In The Pink" Jason Mraz
"Stillness Of Heart" Lenny Kravitz
"Seasons Of Love" from RENT -check out Donny Osmonds version, it is really good.
"Bring Him Home" or "On My Own" from Les Miserables
Queens song lyrics are really good too.
Anything The Beatles wrote is very meaningful.
Thanks for the fun question. It will be interesting to check back and read other answers.
2006-11-04 08:38:25 · answer #4 · answered by whostolemyprofile 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God Blessed the Broken Road- Rascal Flatts
Fast Car- Tracy Chapman
Time in a Bottle- Jim Croce
Fire and Rain- James Taylor
2006-11-04 07:33:08 · answer #5 · answered by Ring Ring Ring Bananaphone 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
My all time favorite for just the reasons you elaborated - You can't always get what you want - Rolling Stones. Also their Paint It, Black - the opening chords are killer.
Hey, Baby, Que Paso? - Texas Tornadoes. Very upbeat Tex Mex w/a lyric that goes "you got more out of it than I put into it last night." Well, how can you resist?
Thankful by Johnny Lang. Beautiful and affirming.
2006-11-04 07:23:44 · answer #6 · answered by Taffy Saltwater 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
G'day JSWolpers,
Thank you for a great question.
You have got a wide variety of answers.
Just a few from me.
A Fairytale of New York by the Pogues: The only Xmas song ever set in a drunk tank.
How Soon is Now by the Smiths.
The most meaningful rap song is Stan by Eminem and Lose Yourself is good as well.
The best song out at the moment is Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance.
Regards
2006-11-04 13:49:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Imagine- John Lennon...still poignant and powerful today, maybe more so than when he wrote it!
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
2006-11-04 07:30:33 · answer #8 · answered by )o( 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Slow Train Coming---Bob Dylan
Gotta Serve Somebody--Bob Dylan
Melissa---Allman Brothers Band
I Believe---Brooks and Dunn
2006-11-04 07:23:20 · answer #9 · answered by SKYDOGSLIM 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Breathe" by Anna Nalick (not the same as the other Breathe). Also "Paper Bag" by Anna Nalick
"Simple Man", "Forever Young", "For My Broken Heart"... all done by more than one artist
"In The Broken Places" by David Wilcox (well worth trying to find)
"I Hope" by the Dixie Chicks (Katrina charity track with incredible lyrics) and 'Not Ready to Make Nice", but only if you know the back story.
"Something to be Proud Of" Montgomery Gentry
"This River" by Sonny Landreth
"Watch the Lamb" and "The Anchor Holds" (Christian Lyrics by ray Boltz - may or may not apply)
2006-11-04 07:38:47 · answer #10 · answered by Katie Short, Atheati Princess 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋