I absolutly love everything about this song, the sound, the lyrics, EVERYTHING! The first time i heard it was about 1 week after i broke up with the first girl i ever loved and i could totally relate to everything in the song.
I cant stress enough how much i love this song, and i think everyone needs to hear it atleast once!
I know a lot of people don't like rap. I don't listen to much of it, but this song I could listen to all day. You really have to look at the lyrics to get the full message. I like'd one of the comments on the youtube page.
"How could any one dislike this, this song has one meaning and its DON'T LET ANY ONE TELL YOU WHAT ANY ONE THINKS OF YOU, YOU ARE THE ONE THAT MAKES YOU SPECIAL"
In a sense, that person is correct. And at the end of the song Em' says " God gave you them shoes, to fit you so put them on and wear them..and be yourself man. Even if it sounds corny, Don't ever let no one tell you, you ain't beautiful
I wholeheartedly agree with this. Eminem is such a talented talented writer...
I don't know how
Tupac - Changes never made it on that list already, song is iconic and is about equality etc. Tupac, legend.
This ain't no easy task, but after a small time of consideration i was able to choose:
The Waterboys - Whole of the moon
With a dedicated singer with a special yet beautiful voice, catching lyrics, a superb arrangement and a simple yet kickass intro. I can listen to this the whole day, it's something special about it.
It's THE anthem of indie rock throughout the 80s, inspired a lot of great bands, like Nirvana for example, and sonic youth just are one of the most important bands for punk, noise, avantgarde and so much more.
On August 17 2011 19:28 Vortigan wrote: Love the idea of this thread but so many of these suggestions are just basic pop garbage music with no significant meaning or cultural importance. They might be good for some people but they are really not music everybody should listen to :D
Anyway i grew up listening to bob dylan with my dad and one song that meant a lot to me at the time and still does. Bob dylan wrote this song about the blues legend Blind Willie McTell who past away.
Bob Dylan - Blind Willie McTell
I agree, there should be a rule to that like "The song must be at least 10 years old" or something. Too many of the songs sound nice but carry no real weight, just another flavour of the month/year style of song that noone will remember in a few years.
For the more electrified and modern kind: The Killers - Mr. Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont Mix)
For those who can appreciate it: Frank Sinatra - What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
Not trying to upset anyone. People have different tastes in music, and I think both are phenomenal in their own right. So I picked two songs that should apply to the diverse majority.
On August 17 2011 19:28 Vortigan wrote: Love the idea of this thread but so many of these suggestions are just basic pop garbage music with no significant meaning or cultural importance. They might be good for some people but they are really not music everybody should listen to :D
Anyway i grew up listening to bob dylan with my dad and one song that meant a lot to me at the time and still does. Bob dylan wrote this song about the blues legend Blind Willie McTell who past away.
Bob Dylan - Blind Willie McTell
I agree, there should be a rule to that like "The song must be at least 10 years old" or something. Too many of the songs sound nice but carry no real weight, just another flavour of the month/year style of song that noone will remember in a few years.
It'll be very hard to draw the line anywhere because in the end, we're discussing taste. Whether or not a song is moving or important to someone is highly subjective, and four minutes of acoustic insulting for the one guy might be tear-inducing beauty for someone else. Genre, age and other attributes don't neccessarily factor into this.
What could limit the influx of "standard" or "cheap" song links would be the request to anyone posting here to share his or her story with the song, as many people have done before. Unless someone's posting an obviously brilliant classic (Beautiful World, Bohemian Rhapsody etc.), writing down the story of why you think a song belongs in here may make people think twice if the songs fits this thread's idea.