"The people just went crazy, and they loved that little ummmmh, unnnnh," Ray Charles told Rolling Stone in 1978, describing the instant genesis of "What'd I Say," his first Top 10 pop single and the greatest feel-good song in rock & roll. "Later on, people said it was vulgar,...
The movie, Enchanted, does a great job of describing love. There's even an entire song dedicated to it. It explains how a woman can tell when her man is truly in love with her. It has lyrics like, "Does he leave a little note to tell you you are on his mind? Send you yellow ...
In "Good Life,"OneRepublicrevel in living in the moment and loving the beauty of life, even when things don't go according to plan. The lyrics describe the ups and downs of touring, while reflecting on the importance of appreciating the simple things. The refrain "Oh, this has gotta be ...
Love is blind, so they say. Here’s a song about realising what’s there in front of you, that you’d never been able to see before. Of course, this might not be about love at all, and might be describing an LSD trip (this was 1967, afterall.) “Beauty I’d always missed, w...
'Rock Bottom' speaks to those in their lowest moments, describing the struggle of poverty and the desire to rise above dire circumstances. Elaborate ... 10. Guts Over FearPin it Featuring Sia, 'Guts Over Fear' touches on facing your past and future challenges with courage, and the importanc...
Eric Church's upbeat and fast-talking song seems to be just another heartbreak song, but this one is a bit seedier than most. He's not only describing a descent into madness now that his lover is gone - okay, maybe not your typical asylum-type madness, but not being able to get her...
Eric Church's upbeat and fast-talking song seems to be just another heartbreak song, but this one is a bit seedier than most. He's not only describing a descent into madness now that his lover is gone - okay, maybe not your typical asylum-type madness, but not being able to get her...
Country music's hottest songs make up the Taste of Country Top 40 and this month there is nobody hotter that the genre's only Grammy performer.
Old Dominion's "Memory Lane" is bittersweet defined. A warm, traveling guitar beat drives you to a second verse that lets you down easy. Like the lover that singer Matt Ramsey is describing, the beat just keeps on driving after that. ...
” It ends with a shrill, aggressive question-and-answer session that might work as a teaching tool but is too brutal for a piece of music. Elsewhere, Wonder sings of “Village Ghetto Land,” describing an almost Brechtian scene of despair and corruption over a deliberately ironic piece of...