Why do you like that song?

You know how you sometimes like a song because it just sounds like a good track or sometimes you like it because of its meaning? So, why is that you like that particular song? Abit of an emotional topic i suppose if you choose it to be.

One song i love is Heartless by Kanye. Not only do i love his music but he tries to be number one by singing a song, not just muttering words. In this song he just sings about love, nothing else. It shows his feelings.

Bloc Party - Plans

Wake up dreamer
It's happening without you
Cut your hair and shave your beard
You squandered your chances
I'll give you a thousand pounds
To show me how you do it
Stop being so laissez-faire
We're all scared of the future

Been training vipers to come for you
In your dreams to release you
Been training vipers to come for you
In your sleep
And the ravens are leaving the tower
And the ravens are leaving the tower
Make your peace

I've got a taste for blood
Leave the weak, leave the young
I've got a taste for blood
I'm walking out without you
You will kill or be killed
It's about progress
I've got a taste for blood

Wake up sleepyhead
It's happening without you
Such a nice guy
You tell me everything twice
Whipcrack speed jump
We will run backwards
Stop being so laissez-faire
We're all scared of the future

We make plans for big times
Get bogged down, distracted
We make plans for good times
All neon, all surface
So kiss me before it all gets complicated
I've got a taste for blood

Have a look through the lyrics, it's pretty self explanatory and it makes an awful lot of sense.

A song about the fact that you've got to go out and do things to achieve. Most things won't come to you.

'We're all scared of the future' but we've got to be prepared for these 'big times' that are ahead of us.

I feel this song is just brilliant. Fantastic guitar solo at the end too. It's a slow song, but I just feel there's so much emotion in it.

Here's a link if you want to listen to it:

http://www.we7.com/track/Plans?trackId=1772587&m=0

Top song that one. The slower ones drive the message home.

Smithers-Jones by the Jam.

In the last few weeks has become one of my favourite songs in the world for what it says to me. It says everything I want to, people pretending to be something they're not but still being saw right through.

Brand New Start by Paul Weller.

Hadn't heard it until the other week when he done that thing for BBC4. It fits in with the changes I've had to make in my life recently. Quite inspirational.

Levellers

Another Man's Cause

The lyrics are pretty self explanatory again and touching and echo the plight of the familys of soldiers who go to war to fight for our country.

The Levellers Another mans cause

Gunshots shatter in the peace of night
Just another fire fight
For the people of this little town.
But for the dying soldier
Well, he's feeling ten years older
As he's lying face down on the ground.
All the words that are in his head
Are all the words his mother said
As she would put him to bed back home.

Your daddy, well he died in the Falklands
Fighting for another man's cause
And your brother, he was killed in the Last War
And your mother, well she's lying home alone.

Every day she sees your face
On the picture on the fireplace
With your brother as he was leaving school.
Then a day came five years ago
You said, "Mother, I need to know"
And you spoke the words your brother spoke before.
"I seen the things my Daddy's done
And I've seen the medals that he's won
And I know this is what he would have wanted... for me."

But, your daddy well he died in the Falklands
Fighting for another man's cause
And your brother, he was killed in the Last War
And your mother, well she's lying home alone.

Now she wonders at it all,
Just in whose name do these brave young heroes fall?
And how many more are going to answer that call?
They're gonna fight and die in another country's war,
They're gonna die for a religion they don't believe in at all,
They're gonna die in a place they should never've been at all,
Oh, never've been at all.

'Cause, your daddy well he died in the Falklands
Fighting for another man's cause
And your brother, he was killed in the Last War
And your mother, well she's lying home alone.

And your daddy, well he died in the Falklands
Fighting for another man's cause
And your brother, he was killed in the Last War
And your mother, well she's lying home alone.

Levellers

Another Man's Cause

The lyrics are pretty self explanatory again and touching and echo the plight of the familys of soldiers who go to war to fight for our country.

Gunshots shatter in the peace of night
Just another fire fight
For the people of this little town.
But for the dying soldier
Well, he's feeling ten years older
As he's lying face down on the ground.
All the words that are in his head
Are all the words his mother said
As she would put him to bed back home.

Your daddy, well he died in the Falklands
Fighting for another man's cause
And your brother, he was killed in the Last War
And your mother, well she's lying home alone.

Every day she sees your face
On the picture on the fireplace
With your brother as he was leaving school.
Then a day came five years ago
You said, "Mother, I need to know"
And you spoke the words your brother spoke before.
"I seen the things my Daddy's done
And I've seen the medals that he's won
And I know this is what he would have wanted... for me."

But, your daddy well he died in the Falklands
Fighting for another man's cause
And your brother, he was killed in the Last War
And your mother, well she's lying home alone.

Now she wonders at it all,
Just in whose name do these brave young heroes fall?
And how many more are going to answer that call?
They're gonna fight and die in another country's war,
They're gonna die for a religion they don't believe in at all,
They're gonna die in a place they should never've been at all,
Oh, never've been at all.

'Cause, your daddy well he died in the Falklands
Fighting for another man's cause
And your brother, he was killed in the Last War
And your mother, well she's lying home alone.

And your daddy, well he died in the Falklands
Fighting for another man's cause
And your brother, he was killed in the Last War
And your mother, well she's lying home alone.

Hope Street and Just The One are also good songs by The Levellers.

Hope Street and Just The One are also good songs by The Levellers.

I love the Levellers mate I play a few of their songs on my acoustic Guitar.

You'll Never Walk Alone - Gerry and the Pacemakers

A song with a message every single person in the world can take on board.

Walk Like A Man - Four Seasons

Listening to it again tonight and it's spot on. If a girl is treating you like sh*te, then walk away from her like a man because as the song says "no woman's worth crawling on the earth"

For me the greatest songs must have great lyrics. I have way too many songs that mean something to me and a sh*t load that actually reduce me to tears. This one doesn't do that but has a great message .....

Everlast - 'What it's like'

We've all seen the man at the liquor store beggin' for your change
The hair on his face is dirty, dreadlocked and full of mange
He ask the man for what he could spare with shame in his eyes
Get a job you f***in' slob's all he replied

God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues
Then you really might know what it's like

Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom who said he was in love
He said don't worry about a thing baby doll I'm the man you've been dreamin' of
But three months later he said he won't date her or return her call
And she sweared god damn if I find that man I'm cuttin' off his balls
And then she heads for the clinic and she gets some static walkin' through the doors
They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner, and they call her a whore

God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose
Then you really might know what it's like
I've seen a rich man beg
I've seen a good man sin
I've seen a tough man cry
I've seen a loser win
And a sad man grin
I heard an honest man lie
I've seen the good side of bad
And the down side of up
And everything between
I licked the silver spoon
Drank from the golden cup
Smoked the finest green
I stroked the baddest dimes at least a couple of times
Before I broke their heart
You know where it ends
Yo, it usually depends on where you start

I knew this kid named Max
He used to get fat stacks out on the corner with drugs
He liked to hang out late at night
Liked to get sh*t faced
And keep pace with thugs
Until late one night there was a big gun fight
Max lost his head
He pulled out his chrome .45
Talked some sh*t
And wound up dead
Now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of his pain
You know it crumbles that way
At least that's what they say when you play the game


God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the news
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to lose
Then you really might know what it's like
To have to lose...

Here enjoy:..... Everlast - What its Like

Switchfoot - Dare you to move
I've loved this song for years now, to me it's timeless and one of those songs that makes you think.

Lyrics:

Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone's here
Everyone's here
Everybody's watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next?
What happens next?

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before

Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistance
The tension is here
The tension is here
Between who you are and who you could be
Between how it is and how it should be

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened

Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened before

Dare You To Move By Switchfoot (HQ Sound)

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My choice has to be "In Loving Memory" by "Alter Bridge". Kind of reminds me of those I've lost in my life

In Loving Memory - Alter Bridge Music Video

Thanks for all you've done
I've missed you for so long
I can't believe you're gone
You still live in me
I feel you in the wind
You guide me constantly

I've never knew what it was to be alone, no
Cause you were always there for me
You were always waiting
And now come home and I miss your face so
Smiling down on me
I close my eyes to see

And I know, you're a part of me
And it's your song that sets me free
I sing it while I feel I can't hold on
I sing tonight cause it comforts me

I carry the things that remind me of you
In loving memory of
The one that was so true
Your were as kind as you could be
And even though you're gone
You still mean the world to me

I've never knew what it was to be alone, no
Cause you were always there for me
You were always waiting
But now I come home and it's not the same, no
It feels empty and alone
I can't believe you're gone

And I know, you're a part of me
And it's your song that sets me free
I sing it while I feel I can't hold on
I sing tonight cause it comforts me

I'm glad he set you free from sorrow
I'll still love you more tomorrow
And you will be here with me still

And what you did you did with feeling
And You always found the meaning
And you always will
And you always will
And you always will

Ooo's

And I know, you're a part of me
And it's your song that sets me free
I sing it while I feel I can't hold on
I sing tonight cause it comforts me

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Smithers-Jones by the Jam.

One of Foxton's better songs but i always took it to be a message about being made redundant/feeling worthless in Thatcher's Britain.

High - Lighthouse Family...but not telling why in hope of not being called a soppy git

High - Lighthouse Family...but not telling why in hope of not being called a soppy git

Tell us you soppy git! 

Jay Sean - Maybe

because it resembles how I was when I first met my missus seven years ago I use to wait sit and wait for texts from her and read them constantly when I got them plus it was all maybe's and I felt like I did not know if she even fancied me

JAY SEAN-'MAYBE' Video-EXCLUSIVE!!!(Release date 21st April)

English Rose - The Jam

A bit of a personal reason for liking this particular Jam song. Me mam's name is Rose and for that I always think the lyrics are for her. And it's the way I feel for me mam, "no matter where I roam I will return to my English Rose". It says to me, that wherever in this world I go, I'll always return to me mam.

"Always" by Bon Jovi, summs me up and the people in my life who matter to me.

The Verve - Drugs don't work

Was written about Richard Ashcrofts Grandma dying from cancer and I totally identify with it from when I lost my Grandma to the same very thing. Gets me quite emotional to be honest just listening to it.

The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

Five For Fighting - Superman (it's Not Easy)

A song that i listened to often when i decided not to 'drink' anymore.....6 1/2 years sober now.

I can’t stand to fly
I’m not that naive
I’m just out to find
The better part of me
I’m more than a bird...I’m more than a plane
More than some pretty face beside a train
It’s not easy to be me

I Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
About a home I’ll never see

It may sound absurd...but don’t be naive
Even Heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed...but won’t you concede
Even Heroes have the right to dream
It’s not easy to be me

Up, up and away...away from me
It’s all right...You can all sleep sound tonight
I’m not crazy...or anything…

I can’t stand to fly
I’m not that naive
Men weren’t meant to ride
With clouds between their knees

I’m only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me

It’s not easy to be me.

Superman - Five for Fighting

Congratulations on beating your demons @ 6 and a half years sober well done, fair play to you mate.