Goodnight Elisabeth
by
Counting Crows
Written by Adam Duritz after his girlfriend split up with him due to him going on tour with the band and always being on the road. The sadness that two paths sometimes just can't connect no matter how much you want them to.
The Angel is Billie Holiday, this song is really just a love song to Billie Holiday and the genius of her voice juxtaposed against the backdrop of Harlem. You get the sense of Holiday's voice rising above the streets angelically yet inextricably tied to the harshness of the city
A song that packed a big punch upon its initial release, one of the first songs by a big star that talked about AIDS, which in 1987 was still hugely misunderstood. Like much of Prince's work on the Sign o' the times album, it's a reflection on the bleakness of late 1980s life in inner city America.
The perfect soundtrack to the late 70s in England. Growing unrest about high unemployment fuelled a lot of anger in the country with London being a beacon for the disillusioned. This wasn't the London of today, London was a far rawer city in the late 70s and early 80s.
About living life to the fullest. The religious aspect seems to be warning of not missing life by waiting for the next. Live each day fully and experience life.
It Ain't Me Babe
by
Johnny Cash
An incredibly powerful anti war song that is powered by the frustration that the futility of war is there for everyone to see but many choose not to. As pertinent today as it was in the 60s somewhat proving the song's point.
Wish You Were Here
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Pink Floyd
This track was written about Syd Barrett - one of the original and creative forces of Pink Floyd who left the band due to his drug taking. The song is all about missed opportunities and what could of been.
The Rising
by
Bruce Springsteen
The Rising is Springsteen's reaction album to 9/11 and the title track is from the perspective of a firefighter going into the towers. It's an oddly uplifting beat that accompanies this song that's not in evidence across the rest of the album.
Apparently, this song is actually about George Bush! Although it seems like it is a love song where the guy treats the girl badly but she's not taking anymore rubbish. It is supposed to refer to the theory that 9/11 was an inside job.
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