Love songs to cities Was listening to under the bridge earlier and it got me thinking about other songs about cities. I know lights by journey is about San Francisco so I was wondering what other songs are about cities and which cities in particular. submitted by /u/bigmikeydelight

Wigs, memes and songs: Welcome to Spain’s summer of Cucurella Spain defender Marc Cucurella has become a key player at Euro 2024 after struggling for Chelsea.

Famous songs written from the “we” perspective I’m currently outlining a research paper relating to the use of first-person plural in popular music. It’s a difficult thing to search for deliberately as I try to build a bit of a database, so I’m wondering whether anyone could help with any songs that come to mind. Examples: Alright by Kendrick Lamar You Haven’t Done Nothin’ by Stevie Wonder B…

“Jimmy” in songs So I’ve got a question, and I don’t know if there’s an answer, but if there is, this is the place to get one. Why do so many songs (by different bands and musicians) reference someone named Jimmy?? For example: St Jimmy (and the rest of the American Idiot album) -Green Day Top Jimmy -Van Halen Dr feelgood -Motley Crue There’s many more but that’…

What are some of the most heartbreaking songs? Lately I’ve been wanting to cry and i wanted to know for you what are some of the most heart wrenching songs about romantic deception? Well it doesn’t matter if it’s just the lyrics or the music or the rhythm or even if it has no lyrics as long as it makes me sad lol. Like having something really special with the person you love and suddenly the…

Songs Referencing Another Nirvana’s Come As You Are (1992) has the lyric: Take your time hurry up Choice is yours don’t be late Blink 182’s Adam’s Song (1999) has the lyric: I took my time I hurried up The choice was mine I didn’t think enough Are there any other songs with this kind of deep reference to the lyrics of another song? (There’s plenty of songs that menti…

Music is time travel, as I get older certain songs can bring me back to a different time, emotion, memory what songs make you time travel? Special songs can remind me of a place, feeling, smell, visualization, time period etc. I can remember senior year listening to “Carousel” by Blink 182 with my friends in my 72’ dodge van partying living it up. What songs bring you overflowing memories good or bad and why? submitted by /u/Cmay4thewin

Seeking songs with train-like rhythm, but not literal songs about trains. I love songs that mimic the sounds and vibes of trains rolling down the tracks. For lack of better explanation, the “chugga chugga rythm” you feel in a song. Here are a few examples I’ve come across: Papa was a Rolling Stone (The Temptations) Just Jammin (Gramatik) Teardrop (Massive Attack) Hoping to find some more!!! submitted by …

What songs have the best climax in it? You know the part that a song slowly builds up to before releasing it all in one glorious moment. I think some of Radiohead’s songs qualify for this. For example You and Whose Army? where Thom Yorke sings ‘we ride tonight’ or a even better example would be ‘Exit Music (For a Film)’, beautiful moment. The first time I listened to the song and I h…

What song or songs do you consider perfect songs? This is an interesting categorization of music in my opinion, because perfect doesn’t mean the best or the one you like the most, though they obviously can overlap. They even can fall far outside genres you usually listen to, or even belonging to genres you generally dislike. What I mean with perfect is that it encompasses and delivers a clear i…

Great songs that are not on Spotify I do realize that Spotify doesn’t offer the same music world wide, but where I live, every once in a while, I run into a song or an album that’s just not available. Which songs are you missing? submitted by /u/VokThee

Songs that Spell Out Words Hi, guys. I am in search of songs that spell out words. Think Hot to Go, ABC (even though it’s not a word lol), Respect, Glamorous, anything that spells/uses lots of letters! For those wondering, I am curating a house music pl*ylist for a production of 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling bee. 😊🐝 I had the suggestion of spelling songs from a frie…

Three Anecdote songs? Looking for more examples of this trope in popular music. There are three verses, each telling a separate anecdote that share a theme. The chorus addresses the theme directly (or indirectly) and the bridge elucidates on the theme. Off the top of my head I can think of: What It’s Like by Everlast Waterfalls by TLC Youth Of A Nation by POD Mmm Mm…

What are the worst/weirdest songs by your favourite musicians? I often like to explore an artist by going through their albums chronologically. This means that I inevitably reach their Shit Era sooner or later, which is actually something I enjoy. It humbles them for me and reminds me that no musician is deserving of my respect (/j). I get comfort from the knowledge that the people I envy are capable of mak…

Songs with “Counter Melody” Hello guys looking for recommendations, songs with counter melodies and I am not even sure if its the right term. One big example I could give is the last chorus of Hero / Heroine by Boys Like Girls, how they combined the bridge and chorus and it works so well. Another one would be Miss Atomic bomb by The killers also with their last chorus part…

Heaviest songs that aren’t metal? I’m talking classical, around those eras. That’s the only other genre I can think of that can generate the same emotions has heavy metal. I wanna write heavy stuff from a different perspective, that isn’t 9 strings blast beats and gutturals, as beautiful as that is. submitted by /u/viviangrim

What are some of the most beautiful, wistful songs? I probably know little to nothing about music. But I do listen to songs a fair bit; I am an enjoyer of classic songs as I believe they capture more meaning in a sentence than most contemporary songs do in a chorus. Out of the songs I listened, I find “Your song” by Elton John and “She’s always a woman” by Billy Joel inexplicably beautiful. Do yo…

Break up songs for sudden breakups Met this girl and she was something special, today she just texted me to never see her again after having a seemingly good day together and having just made plans for the next day and further, it’s very complicated (aka: don’t ask) but she felt special and I need a song that expresses the pain of a sudden and seemingly random breakup, but I don’…

Songs you didn’t get as a kid Long story made shorty but I was born in ’92 and raised by my grandparents so I spent a lot of time with my uncle who still lived at home with his parents. Around the late 90s and early 2000s we’d watch music channels in his room and, when I was still too young to appreciate it, Neil Young’s song Harvest Moon was in heavy rotation. I genuinely d…

What are some songs you’re surprised were not a “hit”? I listen to a lot of different stuff but there are a handful of songs I’ll be listening to that I’m surprised were not big hits. Songs that are, I hate to use the term but “radio-friendly” enough to get popular to a wide enough audience. What are these for you? Some for me are: When You Were Mine by Joy Crookes Bea Miller, Snakehips – NEVER GONN…