30 Day Song Challenge: Day 01 - Your Favorite Song
Jungleland-Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Easy...hands down my favorite song of all time. There is no better storyteller. I've been listening to Springsteen since I was 3 years old, there isn't much more I've known longer then his music. Now youtube doesn't have the album version available, but that's ok The Boss was meant to be heard LIVE.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 02 - Your Least Favorite Song
There is so much crap to choose from...I was never a fan of "Every Rose Has It's Thorn" but kind of felt bad ripping on it because it's the only song Brett wrote that has somewhat of a melody, but then I read that the rose was supposed to represent "the vagina" and the thorns "the vaginal teeth"...haha fuck you Brett...terrible song. No link. Poison blows.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 03 - A Song That Makes You Happy
Wouldn't It Be Nice-The Beach Boys
This is one of the most beautifully innocent songs ever written. I was going to write this long explanation for why this song makes me happy, but seriously if this song doesn't make you happy, you're an idiot. Also my explanation was way over the 420 allowed.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 04 - A Song That Makes You Sad
Beautiful Boy-John Lennon
John Lennon was ready to start fresh, rekindle a friendship with his best friend, and see his boy grown into a man. The song itself is beautiful, but I can't listen to it without the thought of the events that happened after the song was released creeping into my head. The line "I can hardly wait, to see you come of age." is always a punch to the gut.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 05 - A Song That Reminds You of Someone
Street of Dreams-Guns N' Roses
This song will forever remind me of myself and two drunk fuckos at Mac n Bobs trying like hell to remember the lyrics to this song (OHH they know who they are). Me and drunko numero uno trying to drunkinly sing the lyrics, while drunko numero dos searched her phone for the lyrics we couldn't remember (which were almost all of them). GEEETAR
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 06 - A Song That Reminds You of Somewhere
All These Things That I've Done-The Killers
This song reminds me of one of the rooms I had at VFMC. I'd just sit there when nothing was going on and listen to this song on repeat and zone out. It's crazy to think how much I've learned to love this band, meet crazy cool people and eventually meet Brandon years later, all because of that room at VF and this song...
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 07 - A Song That Reminds You of a Certain Event
She Loves You-The Beatles
THIS IS THE SONG THAT STARTED IT ALL. I remember walking down the stairs and humming this melody as a little kid and thinking "Uh oh, here we go". The biggest event in my life as a music lover. The first Beatles song I ever heard and I haven't stopped listening since.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 08 - A Song That You Know All The Words To
Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen
Try me. Probably my favorite guitar solo of all time too, but that's for another list all together. This is the greatest song ever written. The song is such an achievement in writing, technical ability, and creativity I almost can't take it. Everybody better know the words to this masterpiece.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 09 - A Song You Can Dance To
Goodbye Horses-Q. Lazzarus
I actually really like this song...and that's all I got to say about that.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 10 - A Song That Makes You Fall Asleep
Goodnight-The Beatles
Im going to change the wording a little bit here...this is a song that I like to fall asleep too. Beautiful string arrangement, melody and singing from Ringo (probably his best performance). This proves John could write beautiful melodies when he wanted to. The perfect closer to one of their greatest albums.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 11 - A Song From Your Favorite Band
While The Beatles were busy rewriting the rules of modern pop music in 1966, Paul McCartney decided to just step aside for a moment and write this song (in the bathroom of a hotel). It wasn't revolutionary, it didn't create a new sound, it wasn't even a hit single...it was a simple ballad that runs for only 2:02. But in that 2 minutes he tells the entire story of a doomed relationship (knowingly or unknowingly his own) from start to finish, and crafts a story that will strike a chord with anyone listening. There is no question about it, this is my favorite song (aside from Jungleland obviously), by my favorite band, off my favorite album of theirs. While Rubber Soul was Lennon's statement to the world that he was a serious songwriter, Revolver was McCartney's. And "For No One" was every bit a statement as "Eleanor Rigby".
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 12 - A Song From a Band You Hate
Name a Green Day song.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 13 - A Song That Is a Guilty Pleasure
Anyone who knows me, knows I'm shameless when it comes to the music I listen too...that being said it's a good thing the intro of this song is repeated in the chorus...because some of this song is almost unbearable. But I love crazy harmonies and I love the female voice...so this wins.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 14 - A Song That No One Would Expect You To Love
This is tough because I basically tell everyone the kind of music I love. Any-fuckin-way I love Regina Spektor, she is a crazy super talented musician. It combines 2 things I love and am a total sucker for when it comes to music...string arrangements and the female voice...done.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 15 - A Song That Describes You
I need this tattooed on me..."Everybody seems to think I'm lazy...I don't mind I think they're crazy."
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 16 - A Song That You Used To Love But Now Hate
I wouldn't say I really hate this song, but MCR has progressed as a band so much since that first album. This however was a song I liked at the time, but it didn't age well. The stuff they are putting out now destroys this song and that first album. If you are going to sound the same your whole career, what's the point? Hindsight is 20/20.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 17 - A Song That You Hear Often On The Radio
I'm pretty sure this is the only song that plays on the radio. I've got to give her credit, I thought she was going to be a one hit wonder. This is a pretty solid pop song, and I dig her lower register of a voice. So what I'm saying is...I don't turn off the radio when this song comes on.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 18 - A Song That You Wish You Heard On The Radio
Imagine people turning on their radio and this knocking them in the face?! Death is without a doubt my favorite death metal band, as well as one of the greatest BANDS period. This song is so technically precise, blazingly fast, and bombastic in its heaviness it's dizzying. THIS IS WHAT METAL SHOULD SOUND LIKE. RIP Chuck Schuldiner.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 19 - A Song From Your Favorite Album
Born to Run will forever be the soundtrack to my life. The Boss is one of the greatest performers this world has ever seen, and the stories he tells with his lyrics are nothing short of genius. This show showcases everything The Boss has to offer, vocals, lyrics, and guitar chops. This song carries my favorite verse from any song ever written...
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 20 - A Song That You Listen To When You're Angry
Duh. Slipknot is anger in audio form, pure and simple. This song is nothing but pure anger, hatred and aggression camouflaged in double bass, screams and thunderous guitars. By the end of this song you forgot why you were so pissed in the first place and instead have a huge grin on your face from the sheer madness of this song.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 21 - A Song That You Listen To When You're Happy
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 22 - A Song That You Listen To When You're Sad
I really don't feel like explaining or typing this one out...beautiful song, but really sad. This version will give you goosebumps.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 23 - A Song That You Want To Play At Your Wedding
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 24 - A Song That You Want To Play At Your Funeral
Alright so who knows about the wedding one, not important. BUT...we all know this will eventually happen, and when it does I really do want this song to play because I think it's pretty damn perfect.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 25 - A Song That Makes You Laugh
Um I think it's more the person...completely sober person reciting the lyrics of this song over the phone at 1 am perfectly that makes this song hilarious. Geeeetar.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 26 - A Song That You Can Play On An Instrument
I've learned many songs, but forgot most, this is one that stuck. Maybe it's because it is a simple song, when you play it YOU are the band...all you need is a voice, a guitar and a foot to tap along too. Now this version I linked isn't the album version, but a cool "live" version of a still "Beatle Paul" messing around. Genius musician.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 27 - A Song That You Wish You Could Play
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 28 - A Song That Makes You Feel Guilty
This is a song that should still make the entire country feel guilty. It is a song about a man who gave his country everything and his country turned it's back on him, disgusting. The scream the Boss rips at the end of the song basically says it all. The Boss ain't no hero, the guy he's singing about is.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 29 - A Song From Your Childhood
I've been listening to this song for 22 years. As a kid I of course had no idea what he was talking about for the most part, but as I got older it's amazing how much all of the Boss' songs mean to me and start to unravel and make sense. You've got to live life to appreciate these song, and this is as rock 'n' roll as it gets folks.
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 30 - Your Favorite Song At This Time Last Year
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