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Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1186 Joined: 1 Jan 2008     | Clubbed to Death, by Rob Dougan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFS4zYWxzNA& I don't know why, but the DNB and classical elements of this song work to gether so well. Even without lyrics, the song is very powerful. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3015 Joined: 8 May 2008    | "Finish the Fight" From Halo 3 soundtrack was really "moving". |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 6442 Joined: 30 Jan 2008   | Music is still effective for conveying a message. I often hear older people saying "There are no good protest songs anymore". Fuck you, you just don't listen to them anymore. Metal has remained the primary ground for this stuff, and you just don't listen to it. As for moving songs, Two Minutes to Midnight managed to change me into a rabid headbanger in 3.5 seconds. Does that count? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3751 Joined: 14 Jan 2008  | No leaf clover - Metallica. Truly moving if you really listen to it. I find most Metal songs have a meaning behind them, alot more than hip-hop or R&B. It's just you have to get past the fact that with some songs you need to did deeper. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 74 Joined: 3 Jul 2008   | To Live is to Die by Metallica, it is very sad and absoultely beautiful, tears well up in my eyes just thinking about the song EDIT: I think a lot of metal songs have a very deep meaning that u just cant seem to find elewhere in todays modern world some more examples of songs with very deep meanings are: Down with sickness, (yes just disect it), pretty much any song from metallicas 2md-4th album has deep meaniings as well |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3751 Joined: 14 Jan 2008 |
Mostly any song from Metallica has a deep meaning if you really think about it. You just might not see some as easily as others. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2719 Joined: 8 May 2008 | "Buy my album so I can be even richer!...Bitch!" |
Copy Clerk Posts: 74 Joined: 3 Jul 2008 |
Yeah, but those songs are just my favorites |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2643 Joined: 22 Jun 2008    | Smells like teen spirit - Its hard to tell what hes saying but hes talking about teens mentality. Repeat a few more nirvana songs and then moving along. Losing my religion - REM |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1506 Joined: 29 Mar 2008 | Alice's Resturant by Arlo Guthrie is the best protest song in the history of the world ever |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1860 Joined: 13 Dec 2007  | I'm deeply moved by music often. Someimes I get that feeling that I want to perform songs I hear, like just listening to them isn't enough. Sometimes it's different, and I just want to find the perfect time to play them. And sometimes a song just... moves you. Examples! |
Paperboy  Posts: 34 Joined: 24 May 2008 | bixby canyon bridge- death cab for cutie he is going back to where is girlfriend died |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 107 Joined: 16 Jul 2008 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcXm4DzZj94 Leningrad - Billy Joel Really inspiring Cold-War era piece that basically tells of the unfortunate-ness bestowed upon the people by war and competing governments. Such as: Father dying |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3777 Joined: 29 Nov 2007  | When you say, "With a message" is that limited to the conventional sense of "save the planet" and that type of stuff, or are you actually spreading to the entirety of "messages" as in conveying a story as well? |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2643 Joined: 22 Jun 2008 |
Anything that has meaning thats deep. New-hop is instantly disqualified because it has a double standard. |
Muckraker  Posts: 262 Joined: 19 Jan 2008 | "A Change Is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke. I cry every time I hear that song. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1479 Joined: 2 Jan 2008     | HORSE the Band's album A Natural Death comes to mind. I think Lord Gold put it best when he said,
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Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 772 Joined: 1 Jan 2008  | Black Rain from Ozzy's new album and War Pigs are pretty deep. |
Paperboy Posts: 13 Joined: 20 Jul 2008 | How about "the message": |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1436 Joined: 27 Mar 2008 | I do like metal and Metallica a lot, but I think it's bull to say that they are really paragons of "meaningful" song-writing who tower above all the rest. -- Alex |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 86 Joined: 27 Jan 2008 | I love Flobots and I think Fight with tools is an excellent album. However, I think handlebars has the weakest message on the entire cd. Maybe I'm missing something, but I've almost cried when listening to "Anne Braden", but always felt uplifted by "We are Winning" and "Stand Up." |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1087 Joined: 6 Mar 2008  | "Crazy Bitch" by Buckcherry. Clearly, it illustrates the importance of, uh, crazy bitches. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 919 Joined: 14 May 2008 | "Message in a Bottle" by The Police clearly has a message...in a bottle. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2636 Joined: 3 Mar 2008 |
"Roxanne" by The Police for me. Now that really conveyed a message. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3751 Joined: 14 Jan 2008 |
Yeah? You name a song by them that has no deep meaning. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 925 Joined: 25 Jan 2008 | This is really daft, since ALL songs have meaning to them, whether it's simple teeny-bopper "I wanna be your girlfriend" or a Metallica rock epic like One (seriously though guys, you're looking to Metallica for deep meaningful lyrics? I mean, Metallica are great and all but Hetfield's lyrics ain't exactly poetry,) or the angsty expression of Radiohead. If you mean songs that have a message like 'save the world', 'don't trust your government', or 'look at the hypocrisy of X' then these are my choices: Bullet In The Head - RATM. Quite possibly the best song ever written about television. |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 925 Joined: 25 Jan 2008 |
So What would be prime contender for that one. Sample Lyric: "I've done Skank, I've done speed, I've jacked up until I bleed, So what? So what? So what you boring little cunt?!?" Poetry, clearly. |
Muckraker  Posts: 282 Joined: 6 Feb 2008  | Dr. Stein by Helloween, one of my favorite songs ever, is a clever allegory for parental neglect. On the surface, the lyrics are sort of goofy, but on that other level, you can find a reference to the issue in every line of the song. Plus it has one of my favorite main riffs (during the verses) ever. Listen to the live version, though. It's a lot better than the studio recording. Another good one (in the opposite sense) is Rise of the Morning Glory by Edguy. On the surface, the lyrics are about breaking free from societal constraints and hurrying up to enjoy life, but they actually (and the lead singer has publicly stated this) refer to waking up with a hard-on. I'm glad no one's mentioned Wonderwall or Viva la Vida yet. Let's keep it that way. |
Anonymous Source Posts: 8 Joined: 10 Jun 2008 |
So What is a cover, so its not really their song. However Whiplash, or The Four Horsemen, or anything off the first two albums really, i would say do not have a deep meaning. |
Anonymous Source Posts: 8 Joined: 10 Jun 2008 | Oh, and nearly forgot: Lateralus by Tool has a brilliant message about how we can improve ourselves by being open to the possibilities that are available to us, both individually and as a collective race. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 199 Joined: 4 Jul 2008 | i really liked the message that "land of confusion"(also a music video) bye disturbed had. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 174 Joined: 10 Jul 2008 | Flobots are amazing. Watch the video for Radiohead's 'All I Need' |
Beat Writer  Posts: 139 Joined: 9 Feb 2008 |
seconded however the song was originally by Genesis...creepy puppets inside the fire |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1436 Joined: 27 Mar 2008 |
A lot of their songs are artfully done but thematically simple. What's the nuanced, multi-layered message of "Wherever I May Roam"? How about "Nothing Else Matters"? Are you going to sit here and tell me that "King Nothing" is a better, more nuanced song about the futility of wealth than, say, Pink Floyd's "Dogs"? Most musicians who really stand the test of time have sort of "deep meaning" in their songs. It's ridiculous to pick one band -- especially a band that does, realistically, has about five or six thematic elements that they like and do well and has been recycling them for twenty years -- and say they're geniuses without equal. (It's the same elements that every metal band sings about, pretty much, really.) -- Alex |
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This thread is for those songs that move you after hearing it once, and you just have to let other people know about it. That, and how do my fellow Escapists feel about music as a medium for such messages. Music has, of course, long been a primary medium for social commentary and expression, but the question I pose is do you think music is still an effective medium for such messages?
For example, MTV (which, believe it or not, does stand for Music Television) doesn't play music videos anymore; instead, it's filled with "reality TV." Sure, there's MTVU and MTV2, but those channels need to be paid for separately. Even radio stations will often only play one or two genres of music, severely limiting the exposure music could receive. While people will always "hear what they want to hear" the chance of accidental exposure is notably limited in music as opposed to other mediums.
The example I put forth is "Handlebars" by Flobots, a hip-hop band in Denver, Colorado. I never listen to hip-hop of my own accord, but because the Flobots don't really sound at all like a typical hip-hop group, my local rock-alternative radio station played "Handlebars" to let listeners decide if they wanted to keep it on the playlist. It is easily one of the most moving songs I've heard in a long time, and if it weren't for the chance play on the only radio station I listen to, I probably still wouldn't know about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuK2A1ZqoWs
Check it out. Share your thoughts on it and music as a medium, and share the music that has moved you as well.