Es gibt viele Lieder über das Leben. Songs die einen sehr persönlich Berühren oder die einem über eine sehr lange Zeit begleiten. Jeder von uns hat seinen „Lieblingssong“ im Kopf . Die folgenden Songs erzählen alle Geschichten aus dem Leben und über das Leben. Songs die einem Mut geben, Nachdenklich machen oder neue Wege aufzeigen was wirklich wichtig ist im Leben. Songs die einem über seinen eigenen Lebensweg nachdenken lassen. Hier nun meine kleine Bescheidene Top Ten.
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Look around me I can see my life before me Running rings around the way It used to be I am older now I have more than what I wanted But I wish that I had started Long before I did And there's so much time to make up Everywhere you turn Time we have wasted on the way So much water moving Underneath the bridge Let the water come and carry us away Oh when you were young Did you question all the answers Did you envy all the dancers Who had all the nerve Look round you know You must go for what you wanted Look at all my friends who did and got what they deserved And there's so much time to make up Everywhere you turn Time we have wasted on the way
wasted on the way
Crosby, Stills and Nash
1. wasted on the way / Crosby, Stills and Nash
"Wenn ich mich so umschaue und mir mein Leben vor Augen führe, muss ich sagen: im Vergleich zu jetzt kann mein früheres Leben einpacken! Ich bin jetzt älter und habe sogar mehr, als ich eigentlich wollte – ich wünschte nur, ich wäre früher in die Gänge gekommen.
Es gibt so viel Zeit, aus der man etwas hätte machen können – egal, in welcher Richtung: Zeit, die wir unterwegs vergeudet haben. Es fließt so viel Wasser unter der Brücke durch – nutzen wir es doch und lassen uns von ihm davontragen.
Als du jung warst – hast du da die ganzen Antworten hinterfragt? Hast du die Seiltänzer um ihre Nervenstärke beneidet? Schau dich nur um – wenn du etwas haben willst, musst du's dir holen. Nimm dir ein Beispiel an all meinen Freunden, die's so gemacht haben und bekommen haben, was ihnen zusteht.
Es gibt so viel Liebe, die man wieder auffrischen kann – Liebe, die im Lauf der Zeit verkümmert ist.
Lassen wir uns einfach vom Wasser davontragen."
2. Memories / Maroon5
"The band's lead singer, Adam Levine explained: "This song is for anyone who has ever experienced loss. In other words, this song is for all of us." The song is based on the loss of the band's manager and Levine's friend, Jordan Feldstein who died on December 22, 2017, from pulmonary embolism.[5] According to guitarist, James Valentine: "It’s a different kind of song for us…It’s an important song for us. You know, we experienced some loss in the last couple of years. We lost our longtime manager, Jordan Feldstein. We heard the skeleton of this song and thought it matched where we were at."
3. Harvest / Neil Young
The lyrics of "Harvest" are obscure. Music critic Johnny Rogan describes the lyrics as presenting rhetorical questions about a relationship with a woman. To Rogan, the singer wonders how much love he will receive from the relationship and the extent to which we will be able to accept – or harvest – that love. Music journalist Nigel Williamson regards the lyrics as reflecting Young's "inability to accept happiness at face value." Williamson sees the refrain of "Dream up, dream up/Let me fill your cup" as another reference to the "harvest" in the title. Another interpretation of the lyrics is that they reflect the passage of time. Yet another interpretation is that the lyrics are about "maturing out of adolescence." Young biographer Jimmy McDonough interprets lyrics such as "Did she wake you up to tell you that/It was only a change of plan" as referring to his then mother-in-law's previous suicide attempts. Inglis also interprets the line "Did I see you down in a young girl's town/With your mother in so much pain" as referring to this situation. Young biographer David Downing feels that the song works like a dream, being "so full of recognition, yet so short on sense."
4. well meet again / Jonny Cash
We’ll Meet Again ist eines der berühmtesten Lieder der Ära des Zweiten Weltkriegs, geschrieben 1939 von Ross Parker und Hughie Charles. Es wurde in der Version von Vera Lynnbekannt und entwickelte sich in der Folge zur Hymne für die Soldaten und ihre Familien. Das Lied und die Touren bei den Soldaten an der Front trugen zum Image von Vera Lynn als „The Forces’ Sweethear t“ bei. Ross Parker und Hughie Charles schrieben das Lied, um Familien zuhause zu trösten, die Angst hatten, ihre Familienangehörigen und Geliebten wegen des Krieges nicht mehr zu sehen.
5. after the Goldrush / Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris
„Als wir das Trio-Album machten, fragte ich Linda und Emmy, was es bedeutete, und sie wussten es nicht. Also haben wir Neil Young angerufen, aber er wusste es auch nicht. Wir fragten ihn, was es bedeutete, und er sagte: „Verdammt, ich weiß es nicht. Ich habe es eben geschrieben. Es hing davon ab, was ich damals einnahm. Ich denke, ich habe für jede Strophe etwas anderes eingenommen.““
6. People get ready / Eva Cassidy
Impressions lead singer Curtis Mayfield wrote this song. Mayfield got his start performing with the Northern Jubilee Gospel Singers, competing with other gospel acts in the Chicago area. Grounded in church music, he wrote many songs in that style, including "People Get Ready." The song embodies a deep sense of spirituality and community, but with enough popular appeal to make it a hit. Mayfield based the song's lyric on various sermons he heard in church. He wrote the music first, and the gospel feel dictated the words. This song resonated with African Americans during the civil rights struggles of the '60s. The song speaks for the downtrodden, and Mayfield made it clear that transcended race. "It doesn't matter what color or faith you have," he told Goldmine in 1997. "I'm pleased the lyrics can be of value to anybody."
7. Starman / David Bowie
Das Lied handelt von Ziggy Stardust, der in einer Radiosendung den Jugendlichen der vom Untergang bedrohten Erde die Hoffnung bringende Nachricht übermittelt, dass einem Außerirdischen namens Starman die Rettung der Welt gelingen würde. Die Geschichte wird aus der Perspektive eines Jugendlichen erzählt, der Ziggy im Radio zuhört. Bowie erläuterte 1973 William S. Burroughs von der Zeitschrift Rolling Stone, dass Ziggy Stardust nicht Starman selbst sei, sondern nur sein irdisches Sprachrohr. Allerdings passt dies nicht zu wiederholt veröffentlichten Zeichnungen, die Ziggy als einen Außerirdischen zeigen.
Starman folgt dem Stil des kurz zuvor erschienenen Albums Hunky Dory, erkennbar musikalisch inspiriert durch Judy GarlandsOver the Rainbow aus dem Film Der Zauberer von Oz. Der Oktavsprung im Refrain beim Wort Starman ist identisch mit dem in Somewhere Over The Rainbow.
Bowie erzählte selbst: „ ‘Star ... man’ is in fact ‚’some ... where over the Rainbow’ and I just went from there and just took it somewhere else to be ... It became a blueprint for that ... Anything I touch always kind of gets perverted out of all recognisable form. That’s half the fun of it. Taking a system and throwing a spanner into it“ (dt.: ‘Star…man’ ist tatsächlich ‘some…where over the Rainbow’ und ich ging einfach von dort los und brachte es woanders hin … es wurde die Blaupause für das … Alles was ich anfasse, wird irgendwie verändert, weg von allen erkennbaren Formen. Das ist der halbe Spaß. Ein System zu nehmen und Sand ins Getriebe zu streuen).
8. I shall be released / Kirk Ross
Bob Dylan wrote this in 1967 but it was not until 1971 on his Greatest Hits Vol. II album that his version was officially released. The Band, who backed up Dylan on his first electric tour, recorded it for Music From Big Pink, which was their first album. Their version is the most well-known. This song could be either an anti-death penalty composition or a metaphoric attempt by Dylan at looking forward to being released from Hell on Earth - possibly awaiting the "release" from the hell of being an innocent man wrongly imprisoned. There is a very solemn, religious hymnal quality to the song that is represented by the lyrics, "My light come shining from the west unto the east," which is an apocalyptic reference. In Robert Shelton's biography No Direction Home, he gives the song a different meaning. After Dylan's motorcycle accident in 1966, when he was 25, he retreated from the spotlight. This was after he had suffered great disappointment at the reception his European and American tour dates brought. He'd been booed offstage, called a traitor, and attendance dropped at some of his concert dates. Dylan was seriously injured in the accident, and Shelton states that Dylan withdrew not only to recuperate, but to spend the time in self reflection, and with his family. He goes further, saying that the song represents Dylan's search for personal salvation.
9. Unsung Psalm / Tracy Chapman
The album is an 11-song journey into the realm of truth, pain and love. The concepts in "Telling Stories" tap so deeply into the heart of Chapman that each song is primarily driven by guitars and vocals to give a better feel for the album.
Dwelling on the progression of blacks, Chapman's sad-toned voice is carried by chants of hope and a strengthening guitar in "Nothing Yet."
She explains that history has a reputation for getting better, only to be taken away by something shocking. "Shadowed by Liberty's torch/As the boats that brought us over/Are slowly sinking off the shore/And we ain't seen nothing yet," she sings.
In "The Only One," Chapman brings to the campfire a song of death. With only a string section and the background vocals of musical legend Emmylou Harris to back her up, she puts a positive spin on mourning.
Repetition of "Does heaven have enough angels yet?" helps express the meaning of the song.
Admitting to guilt for being human, Chapman tells the story of making mistakes in "Unsung Psalm." With the slow rhythm and strumming guitar sounds, she follows the lyrical pattern of "I would...only if." Chapman explains that if she were to die right now she would be an angel in heaven if she lived her life right.
The title song of the album, "Telling Stories," explains fiction working at its best.
10. 9 Crimes / Damien Rice
The name of the song is "9 Crimes" because Damien Rice is Irish (from Ireland), and being Irish if he isn't Catholic, then he's at least grown up around it. And in the Roman Catholic version of the 10 Commandments, number 9 is "Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbours Wife"...or cheat, as we commonly call it now days. And since the song is about cheating, it fits very appropriately. Secondly, the "getting off" and "sex" reference sounds good for about 2 minutes until you think about it and realise that it's complete BS. The verses are self-explanatory if you just listen to them. What most people have trouble understanding is the "If I give my gun away when it's loaded/if you don't shoot it, how am I supposed to hold it?" line. This goes to the old saying (especially about marriage-at least here in Ireland) "pull the trigger". It's kind of like "crap or get off the pot". When people have trouble committing to getting engaged/married, people say "pull the trigger already". So just do it. So when it says that, both the male and the female in the song are saying "if you won't propose/marry me, what sense is it to stay in this relationship?" So they have the gun (their relationship) which they're just holding (sort of a holding pattern because the relationship is stagnant and not going anywhere) and both of they are refusing to pull the trigger (to commit to each other). And this is what causes all of the problems that occur in the verses (like cheating).
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