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| My !0 Best Songs Pt. 1
I just listed some of my favorite songs and ones that truly moved
me in a near metaphysical sense. | | 1 | | Bob Dylan
Like A Rolling Stone
Spewing over a jangling guitar and a heavy organ Dylan metaphorical calls the attention of a nation,
one he sees
without direction. It's people wandering with no home, a call to arms, to relive their burden they must
correct
this as he sits and laughs. Paralleled to the socio-political climate at the time, and endless
interpretation Dylan
created a world were cynicism and critiques towards the world and his country and those as close as
his friends
are embedded in the nearly indecipherable lyrics. | | 2 | | The Rolling Stones
Gimme Shelter
The visceral anger, the unapologetic approach to the government and the world of the 60s is
counterculture is
captured in spades on this cut. The slowed and heavily distorted guitars bring on the apocalypse, but
when the lyrics
spew of fires and bombings littering the world, the only salvation is in the love of woman and men. The
darkest the
hippie movement ever stooped, and I love it. | | 3 | | Blind Willie Johnson
Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground
Hidden in the realm above mankind's understanding is a certain talent, that has the ability to connect
our
bodies harmonically and physically to this realm. The near transcendent nature of the track allows you
to sink
somewhere between the gates of heaven and steps of hell, as Will smoothly serenades in moans and
whispers
the decent of jesus christ. | | 4 | | Hank Williams
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Steady beat to the mumbled metaphorical yearnings of lonesomeness, the understanding that the night
owls and the moon have to us in our most depressed states. Williams brings a natural feel to his song
of loss, his song of absolute pain, Love. Pains that can not be rectified by the silence only to wash away
and to wallow deeper in his heart. | | 5 | | Otis Redding
Sitting On The Dock Of A Bay
The breeze rolls in from the San Francisco docks, as Otis lulls you about his life story and his struggles.
He vocalize lost dreams, hopes, and loneliness of creating art. | | 6 | | Mississippi John Hurt
Stagolee
The account of murder slides along with a sort of country pain and uproar. Fingering across a delta
blues riff, with lyrics that quickly separate the natures of good and evil. Yet Hurt allows the song not
just to be about the pains faced by either pro/antagonist but about the how it inflicts the world at
large, how can evil corrupt the very being of individuals, the moral outrage, hysteria over crimes and
there lasting affects on those in and around them. | | 7 | | The Who
We Won't Get Fooled Again
Frustration, pent up rage, anger, anarchy, and near misanthropic behavior haunts every teenagers
years. The Who capture these times by turning the amps to over 11, the drumming hard and sing to
match. By the time of the second scream by Roger, all the tension and frustration has been released
and the listener is now free. | | 8 |  | Paul Simon
Graceland
As the most cinematic of songs Simon slides your riverboat through the heart of American Music, aided
by South Africans who know of the pains those who live their know of. Simon sings of it as a salvation,
his Mecca, the word taking a meaning that Graceland is not so much a place, with dirt and concrete but
a state of mind, where one can bring his burdens and forget them while they listen only to their music
of heartaches and pains. | | 9 | | Skip James
Hard Time Killin' Floor
Sounds as if a near demonic warning of the troubles faced by men, talk of no heaven, rushed to explain
his stance on the world because he himself is clashing. James picks you into a frenzied state of mind
where the devil is waiting for him as he explains what one must do, the desperation and sadness
encapsulated in his voice sounds as if when you stopped playing the devil himself would great him. | | 10 | | Bruce Springsteen
Highway Patrolman
A film being sung in a hushed tone and a weak guitar allows for Springsteen to express the feelings the
visualize the beaten towns and peoples he's exploring. Their heartaches and small triumphs, felt in a
nowhere town in the Middle of America, expressing the values of family as well, as the disappointment
and isolation of the protagonist. | |
clairvoyant
11.15.07 | i'll say it now.
1 is quite possibly the most overrated song of all time.
i personally think it completely sucks
however, great props for 8 | SynGates
11.15.07 | 1 is a good song, but nothing more imo | McP3000
11.15.07 | old shit
classic rock ftw | TheGreatD17
11.15.07 | Well I like 7, and very little of this is rock | Jimmy
11.15.07 | good list, not very many real blues fans around here. | AmericnZero02
11.15.07 | Can't argue with 7. That song rules. | ASberg
11.15.07 | yeah good list. 1,2,4 and 7 are great. but yeah 1 is a bit overrated. | Aficionado
11.16.07 | You have some fantastic song descriptions, you can be a great reviewer if you can translate that into reviews. |
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