I'll Be Missin You

"Thinking of the day when you went away," some of the lyrics from the song by P. Diddy who made the song in memory of the Notorious B.I.G. When I first heard this song I was pretty young and couldn't remember all the lyrics to many songs but for some reason this song reminisced in my mind and I learned all the lyrics. I didn't just remember the chorus, I remembered the raps in it, too and still know the whole song by heart. This song isn't one that I have to analyze like the rest of the songs on my list, but it's just a song thats close to my heart and at the moment it mirrors my life and I wanted to write about it.

The song still holds memories and now I can attach new thoughts to it and it now holds more meaning for me then it ever has. There are lots of songs out there that are about remembering and mourning but just listen to this song and it'll become a new favorite. For me, this song really stands out and is deeper than just a song written to make money off of. It was written by true friends who had to deal with the reality of losing a very close friend. A friend that had been like family, that had stuck by them through everything and even through all of thier mistakes and triumphs still had their back. This song can be played even 50 years from now and it will still have meaning for anyone who has ever lost a loved one, or is even just missing someone they had been close to. It's not one of those songs that are just played at clubs or only for a couple of months and then forgotten, it's a song that can be played any time and it will still be a hit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWuBS1HmI3M

All of The Lights

Alright true Kanye West can be a bit of a egotistical pig sometimes, but he can make good music, too. He's made his fortune on his record sales and is famous for his music. Also for his big mouth. But this new song was a hit and I really like it. The song "All of the Lights" includes many artists from Kid Cudi to Alicia Keyes and all the way back to Elton John. Each different singer has a different part and adds thier own flavor to this one of a kind song. And not all of the lyrics are exactly related, I think. In part of the song, I think Kanye talks about time he spent in the doghouse for publically humiliating Taylor Swift at the awards show. The lines, "I slapped that girl, she called the feds, I did that time and spent that bread." explain how he shut down Swift and his career suffered for it. All of the lights that are always showing on him due to his fame also make any mistake of his ten times worse than it actually is and makes his life one of scrutiny. And the song lines, "To my surprise, a n---- replacing me, I had to take 'em to that ghetto university," show that his time away from his music let others steal the spotlight like Drake and Lil' Wayne, and he wanted to do something about it. 

 Another part of the song is simply just a story about a man who did his wife wrong and is trying to spend time with his daughter and make his life right again and get things on track. All of the lights for this male exeplifies cops and the lights being flashed on him and chasing after him. But for both men in the song they are trying to reach the same goal. They're trying to get their lives back in order and back to the way they used to be. Both are trying to show thier remorse and learn from their mistakes and show the ones they care about that they can be better. They want them to see everything, all of the lights. "Want you to see everything, want you to see all of the lights."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7TV5YDbImc&feature=fvwrel

Hotel California

A song by the Eagles called Hotel California is an old song but its also deffinately a classic. I interpret the song to be about a man so drowned in fame and the life that comes with it that he dies and arrives at a place that he is unfamiliar with. In the song the man has to stop on the highway which signals his death. The "shimmering light in the distance" is when he passes over. The song even says "This could be heaven or this could be hell," pointing out that he doesn't know where he's arrived. Then he talks of the woman with her possesions and her "pretty boys" which is a sign of where he is at.
Now the song is getting near the end and the man says, "We are all just prisoners here Of our own demise," and he is realizing he put himself there. He knows he ended up in hell due to his own actions and decisions. Since he has realized his mistakes, he asks to leave but the response he gets are those famous lines, "You can check out any time you like But you can never leave." These lyrics mean that now he has repent for his time on earth but he cannot leave hell once he had arrived.
I don't listen to many old songs, but this is one of my favorites. It has a nice mellow feel to it and the Eagles aren't a bad band themselves.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGebTSnjd00

Electric Feel

So even though I don't listen to their band much, MGMT has one good song under their belt. Electric Feel. This song has a smooth beat and it's pretty catchy. The lyrics don't have as many words as most songs but it has lyrics that are descriptive and to me they give away what they're actually talking about. 

Many people beleive this song is about the way a guy feels about an amazing girl that he gets the chills from just looking at. The lyrics are confusing to someone who maybe listened to this song for the first time, or someone who isn't trying to pay attention to the real meaning. This song, like many, manyyy other songs, is about addictive drugs. Don't let the lyrics fool you when they mention "her". Yes, they describe this feeling as though it's about a girl, but thats just a way to mention the drug without having to really say it.

When the song says, "She gonna teach me how to swim," it's making a connection to the prescribed drug called oxycontin. When someone refers to 'swimming' they are reffering to oxycontin. This drug is medically used as a pain killer but many people who are prescribed become addicted. So it's really no surprise that this song is really all about the feeling this band gets when ever they are using it.

It's pretty sad that songs these days are all about drugs, sex, partying, and getting "f-ed" up, but thats just about all those people are doing now. Once a person becomes famous and starts gaining bigger and bigger pay they don't know what to spend it on anymore and turn to drugs and having their own type of twisted fun. I'm sure this wasn't the case about 70 years ago, but times change. People are now doing things that they don't think will effect them or they don't even care. Personally, I wish people could understand how much their decisions really effect them and the people who care about them.

If anyone has any song requests let me know! I'd love suggestions

Fireflies

This song by Owl City, who is a one man band I might add, is a very bouncy song that can get annoying, but for the most part is a good song. Fireflies was kind of confusing to me at first. I didn't understand why a guy would want to make a song that was so girly. Adam Young, however, is a light-hearted guy who has many 'whimsical' ideas of life. In his own personal blog he has child like traits that show how young he is at heart. One of the reasons explaining why he would make a song that sounds like a child help him create. Not in a bad way, just in an open minded way. I feel like this song is a joke, but Adam really likes to express his opinions in his songs which can make them sound like music for younger children.
The song Fireflies was a big hit and made headlines in the industry. I don't think in my lifetime I've heard a song that was so good that was only produced by one man. Lyrics, music and all. But this song is really just about how he thinks youth is taken away too quickly. When we're kids we all think time takes forever to pass by and that its gonna take soooo long to be like the older kids. The reality of it is that that time passes by all too quickly and we don't even realize it till it's too late. Now I'm always thinking about how short my weeks are and how quickly the day is done. Ask anyone over the age of about 16 and they'll tell you how quickly time passes for them and what they'd give to just have more time in a day. Sure, there are things we all wait for to come, but we don't cherish the time we're living in now. In about five years I'm positive I'll be saying, "Damn I wish I was 18 again."






www.youtube.com/watch?v=psuRGfAaju4

I Need a Doctor

A new song by one of my favorite artists. Eminem has made so many unforgettable songs and just came out with another thats been stuck playing in my head for days now. Its got such a catchy beat and I love how he incorporates a lighter tone in his music. Instead of most other rap artists, he doesn't just have a hard beat going the whole time while he raps quickly to the beat he's dropping. At the beginning of the song and at the chorus he has a female voice to play harmony to his fast paced rhymes.
This whole song is about Eminem's mentor, basically the father of his music. Dr. Dre. His whole career was started by Dr. Dre and he owes his fame to Dre. In 1996 Dr. Dre signed Eminem to his record label, Aftermath Entertainment. Eminem soon exploded onto the music scene and quickly became a well known rapper. For many years Eminem has been constantly putting out new music and keeping his name afloat in the sea of the industry.


Finally, during all of his years as a famous musician he came out with this song supporting the founder of his fame. Dr. Dre is said to be coming out with a new CD and Eminem incorporates this in his song. He mentions Dre being his biggest help in getting his feet off the ground and sings, "All I know is you came to me when I was at my lowest. You picked me up, breathed new life in me. I owe my life to you." attributing his success to Dre. But when he says, "You saved my life, now maybe it's my time to save yours." he is explaining that he will help Dr. Dre with the problems he is facing in making his producing his own music.
I love this song for its beat, the rhymes, and the fact that eminem is trying to be supportive to the man who he owes his success to. He realizes without Dr.'s help he would've amounted to nothing and hasn't let his ego get big enough to make him too cocky to realize his roots.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA770wpLX-Q