Yeah! it’s that time of the year to pay tribute to all those English songs that
kept me entertained through the year & kept me awake! on the ride to work & back.
1) Where is the love - Black Eyed Peas
This song is a masterful mix of regular rap, meaningful
lyrics(for a change!) and soothing melody!
It’s the conscious lyrics about how there is talk of love in the world but all the happenings hardly ever depict that, that has brought much attention to this one, I guess!
I really loved the pace of the song, the rap and the lyrics!
2) Crazy in love - Beyonce
Well, whoever’s been on the 2003 music scene and not heard of this one?
Almost every club & pub’s been cashing in on the popularity of this one!
I was wondering what makes this one so special(apart from Beyonce’s
grooving in the Video, that is!).
- The song’s got a very catchy musical piece that comes in the beginning
and oft-repeated through the song *(esp. during the lines’crazy right now’)
that could be the reason for its captivating feel!
- The catchy’Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no’ of beyonce! * needs no
mention to those who’ve heard this one!
2) Shut up - Black Eyed Peas
The same band that gave the smash hit’Where is the Love’
comes up with this fast number.
Though the song is like any other fast one, it has a deep
melancholy strain associated with it, I think. which is why
it is so haunting!, especially the parts where the title line’Shut up’
is sung.
The song is about the dynamics of a relationship breakup & worth
listening to!
“Stop the talking baby
Or I start walking baby”
is my favorite line!
3) Ignition(remix)- R Kelly
This is the remix version of the song’Ignition’ that sounds sooooo cool!
’Toot boot. beep beep’. crazy but cool sounds make this song a
surefire party number!
R Kelly’s back with a bang and this’s what hip hop’s all about!
The video’s hot too!
4) Intuition - Jewel
I loved this song right when it began with the lines
’la la la la.’ beautifully hummed by Jewel!
She has really improvised on her way of singing, adding some stylistic variety, from previous works like her’Foolish games’ album of 1998.
But I really liked the title song’Foolish games’ from that album * much more
- than this one, for its haunting mood & powerful lyrics! Do check that one out too!
5) In da club - 50 cents
Hip hop galore!
Sounds like a gansta number!
The background sounds are a good innovation and add to the surreal feel of this
song.
Lyrics. well, it’s hip hop, so you know what to expect!
And you get it!
7) Bring me to life - Evanescence
This song is haunting, to say the least.
As a big fan of Macabre compositions, I can’t but help but wake up to this one!
I also like the heavy guitaring on this song. blends well with the mood
of this song!
The lyrics are also ultra cool, with * gothic images * presenting themselves
even before we get to see the video!
(The video is another masterpiece!)
A couple of other songs in this album, like’My Immortal’ are good too, so it might be just worth buying this album!
8)
The Remedy(I won’t worry) - Jason Moraz
an up-beat song, this one never fails to surprise, especially the lyrics!
- The tune is terrific and the song keeps moving without a break, finally
breaking into a chorus’I won’t worry my life away’.
Jason’s voice is a major plus too!
Pieces of lyrics from the part I like best in the song:
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I say the tragedy is how youre gonna spend the rest of your nights with the light on
So shine the light on all of your friends because it all amounts to nothing in the end.
I wont worry my life away.
I wont worry my life away.
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9)
Hey Ya! - Outkast
Too good song to lift up your spirits!
And you don’t need spirits to appreciate this one!
- The background musicals for the lines’Hey Ya’ * are enough to make
this song a great hit!
10) Love me when I’m gone - 3 doors down
Fast paced, with a powerful tune backing it, the lyrics only add value to this great
song from the’Kryptonite’ band! The only downside is I feel that the song seems to be in the same mode as their’Kryptonite’ number.
This song seems to fit the situation of showing tribute to US troops abroad.
’So hold me when I’m here
Love me when I’m wrong
Hold me when I’m scared
And love me when I’m gone
’
https://lyricsdepot.com/3-doors-down/when-im-gone.html
If you need an introduction to 3 doors down, do check out their song’Kryptonite!’
(It shoulda been rather called * dynamite *, I should say!) from their 2000
album’The Better Life’.
Other worthy mentions:
- Stacy’s mom - Fountains of Wayne
. about a boy who has the hots for his girlfriend’s mom!
The rythmic guitaring is just too amazing here!
Not to speak of the Video!;) .
The special part of this song that I loved the most are the lines’There will be
no white flag above my head’!
Clocks – Cold play
Here without you - 3 doors down
Shake ya tailfeather - Nelly, P. Diddy, etc
Unwell – Matchbox 20
Are you happy now- Michelle branch
All the things she said - TATU