The problem with writing on this topic is that “best” is such a relative term. It all depends on what genre of music you prefer. I personally enjoy any kind of music except may be ‘Country’. So without wasting any more time, following are the songs I like listening to when I am alone. I won’t give much information on the band or the song since it is a long list and I do not want to cross the word limit.
NOTE- THESE ARE THE FIRST TEN. (Hopefully I’d come up with the second half if my laziness permits me…)
1. No Rain- Blind Melon
One of my all time favorite songs. Unfortunately the Blind Melon Frontman ‘Shannon Hoon’ died at the age of 28 due to drug overdose. The song speaks of how life is ordinary and yet so “mad” and how we need someone or something to wake us up and help us deal with this maddening monotony.
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
I like watching the puddles gather rain
And all I can do is just pour some tea for two
And speak my point of view but it’s not sane
It’s not sane
2. Fly Away-Lenny Kravitz
The lyrics are not exactly very interesting yet I like this song because who does not like the idea of flying!
I wish that I could fly
Into the sky
So very high
Just like a dragonfly
I’d fly above the trees
Over the seas in all degrees
To anywhere I please
3. Born to be Wild- SteppenWolf
This is a great song about loving life and putting your energy into really having a blast while you are still here.
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space
Like a true nature’s child
We were born, born to be wild
4. Hell’s bells- ACDC
I find this song a bit funny yet it is a great song, hands down. It glorifies “evil” and “satan” but then It is a song about rebellion and defiance.
I’ll give you black sensations up and down your spine
If you’re into evil, you’re a friend of mine
See the white light flashing as I split the night
Cos if good’s on the left, then I’m stickin’ to the right
5. Free Bird- Lynyrd Skynyrd
In the song, The singer tells the girl that there is no point in him sticking around now as he is a “free bird” now. It is about “letting go” and embracing freedom at all cost.
If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me?
For I must be traveling on, now,
’Cause there’s too many places I’ve got to see.
6. Bittersweet Symphony- The Verve
The song speaks of the purposeless life, a life that is spent acquiring materialistic things that do not amount to much in the end.
’Cause it’s a bittersweet symphony, this life
Try to make ends meet
Try to find some money then you die
7. Criminal- Fiona Apple
The song is about “guilt” at the way the singer has behaved towards the one who loves her.
Heaven help me for the way I am.
Save me from these evil deeds.
Before I get them done.
I know tomorrow brings the consequence
at hand.
But I keep livin’ this day like
the next will never come.
8. Gets me through- Ozzy Osbourne
What can I say, I like songs that are somewhat of a ‘downer’. In this song, the singer tries to tell the world that there are misconceptions about him. What he is, is beyond his own control!
I’m not the kind of person you think I am
I’m not the anti-christ or the iron man
I have a vision that I just can’t control
I feel I’ve lost my spirit and sold my soul
Got no control
9. Enter Sandman- Metallica
There are too many good songs by Mettalica, but I really like this one and I listen to it before going to bed!
Exit, light
Enter, Night
Take my hand off to never-never land
Somethings wrong, shut the light
heavy thoughts tonight
And they aren’t of snow white
dreams of war, dreams of liars
dreams of dragon’s fire
and of things that will bite
sleep with one eye open
gripping your pillow tight
10. As I watch the sun F the ocean – Boy Hits Car
It is about “desire” and the “burning” and “pain” one feels at not being the “savior” of one’s beloved. All the singer can do is feel crippled with desire and feel helpless.
Can we ever forgive love for its pain?
A tragic poem that forever burns on my brain.
The city’s sweat is scaring her into her dreams
As the songs scream to fill her quiet evening.
No Nirvana, Guns N Roses, Pearl Jam, Janis Joplin and so on because they figure in most of the lists!