AARP Online Community and Discussion Forums - Re: Stressors/Pressures of Everyday Life - Page 6

BeatleloverKT · ‎09-29-2019

As I’m coming to two years of the worst times of my life, both personally and professionally, I’ve noticed there are a lot of rock songs out there that deal with the Stressors/Pressures of everyday life. I thought it would be a great topic to explore. Songs with pressure in the title are obvious, but I’m hoping this will bring out other, more subtle songs that address these issues. I will start with one of my all time favorites in this area-

”We gotta get out of this place” by The Animals

BeatleloverKT · ‎01-05-2020

Hey you by Pink Floyd

"Hey you, out there in the cold

Getting lonely, getting old

Can you feel me

Hey you, standing in the aisles

With itchy feet and fading smiles

Can you feel me?

Hey you, don't help them to bury the light

Don't give in without a fight"......

MaVolta · ‎01-23-2020

Get Over It - Eagles

From a different perspective, this song is Don Henley's rant about people who go on daytime talk shows, complain about everything that's wrong in their lives, blame everyone else, and take no responsibility. Get over it!

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

BeatleloverKT · ‎01-23-2020

Fountain of sorrow by Jackson Browne

cm9889168 · ‎01-26-2020

"Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan

"Looking back over the years
And whatever else that appears
I remember I cried when my father died
Never wishing to hide the tears
And at sixty-five years old
My mother, God rest her soul
Couldn't understand why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start with a heart so badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
Alone again, naturally"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQhApraUzmQ

BeatleloverKT · ‎01-26-2020

Ain't no good life by Lynyrd Skynyrd

"Ain't no good life

Not the one that I lead

'Cause the more I fight the sadness, yeah

It only seems the more that I grieve

Well I look back on the good times

As some lost part of me

I want to know, tell me why it is so

Well just because I don't pray

Lord, that doesn't mean I ain't forgiven

Just 'cause I'm alive

That don't mean I'm makin' a livin"......

MaVolta · ‎01-27-2020

Broken, Beat, & Scarred - Metallica

You rise, you fall, you're down then you rise again
What don't kill you'll make you more strong

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

BeatleloverKT · ‎01-27-2020

Stronger (What doesn't kill you) by Kelly Clarkson

BeatleloverKT · ‎01-01-2020

Awaiting on you all by George Harrison

"You don't need no love in

You don't need no bed pan

You don't need a horoscope or a microscope

To see the mess that you're in

If you open up your heart

You will know what I mean

We've been polluted for so long

Now here's a way for you to get clean"......

BettyS487482 · ‎12-24-2019

Bridge Over Troubled Water - my favorite version by Elvis, although came out first by Simon and Garfunkel,

Suspicious Minds by Elvis and

Can't Get No Satisfaction by Rolling Stones.

cm9889168 · ‎12-26-2019

"We Gotta Get Out Of This Place"

by The Animals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJVpihgwE18

BeatleloverKT · ‎12-26-2019

Crying in public by Chairlift. Song about falling in love but he feels like a wreck and a monster.

BeatleloverKT · ‎12-31-2019

Complicated by Avril Lavigne

MarybethG691589 · ‎12-24-2019

Roll With the Changes REO Speedwagon

ln95232066 · ‎12-23-2019

My first thought was "Can't Get No Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones.

BeatleloverKT · ‎12-24-2019

Crawling by Linkin Park. A song about the pull of things out of your control that makes you feel like you're crawling in your own skin. They kind of scream a bit but the message comes through loud and clear

1968Hoya46 · ‎12-22-2019

Not Too Young To Get Married: Bob E. Soxx & The Blue Jeans (teenage angst).

BeatleloverKT · ‎12-23-2019

Where the river flows by Collective Soul. Personal angst and words by others can be brutal

sneekycheeky · ‎12-21-2019

new rule : no apology necessary for mentioning a song more than once. who wants to go thru allllll the posts(not me). and everybody has their favorites.

BeatleloverKT · ‎12-22-2019

Some days are diamonds by John Denver

"Some days are diamonds,some days are stones

Sometimes the hard times won't leave me alone

Sometimes a cold wind blows a chill in my bones

Some days are diamonds,some days are stones"......

hgroopman · ‎12-21-2019

9 to 5 by Dolly Parton.

1968Hoya46 · ‎12-21-2019

I Can Never Go Home Anymore: Shangri-Las (the pressures and stresses of the mother-daughter relationship led this daughter to make a now-regretted decision).

JamesR268677 · ‎12-21-2019

Great choice!! One of my favorite singing groups. All that drama! Shadow Morton was a genius. I saw them A LOT when I was a teen. I once went to see them open for the Beach Boys and left after The Shangri-Las finished their set (I loved the BB, but I'd seen them the month before).