Stressors/Pressures of Everyday Life

[BeatleloverKT]

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

[Butterfly565]

One of my fav's from the Eagles....  "I Can't Tell You Why"....Timothy B.Schmit...awesome!

https://youtu.be/xyDpueHZbiA

[Butterfly565]

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@Butterfly565 wrote:

One of my fav's from the Eagles....  "I Can't Tell You Why"....Timothy B.Schmit...awesome!

https://youtu.be/xyDpueHZbiA

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With that I'd like to post....I apologize if it is already on this thread....

Hall and Oats...." Private Eyes"   (they'll do anything to make a buck)

https://youtu.be/P3MUQKD_GOE

[1968Hoya46]

So Sad To Watch Good Love Go Bad: Everly Brothers

[BeatleloverKT]

Real Friends by Camilla Cabello

[MaVolta]

Garden Party - Rick Nelson (RIP, we miss you)

But it's all right now, I've learned my lesson well
You see, you can't please everyone, so you've got to please yourself

At it's core, the song is about taking a negative and turning it into a positive. If you aren't familiar with the story, here is a great write-up.

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/rick-nelson/garden-party

[1968Hoya46]

Drift Away: Dobie Gray (rock and roll will allow him to drift away from the confusion and angst he experiences in this unkind world).

[BeatleloverKT]

In my blood by Shawn Mendes. Sings about needing help, feeling like giving up, loneliness and anxiety. Bingo 👍

[1968Hoya46]

Talk Talk:  The Music Machine (themes of teenage angst, anger, depression, paranoia, despair... the whole package).

[BeatleloverKT]

Fight Song by Rachel Platten

[1968Hoya46]

Lyin' Eyes: Eagles (a case study of self-created stress: marry a rich old guy with hands as cold as ice to achieve the good life, then cheat on him with a guy her own age (who's hands are presumably not as cold as ice) and we have a recipe for a stressful existence).

[BeatleloverKT]

Growing Pains by Alessia Cara. She sings about the complex emotions that come from managing day to day adult stress. I am pretty sure she wrote it about me because it hits the nail on the head about my life 

[MaVolta]

Everybody's Broken - Bon Jovi

[BeatleloverKT]

@MaVolta  OMG another song written for me! Love the message! While we're on the Bonjovi track, I give you One Step Closer by them also

[1968Hoya46]

Uptown: Roy Orbison

Uptown: The Crystals

(Two different songs, but each conveys the pressures and stress faced by the "little guy" in the big city. Roy's little guy is a bellhop who fantasizes about getting rich and hooking up with the woman in the penthouse. The Crystal's little guy becomes a big guy after he returns to his uptown home after a soul-crushing workday downtown). Interesting how the word "uptown" has a different meaning in each song. 

[MaVolta]

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@1968Hoya46 wrote:

Uptown: Roy Orbison

Uptown: The Crystals

(Two different songs, but each conveys the pressures and stress faced by the "little guy" in the big city. Roy's little guy is a bellhop who fantasizes about getting rich and hooking up with the woman in the penthouse. The Crystal's little guy becomes a big guy after he returns to his uptown home after a soul-crushing workday downtown). Interesting how the word "uptown" has a different meaning in each song. 

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And this one . . . She'll soon be tired of her uptown guy and he will be successful and win her over . . .

Uptown Girl - Billy Joel

[MaVolta]

19th Nervous Breakdown - Rolling Stones

[Butterfly565]

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@MaVolta wrote:

19th Nervous Breakdown - Rolling Stones

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Ahh...with the above...I think it's a doorway to:

Eric Clapton ~ "Breaking Point"

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[BeatleloverKT]

Walk a thin line by the Mac

[MaVolta]

Someday Never Comes - CCR

And in a similar vein . . . 

Teach Your Children - CSN&Y

[BeatleloverKT]

Heavy by Collective Soul

[BeatleloverKT]

Everybody Hurts by REM

[MaVolta]

We Can Work It Out - The Beatles

[BeatleloverKT]

Land of Confusion by Genesis

[cm9889168]

"Against The Wind" 

          by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBJRD1VkxmI

[BeatleloverKT]

Someone saved my life tonight by Sir Elton

[Butterfly565]

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@BeatleloverKT wrote:

Someone saved my life tonight by Sir Elton

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Kudos to you @BeatleloverKT  with your introduction I'll add:

"Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" by Sir Elton John! 

[MaVolta]

Turn! Turn! Turn! - Pete Seeger

Best known version by The Byrds, recorded in various styles by many artists. 

[BeatleloverKT]

Let it be by the Fab 4️⃣ No one describes heartache and trouble (among other things) like the Beatles

[1968Hoya46]

Idiot Wind: Dylan (the story [to put it mildly] of a bumpy relationship).

[BeatleloverKT]

Never going back again by the Mac