Wise words, better tunes.
When you’re facing a tough situation in life, it’s very likely that you’ll seek and be offered some advice from friends or colleagues.
But why listen to them when you’ve got thousands of singles to listen to? With this in mind, we’ve decided to draw up an eclectic list of songs that should be able to get you through most scenarios in life.
If you’ve got some personal favourites, then feel free to get in touch (Hello@JOE.co.uk).
Bruce Springsteen – Dancing In The Dark
The lyric: “You can’t start a fire without a spark.”
The lesson: The hardest part of any new adventure is the first step. Take it and don’t look back or regret anything.
The Bluetones – Bluetonic
The lyric: “You may not see things my way, like my method or my reasons, but you can’t tell me that I’m wrong”
The lesson: People will always disagree with you, but if you know that you’re right, that’s all that matters.
Nas – Life’s A Bitch
The lyric: “Life’s a bitch and then you die, that’s why we get high, cause you never know when you’re gonna go”
The lesson: Do what makes you happy because, in the end, life’s too short.
Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
The lyric: “But if you try sometimes you just might find, you get what you need”.
The lesson: You might want everything, but it turns out that you already have everything that you really need.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIX0ZDqDljA
Kendrick Lamar – i
The lyric: “The sky can fall down, the wind can cry now/the strong in me, I still smile, I love myself”
The lesson: Believe in yourself and the world will never bother you. You’re bulletproof.
Marvin Gaye – Got To Give It Up
The lyric: “As long as you’re groovin’, there’s always a chance, somebody watches, might wanna make romance”
The lesson: Relax and enjoy yourself. If you do this, you might end up having more fun than you ever thought was possible.
Bob Dylan – Maggie’s Farm
The lyric: “I try my best, to be just like I am, but everybody wants you, to be just like them, they sing while you slave, and I just get bored”.
The lesson: If everyone is going left, go right.
The Supremes – You Can’t Hurry Love
The lyric: “You can’t hurry love, no, you just have to wait”
The lesson: There’s no exact science to finding love. It usually arrives at the most unexpected time.
Dan Le Sac v Scroobius Pip – Thou Shalt Always Kill
The lyric: The whole song is amazing.
The lesson: If you want to be a well-rounded human being, adhere to these lyrics.
Public Enemy – Harder Than You Think
The lyric: “Live life love like you just don’t care/ 5,000 leaders never scared/ bring the noise it’s the moment they fear/ get up still a beautiful idea”.
The lesson: If things seem like they’re against you, there’s always music to help you get through.
The Beatles – Let It Be
The lyric: “And when the night is cloudy, there is still a light that shines on me, shine on until tomorrow, let it be”.
The lesson: No matter how bad things appear, there’s always hope.
The Beatles – Let It Be – HD – Remastered from Gabriel Starna on Vimeo.
LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
The lyric: “I wouldn’t trade one stupid decision, for another five years of life”
The lesson: I’ve previously stated that this track is the best single of the last decade, but very few lyrics sum up the brazen, ballsy and carefree attitude of being young quite like this one from James Murphy.
Baz Luhrmann – Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sun Cream)
The lyrics: In a song that’s brimming with nuggets of wisdom, we’ve opted for: “Don’t waste your time on jealousy/Sometimes you’re ahead/Sometimes you’re behind/The race is long and in the end, it’s only with yourself”.
The lesson: Take your pick.
