 Genius Meanings
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Pink Floyd – Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2
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“Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2” is Pink Floyd’s only number one hit in both the US and the UK, and was a chart-topper in at least six other countries overseas in the spring of
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Pink Floyd – Dogs
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“Dogs”, originally entitled “You’ve Gotta Be Crazy,” began as a sprawling jam that was turned into a multi-part suite about the sadness that occurs from trying to find your place
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Pink Floyd – Time
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This is the only track on the album that credits all 4 members of the band. It’s about how time can slip by, but many people do not realize it until it is too late. Roger Waters
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You+Me – You and Me
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This is the 5th track on the album Rose Ave from the duo You+Me, formed by Alecia Moore (better known as P!nk) and Dallas Green (known from City and Colour)
The song is about
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Frank Ocean – Pink + White
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Produced by Pharrell Williams and featuring uncredited backing vocals from Beyoncé, “Pink + White” details Frank’s memories of his youth and someone close to him who passed away
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Pink Floyd – Money
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“Money” is a track from English progressive rock band Pink Floyd’s 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. Written by bassist Roger Waters, it opened side two of the original vinyl
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Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
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Widely considered to be one of the greatest songs of all time, “Bohemian Rhapsody” was the first single released from Queen’s fourth studio album, A Night at the Opera. It became
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Coldplay – Yellow
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“Yellow” is the fifth track and second single from Coldplay’s 2000 debut album Parachutes. It is one of their oldest and most enduring hits, continuing to be a celebrated staple of
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Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb
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Pink’s emotional journey into the past is both interrupted and heightened when his management breaks into the hotel room and has a doctor inject him with a drug that will snap him
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Pink Floyd – Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast
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Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast is a three-part instrumental track that serves as the finale for the album Atom Heart Mother.
It is constructed as an audio scene of Pink Floyd roadie
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Pink Floyd (Ft. Clare Torry) – The Great Gig in the Sky
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“The Great Gig in the Sky” is the fifth track on The Dark Side of the Moon, the 1973 album by the English rock band Pink Floyd. It features vocals by Clare Torry.
The song talks
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Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 6-9
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The closing track from Pink Floyd’s 9th studio album, Wish You Were Here and a continuation of the first track on the album.
Much like the album’s opener, the lyrics continue to
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Pink Floyd – Fearless
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“Fearless” is the third track on Pink Floyd’s sixth studio album Meddle, and was the b-side to “One of These Days”.
This A-side/B-side pairing is interesting, as “One Of These
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Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
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“Stairway to Heaven” is one of Led Zeppelin’s most famous recordings, with many considering it the greatest rock song of all time. It tells the story of a greedy woman who is
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Dire Straits – Money for Nothing
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The most successful Dire Straits single, “Money for Nothing” is inspired by Mark Knopfler listening to a man complaining about the musicians that emerged in the 1980s.
The song
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Chance the Rapper (Ft. BJ the Chicago Kid, J.P. Floyd, Kiara Lanier, Lili K, Peter CottonTale & Will Miller) – Good Ass Intro
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A song seven months in the making, “Good Ass Intro” takes the listener through a joyride as they find Chance expressing how he’s even better then ever before, telling them his past
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Pearl Jam – Even Flow
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“Even Flow” is the second single from Pearl Jam’s inaugural album Ten. It is a narration of the life of a homeless person. It is a favorite for many, including Matt Cameron (who
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sosad2112 – SOSAD2112's UTTERLY SAVAGE MUSIC COLLECTION
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Law & Order Narrator Voice: A collection many years in the making and with more to come, this is a list of every CD and record sosad2112 owns. Some of them have been obtained by
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Frank Ocean – Thinkin Bout You
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“Thinkin Bout You” is the first single on channel ORANGE. Frank originally wrote it for Bridget Kelly but after his reference track leaked he recorded a higher-quality version and
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Eagles – Hotel California
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One of the most mysterious and widely speculated songs in rock history, “Hotel California” is best described in the words of its creators. As Don Henley explained in the Daily Mail
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Coldplay – The Scientist
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“The Scientist” is a very mellow song about trying to analyze a broken relationship.
The song’s melody is inspired by “Don’t Look Back in Anger” by the Oasis, especially the piano
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Pearl Jam – Better Man
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“Better Man” is the eleventh track off Pearl Jam’s 1994 album Vitalogy.
Lead singer Eddie Vedder penned the song in high school. Though the meaning is theoretically up in the air
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System Of A Down – Lonely Day
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“Lonely Day” is a song by System of a Down, from Hypnotize. Contrary to popular belief, this song is not about Daron Malakian’s brother, because he is an only child. He wrote this
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Nirvana – Lithium
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“Lithium” is a perfect description of manic depression, where every line is both happy and sad, up and down, while having references to God recalling when Kurt lived with a devout
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Pixies – Where Is My Mind?
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Black Francis says that “Where Is My Mind?” was written during the time he was attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and was inspired by the experience of having a
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Drake – Middle of the Ocean
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In a track that does indeed make you feel exactly where the title is, Drake lays a detailed verse filled with ear-catching one-liners and sneaky remarks over an O'Jays sample.
The
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John Cena & Tha Trademarc – The Time Is Now
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The entrance theme song of WWE superstar John Cena and the opening track of his 2005 album You Can’t See Me. “The Time Is Now,” tells us who he is and what he’s made of, with
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Pink Floyd – Point Me at the Sky
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[Verse 1: David Gilmour] / Hey Eugene, this is Henry McClean / And I've finished my beautiful flying machine / And I'm ringing to say that I'm leaving and maybe / You'd like to fly
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Rolling Stone – The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012)
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This list was published online on May 31, 2012. It is a followup to the 2003 list of the same name.
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David Bowie – Space Oddity
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‘Major Tom’ is a fictional character created by David Bowie for this song in 1969. That same year marked the first moon landing, so space was “in”; this was a year after Stanley
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