Forever Rock - Twelve classic rock songs, lyrics and performing bands 1. Guns N' Roses: "Don't cry"

Guns N' Roses was born in 1985 Hollywood is the most controversial band in the history of American rock music after the Sex Pistols. The band was formed by the merger of two bands, L.A.GUNS and AXL.ROSE. Therefore, the perfect harmony of the double lead singers "Gun" and "Rose" has always been the Guns The signature feature of the flower band. Their songs mainly reflect the unbridled anger and confusion of teenagers, expressing a sense of restlessness and sexual awakening. Their musical opinions and band members' infidelity have been the subject of much discussion by critics and rock fans since the band's inception, because for these rock figures, their lifestyle can be said to be the best expression of their music. Elaborate. In 1989, Guns N' Roses won the Best Artist Award at the first International Rock and Roll Awards. In 1992, they were called "the best hard rock band in the world" by the authoritative "Rolling Stone" magazine. At this time, they have become a world-famous rock band that can compete with any established rock powerhouse. However, due to the intensification of the conflict between the two souls of the band, Guns N' Roses announced their disbandment soon after. The band members developed their own careers, but their performance was mediocre and they lost their former vigor. Although Guns N' Roses reunited during the wave of band reorganization in the late 1990s, the disappearance of their creative power disappointed fans who were looking forward to them.

The most influential songs of Guns N' Roses are "DON'T CRY" and "NOVEMBER RAIN" (the latter song won the American Social Herald Award for outstanding lyrics), "DON'T "T CRY" stayed on the Billboard charts for nearly 3 years (147) weeks, creating a legend in rock music. In the song "DON'T CRY", Guns N' Roses changed from their previous anger and fierceness, and the two lead singers croaked one through the vicissitudes of life and the other sadly. A heart-stirring and tender song, and the helplessness and frustration expressed in the song are the ultimate in anger. Not only at the end of the song, but also at the beginning of the song, there is a faint groaning sound, and there are many prolonged sounds in the whole song. The extended moans are used to express a heartbreaking heartache. On MTV In the version, the girlfriends of the two lead singers sadly left because they did not cherish them enough, and even disappeared. MTV used a long chapter to recall the good times in the past, and the heartache of regret was vividly expressed.

It is worth noting that in the song at the end, the lead singer AXL.ROSE trembled his hands against the light and dust transmitted from the top of the window, and suddenly a beautiful white dove fluttered away. Perhaps there is a continuation hidden in this song. A luxury wish at the forefront!

Don't cry

Talk to me softly, there's something in your eyes

Don't hang your head in sorrow and please dont cry

I know how you feel inside ive, ive been there before

Somethins changin inside you and dont you know

Dont you cry tonight, I still love you baby, dont you cry tonight

Dont you cry tonight theres a heaven above you baby

And dont you cry tonight

Give me a whisper and give me a sigh

Give me a kiss before you tell me goodbye

Dont you take it so hard now and please dont take it so bad

Ill still be thinkin of you and the times we had, baby

And dont you cry tonight, dont you cry tonight

Dont you cry tonight, there is a heaven above you baby

And dont you cry tonight

And please remember that I never lied

And please remember how I felt inside now honey

You gotta make it your own way but you'll be alright now sugar

You'll feel better tomorrow, come the morning light now baby

and dont you cry tonight, and dont you cry tonight

and dont you cry tonight , there is a heaven above you baby

and dont you cry, dont you ever cry, dont you cry tonight

baby maybe someday, dont you cry, dont you ever cry, dont you cry

2.PINK FLOYD: "Wish you were here"

Sixties

The UK has produced many bands that have stood the test of history, and PINK FLOYD is undoubtedly one of the greatest. In a sense, its contribution to the development of rock is greater than that of BEATLES and Pink, who are respected as the originators of rock. Floyd's pioneering and innovation in many aspects of the rock field has cast a dazzling and immortal light on it. In 1965, 21-year-old Syd Barrett, a talented young man, formed the PINK FLOYD band with three other musicians (the band's name was taken from the names of two blues singers he admired, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council). He is good at writing songs, singing, and playing guitar. The band's experimental spirit in instrumental performance, as well as Syd Barrett's sharp lyrics and relaxed and elegant compositions quickly allowed them to enjoy a high status in the British rock circle. In the second half of 1967, the talented Syd Barrett left the band forever due to a mental breakdown and drug problems, and soon died of diabetes. PINK FLOYD, who has lost his soul, seems to be saved only by a miracle. However, at this time, Royer Waters, bassist and vocalist, Pink Floyd's new and talented helmsman, and newly appointed guitarist Dave Gilmour formed the creative front after Pink Floyd's rebirth. PINK FLOYD was reborn as a phoenix and created unprecedented achievements. The band's new album "Dark Side of the Moon" continues the experimental rock style and brings new ideas of "concept album" to rock history. It stayed at the top of the Billboard charts for an incredible 741 weeks. From the day it was born until now it has been one of the most popular rock albums in the world.

However, the song "wish you were here" is not from this album, but from another album "wish you were here" dedicated to the long-departed band founder and former guitarist Syd Barrett. here》. PINK FLOYD's album and LOU REED&JOHN CALE's "Song of Drela" (dedicated to the pop art master ANDY WARHOL) are the two saddest song albums in the world. It counts the memory traces left in the mind of the deceased with the sincerity of a brother. There is no praise or sorrow, but there is a real humanity in it, so real that it will make your eyes wet. Songs with a light melody may bring sensory enjoyment to people, but music that can penetrate into people's bones and souls is often the sound of the vicissitudes of life and desolation deep in their hearts.

I hope everyone can cherish everything they have now and don’t regret it when they lose it!

Wish you were here

So, so you think you can tell heaven from hell,

Blue skies from pain.

Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? a smile from a veil?

Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?

Hot ashes for trees?

Hot air for a cool breeze? cold comfort for change?

And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.

We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl,

Year after year,

Running over the same old ground.

What have you found? the same old fears.

Wish you were here.

3.DEF LEPPARD: "Long long way to go"

DEF LEPPARD is a typical popular heavy metal band (music review). Smooth melody and beautiful harmony are the core features of the band. one of the characteristics. The beautiful melody in DEF LEPPARD's music has given fans a new understanding of heavy metal music. Countless passionate young people have been led by DEF LEPPARD's music to enter the palace of heavy metal. This has also been attacked by some critics and heavy metal fanatics. Target. This is my point of view: Music has gradually deviated from its true nature as it has developed to this day. The battle between genres and categories is very fierce. Rock looks down on pop. It is rubbish to treat pop as punk. In fact, it doesn’t have to be this way. Music is originally just a synthesis of melody and rhythm for people to enjoy, so it should only be divided into good music and bad music, and should not be rigidly classified into genres. Every band or singer has its own characteristics, and they can be clearly distinguished. Some bands cannot even fit into any genre. For example, the Cranberries are very individual. Therefore, I think that as long as a band's music is touching people's hearts, then its music has absolutely reason to be respected. Genres be damned, Def Leppard is Def Leppard style.

DEF LEPPARD was founded in the winter of 1977, formerly known as ATOMIC MASS (Nuclear Holy Communion). The band’s first performance on July 18, 1978 was at Westfield, a secondary school in Sheffield. The remuneration was ￡5 from a teacher's own pocket. In 1978, DEF LEPPARD released his first album of the same name "DEF LEPPARD" in the company he founded. Due to financial reasons, only 1,000 copies of this EP record were produced. Today, this record has become a long-awaited album by rock fans. Collection.

Then DEF LEPPARD began to achieve success and successfully entered the United States, becoming the only band at that time that could compete with Michael Jackson.

However, a series of disasters befell the band. The guitarist died of alcohol poisoning, the drummer was fired due to alcoholism, and drummer Rick Allen had a traffic accident and his left arm was cut off at shoulder level. With his perseverance and tenacious will, he returned to the band, used the coherence of his feet and hands to practice hard on the electronic drum specially customized for him, and became the soul of the band. Allen used this super perseverance and musical persistence to write generously The true spirit of rock and roll.

Long long way to go

You held my hand and then you slipped away

And I may never see your face again

So tell me how do to fill the emptiness inside

Without love, what is life?

And anyone who knew us both can see

We always were the better part of me

I never wanted to be this free

All this pain, does it go away?

Then every time I turn around

And you're nowhere to be found

I know I got a long, long way to go

Before I can say goodbye to you

Oh, I got a long, long way to go

Before I can say goodbye to all I ever knew

To you, to you

From memory , there is no hiding place

Turn on the TV and I see you there

In every crowd there's always someone with your face

Everywhere, trying not to care

Then every time I turn around

And you're nowhere to be found

I know I got a long, long way to go

Before I can say goodbye to you

Oh, I got a long, long way to go

Before I can say goodbye to all I ever knew

To you, I wish you everything

And all the best that life can bring

I only hope you think of me sometimes, oh

And even though I feel the pain

I know that I will love again

The time will come, oh, and i'll move on

I got a long, long way to go

Before I can say goodbye t

o you

Oh, I got a long, long way to go, got a long way to go

Before I can say goodbye, before I say goodbye

To all I ever knew, to all I ever knew

I got a long, I got a long, long way to go, long way to go

Before I can say, before I say, goodbye to you

Say goodbye, say goodbye

Oh, I got a long, long way to go

Before I can say goodbye to all I ever knew

4.NIRVANA: "Smells like teen spirit"

There are few singers in the world who can be praised by many fans after their death like KURT COBAIN. Worship like a god.

In the 1990s, the unemployment crisis in the United States resurfaced, punk music exploded again in the music industry, and the grunge music storm in Seattle caused a strong response and sensation. NIRVANA formed by KURT COBAIN can be called GRUNGE. of leading figures. In September 1991, the album "Nevermind" was released. Sales reached 500,000 copies within just 5 weeks of its release. On January 11, 1992, it became the number one selling album in the United States, and global sales exceeded the 10 million mark. It was a huge commercial success. (Nevermind) brought Nirvana to success, created the myth of a non-mainstream band becoming mainstream, and also started a spiritual tragedy. This song "smell like teen spirit" is a representative work from NIRVANA's album "Nevermind". The distorted guitar, hoarse singing voice and sudden explosion in the music brought out Kurt Cobain's inner mania, anger, depression, distortion, morbidity and fierceness. The contradictions and conflicts are fully displayed, and it also reflects the tender, emotional, fragile and fearful side of KURT. At MTV's unplugged concert, Kurt Cobain looked more like a quiet, shy little girl. Her incompatibility with the outside world had already laid the groundwork for the tragedy.

On April 5, 1994, KURT COBAIN ended his life with a shotgun at his residence, a traditional festival for worshiping the dead in China.

The reason for committing suicide is just like his last helpless sigh in "Where Did You Sleep Last Night". No one can really understand it. Maybe God should not stay in the world! KURT COBAIN used actions to realize his musical ideals and was reborn like a phoenix. However, what he left behind for countless music fans was endless nostalgia and heartache! ! !

Smells like teen spirit

Load up on guns

And bring your friends

It's fun to lose

And to pretend

She's over bored

And self assured

Oh no, I know

A dirty word

Hello, how low? (x bunch of times)

With the lights out it's less dangerous

Here we are now

Entertain us

p>

I feel stupid and contagious

Here we are now

Entertain us

A mulatto

An albino

p>

A mosquito

My libido

Yeah

I'm worse at what I do best

And for this gift I feel blessed

Our little group has always been

And always will until the end

Hello, how low? (x bunch of times)

p>

With the lights out it's less dangerous

Here we are now

Entertain us

I feel stupid and contagious

Here we are now

Entertain us

A mulatto

An albino

A mosquito

My libido

Yeah

And I forget

Just why I taste

Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile

I found it hard

It was hard to find

Oh well, whatever, nevermind

Hello, how low?(x bunch of times)

With the lights out it's less dangerous

Here we are now

Entertain us

p>I feel stupid and contagious

Here we are now

Entertain us

A mulatto

An albino

A mosquito

My libido

A denial

A denial...

5.GOO GOO DOLLS: "Iris"

In 1985, lead singer and guitarist John Rzeznik and his cousin Robby Takac, who played heavy metal music, found former drummer George Tutuska and formed the three-person rock group Goo Goo Dolls in Buffalo, New York, USA. Although the band won some critical acclaim and popularity during the release of its first five albums, the band did not establish its own musical identity, and therefore failed to stand out from the many alternative rock bands and become popular.

But God seems to be particularly partial to them. Fortunately, the movie "City Of Angels" invited them to write songs for its soundtrack. The song "Iris" (Greek, rainbow) written and performed by John Rzeznik not only It earned them nominations for three awards including "Record of the Year", "Best Pop Vocal Group" and "Song of the Year" at the 41st Grammy Awards in 1999, bringing the Goo Goo Dolls' reputation in the music world and sales figures to the top. The producer of "Iris", Rob Cavallo, even won the "Best Production of the Year" award. Only then did Goo Goo Dolls begin to establish their own status in the music scene, and also found a POP ROCK (pop rock) style that suited them.

"Iris" can be called a once-in-a-decade piece of pop-rock music. The music starts with a crisp and fast guitar solo, and John Rzeznik's deep voice full of vicissitudes is full of questions about the world and love. The sudden high-pitched outburst in the middle of the song seems to have turned doubts into a sincere vow, "Even if everything is destroyed, I only want you to know who I am!" The beauty of the melody is in sharp contrast with the roughness of the lead singer's voice, and because of this, This piece of music breaks away from the category of sweet love songs and becomes a super classic that you can never tire of listening to. Due to the melodiousness of this music, the original CD has been sold out in all major city video stores (City of Angels), and even its imported CD has sold for a record-breaking 30 yuan.

The wide popularity of this song further supports my point of view. Once a veteran who has played heavy metal and heavy rock for many years performs a tender work with a pure soundtrack and perfect melody, then that is European and American music. The best of all, it can be called the sound of nature! ! !

Iris

And I'd give up forever to touch you

Guz I know that you feel me somehow

You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be

And I don't want to go home right now

And all I can taste is this moment

And all I can breathe is your life

Guz sooner or later it's over

I just don't want to miss you tonight

And I don't want the world to see me

Cuz I don't think that they'd understand

When everything's made to be broken

I just want you to know who I am

And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming

Or the moment of truth in your lies

When everything feels like the movies

Yeah, you'd bleed just to know you're alive

And I don't want the world to see me

Cuz I don' t think that they'd understand

When everything's made to be broken

I just want you to know who I am

And I don't want the world to see me

Cuz I don't think that they'd understand

When everything's made to be broken

I just want you to know who I am

And I don't want the world to see me

Cuz I don't think that they'd understand

When everything's made to be broken

I just want you to know who I am

I just want you to know who I am

I just wa

nt you to know who I am

I just want you to know who I am

HEY YOU, WE ALL LOVE THIS, RIGHT?

6.POLICE : "Don't stand so close to me"

The Police Band is the most successful British rock band that combines reggae and pop rock. Formed in 1977 by former "Curved Air" drummer Stewart Copeland and Newcastle jazz band "No Exit" bassist: singer STING, they became a short-lived 4-piece band with guitarists Andy Summers and Henry Padovani, and soon, Henry Padovani left the band, making it a three-piece act.

In early 1978, the "Police" signed with A&M and released the single "Roxanne" in April. This song first demonstrated their innovative Reggie rhythm strange rock. It wasn't until a year later that the song entered the top 40 in the US charts that "Police" took off on the UK charts.

Sting, the lead singer and songwriter, is the soul of the police band (because he likes to wear a yellow striped shirt during performances and looks like a bee, so he got the name sting) Sting is talented, handsome, and very popular with female fans. He once had the experience of teaching part-time at a university. The bold teasing of female students in class often made it difficult for him to step down. He wrote a song specifically for this. "Don't stand so close to me" has humorous lyrics, a very casual and smooth melody, perfect harmony, strong rhythm, and extensive use of high nasal sounds, which combines the free and highly personalized style of reggae music that originated on the coast of Jamaica. The musical characteristics are seamlessly integrated into rock music, creating a unique rock music style.

After their whirlwind success in 1980-1981, they won "Best British Group" at the British Music Awards and three Grammy Awards. After that, the members of the band started their own plans. After that, the band sadly officially disbanded. Although Sting achieved greater personal success, including multiple Grammy Awards, and became the top king-level singer in the European and American music circles, It is always a pity that the POLICE band's musical personality and soul are lost in the music.

Don't stand so close to me

Young teacher the subject

Of schoolgirl fantasy

She wants him so badly

p>

Knows what she wants to be

Inside her there's longing

This girl's an open page

Book marking she's so close now

This girls is half his age

Don't stand

Don't stand so

Don't stand so close to me

Don't stand

Don't stand so

Don't stand so close to me

Her friends are so jealous

p>

You know how bad girls get

Sometimes it's not so easy

To be the teacher's pet

Temptation, frustration

So bad it makes him cry

Wet bus stop, she's waiting

His car is warm and warm and dry

Don't stand

Don't stand so

Don't stand so close to me

Don't stand

Don't stand so

Don't stand so close to me

Lose talk in the classroom

To hrt they try and try

Strong words in the staffroom

The accusations fly

It's no use

He sees here

He start to shake he starts to cough

Just like the old man in

That famous book by nabakoy

Don't stand

Don't stand so

Don 't stand so close to me

Don't stand

Don't stand so

Don't stand so close to me

7.QUEEN "Bohemian rhapsody"

Few bands can embody the richness of the world rock scene in the 1970s as thoroughly as QUEEN.

QUEEN is like a variety show hall, perfectly integrating glam rock, progressive rock, classical music and heavy metal. This four-piece band from the UK evolved from the psychedelic hard rock band SMILE. They are committed to exploring gorgeous and exaggerated (and homosexual tendencies) artistic styles, creating a form of rock music with a strong operatic color. The lead singer Freddie Mercury Sexy and choir-like voices, the perfect falsetto chorus of the four, layered keyboards and gorgeous guitar solos are their trademarks.

A Night At The Opera (Night at the Opera) is the most classic album of the Queen band. The band spent a lot of energy on the production of this album. It is reported that this is the most expensive production in the history of rock music. An album. One of the famous singles is the recommended Bohemian Rhapsody, which has become QUEEN's signature track. It constantly adds large sections of heavy metal guitar riffs and solos to the gorgeous soundtrack that resembles an opera chorus. This is exactly what it means. QUEEN's typical style. The single quickly rose to number one on the UK singles charts, where it stayed for nine weeks, eventually breaking the record for the longest stay at number one on the UK singles chart. In the United States, the song and the album were also a huge success, reaching the top 10 and becoming both a platinum single and a platinum album. Even more than ten years later, in 1992, this Bohemian Rhapsody still ranked second on the US singles chart for several weeks.

It is worth mentioning that because lead singer Freddie Mercury was a complete homosexual, rumors about Freddie Mercury's physical condition were flying in the sky in 1991. On November 22, he finally confirmed it to the outside world. , he contracted AIDS. Two days later, Freddie died. After Freddie's death, the band members remained silent for a period of time. The three members reunited in 1994 to record and synthesize Freddie's posthumous songs. The lead vocals of these songs were all recorded by Freddie in his hospital bed. In 1995, this album called Made In Heaven was released. Due to its special commemorative significance, this album caused a buying frenzy around the world, especially in Europe. There is no doubt that this is QUEEN’s last album. Zhang's studio work. Although Freddie Mercury was a homosexual, this did not prevent him from being respected by countless rock fans around the world for his great innovation and contribution to glam rock.

Bohemian rhapsody

Is this the real life?

Is this just fantasy?

Caught in a landslide

No escape from reality

Open your eyes

Look up to the skies and see

I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy

Because I'm easy come, easy go

A little high, little low

Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me

Mama, just killed a man

Put a gun against his head

Pulled my trigger, now he's dead

Mama, life had just begun

But now I've gone and thrown it all away

Mama, oh

Didn't mean to make you cry

If I'm not back again this time tomorrow

Carry on, carry on

As if nothing really matters

Too late, my time has come

Sends shivers down my spine

Goodbye everybody - I've got to go

Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth

Mama, oh - (anyway the wind blows)

I don't want to die

I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

I see a little silhouetto of a man

Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango

Thunderbolt and lightning - very very frightening me

Gallileo, Gallileo,

Gallileo, Gallileo,

Gallileo Figaro - magnifico

But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me

He's just a poor boy from a poor family

Spare him his life from this mons

trosity

Easy come easy go - will you let me go

Bismillah! No - we will not let you go - let him go

Bismillah! We will not let you go - let him go

Bismillah! We will not let you go - let me go

Will not let you go - let me go (never)

Never let you go - let me go

Never let me go - oh

No, no, no, no, no, no, no

Oh mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me

for me

for me

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye

So you think you can love me and leave me to die

Oh baby

Can't do this to me baby

Just gotta get out

Just gotta get right outta here

Ooh yeah, ooh yeah

Nothing really matters

Anyone can see

Nothing really matters

Nothing really matters to me

Anyway the wind blows...

8. R.E.M: "At My Most Beautiful"

Many alternative bands, including NIRVANA, claim that their music was inspired by R.E.M. R.E.M was founded in 1980 in Athens, Georgia, USA. The band's name is the abbreviation of "RAPID EYE MOVEMENT", which refers to a physiological phenomenon during dreaming. This band took the ironic attitude of British punk music from the musical level of the new wave and redefined the definition of "alternative" in American rock music. In a sense, they are the fathers of American alternative rock.