Metallica are mostly known for their heavy metal shredding, so this may seem a left-field choice unless you know the song. Take it from him: “I must be strong and carry on, 'Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven.” Nothing Else Matters - Metallica Seeing it this way, the song inspires us not to give up, to keep going after loss. Clapton wrote this song to express his grief, to give himself and others the strength to continue living. In the space of a year, Eric Clapton suffered the loss of his son, his friend and fellow musician Stevie Ray Vaughan, and two of his roadies. He describes it as a song about the uncontrollable jealousy and obsession felt after love ends. But while it may sound like a pure declaration of love, Sting himself disagrees. Every Breath You Take - The PoliceĮasily the most successful song from the Police, the distinctive motif of repeating broken chords combines with the simple melody to create something beautiful. It's an uplifting message felt from the first few notes of the piano melody. The resulting anthem for peace recognizes that despite everything wrong with the world, we can make things better if we come together and create a united existence. Lennon co-wrote the lyrics with his wife Yoko Ono, wanting to create something like a “positive prayer”. About the inspiration for the song, Withers said “Sometimes you miss things that weren't particularly good for you”, and we can all relate to that.Īs a side note, this was the first single from Bill Withers' debut album, released when he was thirty-three, a “factory worker puttering around”. Ain't No Sunshine - Bill WithersĮveryone has missed someone at some point, and “Ain't No Sunshine” became an anthem of loneliness and loss across generations since. In Simon's case this was a guitar, but you can do the same at the keyboard. He wanted to capture the feeling of these solitary times, the ability to create a perfect moment when alone with an instrument. Paul Simon once said that the inspiration for this song came while sitting in a bathroom at age twenty-one with the lights out, no sound but the water running. Whether stately, sexual or purely spiritual, this piano arrangement allows you to strip away the lyrical meaning and simply play out your emotions. Each of the countless cover versions bring their own spin on what the artists felt a “Hallelujah” represented.
Hallelujah - Leonard CohenĬohen's original was a melancholic, fragile musical poem that focused attention on the lyrics. The effect is majestic, before tapering back down to a gentle ending. It may begin quiet and minimal, but builds into expressive, fast runs of the fingers.
Probably his most famous piece, it evokes the peaceful feeling of simply staring up at the moon at night. This third piece from Debussy's “Suite bergamasque” is not named after someone named “Clair”, but means “light of the moon”. The poem ends in a similarly dreamlike way that reflects the music: "the amber atoms in the fire gleaming, mingled their sarabande with the gymnopaedia".
Satie himself said he was inspired by a novel by Flaubert, and the piece was published alongside a poem by Latour. There is still debate over what Satie was referring to when he named his three "Gymnopédies", since the word is taken from a form of ancient greek naked war dancing (that’s right). That said, there is a sense of optimism at the end to carry you through. This gentle, mournful piece contained Satie’s instruction to be played "Lent et Douloureux", which means "slowly and painfully".
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