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There's plenty of upbeat songs out there such as "Tubthumping" or "Best Day Of My Life". But what about the songs that sounds happy upon listening, but after reading/translating the lyrics, it sounds the complete opposite? Here are some examples:

Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks (school shootings)

NENA - 99 Red Balloons (nuclear war)

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Face Down (domestic violence)

Hollywood Undead - Bullet (suicide and drug abuse)

The Superjesus - Down Again (depression and suicide)

Outkast - Hey Ya! (relationship falling apart)

Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks (a lady talking to her dead husband)

Green Day - Basket Case (struggles with anxiety; a person losing his mind and going insane)

Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life (struggles with drug addiction)

Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's (relationship falling apart)

Bowling For Soup - 1985 (a woman who can't forget about the past)

The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright (happy childhoods turned depressing)

Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA (war veteran returning home, and getting treated like trash)

Jebediah - Leaving Home (getting free from abusive parents)

FUN - We Are Young (domestic violence?)

Imogen Heap - Goodnight and Go (creepy stalker)

SIA - Chandelier (alcoholism)

Meg & Dia - Monster (a rape story)

Nick Gilder - Hot Child in the City (self-explanatory)

Uncle Kracker - Follow Me (cheating)

Rupert Holmes - Escape (cheating)

Hanson - Mmmbop (aging and dying alone)

Sublime - Wrong Way (child prostitution)

Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now? (extreme paranoia; schizophrenia)

What do you guys think? Is there any more examples I could've used?

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I love Bite Me Bambi so much

My 5yr old is showing interest in this genre of music. Can someone suggest good songs/albums which do not have explicit words?

Oddly specific, but yeah the title said it all.

Exemple:

Warrior of the mind - The Troy Saga

Monsters - Nia C. C.

Daylight - David Kushner

I’m looking for songs like those.

Thanks :)

Personally, my favourite albums grew up on me with time but if you had to pick one that was amazing since the first listen, which one would you choose?

I go first, it's either between RATM - self titled or TAB00 by Denzel Curry

Dont break a good heart ❤🌹 my newest single Leave Your Keys is OUTNOW on all major streaming and download platforms, this song is currently beiig aired in Australia and has been in featured on two shows.

I'm a really talented writer and lyricist and I want to make music, but I don't know how to do all the other stuff. It's not that I can't come up with unique sounds and rhythms, it's just that I can't turn the beats I make in my head into real ones. I also don't know how to mix or engineer it all at the end to get it to sound cohesive and professional, make sure my vocals are leveled, etc. Where or how can I learn this? I've tried but all the terminology is overwhelming for one and secondly, when I watch tutorials I see them doing things but I don't know what that thing really is or why they're doing it.