These are some of the songs and melodies (whether with lyrics or without) I’ve heard and listened to throughout my life and found to be moving, harmonious, insightful and/or entertaining, one way or another. Perhaps you too, dear reader, find something meaningful in them that matters to you.
The medium is the message
— Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, 1964
Listed in alphabetical order.
- Alles nur geklaut. Die Prinzen, 1993
- American Idiot. Green Day
- Another Brick in the Wall. Pink Floyd
- The Avengers. Alan Silvestri
- Baba Yetu. Christopher Tin, 2005
- Battle of the Heroes. John Williams
- Besorgter Bürger. Saltatio Mortis, 2018
- Brothers in Arms. Junkie XL, 2015
- Bohemian Rhapsody. Queen
- Circle of Life. Carmen Twillie, Lebo M.
- Concerning Hobbits. Howard Shore
- Das ist alles von der Kunstfreiheit gedeckt. Danger Dan
- Deutsche Bahn. Wise Guys
- Don’t Stop Believin’. journey
- Dragonborn. Jeremy Soule
- Duel of the Fates. John Williams
- Europa. Globus
- Feel Good Inc.. Gorillaz
- Geralt of Rivia. Marcin Przybyłowicz
- Götterfunken. Schwarzer Engel
- Highway to Hell. AC/DC
- Hödn. Seiler und Speer
- iDisco. Farin Urlaub Racing Team
- I See Fire. Ed Sheeran
- Inis Mona. Eluveitie
- Ischgl-Fieber. Tommy Tellerlift, Die Fangzauner Schneebrunzer
- Königsgarde. Schandmaul, Saltatio Mortis, Feuerschwanz
- The Last Unicorn. America
- Misty Mountains. Richard Armitage, The Dwarf Cast
- MEGALOVANIA. Toby Fox
- More Than a Feeling. Boston
- Pizza. Antilopen Gang
- POP/STARS. K/DA, Madison Beer, i-dle, Jaira Burns, League of Legends
- Rock Me Amadeus. Falco
- Schrei nach Liebe. Die Ärzte, 1993
- Seven Nation Army. The White Stripes
- Soits lebn. Seiler und Speer
- Spin the Wheel. Arcane, League of Legends, 2024
- Smells Like Teen Spirit. Nirvana
- Still Alive. Aperture Science Psychoacoustic Laboratories
- Square Hammer. Ghost
- Stefania. KALUSH, Kalush Orchestra
- Take on Me. a-ha
- Taugenichts. Saltatio Mortis
- Test Drive. John Powell
- Titanium. David Guetta, Sia
- This Is Me. Keala Settle, The Greatest Showman Ensemble
- Try Better Next Time. Placebo
- Una Mattina. Ludovico Einaudi
- Vienna Calling. Falco
- Warum hört der Fahrradweg einfach hier auf?. Jan Böhmermann
- We Are the Others. Delain
- We Didn’t Start the Fire. Billy Joel
- What’s Up Danger. Blackway, Black Caviar
- Zombie. The Cranberries
PS: I can play most of these songs by heart on a drumkit, and I can whistle their melodies. In case of songs whose lyrics’ language I speak and understand, I can also sing ’em, with varying tonal accuracy (voice break be damned!)
PPS: I can “hear” and “play” all those songs in my head pretty much as soon as I read their title. Probably has something to do with synesthesia.