Could you suggest me, please, some artists that have great songs (that both sound good and have meaningful lyrics) ? It doesn't matter what kind of music they play, I'm just looking for some songs that cherish love, beauty, inspiration, motivation, joy etc. Anything that is good in our lives.

1.Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
2.Chariots of Fire – Vangelis
3.The Final Countdown – Europe
4.We Are the Champions – Queen
5.We Will Rock You – Queen
6.I've Got the Power – Snap
7.It's My Life – Bon Jovi
8.Affirmation – Savage Garden
9.Beautiful Day – U2
10.What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
11.I Feel Good – James Brown
12.I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
13.Lovely Day – Bill Withers
14.Walking On Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves
15.Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw
16.I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly
17.You Got to Be - Des'ree
18.When You Believe – Mariah Carey/ Whitney Houston
19.Hero – Mariah Carey
20.I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
21.Bad Day – Daniel Powter
22.Man In The Mirror – Michael Jackson
23.I'm Alive – Celine Dione
24.Tub Thumping – Chumba Wumba
25.Lose Yourself – Eminem
26.Remember The Name – Fort Minor
27.Till I Collapse – Eminem
28.Return to Innocence – Enigma
29.O Fortuna – Carmina Burana
1.Orinoco Flow – Enya
2.Only Time - Enya
3.True to Your Heart – 98 degrees & Stevie Wonder
4.Fly – Celine Dione
5.Now We Are Free – Lisa Gerard
6.When You Say Nothing At All – Ronan Keating
7.New Day – Celine Dione
8.One Day More – Les Miserables
9.The Prayer – Celine Dione & Andrea Bocelli
10.Nessun Dorma – Pavarotti *
11.Time To Say Goodbye – Sarah Brightman & Andrea Boccelli *

Hope there is one you like :)

Thanks a lot. I love them :)

Marilyn Manson has a lot, so here is a few good ones.

Man that you fear
Minute of decay
Coma White
Speed of Pain you must listen to this one.

Apocalyptica feat w/Corey Taylor. "I'm Not Jesus"

Pearl Jam': Better Man, Black.

Phil Collins: In The Air Tonight

Shinedown: Save Me, it's about Heroin addiction

Hatebreed: Perseverance

And the German band "Rammstein" has some of the most meaningful songs out there. Look up the translations cause it's surprisingly deep and well written.

Try "Ohne Dich" aka " Without You" a very sad and beautiful song about life without his partner

Or the song "Mutter" aka "Mother" touches on how a human clone would feel being born in a lab, without the love of a mother.

Oh, thank you, ksak2011! I didn't know about any of the songs you cited, but I enjoy them fully!

Many may be surprised that Pink Floyd is a contender here.

For love songs, you may be surprised, try David Gilmour's album "On an Island", here is a link to all the lyrics:


On An Island Lyrics (David Gilmour Solo Album) - All Pink Floyd Fan Network


The title song,

Lyrics to On An Island :(Gilmour/Gilmour - Samson)

Remember that night...
White sails in the moonlight
They walked it too...
Through empty playground, this ghost's town
Children again on rusting swings getting higher
Sharing a dream
On an Island... it felt right
We lay side by side,
Between the moon and the tide
Mapping the stars for a while
Let the night surround you
We're half way to the stars,
Ebb and flow
Let it grow... feel the warmth beside you

Remember that night,
The warmth and the laughter
Candles burn...
Though the church was deserted
At dawn we went down through empty streets to the harbour
Dreamers may leave... but we're here everafter...
Da da da da da...
Let the night surround you
We're half way to the stars,
Ebb and flow
Let it grow... feel the warmth beside you...
(Gilmour/Gilmour - Samson)

Remember that night...
White sails in the moonlight
They walked it too...
Through empty playground, this ghost's town
Children again on rusting swings getting higher
Sharing a dream
On an Island... it felt right
We lay side by side,
Between the moon and the tide
Mapping the stars for a while
Let the night surround you
We're half way to the stars,
Ebb and flow
Let it grow... feel the warmth beside you

Remember that night,
The warmth and the laughter
Candles burn...
Though the church was deserted
At dawn we went down through empty streets to the harbour
Dreamers may leave... but we're here everafter...
Da da da da da...
Let the night surround you
We're half way to the stars,
Ebb and flow
Let it grow... feel the warmth beside you...


For inspirational, I believe this is one of the best out there by Pink Floyd's "A Momentary Lapse of Reason ":

On the turning away

On the turning away
from the pale and downtrodden
and the words they say
which we won't understand
" don't accept that what's happening
is just a case of others' suffering
or you'll find that you're joining in
the turning away"

It's a sin that somehow
light is changing to shadow
and casting it's shroud
over all we have known
unaware how the ranks have grown
driven on by a heart of stone
we could find that we're all alone
in the dream of the proud

On the wings of the night
as the daytime is stirring
where the speechless unite
in a silent accord
using words you will find are strange
and mesmerised as they light the flame
feel the new wind of change
on the wings of the night

No more turning away
from the weak and the weary
no more turning away
from the coldness inside
just a world that we all must share
it's not enough just to stand and stare
is it only a dream that there'll be
no more turning away?

That's a wonderful suggestion, tkrussell!