By Brandi Mitchell
Web Content Contributor
Music can whisk us back to a time and place we had long forgotten. From tragic ballads to upbeat celebrations of love, there are a myriad of songs telling the story of human emotion and existence that art always does.
As Billy Joel put it in “Piano Man,” “Can you play me a memory? I’m not really sure how it goes//but it’s sad and it’s sweet and I knew it complete//when I wore a younger man’s clothes.” I have always been a fan of classic songs that never stop being relatable, so turn on any of these 20 songs I’ve compiled from the good ol’ days before we were born – and let it play you a memory.
- “I’m a Believer” – The Monkees
- “Must’ve Been Love” – Roxette
- “How am I Supposed to Live Without You” – Michael Bolden
- “Suspicious Minds” – Dwight Yoakam
- “Crocodile Rock” – Elton John
- “Piano Man” – Billy Joel
- “Hooked on a Feeling” – Blue Swede
- “Sweet Home Alabama” – Lynyrd Skynyrd
- “Dancing Queen” – ABBA
- “Somebody to Love” – Queen
- “Summer of ‘69” – Bryan Adams
- “I Love Rock n’ Roll” – Joan Jett
- “September” – Earth, Wind, and Fire
- “Total Eclipse of the Heart” – Bonnie Tyler
- “All Out of Love” – Air Supply
- “Hard to Say I’m Sorry” – Chicago
- “Angel of The Morning” – Juice Newton
- “Can’t Fight This Feeling” – REO Speedwagon
- “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Queen
- “American Pie” – Don Mclean
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