3 Doors Down - Time Of My Life

Frontman Brad Arnold said in an interview, “I think what makes Time of My Life different from our previous works is just the fact that we went into the studio with a goal, and that goal was to make a bigger, better record that we have ever made before. I think our experience helped a lot with reaching our goal, and this album exemplifies the whole statement of having the time of our lives".

Vertical Horizon - Heart In Hand

This is my favourite song on Vertical Horizon's second album Running On Ice. Though still technically a duo and acoustic based, Running On Ice featured many guest musicians (most notably Carter Beauford of the Dave Matthews Band on drums).

Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way

This is about Jesus Christ, whom Lenny referred to as "The Ultimate Rock Star." It's about how God gives choice to man about where to turn.
In an interview posted on his website, Kravitz said: "We were just jamming in the studio. You know, I was jamming with Craig Ross, who I wrote the song with. It was one of those songs that happened in 5 minutes. We were jamming. I thought there was something happening. I told Henry to turn the tape machines on, and we played it. And that was it. And then I went and wrote the lyrics on a brown paper bag, I remember at my loft on Broome Street at the time. Went in and sang it the next day. And that was it."

INXS - Need You Tonight

Andrew Farriss (guitar and keyboards) had the idea for the riff for this song while waiting for a taxi to take him to the airport. He asked the taxi driver to wait for a couple of minutes as he'd left something behind in the motel. He kept the unfortunate taxi driver waiting for an hour while he quickly recorded the riff and eventually returned to a very frustrated driver with a tape.

Mr. Big - Wild World

This is a cover of a Cat Stevens song originally released in 1970. Stevens later recalled to Mojo: "It was one of those chord sequences that's very common in Spanish music. I turned it around and came up with that theme--which is a recurring theme in my work--which is to do with leaving, the sadness of leaving, and the anticipation of what lies beyond."
Mr. Big released their cover in 1993 which is their second most popular song after "To Be With You".

Coldplay - Christmas Lights

Mat Whitecross directed the video for the song, which was filmed at the South Bank of River Thames in London. The band are seen performing the song on a small theater-inspired stage with red velvet curtains. "The idea for the video was like a magical, surreal theater show with loads of tricks packed in," frontman Chris Martin said.

A trio of Elvis Presley impersonators are seen playing violins - they are the band's former manager Phil Harvey, Tim Crompton, the frontman of Coldplay support act The High Wire and comic actor Simon Pegg.

The words above the stage curtain in the video say CREDO ELVEM ETIAM VIVERE. This means "I believe Elvis lives" in Latin.

3 Doors Down - When You're Young

Lead singer Brad Arnold wrote the song with Aerosmith and Def Leppard producer Marti Frederiksen. Arnold explained to Artist Direct what the song means to him: "So many times, older people look at young kids and say, 'Enjoy this time! It's the best time of your life,' when it's really not. Being young is hard. Everything's in front of you for the first time. Those things that are in front of you seem so much bigger than they do when you're looking back on them. I'm 32 now and looking back on my teenage years and before, a lot of it doesn't seem as hard as it did then because now it's behind me and I hardly remember it. You get the responsibilities of the world as an adult. However, when you were in high school, there was nothing bigger than that test on Friday. Now, you don't even remember what test it was [Laughs]. It's hard to be young. The song discusses that."

Csík Zenekar feat. Lovasi András - Csillag vagy fecske

This song is about being drunk in a bar car on the train. :)
Csík Zenekar is a band playing Hungarian traditional music. Lovasi András is the singer of the most popular alternative band in Hungary, Kispál és a Borz. They met and Csík zenekar made a cover of one of the Kispál és a Borz songs. So the voice and the words are the same, but the music is different, great cover!

Daughtry - Life After You

MSN asked frontman and main songwriter Chris Daughtry why with all his success he doesn't sound on top of the world. He replied: "I think just for myself as a songwriter, it's easier to write about something that's either hurting you at the time or just a really bad experience that you remember. It's always way more inspiring than a good day. Because when I'm having a good day, the last thing I want to do is sit down and write about it, you know... and, honestly, no one wants to hear that crap. I think everybody tends to think it's about a relationship every time, and it's not always the case. There's other inner struggles; [it] doesn't always have to be a girl. I think a lot of people always go to that place instantly. And then there's other times they hear the songs and go 'Oh my God, I hope that Chris and [Daughtry's wife] Deanna are doing OK.' And, yes, for the record, yes, we're fine."

Disturbed - The Animal

This is the lightest track on Asylum. The song is about someone who turns into a werewolf under the light of the full moon and was inspired by movies such as Underworld and Wolfman.

Japanese-American model, actress and former WWE Diva Lena Yada appears in the song's music video. She married Disturbed's frontman David Draiman on September 25, 2011.

 

 

Brandon Flowers - Only The Young

This youth-hymn is the second single by The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers, from his debut studio album, Flamingo. The song was produced by Stuart Price, who was also the man behind the desk on The Killers third record, Day & Age.

Flowers told MSN Music: "That was the song I had the most reservations about even though I think it could be the best song on the album - it's the most different song. It's the only one that's got sequenced drums - everything else is live drums."

OneRepublic - Secrets

Since the band's debut release in 2007, the band's frontman Ryan Tedder has achieved international success penning hit songs for artists such as Leona Lewis, Kelly Clarkson and Beyoncé. On this song Tedder looks at the pressure of topping previous songwriting successes. He explained to iProng Magazine: "The whole idea is the person, the 'artist' saying I don't really trust my own flow, I don't trust my own delivery in writing, so tell me what you want to hear. This song is basically asking the audience, what do you want me to do? It's kind of an interesting song. The song slips back and forth between insecurity and total confidence, insecurity, total confidence, which is to me the life of the artist."

Neon Trees - Animal

This is the lead single from their debut album Habits. Glenn, who is the band's lyricist, told The Examiner that the story behind the song is simple, "I'm a masochist in love," he explained. "I seem to require pain. But in general when humans are in love we're like animals."

This song reached #1 on Billboard Alternative Songs in its 32nd chart week, completing the lengthiest journey to the peak position since the tally's inception in 1988. The song's lengthy climb overtook the 31-week ascension to the top by Phoenix's "1901."

 

Trapt - Sound Off

Sound Off peaked at #14 on the Active Rock Charts after debuting at #44, peaked at #33 on the U. S. Rock Charts after debuting at #50, and peaked at #16 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks.

Enjoy the music video that takes place in a prison.

Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me

This new-wave-ish ballad was penned by Pink, along with Swedish hitmakers Max Martin and Johan Shellback. It was originally earmarked for Pink's Funhouse album, but didn't make it onto the record.

Lambert recalled to The Hollywood Reporter: "I recorded 'Whataya Want From Me' on a day off from the Idols Live Arena tour and I was pretty wiped out due to the show schedule. I knew the song would be a key track on my album and it was my first time working with the incredible Max Martin and Shellback, so I was a bit apprehensive. The vocal ad libs at the end were the most challenging as they are quite high and it had been a long day. When I heard the first mix, I felt really confident the song would have success thanks to the flawless production."