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My Five -- MOHIT CHAUDHARY

Bruce Springsteen

Beginning with a fast snare beat on the drums, the song features one of the most well known guitar riffs of all time. The iconic lyrics tell of desperation to make it big, and to get away from the drudgery of small-town life. The song also contains one of the all-time great lines, “Tramps like us, baby we were born to run.” The bass and drums shine in this track, throwing in some fast licks and beats all throughout the song. Bruce lets loose on the vocals, giving a highly emotional, energetic performance that adds to the feeling that the lyrics describe: a longing that will soon be satisfied.

A woman’s lib song by men. Perhaps no other song can portray the plight of women in our patriarchal society better than this breathtaking power ballad with Oleta Adams on guest vocals. Roland Orzabal is definitely the genius here and it is sad that he has not been able to repeat this in later years. The techniques employed in this album are superb and the layers of orchestration are amazing and bordering on opulence. This is one of the most soul-grabbing songS TFF have ever done.

The best love song ever composed. The narrator of the song is asking his girl to accept his eternal love. Love which transcends all barriers, even that of physical existence, “Seasons don’t fear the reaper, nor do the wind, the sun or the rain, we can be like they are, so come on baby, (don’t fear the reaper)”.

Beautiful song which immediately makes you wish you had fallen in love.

This is the first song from Rainbow’s debut album Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow. No clear meaning emerges out of the song’s lyrics. May be it’s God that’s referred to in the song. But who cares about meaning when Ronnie James Dio’s superb melodic singing is coupled with one of the most amazing guitar riff ever by Blackmore.

U2’s lyrics are one of the big reasons this Dublin band has acquired 22 Grammy Awards, more than any other band in history. “Pride (In the Name of Love)” is about those throughout history who have died in pride preaching equality for all men. Both Jesus and Martin Luther King, Jr. are alluded to in the lyrics. Bono’s voice carries sentimentality and emotion in every phrase. The song also shows why The Edge is one of the most innovative guitarists of modern times.

Those that almost made it

The Eagles: Hotel California

Pink Floyd: Time