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Musical Themes and Song Topics Index

This index of song themes will help you find appropriate songs for playlists and presentations based on subject matter. Song suggestions mentioned in articles are based more on lyrical content than popularity. This resource can be helpful to DJs, media producers and party planners of reunions and events involving historical significance.

Anniversaries and reunions involve timelines whereas holidays, birthdays and other celebrations revolve more around emotional themes. The reason themes are important to songwriting in the new century is they help songs stand out better and offer definitive detail that's important to online surfers as well as search engines. Someone might be doing a project on historical weather patterns, for example and needs songs about weather plus historical eras. Instead of wasting a lot of time on search engines and getting links to bad places that can be irrelevant for insecure, you can accelerate your search with these playlists.

Artists - Aretha Franklin Beach Boys Beatles Beyonce Bob Dylan Bob Marley Bruce Springsteen Creedence Clearwater Revival Chuck Berry Diana Ross/Supremes Donna Summer Doors Eagles Elton John Elvis Presley Eric Clapton James Brown John Lennon Jimi Hendrix Lady Gaga Led Zeppelin Madonna Marvin Gaye Michael Jackson Misc Nirvana Pearl Jam Pink Floyd Prince Rolling Stones Stevie Wonder Sting/Police Tom Petty U2 Whitney Houston

Calendar - April Fool's Day Christmas Cinco de Mayo Columbus Day Easter Father's Day Halloween July 4 Martin Luther King, Jr. Labor Day Memorial Day Mother's Day New Year's Day President's Day Saint Patrick's Day Tax Day (April 15) Thanksgiving Valentine's Day Veteran's Day

Celebrities & Politicians - Barack Obama Charlie Sheen Election of 2012 Frank Sinatra George H.W. Bush George W. Bush JFK Marilyn Monroe Oprah Winfrey Ronald Reagan Sarah Palin

Cities - Atlanta Baltimore Boston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Houston Kansas City Los Angeles Long Island Las Vegas Miami Minneapolis New York Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland San Antonio Sacramento San Diego Seattle San Francisco St. Louis Tampa Washington DC

Colors - black blue brown colors gold green grey orange pink purple red silver white yellow

Eras - 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

Industries and Careers - aerospace airline artist auto banker boss casino farmer fire fishing food hotel inventor jail legal lifeguard massage medical model movie music painter politician postman radio ranger real estate sales secretary skating store spy tailor taxi teacher tech trucker writer

Issues - crime education energy environment ethnicity health housing jobs media money peace privacy war

Miscellaneous - age bands body cars characters celebrities covers dishonesty djs dreams drugs duets fame family farms fire fools freedom future gambling games ghosts goodbye greed guitars guns hello help heroes hwys identity imagination jumping life lost memories music novelty nudity numbers paradise parents pictures politics poverty questions roads rock n' roll society sports states of mind survival time trains travel walking walls

Months of the Year - Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Nature - bears birds bison butterflies cats chickens crows deer desert dinosaurs dogs doves eagles fish flowers forest grass hawks horses islands jungle lakes lions lizards mice miscellaneous monkeys mountains ocean owls parks rabbits rats ravens rivers roosters roses sharks sky snakes spiders stars tigers turtles valleys waterfalls whales wolves zebras

Party - opening anniversary bash birthday drinking farewell fun retro twist closing

Relationships - apology badluck beauty breakingup commitment conflict couples dedications embracing everlasting fantasy friendship frustration heartbreak hidden holding hands invitation jealousy kissing moving on need new love obsession patience possession promiscuity reflection satisfaction search separation sex sincerity single special staying together strength sweetness touch using people

States - Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming

Weather - Sunny Cloudy Rainy Snow Windy Stormy








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