This ballad, performed by the band Coldplay is set at Christmastime, with all its colorful lights, but is actually a sad break-up song and contrasts bleak inner sentiments with the bright lights outside. But all those lights can bring hope.

"Big Yellow Taxi" was originally written by Joni Mitchell while she was in Hawaii and considering the effect of humans on their environment and how we often take things for granted. This version is performed by the band Counting Crows from Berkeley, California and features vocals by Vanessa Carlton.

Crash Test Dummies, a Canadian folk-rock band, perform their song “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm.” The song was featured on their second album, God Shuffled His Feet

This song was a huge hit in the nineteen eighties for the British band Culture Club. Their flamboyant and charismatic singer, Boy George, said that it’s all about being true to yourself, saying “If you don't act like you feel, then you get Karma-justice, that's nature's way of paying you back.”

This record from the band Culture Club made them an instant pop sensation and brought international fame, especially for their singer, Boy George, who had written this simple, catchy love song.

"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is a song written by and first recorded by American musician Robert Hazard. However, it is much better known as a single by American singer Cyndi Lauper.

Cyndi Lauper's 1983 debut album "She's so Unusual" contained not only the classic hit "Girls just wanna have fun," but also this soulful song about the endurance of love.

Listen to NYC/Jersey City rock group Damn Glad’s new hit “Giddyup!”

British pop star Jessie J performs a concert in Brighton, UK and accepts a dare to sing her hit 'Price Tag' wearing clothing belonging to members of the audience!

Dasha’s country lament brims with anger at the betrayal she’s suffered at the hands of a man who seemed ready to leave town with her in search of their shared dreams.

David Bowie performs his song "Life on Mars?," which first appeared on the 1971 album Hunky Dory. It was later released as a single and climbed to the top of the charts in the UK.

"Be My Wife" is a single by the great David Bowie from his 1977 album Low.

David Bowie performs one of his most famous hits, "Starman". The song describes a message of hope to young people, brought by the character Ziggy Stardust, Bowie's alter ego. Commercially, the song was a milestone in David Bowie's career and has remained a big favorite on the part of his fans.

Here is the 1972 opening track of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars album, by David Bowie. In this "Five Years" melody which was inspired by a dream, the British singer foresees what would be the end of the world… with compassion and melancholy.

A music video by David Bowie performing "Where Are We Now?". A stark, but hauntingly beautiful song to the grand city he once called home, Berlin.