2013 Best Rock Songs List Also Has Alternative, Pop, and Other Songs That Rock!

25 Best Rock Songs of 2013

1. Mudhoney, Chardonnay

2. Alyssa Turkowski, Waiting In Two

3. Black Sabbath, God Is Dead?  

4. Vamps, Ahead

5. Katy Perry, Unconditionally 

6. Five Finger Death Punch, Battle Born

7. อรอรีย์ , สักวัน 

    The Coral Bay (Ornaree), Someday

8. Nicki Minaj, Automatic

9. Земфира, Чайка

    Zemfira, Seagull

10. Os Mutantes, Time and Space

11. Motorpsycho, Ratcatcher

12. Miley Cyrus, Wrecking Ball

13. Земфира, Без шансов

       Zemfira, No chance 

14. Vamps, Replay

15. Alice In Chains, Voices

16. Avenged Sevenfold, Hail to the King

17. Stevie Nicks, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee,                You Can't Fix This

18. Mazzy Star, California

19. Kohdai Aoyama, City Lights and You

20. Yellow Fang, I don't know

21. Katy Perry featuring Juicy J, Dark Horse

22. Simple Minds, Broken Glass Park

23. Kari Fleskes, Find Love 

     (original by Kari Fleskes)

24. Nicki Minaj, Marilyn Monroe

25. The Residents, Mush-Room

Note: This is my list and my opinion based on comparing many songs. 

More about songs, including lyrics

Last time I wrote: Emotion in songs was important again in 2013 and will be important again this year (2014). However, it's only one factor when I compare songs. Songwriting, how the song sounds overall, if it's interesting, the singing/vocals, and all instruments/sounds/notes and chord changes, and of course melodies, riffs, hooks, and all the words or thinking (beyond words) we can use to describe good (and great) songs are important. 

Here's some More about songs, including lyrics and how I compare songs: I just wanted to add on that lyrics are important but how I evaluate lyrics or words in a song, or compare them may be different than how other reviewers do it. This is something that is hard to describe and like music in songs, I'm not really held to anything specific or rules that say rock songs should sound like this and pop songs should sound like that because the "this is the way we've always done things" kind of thinking and rules are limiting, and prevent people from doing what they want to do. I'm for people making music and songs that branch out in any directions they want to go.

Now I want to explain why EMOTION

I've read lots of comments on YouTube where people especially teens, and some young adults, are being bullied about emotion, their emotions, and emotion in music. The other day, I saw some YouTube video by a  child who was singing a favorite song and in the comments below the video that child was being being bullied by other children or at least it appeared to be young kids. That's horrible. They need to stop being bullies. Let everyone have their chance to be a singer, musician, or anything good that they want to do. Be nice to everyone on YouTube.

I want to say something important and it's that emotion and feeling in singing and music is good, and oftentimes it's great!

Stop bullying people about emotion! Emotion and our human emotions are good and right! Bullies are wrong! Instead of putting someone down with your words, write/create some songs and then we will all be happy for you and proud of you too.

Emotion in songs was important again in 2013 and will be important again this year (2014). However, it's only one factor when I compare songs. Songwriting, how the song sounds overall, if it's interesting, the singing/vocals, and all instruments/sounds/notes and chord changes, and of course melodies, riffs, hooks, and all the words or thinking (beyond words) we can use to describe good (and great) songs are important..

EMOTION