Recommended Western music for men in their 50s: world classics and popular songs

BabeStyx

Styx – Babe 1980

This song’s lyrics are about one of the members of Styx leaving on a journey, leaving his wife at home.

Are there any middle-aged men who have made their wives feel lonely by going on solo assignments or business trips and leaving them behind? This is a recommended song for those people.

RosannaTOTO

TOTO Rosanna (official video)

This song, which won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and became a huge hit worldwide, is one you’ll definitely want to know as a famous love song.

The lyrics—“I want to see your eyes when I wake up in the morning” and “I want to hold you in the evening”—are wonderfully romantic, aren’t they?

Tie A Yellow Ribon Round The Old Oak TreeDawn

The Yellow Ribbon of Happiness / Dawn Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree / Dawn

Dawn is a vocal group consisting of the male singer Tony Orlando and two female singers.

Their song “Tony Orlando and Dawn” became a hit in 1971.

Then, “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree,” released in 1973, was a massive success, reaching No.

1 on Billboard’s year-end chart for 1973.

This song served as the motif for the Japanese film “The Yellow Handkerchief of Happiness.”

I Do It for YouBryan Adams

Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You – Live 2009

This song, which was used in the Kevin Costner–starring film Robin Hood, inevitably carries a strong association with the movie, but the melody is so beautiful that I’m completely captivated by it.

Bryan Adams’s voice is sexy and really resonates in the heart, doesn’t it?

FantasyEarth, Wind & Fire

Earth Wind & Fire – Fantasy 1977 [HQ]

A single cut from the 1977 album “Sun Goddess.” The album jacket featuring a pyramid was striking, and the tracks included themes of space and mysticism, such as “Fantasy” and “Jupiter.”

LaylaEric Clapton

Eric Clapton – Layla (Live at Royal Albert Hall, 1991) (Orchestral Version)

A signature work by Eric Clapton, the British guitarist, expressing the pain and passion of unrequited love through a grand melody.

Released in November 1970 under the name Derek and the Dominos, the piece was inspired by a 12th-century Persian love story.

It portrays his secret feelings for his best friend’s wife with a powerful guitar riff.

In 1992, the acoustic version won a Grammy Award.

It was also used memorably in the film Goodfellas, and it continues to move people as a universal tale of love.

On a night when you want to look back on the bittersweet memories of youth, why not listen quietly?

ThrillerMichael Jackson

Michael Jackson – Thriller (Official Video – Shortened Version)

A story about terrifying creatures that appear only in the dead of night, and the resolve to protect a loved one from those eerie monsters.

It’s a track from the album Thriller, released in November 1982 by Michael Jackson from the United States.

The music video is a film-like work running a full 14 minutes, memorable for its zombie dance.

It caused a sensation on MTV at the time and won eight awards at the 1984 Grammys.

Listening to it as Halloween approaches sends a chill down your spine while stirring a powerful determination to protect the one you love.