That's like choosing a baby since songs are where I get my ideas from. I constantly use shazam in public whenever I hear a song so I can walk around for thirty minutes and brainstorm ideas based on the lyrics (or beats).
Here are the ones that I can't help but nerd out over.
^ This song I WANNA say actually planted the seed for the style I have now believe it or not. It made me realize that I'm into off-beat stuff with lots of twists and turns starring characters with unusual personalities/mannerisms. You can enjoy the story for the silly visuals, or you can try to figure out what's REALLY going on (kinda like this video). Spoilers: the video is about a guy tripping out on drugs :v. This took me like twenty watches for me to get it. This had a strong impression on me as a kid.
^ I love how this song talks about the struggles of discrimination and being worthy in a soulful manner. 3:12-3:30 is so powerful. Just hits you like a hammer every time I listen to it (I recommend listening through it all before seeing what I'm talking about).
^ A lot of people I knew thought this song was about a woman (including me), so I was shocked that this song is actually God making a love song to humanity. I look back at this song whenever I try to implement Christian themes into my comic because he sums up Jesus's point in three minutes. There's also SO MUCH DETAIL that Prince packs in this song that it's brilliant.
^ This song has some of the rawest lines about death and the afterlife in the streets. The line alone about you meeting people you never learned to love in life made it for me.
^ Throwing a fun one to mix things-up. Love how Malcom makes a modern remix of Carmen by having the singer outright sing her intentions in this cool, slick way. Like she thinks she's "all-that". Love how they incorporate the original song.
I have more, but list will grow WAY TOO BIG lmao. While I am a writer, music is in my bloodstream.
