Posted on 04/22/2022 3:56:36 PM PDT by Beowulf9
I admit I saw this elsewhere but I thought it might be a good thing to put here because honestly I look and listen to songs people post. I am always entertained and it opens my mind to many different avenues of musical tastes I have not known before. I hope ones like this column.
Bob Seger, “Night Moves”
ELP Pirates they could make a movie out of!
Disney’s “It’s A Small World”
/sarc
It’s a classic, but I love the ‘39 story. They got intergalactic travel perfect.
Do you realize how old the song is? Not 1968, closer to 1698.
The Happiest Days of Our Lives, better known as the intro to Another Brick in the Wall, pt. 2.
As a kid, I used to like Come Sail Away by Styx. Slightly cringy now.
Wierd Al’s the Saga Begins, standing on the shoulders of Don McLean’s American Pie.
The Police’s Don’t Stand So Close to Me, if that’s truly a story song.
Comfortably Numb is part of a rock opera, the same one as The Happiest Days of Our Lives. Most rock-opera songs don’t tell a complete story in their own right, but it does advance the story significantly.
Roland the “headless” Thompson gunner. Fixed it. Garden party by ricky nelson, “you wear it well”, rod Stewart
Another tribute to Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
Bojangles of Harlem--Fred Astaire (1936)
North to Alaska, Sink the Bismarck and Johnny Reb by Johnny Horton
There’s a Robert Heinlein story that reminds me of ‘39. Wish I could remember the name of it.
Two more that are sort of story songs: Paradise by the Dashboard Light by Meat Loaf and Billy Joel’s Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.
The Ballad of Pancho Lopez--Lalo Guerrero
Dixie’s still holdin’ on.
Love Barleycorn. Even have a recording of Jethro Tull doing it.
I’d add Thin Lizzy’s “For Those Who Love to Live” to what I expect is already a fantastic list.
A dark story by The Doors, “The End”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLCmMABqCPA
The killer awoke before dawn
he put his boots on...
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves
(The 70’s were great for songs that tell a story...)
Jailbreak - AC/DC
Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers
The Monkees
What Am I Doing Hangin Round
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