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Songs with stories

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  • 24-04-2007 3:28pm
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    Tracey Lee
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    :) Looking for songs with stories in them from the 1990s....
    So far came up with 'Heart-All I wanna do', 'Richard Marx- Hazard','Sting-Fields of Gold'...anymore???:) :):):););)


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    Nightwish
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    Kylie and Nick Cave - Wild Rose


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    Sinfonia
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    Pretty much any country music


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    John
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    Nightwish wrote:
    Kylie and Nick Cave - Wild Rose

    The B-side to that single is just as good, "The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane". One of my favourite Cave songs (and that's saying something).


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    lordgoat
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    John wrote:
    The B-side to that single is just as good, "The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane". One of my favourite Cave songs (and that's saying something).

    Some people have great taste. Tis a cracker of a song.


    What kind of stories are you looking for?

    Dylan has many many songs like this. Gram Parsons too. Generally country music as stated above.


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    Tracey Lee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭Tracey Lee


    Hey thanks for all the help so far!!
    I'm doing 'Songs with stories' on the show this week and need some help compiling the list...so generally pop,dance, rock,hip hop, country,love songs etc...

    Tracey Lee (Today FM)


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    gucci
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    not really a 90s song but tribute by tenacious d has a song about meeting the devil and kicking his ass with a rock tune :)

    jeremy by pearl jam

    hung my head johnny cash done this, think was written by sting


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    lordgoat
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    The Hurricane - Bob Dylan
    Stan - Eminem
    Fat Children - Jarvis (Great meaning behind this sone, about a dad that was killed for his phone in Tottenham, based on real life)
    Fistful of Love - Antony and the Johnsons.
    Kilamangiro - Babyshambles
    The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band (amazing song)
    Sukie In the Graveyard - Belle and Seb
    Hesistating Beauty and Remember the Mountain Bed - Woody Guthrie sung by Wilco and Billy Bragg
    The Saturday Boy - Billy Bragg
    Yeah It's Cool We Can Still Be Friends - Bright Eyes
    Wixked and Weird - Buck 65

    Any more?


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    Kali
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    Arab Strap - The First Big Weekend or New Birds ... or any Arab Strap song for that matter.


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    stovelid
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    The Gift - Velvet Underground. (I doubt you could play this on the radio though). :D

    Levi Stubb's Tears - Billy Bragg

    Highway Patrolman or Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen

    Chestnut Mare - Byrds

    The Snake - Al Wilson


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    Howard the Duck
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    Jeffery Lewis "the chelsea hotel and oral sex song" ... not everyones cup of tea and i can;t see it being played on today fm!..but one of my all time favourite songs


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    loyatemu
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    one of my current favourites - Bob Dylan "the ballad of frankie lee and judas priest"

    it doesn't make much sense but its great nonetheless.

    edit - sorry didn't see the "From the 90s" requirement

    how about Supergrass - "Caught by the fuzz"


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    Oriel
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    Meat Loaf - Objects In The Read View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are
    Fantastic song.
    Lyrics:
    http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/meat+loaf/objects+in+the+rear+view+mirror+may+appear+closer+than+they+are_20091252.html


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    BaZmO*
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    I was gonna suggest "Camouflage" by Stan Ridgway (the best ever song with a story that there has ever been....EVER!!!) well at least that's what I thought when I was a kid.

    Another great song with a story is "Up The Junction" by Squeez.

    I actually can't think of any songs from the 90's with particularly good stories. I don't normally listen to lyrics, more of a melody man tbh.


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    Skellington
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    BaZmO* wrote:
    "Camouflage" by Stan Ridgway (the best ever song with a story that there has ever been....EVER!!!)

    I'd have to give that award to Burma Shave by Tom Waits:)

    These are all great aswell,
    Daddy by Korn
    Slow Motion by Third Eye Blind
    Cocaine Blues by Johnny Cash
    A Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash
    Karma Hotel by The Spooks


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    Executive Steve
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    nas - new york state of mind


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