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Songs that tell a story

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    #62
    Indestructable
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    The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot. Top class



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    #63
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    Jonny got his gun adaption by Metallica

    https://youtu.be/WM8bTdBs-cw




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    #64
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119664864#Comment_119664864

    An alien came travelling on ship from afar 😂loved this a a kid

    I hope our first encounter has a similar message 😂



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    #65
    anewme
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    From a similar time.....

    Elvis........In the Ghetto

    Bobby Goldsboro...Honey.....see the tree, how big it's grown...

    And our own family favourite.....I can still sing evey word

    Out in the West Texas Town of El Paso, I fell in love with a Mexican Girl........Marti Robbins



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    #66
    Count Dracula
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    Funky Cold Medina.



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    #67
    Zirconia
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    Boycott Israeli Goods & Services


    Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne; The rise and fall of a drugs cook who's product was legendary on the west coast...



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    #68
    bureau2009
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    I Will Survive.

    And it's a story so many can relate to.



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    #69
    feichin
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    Sunday Morning Coming Down -- Me and Bobby McGee -- To Beat The Devil -- Darby's Castle (All kris kristofferson)

    Anything by '70s country singer Tom T Hall -- Old dog's & children & watermelon wine -- etc



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    #70
    Sr. Pirotecnic
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    The Fall did this a lot. Off the top of my head:

    Jawbone and the air rifle

    New face in Hell

    Spectre vs Rector

    Athlete Cured

    Impression of J Temperance

    I'm into CB


    My fave group ever but I appreciate they're not to everyone's taste. Give one a try if you're not familiar anyway. Lyric sheet might help, "Annotated Fall" website is your friend.



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    #71
    bad2thebone
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    https://youtu.be/xik-y0xlpZ0


    This deep, you could write a thousand stories with this song.



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    #72
    CylonXIII
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    Guitar Man by Bread

    Ride Like the Wind by Christopher Cross



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    #73
    magicbastarder
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    'The Gift' by the VU is one of the classics of the genre.



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    #74
    A2LUE42
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    Lots of Eric Bogle songs.

    As mentioned already 'And the band played Waltzing Matilda'

    and a few more that would be pretty well known.

    No Mans Land (aka The Green Fields of France)

    My Youngest Son Came Home Today

    Leaving Nancy

    Now I'm Easy

    Mary and Me

    Plastic Paddy



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    #75
    silliussoddius
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    Tangled up in Blue - Bob Dylan



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    #76
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    Reminded of today Coheed and Cambria who have been telling a story their whole career haven't they?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0H3RlaQVrM




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    #77
    Lavdogg
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    The Streets - A Grand don't come for free.

    As it says in the title of the album, a young Mike Skinner loses a grand and this album goes through various scenario's as to where it may have gone.

    Skinner is a fantastic storyteller and the way this album blends all into one is fantastic, from misfortunes with the ladies (dry your eyes), to boozy nights out before the days of social media (fit but you know it), Finishing with the epic 'Empty Cans', its an album that i'll never get sick off, which is surprizing as I wouldnt be big on any sort of British Rap/RnB - give it a listen!



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    #78
    StupidLikeAFox
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    I've been to a marvellous party, divine comedy

    Midnight train to Georgia, Gladys knight

    Anything by luke kelly


    Don't stop me now - doesn't really tell a story but apparently he wrote it about a massive cocaine fuelled sex party in Brazil, when you know the story it tells a story!



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    #79
    bad2thebone
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    Here's a good one.

    https://youtu.be/Y3Ja7wDuY9o




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    #80
    HBC08
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119669270#Comment_119669270

    Weak Become Heroes by The Streets is the ultimate story of a good night out on the class A's and fits the criteria for this thread,can't believe I didn't think of it.A really underrated band in my opinion.



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    #81
    magicbastarder
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119668040#Comment_119668040

    not a very clear story, to be fair!



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    #82
    ohnonotgmail
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    Somebody already beat me to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The OP mentioned Billy Joel but didn't mention Scenes from an Italian restaurant which is like the basis for an 80s movie.. An English Lady of a Certain Age by Divine Comedy is also a great story song.



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    #83
    messrs
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    Ugly Kid Joe - Cats in the cradle - One of my favourite songs.

    Also Collin Raye Love, me



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    #84
    yourdeadwright
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    Pulp - Common People,

    I'm not a fan of them at all but it really is brilliant song writing ,



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    #85
    iamstop
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119664894#Comment_119664894
    https://youtu.be/B9sc_1iXe_Y

    Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa

    https://open.spotify.com/album/69JKwCcZGdLqX4Upj3DwP7



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    #86
    champchamp
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    Did anyone mention Dignity by Deacon Blue?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsr9HCOgQe0




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    #87
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119662376#Comment_119662376

    The story of my secondary school experience, and wheatus added the happy ending.

    The Boys are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy. Maybe doesn't tell a story, but there has to be some kind of a back story to that song.



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    #88
    run_Forrest_run
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    Camouflage - Stan Ridgway



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    #89
    Ak84
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    The Partisan, Leonard Cohen



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    #90
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    A lot of Josh Ritter is good story actually. "The Curse" and "Story of Adam" jump to mind.

    A lot of earlier Tom Waits too. Burma Shave springs to mind right away as a story of a guy picking up a girl hitchiker and neither of them really have a destination other than to die. Hell of a song.

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119671379#Comment_119671379

    Story telling wise I think their song "Babies" strikes me more than Common People. Not sure why.



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    #91
    Sweet Talkin Romeo
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    Good Year For The Roses - George Jones/Elvis Costello

    moral of the story: "Don't get married" ; even moreso if ye don't have a lawn - cos there'll be feck all to talk about then!



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