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Steely Dan - "Kid Charlemagne"
Why are all the story songs I can name from the '70s or earlier? I can't think of any recent ones that aren't rap or hip hop, not that there is anything with that, but I can't think of anything else current...
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"Is there gas in the car? Yes there's gas in the car" Steely Dan has many great ones. My Old School, with a great Horn bridge (love the bari part), although it's a stretch to call it a story, Reelin' in the Years. I also forgot about Tom Waits. Has a song ever had a more poignant opening line than "Small Change got rained on with his own .38"? Not sure why, but the 70s is full of this sort of thing. Maybe that's why i like them, coming of age in the 70s and all.
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Mariners Revenge Song - Decemberists
I Hung My Head - Sting, but I like Johnny Cash's version better Cocaine Blues - Johnny Cash Secret Life of Morgan Davis - Ben Folds Fred Jones pt. 2 - Ben Folds Jeremy - Pearl Jam Camouflage - Stan Ridgeway |
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My favorite story teller would be Stan Ridgway:
Camouflage The Big Heat Drive She Said (not the official video, but it's a great story) I could go on and on an on about Ridway's story telling through song. Pretty much every song is a story.
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Here are a couple of my favorite story songs: Fairytale of New York by the Pogues The Line by Bruce Springsteen Veronica by the great Irish folk singer Christy Moore
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Stan by Eminem is epic.
The River by Bruce Springstein. Lots of country songs come to mind: Garth Brooks has a ton. That Summer. Unanswered Prayers. Thunder Rolls is awesome. I love Whiskey Lullaby by Alison Kraus and Brad Paisley. Don't Take the Girl by Tim McGraw.
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Since my questionable taste in music is already the stuff of legend, I'm not afraid to admit that my favorite story song is Same Old Lang Syne by none other than Dan Fogelberg.
My least favorite - by far - is the Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald, followed closely by Brandy, which may not actually qualify as a story song, but is so awful it deserves mention nonetheless. |
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I loved Coward of the County as a kid by Kenny Rogers.
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The Gambler is a story song, isn't it?
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