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Old 04-08-2008, 04:39 AM   #41
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How can you not like Gordon Lightfoot? I'm crushed!

you mean besides the fact that he is a canadian?



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Old 04-08-2008, 04:40 AM   #42
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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
Good list. Johnny cash is the man.
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Old 04-08-2008, 04:43 AM   #43
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Almost everything SPrinmgsteen does has the feel of a story; I think this is one fo the secret;s of his success. Not all of them actually are stories, but they feel that way. Thunder Road, Born to Run, The River (expoeicallyy the River) are all great examples.


Looking at this list we are compiling really does show that the 70s were rich with story telling, eh?
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Old 04-08-2008, 04:51 AM   #44
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Pancho & Lefty

Living on the road my friend
Was gonna keep you free and clean
Now you wear your skin like iron
Your breath's as hard as kerosene
You weren't your mama's only boy
But her favorite one it seems
She began to cry when you said goodbye
And sank into your dreams

Pancho was a bandit boys
His horse was fast as polished steel
Wore his gun outside his pants
For all the honest world to feel
Pancho met his match you know
On the deserts down in Mexico
Nobody heard his dying words
That's the way it goes

All the federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him hang around
Out of kindness I suppose

Lefty he can't sing the blues
All night long like he used to
The dust that Pancho bit down south
Ended up in Lefty's mouth
The day they laid poor Pancho low
Lefty split for Ohio
Where he got the bread to go
There ain't nobody knows

All the federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him slip away
Out of kindness I suppose

The poets tell how Pancho fell
Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold
So the story ends we're told
Pancho needs your prayers it's true,
But save a few for Lefty too
He just did what he had to do
Now he's growing old

A few gray federales say
They could have had him any day
They only let him go so wrong
Out of kindness I suppose
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How about Me and Bobby McGee?
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How about Me and Bobby McGee?
I don't think so. How About Maxwell Silver Hammer? The Battle of New Orleans?
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I don't think so. How About Maxwell Silver Hammer? The Battle of New Orleans?

battle of NO yes, Maxwell? not in my mind.

WHy not Bobby McGee? You don't think Janis Joplin tells Kris Kristofferson's story when she sings that song?
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Many of the ones that have been mentioned...

....and one of the greatest of all that has yet to be mentioned...

Rocky Raccoon checked into his room
Only to find Gideon's bible
Rocky had come equipped with a gun
To shoot off the legs of his rival

I have always loved the White Album and this song in particular has always been one of my favorites. Definitely a story song and definitely very cool.

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Almost everything SPrinmgsteen does has the feel of a story; I think this is one fo the secret;s of his success. Not all of them actually are stories, but they feel that way. Thunder Road, Born to Run, The River (expoeicallyy the River) are all great examples.


Looking at this list we are compiling really does show that the 70s were rich with story telling, eh?
Bobby McGee is a good song. Is it a story?
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The Devil Went Down to Georgia. I love how Satan plays with the heavy metal acompaniment. Great story song.
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