What is your favorite Story song?

[creekster]

You knew this would draw me out, didn't you?

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Here's the top five:

1) You Can't Always Get What You Want

This is not really a story. If you know the history there is a story to the song, but the lyrics themselves do nto tell a story like, say, Taxi. Look, if you don't think Me and Bobbie McGee is a story, this sure ain't a story.

2) Pancho & Lefty

A good song. I sense this has a rosebud like connection to your Citizen Kane life. Ok, you can have it. But it only makes YOUR top five, not mine.

3) The Devil Went Down to Georgia

A good story song. Babs hates the fiddle solo. You probably aren't even sure what a fiddle is comapred to a violin, as they tend not to use fiddles at the ballet, afayk. Either way it is a good song, but I am not sure if it makes top 5. Have you read (as oppsoed to skim) the thread? There are some very worhty competitors.

4) Midnight Train to Georgia

Marginal qualifier as it is not too much of a story (but a great song by Sister Knight).

5) Battle of New Orleans.

As the self-appointed moderator of this thread I say this is a decent story song, even a good one, just not in the top 5.

You brought up Big John, why isn't it on here?

[SoCalCoug]

My favorite story songs:

Red Army Blues - the Waterboys (about Russian troops in WWI who were sent to Siberia after the war)

Mr. Harris - Aimee Mann (young woman falls in love with older neighbor)

Hate Me - Blue October (maybe stretches the "story" definition, because the storyline's a little subtle, but this is one of the most poignant, moving songs I've heard, when you figure out what it's saying)

Just a Gigolo - David Lee Roth (just kidding)

Those are the ones that come to mind right now.

[SoCalCoug]

I thought of another one:

Life in a Northern Town - Dream Academy (about Nick Drake)

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by creekster

Babs hates the fiddle solo.

Am I mistaken? Have we no violinists among us? I swear he's sharp on every other note, but as a violist my credibility on matters of intonation may be in question.


What about the one about calling my Marie in Memphis, Tennessee? Is that a story song? I like that one. Starry Starry Night is cool but depressing,

[UtahDan]

I thought of another. "Tom Dooley" , Kingston Trio version.

There is also a really good song by Slaid Cleaves called "Lydia" recorded in the last 5 years that is good.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by UtahDan

There is also a really good song by Slaid Cleaves called "Lydia" recorded in the last 5 years that is good.

Slaid Cleaves is a great storyteller.

[il Padrino Ute]

I've posted this before in other threads, but this is actually an appropriate thread for this great story song:

[tooblue]

Originally Posted by creekster

A big water bed they bought with the bread they had saved for a couple of years.

They started to fight when the money got tight, they just didn't count on the tears, whoa, whoa, whoa.

So is the italian restaurant scene Brender and Eddie seeing each other again or some other old friend talking about the old days?

How did all of us miss Puff the Magic Dragon?

[creekster]

Originally Posted by tooblue

How did all of us miss Puff the Magic Dragon?

You guys are me. I alluded to it in my original post (the part about dragons?) and Il pad posts El Paso ignoring that it was also in my original post. Oh well.

[tooblue]

Originally Posted by creekster

You guys are me. I alluded to it in my original post (the part about dragons?) and Il pad posts El Paso ignoring that it was also in my original post. Oh well.

Sorry, I couldn't resist