Songs that tell a story? :)

Lisnaholic · 06-19-2022, 07:57 AM

oops ! double post

Lisnaholic · 06-19-2022, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ribbons

Robby Benson. Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time. Never saw Ode To Billie Joe (great song though) but I remember seeing him in Ice Castles.

This one tells a story too, I think. Van Morrison's Madame George.

^ Madam George is one of my absolute favourites of Van Morrison, ribbons! Good choice.

I had not heard The Band song, King Harvest, before, but that sad depiction of rural hardship put me in mind of an industrial equivalent set on the other side of the Atlantic; Ewan Maccoll's My Old Man:

I think the words are so clear, I'm not putting the lyrics, but would like to mention that "the cyclops" was the nickname of a blast furnace or some such, with its one burning red eye:

Is "gave him his cards" generally understood? = returned his National Insurance card, with its green stamps showing his weekly payments into the government health&benefits scheme:-

Psy-Fi · 06-19-2022, 09:11 AM

Charlie Daniels - Uneasy Rider

Karice · 08-16-2022, 08:37 PM

The Devil Went Down To Georgia by Charlie Daniels (RIP,

tells a story.

It not only tells a story, it makes the listener feel like they are in there with Johnny, The Demons, and The Devil watching this epic showdown.

But in all honesty, I thought the Devil's Music sounded BETTER than Johnny's and that Johnny lost, but YouTube Comments opened my eyes to how The Devil lost. "The Devil is just hawing on his instrument like a madman with no real passion or soul, whereas Johnny actually sings a song and plays his instruments better. And Devil cheated by having The Demons play backup for him. Johnny did his epic parts SOLO. Johnny won. Devil lost.

music_collector · 08-16-2022, 10:04 PM

Tragically Hip - Fifty-mission cap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-t8W4X8Obo

The song is about a player from the Toronto Maple Leafs. He scored the Stanley Cup winning goal in 1951. Not long after the game, he disappeared. He was found to have died in a float plane crash in 1952.

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08-16-2022, 08:37 PM	#34 (permalink)
Karice Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2022 Posts: 439	The Devil Went Down To Georgia by Charlie Daniels (RIP, tells a story. It not only tells a story, it makes the listener feel like they are in there with Johnny, The Demons, and The Devil watching this epic showdown. But in all honesty, I thought the Devil's Music sounded BETTER than Johnny's and that Johnny lost, but YouTube Comments opened my eyes to how The Devil lost. "The Devil is just hawing on his instrument like a madman with no real passion or soul, whereas Johnny actually sings a song and plays his instruments better. And Devil cheated by having The Demons play backup for him. Johnny did his epic parts SOLO. Johnny won. Devil lost.

08-16-2022, 10:04 PM	#35 (permalink)
music_collector Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Canada Posts: 744	Tragically Hip - Fifty-mission cap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-t8W4X8Obo The song is about a player from the Toronto Maple Leafs. He scored the Stanley Cup winning goal in 1951. Not long after the game, he disappeared. He was found to have died in a float plane crash in 1952.