story telling songs!

overdoser · 10-20-2009, 01:53 AM

hey I was just listening to my iTunes on shuffle and heard Immortal Technique's Dance With The Devil & Boogiemonsters (Thanks 86) Old Man Jacob's Well, & was wondering if anyone knows any other story telling songs like that! Songs like Insane Poetry's One Careless Moment

It doesn't have to be morbid or anything like those ones listed. and it doesn't have to be strictly a story, it can have a little wiggle room like B.I.G.'s Gimme Tha Loot or Warning.

I'd like to get a collection of songs like that and maybe make a playlist or something.

Guybrush · 10-20-2009, 04:21 AM

Frank Zappa's Titties & Beer is a great storytelling song. It's about Frank's meeting with the devil on the Mountain of Mystery and it's awesome.

Captain Awesome · 10-20-2009, 08:55 AM

off the top of my head...

Tupac - brendas got a baby (probably didn't have to list that one)

Apathy - the janitor

Apathy - same ol same ol

D12 - Revelation

DMX - All of the "Damien" songs

Big Daddy Kane - somebodys been sleeping in my bed

Cuban Link - letter to pun (not so much a story but literally a letter to his dead friend - big pun)

Jedi Mind Tricks feat RA the Rugged man - Uncommon Valour: A vietnam story

Jurassic 5 - Remember his name

Lowkey feat Logic - Relatives

Masta Ace - Dear Diary (sort of a discussion rather than a story)

Eminem - stan (obviously)

Fort Minor - feel like home

Hilltop Hoods - what the seasons change

Hilltop Hoods - Stopping all stations

Nas - Rewind

Pez - Lost

Respek BA - In Dreams

Royce 5'9 - Death is Certain pt.II

Sage Francis - Runaways

Tech N9ne - The Rain (Factual not fictional, the story of how he struggles to keep in touch with his family now that he's getting some form of celebrity status)

Will Smith - Loretta (true story about a women who stalked him)

A Tribe Called Quest - Phony Rappers

A Tribe Called Quest feat Faith Evans - Stressed Out

a few samples of the ones i've suggested...

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Guybrush · 10-20-2009, 08:58 AM

^It is possible to post several times in a thread you know. Like instead of posting a list of 25 songs, you could elaborate on one or two of them so that your info comes in a chunk that it's possible to check out and digest in one go.

Jester · 10-20-2009, 09:34 AM

This album:

pourmeanother · 10-20-2009, 01:22 PM

atmosphere -- "always coming back home to you"

Webster · 10-20-2009, 03:09 PM

Slick Rick - Children's Story

million dollar basher · 10-20-2009, 03:17 PM

"Tangled Up in Blue" and "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts" spring to mind.

overdoser · 10-20-2009, 04:16 PM

thanks a lot everyone! Theres a lot of songs I don't know!!

to Captain: was that REALLY off the top of your head? haha & that song same ol same ol is a shorty but goody!

To Jester: Constance. Perfect example right there thanks a lot I liked it!beginning to end

and to million dollar basher: are those just song titles? artist?

86 Position · 10-22-2009, 08:50 PM

the first verse on this one is story style:

YouTube - Murs ft. The Grouch - Angels

YouTube - Scarface-The Best Of Scarface-The Wall

YouTube - Yukmouth Ft Z-Ro & Trae -Hard Tymez -- very "thugged out" but it's deep

YouTube - CORMEGA-FALLEN SOLDIERS (REMIX)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IFQa9X8iF8--- some of you might recognize this as a Rick Ross track. **** rick ross.....this is the original!

all I'm gonna post for now

10-20-2009, 01:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
overdoser God Of Thunder Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 102	story telling songs! hey I was just listening to my iTunes on shuffle and heard Immortal Technique's Dance With The Devil & Boogiemonsters (Thanks 86) Old Man Jacob's Well, & was wondering if anyone knows any other story telling songs like that! Songs like Insane Poetry's One Careless Moment It doesn't have to be morbid or anything like those ones listed. and it doesn't have to be strictly a story, it can have a little wiggle room like B.I.G.'s Gimme Tha Loot or Warning. I'd like to get a collection of songs like that and maybe make a playlist or something. __________________ 3XL ent. for life

10-20-2009, 04:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	Frank Zappa's Titties & Beer is a great storytelling song. It's about Frank's meeting with the devil on the Mountain of Mystery and it's awesome. __________________ Something Completely Different

10-20-2009, 08:55 AM	#3 (permalink)
Captain Awesome On A Rampage Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 317	off the top of my head... Tupac - brendas got a baby (probably didn't have to list that one) Apathy - the janitor Apathy - same ol same ol D12 - Revelation DMX - All of the "Damien" songs Big Daddy Kane - somebodys been sleeping in my bed Cuban Link - letter to pun (not so much a story but literally a letter to his dead friend - big pun) Jedi Mind Tricks feat RA the Rugged man - Uncommon Valour: A vietnam story Jurassic 5 - Remember his name Lowkey feat Logic - Relatives Masta Ace - Dear Diary (sort of a discussion rather than a story) Eminem - stan (obviously) Fort Minor - feel like home Hilltop Hoods - what the seasons change Hilltop Hoods - Stopping all stations Nas - Rewind Pez - Lost Respek BA - In Dreams Royce 5'9 - Death is Certain pt.II Sage Francis - Runaways Tech N9ne - The Rain (Factual not fictional, the story of how he struggles to keep in touch with his family now that he's getting some form of celebrity status) Will Smith - Loretta (true story about a women who stalked him) A Tribe Called Quest - Phony Rappers A Tribe Called Quest feat Faith Evans - Stressed Out a few samples of the ones i've suggested... ... __________________ "If we're all merely players in a play on this great stage, the problem is the script writers ain't on the same page, I echo through the mountain when I'm singing in the air, from my lab a lad with lavish lyrics living in his lair." "Wake up and listen, hear what's not for the public's ears Pinocchio poets played by profiting puppeteers"

10-20-2009, 08:58 AM	#4 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	^It is possible to post several times in a thread you know. Like instead of posting a list of 25 songs, you could elaborate on one or two of them so that your info comes in a chunk that it's possible to check out and digest in one go. __________________ Something Completely Different

10-20-2009, 01:22 PM	#6 (permalink)
pourmeanother Saaaad Panda Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 852	atmosphere -- "always coming back home to you" __________________ Life is just blah, blah, blah You hope for blah And sometimes you find it, but mostly it's blah And waiting for blah And hoping you were right about the blahs you made And then, just when you think you've got the whole blah'd damn thing figured out And you're surrounded by the ones you blah Death shows up... anddd blah, blah, blah.

10-20-2009, 09:34 AM	#5 (permalink)
Jester Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 752	This album:

10-20-2009, 03:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
Webster Groupie Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20	Slick Rick - Children's Story

10-20-2009, 03:17 PM	#8 (permalink)
million dollar basher Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: trapped in a basement Posts: 184	"Tangled Up in Blue" and "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts" spring to mind.

10-20-2009, 04:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
overdoser God Of Thunder Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 102	thanks a lot everyone! Theres a lot of songs I don't know!! to Captain: was that REALLY off the top of your head? haha & that song same ol same ol is a shorty but goody! To Jester: Constance. Perfect example right there thanks a lot I liked it!beginning to end and to million dollar basher: are those just song titles? artist? __________________ 3XL ent. for life Last edited by overdoser; 10-20-2009 at 04:24 PM.

10-22-2009, 08:50 PM	#10 (permalink)
86 Position Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 125	the first verse on this one is story style: YouTube - Murs ft. The Grouch - Angels YouTube - Scarface-The Best Of Scarface-The Wall YouTube - Yukmouth Ft Z-Ro & Trae -Hard Tymez -- very "thugged out" but it's deep YouTube - CORMEGA-FALLEN SOLDIERS (REMIX) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IFQa9X8iF8--- some of you might recognize this as a Rick Ross track. **** rick ross.....this is the original! all I'm gonna post for now