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In The Kingdom #19- Sonic Youth
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Bob Dylan - Hurricane
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Off the top of my head... "Dig, Lazarus, Dig".
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"What's He Building In There?" by Tom Waits get picked yet?
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"Joey" as well. |
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Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson
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The Box-Johnny Flynn
She's My Baby-The Traveling Wilburys plus any Streets album :) |
No one has mentioned any Steve Earle yet??
Try Billy Austin by Steve Earle, that should give you what you seek |
Self-COnclusion by Spill Canvas
its amazing. its about a girl whos going to commit suicide but this random stranger saves her. |
Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon and The Animals
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Hide Your Heart - KISS
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Oh god I love songs that tell a good, epic story... so many of such songs in my collection...
To name a few... Supper's Ready - Genesis Owen's Lament - Augie March The Musical Box - Genesis Albert Namatjira - Not Drowning, Waving Are to name but a few... I love bands with theatrical lyrics, that have stories you can get all rolled up in, words which move you as much as the music... |
Brand New - Limousine
Such a cool song with all the different perspectives. |
Randy Travis - 3 Wooden Crosses, David Ball - Private Malone
(It's country, sorry!) |
Hey, country music has some of the best storytelling lyrics of all genres out there - don't be ashamed!
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The Mariner's Revenge Song - The Decemberists
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That song, Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror, Ethan linked in a mixtape awhile ago is quite the harrowing tale.
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Josh Groban's Awake. Wonderful lyricism packed in there, imho.
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november rain - guns n roses
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The Road Goes on Forever - Joe Ely
Truckin' - Grateful Dead Tangled up in Blue - Bob Dylan I could probably come up with more...but I'll leave it here for now.... |
Shane & Dixie- Richard Thompson
Oh Shane and Dixie, they were two-bit crooks They wanted to be famous like you read in books Shane had the brain and Dixie had the looks for glory As a bankrobber Shane really was no use He'd end up likely at the end of the noose Which was fine by Shane if the papers could use the story Fame and love, fame and love, fame and love will never die Fame and love, fame and love, fame and love will never die Never die, never die Well Shane says to Dixie "We're getting nowhere I've a fine idea if you love me, swear We'll be household names if we only dare, forever. Here's two bullets in my old carbine One is yours and the other is mine They'll find us there at the scene of the crime together" Fame and love, fame and love, fame and love will never die Fame and love, fame and love, la la la la la will never die Never die Well she screams, she swears, she tears her hair Saying "Shane, this time you've lost your mind" Shane took aim with the sixteen bore Dixie lay dying down there on the floor Shane was shaken but his purpose was more inspired Shane says "Lord, what have I done But this victory is only halfway won" He put the barrel underneath his tongue and fired Well fame and love, fame and love, fame and love will never die Fame and love, fame and love, fame and love will never die Never die They found the bodies when the neighbours complained Shane was all over the walls like paint Dixie looked bad but her heart beat faint but surely Well they saved her life, they were just in time She turned her back on a life of crime And she married the man who came to type out her story The News of the Screws most generously gave The money helped to pay for Shane's new grave It looked so fine till the vandals sprayed it over And time took its toll and the weeds grew high It hid Shane's grave from the curious eye Or maybe that's why we forget those lines he told us He just said Fame and love, fame and love, fame and love will never die Fame and love, fame and love, fame and love will never die Fame and love, fame and love, fame and love will never die Never die, never die Never die, never die (If you've heard this track, you know just how much funnier the music makes it) |
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From Thompson I'd also add Bee's wing. |
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Another story I'm fond of is Tweeter & The Monkey Man, by the Traveling Wilburys. It's very strange, but once you accept its bizarre logic, you'll want to loop it again and again... |
For reasons unexplained I love the monkey man :o:
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You could probably put some of The Decemberists on there. They have some pretty epic stories with their music, most of the time. Mariner's Revenge Song is my favorite of theirs as far as stories goes.
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^^^ A song from the POV of a murdered prostitute apparently I'll find more later.... but that's the first one that came to me |
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