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Songs that tell stories

funnily enough I am just listening to "bonnie and clyde" by serge gainsbourg.

I'm sure there's a story there, but I can't understand it. :)
 
Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault...

I went to a party last night.
What sick things I saw.
Makeout sessions and bicycle messengers,
Punks and art school dropouts.
I ran into this guy I knew
But hadn't seen in years.
We went into the neon kitchen and stole a couple beers.
He said his girl had dumped him
But was there with another guy.
He said that he still liked her.
All I could say was,
"Why, why, oh why, oh why,
Why is it always like this?
Either you're too mean, or you're too nice."
He said, "I even cooked her breakfast."
So we went into the living room.
Someone was blasting Zeppelin.
It sounded good.
I felt ashamed.
I knew every drum fill.
Anyway, there she sat,
Totally kissing this guy.
They looked good, I mean like in love.
Then I remembered my friend.
He said, "How could you do this?
You said that you needed your space.
He's wearing the shirt that I gave you."
Then she said, "Why, why, oh why, oh why,
Why are you always like this?
If I'm having fun then it's breaking your heart.
Besides, you said I could have it."
Then the cops showed up.
 
Here's another one I used to sing all the time and loved lots:



tells the love story of Eduardo and Monica...

This will obviously mean absolutely nothing to people in here, but means lots to me and brings back lots of happy memories.
 
Miley Cyrus' chart hit. She gets all nervous in front of a boy and he questions this and her friend Lesley says 'Oh, she's just being Miley'. It's very moving.
 
One of the saddest songs that doesn't sound sad unless you know what he's singing about:

used to shout
Across the room to you
And you'd come dancin'
Like a fool
show your step
You funky mother
Come to me
All warm as covers

Rest with me
My lovely brother
For you see
There is no other
Memory so sad and sweet
I'll see you soon
Save me a seat

Well I'm cryin'
Now my lovely man
Yes I'm cryin'
Now and no one can
wew never fill the
The hole you left my man
I'll see you later
My lovely man if I can

In my room
I'm all alone
Waiting for you
To get home
Listen to Roberta Flack
But I know you won't come back

Well I'm cryin'
Now my lovely man
I'll see you later
My lovely man if I can

Just in case
You never knew
I miss you slim
I love you too
See my heart
It's black and blue
When I die
I will find you

Well I'm cryin'
Now my lovely man
Yes I'm cryin'
Now and no one can
wew never the
The hole you left my man
I'll see you later
My lovely man if I can

Well I'm cryin'
My lovely man
Well I'm cryin'
My lovely man
I'll see you later
My lovely man
We have some good time
My lovely man
 
Super Chron Flight Brothers - Low Tide

The story of a man (Woods) driving around the downtown area of a city, looking for his brother, who's missing (for a week!) and has a crack problem. He's feeling particularly guilty because he's the one who introduced his brother to the drug. Ooops.
 
Iam said:
Super Chron Flight Brothers - Low Tide

The story of a man (Woods) driving around the downtown area of a city, looking for his brother, who's missing (for a week!) and has a crack problem. He's feeling particularly guilty because he's the one who introduced his brother to the drug. Ooops.
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i liked your review of this, your little insights made it better. 'ooops!' made me laugh.:cool:
 
Bob Dylan's a veritable font of great story songs: Lilly, Rosemary and the Queen of Hearts, The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest, Hurricane, The Balad of Ira Hayes. Many, many more.
 
there's pinks new one about how she doesn't need the no-good man she has just dumped, because she is a rock star (I contend that she is about as rock as chad kroeger)
 
Her'es another one: Switching Off, by Elbow

I think this one is about a man who's about to commit suicide, and him thinking about his most treasured memory/moment in life... Alwas brings a tear to my eye...



If you never heard it, go and listen, it's an amazing song.

Last of the men in hats hops off the coil
And a final scene unfolds inside
Deep in the rain of sparks behind his brow
Is a part replayed from a perfect day
Teaching her how to whistle like a boy
Love’s first blush

Is this making sense?
What am I trying to say?
Early evening June
This room and a radio play
This I need to save
I choose my final thoughts today
Switching off with you

All the clocks give in
And the traffic fades
And the insects like a neon choir
The instant fizz
Connection made
And the curtains sigh
In time
With you

You, the only sense the world has ever made
Early evening June
This room and radio play
This I need to save
I choose my final scene today
Switching off

Ran to ground for a while there
But I came off pretty well


You, the only sense the world has ever made
This I need to save
A simple trinket locked away
I choose my final scene today
Switching off with you
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Iam said:
I went to a party last night.
What sick things I saw.
Makeout sessions and bicycle messengers,
Punks and art school dropouts.
I ran into this guy I knew
But hadn't seen in years.
We went into the neon kitchen and stole a couple beers.
He said his girl had dumped him
But was there with another guy.
He said that he still liked her.
All I could say was,
"Why, why, oh why, oh why,
Why is it always like this?
Either you're too mean, or you're too nice."
He said, "I even cooked her breakfast."
So we went into the living room.
Someone was blasting Zeppelin.
It sounded good.
I felt ashamed.
I knew every drum fill.
Anyway, there she sat,
Totally kissing this guy.
They looked good, I mean like in love.
Then I remembered my friend.
He said, "How could you do this?
You said that you needed your space.
He's wearing the shirt that I gave you."
Then she said, "Why, why, oh why, oh why,
Why are you always like this?
If I'm having fun then it's breaking your heart.
Besides, you said I could have it."
Then the cops showed up.
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i like these lyrics.
 
There I was in uniform
Looking at the art teacher
I was just a girl then;
Never have I loved since then

He was not that much older than I was
He had taken our class to the Metropolitan Museum
He asked us what our favorite work of art was,
But never could I tell, it was him
Oh, I wish I could tell him --
Oh, I wish I could have told him

I looked at the Rubens and Rembrandts
I liked the John Singer Sargents
He told me he liked Turner
Never have I turned since then
No, never have I turned to any other man

All this having been said,
I married an executive company head
All this having been done, a Turner - I own one
Here I am in this uniformish, pant-suit sort of thing,
Thinking of the art teacher
I was just a girl then;
Never have I loved since then
No, never have I loved any other man



that's my fave bit. I like the fact that it's sung by a man, but from a girls perspective too.
 
yeah, take 'if your feeling sinister' (the song, not the album) - the story in that song is haunting.
 
Gordon Lightfoot-- The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Stan Rogers-- Rise Again
Stan Rogers-- Barrett's Privateers
Eric Bogle-- And the Band Played Watzing Matilda
 
Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos by Public Enemy is probably one of the best IMO.

On The Run by Kool G Rap and DJ Polo too.

I love the first verse of Outta Here by Diamond D and the Psychotic Neurotics:

My name is John Doe and I'm wanted for murder
I didn't mean to do it but my temper just blew it
Remember it well, seems like the other day
Now I gotta stay away from around the way
Me and my girl went to the movies
Madly in love, we got shot by Cupid
We both had fat jewels on
So I brought my joint in case brothers act stupid
Got to the movie but before we got in
A kid got robbed by a crew of 10
Punched him and stomped him, nobody would help
Didn't want any beef, so I stayed to self
I got inside, now my girl is shaken
She didn't want to get her jewlery taken
I said "It's dark in the movie, hey they won't find us"
Then they walked in and sat right behind us
Talking all loud, told all the good parts
Praying to myself "Please I hope they don't start"
Then I heard mumbling, the words I couldn't figure
(Ayo when the movie's finished we gonna get this nigga)
I kept my cool cause I'm only one deep
One against 10, that's a hellified beef
Now the mumblings getting louder
I hear the scheme but to me it's a dream
Maybe I'm wrong, you know the rules
So I kept my cool until they made a move
Somebody reached over and snatched her chain
Punched me in the grill but I felt no pain
They tried to step, but I just couldn't let em
So I backed up and I wet em, (yeah)
 
Roadkill said:
Loads by Bob Dylan - Hurricane, Lily Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts, The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, Tangled Up In Blue and so on... :cool:
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I really like Joey from Desire. I didn't realise it was about a real person.
 
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