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Songs that tell a story

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SocksinBoots · 27/11/2013 08:28

Lola

Coward of the County

Any others you can thinK of?

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ImATotJeSuisUneTot · 27/11/2013 08:36

The entire album 'A Grand Don't Come For Free' by The Streets. Smile

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SocksinBoots · 27/11/2013 09:02

i have that album somewhere. I can only remember "dry your eyes" Sad

To Sir With Love
&
Desperado

are kind of what I'm thinking of, but not quite.

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JustMeh · 27/11/2013 09:04

Hazard Richard Marx.

Ruby don't take your love to town.

Wild roses? Kylie and Nick Cave.

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ithaka · 27/11/2013 09:08

Lily, Rosemary & the Jack of Hearts - Bob Dylan

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SocksinBoots · 27/11/2013 09:09

Hazard Smile

Don't know the others so I'm off to Youtube

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joydivisionovengloves · 27/11/2013 21:59

Highway Patrolman by Bruce Springsteen. In fact loads of his songs tell a story.

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LauraChant · 27/11/2013 22:05

Eleanor Rigby
Vincent Black Lightning 1952
Beeswing

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ItsTheOnlyWayToLIve · 27/11/2013 22:37

Plan B - Defamation of Strickland Banks, whole album tells a story Smile

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KatoPotato · 27/11/2013 22:37

Copacobana...

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LauraChant · 27/11/2013 22:45

Up the Junction
Tracy Jacks
Space Oddity

I love story songs!

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LauraChant · 27/11/2013 22:46

Ooh, Hearts and Bones, and Train in the Distance...I'll stop now...

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soaccidentprone · 27/11/2013 22:51

Up the junction, squeeze

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DziezkoDisco · 27/11/2013 23:05

A boy named sue
Famous Blue raincoat

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paperlantern · 28/11/2013 17:49

don't stand so close to me - the police

paradise by the dashboard light - meatloaf

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Ferguson · 29/11/2013 19:51

For REAL songs about REAL life, there is only one person - the late Dory Previn (one-time wife and musical collaborator of Andre Previn.)

I think all her original LPs are available on CD, often 2 LPs on one CD so good value. Probably the best introduction to her though, is her Live in Carnegie Hall concert, as it has songs from many albums.

She is too 'real' for some people, dealing with emotions, minorities, incest, religion, war, and show business.

Someone else from the '70s era, still performing and writing today is Pete Atkin: he writes the music, to lyrics by Clive James (yes, THE Clive James). He is also a BBC radio Producer. A good introduction to them is their Live in Australia double CD, with songs, anecdotes, Clive's poems etc. The stocks of their CDs were destroyed in the London riots, a few years ago (in the Sony warehouse I think).

Their current material is available ONLY from:

//www.peteatkin.com/hillshop.htm

Amazingly, it looks like CDs, including double, are only £5, with £2 postage for the first, +50p for each subsequent one.

"Beware of the Beautiful Stranger" is on YouTube, one of their 'classics'.

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mileysorearse · 14/12/2013 16:52

Down from Dover. Various people have covered it, its bloody depressing though

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JackShit · 14/12/2013 16:58

Uptown Uptempo Woman by Randy Eidleman.

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JackShit · 14/12/2013 16:59

Train In The Distance by Paul Simon.

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BertieBowtiesAreCool · 14/12/2013 17:01

I have an album called "Story Songs" - it's a great compilation. Lots of these already mentioned on it :)

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MoreThanChristmasCrackers · 14/12/2013 17:03

Streets of London
Uptown Girl

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FlutterShyPinkiePie · 14/12/2013 17:03
  • Tell Laura I love her
  • 24hrs to Tulsa
  • last kiss (pearl jam)
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CuriousDad0089 · 07/02/2014 02:45

The Album Hazards Of Love by The Decemberists is one of, if not THE best concept album ever produced. It's eclectic, tear jerking, dark and f**ked up in places. Superb album.

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ohmymimi · 26/02/2014 15:52

'Harper Valley PTA', Ode to Billy-Joe', 'Leader of the Pack, 'Hang Down your Head, Tom Dooley'.

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Chatelaine123 · 26/02/2014 20:47

Hope someone here can help with the scant info I have!

A ballad, young female singer, circa 2003 played repeatedly on the radio in the North London school I was working at the time. No idea what station.

Theme - singing a message to another girl - the message essentially was that she (the singer) stuck by "the boy", had faith in him, he grew into a man etc, they are happy, other girl lost out.

Any ideas?

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annabelcaramel · 26/02/2014 20:48

The Piña Colada Song.

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