April 1, 201115 yr Bob Dylan - Hurricane So many other good ones I will try to post some more later. May be tough for some of you guys to believe but rap music has produced some good story songs. A couple real good ones worth a listen would be, 50 Cent - Baltimore Love Song Jay - Z - Meet the Parents 50 Cent - Baltimore Love Song Don't know how that ended up twice, no big deal I guess but if a mod wants to remove it then it will make me look a lot smarter.
April 1, 201115 yr Two more from a very underrated artist: Hayes Carll - Hayes Carll - (this one is a hilarious duet)
April 1, 201115 yr Outkast- Da Art Of Storytellin' Pt 1 (featuring Slick Rick) Slick Rick- Children's Story (might be right up there with Hurricane as my all time favorite)
April 1, 201115 yr Outkast- Da Art Of Storytellin' Pt 1 (featuring Slick Rick) Slick Rick- Children's Story (might be right up there with Hurricane as my all time favorite) Good call on both. And I honestly probably should have gave Slick Rick credit when I mentioned "Lodi Dodi" earlier as Snoop's version is essentially the same song. But I definitely like Snoop's version better.
April 1, 201115 yr John Prine, pick one Any Tom T Hall I have a friend who thinks there are two kinds of music: Tom T. Hall and "everyone else". Definitely should have included "Spanish Pipedream" by Prine.
April 1, 201115 yr Don McLean: American Pie Steve Earle: Copperhead Road, Galway Girl Harry Chapin: Taxi, Cat's in the Cradle, WOLD Cat Stevens: Father and Son Gordon Lightfoot: Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Kris Kristofferson: Me and Bobby McGee Tracy Chapman: Fast Car Bob Dylan: too many to count Simon & Garfunkel/Paul Simon: see above Indigo Girls: Closer to Fine Janis Ian: Seventeen Carole King: You've Got a Friend Add to my Harry Chapin favorites, A Better Place to Be, Mr. Tanner, I Want To Learn a Love Song, and my all time favorite... 30,000 Pounds of Bananas If you get a chance, see if you can find and download "Greatest Stories Live". Harry was a great balladeer. I honestly really miss him.
April 1, 201115 yr A couple off of the amazing Van Lear Rose album: Loretta Lynn - Loretta Lynn - It's hard to bring Loretta up and not mention this:
April 1, 201115 yr "El Paso"-Marty Robbins "El Paso City"-Marty Robbins "Don't Take Your Guns To Town"-Johnny Cash "When You're Hot, You're Hot"-Jerry Reed "Saginaw, Michigan"-Lefty Frizell "Tom Dooley"-Kingston Trio "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"-The Band "Mack The Knife"-Bobby Darin "Running Bear"-Johnny Preston "Mr. Custer"-Larry Verne
April 1, 201115 yr Lot of good songs have been mentioned and I can't think of any more of my favorites off the top of my head. For dark, heavy metal I'd say Purity by Slipknot.
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