Greatest storytelling songs

[jchitty]

Anyone have a list of what they consider the greatest storytelling songs of all time?Here's one of mine..."Ode To Billy Joe." I'll name a few others later. I could also classify it as one of the most haunting songs of all time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsOf0aB3gx4

[jchitty]

Good one, Drew. Here's another one...."Take a Walk on the Wildside."

[jchitty]

May 11, 2009, 12:09pm, mojobone wrote:Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia. Walk On The Wild Side is several stories, one for each verse, actually. I'm fond of Fancy, One Piece At A Time and Boy Named Sue, too.Hey, Moj....when I posted "Walk on the Wild Side," I thought the same thing too.....several stories wrapped up into one song. "Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia," is a good one...yeah, Fancy and A Boy Named Sue too. Here's one I just thought of, "Puff the Magic Dragon." I don't know how great it is, but it's a good story song.

[elser]

"Cats and the Cradle" Gordon Lightfoot. That story has always stayed with me. "Fancy" for sure. In a different vein, remember "Shooting Star" by Bad Co.? It's hard to think of anything current. It's hard to find anything like that outside of Country these days. How about "Memphis" by Chuck Berry, that guy was actually a great lyricist. I've heard he needs to work on his personal qualities though.

[suzdoyle]

"Vincent" by Don McLean and "Same Old Lang Syne" by Dan Fogelburg. Not to mention "Alice's Restaurant" by Arlo Guthrie and "I Found a Million Dollar Baby (In a Five and Ten Cent Store)" by Warren/ Dixon/ Rose (1931). And "Brandy" by Looking Glass: Suz

[mojobone]

Cat's In The Cradle was Harry Chapin, who also did (as previously mentioned) Taxi and Thirty Thousand Pounds-another great story song with a hilarious three-for-one "shaggy dog" ending. Gordon Lightfoot did Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald. How 'bout a classic murder ballad like Knoxville Girl or Delia's Gone? And wow, Suz, four out of five of my faves in one post; are you single?

[lyricboy]

The Gambler (Kenny Rogers)Chain of Love (Clay Walker)The Wreck on the Highway (Bruce Springsteen)Space Oddity (David Bowie)Come Dancin' (The Kinks)Three Wooden Crosses (Randy Travis)The Piano Man (Billy Joel) -Big Shot is good too. And Allentown... and Downeaster Alexa is awesome.99 Red Balloons (Nena)The Leader of the Band (Dan Fogelberg)And, of course, a few dozen that we here have yet to publish.

[ernstinen]

I've always loved abstract songs like Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower." Great lyric!How about "Silhouettes""Wichta Lineman"And "Bus Stop"If I may, I'll nominate a song of mine: "The Angels Came For Me."http://www.box.net/shared/yqbm5sruohErn