Songs that tell Great Stories

David Bowie - Bewlay Brothers (for the simple reason that it makes no bloody sense)
Nick Cave - The Curse Of Millhaven
Herbie Hanc.ock & Leonard Cohen - The Jungle Line
Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City
Tom Waits - Big Joe and Phantom 309
Spinal Tap - Stonehenge (:D)
 
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 banRAB with theatrical lyrics, that have stories you can get all rolled up in, worRAB which move you as much as the music...
 
So many! Most good songs should tell a story.
However one of my all-time favourites is "Stories of a hero" by Frank Marino, about a young guy who goes off to the war and gets killed. Very powerful stuff.
 
I know that 2112 is based off of a book by Ayn Rand, but The Trees was just a song written about a cartoon where trees are like people, Neil Peart just wrote lyrics for it.
 
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