Songs that tell Great Stories

[Dylan C]

Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years

'Never could stand that dog...'

 

[Summer Rain]

ey... ****ing copycat

 

[Maresa Sp]

Another great one is "Country Death Song" by Violent Femmes. Creepy as hell.

 

[Jafch1]

Do you know that The Trees is a song about the philosophical views of Ayn Rand?

 

[DallasP]

For reasons unexplained I love the monkey man :

 

[Richie H]

Thank you guys for your contributions. I've got a few ideas jotted down : )

 

[juliaaxo12]

You could probably put some of The Deceraberists on there. They have some pretty epic stories with their music, most of the time. Mariner's Revenge Song is my favorite of theirs as far as stories goes.

 

[jamesf24]

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^^^ A song from the POV of a murdered prostitute apparently


I'll find more later.... but that's the first one that came to me