Story Songs

[rovingcowboy]

no i don't believe "I'm my own grandpa" fits that discription..

lonzo and oscar did the song about him finding a girl then
his dad finding the girls daughter and making the mess out of the grandpa line.
he was not happy about the way it all turned out.
and he was not blaming the girl but his dad for it.

wouldn't the song "welcome to my world" be a better fit? maybe not it's just another guess.

[Guest]

Good one Solitaire001. "Jim Stafford showed the value of punctuation with his song "My Girl, Bill" or is it "My Girl Bill"?" Definitely has a different meaning each way.

Have another song for y'all. Here goes: A guy finds a girl, marries her, becomes a father, becomes a grandfather, and it is all her fault. He blames her the whole way through the song and even the title gives the reason he blames her.

Sounds LIke song called Kiss'es Sweeter then Wine. by I Think Johnny Horton.

[Dreadlau]

Existential Blues by Tom "T-Bone" Stankus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nJ30dodvdc

[tosarge]

Thanks Dreadlau, that was worth the click.

[Solitaire001]

Thanks Dreadlau, that was worth the click.

Although it's not a specifically a story song, the Shankus song brought this one to mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCwYve87iKA

One more story song to add: "The Saga Begins" by "Weird Al" Yankovic (the entire story of "Star Wars: Episode I" in the space of one song!)

[tosarge]

Solitaire, your therapist one brought me to this

The Therapist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dampga7HphA

[Lightbee]

Have another song for y'all. Here goes: A guy finds a girl, marries her, becomes a father, becomes a grandfather, and it is all her fault. He blames her the whole way through the song and even the title gives the reason he blames her.

Sounds LIke song called Kiss'es Sweeter then Wine. by I Think Johnny Horton.

Good one. That is the song i was talking about.

[Solitaire001]

I like the song of Rie Fu which is Life is like a boat. It tackles about the ups and downs that we take before we reach our goals or success.

This is a terrific song. It caught the edited version as the closing theme for the early episodes of the anime series "Bleach" and had to find it on CD (its available on the first Bleach soundtrack collection). Rei Fu has a terrific voice and I hope her albums will be released in the U. S.

[fredmad]

I really like this song used in the1st season; it's just so soothing and calm. Though i'm not quite good at Japanese, to me Rie Fu is not like a typical Jpop artist..

[fun123]

Devil down in Georgia - Charlie Daniels

Grandma Got ran over by a Reindeer

Just a couple. All I could think of off the top of my head.

[jqueeng02]

Thanks for the replies for this post. I am learning a lot of songs now. I kinda like some of them.

[Solitaire001]

Thanks for the replies for this post. I am learning a lot of songs now. I kinda like some of them.

Since is appears the thread has revived, time to add some more story songs to the list:

"Before My Heart Finds Out" by Gene Cotton
"The Rebel" by Allan Sherman
"From Our House To Yours" by Lorrie Morgan
"The Day Before You Came" by ABBA
"Your Hiroshi" by Sherry Lynn (from the one of the parts of the anime series "Tenchi Muyo")
"Circles" by The Captain And Tennille
"Hello, It's Me" by Paul Giamatti (from the movie "Duets")

[marcavanyo]

For me, Nothing Compares 2 U -- Sinead O'Connor is the only. It's just good.. Too damn Good!!

[Solitaire001]

Still some more story songs to mention:

- "Don't Forget To Brush" by Fred Figglehorn
- "Miss Invisible" by Marie Digby
- "Hey Dean, Hey Jean" by Dean & Jean
- "(Margie's At) The Lincoln Park Inn" by Bobby Bare
- "500 Miles From Home" by Bobby Bare
- "Another New Crisis" by Kirby Krackle
- "Being Boring" by The Pet Shop Boys
- "Particle Man" by They Might Be Giants
- "Late For School" by Steve Martin
- "One Idiot Away" by Tim Wilson
- "The Model" by Kraftwerk
- "Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind" by Christine Lavin
- "Someone Else's Story" by Judy Kuhn (from the musical "Chess")
- "Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)" by The Flirts
- "My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder" by "Weird Al" Yankovic
- "My Baby's In Love With Jon Bermuda" by The Great Luke Ski
- "Me And Drew And A Guy Named Wu" by Paul Shanklin
- "Freddie Said" by Barry Manilow
- "In The Year 2525" by Zager And Evans
- "My Heart's Symphony" by Gary Lewis & The Playboys
- "They Dance!" by Barry Manilow
- "A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)" by Ray Parker, Jr. & Radio
- "That Old Song" by Ray Parker, Jr. & Radio
- "Walkin' To New Orleans" by Fats Domino
- "Enid" by Barenaked Ladies
- "Little Eeefen Annie" by Joe Perkins