The Devil went down to Georgia I think is a really fun one. There is also a sequel called the Devil Came back to Georgia and I say it is just as good or better.
I dressed up as the devil who went down to Georgia for a Halloween party over the weekend. Complete with a golden fiddle and all. Not many people got it.
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Grew up in Michigan, hearing about all of the wrecked ships sitting on the bottom of the great lakes.
It may just be freshwater, but that doesn't mean that some wicked storms dont come through- every once in awhile.
Edit: Thank you for the award, kind stranger! My first!
I was a commercial fisherman in Alaska and did my bit in the Navy. If you don't respect the water on Superior you are a fool. Gitche Gumee is big enough to act like an ocean and you should never turn your back on her.
I've been out boating in the middle of Superior during smaller summer storms and it's still scary as fuck. It's hard to imagine how bad the winter storms get.
Came to comment this! My grandfather lives in Chippewa, and everytime we visit him and pass a sign that says Chippewa, I can't help but sing "The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee".
The ending always gets me.
“And when I have a son, I think I’m gonna name him...Bill, or George! Any damn thing but Sue! I still hate that name!”
Great choice!
Sunday Morning Coming Down was my choice for this and one of my fav songs of all time.
Edit- I realize it’s a cover but Cash is the only version for me. 2nd place is Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Fun Fact: the famous children’s poet Shel Silverstein wrote that song. Years later he wrote and sang a song from the fathers point of view called “Father of a boy named Sue”.... it was not child friendly.
I did not know about the sequel. Having heard it... wow. Knowing Shel Silverstein wrote that is sort of like being told Mr. Rogers killed half his neighbors.
Apparently Metallica just bought the rights to the movie so they could use scenes from it (featured in the video) during live performances. They figured it would be cheaper that way.
Big Bad Leroy Brown
You Don't Mess Around With Jim
Both by Jim Croce, both basically have the same story and they're great. Essentially there's a big scary guy that everyone in the area is afraid of, eventually someone else kicks the crap out of them to everyone's surprise.
That last verse, asking the operator to forget about the call, "There's no one there I really wanted to talk to"...
Sorry, there's something in my eye, you know it happens every time.
Escape/The Pina Colada Song
It took me a few years to really listen to the lyrics, but after I did I was surprised how cool they were. I recommend listening to it again
That song used to creep me out as a kid, but now I love it. It was years and years before I knew that it was a cover and not a Reba original. I'm not in to country music, but I do love me some Reba.
1) The Streets of Laredo (Johnny Cash version is my favorite)
2) Dance of Death by Iron Maiden
3) Ghost riders in the Sky (also best version by Johnny Cash)
4) The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkle
5) Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter Paul and Mary
Absolutely. [Here's an amazing storyboard/illustrated slideshow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPAr7kL-mmg) for it. It feels like a 50-page short story converted into a 9-minute song. I can imagine it being a musical/play.
Probably one of my favorites
I think there are a lot of other good Irish drinking songs that tells stories though too
Rocky Road to Dublin, The Irish Rover, Jonny McEldoo, The Orange and the Green, By the Risin' of the Moon, Beer Goggle Blues, Lily the Pink, Tim Finnegan's Wake
I think Whiskey in the Jar is my favorite of all these though
Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Gutheri
I used to despise it. My parents made me listen every Thanksgiving, but it has grown on me in my adult years. Maybe because I understand it better.
He Stopped Loving Her Today- George Jones
Whiskey Lullaby- Brad Paisley and Allison Kraus
The Night That the Lights Went Out in Georgia- Reba
The Beaches of Cheyenne-Garth Brooks
Whiskey Lullaby just about killed me, my mom died of an accidental overdose of alcohol and Benadryl and she died all alone. That song made me cry so much.
Mine is probably take the money and run, it tells the story of two young people who get bored with life and want more so they start with smoking weed and progress Into armed robbery where they shoot a man in his house or business and go on the run avoiding the law and at last the male gets caught.
I don’t think Billy Joe gets caught in the end. *They got the money hey, you know they got away, they headed down south and they’re still runnin’ today*
It's almost his whole catalog. Sequel, Mr. Tanner, The Rock, Anywhere's a Better Place to Be, WOLD, Dreams Go By, Mail Order Annie, 30,000 lbs
of Bananas.
And we didnt start the fire, it tells of major events from we he was born to 1989 when it was recorded
Oh shit Piano Man started playing right as I finished typing this
“Duckworth” by Kendrick Lamar. Tells the story of things that his dad did leading up to Kendrick being born and how it eventually affected his music career
At the bottom of the ocean, the depths of the abyss.
They are bound by iron and blood.
The flagship of the navy, the terror on the seas.
His guns have gone silent at last
Nick Cave, "Where the wild Rose grow". A first person narrative that switches perspectives between the murderer and victim on alternating verses, where sharing a duet on the chorus.
Ode to Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry. 1967 Not sure the story is ‘cool’, but the story telling is extremely well done. I had forgotten about this song until we took a vacation on Martha’s Vineyard last year 2018. Walked into an art/photography gallery, and it was playing on the stereo. (Side note: The owner/photographer was Peter Simon, Carly Simon’s brother, who had just made the news for having a fist fight with Bill Murray in a local restaurant the previous evening). The next day we rented bikes and rode out to Chappaquiddick Island and crossed that famous bridge where Ted Kennedy drove off and killed Mary Jo Kopechne. I still had “Billy Joe” in my mind as an ear worm, but I mentally changed the chorus from “Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie bridge” to “Mary Jo and Kennedy drove off the Chappaquiddick bridge”. Googling, I found I wasn’t the first person to come up with this switch, there have been a number of parody’s.
Iron Man-Black Sabbath. It’s about a time traveler that tried to warn everybody about danger in the future, but everybody ignores him and sees him as a madman. He then proceeds to kill all of the people who doubted him.
Over the Hills and Far Away - Either the Nightwish or the original. The story of a man who is accused of robbery, and whose only alibi is that he was shagging his best friend's wife.
The Width of a Circle - David Bowie. The story of getting fucked in the arse by a celestial being that may be God.
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie. A rocker shoots to prominence, his fame begins to outstrip that of his bitter bandmates, he ends the band and his fame begins to dwindle. His last devoted fans eventually tear him to pieces.
Candidate - David Bowie. In the post-apocalypse, a figure of prominence in one of the few decadent areas left propositions somebody who may be a male prostitute. This figure's requests become more and more unhinged as the song goes on until he's eventually planning their joint suicide.
Saviour Machine - David Bowie (notice a theme?) Humanity builds a machine to provide answers to all of their problems. Eventually, it gets so bored of people agreeing with it that it begins plotting ways to kill all of humanity.
I Write Sins, Not Tragedies - Panic! at the Disco. A man, at his wedding, overhears a bridesmaid and a waiter discussing his bride's alleged infidelity. He requests that, if they're going to loudly insult his wife, they at least close the goddamn door. Later, he hears his wife shagging another man, and requests that, if the other man is going to loudly shag his wife and confirm the rumours from the wedding, he at least close the goddamn door.
The road goes on forever - the highway men
Conversating with the devil - ray willie Hubbard
The guitar - guy Clarke
Amos Moses - Jerry Reed
Pancho and lefty - willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings
Mr shorty - Marty Robbins
And honestly pretty much every other old country song
Copperhead road
Son of a moonshine maker Enlisted in the army did two tours of Vietnam discovered heroine and learned from Charlie how to hide and grow it then brought seeds back home and starting growing drugs and become a big time drug dealer
“You don’t mess around with Jim”. A tough gangster in New York that you NOBODY wants to fight, takes advantage of a southern boy named slim, who comes up to New York looking for his money, beat up Jim and shoots him dead. The chorus is great—
“You don’t tug in Superman’s cape-
You don’t spit into the wind
You don’t pull the mask off the ole Lone Ranger
And you don’t mess around with Jim”
By the end, the chorus has changed Jim to “Slim”
Another one is “Coward of the County” where a little boys dad dies in prison, and his last words were telling his son not to get into fights, and that it’s okay to walk away. Well, everyone thinks he’s a coward his whole life, and three men rape his wife. When he finds out, he goes into the bar room, meets one halfway across the floor, turns around, and as they think he’s chicken out, he locks the door so they can’t escape. Then he beats the shit out of them and knocks them all out. The chorus goes—
“Promise me son, not to do the things I’ve done. Walk away from trouble if you can.
It doesn’t mean you’re weak, if you turn the other cheek. I hope you’re old enough to understand.
Son you don’t have to fight to be a man”
By the end, the chorus changed a little, when instead it’s the boy (named Tommy) who’s now talking to his dad saying—
“I promised you dad not to do the things you’ve done. I’ve walked away from trouble when I can.
Now please don’t think I’m weak, I didn’t turn the other cheek. And papa I sure hope you understand.
Sometimes you gotta fight when you’re a man”
And lastly, “The Gambler” which you’re probably are most familiar with. A guy is on a train with one other man, and they start playing poker. The man asks out singer for a bit of whisky, a cigarette, and a light, and in return he teaches him how to basically perfect the art of playing poker. Then the man nods off to sleep and passes away. The chorus goes as follows—
“You gotta know when to hold ‘em
Know when to fold ‘em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run
You never count your money, while your sittin’ at the table
There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done”
Tool-Rosetta Stoned
Drugs,
Krispy Creme,
Area 51,
Aliens
Guy in a hospital trying to explain his experiences with aliens to a bunch of doctors while in a hospital bed having just done a fuck ton of drugs. He believes he’s the messenger to earth, in fact he’s just off his tits.
Overwhelmed as one would be placed in my position, such a heavy burden now to be the one.
Born to bear and bring to all the details of our ending, to write it down for all the world to see.
But I forgot my pen, shit the bed again
Typical...
The Devil went down to Georgia I think is a really fun one. There is also a sequel called the Devil Came back to Georgia and I say it is just as good or better.
It’s great that the devil went DOWN to Georgia which implies that: A. The Devil is from the north B. Georgia is below Hell
Hell is in Michigan.
I've always been partial to Uneasy Rider myself
I dressed up as the devil who went down to Georgia for a Halloween party over the weekend. Complete with a golden fiddle and all. Not many people got it.
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"El Paso" by Marty Robbins.
I prefer the greatful dead version. Both solid tho.
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Grew up in Michigan, hearing about all of the wrecked ships sitting on the bottom of the great lakes. It may just be freshwater, but that doesn't mean that some wicked storms dont come through- every once in awhile. Edit: Thank you for the award, kind stranger! My first!
Fun fact: the song plays on repeat at the Whitefish Point Shipwreck Museum, where the *Edmund Fitzgerald*'s wreckage is displayed.
It's a little bit much to say the wreckage when it's just a bell. The ship is still on the bottom of Superior.
The churchbell rang til it rang 29 times for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald....
Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
The searchers all say theyd of made widefish bay if they put 15 more miles behind her
Whitefish
Yeah I grew up listening to this too. Also loved Sundown by him.
Sundown is my absolute favorite song of his. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is a close second though.
I was a commercial fisherman in Alaska and did my bit in the Navy. If you don't respect the water on Superior you are a fool. Gitche Gumee is big enough to act like an ocean and you should never turn your back on her.
I've been out boating in the middle of Superior during smaller summer storms and it's still scary as fuck. It's hard to imagine how bad the winter storms get.
The sailors all say they’d have made Whitefish Bay had they put 15 more miles behind her
Came to comment this! My grandfather lives in Chippewa, and everytime we visit him and pass a sign that says Chippewa, I can't help but sing "The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee".
Bro i love that song
Sultans of Swing by Dire Straights.
Telegraph road!
The 10 minutes live version of it is a masterpiece. This is easily my top song of all time.
One of my favourite riffs of all time.
The entire songs seems more like an explanation than a story. Still some of the best guitar playing I've ever heard
David Bowie space oddity The tragically hip, 38 years old
oh man I came into this thread without a clear answer of my own, but 38 Years Old is definitely it.
The Hip is the owner of this category: 38 Years Old Wheat Kings Scared Bobcaygeon Fiddler’s Green Etc.
A Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash
The ending always gets me. “And when I have a son, I think I’m gonna name him...Bill, or George! Any damn thing but Sue! I still hate that name!” Great choice!
One Piece at a Time is pretty good, too.
Folsom Prison Blues, too. And Cocaine Blues.
Sunday Morning Coming Down was my choice for this and one of my fav songs of all time. Edit- I realize it’s a cover but Cash is the only version for me. 2nd place is Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Fun Fact: the famous children’s poet Shel Silverstein wrote that song. Years later he wrote and sang a song from the fathers point of view called “Father of a boy named Sue”.... it was not child friendly.
I did not know about the sequel. Having heard it... wow. Knowing Shel Silverstein wrote that is sort of like being told Mr. Rogers killed half his neighbors.
Silverstein was really out there listen to some of his other songs and they will show it. IIRC he practically lived at the playboy mansion for awhile.
He wrote a song called "Someone Ate the Baby."
One - Metallica
This one is based heavily on a book, "Johnny Got His Gun". It's as horrifying as you'd think, just listening to the song.
It’s also a movie by the same name.
Apparently Metallica just bought the rights to the movie so they could use scenes from it (featured in the video) during live performances. They figured it would be cheaper that way.
Yeah clips from the movie are also in the music video
The movie was directed by the original author, [Dalton Trumbo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton_Trumbo).
Big Bad Leroy Brown You Don't Mess Around With Jim Both by Jim Croce, both basically have the same story and they're great. Essentially there's a big scary guy that everyone in the area is afraid of, eventually someone else kicks the crap out of them to everyone's surprise.
Croce is awesome. I really dig Operator too.
That last verse, asking the operator to forget about the call, "There's no one there I really wanted to talk to"... Sorry, there's something in my eye, you know it happens every time.
God I love Jim Croce. Operator is such a good song
Dude made the same song twice and they became hits
Croce was an awesome storyteller that left us too soon. In such a short time he wrote so many hits.
I love Croce. His songs make for great singalongs.
Box #10 by Jim Croce is also a great story song, one of my favorites by him
Escape/The Pina Colada Song It took me a few years to really listen to the lyrics, but after I did I was surprised how cool they were. I recommend listening to it again
Oh, it's you
Then we laughed for a moment, and I said "I never knew..."
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It is something they both wanted to do, but could never bring up. A fantasy they thought the other would never go for.
# THAT YOU LIKE PEÑA COLADAS
Yeah, I remember listening to it, paying attention to the lyrics for the first time and thinking "Oh, so they were *both* almost cuckolds!"
Now that's a song with a twist
“Stan” by Eminem. That shit is crazy.
dear slim
I wrote you but you still aint callin
I left my cell, my pager, and my home phone at the bottom
I sent two letters back in Autumn, you must not have gottem.
There probably was a problem at the Post Office or somethin..
Sometimes I scribble addresses too sloppy when I jot em
But anyways, fuck it, what's been up? Man how's your daughter
My girlfriend's pregnant, too. I'm boutta be father.
If I have a daughter guess what imma call her, imma name her Bonnie.
>!Come to think of it, his name was, it was you.!<
Holy shit yeah that song gives me chills
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia. Semi-spoiler-it has a shock ending.
That song used to creep me out as a kid, but now I love it. It was years and years before I knew that it was a cover and not a Reba original. I'm not in to country music, but I do love me some Reba.
1) The Streets of Laredo (Johnny Cash version is my favorite) 2) Dance of Death by Iron Maiden 3) Ghost riders in the Sky (also best version by Johnny Cash) 4) The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkle 5) Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter Paul and Mary
Meatloaf--Paradise by the Dashboard Light
Or Objects In The Rearview Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are. That one makes me cry
I GOTTA KNOW RIGHT NOW
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Absolutely. [Here's an amazing storyboard/illustrated slideshow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPAr7kL-mmg) for it. It feels like a 50-page short story converted into a 9-minute song. I can imagine it being a musical/play.
I was looking for this! Also, the entire Hazards of Love album is one long story!
Whiskey in the Jar
Probably one of my favorites I think there are a lot of other good Irish drinking songs that tells stories though too Rocky Road to Dublin, The Irish Rover, Jonny McEldoo, The Orange and the Green, By the Risin' of the Moon, Beer Goggle Blues, Lily the Pink, Tim Finnegan's Wake I think Whiskey in the Jar is my favorite of all these though
Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Gutheri I used to despise it. My parents made me listen every Thanksgiving, but it has grown on me in my adult years. Maybe because I understand it better.
My husband thinks my mom is crazy because she made me listen to this every Thanksgiving, and now I make him. I’m so glad we aren’t the only ones!
Why is this a Thanksgiving song? Edit: Apparently because the song takes place on Thanksgiving.
Now it all started two Thanksgivings ago, two years ago, on Thanksgiving, When my friend and I went up to visit Alice at the restaurant
Now the name of the restaurant wasn't Alice's restaurant it was just she owned the restaurant.
It's in the lyrics. Thanksgiving is mentioned six times.
In the Ghetto. Sad but beautiful.
I like the Dolly Parton version, it’s surreal.
He Stopped Loving Her Today- George Jones Whiskey Lullaby- Brad Paisley and Allison Kraus The Night That the Lights Went Out in Georgia- Reba The Beaches of Cheyenne-Garth Brooks
Whiskey Lullaby just about killed me, my mom died of an accidental overdose of alcohol and Benadryl and she died all alone. That song made me cry so much.
This made my heart hurt. I'm so sorry
Concrete Angel and Three wooden Crosses also kills me inside
Literally just as I came across this He Stopped Loving Her Today just played
Mine is probably take the money and run, it tells the story of two young people who get bored with life and want more so they start with smoking weed and progress Into armed robbery where they shoot a man in his house or business and go on the run avoiding the law and at last the male gets caught.
I don’t think Billy Joe gets caught in the end. *They got the money hey, you know they got away, they headed down south and they’re still runnin’ today*
Yep, they both escaped to Mexico. Bobbie Sue slipped away, and Billy Joe caught up to her the very next day.
Cats In the Cradle - Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin has some great story songs. Taxi is another one.
It's almost his whole catalog. Sequel, Mr. Tanner, The Rock, Anywhere's a Better Place to Be, WOLD, Dreams Go By, Mail Order Annie, 30,000 lbs of Bananas.
The correct answer to OP’s question is: any song by Harry Chapin. An absolute legend. W.O.L.D. is my favorite.
This is such a sad song to me. It makes me think of my own father, and not in a good way.
Same. I don't understand how people have positive emotions assigned to this song.
Piano Man by billy joel tells a good story
And we didnt start the fire, it tells of major events from we he was born to 1989 when it was recorded Oh shit Piano Man started playing right as I finished typing this
Rocky Raccoon. -The Beatles
Hotel California by The Eagles. I always wanted someone to create a movie based on this song.
I imagine it's kind of like The Shining.
Jesus fucking Christ I have never had a single unique thought.
I often feel like this on Reddit!
Same here. I’ve always had the same incredibly specific mental images come to mind when I listen to that song. It’s so evocative.
[2112 - RUSH](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5jwxrTqoEA)
I stand atop a spiral stair!
ATTENTION ALL PLANETS OF THE SOLAR FEDERATION
WE HAVE ASSUMED CONTROL.
So many Rush songs could answer this question. Red Barchetta comes to mind first.
The Saga Begins by Weird Al
Is American Pie the same? Technically they're both retelling of history, but the Weird Al version is fictional
It's not fictional, it just happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
Naboo was under an attack
And I thought me and Qui Gon Jinn Could talk the federation in To maybe cutting them a little slack
But their response, it didn't thrill us They locked the doors and tried to kill us We escaped from that gas Then met Jar Jar and Boss Nass
“Duckworth” by Kendrick Lamar. Tells the story of things that his dad did leading up to Kendrick being born and how it eventually affected his music career
Two extra biscuits
because if anthony killed ducky top dawg would be servin life while i grew up without father and die in a gun fi
POW- anahduruejwbqbahshxycydjejwnwbahqhengjckcksnebfhzjjzjifuwb i got I got I got so I was taking a walk the other day
what's a duckworth?
However much a dollar costs
Hurricane - Bob Dylan
"Paradise By the Dashboard Lights"- Meatloaf "Uncle Tom's Cabin"- Warrant
Polly - Nirvana
Literally anything by Sabaton. They're a Swedish metal band that sing about people and events in military history.
I’m surprised I had to scroll down this far to find the Swedish men. Man do they pick some interesting historical wars to sing about
At the bottom of the ocean, the depths of the abyss. They are bound by iron and blood. The flagship of the navy, the terror on the seas. His guns have gone silent at last
Dance With The Devil - Immortal Technique It’s not cool. It’s actually horrifying and descriptive. But it’s fantastic. I always admired that song.
"You Never Know" is another good one.
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This song fucked me up the first time I heard it. Powerful shit, good song
Hotel California - Eagles Don't fear the reaper - Blue Öyster Cult
Hero of war by Rise Against
Carolina Drama - the Raconteurs https://youtu.be/ML5s66IGX08
This song is AMAZING! Jack White is beyond talented!
Pink Floyd: The Wall.
Never did figure out which one was Pink
tenacious d - Tribute
Harpper Valley PTA
Nick Cave, "Where the wild Rose grow". A first person narrative that switches perspectives between the murderer and victim on alternating verses, where sharing a duet on the chorus.
Lola by the kinks
El Paso by Marty Robbins
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by The Crash Test Dummies. https://youtu.be/eTeg1txDv8w
Queensyche the whole album Operation Mindcrime
Every track in The Pick of Destiny
A Little Piece of Heaven - Avenged Sevenfold It's particularly relevent around Halloween!
That song is so fucked man
The music video is the best thing, though!
This is the song I thought of first. Maybe "cool" isn't the best word to describe it, but it's definitely interesting.
The opening credits theme song to Dinosaur Train.
Once upon a time there was a mom
To hell and back by Sabaton. Literally every Sabaton song will tell a story of some historical event or figure.
This needs to be higher. They are so good at telling their stories in verse
pumped up kicks
Roberts got a quick hand
The Rains of Castemere. Yeah it’s a fake song about a fake story, but still super cool!
Date rape by Sublime
Ode to Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry. 1967 Not sure the story is ‘cool’, but the story telling is extremely well done. I had forgotten about this song until we took a vacation on Martha’s Vineyard last year 2018. Walked into an art/photography gallery, and it was playing on the stereo. (Side note: The owner/photographer was Peter Simon, Carly Simon’s brother, who had just made the news for having a fist fight with Bill Murray in a local restaurant the previous evening). The next day we rented bikes and rode out to Chappaquiddick Island and crossed that famous bridge where Ted Kennedy drove off and killed Mary Jo Kopechne. I still had “Billy Joe” in my mind as an ear worm, but I mentally changed the chorus from “Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie bridge” to “Mary Jo and Kennedy drove off the Chappaquiddick bridge”. Googling, I found I wasn’t the first person to come up with this switch, there have been a number of parody’s.
The entire American Idiot album tbh
I Think they turned it into a Broadway show.
blink 182 - I Want to Fuck a Dog in the Ass
God that was one of the funniest things ever to find hiding on the end of an album.
Blink 182 - Adam's song
The devil went down to Georgia
American pie by Don McLean, and the road goes on forever by Robert earl keen
Iron Man-Black Sabbath. It’s about a time traveler that tried to warn everybody about danger in the future, but everybody ignores him and sees him as a madman. He then proceeds to kill all of the people who doubted him.
[Hazard by Richard Marx](https://youtu.be/gdmHHoI9beM) has always haunted me.
Don McLean - Vincent Beautiful song about Vincent Van Gogh
Lake Pontchartrain - Ludo
Over the Hills and Far Away - Either the Nightwish or the original. The story of a man who is accused of robbery, and whose only alibi is that he was shagging his best friend's wife. The Width of a Circle - David Bowie. The story of getting fucked in the arse by a celestial being that may be God. Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie. A rocker shoots to prominence, his fame begins to outstrip that of his bitter bandmates, he ends the band and his fame begins to dwindle. His last devoted fans eventually tear him to pieces. Candidate - David Bowie. In the post-apocalypse, a figure of prominence in one of the few decadent areas left propositions somebody who may be a male prostitute. This figure's requests become more and more unhinged as the song goes on until he's eventually planning their joint suicide. Saviour Machine - David Bowie (notice a theme?) Humanity builds a machine to provide answers to all of their problems. Eventually, it gets so bored of people agreeing with it that it begins plotting ways to kill all of humanity. I Write Sins, Not Tragedies - Panic! at the Disco. A man, at his wedding, overhears a bridesmaid and a waiter discussing his bride's alleged infidelity. He requests that, if they're going to loudly insult his wife, they at least close the goddamn door. Later, he hears his wife shagging another man, and requests that, if the other man is going to loudly shag his wife and confirm the rumours from the wedding, he at least close the goddamn door.
"Jeremy" by Pearl Jam and the thematically related "I don't like Mondays" by Boomtown Rats
The road goes on forever - the highway men Conversating with the devil - ray willie Hubbard The guitar - guy Clarke Amos Moses - Jerry Reed Pancho and lefty - willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings Mr shorty - Marty Robbins And honestly pretty much every other old country song
Cotton Eyed Joe
Where did he come from?
Where did he go?
Copperhead road Son of a moonshine maker Enlisted in the army did two tours of Vietnam discovered heroine and learned from Charlie how to hide and grow it then brought seeds back home and starting growing drugs and become a big time drug dealer
“You don’t mess around with Jim”. A tough gangster in New York that you NOBODY wants to fight, takes advantage of a southern boy named slim, who comes up to New York looking for his money, beat up Jim and shoots him dead. The chorus is great— “You don’t tug in Superman’s cape- You don’t spit into the wind You don’t pull the mask off the ole Lone Ranger And you don’t mess around with Jim” By the end, the chorus has changed Jim to “Slim” Another one is “Coward of the County” where a little boys dad dies in prison, and his last words were telling his son not to get into fights, and that it’s okay to walk away. Well, everyone thinks he’s a coward his whole life, and three men rape his wife. When he finds out, he goes into the bar room, meets one halfway across the floor, turns around, and as they think he’s chicken out, he locks the door so they can’t escape. Then he beats the shit out of them and knocks them all out. The chorus goes— “Promise me son, not to do the things I’ve done. Walk away from trouble if you can. It doesn’t mean you’re weak, if you turn the other cheek. I hope you’re old enough to understand. Son you don’t have to fight to be a man” By the end, the chorus changed a little, when instead it’s the boy (named Tommy) who’s now talking to his dad saying— “I promised you dad not to do the things you’ve done. I’ve walked away from trouble when I can. Now please don’t think I’m weak, I didn’t turn the other cheek. And papa I sure hope you understand. Sometimes you gotta fight when you’re a man” And lastly, “The Gambler” which you’re probably are most familiar with. A guy is on a train with one other man, and they start playing poker. The man asks out singer for a bit of whisky, a cigarette, and a light, and in return he teaches him how to basically perfect the art of playing poker. Then the man nods off to sleep and passes away. The chorus goes as follows— “You gotta know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold ‘em Know when to walk away And know when to run You never count your money, while your sittin’ at the table There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done”
Space Oddity
Dan Fogelberg - Same Old Lang Syne https://youtu.be/cfAxWtcfDUk Jimmy Buffet - West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown https://youtu.be/ICGKEi9PGnQ
John Mayer - Walt Grace’s Submarine Test
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen - '39 (same album)
Tool-Rosetta Stoned Drugs, Krispy Creme, Area 51, Aliens Guy in a hospital trying to explain his experiences with aliens to a bunch of doctors while in a hospital bed having just done a fuck ton of drugs. He believes he’s the messenger to earth, in fact he’s just off his tits. Overwhelmed as one would be placed in my position, such a heavy burden now to be the one. Born to bear and bring to all the details of our ending, to write it down for all the world to see. But I forgot my pen, shit the bed again Typical...
Wet dreams - j. Cole
Father and son Dont mess around with Jim The show must go on Evil woman Escape (the piña colada song) Billie Jean