I Wanna Tell You A Story: Great Storytelling Songs

Prefer the Grocer Jack hybrid. Gypsy's Tramp's and Thieve's

 

Yeah was gonna suggest this, good call.

 

Ooh, controversial. Great song yes, but better than Born to Run? Better than Dancing in the Dark? Better than Blinded by the Light?

 

My band had to play it by special request at a party a few weeks ago. Never again. Awful.

 

I was 61 when I found out these guys were black!

 

Warren Zevon - the king of musical storytelling.

 

You should hear @Keighley s bands version.

 

Just shows your prejudice. You think of ballooning as a white, middle class hobby.

 

Don't tell Hooter. He'll gloat at Moose for the next 5 years.

 

Has anyone posted Joe Dolce yet ?

 

I could never find an envelope big enough.

 

Whassamadda with you eh ?

 

That’s quite the ride.

 

For a life story in retrospect, 'The Weaver's Answer' by Family is well worth a listen.

 

You could pick a hundred Dylan songs, but the story telling on this rare out take is superlative.

Not just in the lyrics but in the vocal delivery, thats where the real storytelling happens.

Seven Curses

 

https://open.spotify.com/album/42eusslaYHJvhxttuMbwj9?si=zmh-LQx0Q7e7MyOTCrm5Hw
Springsteen on Broadway
This is storytelling from beginning to end. A wonderful listen, even for people who don’t like live albums.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9tY0BWXOZFs9l_PMss5AB8SD38lFBLwp&si=93AyTcynn9pwNlFl

 

Written by Costello about his Grandmother's Alzheimer's.

 

How about a storytelling triple album?

 

I don't think the subsequent legal issues of the performer should detract from just how awful a work this 33 segment crap opera really is.

 

One of the greatest war story songs . If Remembrance day still moves you then this song will likely bring a tear to your eye .

 

Billy Joel “Goodnight Saigon