Best storyteller songs?

[soccerdad72]

That was the first song/artist I thought of. The second was Jim Croce.

Cat's in the Cradle was the first song I thought of.

 

[w1llie]

cats in the cradle - Harry Chapin. (certainly depressing too)

 

[LELL]

Cat's in the Cradle was the first song I thought of.

That's another good one.

 

[PantherProud]

 

[NewOldBlood]

Paul Revere by the Beastie Boys
In Color by Jamey Johnson
Uneasy Rider by The Charlie Daniels Band
Children's Story by Slick Rick
Stan by Eminem

 

[Foster]

Paradise by the Dashboard Light by Meatloaf

 

[clarkgriswold]

The first one that came to mind was The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Others:
Billy Joel- Goodnight Saigon

Eagles- New Kid in Town-

 

[PantherProud]

 

[LCL]

"Something To Be Proud Of" by Montgomery Gentry is one of my favorites.

 

[eastisbest]

Woke

 

[gneiss rocks]

So definitely not on par with Edmond Fitzgerald, American pie but this song haunted me as a kid. I had to know the the whole story but didn't get good explanations or didn't put it together until later?

This song might be my favorite, at least in late November?

 

[eastisbest]

First I remember

 

[isadore]

Taxi by Harry Chapin

 

[Foster]

Jim Croce had a number of story telling songs, as did Jim Stafford

 

[eastisbest]

Jim Croce had a number of story telling songs, as did Jim Stafford

Hadn't thought about him in a long time, yet married to the singer in my post just above, Billie Gentry.

 

[OldSoulon]

 

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[PantherProud]

this is like 3 songs in one.

 

[clarkgriswold]

Cats in the Cradle can't hold a candle to Chapin's "30,000 Pounds of Bananas."

 

[hubman]

Jim Croce had a number of story telling songs, as did Jim Stafford

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
You Don't Mess Around with Jim

 

[hubman]

The Legend
Jerry Reed

 

[OldSoulon]

Cats in the Cradle can't hold a candle to Chapin's "30,000 Pounds of Bananas."

Or this:

 

[hubman]

The Fresh Prince
Girls of the World aint Nothing but Trouble
Parents just don't Understand

Ice Cube
Today was a Good Day (explicit)
My Summer Vacation (explicit)

 

[crudog]

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
You Don't Mess Around with Jim

Rapid Roy that Stock Car Boy
Operator

 

[boothmark77]

Meat Loaf’s Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are

 

[bruker]

In the early to mid-seventies there were quite a few accidents in our area that claimed the lives of young people. I was only about eleven when this song came out and I thought it was written for them.

 

[clarkgriswold]

Some pretty solid storytelling here-

 

[EagleGuy]

Cat's in the Cradle was the first song I thought of.

Same here.

I heard it a few days ago and reminded me of this song:

Or, was it the other way around?

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