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Mine is America by Simon and Garfunkel
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Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald
I'm sure you already know this, but when Gordon Lightfoot died, they rang the bell one more time for him.
I didn't know that! Cool!
I didn't know that either, but I used to go check out the bell when I lived in Detroit. Haunting sound...
So, to complete the thought, they originally rang the bell once for each crewman on the Edmund, and when Gordon died they again rang the bell once for each crewman that died, and then once more for Gordon. That symbolic crap gets me all choked up just thinking about, like a 21 gun salute or the missing man formation. I'm not crying, you're crying!
Sorry if this is TMI but I was conceived at a Gordon Lightfoot concert so he holds a special place in my heart đâ¤ď¸
Hey whatever puts someone in the mood, right? đ
đś if you could breed my mom
Puts me in the moment and gives me chills every time.
Definitely. The imagery that it conjures is beautiful description not the events themselves, but the use of the English language to tell the story.
It gets me every time the the cook says "It was damned good to know ya"
Iâm not sure if thereâs an album version thatâs different but it was actually âitâs been good to know youâ
He changed the lyrics over time as facts came out about the wreck to be more accurate in his song. Amazing song
âDoes anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?â
Thatâs an apt descriptor right thereâŚ
This was my first thought
Also, The Mariner's Revenge Song
Edit to add: Green Fields of France
I was named after that song.
Hi Wreck!
First song I thought of
Possibly the greatest lyric ever written
Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours
Big Iron - Marty Robbins
El Paso too!
The Johnny Cash version is excellent as well
Mike Ness has entered the chat
âfast carâ by Tracy Chapman. Itâs a heartbreaking ballad about unresolved generational trauma within the context of small town poverty. Breathtaking work of art.
Another heartbreaker that shook me harder was her track Behind The Wall. It speaks about DV and the police response (at least at the time of its release in the late 80s). With her singing a capella makes it more haunting.
I was scrolling hoping to find this! That's a favorite of my mom's and when I was a kid in the 90s, I had no idea why she loved it so much. Tracy Chapman's voice, the acoustic music and the story make it completely perfect
Bob Dylan, - Tangled up in Blue
I see your Tangled Up in Blue and raise you one Hurricane by the same Bob Dylan.
donât forget Lily Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
The best answer
The Jerry Garcia cover is awesome too.
Love "Isis" too!
I love the live recordings of Isis.
"On the 5th day of May, in the drizz-a-ling raaaaain!"
This is what immediately came to my mind too
Stan - Eminem
I MISSED THIS
Thatâs a good one
And the sequel: Bad Guy
Came here to say this đŤĄ
The Devil Went Down To Georgia
He was lookinâ for a soul to steal
He was in a bind âcause he was way behind
And he was willin' to make a deal
Well, He came across this young boy sawinâ on a fiddle and playinâ it hot.
"Well, that ol' Devil bowed his head because he knew that he'd been beat And he laid that golden fiddle down on the ground at Johnny's feet Johnny said, "Devil, come on back if you ever wanna try again I done told you once, you son of a bitch, I'm the best there's ever been"
I was pretty shocked when Charlie Daniels said bitch. 10 years before NWA
Haha same here! I remember when I first heard it and I was about 10 years old. My grandpa played it for me, and I hadn't ever heard many songs with bad words. When he said "you son of a bitch" I gasped and just stared at my grandpa in shock lol
It is a great use of the word Bitch.
El Paso Marty Robbins
My first thought as well. Also âdonât take your guns to townâ by Johnny Cash.
I was living in El Paso when he died. The whole city went into mourning.
I grew up in El Paso from 97 to 2023 _^
Faleena by Marty Robbins tells the other half of the story
Alice's Restaurant
I have to listen to this every Thanksgiving.
Me too!! Itâs a tradition
Since I was a little one - every year mom used to sing along . One of my best memories
Hurricane - Bob Dylan
Not a nice story, but had to be told.
Piano Man - Billy Joel
..."and they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar and say man, what are you doing here?"
He sold out Madison Square Garden almost 50 years later.
The Boxer ...... Simon & Garfunkel
https://youtu.be/l3LFML_pxlY?si=Ebsznz982YNqMge0
Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billy Joe
Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue...
...The writer of ABNS, Shel Silverstein, recorded several but mostly in spoken word like The Smoke Off.
Also "Fancy" by Bobbie Gentry!
Red Barchetta by Rush.
Dreaming with my uncle by the firesideâŚ
Operator - Jim Croce
I always said that no one could ever sing a story like Jim did.
Absolutely one of the best story telling musicians that ever lived. Almost all of his songs are great stories too.
Totally agree. Got deep into Croce a couple years ago. What a loss, he died so young.
This was the first one I thought of.
Not a very fleshed out story, but â âThe Wayâ by Fastball
Otherwise, I second âStanâ by Eminem
I remember reading a story when that song was popular back in the day that it was inspired by an older couple that had alzheimers disappearing and never being found.
Oh, they were found. 400 miles away from where they were going and dead at the bottom of a cliff. At least according to a YouTube video I happened to have watched last night.
That is sad! I never knew they found them.
The mariners revenge song by the decemberists.