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Top 10 “Story Songs” # 2 Bobbie Gentry (Ode To Billy Joe)
Authored by Dale Nickey: Number 2 ….. Ode To Billy Joe – Bobbie Gentry (1967) Click for other story songs>>>>>> 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 1 Southern Gothic meets Twin Peaks. Just as circle jerks around the water cooler in 1990 proffered theories on ‘who killed Laura Palmer?’ So did we muse and ponder in 1967 exactly what the hell it was…
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Top 10 “Story Songs” # 3 Gordon Lightfoot (The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald)
Authored by Dale Nickey: Sailing in at NUMBER 3 “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald” Gordon Lightfoot (1976) Click for other story songs>>>>>> 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 2 1 In November 1975 a cargo ship named The Edmund Fitzgerald sailed into a brutal winter storm on Lake Superior and sank. All 29 crew members perished. Canadian singer/songwriter/seafarer Gordon Lightfoot was sufficiently moved to…
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Top 10 “Story Songs” # 4 Bob Dylan (Tangled Up In Blue)
NUMBER 4 Bob Dylan – Tangled Up In Blue (1975) Click for other story songs>>>>>> 10 9 8 7 6 5 3 2 1 In his early period, Dylan seldom fared well in relationship songs. His snarky, nasal bray wasn’t the best mode of expression for an artist already too arrogant and full of himself. However, by 1975 time and circumstance had beaten down…
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Top 10 “Story Songs” # 6 Johnny Cash (A Boy Named Sue)
Click here for Parts>>> 10 9 8 7 5 4 3 2 1 NUMBER 6….. A Boy Named Sue – (Composer – Shel Silverstein) Definitive version (Johnny Cash) 1969 Smells like mean spirit……. You would be forgiven for assuming “A Boy Named Sue” was written by Cash himself. He owns the song from the first note. The song was written by Nashville Hall of…
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Top Ten “Story Songs” # 8 Harry Chapin (Taxi)
Click for other story songs>>>>>> 10 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 By Dale Nickey: Number 8…. “TAXI” – Harry Chapin There are some songwriters who try their hand at the story song with great success. There are the rare few who specialize in the form. Harry Chapin was one of the latter. The mawkish, weepfest “Cat’s In the Cradle” went #…
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Top 10 “Story Songs” # 10 Tom Waits (Phantom 309)
By Dale Nickey: Click for other story songs>>>>>> 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The story song is the toughest gig in songwriting. The song lyric format is tailor-made for the cut and paste Felliniesque’ imagery of a Dylan; or the run and gun pop couplets of The Beatles and The Beach Boys. However, constructing a story with a beginning, middle and satisfying ending; with rich characters and…
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Top 10 “Story Songs” # 9 Suzanne Vega (The Queen And The Soldier)
By Dale Nickey: No. 9…… “The Queen And The Soldier” – Suzanne Vega (1985) Click for other story songs>>>>>> 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 I once read a quote that said, “Honor thy limitation as hidden intent”. Suzanne Vega’s enduring strength is that fact she never oversells a song. Not an acrobatic vocalist; Vega’s conversational, deadpan delivery pairs perfectly with this timeless…
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Top 10 “Story Songs” # 7 The Kinks (Lola)
By Dale Nickey: NUMBER – 7 Lola – The Kinks (Songwriter Ray Davies) Click for other story songs>>>>>> 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For most people my age, Lola was the first introduction to transgender culture. Head Kink, Ray Davies tells this shaggy dog story about a chance encounter with a hot trans girl at a Soho club. Confusion, self-examination and romance…
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Top 10 “Story Songs” # 1 Bob Dylan – (Lily Rosemary and The Jack Of Hearts)
Authored by Dale Nickey: Click for other story songs>>>>>> 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The story song is the toughest gig in songwriting. The song lyric format is tailor-made for the cut and paste Felliniesque’ imagery of a Dylan; or the run and gun pop couplets of The Beatles and The Beach Boys. However, constructing a story with a beginning, middle and satisfying end; with rich characters and…
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Top 10 Countdown – Mental Musical Masterpieces # 9 Wild Man Fischer
NUMBER 9…..Number 9…..Number 9…… Wild Man Fischer – An Evening with Wild Man Fischer (1968) More masterpieces click >> 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Larry “Wild Man” Fischer was a regular sighting on the streets of Hollywood in the 60’s and beyond; the type of guy you would go to great effort to avoid or ignore despite the fact Larry would…
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