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Rock Songs About History

CateazM — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 15:02:31 GMT

What songs tell a story about historic events, places or people.

I'll start with a true favorite: Roads to Moscow- Al Stewart

From his 1973 Past, Present and Future album

This song tells the story of the German invasion of Russia in WWII. Each verse beautifully captures the different aspects of the conflict as seen through the eyes of a Russian soldier. When you listen, you can almost see the aspects of the campaign happening.

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BeatleloverKT — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:33:57 GMT

We didn’t start the fire Billy Joel

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BobH07 — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:30:24 GMT

The Battle Of New Orleans

Sink The Bismarck: Johnny Horton

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BobH07 — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:36:58 GMT

Ohio: CSN&Y

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BobH07 — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:37:41 GMT

Woodstock: Joni Mitchell

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BobH07 — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:44:42 GMT

Ballad of Davey Crockett: Fess Parker

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BobH07 — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:45:44 GMT

Ballad Of The Alamo: Marty Robbins

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BobH07 — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:46:51 GMT

Ballad Of The Green Berets: Sgt Barry Sadler

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BobH07 — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:48:55 GMT

American Pie: Don McLean

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BobH07 — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:50:29 GMT

The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald: Gordon Lightfoot

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BobH07 — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:51:51 GMT

Sunday Bloody Sunday: U2

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BobH07 — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:53:39 GMT

Abraham, Martin And John: Dion

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BobH07 — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:54:42 GMT

The Rising: Bruce

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BobH07 — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:55:51 GMT

Hurricane: Dylan

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nctarheel — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 03:45:24 GMT

BIG BANG THEORY THEME-Bare Naked Ladies

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CateazM — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 15:49:48 GMT

The Palace of Versailles- Al Stewart

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BeatleloverKT — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 17:28:35 GMT

Murder most foul, Dylan. Album was

released in June but this song was out

in April I think.
It is mostly JFK inspired but he makes

references to all sorts of people from the

Beatles to Wolfman Jack. Lots of suble

references also as only Dylan does 💜🎼

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MaVolta — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 18:36:37 GMT

Wind Of Change - Scorpions (1990, single 1991)

Written by Klaus Meine, the song is about the culture change in Russia following the fall of the Berlin Wall in East Germany. A conspiracy theory had it that it was written by someone in the CIA! Asked about it, Meine said the idea "would make a great movie". When they later performed it in Moscow, Meine was taught to sing the words in Russian.

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CateazM — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 19:04:18 GMT

The Caves of Altamira- Steely Dan

A Spanish cave containing drawings and paintings of early man

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1968Hoya46 — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 02:00:07 GMT

PT 109: Jimmy Dean