Songs With Stories About Characters

[MaVolta]

Songs are often used to tell a story, and sometimes it involves particular characters. So this category is about the stories based on characters in the song. This is one of my favorites . . .

Livin' On A Prayer  -  Bon Jovi  

Tommy and Gina

[DarcyFarrow]

Oh England, My Lionheart (Kate Bush)

sung from the perspective of a dying English airman

[BeatleloverKT]

Juniors Farm    Sir Paul

[EricC28201]

The Ballad Of Curtis Loew - Lynyrd Skynyrd

[1968Hoya46]

Murder Most Foul: Dylan

[DarcyFarrow]

Wedding List (Kate Bush)

"All of the headlines said 'Passion Crime"
'Newly weds Groom Shot Dead
'Mystery Man.' God help the bride
She's a widow, all in red
With his red still wet. She said--"

I'll put him on the wedding list

[BeatleloverKT]

I did look but didn’t see (And I’m surprised):

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Gordon Lightfoot

[DarcyFarrow]

Pinball Wizard (Elton John)

[DarcyFarrow]

It'll Chew You Up and Spit You Out (Concrete Blonde)

"And the psychic lady pointed at me
She said, "Come on in," and I gave her my money

. . . .

And I ran into Tony Pony, what a g--d phony"

[DarcyFarrow]

Jumpin' Jack Flash (Stones)

[BeatleloverKT]

Doolin-Dalton    Eagles

[DarcyFarrow]

Foolish Games (Jewel)

"You took your coat off, stood in the rain
You're always crazy like that
And I watched from my window
Always felt I was outside looking in on you
You're always the mysterious one with
Dark eyes and careless hair
You were fashionably sensitive
But too cool to care"

[DarcyFarrow]

Delta Dawn (Helen Reddy)

[DarcyFarrow]

Angie Baby (Helen Reddy)

[BeatleloverKT]

Murder most foul     Dylan

This one as well- JFK, The Beatles, Patsy Cline,

Wolfman Jack, Woodstock, Scarlett O’Hara,

Tommy (The Who), “Little Susie”, “Dizzy Miss

Lizzie”, Patsy Cline, Lyndon Johnson, Etta 

James, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks to

name a few. Plus mentions made of artists by

their songs. The song is depressing but he is

a Genius

[MaVolta]

Desolation Row  -  Bob Dylan

Quite the cast of characters Dylan put into this epic song. Among those named are Cinderella, Romeo, Cain and Abel, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Good Samaritan, Ophelia, Noah, Einstein disguised as Robin Hood, Dr. Filth, The Phantom of the Opera, Casanova, Nero's Neptune, Ezra Pound, and T. S. Eliot.

[DarcyFarrow]

Library Song (Tom Chapin)

Picking out a book, check it in, check it out.
Sleeping Beauty yawned and said, "I'll come when I get out of bed."
But Madeline says, "Let her nap!" and jumps into my lap.
The Cat In The Hat says, "Hey, I'll go." "Don't take him!" cries Pinnochio,
"Don't take that cat to your address; he always makes a mess."

[DarcyFarrow]

A story within a story:  Coat of Many Colors (Dolly Parton)

"She made my coat of many colors
That I was so proud of

As she sewed, she told a story
From the Bible, she had read

About a coat of many colors
Joseph wore and then she said
Perhaps this coat will bring you
Good luck and happiness"

[BeatleloverKT]

Rock the Casbah    The Clash

[DarcyFarrow]

Black Dove (Tori Amos)

[DarcyFarrow]

Joanne (Michael Nesmith)

[nahchoo]

Talking Old Soldiers (with lyrics) - Elton John

[BeatleloverKT]

The Weight    The Band

[DarcyFarrow]

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Who)

[Raynyky]

Rocky Raccoon-Beatles

[Raynyky]

Nanook Rubs It-Frank Zappa

[MaVolta]

Stairway to Heaven  -  Led Zepplin

[DarcyFarrow]

Moonlight (A Vampire's Dream) (Stevie Nicks)--inspired by the Twilight series

[1968Hoya46]

Lyin’ Eyes: Eagles

[DarcyFarrow]

I Hung My Head (Sting)

[1968Hoya46]

Hurricane:Dylan