Anonymous
08/24/2023 21:17
Subject: Re:Name a song you think tells a beautiful story
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Also ‘Sometime Around Midnight’ by Airborne Toxic Event. It’s so vivid and you feel the emotion through the lyrics.
YES!
Can you believe that a) this was 2009? Feels ages ago
and b) this is only 2009 and it's the most AGELESS EFFING story ever. Just the build up the build up "You just have to see her you just have to see her you just have to see her you just" is so breathtaking.
OMG. I thought I was the only one who had such a connection to this song. It takes me right back to college and that all-encompassing passion for someone else - jealousy, obsession, etc. AAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
DP
Anonymous
08/24/2023 21:02
Subject: Name a song you think tells a beautiful story
Anonymous wrote:The Promise - Tracy Chapman
I cannot bring myself to listen to this. I listened to it when my son died and it is forever tied to that trauma. I keep thinking I'll get the courage up because it is a beautiful perfect song, but not yet.
Anonymous
08/24/2023 21:00
Subject: Re:Name a song you think tells a beautiful story
Jackson Browne wrote this after his wife died by suicide
In the Shape of a Heart
It was a ruby that she wore
On a chain around her neck
In the shape of a heart
In the shape of a heart
It was a time I won't forget
For the sorrow and regret
And the shape of a heart
And the shape of a heart
I guess I never knew
What she was talking about
I guess I never knew
What she was living without
People speak of love, don't know what they're thinking of
Wait around for the one who fits just like a glove
Speak in terms of belief and belonging
Try to fit some name to their longing
People speak of love
There was a hole left in the wall
From some ancient fight
About the size of a fist
Or something thrown that had missed
There were other holes as well
In the house where our nights fell
Far to many to repair
In the time that we were there
People speak of love, don't know what they're thinking of
Reach out to each other through the push and shove
Speak in terms of a life and the learning
Try to think of a word for the burning
You keep it up, you try so hard
To keep a life from coming apart
Never know what breaches and faults are concealed
In the shape of a heart
In the shape of a heart
In the shape of a heart
It was the ruby that she wore
On a stand beside the bed
In the hour before dawn
When I knew she was gone
And I held it in my hand
For a little while
Dropped it into the wall
I let it go and heard it fall
I guess I never knew
What she was talking about
I guess I never knew
What she was living without
People speak of love, don't know what they're thinking of
Wait around for the one who fits just like a glove
Speak in terms of a life and the living
Try to find the word for forgiving
You keep it up, you try so hard
To keep a life from coming apart
And never know the shallows and the unseen reef
That are there from the start
In the shape of a heart
In the shape of a heart
In the Shape of a Heart
It was a ruby that she wore
On a chain around her neck
In the shape of a heart
In the shape of a heart
It was a time I won't forget
For the sorrow and regret
And the shape of a heart
And the shape of a heart
I guess I never knew
What she was talking about
I guess I never knew
What she was living without
People speak of love, don't know what they're thinking of
Wait around for the one who fits just like a glove
Speak in terms of belief and belonging
Try to fit some name to their longing
People speak of love
There was a hole left in the wall
From some ancient fight
About the size of a fist
Or something thrown that had missed
There were other holes as well
In the house where our nights fell
Far to many to repair
In the time that we were there
People speak of love, don't know what they're thinking of
Reach out to each other through the push and shove
Speak in terms of a life and the learning
Try to think of a word for the burning
You keep it up, you try so hard
To keep a life from coming apart
Never know what breaches and faults are concealed
In the shape of a heart
In the shape of a heart
In the shape of a heart
It was the ruby that she wore
On a stand beside the bed
In the hour before dawn
When I knew she was gone
And I held it in my hand
For a little while
Dropped it into the wall
I let it go and heard it fall
I guess I never knew
What she was talking about
I guess I never knew
What she was living without
People speak of love, don't know what they're thinking of
Wait around for the one who fits just like a glove
Speak in terms of a life and the living
Try to find the word for forgiving
You keep it up, you try so hard
To keep a life from coming apart
And never know the shallows and the unseen reef
That are there from the start
In the shape of a heart
In the shape of a heart
Anonymous
08/24/2023 20:58
Subject: Re:Name a song you think tells a beautiful story
Into My Arms by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnHoqHscTKE
I don't believe in an interventionist God
But I know, darling, that you do
But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him
Not to intervene when it came to you
Not to touch a hair on your head
To leave you as you are
And if He felt He had to direct you
Then direct you into my arms
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms
And I don't believe in the existence of angels
But looking at you I wonder if that's true
But if I did I would summon them together
And ask them to watch over you
To each burn a candle for you
To make bright and clear your path
And to walk, like Christ, in grace and love
And guide you into my arms
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms
And I believe in Love
And I know that you do too
And I believe in some kind of path
That we can walk down, me and you
So keep your candlew burning
And make her journey bright and pure
That she will keep returning
Always and evermore
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnHoqHscTKE
I don't believe in an interventionist God
But I know, darling, that you do
But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him
Not to intervene when it came to you
Not to touch a hair on your head
To leave you as you are
And if He felt He had to direct you
Then direct you into my arms
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms
And I don't believe in the existence of angels
But looking at you I wonder if that's true
But if I did I would summon them together
And ask them to watch over you
To each burn a candle for you
To make bright and clear your path
And to walk, like Christ, in grace and love
And guide you into my arms
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms
And I believe in Love
And I know that you do too
And I believe in some kind of path
That we can walk down, me and you
So keep your candlew burning
And make her journey bright and pure
That she will keep returning
Always and evermore
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms
Anonymous
08/24/2023 16:54
Subject: Re:Name a song you think tells a beautiful story
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Escape (The piña colada song) by Rupert Holmes
Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett
The Devil Went Down to Georgia by Charlie Daniels
She’s Leaving Home by the Beatles
Tribute by Tenacious D
I love Escape but hard to think of it as beautiful when the premise is cheating on both sides.
It all depends if n your perspective. They were in a rut and took each other for granted. Then they discovered that they were perfect for each other. At the beginning she’s his old lady. By the end, she’s his lovely lady and he’s seeing her anew.
Anonymous
08/24/2023 16:51
Subject: Name a song you think tells a beautiful story
The Promise - Tracy Chapman
Anonymous
08/24/2023 16:18
Subject: Re:Name a song you think tells a beautiful story
Ode to Billy Joe
Anonymous
08/24/2023 15:47
Subject: Re:Name a song you think tells a beautiful story
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:"Ha. At a Trivia Night, where they were doing different decades, the musical question was what were the eight things Rick Astley promised?"
"Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and hurt you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you."
Hurt you is the same as hurt you so…. Only 7
The first hurt you is wrong - it should be desert you. So 8.
Anonymous
08/24/2023 15:47
Subject: Re:Name a song you think tells a beautiful story
Anonymous wrote:"Ha. At a Trivia Night, where they were doing different decades, the musical question was what were the eight things Rick Astley promised?"
"Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and hurt you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you."
First hurt you should be desert you.
Anonymous
08/24/2023 15:46
Subject: Re:Name a song you think tells a beautiful story
Anonymous wrote:"Ha. At a Trivia Night, where they were doing different decades, the musical question was what were the eight things Rick Astley promised?"
"Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and hurt you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you."
Hurt you is the same as hurt you so…. Only 7
Anonymous
08/24/2023 15:37
Subject: Re:Name a song you think tells a beautiful story
"Ha. At a Trivia Night, where they were doing different decades, the musical question was what were the eight things Rick Astley promised?"
"Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and hurt you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you."
"Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and hurt you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you."
Anonymous
08/24/2023 12:43
Subject: Re:Name a song you think tells a beautiful story
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Castle on the Hill by Ed Sheeran.
Ooh this true. Also, my dad passed away in the pandemic and “Dancing with my eyes closed” hits pretty hard too.
These are good, but I think the best Ed Sheeran storytelling is in "Nancy Mulligan." Story of his grandparents - so sweet!
Anonymous
08/24/2023 12:41
Subject: Name a song you think tells a beautiful story
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The Pina Colada song.
Shaggy's "I didn't do it" -- guy repents at the end!
Great addition to the list! What a ridiculous and catchy song (Shaggy)
Do you mean "It Wasn't Me"?
Anonymous
08/24/2023 11:15
Subject: Name a song you think tells a beautiful story
Aaron Tippin's "Blue Angel" -- Country song about undercover cops in love who save each other's lives
Anonymous
08/24/2023 11:09
Subject: Re:Name a song you think tells a beautiful story
Be Good by Gregory Porter may not tell a full story, but the song and video will give you "The Feels."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HvpIgHBSdo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HvpIgHBSdo