Anonymous
Post 08/26/2023 14:56     Subject: Re:Name a song you think tells a beautiful story

Whoa Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)
Yeah Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)
Black Betty had a child (Bam-ba-lam)
Damn thing gone wild (Bam-ba-lam)
She's always ready (Bam-ba-lam)
She's so rock steady (Bam-ba-lam)
Whoa Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)
Yeah Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)
Whoa Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)
Go Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)
Yo really gets me high (Bam-ba-lam)
Yeah that's no lie (Bam-ba-lam)
She's always ready (Bam-ba-lam)
She's all rock steady (Bam-ba-lam)
Whoa Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)
Yeah Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)
Oh yeah, oh right
Whoa Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)
Go Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)
She's from Birmingham (Bam-ba-lam)
Way down in Alabam' (Bam-ba-lam)
Black Betty had a child (Bam-ba-lam)
Damn thing gone wild (Bam-ba-lam)
Whoa Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)
Yeah Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)
Oh yeah
Oh right
Oh yeah
Oh right
Oh yeah
Oh right
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh right
Oh yeah
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Oh yeah
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Oh right
Oh yeah
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Oh yeah
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Whoa Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)
Yeah Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)
Whoa Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)
Yeah Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)
Whoa Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)
Yeah Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)
Whoa Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)
Yeah Black Betty (Bam-ba-lam)
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Bam-ba-lam
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2023 23:33     Subject: Name a song you think tells a beautiful story

Never Die Young by James Taylor

https://youtu.be/FbGrD4hxoBI?si=ZvhX9feoljDAdtV5
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2023 21:03     Subject: Name a song you think tells a beautiful story

Somewhere Only We Know by Keane
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2023 21:01     Subject: Re:Name a song you think tells a beautiful story

Shine on you crazy diamond.

Pink Floyd
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2023 20:02     Subject: Name a song you think tells a beautiful story

Joni Mitchell — little green. Heartbreaking.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2023 20:00     Subject: Name a song you think tells a beautiful story

Anonymous wrote:Dylan:
Tangled Up in Blue
Shelter from the Storm

Indigo Girls:
Ghost
Mystery


Oooh came here to say Mystery, too! You must be a indigo girls fan because their cover of tangled is incredible
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2023 19:58     Subject: Name a song you think tells a beautiful story

Mystery a— indigo girls
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2023 19:02     Subject: Re:Name a song you think tells a beautiful story

Wrong Again (Martina McBride)

Anonymous
Post 08/25/2023 18:36     Subject: Re:Name a song you think tells a beautiful story

Sand in My Boots
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2023 14:21     Subject: Name a song you think tells a beautiful story

Anonymous wrote:Hello in There: John Prine
To Build a Home: Cinematic Orchestra
Trapeze: Patty Griffin
Long Way Home: Patty Griffin
Making Pies: Patty Griffin
Cleopatra: The Lumineers
Ballad of Lucy Jordon: Marianne Faithful
Louise: Bonnie Raitt
Red Dirt Girl: Emmylou Harris
Evangeline: The Band

I love story songs, I could go on and on.


You are the rightest one. I’d add:

The Joke: Brandi Carlile
Fulton County Jane Doe: Brandi Carlile
Evangeline: Brandi Carlile
Lone star: Lori McKenna
Stealing Kisses: Lori McKenna
Hardly Speaking a Word: Lori McKenna
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2023 13:34     Subject: Name a song you think tells a beautiful story

Listen to Bed Head by Manchester Orchestra and watch the video.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2023 13:33     Subject: Name a song you think tells a beautiful story

WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD

RIP Gordon Lightfoot.
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2023 13:32     Subject: Name a song you think tells a beautiful story

Dylan:
Tangled Up in Blue
Shelter from the Storm

Indigo Girls:
Ghost
Mystery
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2023 12:22     Subject: Re:Name a song you think tells a beautiful story

“Over You” by Miranda Lambert
Anonymous
Post 08/25/2023 11:16     Subject: Name a song you think tells a beautiful story

Anonymous wrote:Sidebar, but this thread demonstrates why talking about music is sort of stupid.

Literally zero engagement with what other people have said. Everyone just listing their own stuff, many then (like me) waiting for accolades on their taste or at least some kind of connection, but no. Next poster just indiscriminately firing their own ammo.

Nothing wrong with that. And OP asked for people to just “name songs”, but this is something that always bugs me about “sharing” music opinions or trying to talk about music with other people. We’re ALL primed to give our takes, but no one really wants to hear other people’s opinions.

Obviously not some mind blowing observation. But if we’re being honest I said Ode to Billie Joe pages ago and you late to the party basic B bandwagoners would just acknowledge that rather than post it anew as your own find we wouldn’t be in this situation.
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OP here: start whatever thread you want. Everyone else understood what I was asking for: the NAME of a song. I actually wanted to hear the opinions of others (to my specific question), which is why I posted. People can agree with your Ode to Billie Joe, suggest it as their own idea, or come up with a different song. There is no right answer here!