Tango01  | 30 May 2026 1:55 p.m. PST |
"Songwriting and storytelling are two very distinct skills, and it is the rare artist who is capable of writing a song that also functions as a narrative. Sure, there are some folks who have pretty much made this their bread and butter; everybody knows, for instance, that the likes of Jim Croce and Bob Dylan could spin some pretty good musical yarns, and a handful of rap artists such as Ice-T and Slick Rick have also hung their Kangols on their storytelling skills. The best of these tunes can paint us a picture as vivid as any conjured up by a prose writer — and they can also bring just as much tension and drama, as evidenced by the tons of story songs where someone dies at the end.
If weaving a fanciful tale with musical accompaniment takes a lot of creative juice, though, then consider how much of that stuff it must take to entertainingly and at least somewhat accurately teach a history lesson. There are some great tunes that don't just tell a story — they are, as they say in Hollywood, based on true stories, many of which are among the most significant events of our time…"
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 ochoin | 30 May 2026 2:13 p.m. PST |
"Hey, Johnny Cope"
YouTube link There's a lot of Jacobite songs & most are real 'toe tappers'. |
| doc mcb | 30 May 2026 2:25 p.m. PST |
"Virgil Cane is my name . . . |
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| DisasterWargamer | 30 May 2026 2:52 p.m. PST |
Johnny Horton had a number of war ballads – Battle of New Orleans, Sink the Bismarck and Comanche. The Battle of New Orleans hit the top of the charts and a Grammy
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Song of the Year (awarded to composer Jimmy Driftwood)
Best Country & Western Performance (awarded to singer Johnny Horton) 2002
Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame |
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| William Warner | 30 May 2026 3:03 p.m. PST |
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| William Warner | 30 May 2026 3:19 p.m. PST |
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| Extrabio1947 | 30 May 2026 3:36 p.m. PST |
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot.
Candle in the Wind by Elton John
Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2
Ohio by CSN&Y |
| William Warner | 30 May 2026 3:43 p.m. PST |
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| TimePortal | 30 May 2026 3:44 p.m. PST |
Horton' album was my first record in the 1960s. I thought songs about historical events was common. Battle of New Orleans, Comanche and Sink the Bismarck were on it as well as others. |
| William Warner | 30 May 2026 3:51 p.m. PST |
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda by The Pouges
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| Wackmole9 | 30 May 2026 4:14 p.m. PST |
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot. |
