Better story teller than Edmund Fitzgerald?


There was a thread on A'gon about the most perfect song.  We had reasons for picking various, but for me it was Gordong Lightfoot's Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Perhaps it featured an aspect of song writing that no one else much cared for:  A deep and detailed story in the song.

So I ask you, A'goners, what songs are as good or better at telling a story of a historical event? 

erik_squires

Last post of the evening. For those who have read Irving Stone’s Lust for Life or better yet “Letters to Theo “ , Don Maclean’s “Starry Starry  Night” is a real tear jerker. 

Last post of the evening. For those who have read Irving Stone’s Lust for Life or better yet “Letters to Theo “ , Don Maclean’s ”Starry Starry Night” is a real tear jerker.  IMHO, may equal the OP’s standard. 

Brownsville Girl by Bob Dylan. An epic road trip ballad.

"The only thing we knew for sure about Henry Porter is that his name wasn't Henry Porter."

It has a massive chorus, blaring, textured saxophones, wailing trumpets and detailed, reflective, storytelling lyrics. 

"There was a movie I seen one time -- I think I sat through it twice. I don't remember who I was, or where I was bound. All I remember about it was it starred Gregory Peck, he wore a gun and he was shot in the back; seems like a long time ago, long before the stars were torn down."

You can almost feel that hot, Painted Desert air blowing across your face through the open car windows as you stare across the hood into the sunset and realize that your life has been sort of like a movie.

....*sigh*....and nobody has yet to mention that great late night classic that the dj could not only hit the toilet but pop outside for some...'fresh aire'... ;)

Ragged?  Yes.  But one of those late '60s' things that disappeared into the fog 'n mist that invades the brain and pops up...

...and makes you smile...

 

....and thankful that we don’t have to resort to ’rope’ theze daze.....😏👍

"....a mania that seemed like Brockett was going to jump right off the grooves and into a straitjacket." seems 'bout right...*L*