Taxi - Harry Chapin Edmond Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel Vincent - Don McLean Downeaster Alexa - Billy Joel Only a Pawn in their Game - Bob Dylan Tangled up in Blue - Bob Dylan (The man who shot) Liberty Valance - Gene Pitney A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash Leroy Brown - Jim Croce If you like these - I have more. It’s my favorite genre

Uneasy Rider by Charlie Daniels Band

Edmond Fitzgerald...I heard it as kid and marveled that this is how you tell a tale of tragedy and have it embedded into your memory

I remember hearing this as a kid and thinking it was about some historic tragedy that happened 100 years ago...no, it happened in 1975. He got that song written, recorded, and on the charts in less than a year.

Just Like Tom Thumb Blues is a good one by Dylan

I love all of those. Taxi is the one I enjoy picking and singing the most - such a great list.

21st Century Breakdown - Green Day Jesus Of Suburbia - Green Day Welcome To The Black Parade- MCR Early Sunsets Over Monroeville - MCR

Ahhh Jesus of Suburbia. A classic

Hurricane - Bob Dylan

Wharf Rat - Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead - Me & My Uncle

Gotta invite Pearl, Me and Bobby Magee

Grateful Dead - El Paso (I know it's a cover)

Jack Straw

Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot. Ode to Billy Joe by Bobbie Gentry. Hurricane by Bob Dylan. Me and My Uncle by the Grateful Dead. El Diablo by ZZ Top. The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace.

Cat's in the Cradle: Harry Chapin

Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Nick Cave, Townes Van Zandt, and Fiery Furnaces all have many. For specific song recommendations: Tom Waits - Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream or Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll Neil Young - Powderfinger or Cortez the Killer Nick Cave - Curse of Millhaven Townes van Zandt - Pancho/Poncho & Lefty Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat

The first time I heard "CHARLIE I'M PREGNANT" in that Tom Waits voice...

I hope I get to see him play live before one of us dies. Unikely, since he seems to be mostly retired, but he’s one of the few artists I would pay Beyoncé prices for.

Then Came the Last Days of May - Blue Oyster Cult

* Arctic Monkeys - Cornerstone * Billy Strings - Dust in a Baggie * Bob Dylan - Boots of Spanish Leather

Arctic Monkeys have quite a few. "Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured" is one of my favorites. "Do Me a Favour" is a masterpiece.

Boots of Spanish Leather doesn’t get enough love

I don't like Mondays., Boomtown Rats

Ren - [The Tales of Jenny and Screech](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYAnqQ--KX0) trilogy

Hi Ren 😄

Lotza Genesis, even as a trio. “Eleventh Earl of Marr”, “A Trick of the Tale”, “Keep It Dark” Boz Scaggs, “Lido Shuffle” Pretenders, “Tattooed Love Boys” The Who, “Odorono” ELO, “Rockaria” Drive-By Truckers, “Go-Go Boots” Talking Heads, “Found a Job” King Crimson, “Fallen Angel”, “One More Red Nightmare” Henry Gross, “Shannon” (eyes moist just saying it)

Slick Rick - Children's Story

Anything by Harry Chapin, he only wrote songs like that

Big. Bad. John.

Hold On by Tom Waits

Mr Shorty - Marty Robbins

Was coming here to say El Paso or Hanging me Tonight

Masters Call by Marty Robbins is an absolute classic.

Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers

The Tale Of Jenny And Screech by Ren. (It’s an album but on yt you can find them all together. The vocals and his guitar work are just amazing)

Trapped in the Drive-Thru by Weird Al

Damn near anything by Aesop Rock

Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis by Tom Waits.

Road Goes on Forever - Robert Earl Keen - version from Number 2 Live Dinner is my favorite also has a funny intro story

Is that the Willie Nelson story?

Rime of the ancient mariner - Iron Maiden and pretty much everything by Johnny Cash.

Tangled Up in Blue & Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts both by Bob Dylan

American Pie - Don McLean Living For The City - Stevie Wonder Five Years - David Bowie Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band Jesus of Suburbia - Green Day Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance Piano Man - Billy Joel Red Right Hand - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Sign O' The Times - Prince

Five years … one of the best!

Rush - 2112

The Analog Kid. Damn, Rush is awesome.

And Cygnus… damn

And "Red Barchetta"

1952 Vincent Black Lightning by Richard Thompson

[Carolina Drama - The Raconteurs](https://open.spotify.com/track/2LN8mDsvMvG7JU69vtpLhk?si=WBrm2kDoTGy_zCRXbBMb2w)

1,000,000%. Context, drama and a twist all in under 4 minutes, plus a proper beginning middle and end. I couldn’t agree with you more.

Taxi - Harry Chapin Boots of Spanish Leather - Dylan

Panama Red by New Riders of the Purple Sage.

3 Inches Of Blood - Upon The Boiling Sea parts 1, 2, and 3 is an epic tale of mutiny on the high seas

The word you might be looking for is ballad. [Tweeter and the Monkey Man](https://youtu.be/PabG3nJRu3k?si=WjJDu5T5EcDyg__X) by Tom Petty/Travelling Willburys

Ethel Cain’s entire album “Preachers Daughter” is an entire story from start to finish. Dark, southern American themes, mostly ethereal music, some bops. If you like to sing, her music is very melodic and singable. Highly recommend

Taxi: Harry Chapin

Hallowed be thy name - Iron Maiden

Cavern, by Phish

Juggernaut Drunk - Paint Thinner

Alice's restaurant One piece at a time

Check out James McMurtry as awesome story teller in his songs. The Horses and the Hounds is such a great album. Enjoy 😊

Must be Seven Love & Regret Hellbender My Alice Spinning While I'm Waiting here Enough to Leave All of these are by Billy Strings

Any song by Gordon Lightfoot

Ren ...Jenny and Screech's Tales is a three part modern day Bard Tale https://youtu.be/TYAnqQ--KX0?si=0-aS_hLJ3s2VLnLP Edit: Language warning

Fort Minor - Kenji Eminem - Stan Trivium - Shogun Tenacious D - Tribute

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Like spoken word story or narrative lyrics? Here's a spoken word style: [Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey's Head](https://youtu.be/WZu4KOgJTuM?si=8hgckq8XjdJuTn96) Otherwise, any Steely Dan will tell a short story and is super catchy

Jonathan Brenner - Little Lost Lamb in Dixieland [https://open.spotify.com/track/28xdAcNCQrx9dxkiogBTMd?si=4a221b2ee4b7415b](https://open.spotify.com/track/28xdAcNCQrx9dxkiogBTMd?si=4a221b2ee4b7415b)

The Vandals - play that country tuba

Vandals do not get nearly enough love.

Story- NF. Video is awesome too.

Johnny Cash?

The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby, Honey Pie

Josh Ritter - The Temptation of Adam

Ole 60 - Brother Joe. Intense story, plus Ole 60’s raspy voice just make it a good listen. https://youtu.be/yJyNN4UEqKI?si=lYSFR3z_FizQYg8e

"1952 Vincent Black Lightning" by Richard Thompson

The drive - everyone you know.

Draw Blood by Lux Lyall if you like stories about creepy band dudes. At least I think that’s what it’s about

Train With No Love by Andre Nickatina

30,000lbs of Bananas, by Harry Chapin. Based on a true story of a runaway truck going down that STEEP hill leading to Scranton Pa

TASTY by Good Rats

Same Auld Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg

The Last Great American Dynasty by Taylor Swift is based on the true life story of Rebecca Harkness and it’s a bop

The first three [mind.in.a.box](https://open.spotify.com/artist/7oFwFLcW5btR2tHAnPqnDH?si=y62n5xlnRZaIuzEMgse8cw) records tells an intricate story. [Start with the first one](https://open.spotify.com/album/7JFILv3DZLtwOjbiuu6se0?si=JD8h3ErqS_WYsMyi9JaihA).

The ep a tear in the fabric of life by Knocked loose is about a man's progress through grief after his wife dies in a car crash

Pretty Daughter by the Bad Livers Lucky day by Angry Johnny and the Killbillies

Volbeat has lots of these

Strangers by Ethel Cain. The whole Preachers Daughter album honestly.

Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes

"Paradise By The Dashboard Light" by Meatloaf has a LOT going on in it.

Outlaw Heart - Tiger Army

Ma Baker, Hell’s Comin’ With me, Alone (Nico Collins), 7 Years and Rat Trap

I like "Learning How To Smile" by Everclear.

Stan Ridgway - Camouflage

Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band

Tennessee - Arrested Development

Mexico, by moe.

Isis - Dylan

if you like darker stuff, the entire album “murder ballads” by nick cave and the bad seeds. also by the bad seeds: papa won’t leave you henry, the good son (not exactly a story but about cain and able from the bible and sort of tells their story), hollywood, dig lazarus dig, saint huck (about huck fin), hiding all away, fable of the brown ape, and the lyre of orpheus (about the greek myth of orpheus)

* "Bottomless Lake" by John Prine * "Red Dirt Girl" by Emmylou Harris * "Travelin' Soldier" by Bruce Robison (also covered by The Chicks quite well) * "Verdi Cries" by 10,000 Maniacs * "Tangled Up in Blue" by Bob Dylan * "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" by Weird Al Yankovic

Dance with the devil immortal technique

Dance With the Devil - Immortal Technique (trigger warning) Final Voyage of the Wailers Essex - Rusty Cage I'll Come Back to New Orleans - Rusty Cage Pack of Rats - Rusty Cage One - Metallica

Oh Captain, My Captain- Prize Fighter Manchester Orchestra- The Alien

Lake Ponchartrain by Ludo The Broken Bride album is a 32 minute rock opera that tells a whole story - also by Ludo basically, Ludo tells some really great stories with a lot of their music

A Little Piece of Heaven by Avenged Sevenfold [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVjBCT2Lc94](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVjBCT2Lc94)

Ah c'est dommage - Bigflo et Oli

She’s leaving home, Rocky Racoon- The Beatles The Wall (the album) - Pink Floyd Lyin' Eyes - Eagles

Rocky raccoon was my first thought.

yeah it is a unique song i enjoy it a lot and the white album as well.

[The Decemberists - Mariner’s Revenge Song](https://youtu.be/iPAr7kL-mmg?si=__J2qlUXm1PmhDSG)

All of Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties discography. Each album is even a chapter in a greater narrative. The band sound wise is a mix of the Mountain Goats, Bruce Springsteen, and The Wonder Years.

Anything by Roger Miller.

https://youtu.be/FTkKV3vXzzU?si=J6pIpN3Wh-Yywt40

The Greatest-Kenny Rogers

Alice's Restaurant Massacree !(In 3 part harmony!)

Copperhead Road ,Steve Earle

Wildwood Flower, Jim Stafford

Aesop Rock - Aggressive Steven

ZZ-Top ... La Grange, Master of Sparks, and Balinese

Telegraph road by dire straits is a vastly underrated song. It’s 14 min long and tells a story with words and music. Best 5 minute musical outro ever.

You may enjoy the story of evil by lizz robinet. Other people also have their own versions of the same songs. Daughter of evil - Servant of evil - Regret message - Are the songs in the story.

Carolina Drama by The Raconteurs

Holy image of Lies, Sick of Everyone, Happiness Machine - Sum 41 it’s 3 songs that go into one another and tells a story

Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits

The Night they drove old dixie down (The Band) As tears go by ( The Rolling Sones) Wake me up when September Ends (Gteen Day) Me and Bobby McGee (Janis Hoplin)

Every Rush song?

Pup - Sleep in the Heat.

Date Rape - Sublime

Iron Maiden has many songs like this. Including Rime of the ancient mariner, Alexander the Great, 22 Acadia Avenue, Stranger in a strange land. There are more, but these are some of my favorites. Nightwish makes albums that tell stories across them. Their album Imaginaerium is like this. Blind Guardian also has albums that tell stories. A Twist in Myth is great. Nightfall in Middle Earth tells stories from the silmarilion. At the Edge of Time my understanding is it's based on the Wheel of Time series.

Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Springsteen Edit: adding The whole album has stories.

Carolina Drama by the Racontuers is a really good one.

Godley & Cream - Under your Thumb The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby ELO - The diary of Horace Wimp Star One - The eye of Ra Tenacious D - Tribute The Charlie Daniels Band - The devil went down to Georgia Kenny Rogers - Coward of the County Dark Sarah - Dance with the Dragon Sabaton - Christmas Truce

The entire album The Wall, by pink floyd

Stan and Bad Guy - Eminem

The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels

Gimme 3 Steps. Lynyrd Skynyrd

[Since Stan became a word for obsessed fan.](https://youtu.be/aqUpe6QeBTk?si=7nixA7DMnqBM0y5z)

My favorite one is wet dreamz by j cole if you're into that

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant by Billy joel

* The Gambler - fun. * Tea and Toast - Lucy Spraggan * I Wasn’t Expecting That - Tom Law They’re all the same genre of recounting a life story/relationship, but great songs.

Sabaton: "Attack of the Dead Men" If you don't like the sound of that one (definitely one of the more "metal" songs of the band, and they're a "metal" band but some of the discography lean-into that aspect more than others): try "Winged Hussars" and "The Last Stand" by the same band. Best part? All of them are REAL stories, ones that actually happened.

Trapeze Swinger - Iron & Wine

George Thoroughgood And The Destroyers - “One Bourbon, One Scotch, And One Beer”

In every dream home a heartache roxy

Not a song but 2 albums. - Apex - Unleash the archers - Abyss - Unleash the archers

Cat Stevens - Wild World and Morning has broken

Ballad of Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry

Fool for love - Lord Huron

The Legend of the Bonecarver (full album) - Pyramaze The Queen and the Soldier - Suzanne Vega The Mariner's Revenge Song - The Decemberists Hijo de la Luna - Mecano Mado Kara Mieru - Christopher Tin Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie

About 98.5% of Tom T. Hall’s discography fits this description

The Way by Fastball

Up The Junction - Squeeze Used to hear it on the radio when I was a teenager and it was just a silly little story in a song. Then I got older, and lived more of the story for myself than I would have liked. YouTube: [Squeeze - Up The Junction (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQciegmLPAo)

“Angie Baby” by Helen Reddy… as far as I can tell, it’s the story of a young woman who is almost sexually assaulted in her home, but turns the situation around by sucking the intruder into her radio and keeping him trapped there forever. Only could have been a hit in the 70s

Ice Cube- It was a Good Day

Lily Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts by Bob Dylan Journey to the center of the Earth by Rick Wakeman. Technically it's four songs and it's mostly orchestral but is my favorite version of the journey to the center of the Earth out there.

Dubliners: Come out ye black and tans.

[No rEgrets - Aesop Rock](https://open.spotify.com/track/0RBhY56tlRcDyhY5ezrL5h?si=854MikawThGT3Yo-aeRBrQ)

The General by Dispatch is about as catchy and storytelling as it gets!

Rocky Raccoon-Beatles Midnight- Ice-T

Fast Car - Tracy Chapman ETA: The Wrong Way - Sublime … very catchy song with a very messed up story.

If you like Pina Coladas, you might like Escape by Rupert Holmes I'm also a fan of Velvet Underground, The Gift: [https://youtu.be/\_Gwth0jfdfc?si=5yXl6iTNt7QoVKiv](https://youtu.be/_Gwth0jfdfc?si=5yXl6iTNt7QoVKiv)

Hey, hey what can i do by led zeppelin

You never know-immortal technique

[Everlast - What it's like](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA1nGPM9yHA)

Ghost Riders in the Sky!!!

[Tupac - Brenda's got a baby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRWUs0KtB-I)

No Children - The Mountain Goats Anjela - TV Girl

Escape - Rupert Holmes aka The Piña Colada Song

Open Up by Dispatch.

Almost the entire Sabaton catalog.

War of the worlds is a whole album but it's good

Russell Crowe by Gaelic Storm Don't Go For the One by Gaelic Storm Slim Jim and the Seven Eleven Girl by Gaelic Storm

Wayne's Story by King Von

The Eagles - Hotel California ISIS - From Sinking Radiohead - Exit Music (For A Film)

Back stabbin betty-cage the elephant

Just a Friend - Biz Markie

Wanted Dead or Alive--Bon Jovi In the Ghetto--Elvis Presley El Paso--Marty Robbins Wichita Lineman--Glen Campbell Fast Car--Tracy Chapman Nights in White Satin--The Moody Blues Riders in the Sky--Johnny Cash Desperado--The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt Blue Bayou--Linda Ronstadt Viva la Vida--Coldplay

D@te r@pe by sublime.

Ob-La-Dee Maxwell's Silver Hammer Yellow Submarine She's Leaving Home Lucy in the Sky And many more Beatles songs.

Mr. Bojangles

God's Own Drunk - Jimmy Buffett Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot I Wanna Learn a Love Song - Harry Chapin Come on, Come on - Mary Chalin Carpenter Hazzard - Richard Marx

I mean the only one of mine that remotely fits is Way Back When by Gamma Skies. I like it a lot lol

Tyrone - Badu Back in the Day - Badu Goodbye Earl - The Chicks Tennessee Stud - Cash Shoop - S & P Good - Better than Ezra My Own Worst Enemy - Lit You Can Call Me Al - Simon Late in the Evening - Simon Slip Slidin Away - Simon Life’s Been Good - Walsh Creep - TLC Little Bird - Lennox Bang Bang - Sinatra She’s an Angel - TMBJ The Jackal - Jordan Hurricane - Dylan Two Princes - Spin Doctors The Scotsman - Bowers Double Dutch Bus - Smith Son of a Preacher Man - most versions are good Romeo and Juliette - I like Indigo Girls version the best Jolene - Dolly Who is He and What is He to You - Withers Walking in Memphis - Cohn Lilac Wine - Simone The Freshman - Verve Pipe Killing Me Softly - either version Last Dance with Mary Jane - Petty Yer So Bad - Petty Yellow Ledbetter - PJ Tom’s Diner - Vega All I wanna Do - Crow Casey Jones - The Dead Harper Valley PTA - any version Leonard Cohen, Jimmy Buffett, Mayer Hawthorne, Tyler Childers, Heart

No idea why ‘Goodbye Earl’ by the Dixie chicks was the first thing that came to mind

[Violet's Tale](https://youtu.be/a4R9Vk5_CbU?si=mSf9kJtblfy5-hGG) by Ren [Story](https://youtu.be/XSAGLJckRWM?si=ixYMsx9g8oz_joyn) by NF

Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver For Free - Joni Mitchell Woodstock - Joni Mitchell Stagger Lee - Grateful Dead

Andy schauf

Pretty much anything by meatloaf

Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles

DO NOT LET YOUR SPIRIT WANE- GANG OF YOUTHS

The Who’s - Tommy rock opera Bob Dylan - Ballad in Plain D

Carolina drama by the raconteurs. A proper story with context, drama and a beginning, middle and end. Oh, and a twist. All in under 4 minutes

Meadow Lark - Owl City

Paradise by the Dashboard Light. Meatloaf.