I'm looking for suggestions for songs which have a story and something unexpected or devastating happens in the story. I'm thinking along the lines of George Jones 'He stopped loving her today', Jamie Lawson 'Wasn't expecting that', Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue 'Where the wild roses grow', Stan 'Eminem', Plan B 'Charmaine'. (All bangers, by the way).
The genre doesn't matter, as long as there's a suitable twist in the story, dark or otherwise.
Edit: I have downloaded all the suggestions. Ta.
22 Comments
NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 292d
Story of theHurricane - Bob DylanTippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 292d
It's a fantastic song, but the title is just Hurricane :)
https://youtu.be/bpZvg_FjL3Q
I believe there's a movie of the story too :)
borokov@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 293d
The kids aren't alright, The Offspring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iNbnineUCI
I listen it as a teen without understanding the lyrics (I'm French). Just figured out what it means a few years ago.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 293d
The Crane Wife by the Decemberists. Parts 1&2, and Part 3 - based on a Japanese folk tale.
RyGuy3000@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 292d
Dance With The Devil by Immortal Technique fits this theme perfectly imo
ape_arms@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 293d
Have you heard 1952 Vincent Black Lightning by Richard Thompson? The story is simple and sad, but the way it's sung makes it especially emotional (at least for me).
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club · 3 pts · 293d
Going for three from Against Me!
Thrash Unreal
Borne in the FM Waves of the Heart
I Was a Teenage Anarchist
And one from Rise Against
Help is on the Way
Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 293d
A Better Place, A Better Time by Streetlight Manifesto
DioramaOfShit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 293d
You'll never know by immortal technique
Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 293d
I read your comment then listened to all 7 mins 50 seconds. Perfectly fits the remit and a cracking tune. It's getting downloaded and going on the list.
DioramaOfShit@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 293d
Glad you enjoyed it. Immortal technique is a great story teller. If you haven't listened to him before, you should also check out "dance with the devil"
ieatpwns@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 292d
Mannnn. I saw this song in a comment last week and just read the lyrics. That still didn’t prepare me for the climax
sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz · 0 pts · 293d
Whats the story it tells?
Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 293d
The willow maid, by Erutan fits perfectly
Mary, by Cécile Corbel also a very good fit
Also, don't know if you cold be interested in but fields of sorrow by orden ogan, the chorus gets new parts each time (the lyrics is not exactly a story like you find in a novel, but still narrates something)
Qkall@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 292d
Basically the entire discography of la dispute. But this was the first one that came to mind
King's Park https://youtu.be/H8IT-xrQRqk
iamdisappoint@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 293d
Timothy by The Buoys comes to mind.
https://youtu.be/AXn0uIF60iU
ptc075@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 292d
Under the Red Hot Moon by Rancid
muxika@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 293d
For one song, I'd say "The Downward Spiral."
For an album, I'd say The Downward Spiral.
ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 292d
Ryan Stevenson - When We Fall Apart
ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 292d
Taylor Swift - Ronan
onlooker@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 292d
Beauty is Within Us by Scott Matthew: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LKBoFra5YA
I'm cheating a little bit, because this song is tied to the second episode of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. It's a standalone story, by the way, so if you want context, you don't have to watch the whole show, just that episode. The episode's title is Runaway Evidence - Testation, for those curious.
But anyway, slight spoilers for that episode: it's about a man with medical issues that could easily be solved, but his parents won't let him take the medical procedure that would alleviate those problems due to their religious beliefs, so he lives life in anguish. If you just listen to the chorus, it might seem like a beautiful, feel-good song, but it's so, so far from that. Just... read the lyrics.
isyasad@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 292d
Alone Again, Naturally by Gilbert O'Sullivan.
A small twist, but a very devastating song