naughtynige
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Re: Narrative songs
Feb 08, 2012, 19:04
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And of course "Ballad Of Tindersticks" - one of the most grim but fascinating and eloquent accounts of the drunken madness of being in a band on the road.
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jb lamptoast-morsley
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Re: Narrative songs
Feb 08, 2012, 20:15
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More of a lecture than a narrative, but Terrence Mckenna on Shaman's Re-evolution.
Mr Cope's Reynard the Fox a little bit
Bob Dylan's Judas Priest song
Iggy Pop on that Mogwai song off CODY i think.
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Andfurthermoreagain
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Re: Narrative songs
Feb 10, 2012, 10:02
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handofdave wrote: I like 'Skylon!' off of Gruff Rhys's 'Candylion', where it's revealed that he's a 'bomb disposal expert' during a flight threatened by a 'ticking beer can', along with an actress in 'mediocre movies and frivolous magazines'. Rocks along in a genial acoustic fashion with some psychy wobblings.
I remember reading an interview with Gruff somewhere when (and relevant to this thread) he said that the first Velvet Underground song he heard as a kid was The Gift so he thought at first that they were a Welsh band ha ha.
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meurglys III
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Re: Narrative songs
Feb 10, 2012, 11:34
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This one, despite its initial sparseness, is a proper grower.
http://www.wearevillagers.com/
I know it's a generic band site link but 'Cecilia and her selfhood' is on the home page, at the time of writing. Saves having to watch movie ads on YouTube.
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tk421
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Re: Narrative songs
Feb 10, 2012, 12:58
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little musgrave is a favourite
this is one of the versions available on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0-gcccksAg
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Eduardo
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Re: Narrative songs
Feb 10, 2012, 15:54
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Lots of Richard Thompson stuff - vincent black lightning 1952 frinstance.
Barbera Allen by any number of people, I like Tex Ritter's version the best. Ooh and The Face on the Barroom Floor from the same record!
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Eduardo
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Re: Narrative songs
Feb 10, 2012, 16:08
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Jeffrey Lewis does a few of these - Chelsea hotel song, man with the golden arm etc!
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Toni Torino
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Re: Narrative songs
Feb 10, 2012, 16:23
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When a poet uses musical backing like John Cooper Clarke with the Invisible Girls do they become narrative songs, especially with great music like on "(I Married A) Monster From outer Space"?
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Dog 3000
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Edited Feb 12, 2012, 21:42
Re: Narrative songs
Feb 12, 2012, 21:25
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JD Blackfoot "The Song Of Crazy Horse" (18 minutes of singing & speaking, tells the story of the famous Indian chief -- quite moving actually.)
My favorite Genesis track is "Battle of Epping Forest" in which Gabriel sings/speaks in many different character voices.
Lothar & The Hand People "Space Hymn" -- in which the reciter literally tries to hypnotize the listener ("you are floating in space . . . .")!
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PMM
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Re: Narrative songs
Feb 13, 2012, 01:40
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He should do something useful with it, like "You are floating in space and you no longer have any desire to smoke cigarettes".
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