Episode 66: Story Songs #2 – A Story Within The Song

There’s nothing like a good story. A narrative that tells a tale is one of the most effective ways to relate an event, both fact or fiction and also a straightforward way to evoke an underlying message. We have grown up believing that the best stories are found in books. The stories that songs tell can be just as powerful and moving as any book or movie. By listening to them carefully, we make them a part of our life for just a second. The Music Museum presents 28 songs that tell a story in a way that the printed page cannot.
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You’ll hear:
1) Paradise By The Dashboard Light by Meat Loaf (with Ellen Foley, vocals)
2) Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen
3) Copacabana (At The Copa) by Barry Manilow
4) Space Oddity by David Bowie
5) All American Boy by Bobby Bare
6) In The Ghetto by Elvis Presley
7) Pink Houses by John Mellencamp
8) Travelin' Soldier by Dixie Chicks
9) Ebony Eyes by The Everly Brothers
10) Lola by The Kinks
11) Harper Valley P.T.A. by Jeannie C. Riley
12) Camouflage by Stan Ridgway
13) Same Old Lang Syne by Dan Fogelberg
14) Mack The Knife by Bobby Darin
15) The River by Bruce Springsteen
16) We're An American Band by Grand Funk (Railroad)
17) Reverend Mr. Black by The Kingston Trio
18) Fast Car by Tracy Chapman
19) Laurie (Strange Things Happen) by Dickey Lee
20) Lucky Man by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
21) The Last Resort by The Eagles
22) The Ballad of Thunder Road by Robert Mitchum
23) 8th of November by Big & Rich [duo composed of Big Kenny and John Rich]
24) Old Rivers by Walter Brennan
25) The Thunder Rolls by Garth Brooks
26) Rain On The Scarecrow by John Mellencamp
27) Billy and Sue by B. J. Thomas
28) Highway Patrolman by Bruce Springsteen