Barbeque Podcast and My Top Five Songs that tell stories
Well I think we jinxed the weather by announcing the bbq podcast but it turned out pretty great and hopefully the weather will too!
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For the next podcast we’re looking for your top songs which tell stories. They can be funny, romantic, depressing or relate to something that happened to you. Here are My Top Five, what are yours?
5. Barenaked Ladies, The Old Apartment
4. Daft Punk, Digital Love
3. Bright Eyes, At The Bottom of Everything
2. The Beatles, Rocky Racoon
1. Johnny Cash- A Boy Named Sue
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Do you have any idea how tempting it is to claim that “Trapped in the Closet” is my favorite? I mean, there’s nothing like a 14-minute R.Kelly ballad to remind me not to listen to him ever again.
I’ll put up my 5 when I’m back from Galway
Jens Lekman-postcard to nina
Slint-Good Morning Captain
The Byrds-Chestnut Mare
The Beatles-Eleanor Rigby
De La Soul-Jenifa taught me
1. Queen - In Only 7 Days. From the Jazz album, Freedie meets a chick on the beach and goes from there
2. Craig David - Seven Days. Basically ripping Queen off!
3. The Beatles - Norwegian Wood. Turns out Queen rippid Sir Paul off! Do, dodododo, dodododo, dodododoo - its up there with the best acoustic riffs of all time, which funnily enough has reminded me of my next pick:
4. Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet.
5. The Eagles - Hotel California.
DAMN! I forgot the best one:
Bob Dylan - Hurricane. Best story song evveeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
I’d like to have chosen songs from 5 different artists, but Bob is just too damn good…
5. Joey - Bob Dylan
4. Let’s Not S*it Ourselves (To Love and to be Loved) - Bright Eyes
3. Up On Cripple Creek - The Band
2. Highlands - Bob Dylan
1. Lily, Rosemary & the Jack of Hearts - Bob Dylan
Pretty much anything by Johnny Cash - I Hung My Head
Another vote for Bob Dylan - Hurricane
Paul Simon - Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard
Eminem - Stan
I’m going to have to go with James, pretty much anything by Johnny Cash!… But A Boy Named Sue, The Mercy Seat, 21minutes to Go…. the list goes on!)
Hmm, what else….
Corpus Christi - Jeff Buckley
Coming to America - Neil Diamond
Brother Loves travelling Salvation Show - Neil Diamond
Me and Julio down by the schoolyard - Paul Simon
A Day in The Life - Beatles
Mr Wendel - Arrested Development
I’ll probably come back with some more!
1. The Mercy Seat - Johnny Cash
2. Children Story - Slick Rick
3. War On Drugs - Barenaked Ladies
4. Brick - Ben Folds
5. Paul Revere - Beastie Boys
It’s not my best list ever but I tried to be original. Damn, I was about submit the comment and my number one was just mentioned in the last comment.
Too $hort - “Bl*w Job Betty” (probably woefully inappropriate but excellence where dirty rhyme meets lengthly storytelling)
Bob Dylan - “Hurricane” (obvious reasons)
Elton John - “Tiny Dancer” (a quiet choice)
Gordon Lightfoot “Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald” (you may not be a fan of folk, but this tune is a story man!)
Lil McClintock - “Furniture Man” (already played on the Top Five Podcast so no need for repeats but a brilliant story that introduces the listener to a slew of American reconstruction history)
Simon & Garfunkel - America
Ooh, I have to second Simon & Garfunkel, I really love that song. Also love Tiny Dancer! A little lazy this week so not submitting my own top five just browsing to see which ones I’d like to see on it!
as i saw him live in Dublin last week, i had to suggest the following songs -
Livin’ in the future - Bruce Springsteen
We Shall Overcome - Bruce Springsteen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Shall_Overcome)
Hotel California - The Eagles (my all time fav :))
Brandi Carlile - The Story (from GA’s)