Songs that Tell a Story
They used to be called "ballads," but now any old name will do. These are songs that use music as a narrative device. This practice actually has a long history, going back through operas, epics, poetry, and even to ancient Greece.
The stories these songs tell might be happy or sad, truth or fiction, frivolous or serious. But they'll all have one thing in common: Having a little more depth to them and a lot more thought put into them than your average teenage love ditty. Follow the story and identify with the characters; the journey you find mat parallel your own life, for good or bad.
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Tom T. Hall -
Gene Pitney -
Skid Row -
Bruce Springsteen -
Lukas Graham -
Why Don't We -
Tom Waits -
Johnny Cash -
America -
Avenged Sevenfold -
Dream Theater -
Blink 182 -
Ed Sheeran -
Ray Stevens -
Arlo Guthrie -
Bob Dylan -
Heart -
Taylor Swift -
Carrie Underwood -
Chely Wright -
Simon & Garfunkel -
Don McLean -
5 Seconds of Summer -
Billy Joel -
Dean Friedman -
Janis Ian -
Justin Bieber -
Jim Croce -
Shawn Mullins -
Bob Dylan -
Marty Robbins -
Meat Loaf -
Guy Sebastian -
Eminem -
Foster the People -
Jimmy Dean -
Marty Robbins -
Steve Earle -
Mika -
Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods -
Ed Sheeran -
Carrie Underwood -
Queen -
Green Day -
Ben Folds Five -
Green Day -
Looking Glass -
Ben Folds Five -
Paramore -
5 Seconds of Summer -
Neil Diamond -
Ween -
Panic! At The Disco -
Pierce the Veil -
Tom Waits -
Gordon Lightfoot -
Twenty One Pilots -
Raconteurs, The -
Sufjan Stevens -
Harry Chapin -
Leonard Cohen -
Jawbreaker -
Flyleaf -
Steve Goodman -
Rodney Atkins -
Dolly Parton -
Kinks, The -
Martina McBride -
Red Sovine -
Barry Manilow -
Steve Earle -
Violent Femmes -
Kenny Rogers -
Immortal Technique -
Lana Del Rey -
Prince -
Pearl Jam -
Pulp -
Relient K -
Hoyt Axton -
Steve Earle -
Of Monsters and Men -
Christina Perri -
Arctic Monkeys -
Ed Sheeran -
Seasick Steve -
Jam, The -
Luke Bryan -
Marty Robbins -
Beatles -
5 Seconds of Summer -
Rupert Holmes -
Poison -
Creed -
Reba McEntire -
Tracy Chapman -
Abba -
Evanescence -
Pitbull -
Neighbourhood, The -
Papa Roach -
Parachute -
Rihanna -
Lead Belly -
Marshmello -
Pink -
Bruce Springsteen -
John Denver -
Chicks, The -
Billy Joel -
Mika -
LANCO -
Tom Jones -
Within Temptation -
One Direction -
Jeannie C. Riley -
Eminem -
R5 -
Evanescence -
Rise Against -
Filter -
Plain White T's -
Tim McGraw & Taylor Swift -
Pierce the Veil -
Bobby Goldsboro -
Suzanne Vega -
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen -
Eagles -
Fray, The -
Bob Dylan -
Bridgit Mendler -
Johnny Cash -
My Chemical Romance -
Mary Chapin Carpenter -
Three Days Grace -
Joan Jett -
Ed Sheeran -
Justin Bieber -
Bucky Covington -
Band Perry, The -
Sheryl Crow -
A Day to Remember -
Elvis Presley -
Tom Petty -
John Mellencamp -
Mayday Parade -
Van Halen -
Pearl Jam -
Green Day -
Carrie Underwood -
Foreigner -
Carrie Underwood -
Fort Minor -
Rockwell -
Guy Clark -
Pearl Jam -
Crown the Empire -
Emilie Autumn -
Bright Eyes -
Bob Dylan -
Ed Sheeran -
Bon Jovi -
Kinks, The -
Ruth B -
Andy Gibb -
Taylor Swift -
New Order -
Taylor Swift -
Nickelback -
Shawn Mullins -
Eagles -
Bobby Darin -
Tears For Fears -
Miranda Lambert -
Michael Jackson -
Jimmy Buffett -
Taylor Swift -
Joan Baez -
Beatles -
Janis Joplin -
Grateful Dead, The -
Panic! At The Disco -
Christina Perri -
Paramore -
Taylor Swift -
Eminem -
One Direction -
Meg & Dia -
Skillet -
One Direction -
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The -
Melanie Martinez -
Beatles -
Script, The -
Steve Earle -
Beatles -
Bobbie Gentry -
Trans-Siberian Orchestra -
Walter Brennan -
Decemberists, The -
Metallica -
Finger Eleven -
Temptations, The -
Coldplay -
Meat Loaf -
Red Sovine -
Nickelback -
Billy Joel -
Elvis Presley -
Ariana Grande -
Johnny Cash -
Tim McGraw -
Mumford & Sons -
Zendaya -
Twenty One Pilots -
Metallica -
Iron Maiden -
Johnny Cash -
Beatles -
Warren Zevon -
Luke Bryan -
David Guetta -
Lefty Frizzell -
Dan Fogelberg -
Simon & Garfunkel -
Browns, The -
Marina and the Diamonds -
Emilie Autumn -
Ed Sheeran -
Neil Diamond -
Bad Company -
Avril Lavigne -
Rascal Flatts -
Alan Jackson -
Avril Lavigne -
Airborne Toxic Event -
David Bowie -
Taylor Swift -
Eminem -
Shawn Mendes -
One Direction -
Coldplay -
Kris Kristofferson -
Genesis -
Dr Hook -
Hozier -
Steve Miller Band -
One Direction -
Fairport Convention -
Bob Dylan -
Harry Chapin -
Red Sovine -
My Chemical Romance -
Ray Peterson -
Mayday Parade -
Luke Bryan -
Ed Sheeran -
Billy Joel -
Johnny Cash -
Avett Brothers, The -
Dr Hook -
Panic! At The Disco -
Johnny Horton -
Simon & Garfunkel -
Garth Brooks -
Guy Clark -
Drive-By Truckers -
Charlie Daniels -
You Me At Six -
Big & Rich -
Macklemore -
Kenny Rogers -
Yes -
Velvet Underground, The -
Pink Floyd -
Loreena McKennitt -
Eagles -
Joni Mitchell -
Midnight Youth -
Nickel Creek -
Script, The -
Decemberists, The -
Paper Lace -
Reba McEntire -
Joan Baez -
Suzanne Vega -
Stan Ridgeway -
Garth Brooks -
Fastball -
Band, The -
Falling in Reverse -
Gordon Lightfoot -
Frank Ocean -
Randy Travis -
Bruce Springsteen -
Tony Orlando and Dawn -
Todd Snider -
Suzanne Vega -
Chicks, The -
5 Seconds of Summer -
Bob Seger -
Shawn Mullins -
Carrie Underwood -
Demi Lovato -
Linkin Park -
Yellowcard -
Coldplay -
Til Tuesday -
Godsmack -
TLC -
Grand Funk Railroad -
Lana Del Rey -
Everlast -
One Direction -
Halestorm -
Peter Sarstedt -
Paula Cole -
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -
Brad Paisley -
John Denver -
Pink -
Alessia Cara -
Talking Heads -
Fifth Harmony -
Taylor Swift -
Taylor Swift -
Jim Croce -
My Chemical Romance -
Rod Stewart -
David Bowie
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