Are there any more "story-songs" on the Top 100?

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by phillyal1, Sep 27, 2022.

  1. phillyal1

    phillyal1 Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Are the days of songs like "the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" or "Taxi" or even "American Pie" ending up on "Top Forty/Hot Hits" or whatever they call it over? Is it just because no one is writing them, or radio programmers won't push them?
     
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  2. ChefBrunch

    ChefBrunch Forum Resident

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    Are you saying "WAP" isn't a "story-song"?
     
  3. Chemguy

    Chemguy Forum Resident

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    American Pie isn’t a story song, really. Wreck sure is, and a superb one, too!

    Lots of rap songs over the years are story songs. Lots.
     
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  4. phillyal1

    phillyal1 Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    You might be right on American Pie, but there is a coherence to the verses that tell a story of America through music.
    What about "Operator"?
    And there is an Ed Sheeran hit (don't know the name) about a friend ?who passed away that might qualify as a "story song"
     
  5. pig bodine

    pig bodine God’s Consolation Prize

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    I would imagine some country songs, but I don't pay close enough attention to notice.
     
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  6. in_the_fog

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    Taylor Swift’s All Too Well (Taylor’s Version) recently hit number one. And clocking in at 10.13, the longest song to ever to claim that spot.

     
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  7. speedracer

    speedracer Forum Resident

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    Corridos are perennially popular in Latin America, the Mexcan top 100 is loaded with them, Hispanic radio in the USA plays them all the time.
     
  8. ghoulsurgery

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    I was gonna say, pretty much every Taylor song from the last few years is a story song
     
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