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I totally respect the varied and deep muso knowledge held by everyone on this forum. Therefore I was interested in suggestions you have for tracks where the lyrics tell a story or have a very specific meaning/philosophy.
My 8yr old girl is massively into music, real music, which is great. She hasn't a clue what X Factor or 1D is in fact and I intend to keep it that way! But where she hooks into songs is in the lyrics. She likes stuff that tells a story or has a clear meaning (and obviously the tune needs to be great too). Examples of stuff she likes now...
Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles Children's Story - Slick Rick Chuck Es in Love - Rikki Lee Jones War Pigs - Black Sabbath
Your suggestions could help make a great playlist, thankee sirs!...
Jack of Hearts by Bob Dylan was the first one that sprung into my head. Sounds like you've got a rather cerebral kid there mate. I actually find a lot of the longer story songs hard to concentrate on for a longer period of time.
For a shorter story perhaps I might suggest Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville in which the protagonist's dawning realisation of his role in his own downfall is delivered with a deliciously measured intensity.
"Tupelo Blues" by John Lee Hooker. RIP August 22, 1917 — June 21, 2001
Did ya read about the flood? Happened long time ago In Tupelo, Mississippi There were thousands o' lives Destroyed
It rained, it rained Both night and day The poor people was worried Didn't have no place to go
Could hear many people, cryin' "Lord, have mercy" 'Cause You're the only one that we can turn to"
Happened a long time ago A little town Way back in Mississippi In Tupelo
There was women, and there was children They were screamin' an' cryin' Cryin', "Lord, have mercy You're the only one now, that we can turn to"
Way back down in Mississippi, a little country town I know ya read about it 'Cause I'll never forget it The mighty flood in Tupelo, Mississippi Been years ago
Lord, have mercy Wasn't that a mighty time? Tupelo's gone
My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.
Jack of Hearts by Bob Dylan was the first one that sprung into my head. Sounds like you've got a rather cerebral kid there mate. I actually find a lot of the longer story songs hard to concentrate on for a longer period of time.
For a shorter story perhaps I might suggest Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville in which the protagonist's dawning realisation of his role in his own downfall is delivered with a deliciously measured intensity.
I agree! i'm dead certain the Jack of Hearts is a great story, but i can never quite work out what it is
A magnificent football club, the love of our lives, finding a way to finally have its day in the sun.
Great stuff. We should use this for a Friday Music thread.
A little bit hard to avoid things young girls shouldn't be listening to, but here goes...
Dionne Warwick - Message to Michael (or almost anything else by Bacharach) Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia Gordon Lightfoot - Affair on 8th Avenue Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Gene Pitney - 24 Hours from Tulsa The Beatles - Norwegian Wood The Beatles - Yesterday Tarkio — Goodbye Girl Eagles - Hotel California The Seekers - Georgy Girl Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
May be too difficult/sad? Van Morrison - Madame George (fascinating lyrics, a mass of images, but by no means a specific meaning) Don Maclean - American Pie, Vincent
Too young? Peter, Paul & Mary - Puff The Magic Dragon
Leader of the Pack - Shangri-Las Tell Laura I Love Her - Ricky Valance The Browns - Three Bells Nineteen - Paul Hardcastle Camouflage - Stan Ridgway mmm - Crash Test Dummies Susan's House - Eels
Mostly cheesy efforts (actually now I look at them there is a lot of death and destruction in those songs but the first two I liked when I was about 8 or so)
Most of the stuff by the legendary Bo Diddly. Randy Newman can spin a good yarn in some of his songs. Dear Diary. The Moody Blues. Black eyed Dog. Nick Drake. Plaistow Patricia. Ian Dury. [Don't play this to your 8 year old daughter, jamois]! Minnie the Moocher/ Everybody eats when they come to my house.Cab Calloway. Jigsaw Puzzle. The Rolling Stones. Chequebook. Micky Jupp/ Dr Feelgood.
(actually now I look at them there is a lot of death and destruction in those songs but the first two I liked when I was about 8 or so) 
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