If you were looking for story songs (video element aside), you could do far better from the Harry Chapin catalog than "Cat's in the Cradle". That's arguably his most famous song, but it's generally a pastiche of getting older rather than a straight up story. I'd have gone with "W*O*L*D", "Sniper", "Danceband on the Titanic" or (my personal favorite) "30,000 Pounds of Bananas".
Back on topic: My initial gut reaction was to say "OH! 'Sabotage' by the Beastie Boys!", but that's more about the visuals. Blues Traveler, "Runaround" (A retelling of The Wizard of Oz, sort of) R Kelly, "Trapped in the Closet" (I know, I know, but it's a story, and it's a video...) Foo Fighters, "Learn to Fly" (features Tenacious D) Carrie Underwood, "Before He Cheats" Did Tom Petty make a video for "The Last DJ"? On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 2:27:38 PM UTC-4, Doug Fields wrote: > > There are lots of songs that tell stories...the problem is, the best of > them are older, pre-video era. There's not a lot of good story-telling > songs that have been put to interesting video, unless it's just live > performance videos. After a good couple of hours' worth of thought, these > are the best I've come up with so far: > > Harry Chapin, "Cat's in the Cradle", although it veers dangerously close > to your "not depressing" restriction. > Barry Manilow, "Copacabana" > David Bowie, "Space Oddity" > Tracy Chapman, "Fast Car" > > Doug Fields > Tampa, FL > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: Question for the braintrust... > From: donz5 <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, May 29, 2012 1:32 pm > To: TVorNotTV <[email protected]> > > Aerosmith - Janie's Got a Gun (http://www.youtube.com/watch? > v=RqQn2ADZE1A) > Madonna - Papa Don't Preach (http://www.youtube.com/watch? > v=RkxqxWgEEz4&ob=av2e) > > On May 28, 11:59 pm, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm looking for some good, entertaining music videos that tell a > > story. The music should have wide appeal, meaning that obscure hip-hop > > song that you love but nobody else knows isn't what I'm looking for. > > It should also not be depressing. And the Michael Jackson videos that > > just leapt into your head don't work because people focus too much on > > him and not the visuals. > > > > Anyone have any ideas? > > > > A few examples that spring to mind from my generation of videos: > > Cars - Magic or You Might Think > > Phil Collins - Don't Lose My Number > > > > -- > > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
