Better story teller than Edmund Fitzgerald?


There was a thread on A'gon about the most perfect song.  We had reasons for picking various, but for me it was Gordong Lightfoot's Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Perhaps it featured an aspect of song writing that no one else much cared for:  A deep and detailed story in the song.

So I ask you, A'goners, what songs are as good or better at telling a story of a historical event? 

erik_squires

Showing 1 response by jonwolfpell

Gordon is truly a master singer / songwriter & that is one of my all time favorites. He had many great songs that tell a story. Another o e is “Circle of Steel” on Sundown. 

Harry Chaplin had two great ones also: Taxi & Cats in the Cradle. 
 

Interesting to note that almost all the songs mentioned are of sadness & despair. 
 

I wonder if we can name some of happiness & love? 
 

I can’t think of any.