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By *ildbillkid OP   Man 12 weeks ago

where the road goes on forever

https://youtu.be/te7KW4K-00E?si=W1Yob_qG5Ujwp7HR "Acadian driftwood" by the band, the Canadian diaspora, from Nova Scotia,new Brunswick, to Louisiana, becoming "Cajuns, do y'all know any other song that tell a tale?

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By *rthur30Man 12 weeks ago

Warrington


"https://youtu.be/te7KW4K-00E?si=W1Yob_qG5Ujwp7HR "Acadian driftwood" by the band, the Canadian diaspora, from Nova Scotia,new Brunswick, to Louisiana, becoming "Cajuns, do y'all know any other song that tell a tale?"

Most of Past, Present and Future by Al Stewart is history songs.

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By *ildbillkid OP   Man 12 weeks ago

where the road goes on forever


"https://youtu.be/te7KW4K-00E?si=W1Yob_qG5Ujwp7HR "Acadian driftwood" by the band, the Canadian diaspora, from Nova Scotia,new Brunswick, to Louisiana, becoming "Cajuns, do y'all know any other song that tell a tale?

Most of Past, Present and Future by Al Stewart is history songs."

only one s by Stewart I know are year of the cat and time passages

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By *inister_SpinsterWoman 12 weeks ago

Manchester(ish).

Most of Billy Braggs songs have political & historical significance.

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By *rthur30Man 12 weeks ago

Warrington


"https://youtu.be/te7KW4K-00E?si=W1Yob_qG5Ujwp7HR "Acadian driftwood" by the band, the Canadian diaspora, from Nova Scotia,new Brunswick, to Louisiana, becoming "Cajuns, do y'all know any other song that tell a tale?

Most of Past, Present and Future by Al Stewart is history songs. only one s by Stewart I know are year of the cat and time passages "

It's an earlier album from 1973, I think.

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By *eoBloomsMan 12 weeks ago

Springfield

Sunday Bloody Sunday, U2

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By *eoBloomsMan 12 weeks ago

Springfield

Bob Marley, Buffalo Soldier

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By *ulieAndBeefCouple 12 weeks ago

Manchester-ish

Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs by Brian and Michael

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By *ou only live onceMan 12 weeks ago

London

Abraham, Martin & John - Marvin Gaye

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman 12 weeks ago

little house on the praire

In the ghetto. Elvis

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By *ildbillkid OP   Man 12 weeks ago

where the road goes on forever

For what it's worth, buffalo Springfield

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By *bby1110Woman 12 weeks ago

Gloucester

Rasputin by Boney M

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By (user no longer on site) 12 weeks ago

Proclaimers- Letter from America

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan 12 weeks ago

Sussex

Deck of Cards by, was it... Telly "Kojack" Savalas?....

My favourite is Under Your Thumb by Godley and Creme

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By *hirleyMan 12 weeks ago

London

God shuffled his feet (title of track) by crash test dummies. Tells the story of how God's seven days of creation. Important story of how we got here!

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By (user no longer on site) 12 weeks ago


"God shuffled his feet (title of track) by crash test dummies. Tells the story of how God's seven days of creation. Important story of how we got here!"

Haha, not exactly historically accurate. May as well have a song about a week in the life of a unicorn.

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By *hirleyMan 12 weeks ago

London


"God shuffled his feet (title of track) by crash test dummies. Tells the story of how God's seven days of creation. Important story of how we got here!

Haha, not exactly historically accurate. May as well have a song about a week in the life of a unicorn."

I refute your claims! Don't listen to that advice people, just spreading lies about our truth 🧐

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By *issilia AmoriWoman 12 weeks ago

St Albans/ North Welsh Borders

Belfast Child - Simple Minds

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By *ildbillkid OP   Man 12 weeks ago

where the road goes on forever

"zombie " the cranberries

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By *ynamite500Man 12 weeks ago

Angus


"Belfast Child - Simple Minds"

Oooo, really good shout!!👏🤔😉

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By *issilia AmoriWoman 12 weeks ago

St Albans/ North Welsh Borders

Tell me why ( I don't like Mondays) - Boom Town Rats

New Years Day - U2

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By *ildbillkid OP   Man 12 weeks ago

where the road goes on forever

"hurricane" bob Dylan,

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By *rickie-dickieMan 12 weeks ago

South Durham

"Ben McCulloch" Steve Earle.

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By *uddy laneMan 12 weeks ago

dudley

The trooper, iron maiden.

Tells the tale of the British cavalry charge against the ruskies

I'm Crimea 1854.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS 12 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

All the Horrible Histories songs 😁

Many of them are wonderful parodies of popular songs

The Dick Turpin song parodies Adam and the Ants

The Charles Darwin song parodies Bowies Ch-ch-ch-changes

The Cleopatra song parodies Lady Gaga

Charles Dickens - The Smiths

Vikings - Simon and Garfunkel

The Four Georges - every boy band, ever

There are more...

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By *ildbillkid OP   Man 12 weeks ago

where the road goes on forever


"All the Horrible Histories songs 😁

Many of them are wonderful parodies of popular songs

The Dick Turpin song parodies Adam and the Ants

The Charles Darwin song parodies Bowies Ch-ch-ch-changes

The Cleopatra song parodies Lady Gaga

Charles Dickens - The Smiths

Vikings - Simon and Garfunkel

The Four Georges - every boy band, ever

There are more..."

would Herman's hermits "Henry the eighth be in there?

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By *issolvedOrdersMan 12 weeks ago

Bristol

Every song by Sabaton

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By *avinaTVTV/TS 12 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania


"All the Horrible Histories songs 😁

Many of them are wonderful parodies of popular songs

The Dick Turpin song parodies Adam and the Ants

The Charles Darwin song parodies Bowies Ch-ch-ch-changes

The Cleopatra song parodies Lady Gaga

Charles Dickens - The Smiths

Vikings - Simon and Garfunkel

The Four Georges - every boy band, ever

There are more... would Herman's hermits "Henry the eighth be in there?"

There is a Henry VIII song, but not that one.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS 12 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

Oh, and the Horrible Histories Kings of England song, which lists them all since William I, is brilliant. It's how I can name every King and Queen in order. My daughter's generation, who grew up with it, all know it (okay, they're all Oxford grads, and therefore inherently geeks, but still).

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By *ost SockMan 12 weeks ago

West Wales and Cardiff


"https://youtu.be/te7KW4K-00E?si=W1Yob_qG5Ujwp7HR "Acadian driftwood" by the band, the Canadian diaspora, from Nova Scotia,new Brunswick, to Louisiana, becoming "Cajuns, do y'all know any other song that tell a tale?"

Long been a fan of this under-appreciatrd song

Terry Callier - Martin, St Martin

John Coltrane - Alabama

Joni Mitchell - Woodstock

Linda Clifford - March Across this Land

Masque Myers - Black Land of the Nile

Hugh Masekela - Vasco de Gama

Gil Scott-Heron - We Almost Lost Detroit

Gregory Porter - 1960 What?

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By *allipygousMan 12 weeks ago

Leicester

The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - The Pogues

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By *abluesbabyMan 12 weeks ago

Gibraltar/Cheshire/London

Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

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By *abluesbabyMan 12 weeks ago

Gibraltar/Cheshire/London

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's "Ohio"

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By *vaRoseWoman 12 weeks ago

Ankh-Morpork


"All the Horrible Histories songs 😁

Many of them are wonderful parodies of popular songs

The Dick Turpin song parodies Adam and the Ants

The Charles Darwin song parodies Bowies Ch-ch-ch-changes

The Cleopatra song parodies Lady Gaga

Charles Dickens - The Smiths

Vikings - Simon and Garfunkel

The Four Georges - every boy band, ever

There are more..."

I came to say this!

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By *omRachCouple 12 weeks ago

Wirral

The River - Springsteen, a biography of his teen years

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man 12 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

Joan Baez - The Knight They Drove Old Dixie Down

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man 12 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

Night ffs

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By *hyKentGuyMan 12 weeks ago

sheerness

Enola Gay - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

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By *ickEmeryMan 12 weeks ago

Knutsford

Robin Hood - Gary Miller

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By *ools and the brainCouple 12 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

Rasputin - Bony M

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By *ouble-SidedCouple 12 weeks ago

Voldsøy

Skylines and Turnstiles, by My Chemical Romance was written about 9/11.

🫶

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By (user no longer on site) 12 weeks ago

Midnight on the murder mile - Carter USM

Jeremy - Pearl Jam

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By *hrill CollinsMan 12 weeks ago

The Outer Rim

Yma O Hyd by dafydd iawn

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By *aizyWoman 12 weeks ago

west midlands

Sympathy For The Devil, The Rolling Stones??

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By *oeBeansMan 12 weeks ago

Derby

We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy Joel

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By (user no longer on site) 12 weeks ago

Dilemma - nelly and Kelly x

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By *enisorousMan 12 weeks ago

sunderland

Metallica...one

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By *issolvedOrdersMan 12 weeks ago

Bristol

Slayer - Angel of Death

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By *aftarse59Man 12 weeks ago

workington

Big river by Jimmy nail and mark Knopfler

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By *aimieG66TV/TS 12 weeks ago

Kinkintilloch

Paschendale - Iron Maiden

About the Battle of Passchendaele during WW1 where an estimated 500,000+ troops died between July and November 1917

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By *aftarse59Man 12 weeks ago

workington

Eleanor rigby - Beatles

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By *issolvedOrdersMan 12 weeks ago

Bristol

Sabaton - Cliffs of Gallipoli

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By *rthur30Man 12 weeks ago

Warrington


"Joan Baez - The Knight They Drove Old Dixie Down"

Originally by The Band.

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By *hallasMan 12 weeks ago

do you care?

Chaz and Dave, Sideboard song.

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By *uriousscouserWoman 12 weeks ago

Wirral

Mark Knopfler & James Taylor: Sailing to Philadelphia

John Lee Ho0ker: Tupelo Blues

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man 12 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

Don McClean - American Pie

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By *ai Hard 2 - Dai HarderMan 12 weeks ago

Manchester / Cardiff


"Belfast Child - Simple Minds"

don't forget 'Mandela Day'

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By *ai Hard 2 - Dai HarderMan 12 weeks ago

Manchester / Cardiff

McCartney's "Pipes of Peace" was more a general commentary of love over conflict, but the video was very specific, depicting the 1914 Christmas truce between British and German troops in World War I for a game of footy. ⚽️

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By *lubchuckerMan 12 weeks ago

Oxfordshire

Most of Past, Present and Future by Al Stewart is history songs.

Good call 👍

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By *aftarse59Man 7 weeks ago

workington

My old school- steely Dan

Big river - Jimmy nail

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By *randMrsShebaCouple 7 weeks ago

Birmingham

I am the man who arranges the blocks

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By *layfullsamMan 7 weeks ago

Solihull

American pie

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By *randMrsShebaCouple 7 weeks ago

Birmingham

Iron maiden sing Alexander the great song.

I don't know much about them but I tried to learn greek I love Alexander the great so much.

1) Jesus

2) Alexander

3) Julius Caesar

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By *exagon9Man 7 weeks ago

Bristol

Nick Cave has done a few… there’s the Murder Ballads album, for example. Lyre of Orpheus, Red Right Hand, quite a few other songs…

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By *sStephenPickleMan 7 weeks ago

Ends

Black- Dave

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan 7 weeks ago

Sussex


"Belfast Child - Simple Minds

Oooo, really good shout!!👏🤔😉"

Spandau Ballet bringing out Into the Barricades was a surprise.

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By *mileyculturebelfastMan 7 weeks ago

belfast


""zombie " the cranberries "

Most people don't actually understand that song and who it's about.

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By *mileyculturebelfastMan 7 weeks ago

belfast


"Chaz and Dave, Sideboard song."

Humour.

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By *Wgent72Man 7 weeks ago

Manchester

'Enola Gay'- OMD

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By *till gameMan 7 weeks ago

Oldham

Flower of Scotland

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By *rRiosMan 7 weeks ago

dublin


""zombie " the cranberries

Most people don't actually understand that song and who it's about."

I hate that song. It always gets stuck in my head, in my heeaaaad

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan 7 weeks ago

Sussex

After We Shot The Grizzly by The Handsome Family is intentionally/ unintentionally hilarious.

Discuss

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By *oralltherightreasonsCouple 7 weeks ago

WELLINGBOROUGH

The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing- BRUNEL

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By *ildbillkid OP   Man 7 weeks ago

where the road goes on forever

Don't know if it fits ," el paso " Marty Robbins, the grateful dead covered it / played it one time years ago

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By *reyToTheFairiesWoman 7 weeks ago

Carlisle usually

I think Skynd's entire catalogue is weird murders and serial killers 💜

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By (user no longer on site) 7 weeks ago

Oliver Army - Elvis and the Costellos

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan 6 weeks ago

Sussex

Down in the Tube Station at Midnight ...

Come to think of it, a few of The Jam songs are narratives,- Eton Rifles, Town Called Malice, The Bitterest Pill...

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