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What a song — chills me every time. I can’t think of another historical and/or tragedy song that grips me as much as this one.

swader999 4y ago
Iron Maiden's adaptation of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner comes close. You have to get into the original work and perhaps have similar life experiences to appreciate it I suppose. The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is more accessible. http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1696/brief-review-the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1696/brief-review-t...
TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
Extremely overplayed, "American Pie" by Don McLean is about the plane crash that killed 4 American rock stars all at the same time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died
- incanus77 4y ago
  That song was always more about the narrator of the song, to me.
wging 4y ago
Hellsongs' cover of "Run to the Hills" (originally by Iron Maiden) is worth a listen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AguuHDW42OQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AguuHDW42OQ (Since Iron Maiden got another mention for Rime of the Ancient Mariner, I'd bet they have more to offer, but I'm not that knowledgeable about their work.)
quesera 4y ago
On a less historical, more personal tragedy level, "Cat's in the Cradle" has always hit me way harder than I would expect (both as a kid and an adult): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s_in_the_Cradle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s_in_the_Cradle ... gotta make a phone call now ... :-/
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 4y ago
  Well, if we're listing songs that hit ya in the feels, J Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers "Last Kiss" is right there https://youtu.be/bh4se9YMV3A https://youtu.be/bh4se9YMV3A
deadlyllama 4y ago
As it's listing similar songs time, Genesis' Driving the last spike https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_the_Last_Spike https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_the_Last_Spike fits in the historical(ish) story as ten minute long popular song territory. Arguably you could also include Telegraph Road (Dire Straits, 1982) although its story is even more generic.

swader999 4y ago

Iron Maiden's adaptation of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner comes close. You have to get into the original work and perhaps have similar life experiences to appreciate it I suppose. The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is more accessible. http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1696/brief-review-the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1696/brief-review-t...

TedDoesntTalk 4y ago

Extremely overplayed, "American Pie" by Don McLean is about the plane crash that killed 4 American rock stars all at the same time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died

incanus77 4y ago
That song was always more about the narrator of the song, to me.

wging 4y ago

Hellsongs' cover of "Run to the Hills" (originally by Iron Maiden) is worth a listen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AguuHDW42OQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AguuHDW42OQ (Since Iron Maiden got another mention for Rime of the Ancient Mariner, I'd bet they have more to offer, but I'm not that knowledgeable about their work.)

quesera 4y ago

On a less historical, more personal tragedy level, "Cat's in the Cradle" has always hit me way harder than I would expect (both as a kid and an adult): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s_in_the_Cradle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s_in_the_Cradle ... gotta make a phone call now ... :-/

kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 4y ago
Well, if we're listing songs that hit ya in the feels, J Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers "Last Kiss" is right there https://youtu.be/bh4se9YMV3A https://youtu.be/bh4se9YMV3A

deadlyllama 4y ago

As it's listing similar songs time, Genesis' Driving the last spike https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_the_Last_Spike https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_the_Last_Spike fits in the historical(ish) story as ten minute long popular song territory. Arguably you could also include Telegraph Road (Dire Straits, 1982) although its story is even more generic.