# "Historical Epic" Rock Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2013, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-epic-rock-songs/664559 "2013-07-26T06:14:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-epic-rock-songs/664559/81 "2013-07-29T06:33:59Z")
[Cold Missouri Waters](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgQNeGPJdcQ) about the 1949 [Mann Gulch fire](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mann_Gulch_fire). ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-epic-rock-songs/664559/82 "2013-07-29T06:55:20Z")
I don’t know why someone hasn’t set [“The Tay Bridge Disaster”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tay_Bridge_Disaster) to music yet. It’d make a rocking song! ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-epic-rock-songs/664559/83 "2013-07-29T20:46:22Z")
The Eagles’ album “Desperado” is based (if loosely) on the Dalton Gang, or perhaps the old west in general. If entire albums don’t count, the opening track is titled “Doolin-Dalton,” and another is “Bitter Creek,” possibly in reference to George “Bitter Creek” Newcomb, another member of the Dalton Gang, although if my memory serves the song is more geographical in nature. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-epic-rock-songs/664559/84 "2013-07-29T21:01:19Z")
“Boom Boom Mancini” by Warren Zevon ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-epic-rock-songs/664559/85 "2013-07-29T21:48:15Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > “Boom Boom Mancini” by Warren Zevon And the entire album [Ghosts of the Great Highway](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosts_of_the_Great_Highway) is boxer-_reference_ heavy, with one song somewhat about him and Duk Koo Kim, whom he accidentally killed. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-epic-rock-songs/664559/86 "2013-07-30T01:27:36Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Wolf Tones - “Come Out Ye Black & Tans” - about the Troubles in Northern Ireland. That song categorically is not about the Troubles in Northern Ireland. It was written for/about Brendan and Dominic Behan’s dad. More [info](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Out,_Ye_Black_and_Tans). ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-epic-rock-songs/664559/87 "2013-07-31T02:26:59Z")
The Talking Heads _Life During Wartime_ is about the RAF and various other urban guerrilla groups active at that time. ---
**Author:** ![TSBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-epic-rock-songs/664559/88 "2013-08-01T21:37:04Z")
The Titus Andronicus album “The Monitor” is Civil-War themed. Here’s “A More Perfect Union”: [Titus Andronicus - 'A More Perfect Union' - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08fqHr_KGPY) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-epic-rock-songs/664559.md?page=4)