# What's your favorite "story song"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 10, 2002, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-story-song/136107 "2002-11-10T05:27:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Sparrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Sparrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparrow)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-story-song/136107/101 "2002-11-14T21:30:59Z")
I always had a fondness for “The Pina Colada Song” (Escape). But then I’m just an old romantic. ---
**Author:** ![Grasshopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grasshopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grasshopper)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-story-song/136107/102 "2002-11-15T01:41:30Z")
I don’t think anyone’s mentioned Me and Bobby McGee - I think it’s great at setting the scene - I love the line about the windshield wipers flapping time. I also like Bohemian Rhapsody, Paradise by the Dashboard Lights, and Goodnight Saigon. Da-Doo from Little Shop of Horrors is also very cool 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-story-song/136107/103 "2002-11-15T02:36:29Z")
I heartily second “Styrofoam Plates” by **Death Cab for Cutie** - it’s a very literate, non-profane take on an emotionally-charged subject. I don’t know if the lead singer was abandoned by his father or not, but based on the song’s intensity I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a true story. Other than that, I’ll add “Fast Car” by **Tracy Chapman** (don’t think anyone’s mentioned that yet - strange) and two songs by **The Weakerthans** : “My Favourite Chords” and “Pamphleteer.” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-story-song/136107/104 "2002-11-15T03:14:54Z")
some of these songs i like more as **songs** but aren’t storyish enough for me to nominate. That said I would like to second a few with rather strong “storyish” qualities: I cant believe i didnt even think of **red barchetta** and **stuart**. and dangit, **Typo** i was GONNA mention “Country Death Song”, dang you dang you!!! first thing that popped into mind. as far as ones that havent been mentioned before, my favorite Heart song is **Sylvan song / Dream of the Archer**. But if we really wanna stretch, you could say my favorite story song is the entirety of pink floyd’s **The Wall** ---
**Author:** ![Homer\_J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c37758/32.png) [@Homer\_J](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer_J)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-story-song/136107/105 "2002-11-15T12:38:11Z")
Date Rape - Sublime Sublime-40oz To Freedom Date Rape/Rawhide Let me tell you about a girl I know, Had a drink about a hour ago Sitting in the corner by herself, In a bar in downtown Hell. She heard a noise and she looked through the door And saw a man she’d never seen before Light skin, light blue eyes, A double chin and a plastic smile, well Her heart raced as he walked through the door And took an empty seat next to her at the bar “My brand new car is parked right outside How’d ya like to go for a ride?” And she said “Wait a minute, I have to think” He said, “That’s fine. May I please buy you a drink?” One drink turned into 3 or 4 And they left and got into his car And they drove away some place real far “Now babe, the time has come How’d ya like to have a little fun?” And she said, “If we could only please be on our way, I will not run” That’s when things got out of control She didn’t want to, he had his way She said, “Let’s Go” He said, “No Way!” Come on babe it’s your lucky day Shut your mouth, were gonna do it my way Come on baby don’t be afraid, If it wasn’t for date rape I’d never get laid SOLO He finished up, he started the car He turned around and drove back to the bar He said, “Now baby don’t be sad, In my opinion you weren’t half-bad.” She picked up a rock,threw it at the car, Hit him in the head, now his got a big scar Come on party people won’t you listen to me Date Rape Stylee The next day she went to her drawer, Looked up her local attorney at law, Went to the phone and filed a police report And then she took the guy’s ass to court, well The day he stood in front of the judge he screamed, “She lies that little slut!” The judge knew that he was full of shit And he gave him 25 years And now his heart is filled with tears One night in jail, it was getting late He was butt-raped by a large inmate And he screamed, But the guards paid no attention to his cries That’s when things got out of control The moral of the date rape story, It does not pay to be drunk and horny But that’s the way it had to be They locked him up and threw away the key Well, I can’t take pitty on men of his kind, Even though he now takes it in the behind That’s the way it had to be They locked him up and threw away the key Well, I can’t take pitty on men of his kind, Even though he now takes it in the behind Date rape! Huh, huh, huh Na na na na na na Ba na na na na na Ba na na na na na La la la la la la She didn’t want to, She didn’t want to, She didn’t want to, She didn’t want to Take it! ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-story-song/136107/106 "2002-11-15T13:37:39Z")
Ummmm, **Homer J**. First, welcome to the Boards. Second, take a look at the sticky post at the top of the Cafe Society Forum. It explicitly forbids the posting of entire lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![TommyWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@TommyWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyWalker)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2002, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-story-song/136107/107 "2002-11-15T23:51:55Z")
“Ode to Billie Joe” by Bobbie Gentry “Drivin’ Down The Road In My Car” by Tommy Walker ---
**Author:** ![Homer\_J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c37758/32.png) [@Homer\_J](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer_J)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-story-song/136107/108 "2002-11-16T17:23:46Z")
So who cares, rules are there to be broken ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-story-song/136107/109 "2002-11-16T18:56:56Z")
You know, Homer, I’ve heard people express that sentiment before, but I still have this nagging suspicion that rules serve a deeper purpose than that. . . ---
**Author:** ![Homer\_J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c37758/32.png) [@Homer\_J](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer_J)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-story-song/136107/110 "2002-11-16T19:01:31Z")
yes perhaps, but in this instance, on an internet message board about musical songs, i think we can perhaps forgive and forget. Although i find people who break rules in a way which cause harm to other people wrong, i think people who simply follow a rule and never question or challenge it, or even just bend it slighlty incredibly gutless. For example at school when a teacher accuses me of something i didn;t do or something i dont believe to be wrong i will not simply take that abuse lying down, whereas other people just apologise and then insult them behind their backs afterwards. I find this so infuriating. As for the original thread how about : Lola ---
**Author:** ![Homer\_J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c37758/32.png) [@Homer\_J](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer_J)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-story-song/136107/111 "2002-11-16T19:02:52Z")
song stories\* not musical songs - i think most songs are musical - doh! ---
**Author:** ![TommyWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@TommyWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyWalker)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-story-song/136107/112 "2002-11-18T03:37:13Z")
“Lola” is a great one. A slight modification of “Lola” was the theme song for my in-love state with the pseudonymous “Heather Craven” in my book from when I was a junior in high school. I’d be walking down the street singing “Hea-hea-hea-hea-hea-THERRR” and mooning over the stunning creature that sat behind me in Trigonometry. Other theme songs for girls I used to love from afar: “Shining Star” by the Commodores (not Earth, Wind & Fire) “Whenever I See Your Smiling Face” by James Taylor ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-story-song/136107/113 "2002-11-18T03:40:33Z")
All the children sing Hey Bungalow Bill What did you kill Bungalow Bill ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2002, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-story-song/136107/114 "2002-11-18T04:58:17Z")
Those who have ever lost a spouse, particularly after a tough illness, will find some comfort in Garth Brooks’ **The Dance**. Six years ago tonight. Still loving you, chiya. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-story-song/136107/115 "2002-11-19T00:43:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Homer J \* > **So who cares,** The Board cares. > [@](#): > > \*\* rules are there to be broken \*\* …and laws are there to be enforced. Laws against copyright infringement, for example. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-story-song/136107.md?page=5)