# Why Are There No Story Songs Any More?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-story-songs-any-more/74539>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 1, 2001, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-story-songs-any-more/74539 "2001-08-01T21:04:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Gundhilde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@Gundhilde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundhilde)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-story-songs-any-more/74539/81 "2001-08-18T22:12:56Z")

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Dean Friedman’s \<b\>Ariel\</b\>?

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**Author:** ![Rockford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@Rockford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rockford)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-story-songs-any-more/74539/82 "2001-08-18T23:28:04Z")

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I don’t think anyone’s mentioned Rush… Red Barchetta is a story song, among others.

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