[Music] Songs inspired by true events

[carlzeiss]

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

 

[GT49er]

 

[GT49er]

American Pie - Don Maclean
For What it’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield

and this cracker by one of the best musical wordsmiths of the 20th Century, he paints such great pictures with his lyrics - based on historical facts and Sir Thomas Moore. Still not idea why he refers to Henry V111 as Henry Plantagenet though

....and one more from Al Stewart -

 

[Norman Potting]

The Band Played Waltzing Matilda is about the WW1 Gallipolli campaign from an Australian perspective.

From a British perspective my Great grandfather had a close shave, suviving the sinking of the HMS Hythe troopship (Google it). His son took a bullet in his shoulder in the trenches during that war, fortunately both survived or I wouldn't be writing this.

 

[Algernon]

 

[pearl]

Kevin Carter was a photojournalist who took photos of often brutal situations - apartheid at it's most raw, executions, war. He took this photo which won him the pulitzer prize. (Warning: it's a grim photo of an emaciated child, collapsed on the floor with a vulture stalking them)

It won him the pulitzer prize for photography. He took his own life four months after receiving the award.

I did not know that ... horrific

 

[pearl]

 

[pearl]

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

A song about a gang of teenagers from Murray, Kentucky, known as the "Vampire Clan"
who committed murders that inspired several films as well
The Vampire Murders
Kentucky Teenage Vampires

The Legendary Shack Shakers - Blood on the bluegrass

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

....one of my favourite ACDC songs

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

 

[wellquickwoody]

Was gonna be my call too!

 

[El Presidente]

One of Brighton’s finest

 

[kevo]

The great and massively underated post-rock band iLIKETRAiNS base all their songs on historical events. Particularly love this, about the Scott Antarctic expedition:

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

psychobilly, not known for being political or its seriousness, but this powerful.

 

[El Presidente]

The great and massively underated post-rock band iLIKETRAiNS base all their songs on historical events. Particularly love this, about the Scott Antarctic expedition:

I was a roadie at one of their gigs as a reward for putting in some money into a film about them

 

[BN9 BHA]

TIP
Look through the thread before posting.

Good choice BTW, probably the first one that came to mind but it’s already on the thread.

 

[El Presidente]

TIP
Look through the thread before posting.

Good choice BTW, probably the first one that came to mind but it’s already on the thread.

Thought I had checked the thread, sorry x