Story Teller Music #MusicMovesMe

It's Monday.  It's time for music!  But first, let's introduce the Music Moves Me bloggers.

We are bloggers who blog about music each Sunday or Monday and if you have music to share with us, you are most welcome to join! (Music Posts Only-meaning at least one music video, please!)   Our head host is Xmas Dolly, and our co-hosts are Cathy from Curious as a Cathy, joined by the knowledgeable Stacy of Stacy Uncorked and yours truly.

You are welcome to join our Monday music group.  It's so easy. All you have to do is join the linky above with a music post that contains at least one music video.  No music video? Your post may be removed, or may be labeled *NO MUSIC*. We alternate theme weeks and no theme weeks.

Today's theme is You Pick.  I decided to feature today songs that tell a true story, or one that is based on history, or...well, just a story.

Let me start by paying tribute to Canadian Robbie Robertson, guitarist and songwriter, who died from cancer at the age of 80 on August 9.  Perhaps one of my favorite of his songs is one he wrote when he was a member of the Band, which was released in 1969.

 

This is from the 1978 movie The Last Waltz, the final performance of The Band before Robbie Robertson left them.  It tells the story of the last months of the Civil War from the viewpoint of a Southerner, Virgil Caine.

How about some other story telling songs?

Coldplay's Vida la Vida lyrics are written from the viewpoint of deposed French king Louis XVI awaiting his execution during the French revolution.  He used to rule the world - now revolutionaries wait for his head on a silver plate, according to the lyrics of this 2008 hit.

Lukas Graham's 2015 song 7 Years is a song about growing up, what he has learned along the way, and his hopes for his future self.

The Devil Went to Georgia from the Charlie Daniel Band, from 1979.  Is Johnny the best fiddle player that's ever been?  Listen to the song and find out.

I'll end today's set with two of the best songs about historical events I've ever listened to.  I've had both on my blog before and I will have them again one day.  First,  The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald from Gordon Lightfoot.

 

My final song is from Rush.  Red Sector A is a story told from the viewpoint of a young girl imprisoned in a concentration camp. This song was co-written by Rush bass guitarist Geddy Lee and was released in 1984.  Geddy Lee's parents were both concentration camp survivors.

And that 's a wrap!

Join me again next week for another episode of Music Moves Me.