Songs about the life

joedrum

joedrum

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There are a ton of them...songs about living a life in music. I'll name a few.

- It's a Long Way to the Top - AC/DC

- Just about the Whole LP Running on Empty - Jackson Browne

- Success Story - The Who
 
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Mr Jones is a take off on that theme.
Turn the Page
 
Girls Girls Girls Motley Crue... about the life of an 80s rock star. I know the lyrics don't really say much but you get the meaning.
 
We're an American Band
Movin On
Down Payment Blues
Be My Lover
What's Your Name
Don't Ask Me No Questions
That Smell
Punch, Fight, F#*@
If the Shoe Fits
Goin Straight To Hell
Life's Been Good To Me So Far
Playing in a Travelin Band
Almost every rap song ever
 
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2 hit wonder said:
We're an American Band
Movin On
Down Payment Blues
Be My Lover
What's Your Name
Don't Ask Me No Questions
That Smell
Punch, Fight, F#*@
If the Shoe Fits
Goin Straight To Hell
Life's Been Good To Me So Far
Playing in a Travelin Band
Almost every rap song ever
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Not sure about That Smell, 2 hit.

Here's another from LS though,

Workin' For MCA

Shooting Star - Bad Company

Road Rats - Alice Cooper
 
think Tom Waits may have one have to think..
 
Tom came to mind but I couldn't come up with one. Lou Reed did too.
joedrum said:
Not sure about That Smell, 2 hit.
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Maybe.
The documentary illustrated that it was about members of the band, or that's the way I understood it.

Added: also a very fun song to play.
 
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Brandy - Looking Glass
On the Road Again/ Bloody Mary Morning - Willie Nelson
13 Days - JJ Cale
Low Spark of High Heeled Boys / Rock n Roll Stew- Traffic
Night Rider's Lament / LA Freeway - Jerry Jeff Walker
It's Over - Badfinger
Superstar - Carpenters
WS Walcott Medicine Show / The Shape I'm In/Daniel& Sacred Harp/ The Weight - The Band
Do it Again - Steely Dan
Against the Wind - Bob Seger
Barstool Blues - Neil Young
Caravan - Van Morrison
Ramblin Man - Alman Brothers
Coast to Coast Fever / Driving Wheel - David Wiffen
Rock n Roll Doctor - Little Feat
Sweet Virginia / Memory Motel - Rolling Stones
Stay with Me - Faces

etc etc etc

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Life...... Is bigger...... bigger than you...... and you are not me.......
 
call me Deacon Blues

"I cried when I wrote this song sue me if I play too long"
"I take one last drag before I approach the stand".
 
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A bit obscure but very poignant, "Just Another Town" by Flo & Eddie. Really more about being on tour.

 
Ozzy has several, though they are more about his experiences as a rockstar on the road than a general song about life on the road:

Flying High Again
Road to Nowhere
Mama, I'm Coming Home
I Don't Wanna Stop

And then much of his album "Ordinary Man" had autobiographical inspiration
Ordinary Man
Under the Graveyard
Today is the End
 
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