[Old School Hound]

Here's some of my favorites. I'll let you guys name the songs.


** This song tells the story of a young boy who grows up to be a rock star but succumbs to rock and roll excess and dies of  a drug overdose.  It was a warning about the pitfalls of being in the rock world and about the casualties of the music business; people like Hendrix and Joplin, as well as others who didn't make it.


** This song was inspired by the death of Beach Boy Carl Wilson's Irish Setter. The song tells the emotional story of a family trying to cope with the death of a beloved family member(pet). On a deeper level, the song is about family and loss.


** As a young soldier heads off to war, his sweetheart tells him not to be a hero , that she'd rather him stay alive. He dies doing exactly what she told him not to do.


** The son of a police officer recalls a shootout between Chicago police and gangsters tied to Al Capone.


** A young man who is left at the alter contemplates jumping off a tower and ending it all , questions the existence of God, and recalls the death of his father and mother. This song always made me cry as a child and still makes me sad to this day. 


** A paralyzed veteran who loves his wife begs her not to go out looking for a date.


** A man's younger sister kills his adulterous wife and wife's lover. Her brother takes the fall and is punished for her crimes. 


** When a widowed woman is criticized by a local school board for wearing her skirts too short, she points out their hypocrisy.