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Historical Biography Song
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This is a song that recounts events in the life of a named historical individual. This isn't exactly an Educational Song as such, in the sense that it's not done with the main purpose of inculcating children or others with facts, so it isn't by an act that mostly does educational music. Instead, this is where an act that performs songs about a variety of themes decides to dip into biography as the subject of one particular song. The person may be a Badass, a villain, or neither; sometimes the song is to memorialize an important or tragic event that happened to them, for activist purposes; often, the songwriter just thinks the person's life makes for a good story and an interesting song. Accordingly, the accuracy can range from Shown Their Work to Artistic License – History to Very Loosely Based on a True Story. Note, though, that the song must actually make some attempt to recount their life. A song that merely refers to a historical person—e.g. a song named after a historical warlord where the name of the warlord is simply being used as a metaphor for jealousy—doesn't count. Usually has a Character Title. Subtrope (of sorts) of One-Man Song or One-Woman Song, as the case may be. May overlap with Horrible History Metal and Murder Ballad. |
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"James K. Polk" is a much more encyclopedic and factual rendition of the political emergence, policies, and deeds of the 11th president. | |
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"Meet James Ensor" is a poetic (and quite vague) retelling of the passage through fame and obscurity of the Belgian artist of that name. | |
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Left at London's "The Ballad Of Marion Zioncheck," about a leftist Washington senator from the 1930s who was institutionalized for mental health problems, then committed suicide shortly after he was released. The song calls into question how the perception of mental illness has evolved overtime. | |
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“Tesla� lists several of the notable inventions of Nikola Tesla, along with a brief sketch of his life and death. | |
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Boney M.: "Rasputin" somehow mythologizes the life of an infamous Russian mystic into a legendary disco banger. Amazingly, they did it again: "Ma Baker" [sic] is loosely based on the life of (alleged) crime matriarch Kate "Ma" Barker. |
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Sabaton: Carolus Rex is about the lives of Swedish rulers Gustavus Adolphus and Charles XII (the eponymous Carolus Rex). It primarily focuses on Charles' absolutism, participation in The Great Northern War, and his death on campaign. Heroes is full of biographical songs, including Audie Murphy ("To Hell and Back"), Witold Pilecki ("Inmate 4859"), Bull Allen ("The Ballad of Bull"), Lauri Törni ("Soldier of Three Armies"), and Karel Janoušek ("Far from the Fame"). The Great War has numerous songs dedicated to prominent soldiers of World War One and the roles they played during the war, including T. E. Lawrence ("Seven Pillars of Wisdom"), Alvin York ("82nd All the Way"), Red Baron Manfred von Richtofen ("The Red Baron"), and Francis Pegahmagabow ("A Ghost in the Trenches"). The War to End All Wars has more songs about World War One figures, including Franz Ferdinand of Austria ("Sarajevo"), Adrian Carton de Wiart ("The Unkillable Soldier"), Albert I of Belgium ("Race to the Sea"), and Milunka Savić ("Lady of the Dark"). "White Death" (on Coat of Arms) is about Simo Häyhä, the deadliest sniper in recorded military history, who killed over 500 Soviet soldiers during the Winter War. "The White Death" was the nickname given to him by the Soviet forces. |
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Dylan also recorded "Hurricane" about the racially motivated conviction of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. | |
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"Stagger Lee" is an American folk song very loosely based on the life of "Stag" Lee Sheldon, infamous for shooting William "Billy" Lyons to death in 1895. Depending on the Artist, how the murder is portrayed can be subject to any amount of Alternate Character Interpretation. | |
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Johnny Horton: a number of his songs on historical themes were biographical, including: "Jim Bridger," about the 19th-century mountain man and explorer; "Comanche," about the only U.S. Army survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn (who happened to be a horse). |
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Averted in "The Mesopotamians": although it's sung from the point of view of the historical figures Sargon, Hammurabi, and Ashurbanipal (as well as Gilgamesh, who may or may not be mythical), the song has nothing to do with their real biographies. | |
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