Something fun: Reduce a song's subject down to a newspaper headline

[memorex]

Motorcycle bum travels late at night.

Allman Bros.: Midnight Rider

 

[tery]

Vandal on the loose with black paint.

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

Restauranteur Alice Brock serves anything you like, becomes unlikely fulcrum of peace movement

In related news two "hippies" seen frequenting her restaurant were jailed for illegal dumping.

 

[d barham]

Bismarck Sunk.

 

[Fiesta Red]

Texas Detective Searches for Couple Accused in Crime Spree Inspired By Boredom

Take The Money And Run by Steve Miller

 

[TomBrokaw]

Bismarck Sunk.

Is that a Sabaton reference?

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

Satan Gives 1st Interview! Introduces Self, and Takes Credit For All His Past Actions. Brags of Wealth and Taste.

 

[Chiogtr4x]

( two songs)

Two musical artists feud over the state of a State

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

Talented Multi-instrumentalist Reminds Listers That His Father Was Famous

A large portion of Hank Williams Junior’s discography

The Williams family musical tree is like a story with an awesome beginning and ending, but there's a caveat. It's also one where the middle has its couple moments, but by and large is cliché filler easily worth skipping over.

 

[GotA24Fretter]

Local man drinks alone, with nobody else, and prefers to be by himself.

 

[TomBrokaw]

Cost of living forces man to leave luxury automobile, boat unused; shoes requiring repair; rent unpaid.

Spoiler

AC/DC, Down Payment Blues

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

Man Overcomes Arachnophobia, No Longer Feels "Creepy, Crawly." Says He Just "Picked Up a Good Book."

Spoiler

 

[stxrus]

The youth of London are taking up tabloid delivery.

 

[TomBrokaw]

Man claims to have communicated with clairvoyant aliens after visiting northern India.

Spoiler

Led Zeppelin, Kashmir

 

[bumnote]

"Surfer" writes the most honest opening line ever in a love song and gets away with it.

Spoiler

 

[BelairPlayer]

Under tutelage of lovelorn arboreal educator, Salix babylonica has learned to express sadness.

 

[telleutelleme]

Dislodged Boulder used to describe a Karen.

 

[edvard]

Wildfire?

Yes! Get this man a cigar!

 

[d barham]

Is that a Sabaton reference?

Oh that my tastes were that exotic. No, I’m referring to the 1960 Johnny Horton song ‘Sink the Bismark’.

 

[JonnyDee]

The Date Five Hundred Years Hence