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I forgot about JIM STEINMAN...HOW COULD I? Almost everything he writes is a Rock Opera / story. NOTE: the links below are usually edited versions of Jim's songs... you have to be careful with that because Jim's songs are densely packed and you can change the meaning of his song with a couple edits... "I would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" is a good example... it is not included below). Most of his songs are pure drama/thrillers/tragedies put to music... most will give you a wry smile.

Meat Loaf, "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" (from Bat Out of Hell). Total Story song about your first time... and consequences.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0ns8t9iQck

"Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are" (from Bat out of Hell II: Back Into Hell)... Pieces of a story, more then a story song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37GrbCUvZEM (edited version)

"More Than You Deserve" (From Dead Ringer)... just listen. Wink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js0Ot7T5sOo

Pandora's Box, "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (from Original Sin and, yes, this is the one Céline Dion re-did later on her album Falling into You)
Pandora http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_cnPVAkGA8
Dion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMHGgnlXfSA

Jim usually has spoken word "story" segments too that he puts on the albums he produces (with sound effects and music sometimes)... Notable ones:

"The Want Ad" (Ellen Foley performs this on the Pandora's Box album Original Sin)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAUWIXOy1LQ

"Wasted Youth" (AKA "Love and Death and an American Guitar") (Originally on Jim's own album Bad For Good, but the Meat Loaf version is better in my opinion on Meat's album Bat out of Hell II: Back Into Hell). A Horror homage if I have ever heard one... if you have never heard it LISTEN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L035HzJJm3E

"I've Been Dreaming Up a Storm Lately" (AKA "Mirrors") (Performed by Jim Steinman also on the Pandora's Box album Original Sin)...This RARE one is a total HORROR story and a must listen to by Genre fans... this track is actually the lead up to It's All Coming Back to Me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP5Omt1Xer4