Dead Flag Blues. By Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
Dispatch - the general
Watsky, et al - Exquisite Corpse
For best results this should be cheesy B-movie as hell, the song really leans into it I think
Each verse could be a chapter in a anthology movie, written and directed by different people
That’s essentially how they wrote the song, so yeah! I can see it. I’d watch this.
Mmm… Cheesey…
Die Fantastischen Vier - Krieger could make an interesting piece or art piece.
It’s German, here’s the first lyrics translation weblink I found
Tool-Lost keys/Rosetta stoned. Maybe the stoner really did see something out in the desert.
Several rush songs. 2112, Hemispheres, cygnus x-1
I always imagine All Along the Watchtower as a 1980’s fantasy movie along the lines of Red Sonya or The Beastmaster.
The Mariner’s Revenge by The Decemberists
That’s a good one
King for a 1000 years, Helloween
Rhapsody, the band all of their songs progressively tell an epic story that I would love to see in movie form.
Alternatively Nightfall in Middle-Earth from Blind Guardian, love the Silmarillion would love to see a movie about it.
Tarkus. Giant monsters battling is always fun.
American Pie - Don McLean
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
different genre but related is “the mariner’s revenge song”
That damned albatross!
Pinball wizard
My time to shine.
Boy have I got news for you!
I wouldn’t mind seeing what they could do with “East River Revolution” by District 7
