Great Moments in Spoken Word Pop Music
Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah
(popularized with a bit more melody by Jeff Buckley)
Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin
(skip to about minute 6 for instant awesome)
Pulp - F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.
(sexy time - kind of wish there was a video, but it would certainly be NSFW)
Electric Six - Broken Machine
(This is what I get for surrounding myself with technology.)
Dick Valentine is king of the spoken work interlude, but "Broken Machine" is the apex of his prowess.
The White Stripes - The Union Forever
Weird Al - Albuquerque
(I think this is really funny.)
Leonard Nemoy - Ballad of Bilbo Baggins
(I guess he kind of sings? - R.I.P. Spock)
William Shatner - Everything
(His entire life is a spoken word pop song.)
(More Pulp!)
Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John
(I prefer this ridiculous political ad as featured on the Daily Show.)
C.W. McCall - Convoy
(What's funnier, the original or The Simpsons?)
Lou Reed - Take a Walk on the Wild Side
Saul Williams - List of Demands
(Sure, I could list about any rap song, but I've gone way of the rails by now. And there is a legit spoken interlude.)
Das Racist - Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell
(Really, the zenith of what the genre is capable of.)
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