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Subject: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: whistledog on 03/28/07 at 9:54 pm
I am curious what songs out there where a majority (if not all) of it is someone talking over the music.
Any more? --
♦ Up Your Nose - Gabe Kaplan (1977)
♦ King Tut - Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons (1977)
♦ Merry Christmas in the NFL - Willis "The Guard" Vigorish (1980)
♦ Rappin' Rodney - Rodney Dangerfield (1983)
♦ Madame Butterfly - Malcolm McLaren (1984)
♦ You Look Mahvelous - Billy Crystal (1985)
♦ Didn't You Kill My Brother? - Alexei Sayle (1986)
♦ Paranoimia - Art of Noise featuring Max Headroom (1986)
♦ Land of A Thousand Dances - The Wrestlers (1986)
♦ Somewhere Down the Crazy River - Robbie Robertson (1987)
♦ This is Ponderous - 2nu (1991)
♦ People Are Still Having Sex - LaTour (1991)
♦ Everybody's Free (to Wear Sunscreen) - Baz Luhrmann (1999)
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: nally on 03/28/07 at 10:00 pm
♦ Everybody's Free (to Wear Sunscreen) - Baz Luhrmann (1999)
Doesn't he "talk over the music" for the entire five minutes on that one?
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: whistledog on 03/28/07 at 10:01 pm
Doesn't he "talk over the music" for the entire five minutes on that one?
He does yes, which was the same deal as "This is Ponderous" by 2nu (which hit #45 in the US). Zero singing at all. They were kind of neat in a way
Here is the video for 'This is Ponderous'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0xWLahk86I
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: nally on 03/28/07 at 10:04 pm
All it is, is talking.
That's exactly what I thought. It's a full five-minute speech, with a musical backing.
And by the way, it's the only one out of the above list that I know well.
He does yes, which was the same deal as "This is Ponderous" by 2nu (which hit #45 in the US). Zero singing at all. They were kind of neat in a way
Agreed. O0
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: whistledog on 03/28/07 at 10:10 pm
Here's videos from YouTube that I could find of some of them ...
Rappin' Rodney - Rodney Dangerfield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSoykHwQBe0
Madame Butterfly - Malcolm McLaren
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqS4s9mM6_Y
Somewhere Down the Crazy River - Robbie Robertson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVAwIJE-_84
People Are Still Having Sex - LaTour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84NkR_fnZQg
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: Midas on 03/29/07 at 1:07 am
"19" - Paul Hardcastle
"Wet Dream" - Kip Adotta
"Hey Rocky!" - Boris Badenough (Frankie Knuckles)
"AEIOU (Sometimes Y)" - EBN-OZN
"Welcome To Paradise" - Front 242
"Okay!" - O.K.
"New York" - Micro Chip League
"American-Soviets" (Cameron Paul Remix) - C.C.C.P.
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: Windbreaker05 on 03/30/07 at 10:25 am
"Why Is It (Funk Dat)" by Sagat
I'll put more here if I think of any, but this is the only that jumps to mind
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: Dominic L. on 03/30/07 at 7:08 pm
Almost every single song made in the past 40-50 years feature voice overs.
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: Windbreaker05 on 03/31/07 at 1:58 am
Would Talking Heads' "Once in a Lifetime" qualify?
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: nally on 03/31/07 at 2:00 am
Would Talking Heads' "Once in a Lifetime" qualify?
I was wondering about that too, since the 'verses' are spoken on that one.
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: whistledog on 03/31/07 at 2:15 am
Would Talking Heads' "Once in a Lifetime" qualify?
It sure would :)
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: agrimorfee on 04/20/07 at 10:33 am
"Albuquerque"--Weird Al Yankovic
"Martian Boogie"--Brownsville Station
"Justify My Love"--Madonna
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: karen on 04/20/07 at 11:04 am
19 - Rory Bremner
One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head (on hearing this for the first time my dad said "Is that all he does - talks?"
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: Paul on 04/20/07 at 4:33 pm
Victor Lundberg's 'An Open Letter To My Teenage Son' is an...er, 'interesting' one...
In it, the old feller gets to grips with young people with long hair, judging people by their colour, glue-sniffing, dope addicts, debating whether God is dead and burning draft cards...phew!
On the opposite end of the scale, there's Mike Douglas with 'The Men In My Little Girl's Life'...so cloyingly twee, it could give you toothache just listening to it!
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: loki 13 on 04/20/07 at 6:32 pm
Where Have All The Cowboys Gone....Paula Cole
Black Widow....Alice Cooper
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: agrimorfee on 04/24/07 at 8:51 am
oooH!
How could we forget "Desiderata"--Les Crane (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiv2dgctyIc) ...
& "Deteriorata"--National Lampoon http://zine.nationallampoon.com/index.php?option=com_jambozine&layout=article&view=page&aid=28&Itemid=32 :D ;D
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: agrimorfee on 04/24/07 at 9:04 am
♦ People Are Still Having Sex - LaTour (1991)
Dementia Fun Fact: LaTour is also known as Bud LaTour, and with his friend Mike Elliot, recorded a number of hilarious song parodies that were aired on Dr. Demento throughout the '80s, including (appropos to this thread) a very popular parody of "Rock Me Amadeus" called "Rock Me Jerry Lewis" !! :o
Now you know...the Rest of the Story! 8)
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: nally on 05/21/07 at 12:27 pm
Not mentioned yet... "She Blinded Me With Science" by Thomas Dolby.
"She blinded me...with science!" (about 4 times altogether)
"Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto. You're beautiful!"
"And I don't believe it...there she goes again! She's tidied up, and I can't find anything!"
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: whistledog on 05/21/07 at 12:56 pm
another one is "The Look of Love" by ABC. The part where Martin Fry talks to himself ...
And though my friends just might ask me
They say "martin maybe one day you’ll find true love"
I say "maybe, there must be a solution
To the one thing, the one thing, we can’t find"
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: RTynanDDS on 05/21/07 at 1:14 pm
Black Widow....Alice Cooper
First song that came to my mind. Vincent Price.
"The Pot Smoker's Song" - Neil Diamond. It contains some wonderful interviews with weed dabblers gone wrong.
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: agrimorfee on 05/21/07 at 2:16 pm
(Thanks for bumping this thread up, I couldn't find it again!)
It's about time we mention Ray Stevens, the long-time novelty country artist...some of his biggest hits are "story" songs, with Stevens non-rythmically blabbing instead of actually singing verses.
"The Haircut Song"
"The Streak"
"Ahab The Arab"
(Note: I don't count ones where he "raps" the lyrics)
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: nally on 05/21/07 at 4:16 pm
another one is "The Look of Love" by ABC. The part where Martin Fry talks to himself ...
And though my friends just might ask me
They say "martin maybe one day you'll find true love"
I say "maybe, there must be a solution
To the one thing, the one thing, we can't find"
Oh yes...I forgot about that one. "Poison Arrow", another one of that band's songs, also has one:
I thought you loved me but it seems you don't care.
Lady: I care, I do, I could never love ya
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: RTynanDDS on 05/21/07 at 6:37 pm
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" - Elvis
...Someone once said, "All the world's a stage and each of us must play a part ..."
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: agrimorfee on 05/22/07 at 2:03 pm
Primus---> "Tommy The Cat", "Memphisto & Kevin".
Nearly all the songs by King Missile fall into this category...
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: RTynanDDS on 05/23/07 at 12:32 pm
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" - George Jones
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: agrimorfee on 05/23/07 at 5:08 pm
Entire albums:
Thing Fish, Frank Zappa
Rehearsing My Choir, Fiery Furnaces.
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: nally on 02/26/10 at 12:09 am
^also by Frank Zappa..."Valley Girl"! His daughter, Moon-Unit, talks all over the place! Like ohmigod...like, totally! :D
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: Bobby on 02/26/10 at 7:24 pm
Thriller - Michael Jackson (feat. the late Vincent Price)
I would like to add 'O Superman' by Laurie Anderson but I don't think it fits into the Baz Lurhmann mode.
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: Fairee07 on 02/26/10 at 9:52 pm
When a Child Is Born---Boney M
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: Midas on 02/27/10 at 8:32 am
"The Rain" - Oran "Juice" Jones (at the end)
"Meeting In The Ladies Room" - Klymaxx
"One Step Beyond" - Madness
"Girls, Girls, Girls" - Mötley Crüe (towards the end)
"Hot For Teacher" - Van Halen
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: yelimsexa on 02/28/10 at 7:35 pm
Convoy- C.W. McCall (A CB Radio)
Starship- We Built This City (That San Francisco radio DJ)
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: nally on 02/28/10 at 8:35 pm
Starship- We Built This City (That San Francisco radio DJ)
Oh yes, I forgot about that one. :) What I don't like, however, is that some stations play a version with that part edited out, so there's just an instrumental break there. :(
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: Midas on 03/01/10 at 9:37 am
Oh yes, I forgot about that one. :) What I don't like, however, is that some stations play a version with that part edited out, so there's just an instrumental break there. :(
Several radio stations across the U.S. were given versions that had a voiceover about their city.
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: Fairee07 on 03/02/10 at 9:39 pm
Several radio stations across the U.S. were given versions that had a voiceover about their city.
Argh, that would be annoying!
I remember back in the '90s voice overs were popular when it came to movie soundtracks---they would put clips from the films into the songs.
ie. Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On", they would put in some Titanic moments. Same with Bruce Springsteen's "Secret Garden" with Jerry Maguire.
Thankfully they don't seem to do that anymore. It was very annoying!
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: nally on 03/02/10 at 10:31 pm
I remember back in the '90s voice overs were popular when it came to movie soundtracks---they would put clips from the films into the songs.
ie. Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On", they would put in some Titanic moments. Same with Bruce Springsteen's "Secret Garden" with Jerry Maguire.
I remember both of those.
Thankfully they don't seem to do that anymore. It was very annoying!
Yeah, for the most part it can be.
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 03/04/10 at 11:28 pm
Thriller - Michael Jackson (feat. the late Vincent Price)
I would like to add 'O Superman' by Laurie Anderson but I don't think it fits into the Baz Lurhmann mode.
That is what became the familiar Laurie intonation!
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/13/icon_thumleft.gif
You guys forgot about the King!
Elvis Presley: Are You Lonesome Tonight (Handman/Turk)
I wonder if you're lonesome tonight...
You know someone said that the worlds a stage
And each must play a part.
Fate had me playing in love you as my sweet heart.
Act one was when we met, I loved you at first glance
You read your line so cleverly and never missed a cue
Then came act two, you seemed to change and you acted strange
And why I'll never know.
Honey, you lied when you said you loved me
And I had no cause to doubt you.
But I'd rather go on hearing your lies
Than go on living without you.
Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there
With emptiness all around
And if you wont come back to me
Then make them bring the curtain down.
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: nally on 03/08/15 at 10:54 pm
"Smokin' In The Boys Room"... both the original version by Brownsville Station and the cover version by Motley Crue have a spoken part at the beginning.
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: CatwomanofV on 03/11/15 at 1:14 pm
-Paradise By The Dashboard Light-Meatloaf. You hear Phil Rizzuto calling a baseball game. "Holy Cow, stolen base."
-I Lost On Jeopardy-Weird Al. You hear Don Pardo, "That's right, Al. You LOST..."
-Superstars-Styx. "Step right this way...everyone is welcome."
-No Anchovies, Please-J. Giles.
-Stranded in Iowa-Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
-Revolution Number 9-The Beatles.
-A lot of songs from The Wall-Pink Floyd.
I'm sure there are more but that is all I can think of right now.
Cat
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 03/13/15 at 12:45 pm
Michael Jackson Thriller
Darkness falls across the land
midnight hour close at hand
creatures crawl in search of blood
to terrorize your neighbourhood
And to whoever shall be found
without their souls or getting down
must stand and face the hounds of hell
and rot inside a corpse's shell.
The foulest stench is in the air
the funk of 40,000 years
and grisly ghouls from every tomb
are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
your body starts to shiver
for no mere mortal can resist
the evil of the THRILLER!!!
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: ArcticFox on 03/13/15 at 1:00 pm
Letitgo - Prince (1994)
It Way a Good Day - Ice Cube (1993)
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: karen on 03/13/15 at 2:08 pm
I remember back in the '90s voice overs were popular when it came to movie soundtracks---they would put clips from the films into the songs.
ie. Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On", they would put in some Titanic moments. Same with Bruce Springsteen's "Secret Garden" with Jerry Maguire.
Earlier than that was the Queen song Flash (for the film Flash Gordon)
what do you mean Flash Gordon approaching?
Flash, Flash, I love you but we only have 24 hours to save the earth
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: Howard on 03/13/15 at 3:58 pm
Michael Jackson Thriller
Darkness falls across the land
midnight hour close at hand
creatures crawl in search of blood
to terrorize your neighbourhood
And to whoever shall be found
without their souls or getting down
must stand and face the hounds of hell
and rot inside a corpse's shell.
The foulest stench is in the air
the funk of 40,000 years
and grisly ghouls from every tomb
are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
your body starts to shiver
for no mere mortal can resist
the evil of the THRILLER!!!
Vincent Price. ↑
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: ArcticFox on 03/13/15 at 4:42 pm
Promiscuous - Nelly Furtado (2006)
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 03/13/15 at 6:42 pm
Vincent Price. ↑
Yes!
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: nally on 03/13/15 at 11:53 pm
Michael Jackson Thriller
Darkness falls across the land
midnight hour close at hand
creatures crawl in search of blood
to terrorize your neighbourhood
And to whoever shall be found
without their souls or getting down
must stand and face the hounds of hell
and rot inside a corpse's shell.
The foulest stench is in the air
the funk of 40,000 years
and grisly ghouls from every tomb
are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
your body starts to shiver
for no mere mortal can resist
the evil of the THRILLER!!!
Vincent Price. ↑
Yes!
Aha! :) I kept forgetting who it was that did that.
And during that speech you can hear Michael in the background a few times.
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: nally on 03/13/15 at 11:54 pm
Also... "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince (at the beginning).
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 03/14/15 at 12:04 am
Also... "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince (at the beginning).
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate this thing called LIFE!!!
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: nally on 03/14/15 at 12:07 am
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate this thing called LIFE!!!
Electric word 'life', it means forever, and that's a mighty long time, but I'm here to tell ya, there's something else:
The after world.
A world of never ending happiness, you can always see the sun
Day...or night.
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/14/15 at 4:11 am
"The Deck of Cards" is a recitation that was popularized in both the country and popular music fields, first during the late 1940s. This religious tale of a young American soldier arrested and charged with playing cards during a church service first became a hit in the U.S. in 1948 by country musician T. Texas Tyler.
Though Tyler wrote the spoken-word piece, the earliest known reference is to be found in an account/common-place book belonging to Mary Bacon, a British farmer's wife, dated 20 April 1762. The story of the soldier can be found in full in Mary Bacon's World. A farmer's wife in eighteenth-century Hampshire, published by Threshold Press (2010). The folk story was later recorded in a piece of 19th century British literature called "The Soldier's Almanack, Bible And Prayer Book"
The highest-charting version was recorded in 1959 by future game show host Wink Martindale, and was performed on The Ed Sullivan Show. Martindale's rendition (titled "Deck of Cards") went to No. 7 on the Billboard charts and number 11 on the country charts in 1959, attained multi-platinum recognition, and reached No. 1 on many worldwide music charts. A later cover by Bill Anderson made number 60 on the country charts in 1991. The song was also a UK No. 13 hit in October 1973 for the entertainer Max Bygraves.
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Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: karen on 03/28/15 at 5:59 am
"I know, because I was that soldier"
Or something like that
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/15 at 6:01 am
"The Deck of Cards" is a recitation that was popularized in both the country and popular music fields, first during the late 1940s. This religious tale of a young American soldier arrested and charged with playing cards during a church service first became a hit in the U.S. in 1948 by country musician T. Texas Tyler.
Though Tyler wrote the spoken-word piece, the earliest known reference is to be found in an account/common-place book belonging to Mary Bacon, a British farmer's wife, dated 20 April 1762. The story of the soldier can be found in full in Mary Bacon's World. A farmer's wife in eighteenth-century Hampshire, published by Threshold Press (2010). The folk story was later recorded in a piece of 19th century British literature called "The Soldier's Almanack, Bible And Prayer Book"
The highest-charting version was recorded in 1959 by future game show host Wink Martindale, and was performed on The Ed Sullivan Show. Martindale's rendition (titled "Deck of Cards") went to No. 7 on the Billboard charts and number 11 on the country charts in 1959, attained multi-platinum recognition, and reached No. 1 on many worldwide music charts. A later cover by Bill Anderson made number 60 on the country charts in 1991. The song was also a UK No. 13 hit in October 1973 for the entertainer Max Bygraves.
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"I know, because I was that soldier"
Or something like that
That's the one.
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: nally on 03/28/15 at 12:47 pm
Boyz II Men, "On Bended Knee", around the middle of the song. The speech is an apology and a plea by the protagonist for his ex-lover to return to him.
Baby, I'm sorry. Please forgive me for all the wrong I have done.
Please come back home girl. I know you put all of your trust in me.
I'm sorry I let you down...Please forgive me.
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 03/28/15 at 9:21 pm
https://youtu.be/owtu67Cuc98
owtu67Cuc98
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/15 at 8:04 am
That is what became the familiar Laurie intonation!
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/13/icon_thumleft.gif
You guys forgot about the King!
Elvis Presley: Are You Lonesome Tonight (Handman/Turk)
I wonder if you're lonesome tonight...
You know someone said that the worlds a stage
And each must play a part.
Fate had me playing in love you as my sweet heart.
Act one was when we met, I loved you at first glance
You read your line so cleverly and never missed a cue
Then came act two, you seemed to change and you acted strange
And why I'll never know.
Honey, you lied when you said you loved me
And I had no cause to doubt you.
But I'd rather go on hearing your lies
Than go on living without you.
Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there
With emptiness all around
And if you wont come back to me
Then make them bring the curtain down.
I have always liked the Elvis's laughing version.
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: Howard on 03/29/15 at 2:25 pm
https://youtu.be/owtu67Cuc98
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His voice in the video made the video iconic.
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: bookmistress4ever on 04/02/15 at 1:28 pm
I would say "West end girls" by Pet Shop Boys.
"Somebody's watching me" by Maxwell
More like a comedy routine then a song but...
You look marvelous by Billy Crystal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXydX9p_ZxA
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: bookmistress4ever on 04/02/15 at 1:46 pm
The Doors - The end. (the part about the killer.)
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: nally on 07/22/15 at 10:53 pm
The Van Halen songs "Panama", "Everybody Wants Some", and "Hot For Teacher" all feature segments consisting of spoken lines by then-lead vocalist David Lee Roth.
Subject: Re: Songs that feature voice overs
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 08/04/15 at 11:05 pm
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It Doesn't Really Matter by Platinum Blonde features a short VO by Mark's mother Maureen that came from a children's show that he used to watch as a child. :)
"Are you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin!!"