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#217648 - Mon Mar 15 2004 02:33 AM Songs, yet they talk, not sing
NalaMarie Mainstay Registered: Tue Jun 06 2000 Posts: 688 Loc: Missouri USA	Just looking for a list of songs that have music playing & a story is told throughout the song. For example, "Teddy Bear" Red Sovine, "Silent Night 911 (I Was There)". There's one I can't think of, I think it was a soldier's story or something to that effect, perhaps a religious one...? Thanks!
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#217649 - Mon Mar 15 2004 04:09 AM Re: Songs, yet they talk, not sing
Islingtonian Enthusiast Registered: Thu May 16 2002 Posts: 403 Loc: Er, Islington. London, UK	"Ernold Same" by Blur (featuring the voice of Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London).
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#217650 - Mon Mar 15 2004 07:04 AM Re: Songs, yet they talk, not sing
TabbyTom Moderator Registered: Wed Oct 17 2001 Posts: 8479 Loc: Hastings Sussex England UK	Quote: There's one I can't think of, I think it was a soldier's story or something to that effect, perhaps a religious one...? You may be thinking of "Deck of Cards" by Wink Martindale. The lyrics are easy to find on the web, but I can't find a playable audio file. The record came out in 1959, but the story is much older. My father told it to me when I was a kid: I think he learned it in World War One. _________________________ Dilige et quod vis fac
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#217651 - Mon Mar 15 2004 12:14 PM Re: Songs, yet they talk, not sing
NalaMarie Mainstay Registered: Tue Jun 06 2000 Posts: 688 Loc: Missouri USA	So far, so good! Thanks Islingtonian & Tabby!
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#217652 - Mon Mar 15 2004 12:38 PM Re: Songs, yet they talk, not sing
IndieQueen Forum Champion Registered: Tue Apr 17 2001 Posts: 7306 Loc: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA	How about Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen by Baz Lurman? _________________________ [color:"purple"] "One of the best features of Forums is that they allow people to parade their monumental stupidity, their hang-ups, their little prejudices in public." [/color]
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#217653 - Mon Mar 15 2004 05:12 PM Re: Songs, yet they talk, not sing
rogue Mainstay Registered: Sat Apr 05 2003 Posts: 664	My favorite spoken tune is "What's He Building" from Tom Waits off the Mule Variations cd. Very creepy song, just love it to death. "Late Lament" by the Moody Blues, the spoken ending to the full length version of "Knights In White Satin". Still makes me laugh when I hear the "breathe deep the gathering gloom..." verse. The Blue Hawaiians took the old surf instrumental classic, "Baja", and added in some fine spoken lyrics. More music than words, I suppose.
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#217654 - Tue Mar 16 2004 12:34 AM Re: Songs, yet they talk, not sing
NalaMarie Mainstay Registered: Tue Jun 06 2000 Posts: 688 Loc: Missouri USA	Ah, more to add to my collection! Thanks Indie & rogue!
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#217655 - Tue Mar 16 2004 02:58 AM Re: Songs, yet they talk, not sing
Bertho Mainstay Registered: Fri Oct 04 2002 Posts: 974 Loc: Queensland Australia	And let's not forget Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf', music by Tchaikovsky I think. Not your average 3.05 song, but it fills the criteria There's a very excellent narrative by David Bowie kicking around that shouldn’t be too hard to find.
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#217656 - Thu May 13 2004 01:39 PM Re: Songs, yet they talk, not sing
lorenzcurve Explorer Registered: Mon May 10 2004 Posts: 94	Love Detective by Arab Strap is one of them talking things - you can download it (legally!) here _________________________ Even a stopped clock shows the right time twice a day
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#217657 - Tue May 18 2004 11:17 AM Re: Songs, yet they talk, not sing
A Member Multiloquent Registered: Fri Nov 23 2001 Posts: 3082 Loc:	Hard day's night by Peter Sellars has to go on the list! _________________________
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#217658 - Tue May 18 2004 11:43 AM Re: Songs, yet they talk, not sing
monkeycouzin Multiloquent Registered: Fri Feb 22 2002 Posts: 3138 Loc: Wherever I lay my hat	"If" by Telly Savalas and Silent Night/7 o'clock News by Simon and Garfunkel are another two. _________________________ In the course of a lifetime, what does it matter?
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#217659 - Tue May 18 2004 07:24 PM Re: Songs, yet they talk, not sing
lorenzcurve Explorer Registered: Mon May 10 2004 Posts: 94	Could also add The Referees Alphabet by Half Man Half Biscuit and Your Most Valuable Possession by the Ben Folds Five (apparently an answerphone message Folds' father left on his machine set to music...) _________________________ Even a stopped clock shows the right time twice a day
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#217660 - Wed May 19 2004 10:23 AM Re: Songs, yet they talk, not sing
Linda1 Star Poster Registered: Thu Sep 30 1999 Posts: 11250 Loc: Munchkinland	How about this one (this'll be in your mind the rest of the day - bwaaahaaahaaa! ): Remember when you ran away And I got on my knees And begged you not to leave Because I'd go berserk? Well. . . You left me anyhow And then the days got worse and worse And now you see I've gone Completely out of my mind And. . . They're coming to take me away, HA HA They're coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA To the funny farm Where life is beautiful all the time And I'll be happy to see Those nice, young men In their clean, white coats And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa! You thought it was a joke And so you laughed You laughed when I had said That losing you would make me flip my lid Right. . . You know you laughed, I heard you laugh You laughed, you laughed and laughed And then you left But now you know I'm utterly mad! And. . . They're coming to take me away, HA HA They're coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA To the happy home With trees and flowers and chirping birds And basket weavers who sit and smile And twiddle their thumbs and toes And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa! I cooked your food I cleaned your house And this is how you pay me back For all my kind, unselfish loving deeds?!! Hah. . . Well you just wait They'll find you yet And when they do they'll Put you in the ASPCA, you mangy mutt! And. . . They're coming to take me away, HA HA They're coming to take me away, HO HO HEE HEE HA HA To the funny farm Where life is beautiful all the time And I'll be happy to see Those nice, young men In their clean, white coats And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa! To the happy home With trees and flowers and chirping birds And basket weavers who sit and smile And twiddle their thumbs and toes And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa! To the funny farm Where life is beautiful all the time And I'll be happy to see Those nice, young men In their clean, white coats And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa! _________________________ Cats know what we feel. They don't care, but they know.
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#217661 - Fri Jul 02 2004 08:04 PM Re: Songs, yet they talk, not sing
draculanut31 Mainstay Registered: Sat Jul 20 2002 Posts: 850 Loc: Waterford New Jersey USA	I LOVE that song!! _________________________ I am Dracula. I bid you welcome. -- Dracula 1931
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#217662 - Sat Jul 03 2004 08:28 AM Re: Songs, yet they talk, not sing
minkpenny Mainstay Registered: Fri Feb 28 2003 Posts: 931 Loc: Buenos Aires Argentina ...	Oh, another one can be "American Pie", by Don McLean. That's a very long song with quite a story. _________________________ "It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish." - J.R.R. Tolkien
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#217663 - Tue Aug 10 2004 08:04 AM Re: Songs, yet they talk, not sing
roku2 Learning the ropes... Registered: Mon Aug 09 2004 Posts: 4 Loc: veldin	My personnal favorite albequerky by weird Al.
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