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Songs that are actually snippets of mundane conversation

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Glenn Frey - "The Heat Is On"

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 17:25 (eighteen years ago)

r. kelly "real talk"

― cutty, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 17:26 (eighteen years ago)

Talking Heads - "Don't Worry About the Government"

― o. nate, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 17:33 (eighteen years ago)

They Might Be Giants - "Man It's So Loud In Here"

― ledge, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 17:48 (eighteen years ago)

Talking Heads "Found a Job"

― I know, right?, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 17:49 (eighteen years ago)

Steve Reich - "Come Out"

― contenderizer, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 17:50 (eighteen years ago)

Laurie Anderson, "Telephone Song"

― dad a, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 17:50 (eighteen years ago)

Peter Gabriel - "I Don't Remember"
Elvis Costello - "Accidents Will Happen"

― ledge, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 17:58 (eighteen years ago)

Sonic Youth, 'Providence'

― poortheatre, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 18:53 (eighteen years ago)

"The Babbitt and the Bromide"

― dad a, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 19:45 (eighteen years ago)

Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing"

― o. nate, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 19:47 (eighteen years ago)

Blur - End of a Century

― Finefinemusic, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 19:51 (eighteen years ago)

Actual recording of a conversation as background/lyrics:
Michael Gira - You See Through Me (from Drainland) (him and Jarboe having a painful & real talk about his drinking)

― StanM, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 19:53 (eighteen years ago)

They Might Be Giants - that unnamed one with the loony woman on the answerphone

― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 13 August 2008 01:25 (eighteen years ago)

"John Somebody" by Scott Johnson:

"You know who's in New York?
You remember that guy... J-John somebody?
He was a-- he was sort of a--"

― dlp9001, Wednesday, 13 August 2008 01:41 (eighteen years ago)

Flipper, "Brainwash"

― dad a, Wednesday, 13 August 2008 03:02 (eighteen years ago)

Dylan - "Clothes Line"

― the higgs, Wednesday, 13 August 2008 05:16 (eighteen years ago)

"John Somebody" by Scott Johnson - the perfect answer?

― CaptainLorax, Wednesday, 13 August 2008 06:19 (eighteen years ago)

Lou Reed to thread

― S-, Wednesday, 13 August 2008 06:23 (eighteen years ago)

Throbbing Gristle, What a Day

― Tom D., Wednesday, 13 August 2008 08:44 (eighteen years ago)


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