Songs with Simultaneous Speaking and Singing of the Same Lyrics

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Leonard Cohen - "Joan of Arc"
Golden Earring - "Twilight Zone"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvVqSDFjMho

no place running the schools (Eazy), Thursday, 18 November 2010 06:14 (fifteen years ago)

Minutemen cover of "Dr. Wu"

Unfrozen Caveman Board-Lawyer (WmC), Thursday, 18 November 2010 06:18 (fifteen years ago)

does "yellow submarine" count?

(ಠ▃ಠ)o ((cloud)) (crüt), Thursday, 18 November 2010 06:41 (fifteen years ago)

Animotion - "Obsession"

slugbuggy, Thursday, 18 November 2010 07:32 (fifteen years ago)

Gang of Four - "Anthrax"
Cocteau Twins - "Blind Dumb Deaf"

Sunn O))) Sundae Smile (Trayce), Thursday, 18 November 2010 07:37 (fifteen years ago)

iggy 'nightclubbing'

"shrimp" on the "barbie" (haitch), Thursday, 18 November 2010 07:55 (fifteen years ago)

Visage, "Fade to Grey"

ban this sick stunt (anagram), Thursday, 18 November 2010 08:36 (fifteen years ago)

save the babies!

dark side of the goon (The Reverend), Thursday, 18 November 2010 09:38 (fifteen years ago)

Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield

Sméagol-Eye Cherry (NickB), Thursday, 18 November 2010 09:41 (fifteen years ago)

every halo benders track sorta

jumpskins, Thursday, 18 November 2010 09:41 (fifteen years ago)

Gang of Four - "Anthrax"

Same lyrics?

Number None, Thursday, 18 November 2010 13:58 (fifteen years ago)

Nick Cave - "Black Hair"

like an ant to a crumb (DavidM), Thursday, 18 November 2010 14:06 (fifteen years ago)

The Modest Mouse/Califone cover of "South of Heaven" might fit in here.

kkvgz, Thursday, 18 November 2010 14:11 (fifteen years ago)

A lot of Ladytron.

superflyguy, Thursday, 18 November 2010 15:22 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSuxnF8dOPU

get the fuck out of my mouth (boxedjoy), Thursday, 18 November 2010 16:30 (fifteen years ago)

I'm guessing Tricky and Martina TB must have done this a lot?

Sméagol-Eye Cherry (NickB), Thursday, 18 November 2010 16:32 (fifteen years ago)

'Hell Is Round The Corner' for starters.

Sméagol-Eye Cherry (NickB), Thursday, 18 November 2010 16:36 (fifteen years ago)

as soon as i saw this thread title i was SO EXCITED to rush in and say animotion but of course it is already here

instead i will contribute lauryn hill - doo wop (that thing)

teledyldonix, Friday, 19 November 2010 01:39 (fifteen years ago)

PJ Harvey - "The Wind"

silence is a rhythm too (Turangalila), Friday, 19 November 2010 02:36 (fifteen years ago)

Patti Smith - Poppies

Fruitless and Pansy Free (Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt), Friday, 19 November 2010 02:51 (fifteen years ago)

Gang of Four - "Anthrax"

Same lyrics?

I wondered if I'd be pulled up on that :) It kind of... veers in and out? There's a couple of bits where it does line up, like "I said to myself".

I think!?

And this one time, on Bandcamp... (Trayce), Friday, 19 November 2010 03:14 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqgm7JDoGiE

buzza, Friday, 19 November 2010 03:42 (fifteen years ago)

Most of "Doolittle," obv.

Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 19 November 2010 03:46 (fifteen years ago)

St. Etienne - Nothing Can Stop Us

Grandpont Genie, Friday, 19 November 2010 12:48 (fifteen years ago)

David Bowie - 'Ashes to Ashes'

Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Friday, 19 November 2010 13:05 (fifteen years ago)

Laptop cover of 'Whole Wide World'

emil.y, Friday, 19 November 2010 13:55 (fifteen years ago)

Oh, finally got the one I was trying to recall:

"We are detective", during Alanah's verses.

Mark G, Friday, 19 November 2010 14:11 (fifteen years ago)

two years pass...

"version girl," sometimes

slugbuggy, Monday, 9 September 2013 07:01 (twelve years ago)

Ian Dury and the Blockheads- Mischief

and all his friends and family thought he was frickin cool as hell (bends), Monday, 9 September 2013 08:14 (twelve years ago)

sort of, i guess. maybe not.

and all his friends and family thought he was frickin cool as hell (bends), Monday, 9 September 2013 08:18 (twelve years ago)

Actually maybe Dance of The Crackpots closer to doing this.

and all his friends and family thought he was frickin cool as hell (bends), Monday, 9 September 2013 08:20 (twelve years ago)

Chelsea Monday by Marillion (the Lord's Prayer-y bit)

Ian Glasper's trapped in a scone (aldo), Monday, 9 September 2013 08:24 (twelve years ago)

On Peel session version of 'Genius' by Microdisney they sing the 'and the mother and daughters' bit (the middle eight?) that's spoken on the album version and I like to to sing the sung version over the top the album version if I'm alone when I'm listening to it.

and all his friends and family thought he was frickin cool as hell (bends), Monday, 9 September 2013 08:26 (twelve years ago)

won't win him any fans here but eh...the last couple Burzum records.

Siegbran, Monday, 9 September 2013 10:37 (twelve years ago)

No mention of "Riders on the Storm"??

EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 9 September 2013 12:28 (twelve years ago)

Is there talking on that?

Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Monday, 9 September 2013 12:41 (twelve years ago)

Well, whispering.

EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 9 September 2013 12:48 (twelve years ago)

But it's unpitched so I thought it was the same principle.

EveningStar (Sund4r), Monday, 9 September 2013 12:49 (twelve years ago)

Hmmmm, whenever i try to think of an example of this I can't get Leonard Cohen's "Joan of Arc" out of my head!

Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Monday, 9 September 2013 12:50 (twelve years ago)

bill callahan - "the wheel"

marcos, Monday, 9 September 2013 13:06 (twelve years ago)

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marcos, Monday, 9 September 2013 13:06 (twelve years ago)

bah, i never get the youtube embeds right

marcos, Monday, 9 September 2013 13:07 (twelve years ago)

Parliament, "Little Ole Country Boy"
Alice Cooper, "Billion Dollar Babies"

Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 9 September 2013 19:49 (twelve years ago)

I thought of one:

Harry Nilsson, "I Said Goodbye to Me"

Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 10:24 (twelve years ago)

The Cure - "Apart"

WHAT DOES SAMANTHA FOX SAY (DJP), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 11:58 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQjfaYEtDcA
Residents - "Birds In The Trees"

Paul, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 13:26 (twelve years ago)

How did I miss that one! I was listening to that only last week.

Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 13:27 (twelve years ago)

tangential topic: alternating lines sung/spoken or in this case whispered (spooky effect):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWfN9R3zyx8
Pearls Before Swine - "Translucent Carriages"
(pretty sure Dead Can Dance cop this move for one of their songs too)

Paul, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 13:31 (twelve years ago)

Pixies "I Bleed"

Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 18:07 (twelve years ago)

Sonic Youth - Kotton Krown

nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 11 September 2013 19:12 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL9Kh04JKu8

A. ‘Ecstasy’ Palmer (Assurance T. Rex), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 20:00 (twelve years ago)

The Stranglers - Midnight Summer Dream (towards the end)

Dog Man Star took a suck on a pill... (Turrican), Wednesday, 11 September 2013 20:36 (twelve years ago)


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