I’ve recently gotten into songs where the entire lyrics are the singer talking to someone. For example,
Sophie by The Altogether - https://youtu.be/k2KRDetyGhs
Dear McCracken by Bug Hunter - https://youtu.be/aWGolv2iqM0
Dance of the Dead by Iron Maiden - https://youtu.be/gG_JLYxbqpQ
Something Stupid - https://youtu.be/0f48fpoSEPU
GMF by John Grant - https://youtu.be/ekFWPsXXcg0
Angel of the Morning - https://youtu.be/K7Qfqle_2Bs
Mariner’s Revenge Song by The Decemberists - https://youtu.be/iPAr7kL-mmg
Jolene by Dolly Parton - https://youtu.be/Ixrje2rXLMA
Genre is no bar - I just want the song to feel like a conversation.
Please help me scratch this itch. I know it sounds a bit vague, especially when there’s a lot of songs that have some “talking” parts sprinkled in them, but that’s not what I want.
If anyone could tell me what genre of music this is, I would appreciate it a lot. I guess a lot of ballads are similar to this style, but I’m not very sure
Edit: Thanks a lot everyone for your suggestions. I’m gonna take my time listening to each of these :)
The video starts off NSFW. Pillow Talking by Lil Dicky featuring Brain
It’s a post-sex conversation between two people who presumably met on a hookup app.
That song is hilarious. “Dont call brain names. The brain couldn’t recall.”
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Arlo Parks - Caroline
It’s more so the singer narrating a conversation from the third person, but it’s a delightful track.
Hi Ren by Ren
Wow, the song was an experience. Chills.
Thank you!
I had to scroll too far to find this. I was going to suggest it if nobody else had. Thanks!
Interesting idea :) Gonna have to think about this one.
Not sure this song qualifies, but it does feel like he’s expressing his frustrations to someone.
Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men is, lyrically, a conversation between two people.
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - George Thorogood is like a dude telling a story, with a bit of song in between the story.
Same with Alice’s Restaurant Massacree by Arlo Guthrie, but a funnier and longer story.
I know a lot of love songs that sound like they are someone talking to a person, which is what I thought of seeing Jolene in your list. I don’t think what you’re after is a specific genre though, and given the examples I could probably just list every single song I have favorited on Spotify that isn’t purely instrumental.
I loved your suggestions, thanks a lot
Little Talks was cute, it reminds me of Anyone Else But You by The Moldy Peaches but with more energy
George Thorogood’s song is not the kind of music I usually listen to, but damn is he engaging and jivey
I think Alice’s Restaurant is my fav from your suggestions, but lol it’s almost an audiobook with it’s length
Love songs seem to be the most common in this style - I also have a large number of such songs in my library. I prolly should’ve asked for non-love songs specifically tbh, but the current suggestions are pretty great so can’t complain.
Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat
That was a great song, damn. Thanks a lot. It’s so simple yet deep. It’s gonna stick around in my head for a while
This was also the first song I thought of
Emo?
Bohemian Like You - The Dandy Warhols https://youtu.be/ZJLDjYRfx3g
A dude trying to chat up someone he likes
Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
This one’s fairly new but I really like it.
https://song.link/i/1683111979
Coffee Conversations by FUTURISTIC & Oswin Benjamin
A lot of Bruce Springsteen’s songs are like that, but I’ll recommend one in particular that hits your mark:
Brilliant Disguise. https://open.spotify.com/track/0nqbZ17t9v52SCemAm1QP0
“Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye
"O.G. Original Gamer"by MC Lars
“I’ll Form the Head” by MC Frontalot
(Actually a lot of MC Frontalot consists of him arguing with other people.)
Parody that aged well for all the wrong reasons.
Wow I’m so surprised someone beat me to MC Lars and Frontalot haha. Glad to see another Nerdcore enjoyer in the wild.
Yeah and somehow I forgot to mention all the other MC Lars stuff… MC Lars and K Flay, MC Lars and Mega Ran, etc. Basically all conversational. That’s kind of an MC Lars thing.
