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Alan Wilder's post-Depeche Mode band is called Recoil and most of the vocals are spoken word.

Checkout Unsound Methods....some of it is kinda creepy, but cool.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsound_Methods

http://www.amazon.com/Unsound-Methods-R ... B000002NJ7

stilwel wrote:Alan Wilder's post-Depeche Mode band is called Recoil and most of the vocals are spoken word.

Checkout Unsound Methods....some of it is kinda creepy, but cool.

http://www.amazon.com/Unsound-Methods-R" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... B000002NJ7

I really love the Barry Adamson remix ofControl Freak. KILLS the original one IMO.

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Merchant Ships- Sleep Patterns
There is a "sung" section to this admittedly, but it's predominantly spoken word.

Arab Strap- The First Big Weekend
Same deal, sung section towards the end, but predominately spoken word.

I'm amazed this hasn't been posted yet.

I'll just leave this here: Slint - Good Morning Captain

There's a Wild Nothing song that plays on the radio at work all the time that has a decent spoken word section.

I feel bad for not knowing the name, as my friend is friends with Jack and sent me the album quite a bit before it released. I never downloaded it. Oops.

How about the Shangri-Las?

Lord Buckley?

Harry Partch?

Ann Margret?

Foetus?

I quite liked this....
James Yorkston - Woozy with Cider

Apologies if it's already been posted. I just skimmed the thread.

INDIAN SUMMER- ANGRY SON

The Jesus Lizard - Good Thing

Mr Yow don't sing!!

How about Henry Rollins doing spoken word in Tool's "Bottom?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHh6rroM0O4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Crass - White Punks On Hope

Oi Polloi - Fuck Everybody Who Voted Tory

Zounds - Can't Cheat Karma

First two have spoken intros, and the Zounds song is half-spoken/half-sung.

Also, Louis Jordan - Beware
Richard Berry - Next Time
Throbbing Gristle - Very Friendly
William S. Burroughs & Kurt Cobain - The "Priest" They Called Him
Whitehouse - Cut Hands Has The Solution

I've been really enjoying the just out Chris Petit and Mordant music collaboration (only a snippet). Petits films and his readings are 'smeared and spored by' Baron Mordant (Ian Hicks). Reminds me of David Toop.

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Here's one I just rediscovered: The Clientele - Losing Haringey

and an old favourite: Television Personalities - Diary of a Young Man

I don't think I saw anyone mention Godspeed you! Black emperor so...

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-aLjup934Rk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And another favorite is a group called old gray.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C7EeBDO44PM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Those are just a few great examples of speaking in songs.