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 wEnglish
    4•1 year ago

    Clutch is a stoner rock band with some really unique lyrics - Neil Fallon has the manic poetry of someone who has seen The Truth and has lived to tell the tale. The first 3nsongs of their 2015 album Psychic Warfare are presented as the singer recounting a weird tale to the authorities after the fact.

    The Affidavit is spoken word opener where a cop or someone asks the singer to just write down everything that happened.

    X-ray visions launches into the tale pychi warfare, conspiracies and the vengeful spirits of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

    Firebirds continues the tale: the singer encounters a strange girl who demands classic automobiles and energy weapons or else.

    For extra credit a subsequent album revisits the same speaker years later trying to explain it all to his young son - In Walks Barbarella

    Probably most clutch songs have this storytelling style and I can’t recommend them enough