# Your favorite spoken-word segment in a song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218 "2020-07-13T15:13:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/82 "2020-08-03T22:39:13Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pq82YXcQWzk/hqdefault.jpg "Kate Bush - Jig of life") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq82YXcQWzk) ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/83 "2020-08-03T22:53:43Z")
> [@Scarlax](#): > > Not sure if it is entirely in the spirit of this thread when a performance is most or all spoken word, but here’s a few more that I enjoy. > > Arlo Guthrie - Alice’s Restaurant > > William Shatner -Rocketman > > Baz Luhrmann - “Everybody’s Free” (the sunscreen song) In the spirit of this post, here is a great song by the Coasters, pretty much all spoken except for the “ooh” sounds and a fantastic sax solo in the middle: [Shoppin’ for Clothes](https://youtu.be/XetJMlt3-l4) ---
**Author:** ![gnagtcha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@gnagtcha1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnagtcha1)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/84 "2020-08-03T23:13:58Z")
For pure sappiness, but still one of my favorites, Ebony Eyes by the Everly Brothers [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218.md?page=4)