Classic spoken-word song intros

Speaking of how can we forget?...Hot for Teacher, Van Halen.

 

Have you seen Junior's grades?

 

Different song, but part of the motif.

 

I'll beat DLR with my shoe if I ever see him on the street.

Scream just like he does in Running With the Devil, he will.

 

Hey man, what do you think the teacher's gonna look like this year?

 

I brought my pencil. Gimme somethin' to write on, man.

Greatest video ever.

Spoken words in the middle:

Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Iron Maiden. Part 1:

Part 2:

Police: Be My Girl (Sally):

At the end, the "Cough . . . ." on Led Zeppelin's "In My Time of Dying" is pretty cool. Shows how relaxed the band could be.

And this:

Saying Institutionalized has a spoken word intro is giving Mike Muir way too much credit. Dude was speaking the words because he couldn't sing them for shit.

Great song, though.

 

One Night in Bangkok -- Murray Head

 

The live version of "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" on Ted Nugent's Double Live Gonzo has gotta get a mention here.

 

Dirty Blvd./Lou Reed

Several Frank Zappa classics: Don't Eat the Yellow Snow, Cosmik Debris, Dinah Moe Hum, Montana

David Bromberg's live version of Mr. Bojangles has a great spoken bridge where he talks about the song's origin (Bromberg, BTW, is one of the most criminally underappreciated great artists of the late 20th century)

Crash Street Kids/Mott the Hoople ("now you're dead, now you're dead, now you're dead...")

Apeman/The Kinks

Any of the various raps by Pigpen on the many live versions of the Grateful Dead's Turn On Your Lovelight.

No Anchovies, Please/J. Geils Band ("OH MY GOD! That bowling ball, it's MY WIFE!!")

Dear Doctor/Rolling Stones

 

"New Rose" - The Damned/G N R

 

Proud Mary, Ike and Tina Turner.

 

Whammer Jammer - live - J Geils

"Whammer Jammer, let me hear it Dickie," Peter Wolf. The only words spoken or sung the entire song.