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 :)

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] shufflerofrocks@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

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.