Spoken-Word Interludes In Songs: Not Always A Bad Thing

noah | January 9, 2008 11:15 am
Last night I went to a bar quiz (my team came in second! hello $10 bar tab!) and the final round–the audio round–was actually kind of great: The two hosts read spoken-word bits from 14 songs, and the audience was charged with guessing the tracks that said lyrics were coming from, as well as their artists. There were a few gimmes (“Hot For Teacher,” “Thriller”) and a couple of tough ones (which I don’t even remember now, thanks to the aforementioned bar tab) and one glaring omission: Len’s “Steal My Sunshine,” which may possibly have the greatest spoken-word bits ever because they, like the rest of the song really, sound like they were recorded during a particularly manic session of baking pot-stuffed butter tarts. Please enjoy the track on the lovely spring morning that’s currently taking place even though it’s not even the middle of January yet. (Also, check out the Vice sticker on the video’s orange Vespa! Canada represent!)

Len – Steal My Sunshine [YouTube]