In listening to my recently acquired (in the East Village for $2.99 each!) Replacements reissues I remembered one of my favorite things about the Series of Tubes era. You can readily find obscure lyric sources for 80s college radio stars.
For instance, the lyrics for Lovelines from the Replacements' Hootenanny are just Paul Westerberg reading the classifieds in the Minneapolis City Pages. Yes, the man responsible for generation-defining lyrics like "the windows are dirty, let's hope it rains" reads the local alternative rag ads for your listening pleasure.
In a similar vein, REM took the instrumental track for Seven Chinese Brothers from Reckoning and added Michael Stipe reading the liner notes for a gospel album to produce the goofy Voice of Harold, included in Dead Letter Office. Like Westerberg, Stipe skips around the text to suit the music as best he can.
I was trying to think of a third example to complete the trilogy but I can't. Any thoughts?
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What about when William Shatner reads the words to "Mr. Tambourine Man"? No?
No that does not count. Neither does post-80s Lou Reed.
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