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Speech used as song. During the 1960s and 1970s in particular, this technique was often used in film musicals to allow popular actors to star in them despite a total or near-total lack of singing ability. It is also used in theatre when production schedules simply do not allow time for proper rehearsal of choral numbers. It is also a style of performance grown out of [[Jazz]] and [[Soul]] which eventually influenced the evolution of [[Rap]] |
Speech used as song. During the 1960s and 1970s in particular, this technique was often used in film musicals to allow popular actors to star in them despite a total or near-total lack of singing ability. It is also used in theatre when production schedules simply do not allow time for proper rehearsal of choral numbers. It is also a style of performance grown out of [[Jazz]] and [[Soul]] which eventually influenced the evolution of [[Rap]]. |
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Revision as of 03:01, 28 January 2017
Speech used as song. During the 1960s and 1970s in particular, this technique was often used in film musicals to allow popular actors to star in them despite a total or near-total lack of singing ability. It is also used in theatre when production schedules simply do not allow time for proper rehearsal of choral numbers. It is also a style of performance grown out of Jazz and Soul which eventually influenced the evolution of Rap.
Examples of Spoken Word include:
- Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady and Doctor Dolittle. He dubbed the technique "Sing-Speak".
- Gregorian chant (in some cases)
- Lorne Greene in Bonanza performs the theme's lyrics this way.
- John DiMaggio, voicing Gorilla Grodd in the Batman: The Brave And The Bold episode "Mayhem of the Music Meister!", uses this technique.
- Just about everyone in the film version of Man of La Mancha, which is fortunate since none of the stars were even tolerable singers.
- Johnny Cash
- Robert Preston as Professor Harold Hill in The Music Man.
- C.W. McCall
- Used on The Muppet Show by any guest star who couldn't actually sing.
- The musical Camelot does this quite a bit.
- "All I Wanna Do Is Play Cards" by Corb Lund.
- Gil Scott-Heron is famous for his Spoken Word performances, most notably "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised".