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** There's many other examples that this band has done. First, there's "Third Eye", which uses spoken-word excerpts from [[Bill Hicks]] routines, then there's "Message to Harry Manback", which consists of an angry answering machine message with somber piano music in the background; "Faaip de Oiad" which includes a sample of a prank call sent into the Art Bell radio show, and finally "Disgustipated", which ends with another (very creepy) answering machine message.
** There's many other examples that this band has done. First, there's "Third Eye", which uses spoken-word excerpts from [[Bill Hicks]] routines, then there's "Message to Harry Manback", which consists of an angry answering machine message with somber piano music in the background; "Faaip de Oiad" which includes a sample of a prank call sent into the Art Bell radio show, and finally "Disgustipated", which ends with another (very creepy) answering machine message.
* ''Liberate'' by [[Disturbed]] features the lead singer quoting the book of Isaiah during the bridge: "Out of Zion shall come forth the law (Isaiah 2:3) And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem (Isaiah 2:3) Nation shall not raise sword against nation (Isaiah 2:4) And they shall not learn war anymore (Isaiah 2:4) For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken (Isaiah 1:20)."
* ''Liberate'' by [[Disturbed]] features the lead singer quoting the book of Isaiah during the bridge: "Out of Zion shall come forth the law (Isaiah 2:3) And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem (Isaiah 2:3) Nation shall not raise sword against nation (Isaiah 2:4) And they shall not learn war anymore (Isaiah 2:4) For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken (Isaiah 1:20)."
* Creature Feature loves these. "The Greatest Show Unearthed" opens with a talker's spiel for a [[Circus of Fear]]; "Buried Alive" begins with a quote from Edgar Allen Poe; "Aim For The Head" contains dialogue from ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''; "A Gorey Demise" opens with a bunch of corpses having a party... There are fewer Creature Feature songs ''without'' spoken word than with.
* [[Creature Feature]] loves these. "The Greatest Show Unearthed" opens with a talker's spiel for a [[Circus of Fear]]; "Buried Alive" begins with a quote from Edgar Allen Poe; "Aim For The Head" contains dialogue from ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''; "A Gorey Demise" opens with a bunch of corpses having a party... There are fewer Creature Feature songs ''without'' spoken word than with.
* Fastball's "The Way" opens with a radio tuning and snippets of various stations before the song starts playing. For the first few lines, it sounds like it's playing on a low-quality radio.
* Fastball's "The Way" opens with a radio tuning and snippets of various stations before the song starts playing. For the first few lines, it sounds like it's playing on a low-quality radio.
* [[The Veronicas]] Insomnia, Cold, Untouched and more.
* [[The Veronicas]] Insomnia, Cold, Untouched and more.
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