kendrick lamar obviously - on GKMC he has all the purported recorded phone messages from his mother, while on TPAB there's the fake interview with Tupac at the end.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 01:35 (four years ago) link
That Kacey Musgraves song on Pageant Material that starts with her aunt(?) talking.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 02:50 (four years ago) link
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album Uncle Charlie includes one of these.
― A breezy pop-rock feel fairly typical of the mid-'80s (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 03:11 (four years ago) link
I'd figure Shorty Medlocke's appearances on a few Blackfoot songs would be filed here.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 03:26 (four years ago) link
The L'Rain album does this with voice messages from her late mum, iirc.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 03:32 (four years ago) link
Ariana Grande’s “Daydreamin’” (2013) ends with a short clip of her grandparents reminiscing about how they fell in love:
Outro: Marjorie Grande & Frank Grande— He was a man’s man and a ladies’ man...— 18, 19, I began to become more serious about things in life...— Oh, I think when I was standing on that stoop and I looked at him... I was 11 years old...
― Soy Bean False Chicken (morrisp), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 04:17 (four years ago) link
Daft Punk spend 9 minutes of Random Access Memories reframing a series of quotes from Giorgio Moroder reflecting on his career into a kind of origin story for their own act:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m4ZkEqQrn0
― what else are you all “over” (Champiness), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 06:35 (four years ago) link
Swans did this a few times on Love of Life and Soundtracks for the Blind in the 90s, which included taped reminiscences by Gira's father and Jarboe's mother, and Jarboe herself as a young girl.
― van dyke parks generator (anagram), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 08:05 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrzOwPdijxQ
― Bloody Snail, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 08:11 (four years ago) link
Neil Young speaks to his mother in the afterlife before several tracks on A Letter Home. (It's really sweet and more humorous than sad.)
― Valentijn, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 08:32 (four years ago) link