I’ve recently gotten into songs where the entire lyrics are the singer talking to someone. For example,
Sophie by The Altogether - https://youtu.be/k2KRDetyGhs
Dear McCracken by Bug Hunter - https://youtu.be/aWGolv2iqM0
Dance of the Dead by Iron Maiden - https://youtu.be/gG_JLYxbqpQ
Something Stupid - https://youtu.be/0f48fpoSEPU
GMF by John Grant - https://youtu.be/ekFWPsXXcg0
Angel of the Morning - https://youtu.be/K7Qfqle_2Bs
Mariner’s Revenge Song by The Decemberists - https://youtu.be/iPAr7kL-mmg
Jolene by Dolly Parton - https://youtu.be/Ixrje2rXLMA
Genre is no bar - I just want the song to feel like a conversation.
Please help me scratch this itch. I know it sounds a bit vague, especially when there’s a lot of songs that have some “talking” parts sprinkled in them, but that’s not what I want.
If anyone could tell me what genre of music this is, I would appreciate it a lot. I guess a lot of ballads are similar to this style, but I’m not very sure
Edit: Thanks a lot everyone for your suggestions. I’m gonna take my time listening to each of these :)
Some classics I didn’t see here yet:
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here (or all the songs from that album, come to think of it, are in the second person and usually pretty specificially talking to Syd Barrett)
Bob Dylan - Like a rolling stone
Now for a completely different take on “feeling like a conversation”, I have an instrumental recommendation: Bernstein and Brubeck - Dialogues for Jazz Combo and Orchestra
Edit: just noticed that a lot of song by Steely Dan are also in the second person, usually directed and criminal or tragic figures. Kid Charlemagne is my favorite in that format.